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Continue reading →: Imagining Lord AkamatsuOne of my in-development novels has a working title “Kedakai.” Set in feudal Japan near present day Yokohama, the novel is intended to be like a Disney-princess story, which examines moral virtue. Kedakai’s origin chapter introduces her as a speechless orphan living wild in the forest. Young Lord Akamatsu, son…
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Continue reading →: Rogue ElementsThe Critical Drinker shared, “The time has finally come! Looking forward to sharing our humble short film Rogue Elements with all our Kickstarter backers on Wednesday, October 2nd. For everyone else, expect a wider public release right here on this channel a couple of weeks later. Believe that!” While renown…
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Continue reading →: Purple Boxers with Yellow DragonsI have a running gag in several stories that the male lead is wearing purple boxer shorts with yellow dragon designs on them. One character explained that he did so in case he was ever in an accident. His theory was that whimsical boxer shorts would make him more sympathetic…
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Continue reading →: Imagining ChappoOne of my novels in development is about a 21st century Apache-Mexican War. The concept was to take a historical event and have it reoccur in a contemporary setting. In _Geronimo’s Spirits_, Chappo, a retired Army sergeant, returns home because his younger brother, Tak died of a fentanyl overdose. As…
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Continue reading →: Online Book Launch Event: 9/30/2024 The Garden Variety GrimoireAuthor Scott Holleran has a short story included in The Word’s Faire anthology The Garden Variety Grimoire; to be published 9/30/2024. Holleran described his contribution “Speakeasy” as a dystopian story about a boy sneaking into a banned broadcast. He will read an excerpt of his story at the one-hour online…
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Continue reading →: Imagining PurpleIn my draft novel The Misadventures of Chad Seeking a Wife, Purple was one of Chad’s impactfully blind dates. She was an unsuccessful painter, who made ends meet by posting OnlyFans content. Purple may be her chosen name, but the colors of her flags were all red. After failing Chad’s…
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Continue reading →: No Quarter FlagThe draft novel Boudica and The Butcher dramatizes the horror of war set in a future Second American Civil War. During the siege of Pilgerrah, present day Cleveland but renamed by the rebels in respect for the original native settlers, a previously captured rebel soldier named Ella sewed a new…
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Continue reading →: Imagining ClaireAs a teen, Claire violently ended her abusive, domineering mother. Found mentally incompetent, she was sent to a mental hospital. However, Bedford Falls was no normal asylum. There she was subjected to illegal mind control experiments, and sexually abused. Given her susceptibility to control, she because a trustee who assumed…
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Continue reading →: Imagining LillithOne of the novels that I am developing is called The Misadventures of Chad Seeking a Wife. There are 50 stories drafted so there will likely be one novel and two anthologies of short stories. Chad is the memeable promiscuous man with a haram of situationships jumping for his call.…
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Continue reading →: Imagining The ButcherIn a future Second American Civil War, a Union commander plans to end the conflict by following the tactics of Tamerlane, a 14th century Turco-Mongol conqueror. While he is Brevet Brigadier General Gideon Sheridan, the rebels of the Confederate of City States call him The Butcher. Early in the drafting,…





