New: pulprevAll contenthive-129948hive-196917krzzanhive-183959steemhive-180932hive-185836uncommonlabphotographyhive-166405bitcoinhive-150122hive-188619hive-144064hive-183397hive-145157hive-113376krsuccesslifehive-139150hive-109690hive-101145hive-193186hive-124908TrendingNewHotLikerscheah (69)in writing • 4 years agoThe Quest for Pulp Speed Continues!Write fast, write well, write often. This is Pulp Speed, the foundation of pulp-style writing. With a hungry market always eager for more fiction, the pulp writer earns his bread by feeding the…cheah (69)in writing • 5 years agoSeven Manuscripts and Other HasslesAt this moment, I have seven completed manuscripts on my desk. One short story, six novels, and a non-fiction book. All of them need to be edited. While it’s a good problem to have, it does mean I…cheah (69)in fantasy • 5 years agoFantasy Without FantasyModernity has ruined fantasy. At one end of the scale, there is the slice-of-life tale, with ordinary people doing ordinary things, just with some counterfactual elements. At the other end, there…cheah (69)in fiction • 5 years agoThe New Gods of BabylonWhen you think hard about it, the traditional cyberpunk trope of megacorporations literally ruling the world doesn't make any sense. A megacorp is a massive private corporation, holding…cheah (69)in fiction • 5 years agoBABYLON BLUES IS FUNDED!My upcoming cyberpunk horror work BABYLON BLUES is fully funded on Kickstarter! I'm incredibly grateful for the support of my backers, friends and family. Without them, this project would not have…cheah (69)in fiction • 5 years agoThe Blades of BabylonSwords are cool. That alone would be enough reason to include swords in fiction. And you can't have a street samurai without a sword. But my preferred aesthetic, that of the military…cheah (69)in fiction • 5 years agoSneak Preview of BABYLON BLUES Remastered!What goes into a remastered story? A lot of work, unsurprisingly enough. BABYLON BLUES was originally conceived and written as a series of interconnected webserials. The concepts were sound, the…cheah (69)in kickstarter • 5 years agoBabylon Blues Meets Deus Vult Wastelanders!Bloodthirsty demons and black-hearted cultists. Guns and swords and high technology. Unshakable faith in the face of soul-rending evil. These are the defining points of Babylon Blues. And Adam…cheah (69)in fiction • 5 years agoThe Guns of BabylonWhen writing a tactical thriller with heavy action elements, you have to get around to talking about the hardware. Tools drive what the characters can and can’t do, and weapons are a big part of…cheah (69)in fiction • 5 years agoThe Music of Babylon BluesBABYLON BLUES, my current cyberpunk horror saga, holds a most unusual distinction: it is the first story I wrote that was inspired by music. The first time I heard 'Babylon', it was in Leonard…cheah (69)in fiction • 5 years agoBabylon Blues Part 14Beyond Truth and Lies Deep in the desert at the heart of Nova Babylonia, sited at the furthest point from every inhabited city and settlement in the country, surrounded by sun-scorched dunes and…cheah (69)in fiction • 5 years agoBabylon Blues Part 13Time for War The New Gods took their time setting up. Fox suspected several reasons. Their mutual animosities getting the better of them, forcing them to delay and confirm and double-confirm…cheah (69)in fiction • 5 years agoBabylon Blues Part 12The BITE The BITE was a great place to die. The Babylon Institute of Technology and Engineering was the premier research university in the nation. Its pedagogy was world-class, and its…cheah (69)in fiction • 5 years agoBabylon Blues Part 11Crabs In A Bucket In the darkness, they congregated in the living room. Sirens screamed in the night, steadily approaching the street. The curtains were too thin to completely block out the light…cheah (69)in fiction • 5 years agoBabylon Blues Part 10Time-Limited Targets Contrary to Fox’s expectations, Alex didn’t work from home. He had a computer in his home office, to be sure. It was a custom rig, sleek and sophisticated, radiating raw…cheah (69)in fiction • 5 years agoBabylon Blues Part 9Electric City Electric City existed only in the minds of the inhabitants of Babylon. Bounded by two subway stations, it ran rampant across streets and neighborhoods, violating the grids laid down…cheah (69)in fiction • 5 years agoBabylon Blues Part 8Story Behind the Story The team reconvened at their secondary rally point. Hartsock National Park, a thin strip of green that bifurcated Cape Rockaway, an arm of land that jutted out into Babylon…cheah (69)in fiction • 5 years agoBabylon Blues Remastered Kickstarter is Live!Firefights with monsters and cultists in neon-drenched streets. Terror and technology in a world ruled by demons. Welcome to Babylon. In 2018, I published the first entry in a five-part cyberpunk…cheah (69)in fiction • 5 years agoBabylon Blues Part 7Mere Mortal There was nothing routine about Goshawks over Babylon. Fast, stealthy, armored, each dropship could ferry a platoon of troops. It was the military’s heavy-lift aircraft of choice. The…cheah (69)in fiction • 5 years agoBabylon Blues Part 6Running Dark “Lycan, find Zen. Everyone else, security positions. Go dark,” Yamamoto ordered. The team sprang into motion like a well-oiled machine. Every electronic device went into…
