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Cover reveal: Martha Bourke's Deadly Call

  Deep in the shadows of Boston, Massachusetts, the Order—a secret brotherhood of New Breed warriors—is all that stands between a takeover by shifter supremacists.Diesel, the most charismatic of the brothers, exudes a love for life all the while carrying a terrible burden. A veteran of the Iraq War, he is haunted by the traumatic […]

Image borrowed  from Zazzle In Foucault’s Pendulum, semiotics originator Umberto Eco wrote the argument that should have killed any conspiracy theory involving Templars, Freemasons, Rosicrucians, the Illuminati and any other secret society that manipulated governments, courts, corporations and international organizations. Sadly, the nutbar ranters of the world are not very well read. I received a […]

Comment spam, part 1: Don't publish these!

When I started blogging, I was at first astounded by the amount of spam comments I get. Why do people bother with this? Today, my reaction alternates between being annoyed and amused. Normally, I delete all spam comments after a quick check — sometimes, Blogger puts a legitimate comment into the Spam folder, or rarely, […]

Blood of the King

An independent novel review Bruce A. Blake is a professional fantasy writer after my own heart. I have already reviewed his first novel, On Unfaithful Wings, giving it a full five stars. Khirro’s Journey, Book One: Blood of the King is the first book in the traditional fantasy trilogy, and this one is not only […]

Bruce Blake has released the third novel in his acclaimed Icarus Fell dark urban fantasy series, Secrets of the Hanged Man. To celebrate the launch, he’s giving away a coupon that will allow you to download the e-book from Smashwords for only 99 cents to anyone who signs up for Bruce’s newsletter at http://eepurl.com/pjLej Secrets of […]

Cover reveal: Secrets of the Hanged Man

 Coming July 15: The third instalment in Bruce Blake’s best-selling Icarus Fell urban fantasy series: SECRETS OF THE HANGED MAN. What’s it about? Icarus Fell thought the afterlife couldn’t get any worse…until Hell came looking for him.When you are the orphaned child of a disgraced nun, and you’re saddled with a ridiculous name like Icarus […]

My kids are writing books

Aww, isn’t that cute? My mighty sons are both busy writing novels. Thinking about that raises a whole bunch of different emotions.Their books actually seem like good ideas. Evan, the elder, is writing a spoof of 50 Shades of Grey, set in Montreal and involving pirates. The hero is a lifeguard, of course (Evan is […]