One and one-half million years ago, Humankind struggles to emerge from the protohuman stocks in Africa. Two groups of souls collide: Shimmer, his wives Sita and Ahalya, Silver, and Old Shiver stand for life and love, but Murk eggs on Mud, Muck, Mire, and Matsch to slaughter and despoil. Life after life, from Kenya to the Ganges, Shimmer fights the old destroyer, all the while desiring time to find and share lives with his wives.

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In a time of post-Singularity and FTL travel, Combat K are elite and murderous combat squads trained by the Quad-Gal Military specialising in interrogation, infiltration, assassination and detonation. Their gameplan is simple: to end The Helix War, which had raged across galaxies for a thousand years.

Ex-soldier Keenan, a stocky battered war veteran, addicted to Jataxa spirit yet still horribly efficient at his job, is working as a private investigator on a planet at the peaceful fringes of the Quad-Gal. Following the death of his family, Keenan is riddled with guilt and self-loathing, and carries a need for revenge which consumes him. When a prince from Jervai Province offers him a case on a dangerous colony world in exchange for clues that may lead to his family’s murderer, Keenan is dragged from his self-pity. However, to have any chance of success he must gather together his old military unit, a group who swore they’d never work together again…

Through the tribal jungles of Ket, the mean chaotic streets of The City, the mission leads the squad to Teller’s World, a Dead World, and home of the extinct God Leviathan… and there Keenan will find answers to his deepest nightmares… and face an ancient, evil terror older than The Four Galaxies.

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Their first story is The Fat Cowboy by Rod Miller:

He rides out of Texas, fueled by capitalism and testosterone, to corner the market on the most expensive fur in the universe. He’s the Fat Cowboy, an archetype of the single-minded Alpha male. Ride with him as he leads his gang of misfits and a 6’2” gorgeous PhD south of the equator to round up the little critters. Fight alongside him against psychedelic cannibals, cross-dressing Marxist rebels and corporate mercenaries led by a renegade Massad agent. Live the dream (or nightmare, depending on your point of view) with the Fat Cowboy and let him take you to the edge.

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I want all fans of Scott to know that I am committed to bringing an incredibly scary, intense version of INFECTED to the big screen. You will not be disappointed.

Mr. Bernt is no stranger to horror, penning screenplays for the 2007 remake of The Hitcher and this year’s The Echo. And back in 1995, he wrote Virtuosity, a film that featured a slew of Hollywood headliners, including Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe.

But don’t go buy your tickets just yet. Writing a screenplay is a necessary step in getting the movie made, but it’s not a guarantee that you’ll see it in theaters. Scott says:

If all goes well, we could see something in 2010. If all goes the opposite of well, it will never get made. I’m now raising my odds of seeing INFECTED in thatres from 50/50 to 60/40, and that ain’t bad.

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No, Scott… not bad at all.

The Secret Society of Seven Sorcerers begins where Interview for a Wizard ends. Nicholas Fidgewidge returns to claim Lord Bane’s crystal ball causing Jesse to seek the wizard Ch-U-Ch’s aid. Meanwhile, the remaining sorcerer’s are being scared to death, and with Raven Claw out of jail the chase begins. However, things quickly become very complicated when the wizard’s two teenage boys get involved. On Halloween night, Lord Alex will become the next Dark Sorcerer even if it means destroying everyone who knows of his initiation. Follow the wizard Ch-U-Ch, his cousin Ana and Jesse into the dark world of the Society as they try to prevent Lord Alex from joining the Circle of Seven and achieving a greater goal, to obtain the secret’s of Lord Bane’s crystal ball. On Halloween night, everything must remain a secret at any price.

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Autobiographical coming-of- age tale of five working class boys in the historic village of Cooperstown New York. The story centers around a local brothel called the Sugarhouse, operated by Ma Rutledge, the Maple Sugar Madam, and her two saucy, bovine daughters, Bertha and Emma.

“The happiest times at the Sugarhouse came when Ma Rutledge was making maple syrup. During these sap-boiling days the sugary breath of the candy kitchen penetrated everywhere. The beds of the girls were saturated with sweetness. A roll in the hay with Emma or Bertha was like rolling in pastry flour.”

But there’s trouble in paradise.

A new girl arrives at the Sugarhouse, Belle Saint Marie, “a dusky Cajun princess with snapping black eyes and a body no man could ever forget once he’d seen it.” A lovers’ triangle develops, with tragic consequences for local hayshaker Paul Greenfield.

