Comin’ around again!

“No Substitutes Allowed,” has gone live today as a reprint on Witcraft.org, an e-zine in Australia! My thanks go to editor, Doug Jacquier, for republishing it. https://witcraft.org/category/latest-wit/



New “Must Reads”!

Hilarious attaboy! Thank you, Dave! You and Carl rock!
One of the funniest, most endearing and right-on YA novels maybe ever. You haven’t lost your mo-jo, Carl.
To be released December 5, 2023! It’s the latest in the Last Ditch Motel series. Get ready for some serious laughs. Another of my favorite authors. Cannot wait!!!

And for you Pratchett fans like me out there, this wonderful volume is one you’ll cherish forever. Neil Gaiman does a terrific foreword, too. (Keep some tissues handy. These stories will make you miss Terry even more.)

There Be Dragons Amongst Us

Now released! Dragon Gems (Summer 2023 Edition), a new, speculative fiction anthology, was released, in print and digitally, on July 28, 2023And it includes one my my stories, “Lonesome Leviathan,” the confessions of the real monster in the loch. (Those of Scottish persuasion should especially enjoy it.)

So check it out! https://waterdragonpublishing.com/product/dragon-gems-summer-2023/

Behold! A Second Edition Hath Been Released.

The second edition of my third book, The Potatoes of Defiance, is now available in hardcover. And there are three bonus stories! I call it my “Indictment Issue.” (Thank you, Stormy Daniels.) The sturdier cover will lend itself better to perusing while on the throne. 😉

Also available on Kindle. For now, I’m keeping the first edition available (for those who like that sort of thing) as a paperback. But that may change soon.

In case you missed it before, this is a collection of several of my short pieces (mostly funny) of social/political commentary. Though slightly larger than before, it’s still small enough to stow in your “library” next to your john, if you do that sort of thing. No serious investment of time is required, in other words.

More Ho, Ho, Ho for Your Wallet

. . . to help stop the holes, holes, holes in it. Knowing how spread thin so many people are this season, I had a serious talk with Santa and we decided, in the interests of good will, to lower the prices for the holiday period on both my book of Christmas carol parodies, A Most Peculiar Christmas (Songs of [J]Oy or Mirth (written under Laurie Hall), and my just released anthology, The Potatoes of Defiance. Happy Ho-lidays!

Gobble! Gobble!

A brand new book is launched in time for Thanksgiving, and it’s not a turkey! Fresh off the platter is a delectable selection of satire and parodies. The Potatoes of Defiance is loaded with all the fun-poking and snark you’ve come to love, along with some damned serious stuff. So load up on a big serving of laughs and well-deserved derision, and pass the hot potatoes.

Here’s the Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BMZ9WH3X

And if you’re still taking Trump as your national savior, well this might be the very book to cure what ails ya. It’s cheaper than a lobotomy!

And a very nice book signing it was indeed.

Had a very nice book signing Sunday, Oct. 11th at Borgin’s Books. It was a beautiful, warm day and quite a number of people stopped in, some old friends and (hopefully) some new. Sold quite a few books and generally had a great time. Thanks so much to Katherine Crowley-Marsh, the owner of one of the sweetest little bookshops I’ve seen in years, for hosting the event and for taking these pix.

The second photo is not actually Papa Hemingway (in another life) but a good friend who (gasp!) bought my funny fantasy. He’s more of a political animal, so this was a true leap into the unknown for him! So thanks, Bill, and Virginia and Ed, and Joanne and everyone who came out.

Myself (as Granny Loveanger) at Borgin’s Books in Plymouth, MA, Oct. 11, 2022 for book signing
My good friend, Bill, and I at Borgin’s Books for my book signing on Oct. 11, 2022