My Work
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 Liquid Sky |
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 Fate's Harrow |
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Exotic images and epic adventures fill my dreams and flow through me onto the page as I explore the borders of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and Frank Herbert, I tell tales of mystery, myth, and magic.
I spent many years exploring Speculative Fiction, Supernatural Horror, and Wuxia (Chinese Martial Arts Fantasy), melding them into a unique blend of Space Opera in the spirit of masters of the pulp era.
My goal is to bring back the spirit of mystery and adventure of the classics in a fresh way. My books; Liquid Sky, Fate’s Harrow, and Shine Like Thunder, reverberate with the same spirit of the pulps. To promote others who preserve the heart of Speculative Fiction, I started the dashPunk blog and Fandom Today Podcast.
My Work
I am a writer of Speculative Fiction writer specializing in cross genre novels and short stories. I love to play with the mechanics and craft of fiction looking for unexplored avenues for my imagination to run off into. I think a good story should do two things:
- Transport the reader to a new world where they meet interesting characters whose lives they care about.
- Delve into the wilds of the unconscious mind to explore the strange twists and turns of the psyche.
My mantra has always been simply, “Remember, have fun with it!”
Inspirations
My Sister gave me copies of Poe and Twain when I was in the third grade. I couldn’t believe that books could do that to a person. They transported me away into lives so different from my own.
Quickly, I discovered Anne McCaffrey, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and Clive Barker. My mind filled with images of dragons and eldritch creatures of the night.
After I read J. R. R. Tolkien, Robert Jordan, and Terry Brooks, I could no longer contain my imagination. I had written stories since I was 6, but now at the age of 17 I embarked on my first novel, an Epic Fantasy named, Empire. Then I read Anne Rice and Christopher Golden, and wrote my second and third novels, Behind this Darkness and Predator’s Pray.
I didn’t find my voice until I discovered Wang Du Lu, Louis Cha, Jin Yong, and Hideyuki Kikuchi. They supplied the missing element to my fiction, and I wrote Liquid Sky.
