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Atlanta science-fiction, fantasy, and horror novelist discusses writing, film, books, culture, and other things you'll find interesting.
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Premium: WAR FOR THE WHALE-ROAD Ch: 8, Finding The Warriors-Fodder (opens the original)
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Premium: The Tejadan Union (BATTLE FOR THE WASTELANDS) (opens the original)
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In my Battle for the Wastelands prequel novel War for the Whale-Road I’m in the midst of serializing (and if it’s successful, plan on turning into the first of a Tales from the Wastelands spinoff series), Ronald Lewis, a secret agent for the maritime Republic of Everett, and his superiors often discuss a rival civilization called Tejada, more formally the Tejadan Union. Although the story doesn’t go into a lot of detail beyond the Everetti perception that they’re anarchi
Premium: WAR FOR THE WHALE-ROAD, Ch. 7: Meeting More Monsters (opens the original)
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While Ulf and his friends battled berserkers loyal to the shaman-king Leif Heilagr at sea, Ronald and his allies met a scouting party of “troll-men.” Now Ronald must go before their chieftain and make the Republic’s case. The previous chapters can be found at this link.Ronald and his party walked for five more days, over ground
Retro Movie Review: COYOTE UGLY (2000), Atlanta Comic Convention SUNDAY (opens the original)
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The movie Coyote Ugly came out when I was in high school. Based on how it was advertised, I figured it was basically excuse to have women dancing on bars. If I’d even looked deeper into the plot, it’s not really the sort of film I was interested at that age (no monsters or explosions). Shockingly, I ended up not seeing it.Well, the film podcast Myopia Movies recently discussed the film at the behest of co-host Keiko that I’m on. The episode, which
Premium: WAR FOR THE WHALE-ROAD, Ch. 6: Weapon-Clatter on the Waters (opens the original)
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In last week’s double-post, young Ulf Torson fought the Everetti at sea for the first time (Ch. 4), while secret agent Ronald Lewis met the infamous “troll-men” on land (Ch. 5). Now Ulf is fighting on the sea once more as the Abuariki pre-emptively attack Everett’s fanatical Helgaviki allies. This is the first paid-only chapter, although I’ll give readers a taste. All previous chapters can be found <a href="https://matthewwquin.substac
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