Review of “Revenge of the Nature Imps”

We received a very nice review of “Revenge of the Nature Imps” over at Rick S.’s comic review blog. We met Rick at Arisia this weekend. He is part of Dandelion Studios. I recommend checking out their comics, especially ‘Minions for Hire.’

It seems he also reviewed the first issue of Urban Fey – released way back in 2006. The first issue covered the material in chapter 1 of Volume 1. Fantastic.

UnConventional Update

The anthology is now available and has been receiving some very fine reviews, such as this one .  We are launching the book this weekend at Arisia with readings, signings, and a party. You can buy a copy through major book outlets or get a signed copy from me through the Mystic Sheep Studios store.

Arisia 2012

Rhea and I are preparing to herd the Mystic Sheep pack over to Arisia next week. We’ve got books, schedules for panels, readings, signings, and a launch party. We’ve got clothes to wear (very important). If you are going to be in the Boston area and especially if you are going to be at Arisia, please find us! Stop by and say hello. We’ll have a table in the dealer’s room peddling our books and related merchandise when we aren’t attending some of the fabulous panels (there are far too many to choose from), sitting on panels, doing readings, attending parties… wait. I already mentioned some of this. We are excited about going to Arisia. Can you tell?

Possible Origins of the Ewing name

A bit of background. Urban Fey is drawing to a close. I’ve finished the script and Rhea is drawing the last 50 or so pages now. We plan to put it out in book form in Spring of 2012. It’s the end of a seven year project and it’s been wonderful. So while Rhea finishes up that one, I’ve started the research and world-building for the next project. It will be a series of dark steampunk adventures entitled “Professor Ceausescu’s  Fantastical Medicine Show”. So we’ve been looking at the circuses, medicine shows, and traveling side-shows of the late 19th century for reference. During this research, Rhea came across  a possible origin for the Ewing family name.

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UnConventional Available for Pre-Order

My short story, M.U.S.E., will appear in the UnConventional Anthology, due out in January, 2012. Pre-order information is available here.

5 Star review of “No Man’s Land”

My short story, “Come Like a Tailor” is in the anthology No Man’s Land which received a 5 star review by Douglas R. Cobb. Check out the review get then the book!

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Finding our art

We’re still working on the website here – watch out for that loose word, don’t trip! Oh, and there’s a puddle of ink to your left. No, don’t step to the right. There’s an open paint bucket. Just stand right there. Good.

In the meantime, you can find our art at the following locations :
Rhea’s stuff is up over at RheaEwing.com.
Kim’s stuff is up over at Kimberley’s gallery.

And check back here frequently. We have great things planned!

Brahma’s Missile

This story first appeared in Crossed Genres, Issue 9

Researching this story was like dipping my toe into a vast lake of lore and history. I’m fascinated by the universe unfolding in my mind as a result of choosing one point in history and asking, “what if ….” I think there will be more to come from this alternate universe. But first, there is research because fact is often stranger than fiction.

The real Rani Lakshmi Bai lived in the mid-1800s and was a very spirited woman. For reasons unknown, she was allowed to learn to fight. When her husband decided she could no longer train with men, she taught her friends to fight and formed her own unit of female bodyguards. Widowed at a young age, she ruled Jhansi and made it one of the safest regions in a very turbulent time. She fought the British East Indian Trading Company to preserve her rights and those of her adopted son. She tried to work through the British legal system and resorted to violence only when the British Army showed up at her front door. She died in battle in 1858.

That is the choice point for me – what if Lakshmi Bai had lived?

The other interesting bit of trivia I discovered in my research was the names of the test nuclear bombs India developed in the mid-seventies. I wouldn’t have dreamed up those names myself. I just lifted the nuclear program up and moved it back thirty years, adjusting here and there as necessary.

I hope you enjoy this story as much as I enjoyed writing it.

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Kayaking with Coyote

I wrote this after a kayaking and camping trip one summer with three friends. I’ll leave it to you to decide which parts are mostly true and which are pure tall tale.

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Don’t Snort Scat

Sometimes a character just moves into my head and refuses to leave. Cloe is one of those. I wrote this flash fiction to pin her down on paper before she could do any real damage. Damn coyotes.

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