News / Thews
I've been a busy guy. My plate spinning and hat wearing have been extra spinny and hatty of late, so excuse my relative silence.
I'm going to make this quick, as I'm awaiting a flight and my pinot grigio is dwindling. I also apologize in advance if this letter is all janked up. I'm composing and formatting from my phone, which is NOT ideal. Anyways, here are the big ticket news items from my world.
RITH!
https://youtu.be/4pPs6vOwEn0?si=xRE0kKQSLhSnwkhG
The Rogues in the House Podcast is back! That's right, our on-again, off-again situationship is, uhhh, on again–this time *on* screen. That's right, you can now watch us via YouTube thanks to a new Rogue in the ranks: James Mills. James is a writer, publisher and damn good interviewer and he's been setting his sights on sword and sorcery. We're thrilled to have him on board and manning the controls so you can see our beautiful faces! Our first (new) episode is up and it features our pal Luana Saitta. She hawks her book, we hawk ours, all while discussing s&s in city settings. For now, you can watch via James’ YouTube channel, or listen via our usual podcast haunts.
Next up, I'm inviting you to check out my latest piece of Conan fiction in the pages of Savage Sword of Conan #14. This one's a flash story, quick and deadly, and, well, folks have been very nice in sharing their accolades. I'm once again honored to tread where Robert E Howard once did and doing my damn best to honor him and the others who've written in his tradition. The entire issue's a banger, featuring Grim Jim Zub and Ivan Gil and others from weight classes above mine.
Believe it or not, that isn't the only Howard-centric fiction coming from me this year. In July, my Cormac Mac Art story, Isle of Swords, is dropping on all major digital platforms as part of the Heroic Legends by Titan. It's a cool, 6k+ serving of blood and thunder and, *checks notes*, friendship? I can't say much about it other than I enjoyed the hell out of writing it and that Cormac and Wulfere are a joy muse over. There may even be a little link to my favorite of Howard's stories in there. IYKYK. The listening isn't up yet, but I'll spam it on socials as soon as it is.
https://tabletop.events/conventions/concoction
Finally, there's a little convention happening in New Jersey this weekend, and yours truly will be a guest. If you're in or near the area, come join us at Concoction for tabletop and other nerd-flavored fun. I'll be there running games of Conan the Hyborian Age and hawking my Maxus Cycle books. I have a table/booth, so I should be easy to find.
I also want to boost a few signals, so I'll do so in rapid-fire succession.
JANGAR! My buddy and Rogues host Logan has a new series of e-books out and I'm about to read the first on my flight to the USA. I've heard good things and the cover SLAPS!
I started reading The Darkest Deep by Chris Butera, who happens to be the editor at Heroic Signatures (all the official Conan and adjacent comics and prose). I'm already totally gripped and drawn into this hellish descent. I don't know what the threat it is yet, but this has dark, sci-fi, working class vibes that invoke The Thing and Alien, and you know damn well I'm here for it.
My ADHD head goblin is telling me I'm forgetting stuff, and he's probably right. But f**k that little bastard; I've got a plane to catch!