Author Archives: Declan Finn

Everyone knows the phrase “down the rabbit hole.” It’s an Alice in Wonderland reference, where the main character is in their normal, everyday life one moment, then in someplace utterly insane the next. Reality is utterly, totally, and completely different. … Continue reading →

Welcome to When the Gods Fell, the latest by the Dragon Award finalist Richard Paolinelli (Escaping Infinity) Mars Is Hiding A Secret When the first small group of humans arrive on Mars, they expect to retrieve some probes and learn more … Continue reading →

I almost wish that The War Revealed came out this month.  That way, I could have voted for it for the Dragon Awards this year. I’m going to have to settle for The Lost War (reviewed yesterday). Newman and Goldenrod survived … Continue reading →

When I was sitting next to Karl Gallagher at LibertyCon, he mentioned that Torchship was about his day job (yes, he is a rocket scientist), and that The Lost War was about his hobby. It was supposed to be a weekend … Continue reading →

What families don’t have their little problems?Paxton Lock is back, and payback can be a mutha. Enter Come, Seeling Night. Paxton Locke’s been in some pretty tight spaces before. This one might be the worst. Drugged and shipped to who-knows-where … Continue reading →

The Dragon Awards are open for voting … and we’re getting close to the cut off date for the nominees. Let the discussion begin. And yes, I said discussion. I’d like people to come on, and tell me what you … Continue reading →

So, Hell Spawn, the latest in Catholic horror, is live.   In paperback, hardcover, and yes, ebook. This has been one of the most interesting experiences of my writing career. In large part because this one started with a publisher … Continue reading →

This is an odd one.New Amsterdam the show is about a hospital of the same name. It’s a rebranded Bellevue, the state run hospital in New York, made famous mostly by locking in felonious nutcases. In the case of this series, … Continue reading →

Standard “Social Justice Warrior” (where they’re anti-social, don’t believe in justice, and will sooner stab you in the back ASAP) tactics involve finding a beloved institution, gutting it of what made it great, and wearing its skin like a suit … Continue reading →

I’ve been following Adam Lane Smith on Twitter for a while now. A few months ago, he asked me to look over his (first) novel of Making Peace. The review was held off due to the fact that my Kindle died. But, … Continue reading →

So, this panel was described as follows Description: Long a staple of urban fantasy, vampires first appear in folklore, often unrecognizable from the versions contemporary readers and viewers are familiar with. Our panel explores how those early stories have influenced … Continue reading →

You will note that I have embedded this video twice in the same post. That is not a mistake. The audio and video quality is variable at different points on each video. So, I thought I should give you an … Continue reading →

This took forever to get up. Mainly because I wanted to see if anyone posted something with better audio.   Then again, I listened to it and discovered, nope, you can hear most of them. Description: Listen to the nominees … Continue reading →

So, just to make things clear, starting from 12AM (PDT) Wed Oct 24, through 11PM (PDT) Sun Oct 28th, the complete Love at First Bite series will be on sale.The entire series will be only $10. If you’d like, the … Continue reading →