Welcome to Pride Month. A month built on bloodshed and clawed from oppression. One where our brothers and sisters stood up and said, “NO FUCKING MORE!” No more bigoted persecutions, no more denigration, no more hiding. Stonewall was the biggest coming-out party in history. I know there are those who think Pride Month celebrates the concept of pride. It does not. It celebrates a whole group of people who are finally starting to be allowed to be publicly proud of who God made them to be.

For all that, thanks to there being people who claim to know more than God, there is still a shitload of work to be done.

Here in McSciFi-Land, I’m ahead of schedule. That doesn’t mean everyone else is. Nor do they need to be. What we have here is not a failure to communicate, God, I am old, but a case of a short story long. Once upon a time, in a lifetime layered in police reports, alcohol, and bad choices, I began to write a short story. Then I got cocky and figured I might get a novelette out of it.

Those who have been along on this ride know that little story grew and grew and grew and …. OH MY GOD! IT’S SOOO BIG! … is not what anyone has ever said to me. Anyway, as you are laughing at me, I finally put the finishing touches on the last part of my short story, which is now an eight-part trilogy. Details below.

gen-O-pod(™) Wars was the final piece of the puzzle. Yeah, I get it, making the end-piece the book that opens the tale is an odd way to do things. At this point, all I can do is pray for your indulgence. Based on comments made by my tech advisors, you’re in for a hell of a ride.

{siren}BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE!{/siren}

In my copious amounts of free time, I also wrote THE DARKLING WIND. This is more of a thriller than you might be used to from me. Think of it as a busload of disturbing questions tied to world-building on meth. I am excited to share this with you.

Now that you’re in line for the ride, what does the last remaining E-Ticket get you? Let’s take a look.

The Darkling Wind – Stand Alone
As the people of Earth grapple with alien technology, impending planetary collisions, elderly virility run amok, self-curing diseases, and a possible nuclear holocaust, among other traumas, two gay teens and a 130-year-old pin-up model are the world’s only hope. The wind blows free, but the Darkling Wind exacts a terrible price.

The Plato Wars – Book 1 of 8
Once upon a time in the future, mankind created a way to consolidate everything from simple internets to personal AIs into one cohesive entity. Science promised every safeguard imaginable had been erected, and introduced the world to Plato. It’s up to a vengeful teen and a rebellion with mob connections to stop this thing before it erases humanity.

gen-O-pod(™) Wars – Book 2 of 8
Before the time of the chimeras, there was the time of hubris. Edward Q. Rohta, a boy-genius with a penchant for genetic engineering and unconventional love, decided to remake the world into one worthy of a god he would create. With his family’s help, Rohta Industries, LLC set out to redefine what it means to be human, and a chimera named Fluffkins becomes the last hope for sentient, if not exactly human, life.

The Brittle Riders – Books 3, 4 & 5 of 8
An award-winning and internationally critically renowned trilogy. Tired of being abused, the gen-O-pods(™) rose up and killed every man, woman, and child on the planet. The Brittle Riders is the story of what happens next. When an army made of avarice meets a society built on peace, hope will be bathed in fountains of blood. Dark satire presented in a violent burlesque designed to make you think while you laugh and cringe. The end of your world is the beginning of theirs.

Goptri of the Mists – Books 6, 7, & 8 of 8
It was one thing to maintain order, quite another to inflict tyranny. When that line got blurred, one brave soul rose up in protest and set off a chain of events that would lead to a world war, alien robots, and non-dimensional souls. Set in a futuristic version of pre-colonial India, it serves as a stark reminder of why man should not create gods and why the gods have never truly trusted man.

To all who celebrate Pride, may you find joy. For those of you reading this, thanks for sticking around. It seems we might be finally getting to the good part.