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About Declan Finn

Declan Finn is the author of Honor at Stake, an urban fantasy novel, nominated for Best Horror in the first annual Dragon Awards. He has also written The Pius Trilogy, an attempt to take Dan Brown to the woodshed in his own medium -- soon to be republished by Silver Empire Press. Finn has also written "Codename: Winterborn," an SF espionage thriller, and it's follow-up, "Codename: Winterborn." And "It was Only on Stun!" and "Set To Kill" are murder mysteries at a science fiction convention.

Writing Vatican Ninjas

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Declan Finn

I’ve always had a problem with vampire fiction in which the vampires were so secret, nobody knew they existed.  Nobody.  At all. Seriously, when you’re around for hundreds of years, eventually somebody is going to start talking. Which is why … Continue reading →

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Honor At Stake, Sept 1

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Declan Finn

And now, for a page from the “self promotion file.” My vampire novel, Honor At Stake,  is coming out on September first of this year. It’s the vampire novel with Catholic philosophy and metaphysics, jammed together with every traditional myth about vampires, … Continue reading →

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The Radio Show Hugos AAR and PP

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Declan Finn

http://player.cinchcast.com/?platformId=1&assetType=single&assetId=7858339 Check Out Culture Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with We Built That Network on BlogTalkRadio This week on The Catholic Geek radio show, there were two guests talking about two completely different topics. In the first hour, Tom Knighton and … Continue reading →

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SciTech: Printed Prosthetics

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Declan Finn

Not too long ago, science fiction author John Ringo stated that science was getting ahead of his fiction. He could no longer handwavium away details and move on — he would have learn all the intricate details. These are prosthetic … Continue reading →

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Military Technology, reboots and Jack July on The Catholic Geek

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Declan Finn

https://player.cinchcast.com/?assettype=single&show_id=7845501&version=2.0&platformId=1 Check Out Books Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with We Built That Network on BlogTalkRadio with We Built That Network on BlogTalkRadio   Things discussed in this episode: The novel Amy Lynn, organized crime, bootlegging, running from the police, … Continue reading →

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Constantine meets Arrow

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Declan Finn

This will be awesome. For those people who do not know (or have already forgotten) Constantine was a television variant of the DC Comics Hellblazer, starring one John Constantine, a sarcastic, sardonic, British … dealer in dark arts, more or less. … Continue reading →

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Karina Fabian returns to The Catholic Geek

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Declan Finn

http://player.cinchcast.com/?platformId=1&assetType=single&assetId=7819391 Check Out Books Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with We Built That Network on BlogTalkRadio Tonight was the long threatened episode where Karina Fabian return to The Catholic Geek to talk about the conclusion to her space opera trilogy, … Continue reading →

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Elma Schemenauer and Arthur Powers on The Catholic Geek radio show

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Declan Finn

http://player.cinchcast.com/?platformId=1&assetType=single&assetId=7805827 Check Out Books Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with We Built That Network on BlogTalkRadio This was interesting. Elma and Arthur are both members of the Catholic Writer’s Guild.  One has a career and a CV that’s longer than … Continue reading →

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Karina Fabian on Mind Over All

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Declan Finn

Author (and Catholic Geek) Karina Fabian has finished her massive, world-bending trilogy on the scope of Dune …. without the obvious money-grab continuation books. She has submitted herself to an interview. I’m even going to be talking on the radio show … Continue reading →

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Boycotting Marvel: A fisk

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Declan Finn

Comics Alliance and I have had a longstanding grudge. As in they print politically correct BS, and I ignore them without playing my preferred Deadly Sin card: Wrath. However, when someone directly asks me to have a crack at them, … Continue reading →

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Detroit Goes to the Devil

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Declan Finn

The following is a preview of the opening monologue for this upcoming episode of The Catholic Geek Radio Show. Let’s start with the Satanic Temple unveiling its statue of Baphomet in Detroit. Yes. This happened. Not only did it happen, … Continue reading →

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Sherlock, Flash, Arrow, and Ann Lewis on The Catholic Geek

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Declan Finn

https://player.cinchcast.com/?assettype=single&show_id=7786823&version=2.0&platformId=1 Check Out Books Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with We Built That Network on BlogTalkRadio with We Built That Network on BlogTalkRadio   Welcome my friends to another episode of The Catholic Geek. On this week’s episode, we have … Continue reading →

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Interview with Ann Margaret Lewis on Murder in the Vatican

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Declan Finn

In 2011, I originally interviews Ann Margaret Lewis for my blog, A Pius Man. Since then, the interview was broken up and reposted for Examiner.com, twice. But now, as Ann Lewis will be my guest this Sunday on the Catholic … Continue reading →

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Talking Iran and Military Tech with Ava Armstrong

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Declan Finn

Check Out Military Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with We Built That Network on BlogTalkRadio Did I ever mention I live on a corner?  A corner that does NOT have a four-way stop sign? What happens when a body (of … Continue reading →

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Enter Strawpope Frank

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Declan Finn

Note: If you listen to The Catholic Geek Radio Show, the following may seem familiar. You may have noticed a new segment on the blog under “The Church.” It’s called Strawpope Frank. Because, let’s face it, every time the Pope says … Continue reading →

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Suicide Squad Trailer Unveiled at Comic Con

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Declan Finn

So … what the bloody blue hell was that?

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The Catholic Geek, with John C. Wright and L. Jagi Lamplighter

Posted on July 12, 2015 by Declan Finn

http://player.cinchcast.com/?platformId=1&assetType=single&assetId=7754943 Check Out Culture Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with We Built That Network on BlogTalkRadio Wow, that was AWESOME.  L. Jagi Lamplighter and John C. Wright are sincerely awesome people. Jagi and I spent a large part of the … Continue reading →

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Evil Dead returns

Posted on July 11, 2015 by Declan Finn

Um … Groovy? Yeah. An Evil Dead tv series. You know that this is going to be completely insane. I can’t figure out if this is going to be a comedy or horror. But then, Bruce Campbell has been doing self-parody probably … Continue reading →

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BvS trailer released at Comic Con; Batfleck to Script own movie

Posted on July 11, 2015 by Declan Finn

I guess the first section to ask is: Why does it look like Kyra Segwick is in this film? Why, God? Why? Superman testifying before a Senate hearing?  Batfleck shoehorned into the previous Superman film? You know, the film Man of Steel felt … Continue reading →

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Review: The Watson Chronicles

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Declan Finn

For those of you who are suffering from a deficit of Sherlock, wondering why Robert Downy Jr. hasn’t made another Sherlock Holmes film already, and the okay-Elementary isn’t really cutting it, have we got something for you. When Ann Margaret … Continue reading →

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