SFFS: Snippet #2 From ALL GOOD THINGS

Welcome back, everyone, to another week of Science Fiction Fantasy Saturday.

For those who didn't already know, my new Aston West "series" novel, All Good Things, is now available for pre-order over at Amazon through the link. It goes live February 12, and I'll continue posting snippets for the next several weeks.

If you've missed an excerpt or more, be sure to check them out through the following:

Snippet #1

First, the blurb for All Good Things:

 A new ship. A new love. A new life.

An old nemesis could end it all.

Space pirate Aston West never truly came to grips with the death of his friend, Leah Jordan. He’s tried to move on, falling in love with his best friend, Rione Sc’lari. But the memories of Leah’s murder at the hands of twin brothers Lars and Elijah Cassus still linger, gnawing at Aston’s soul as he blames himself for her death. Even though he exacted fatal vengeance on Lars, Elijah has promised revenge for his brother’s demise.

Elijah finally reveals himself, and Aston believes his life is over. But rather than carry out his prior threat, Elijah, possessing a new miracle drug, promises to bring Leah back to life if Aston goes along with his latest diabolical plan. Will Aston risk his newfound love and join forces with the ultimate evil, just to find absolution?

And now, here's the snippet:

Rione turned and looked down the corridor opposite the one that we’d used earlier. I knew what she was going to do, and wanted to object since we had no weapons and didn’t know what we were getting into. Unfortunately, I didn’t have the chance before she sprinted off, leaving me no choice but to follow.

I wasn’t sure if the corridor we ran through was being built, or in extreme disrepair, but half of the lights were out overhead. Several panels were removed along the walls, and resting next to their openings. My infamous gut was screaming at me that we needed our weapons for heading into the unknown like this. Rione apparently didn’t have those same qualms, as she kept up her sprinter’s pace until she came to a stop near an open doorway.

I finally caught up to her, while I huffed and puffed from the exertion, and peered inside into near darkness. The only light came from the corridor, which barely gave enough to see some sort of huddled figure on the floor.

“We have to help her.”

Rione stepped toward the doorway, but I grabbed her arm. “Something doesn’t feel right about this.” That was an understatement, as far as my gut was concerned.

“Stay here if you want, but she needs help.” She broke free and continued into the room.

Hope you enjoyed it! If so, pick up a copy of All Good Things from the link above. And of course, be sure to check out all of the fabulous SFFS snippets through the link at the top of this post.

SFFS: Snippet #1 From ALL GOOD THINGS

Welcome back, everyone, to another week of Science Fiction Fantasy Saturday.

It's been an extremely long while since I last posted a snippet. With a new year, I'm going to try and make a run at it again. For those who didn't already know, my new Aston West "series" novel, All Good Things, is now available for pre-order over at Amazon.

I've posted a few snippets over the last several years from this manuscript, even if it had about two or three other names at the time. I'm going to attempt to post a snippet from never-before-seen sections of the book. So, here goes...

First, the blurb for All Good Things:

 A new ship. A new love. A new life.

An old nemesis could end it all.

Space pirate Aston West never truly came to grips with the death of his friend, Leah Jordan. He’s tried to move on, falling in love with his best friend, Rione Sc’lari. But the memories of Leah’s murder at the hands of twin brothers Lars and Elijah Cassus still linger, gnawing at Aston’s soul as he blames himself for her death. Even though he exacted fatal vengeance on Lars, Elijah has promised revenge for his brother’s demise.

Elijah finally reveals himself, and Aston believes his life is over. But rather than carry out his prior threat, Elijah, possessing a new miracle drug, promises to bring Leah back to life if Aston goes along with his latest diabolical plan. Will Aston risk his newfound love and join forces with the ultimate evil, just to find absolution?

