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The Chain Story Project

The Chain Story Project

I have been so busy working on the Chain Story Project, that I’ve neglected to blog about it here. I guess that’s like the old saying—the cobbler’s children always go barefoot. Getting the project together has been a challenge, but now that things are rolling along, I’m confident the project will fulfill its potential and […]

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Night of the Rat God

Night of the Rat God

Night of the Rat God ©2010 Michael A. Stackpole Anderson followed me into the Wanderer’s Club quiet room. He wore the same desperate expression on his face as I did on mine. I beat him to the sideboard. “Scotch?” “Please, neat.” I poured him three fingers, then added another and handed it off. Rogers, the […]

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Once a Hero now in epub

Once a Hero now in epub

In keeping with the release of Talion: Revenant in epub, I went ahead and put Once a Hero together in epub format, too. Once a Hero was my very first published fantasy novel. It is still one of my best. In fact, were only one of my books to survive some holocaust, to be recovered […]

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Talion: Revenant now on the Kindle.

Talion: Revenant now on the Kindle.

Talion: Revenant is finally available for the Kindle! The delay came from Amazon’s rather curious legal department’s requirement for double and triple verification that an author has the rights to any work he puts up. First, in the terms of service, if you put anything up that you don’t own, your service is terminated and […]

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Talion: Revenant Sequel Challenge

Talion: Revenant Sequel Challenge

I’ve just made Talion: Revenant available as an ebook. It’s in the epub format, which is suitable for all readers except the Kindle. I also have made it available through Amazon’s Kindle store and am awaiting them to clear it. I’ll let you know about more formats as I have them. Kat Klaybourne put together […]

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Be Immortalized in Print!

Be Immortalized in Print!

On Thursday evening, at 6 PM Pacific time, we’ll be having the first of our American Cancer Sociey Relay For Life auctions in Second Life. We have a number of really cool and unique items up for sale: 1) Autographed books by Robert E. Vardeman and me. 2) A number of one-of-a-kind and truly rare […]

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Reading Reminder: Tonight, in Second Life

Reading Reminder: Tonight, in Second Life

As I mentioned earlier in the week, tonight, 6 PM Pacific time, I’ll be doing a reading of my new story, Chance Corrigan and the Tick-tock King of the Nile in Second Life. Second Life, as I’ve mentioned before, is free, graphically-based chat software which supports voice-chat. I’ve been using it for over two years […]

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