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The site is being updated a day early since good buddy Leif is updating the server. I wanted new stuff whenever he finished the migration of birds or whatever had to be done to get this flock o' nonsense over to the new server. So, be warned. We might be dark for a day or two--or maybe not at all. But I go by the dictum "costs more, takes longer."

The online store is also absent. I am in the process of trying to figure out how to use the C-panel to run it. I am sorta old school in one respect. The prior but now defunct host let me dig around using ftp so I could see the subdirectories and move things to my heart's content. This ought to be easier once I master it, but right now all you'll see is the bright, shiny C-panel where I have to set up everything. As soon as I can, I promise.

Work proceeds apace on the western. About half done with it, but I am taking the day off today to work on computer stuff. So, naturally, the power goes off. Thank you UPS for saving much of what I was doing. But it was out for about 45 min. After I finish doing all the mischief I can online, I need to work on a short story, "Memory of Wind" (to be debuted May 24, in Second Life as a fund raiser for the Relay for Life. More on this next week).

So much more to do. But it can wait for next week. Of course, I need to survive this week first. As I endure hideous tortures to body and brain, check out the links on my books above. Then buy something. You'll make me a happy camper.

The Avengers was super fun. Enjoyable and, from a writing standpoint, something to tear apart and see how Joss Whedon kept so many heroes on screen and not elbowing one another out of the way. Masterful work, there. (I can't track down the tweet but someone asked "Now that Joss is King of Hollywood, when are we getting Firefly back?")

Solar eclipse on May 20. Check it out (but don't stare).

Empires of Steam and Rust! Stephen D. Sullivan's Heart of Steam and Rust. Nathan Long has started a page here. New author bio stuff. If you like steampunk, you'll like Gateway to Rust and Ruin.

Albuquerque Comic Expo (ACE) is less than a month away. Get your tickets now! More Guests You Want To Meet™ I'll be there. So will Stan Lee! Julie Caitlan Brown! Yaya Han!

iPad reading: Nothing. I am shamed.

iPad viewing: X-files. I had forgotten The Cigarette Smoking Man was in the first episode. And I am having major problems searching for titles on Netflix. As soon as I touch the search box, it kicks me out of the app. This has been happening sporadically for a month and now it happens every time. Vexing since I have no way to bring up The Guild or other titles I'd be interested in.

TV viewing: Castle, Lost Girl, Eureka. Monday night will be season finale on Castle (new "Richard Castle" book appears to be Frozen Heat. To be released 11 Sept.)

My blog, filled with bloodness and gight. And a guest blogger, Scott Gamboe. Go back and check out his fine words. And mine, too.

My e-books on the catalog page. Great stuff.

Go here for the finest in fantasy, sword & sorcery fiction (and sf and mysteries and...) And in the for-free mode on my store, look in on a story from Stories from Desert Bob's Reptile Ranch. "Me and Mr Jones" is a fun read about those oddities along interstate highways out in the middle of nowhere.

Sample Chapter One, Lord of Death and Life here

Enjoy the first chapter of Alien Death Fleet here!
Read the goshwow first chapter of Genetic Menace here!
Coming soon: sample chapter from Black Nebula
Read the spellbinding first chapter of Ogre Castle here!
Read the first chapter of In The Sea Nymph's Lair here!

For my other online fiction, check out my CATALOG page or go straight to Amazon for both Kindle and print.

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About the site. What follows is a glimpse at the science fiction and fantasy writing I've done, including the Cenotaph Road series, God of War™, Star Trek™ and BattleTech™/ MechWarrior™, Vor, what is current, and what might be forthcoming VIPub (Vertically Integrated Publishing) . Be sure to go to the Store link for free fiction and print and e-book publishing. Read ole Karl Lassiter's 2009 NM Book Award nominated novel, Drifter or the 2011 Scribe Award nominated God of War. Don't overlook the 2011 NM Book Award and WF Peacemaker nominee, Sonora Noose.

Enjoy!