And now, here's the snippet:

We stepped toward the doors to the landing pad, which opened a moment before something clanged, echoing around us. I peered out at our ship, but saw nothing out of the ordinary. Six containers were all lined up neatly underneath the ship. A yard technician was driving his tracked vehicle toward the ship, dragging along three more containers behind it as columns of smoke bellowed out of its vertical exhaust shafts. Another vehicle with huge wheels grabbed the first container with some sort of claw-like attachment on its front. Then, the second yard technician moved rapidly from the container drop-off point over to the first of the twelve bay loading platforms that were resting on the ground. Dropping it off, he went back for the next container while the lift pad began a quick trip up into its respective cargo bay. The tracked vehicle dropped off its load, and sped off toward its final load beyond my line of sight.

“Think it could have been the cargo containers?” Rione asked.

“Maybe,” I said with a grimace, “but I haven’t heard it again since we opened the doors.”

Yet again, I found myself debating the rationale behind leaving our weapons on the ship. Since that couldn’t be helped this time, I decided discretion was the better choice. “Let’s get back to the ship.”

Before we had a chance to make a move, a woman’s scream filled the foyer.

Hope you enjoyed it! If so, pick up a copy of All Good Things from the link above. And of course, be sure to check out all of the fabulous SFFS snippets through the link at the top of this post.

ALL GOOD THINGS Now Available for Pre-Order

For those who haven't already been following my Facebook fan page, my fourth "series" novel All Good Things is finished, and now available to pre-order for your Kindle. The release date for both the e-book and print version is slated for February 12. So, without further adieu, here's the cover and tagline/blurb from All Good Things:

A new ship. A new love. A new life.
An old nemesis could end it all.

Space pirate Aston West never truly came to grips with the death of his friend, Leah Jordan. He’s tried to move on, falling in love with his best friend, Rione Sc’lari. But the memories of Leah’s murder at the hands of twin brothers Lars and Elijah Cassus still linger, gnawing at Aston’s soul as he blames himself for her death. Even though he exacted fatal vengeance on Lars, Elijah has promised revenge for his brother’s demise.

Elijah finally reveals himself, and Aston believes his life is over. But rather than carry out his prior threat, Elijah, possessing a new miracle drug, promises to bring Leah back to life if Aston goes along with his latest diabolical plan. Will Aston risk his newfound love and join forces with the ultimate evil, just to find absolution?

Writing Goals for 2016

Well, now that 2016 is here, it's time to start putting together a list of the writing goals I'd like to accomplish this year. It's actually pretty scary, because this is the first time in a long time that I don't already have another novel planned in my Aston West series. So, my guess is that there will be a lot of planning goals here.

 So, here goes:

1. Plot out a fifth Aston West series novel.

2. Finish a third Aston West novella.

3. Publish my new Aston novel All Good Things.

4. Publish another Triple-Shot.

5. Finish the next novella in the Max McCannor series.

All in all, it's going to be a busy year. Thanks to everyone who's purchased a copy of one (or all) of my books, and I'm looking forward to bringing you even more great stories in the near future.

2015 in Review

So, 2015 is now finished, and time to look back at my goals for the year, and see what it was that I completed...

1. Publish my new Aston short story collection, The Dirty Dozen.

Dropping "The" in the title, Dirty Dozen is now published and available for your reading pleasure.

2. Publish my new Aston novella Fallen.

Fallen is finally published and available. Pick up a copy if you haven't already.

3. Finish and publish my new Aston novel Life and Death.

Now that the book has been given another new title (All Good Things) for the second year in a row, I can happily say that I just finished final edits on this one. Hoping to have the cover art complete and printed copies ready in time for my annual pilgrimage to Dallas.

4. Publish another Triple-Shot.

This is another goal I actually did finish in its entirety...and if you haven't already picked up a copy, be sure to check out Sweet Embrace and its companion stories.

5. Finish the next novella in the Max McCannor series.

Lyndon Perry and I have both been neck-deep in other projects for most of this year. Although I've been able to get a few more chapters written on the next installment, tentatively titled Runaway, started, it hasn't gone anywhere so far.

All in all, it looks like I did a lot this year, even though I've felt like a complete sloth. Should be getting another set of goals put together for 2016 shortly.