“Guy DeWolfe and Belle Saint Marie were cut from the same cloth. That was obvious to everyone. The two of them were full of cayenne pepper. It was the French blood that surged in their veins. They were perfectly mated, like a pair of ocelots, hot-natured, highly strung, super-sexed and ferocious. Poor Paul Greenfield, who was easily the dullest man in Otsego County, simply didn’t stand a chance.”

Twenty years later. The author returns to Cooperstown, having lost touch with his four childhood friends. What has become of them? And the Sugarhouse?

“Supposing the whole town had been bulldozed away to make room for a strip mall, what one thing would I want to remain, to remain forever? Immediately I thought of the Sugarhouse. Yes, the Sugarhouse. Smash everything if you must, but don’t destroy the Sugarhouse. That was my prayer.”

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Strange things happen when the lights go down in the shady setting of the Roseville Hospital. Unexplained sightings of a man resembling that of a doctor is known to walk the hallways in search of patients he has yet to help. His name was Derek R. Schillar, M.D. He was a complicated man with a desire to help people, but felt that he didn’t do enough. Now, his friend has betrayed him, his wife thinks he’s dead, a mysterious detective is on his trail, and the medical staff is perplexed at the growing number of inexplicable miraculous phenomena occurring within the hospital walls. Is there an answer? Why is a dying boy drawing pictures of this man? And just who is Mr. Dead Eyes?

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When an asteroid passes by our planet and leaves a trail of death in its wake, a quarter of the population have become the living dead.

Twenty-five years later the zombies are under the control of the government. Citizens are chosen to participate in Project Mirror, a cloning project in which their “mirrors” are used as food for the undead. When one man discovers that something in his blood is being used to create an army of super-zombies, he decides to help his mirror escape. In doing so he uncovers a secret so guarded that the powers that be will stop at nothing to eliminate him and all those that he loves.

The Zombie Chronicles: Escape is the first book is a series of edge-of-your-seat thrillers that will take you on an adventure beyond your wildest imagination and leave you wanting more with each episode.

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In a future where nuclear warheads can be hidden in a briefcase… In a world where designer plagues are held suspended in a teardrop… Prepare for chaos.

Where conventional armies are powerless to defend against a single assassin, the secret organisation known as SPIRAL exists to fight a shadow war against fanatics and rogue states of every faith and political persuasion.

Remorseless, unstoppable, of every country and of none, SPIRAL agents conduct their covert operations throughout the world in a never-ending battle for civilisation’s survival.

But now SPIRAL itself is under attack, and if SPIRAL falls the world falls with it…

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Dragon pee really stinks.

With that bit of cautionary advice, master dragonslayer Davian begins his tale.

Davian is a Third Level Master of The Order, a group of men who alone have the power to battle the most fearsome creatures on all of Saramond. For thousands of years, the brothers of The Order have protected their world.

Now something has upset the balance of power between man and dragon, and Davian must face what appears to be a dragon that cannot be seen.

But Davian is losing his grip on reality — and the fate of the world rests with a stable hand, an underfed priest, and a gardener from beyond the stars.

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Mad props to xkcd.

1. They’ve listened to something “new media” and were underwhelmed by the quality. I’m sure that happens frequently. There are LOTS of bad new media examples out there, so it’s possible. But that doesn’t mean all new media is bad. But it can reinforce the uneducated position that “all this stuff must suck”.

2. They haven’t listened, because they know that no one could possibly do it as well as they do without being paid/trained/ordained. This is… unfortunate. But also understandable. Many traditional media producers have invested a lot of time learning their craft.

   It’s unsettling to think a bunch of upstarts can just come along, practice really hard and figure all this stuff out for, well… free.

   It’s unthinkable that dedicated people could get their hands on tools and equipment necessary to produce comparable products for, well… free.

   And it’s unconsciable that entire industries built on this separation of knowledge and skills are not immune to changes in the marketplace and democratization of technology, information and ideas.

So what do we do about the problems above? Perhaps nothing. There has to be a better solution to #1 than creating yet another filter. Though I’ll be damned if I can think of one. The second is perhaps more insidious. This impacts peoples world-view. Change is tough for many. The normal reaction is PRESERVE AND PROTECT rather than adapt and change.

And maybe they aren’t “problems” at all. Maybe they are simply what they are, and we’ll all go about our business, watching the lines between the two continue to blur until there isn’t any difference. Or maybe the outside world already sees it that way, and this is just my perception as an insider? Or maybe I’ve just spent too much time thinking about and commenting on this thread.