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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.

Creating a Demon

Posted on October 26, 2018 by Declan Finn

Going through the the outline for the Catholic Horror novel Hell Spawn… I didn’t know I was going to be writing a horror novel. I figured it was going to be a bit of a tossup between Urban Fantasy meets a … Continue reading →

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Writing an action Saint

Posted on September 26, 2018 by Declan Finn

Hell Spawn was a nice change because I was forced by the character to make him a good guy.If I have one running theme in my books, it’s that “People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men … Continue reading →

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Hell Spawn is coming

Posted on September 25, 2018 by Declan Finn

My novel Hell Spawn is going to be the first in the series of a cop with saintly powers. It features a “Saint” Cop versus a possessed serial killer. And it’s gonna be awesome. And oh, by the way, there’s … Continue reading →

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A Look at the #CaptainMarvel Trailer

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Declan Finn

Oh look, the trailer is out for the upcoming Marvel film…. For the record, Miss Marvel, which was Carol Danvers’ first of many identities, was a six-foot blonde who got her powers through less than conventional means… even for the … Continue reading →

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Dragon (Award) Fire

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Declan Finn

The Dragon Awards Please remember, everything eligible for nomination is first published between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018. You can the click the above photo in order to start voting. Technically, I’ve got a single book that is … Continue reading →

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The Dragon Award nominated Honor at Stake is Undead Once More

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Declan Finn

You’d think with all my experience on Twitter, I’d have more pithy titles. Anyway, yes, Honor at Stake is back. The Award nominated book is possibly the best thing I’ve ever done. If you don’t believe me, look at the … Continue reading →

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Writing “Death March of Cambreadth” for Mars

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Declan Finn

When Superversive announced the Planetary Anthology, you’d have to figure that Mars was right up my alley.I’ve only broken, destroyed, trashed, and blown up any number of vehicles, places and people that I take one look at John Wick and see … Continue reading →

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Signal Boost: Mars

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Declan Finn

  Welcome to book 3 of the Planetary Anthologies: Mars. Three down, 8 more to go. Mars, the red planet and our closest neighbor. It has haunted our imaginations for centuries, inspiring tales of heroic deeds and courage. . Mars … Continue reading →

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The Murder of Alfie Evans

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Declan Finn

The more I look at Europe, the more I think it would look pretty whilst on fire.For the past twenty years, I’ve watched Europe fall apart. I saw the EU throw their entire Christian history under the bus in the … Continue reading →

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Tales of the Pius Trilogy

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Declan Finn

My collection of shorts for The Pius Trilogy is coming back.  Originally when I wrote these shorts, they were basically meant to promote the series. Usually when I design characters, shorts like these gave me background material to work with. The … Continue reading →

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The Way of the Dragon

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Declan Finn

Well, my first post on the Dragon awards was “Enter The Dragon,” and I tripped over film on DVR recently, so I found the title for this post. However, a quick reminder before we do the Dragons… The Planetary Awards … Continue reading →

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The Final Stand

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Declan Finn

It’s occurred to me that I haven’t written a lot about the writing of A Pius Stand: A Global Thriller, even though it came out for rerelease this month. Looking back over my blog, I never really discussed the construction … Continue reading →

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Ironing out A Wrinkle in time

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Declan Finn

The novel A Wrinkle in Time is a classic of children’s literature. Perhaps the proper new term is “Young Adult,” but, as with Narnia, they are books probably too good for children. In my estimation, while they are not Narnia or … Continue reading →

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The Planetary Awards are in

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Declan Finn

So, the Planetary Awards are in for the best SFF stories of 2017.  Anyone who has a blog, podcast, or YouTube account can vote. Which is most of the people I know, come to think of it. Short Stories / Novellas … Continue reading →

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Love at First Bite, DOA on Monday

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Declan Finn

Dang, this has been a busy week. Venus came out this week. A Pius Stand came backthis week. I almost forgot to mention what was going away next week. Just a friendly reminder, but my Dragon Award nominated series Love at … Continue reading →

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New Planetary Anthology: Venus

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Declan Finn

So, here we are again, yet another volume from Superversive’s Planetary Anthology series is out: Venus. To start with, yes, I’m in this one… Why? What am I doing in this one? Venus is about romance and lovey dovey stuff. … Continue reading →

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Call for Submissions: Planetary Anthoogy: The Moon

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Declan Finn

Superversive Press has a series of Planetary Anthologies. Each one revolved around the theme of each planet. … And they’re doing 11 anthologies. One for the sun, and another for the moon. The Moon anthology is now holding an open … Continue reading →

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Book Awards Season, 2018

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Declan Finn

If you’re like me, you’re a little weary of posts about awards. Though I’m of the persuasion where I ignore everything but book awards, and I still ignore most of those. This will be a quick reminder for those out … Continue reading →

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Review: The Torchship Trilogy

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Declan Finn

Today, we present Torchship by Karl K. Gallagher Imagine, if you will, a Firefly that did not suck… and that it is written by David Weber, before Weber’s world became Game of Starships with 500 characters you can’t remember.   A captain who’ll … Continue reading →

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Signal Boost, Planetary Anthology: Mercury

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Declan Finn

Superversive Press has come out with the FIRST of its new Planetary Anthology series: Mercury. As the flap says

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