Wild Inc: Ten Things Doc Savage Taught Me About Writing

January 20, 2018 GW Thomas 0

I think all Doc Savage fans dream of becoming Kenneth Robeson some day. Or you can be like Jack Mackenzie and try to create a Pulp character with all the fun of Doc Savage but with a more modern sensibility. And he succeeds in his upcoming book, Wild Incorporated. The Read More

A Letter from Karl Edward Wagner

January 20, 2018 GW Thomas 0

I am too young to have ever written a letter to H. P. Lovecraft. Even August Derleth who passed away when I was just discovering Sword & Sorcery comics. But there were great writers in the 1980s too. I was lucky enough to share two letters with Karl Edward Wagner, Read More

The Long, Twisted History of the World’s Most Unusual Wizard…The Rainbow Man

January 20, 2018 GW Thomas 0

It usually starts with the question, “Did you get the name from the Pogues’ song?” The answer is yes. The Rainbow Man is a collection of forty-three Fantasy flash fiction pieces revolving around the titular character. But wait, let’s start at the beginning. It started around 1990. I was hitting Read More

The Monster Genre

January 20, 2018 GW Thomas 0

I had an illuminating experience recently, one that allowed me to see more clearly myself as a writer. A good friend of mine sent me a copy of his new book that contains a award-winning novella and its sequel. The book is Survivor by J. F. Gonzalez. So let me Read More

Growing Up Star Trek

January 20, 2018 GW Thomas 0

Growing up in North Central Alberta you might wonder how a small town boy like myself becomes a Science Fiction fan. My dad was into hunting and fishing and my mother listened to oldtime fiddling music. Unlike most prairie boys, I had one big advantage. I grew up in St. Read More

How To Be an Occult Detective

January 20, 2018 GW Thomas 0

I’ve loved the Occult Detective since I was twelve. That was 1975 and Carl Kolchak was on the television. Mine was a black& white Kenwood. Twenty inches wide and you had to change the channel with plyers. Carl was hunting down the greatest story in the world, whether it was Read More

DARK WORLDS QUARTERLY #3 is FINALLY HERE!

January 3, 2018 mdjackson 0

The third issue of DARK WORLDS QUARTERLY is here! Yes, the issue was delayed by a couple of weeks due to unfortunate circumstances that occurred just before Christmas. We had intended to make it available before 2018. Consequently the datelines all still reflect our intended release date. We hope that Read More

DARK WORLDS QUARTERLY #1 is HERE!

June 16, 2017 mdjackson 0

The premiere issue of DARK WORLDS QUARTERLY is here! Our first issue features an interview with DONALD F. GLUT about his Doctor Spektor character that he created for Gold Key comics. Canadian Voices in Science Fiction – Just in time for Canada 150, we talk to Canadian science fiction readers Read More

Guns Drawn: Space Westerns!

May 3, 2017 GW Thomas 0

In recent years, Josh Whedon’s Firefly and Serenity have brought the Space Western back to the public eye. Though not a commercial success, Whedon’s tales of the crew of the Serenity have sparked a new interest in the cowboys from space. The first Science Fiction pulp stories were not adventure-oriented. Read More

Ace Double Novels: Double your Pleasure, Double your fun!

May 2, 2017 mdjackson 0

  What’s better than one of something? Two of something, of course! Most science fiction readers of a certain age remember with a great deal of fondness the series of Ace Double Novels which were released from 1953 to 1973 and were a distinctive part of the science-fiction community throughout Read More

How Big is a Book?

May 2, 2017 mdjackson 0

How big is a book? It’s as big as it needs to be Novels. Novellas. Novellettes. Short Stories. Each is an arbitrary category for a particular length of fiction. There is no “right” length for a story really and the prevailing wisdom about the lengths that a novel must be are Read More

Military SF or The Books With the BFG’s

May 2, 2017 mdjackson 0

Military SF is pretty much what it implies. It’s science fiction that explores the future of warfare. It’s not quite space opera, although it does cover some of the same ground, and it’s not quite just science fiction because it doesn’t necessarily (although it can) explore big ideas. But it Read More

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