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Signed Books II: the Reckoning

22 Tuesday Sep 2015

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Elizabeth Báthory had a dwarf accomplice named Fickó.

That fact has nothing to do with the rest of this post. Books! Specifically, my novel! I recently sold a small box of them I stumbled upon, and they sold fast. In fact some people who contacted me were not able to get one. So, I’m going to do a second round of signed copies of my novel, Strangeness in the Proportion.

You too will smile as big as this happy reader…

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What do you get?

  • A physical copy of the book! All three dimensions (plus a bonus dimension). Look at that creepy cover by Christopher Shy.
  • Autographed, with anything else you’d like scrawled in it.
  • A genuine toe tag bookmark (never mind how I got them!).

The price (which includes shipping) is $25 to ship to the US and $45 to other countries (sorry, shipping nailed me last round). You can also buy the book cheaper and in electronic format (but sans signature and toe tag) at the link above.

I’ll accept payments through Paypal. If interested, email me at scrivnomancer@gmail.com (that’s not my paypal address, email me first) for details. I’ll get a shipment of the books in October, which means I should be able to have shipped to people before Halloween (a perfect time to read it!).

Want a taste of the novel? This is my short and sweet synopsis:

Boy gets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy gets girl back…one piece at a time.

Want a deeper look? The dynamic duo at The Booked Podcast does a lovely review of it.

WEIRD LOVE –or– Valentines With Ventricles

17 Tuesday Feb 2015

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anthology, Chaosium, Cthulhu, Cthulhu Mythos, H.P. Lovecraft, Horror on the Orient Express, love story, lovecraft, Lovecraft Mythos, Madness On the Orient Express, Onyx Path, Orient Express, romance, short stories, Sparrow and Crowe, strangeness in the proportion, Valentine's Day, weird fiction, weird romance, white wolf, World of Darkness


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So the romantic weekend is concluded. Chocolates have been eaten. Flowers passed. Cards. Perfume. Heart-shaped everything.

Now you want some unorthodox romance. Some strange love. Valentines that beat. Look no further!

  • A sweet romance between a forensic pathologist and a cadaver (my novel Strangeness in the Proportion).
  • A hot and heavy romance between a teenager and a frog in the Everglades (my short story “Harlow’s Fairytale” in the Weird Romance anthology).
  • A romance between recovering lunatics, riding on a train through the Lovecraft mythos (my short story “Stained Windows” in the Madness On the Orient Express anthology).

Love on the Strange

22 Friday Mar 2013

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anthology, Cameron Rice, Caroline Pruett, Chloe Myaskovsky, Christa Nahhas, comics, Darren Thomas, David Accampo, drama, entertainment, gaming, Jay Stringer, Jeremy Rogers, my writing, Paul Montgomery, podcasts, psychopomp, Sparrow & Crowe, the frog prince, Tiffiny Kaye Whiteney, Timmy Wood, transition, twisted fairytales, videogames, weird romance, Weird Winter, Wormwood, Wormwood: A Serialized Mystery, Xander Crowe

I was (and am) a huge fan of the podcasted audio drama Wormwood: A Serialized Mystery. I listened to that show through a transitional period of my life. I started during a time when I, in possession of a fresh Masters Degree, was back living with my parents, working a soul-draining graveyard shift at 7-11, and (with no other expenses) still not making the monthly minimums on my debt.

And I continued listening to the show when I landed a job writing for a video game company and was very suddenly thrust from Chicago to Oslo, Norway. The show was one of the familiar things I brought with me when I jumped far out into the big bad world. I followed the exploits of the occult detectives Sparrow & Crowe (you can now follow them in comic book form as well). In more than one culture, sparrows and crows are psychopomps, beings who guide others between worlds. It was no different for me.

One great thing about the internet (and you have to take in the great things, in the face of YouTube comments), is it sometimes gives you the chance to keep in touch with the creators of the things you love. And somewhere along the way, I got to collaborate with them. Twice! First was for a prose Sparrow & Crowe anthology, Weird Winter Stories (containing my story “How to Kill Santa”).

And now round two! I give you Weird Romance. It is another Sparrow & Crowe anthology, this time centering on theme of the strangeness of love. There is a lot of variety here, a lot of twisted gems, fathoming the depth of the oddity that is l’amour. My story is “Harlow’s Fairytale,” and I’m rather proud of it, rather fond of the character Harlow. You should sit down and read her tale. There’s a frog prince…but it’s not very Disney.

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A Love That Defies the Tyranny of Worms

14 Thursday Feb 2013

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A valentine for a valentine, loveling. Have Simon Meeks send you something sweet. Leave a review comment for Strangeness in the Proportion, and I will send you a Jane Doe toe tag book mark (genuine toe tag). Just leave the review and email me (scrivnomancer@gmail.com) your shipping particulars. This is a bribe for a comment, not for the content of the comment. Tell me I suck a bucket of sloth extremities, and I still send you a toe tag. Let’s have some strange love!

Speaking of strange love…get a FREE sample story from the upcoming Weird Romance anthology. It’s like downloading the single before the killer album.

A happy V-Day to all, whether you celebrate it genuinely…or are hip and trash it as a commercial institution…or are double hip and circle back to loving it genuinely despite that (because every holiday is now a series of tweets by the hip telling us why we should loath that particular day…except Halloween…that’s still cool to genuinely enjoy…for now…).

Alternative Writing & Weird Romance

14 Thursday Feb 2013

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"Harlow's Fairytale", alternative writing, Bright September, Cameron Rice, Caroline Pruett, Chloe Myaskovsky, Christa Nahhas, darkened room, Darren Thomas, David Accampo, experiment at work, fairytale, Habit Forming Films, harlow, Jay Stringer, Jeremy Rogers, Joshua Alan Doetsch, Paul Montgomery, Roleplaying, Sleepless Lullaby, Sparrow & Crowe, Tiffiny Kaye Whitney, Timmy Wood, twitter, twitter fic, Twitter Roleplaying, weird romance, writing news

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My short story, “Harlow’s Fairytale” is coming very soon to a Weird Romance anthology near you.

In alternative writing news, today I was fooling around with an experiment at work, to interact with with players via in-character Twitter roleplaying. Many personalities. I had an awkward, teenage love spat with myself. This is always stressful. But the makeup sex is fantastic.

Tonight, I saw Bright September play live, in a darkened room. This is the song I particularly liked, “Sleepless Lullaby.”

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Weird Romance Approaching…

13 Wednesday Feb 2013

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