So, you liked Crosscurrent, and maybe you’re looking forward to Deceived and Riptide,  and you ask yourself:  Self, should I read other stuff that Kemp’s written?  It’s not Star Wars, true, but couldn’t it still be pretty good?  Seems to have to gotten decent reviews.  I don’t know, self, I do loves me some blasters and lightsabers and Jedi and Sith.  Kemp’s  other stories don’t have any of that, do they?  So … Read the rest

Yet another teaser from the WIP of Riptide.  For some reason, planning to post these(and ultimately posting them) keeps me fully engaged with the book.  I  hope you’ll indulge me.

They’d all felt it, even the children, as the cloakshape fighter carrying them had blazed through the white hot aftermath of the starship’s explosion. Between the surface of the frozen moon and the safety of outer space had hung a cloud of smoke, flaming debris, … Read the rest

I know that Ephemera, my collection of dark short stories, is now available via Drivethruhorror, and I’m reliably informed that it’s available on the iBookstore (through I cannot confirm, as I am a hapless non-owner of the Ipad).   FYI.

Well, many of you have purchased and read The Erevis Cale Trilogy Omnibus.  My sincere thanks for that.

When Phil Athans and I were discussing the two short stories we’d include as additional content in the Omnibus, we kicked around the idea of including Another Name for Dawn, which is Cale’s origin story, originally published in Dragon #277.  In the end, we decided not to go with the origin story (because it  felt … Read the rest

I’ve been quiet because the move to the new house and writing deadlines have been occupying all of my time.  Sorry about that.  I’m hoping to get back up to speed soon.

As penance for my silence, let me at least offer the first scene from One Thousand and One Words,  a short story that draws heavily on Lovecraft’s Mythos.  It is part of my e-book short story collection, Ephemera (which is now also … Read the rest