Author Archives: Steven

Twenty-Five Years the Novelist

Spider-Man Super Thriller: Warrior’s Revenge. If the Amazon listing for the book’s publication date is correct (and really, I have no way of knowing if it’s true or not), today is the day in 1997 that I made my debut … Continue reading

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Conventioneering at Home: Not at Comic Con? Neither Are We!

Today is the launch day for San Diego Comic-Con 2022, the show’s long-awaited return to in-person conventioneering at the San Diego Convention Center after two years of pandemic-created Comic-Con @ Home programming. StarWarp Concepts won’t be part of the festivities—in fact, … Continue reading

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DriveThru’s Christmas in July 2022 Sale Is On!

Can you hear those jingle bells ringing? In the mood for some hot chocolate? Wishing the summer breezes blew just a little bit colder—especially right now, with northern hemisphere temperatures nearing or topping 100 degrees Farenheit?  If so, then you’re … Continue reading

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Author Richard C. White at Shore Leave 42

This coming weekend, fans of science fiction and fantasy will be gathering at the 42nd annual Shore Leave convention, being held at the Delta Hotels Baltimore Hunt Valley in Hunt Valley, Maryland. And among the guests you’ll find author Richard C. White, … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday, Bob Larkin!

If you’re a fan of comic books, or movies, or pulp fiction heroes, Bob Larkin is a painter whose work you recognize immediately; he’s provided covers and movie posters for just about every publishing house and film studio.  Doc Savage, Dazzler, … Continue reading

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Happy World UFO Day 2022!

World UFO Day: It’s undoubtedly UFOlogists Erich von Däniken and Giorgio Tsoukalos’s favorite holiday—and the History Channel’s, too, considering how often they run episodes of their documentary series Ancient Aliens! Could it also be the favorite holiday of William Shatner, host … Continue reading

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July 4th: Always a Good Time to Howl!

Horror and patriotism—they go together like chocolate and peanut butter! Don’t believe me? Then clearly you’re unfamiliar with that time in 1992 when Marvel Comics’ star-spangled superhero, Captain America, got turned into a werewolf. No, better than a werewolf—a Capwolf! … Continue reading

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Are You Ready for the Summer (Reading)?

Staycation? Vacation? Whether you’re on the road or just hanging at home, today is the official start of the summer season (which ends September 23), and that means summer reading. And you know what would make for perfect reading this … Continue reading

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The Headless Horseman to Ride Again

It’s Monday the 13th, which seems like the perfect time to pass along the recent announcement that writer Washington Irving’s classic tale of the Headless Horseman, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, is scheduled for an all-new screen adaptation courtesy of Paramount Pictures and writer/director … Continue reading

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SWC E-books Available for Libraries Through OverDrive

With the unofficial start of summer having arrived last week with the celebration of Memorial Day here in the U.S., the time has arrived for summer reading—and for many people, summer reading means visiting your local library (either in-person or … Continue reading

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