It’s a special day for fans of fantasy adventures, as bestselling author Richard C. White (Gauntlet: Dark Legacy: Paths of Evil, Star Trek: SCE: Echoes of Coventry) launches a Kickstarter campaign to crowdfund the publication of his upcoming short story collection, For a Few Gold Pieces More: Tales of the Rogue With No Name!
For a Few Gold Pieces More: Tales of the Rogue With No Name stars a mysterious, unnamed wanderer with a penchant for getting into trouble…if the price is right. If you’re thinking Sergio Leone “spaghetti Westerns” mashed up with epic-fantasy adventures, then you’re definitely on the right track. And if you read my “State of the StarWarp Concepts Union” address at the start of this year, you know that Rich has already selected SWC as the publishing house he wants to handle the book’s release; the Kickstarter is being used to pay for production costs, such as the print-and-digital designer’s fees and the ten illustrations and cover art provided by digital painter Shane Braithwaite. If all goes well, we’re looking at a summer release this year—probably in June or July. Go check it out, and if you like what you see, then feel free to contribute to the fund before the window closes on March 14—Rich has some nice rewards to offer for the various donation levels.
Speaking of Rich, the release of For a Few Gold Pieces More will make this his fourth ’Warp-published title—and of course the other three are still available for purchase!
In Terra Incognito: A Guide to Building the Worlds of Your Imagination, Rich takes fantasy writers and gamers through the step-by-step process of constructing a world for their characters, from societies and governments to currency and religion. Included is an interview with New York Times bestselling author Tracy Hickman (Dragonlance) that discusses his methods of world building, as well as his creative experiences during his time as a designer for gaming company TSR, the original home of Dungeons & Dragons. Terra Incognito was not just the hottest #1 title when it made its debut last October at e-book distributor DriveThru Fiction, but it then held the #1 position for weeks as DTF’s hottest title for nonfiction books and writers’ reference guides!
“I think Terra Incognito is a solid introduction to the subject of world building. The book succeeds in helping the aspiring writer in creating a skeletal framework for which to hang the moving parts required of a believable fictional setting.”—The Gaming Gang
The graphic novel Troubleshooters, Incorporated: Night Stalkings is perfect for superhero fans, and involves a supernatural team of superfolk-for-hire, consisting of a wizard, a sorceress, a female ninja, a high-tech-armor-wearing rock concert lighting designer, and a werewolf. Not every superhero team has Tony Stark’s billions to play with, you understand, and the Troubleshooters are just looking to earn a living while fighting the monsters that have always lurked in the shadows. Makes sense, right? Of course it does! Written by Rich and his wife, Joni M. White, and illustrated by Reggie Golden and Randy Zimmerman, Night Stalkings presents the TSI members on their first mission: protecting a multimillionaire from a trio of Middle Eastern demons out to raise a little hell!
“A very good spin on the tried and true ‘good-guys-for-hire’ formula. All in all, an enjoyable read that I would recommend to anyone.”—Word of the Nerd
The Chronicles of the Sea Dragon Special is a one-shot digital comic created and written by Rich. Drawn by Bill Bryan (artist of Caliber Press’ Dark Oz and DC Comics’ House of Mystery), and featuring cover art and color by Eliseu Gouveia (SWC’s The Saga of Pandora Zwieback Annuals), it’s 48 pages of high-seas adventure for just 99¢!
Terra Incognito and Troubleshooters, Incorporated are available in print and digital formats; The Chronicles of the Sea Dragon Special is a digital exclusive. Visit their respective product pages for ordering information. And don’t forget to visit For a Few Gold Pieces More’s Kickstarter page!
If you’ve never heard the name Gahan Wilson, then you don’t know macabre cartoons—and you’ve been missing a lot of great ones. For sixty years, Wilson has been drawing creepy one-panel gags for magazines like The Twilight Zone, Playboy, National Lampoon, and The New Yorker. He’s the cartooning soul mate of Charles Addams, whose equally low-key cartoon horrors brought us The Addams Family. And today’s the day he turns 86!
Except that’s not how we met. That happened when I stepped out of my office to do something (I forget what) and practically walked into him. And then he uttered his memorable first words to me:
Working with him on Gravediggers’ Party, and its follow-up volume, Gahan Wilson’s Monster Party, was a joy, because I got to drool over five decades’ worth of incredible images (don’t worry, my lobster bib kept me from damaging anything). And Wilson agreed with about 85 percent of my choices, which made me even happier.
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