Bill McSciFi's Blog

Okay, I’ve been a touch busy, so here’s an update so you can all play along. You might want to sit down and make sure your coffee’s full.

I have been commissioned to do a nonfiction book which has a working title of THE KIND: FROM CHICAGO TO CHICAGO. I am currently in the interview phase of this. It will focus on the Chicago music scene from 1978 to 1984.

THE BRITTLE RIDERS, my trilogy about the fun you can have with an apocalypse, is now being groomed to be sold in stores. You remember, those places with people in them who help you find what you’re looking for.

Legends Parallel is getting more love and issues 1 & 2 are out on Nerdanatix and doing well. Issue 3 is in the hands of the artist and headed your way as quickly as possible. Svarožič is also out on Nerdanatix. The, young adult, story of a transgender Serbian fire god seems to be gaining serious fans. You can check out the 8 page character introduction for free at www.Nerdanatix.com. There will also be 3 complete issues this year as well as an ICC Anthology, which spawned the title, on Kickstarter.

Pestilent, which makes Legends Parallel seem like a toddler’s tea party, has begun penciling and will have three issues, and a complete graphic novel, for you to spend all your hard earned money on later this year.

Bob: Sins of the Son is going through a rewrite and will have 3 complete issues for you to enjoy in the early fall.

Whew.

In addition to all that there is a collection of short stories I wrote currently being assembled for release by Azoth Khem, 4 more anthologies which have been blessed by my presence, and an anthology featuring sci-fi reimaginings of Edgar Allen Poe’s work which has Brian Biggerlion Daniel & me reworking THE OVAL PORTRAIT. There will be more on that soon.

I think that’s it.

No, fuck, I forgot Alokia the Kaiju Hunter. Issue one of that masterpiece originally created by Joey Carlon, is headed off to artists as I type and should be available this summer. It’s a traditional Kaiju tale filtered through my mind and now features a drunken gorilla king and a talking centipede. I also gave the titular character gills. The character art by Esma Kurbegović is awesome and you need to scour my FB pages to soak it all in.

Oh, and I’m doing a rewrite on someone else’s comic (more soon) that has the attention of an international magazine.

Speaking of magazines, don’t forget that I’m now a regular contributor to ICC Magazine. That comes out quarterly and is cool as hell. The next issue will deal with all things Black Panther related.

Of course you can just click the link below and stay up to date that way. Please do, these long posts are exhausting.

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Congratulations to Brian Adair who won the Valentine’s give-a-way for the coolest Science Fiction and Fantasy books. His copy of the custom edition of The Brittle Riders, with extended commentary and unreleased graphics, has been sent and I’m sure he will soon be erecting a shrine in my honor.

Or he’ll just chuck it and go have a beer. Either way, he still won.

Get your copies of the commercial release, either in paperback or Kindle, via the link below.

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J. Steven Young took some time out his busy day to take some time out of mine and then post the result for you to read. You’ll discover why I hate vanity publishing, love commercial geneticists, and that I still drink vodka.

That last one didn’t shock you, did it?

The fun part is that J. Steven assumes everyone in the universe has already read Book I of The Brittle Riders so he links to Book II. Just in case you’re one of those people who may have missed my masterpiece, you can CLICK HERE to catch up.

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If you toddle on over to Nerdanatix you can preview every debut issue for free before you commit. While I, obviously, want you to but my shit, there’s a ton of great stuff up there and it’s all worthy of your attention. Coming in March you can get issue #2 of, the critically acclaimed, Legends Parallel. The perfect series if you’re one of those people who thinks that quantum physics isn’t violent, or sexy, enough.

Also coming in March is Svarožič, a prelude to the upcoming ICC Anthology. You think you have issues? Wait until you meet Albina. She takes the phrase “going through changes” to a whole new level.

Good news super humans, and that’s all of you …. well, not you in the corner, you creep me out …. anyway, back on topic, you can now get Books I & II of The Brittle Riders delivered right to your home. Or the home of a sworn enemy. That’s up to you. You can get all three on Kindle now as well. But, and this is the fun part, if you have a hard copy, and you’re in Chicago, I will happily arrange to meet you and autograph your copies for free.

Of course you can buy me vodka if you want. I like vodka.

The Brittle Riders – Trilogy

A, far future, Earth had already been visited by an alien race, called the Sominids, who came here for the express purpose of drinking and having sex with everyone they could. When one of their, infamous, parties resulted in the moon being cut in half, and killing everyone who happened to live there, they quietly left.

Their encounter with the Sominids taught the human race many things, primarily that faster than light travel didn’t exist. Denied the stars the human race began to dwindle in number and terminate any space programs.

A thousand years later a scientist named Edward Q. Rohta circumvented anti-AI laws, which had been on the books for millennia, by creating organic creatures to provide manual labor. Instead of dying after ten years, as promised in the company brochure, they would develop flu-like symptoms and go into hiding. Eventually, fed up with the mistreatment they suffered at the hands of humans, they rose up and killed every man, woman, and child on the planet.

This the story of what happens next.

The Brittle Riders, apocalypses are funny that way.

Legends Parallel is out. Svarozic is done and awaiting a release date. Pestilent and Bob: Sins of the Son are in the pipeline and headed straight at you. Basically, 2018 is the year you can’t escape me. Like the legendary Savoir Faire, I am everywhere.

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With zero apologies to GoT fans I feel comfortable noting there are seasons other than winter. Since spring is the season that matters to me right now that’s where I’m going to focus. My short story, Svarožič, has been turned into a introductory comic, with art by the amazing SBRii, which will appear in the upcoming ICC Anthology in Spring of 2018 (see the tie in?). It’s also being turned into a full length comic book series which will be released via Nerdanatix.

Svarožič is a wildly different comic from anything you have ever read. Or, to put it simply, get ready for the #transgenderserbianfiregod hash tag to take over an internet near you.

Have you got a valid email address? Then you qualify to enter a great contest and win me! Well, something I created specifically for this contest. So it’s like a big piece of me.

One lucky winner will get a ton of cool stuff from other authors, who are all amazing i their own right, plus a complete Brittle Riders trilogy with never before seen art and commentary.

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