GENCON. Man. Part of the reason I’ve taken so long to do this AAR is that I was having trouble trying to put the experience into words. It’s been two weeks since I loaded out of Indianapolis and began the long trip home…and I still find myself having a goofy smile for no good reason. […]
Coming Attractions
Star System Maps and a Shout Out
The next novel, Aries Red Sky, is nearing its completion now that the dissertation monster is finally slain. It’s at 95,000 words or so, and will be headed to the editor (Lord willing and the creek don’t rise) at the end of the month. My usual artist and better half is busy completing her senior projects (links […]
Though Our Hulls Burn Teaser 2: Meet the Spartans
Well folks, Nano Wrimo has begun. I’ve broken ground on the sequel/prequel to An Unproven Concept, and here’s the first bit in rough draft form. Chapter 1: When Next We Meet Spartan Man of War (SMW) The Taken Umbrage 0345 Spartan Military Time (SMT) / 0145 Standard Spacefarer’s Time (SST) Ellylon /Yankee 975 System 15 December […]
Though Our Hulls Burn… Teaser 1: Tentative Chapter Titles
Part I: On the Nature of Scorpions Chapter 1: When Next We Meet Chapter 2: A Grave Error In Judgment Chapter 3: A Baseball Bat…In the Dark…To the Face Chapter 4: Lessons Observed…As Opposed to Learned Chapter 5: Mr. Oppenheimer Gets Prison Swole Chapter 6: Sledgehammer Resistant Walnuts Chapter 7: Dead Carl and the Angry […]
Metal Monday–Hear Ye, My Words
So I found this song via an I-tunes recommendation. The album is pretty solid as well. I always see a lone rider approaching a temple at the intro, followed by a montage of him killing his way to the central chamber where he confronts an angry god. Yeah, I’m dark like that. Anyway, when I […]
Warship Wednesday–Ark Royal Class
Welcome Chris Nuttall readers. Please check out the front page: https://vergassy.com The Ark Royal-class are the largest and most modern supercarriers in the Confederation Navy. First projected to carry a full air group of 3 fighter and 3 attack squadrons, the air group’s composition was changed in 3051 to 2 fighter, 2 attack, and 2 […]
What's In A Name?
So, as noted by The Prolific Trek, your humble narrator went to go see Star Trek: Beyond (Note: Spoilers) with the better half and a group of friends as a break from his *censored* dissertation. It was a needed break–I feel the urge to be snarky in response to some differing points fading to a […]
Audio, Audio, Audio…
So at the moment I’m in the midst of getting the Vergassy series turned into audiobooks. “Ride of the Late Rain” is 95% complete, while I’ve received (and approved) the first 15 minutes for each version of An Unproven Concept. Here’s a listen for each: An Unproven Concept (Kraken Edition)–First 15 minutes. An Unproven Concept […]
In a while (2015)…
For those waiting on a sequel, I’m planning on the next Vergassy work being an anthology entitled Though Our Hulls Burn. The cover art (done by Christos Karapanos — http://amorphisss.deviantart.com/) for it is below. The blurb is as follows: “In the year 3040, the Confederation of Man thought it was alone. An interstellar incident and several […]
Soon…(Cover Rough Draft)
I’ll just leave this representation of FM-2 rolling in hot on HE-111s here.