another award!

My short story The Clockwork Nutcracker won at Preditors and Editors best Steampunk short story for 2012!!! I'm working on the full length novel right now...

A Faire Review!

I'm delighted to report that I've had an A One review of my renaissance faire mystery novel "Murder Most Faire" from Post Mortem Press (Available at Amazon.com) by the reviewer at the New York Journal of Books. Head to their site for the full review- but here is a tiny excerpt:

"... Partly based on events in the author’s own life and partly pure fiction, Murder Most Faire is written in a livre noir style reminiscent of Mickey Spillaine’s I, the Jury. It’s an easy read, peppered with literary and cinematic references, and the climax is worthy of an Errol Flynn movie."

Reviewer

Toni V. Sweeney

A busy couple of months!

It has been over a month since I've had time to post here--a great trip to Montreal and lots of writing have kept me busy.
I've had two book come out from the British publisher Anachron Press for their new pulpline.

The Harker Legacy, a paranormal thriller is the first in a series of short books about Bob Howard -pulp writer and adventurer. The tales are an alternate world take on the 1930s and Howard-'father' of Conan, Kull and Solomon Kane- ranges the globe meeting alternate world versions of such famous people as T. E. Lawrence, Boris Karloff, Winston Churchill, Adolph Hitler and many others. The second tale "Fist of the Fae" is already in the pipeline for a May release.


O'Leary's Luck is a modern hardboiled mystery featuring Jon Shadows - an unconventional hero. Son of a famous world traveling adventurer (yes-Dr. Shadows for those who follow my writings)- gets involved in a deadly puzzle in modern New Orleans. It is also first in what I hope will be a series for Anachron's Pulpline. ( The Secret of Wolf Island, A Jon Shadows novel, can be found at Gypsyshadow.com).

Let me say now, btw--I LOVE the covers on these two- they completely capture the feel of the stories...

OOPS!!!

Okay, true believers-  a correction on Toni's blog site, so go to HERE: http://www.tony-paul.com/  for much literary goodness!!!!

new book out and an awesome author friend

Hi gang (or at least the 12 who stop by:).)- some news--

First up I'd love for you to stop my my friend Toni's website and check out her blog- always something interesting to read and she has some new books out : http://www.tony-paul.cm/


And Songs of A Warrior Priest is out today from Whiskeycreekpress.com--

a collection of sword and fantasy tales that have echoes of old pulps and new fantasy...

I haven’t posted to this blog for a bit because I’ve been just a bit busy:

In October I had a story in Metahuman Press “Pirates & Swashbucklers Volume 2”,  a new collection of plup alternate world tales in “Adventures in Otherwhen” from Books for a Buck, in November I have “Songs of a Warrior Priest “ coming out from Whiskey Creek Press,  “Murder Most Faire from Post Mortem Press in December, And “The Bloodstone Confidential” from Pro Se Press in January.

And a couple of sales to Archeon Press - two Pulp novellas which will be out in January. Not to forget a story of mine will be in issue 361 of Weird Tales.

Other than that I’ve choreographed fights for a couple of stage shows, wrote and acted in a radio serial and have done stunts for a couple of films. Just a relaxed fall….

New Book- really out of this world!!!

Its been a crazy month, folks,

I have a story in the new volume from Pulp Empire: Pirates and Swashbucklers 2 (The story is "What Would Synbad Do?")
and my lastest (and I think- greatest collection) Adventures in Otherwhen is out from BooksforABuck.com!!
To quote the first review:
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According to some theories of quantum physics, the real universe doesn't make choices, it takes every path. Somewhere out there, there's a you who chose another spouse, who became a serial killer or a rock star. Somewhere, there's a version of the universe where dinosaurs still rule, and another where your parents hated each other on first sight and never connected. Somewhere, Adolf Hitler had a change of heart in prison and somewhere there are cops who work to keep the branes of reality from conflicting, prevent one version of you from murdering another and taking his place.
Author Teel James Glenn (see more BooksForABuck.com reviews of speculative fiction by Glenn) approaches the alternate universe theory from the standpoint of the pulp fiction author. His version of a time cop rides Slepnir, Odin's 8-legged horse and is stuck with a Chimp as a sidekick at a magic convention. Adolf Hitler turned from politics to become an adventure writer and heads to Egypt with Robert E. Howard (who somehow left Cross Plains, Texas). Add in a Skullmask story, a story featuring the intrepid newspaper reporter Moxie of Maxi and Moxie fame, a steampunk story of transformation, warbots and romance, and a medieval tale of magic and betrayal and you have a fun collection of pulp adventure set in a universe of maybes and what-ifs.





I hope you'll  check them both out....