A project long on the backburner is finally moving forward.
Back in the late 2000s and early 2010s, I did a bunch of story commissions for Phillip Velasquez, who was also my co-author for books such as DRYAD and SELKIE. After I began doing ebooks, we talked about publishing those stories in the form of one or more anthologies. However, Phil ran into some medical problems and contact between us was rather infrequent over the next few years.
However, recently things seemed to have cleared up for Phil, at least to the point that we're in regular communication again. And we've been working steadily in clearing the way for the anthologies once again. We are going to put up one stand alone book, AQUARIUM BLUES, then launch into the anthologies.
The stories almost exclusively focus on on of Phil's favorite themes, that of human transformation. Some are science fiction, some are fantasy, some are horror, but I think they all turned out pretty good and should be interesting for people to read. And I know some people are wonder: No, these won't be erotica books, though a few of the stories are definitely 'R'-rated because of adult themes, violence, or explicit imagery.
The good news for me is that the stories are already written, though they will have to be reworked to make them presentable for publication (writing for a single client and writing for a general audience tends to have different demands.) Also, the cover art is also mostly done, thanks to commission Phil had done, so I also don't have to worry about completing a cover from scratch for each one. This should speed the process along for each of the books, so you'll likely see these sooner rather than later. There will be some delays in some other projects, such as THE BUSTY ORC's CURSE, but hopefully not by too much.
Stay tuned!
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