The Blackwater Saga is a southern gothic story originally released as six novellas but now you can get in in one collection. I listened to the audio version. Fair warning on this one, this will not be spoiler free. The story opens with a woman, Elinor, stranded in a hotel room in a flood. There’s an immediate mystery surrounding Elinor. She stays in Perdido Alabama and eventually marries into a wealthy family, the Caskeys. The book follows Elinor and the Caskey family from 1919 to around...

I’ve had a hard time writing lately. I’ve been busy, of course, but that’s not the reason. I still haven’t gotten a feeling for the main character in the Wolves of Ossery so I’m changing gears. Over the past month I’ve kicked the tires of a few ideas and settled on something I didn’t see coming. Last weekend I was at Stellerfest with my buddy Bob McGough, author of The Jubal County Saga. Long story short we talked the whole weekend about his world and the prospect of me writing in it. I’m...

Back in the early 2000s Cartoon Network ran Samurai Jack on Adult Swim. It was one of the shows I watched at night but this was before Tevo so I caught the episodes sporadically. I spotted all five seasons on HBO Max a couple weeks ago and decided to finally watch the whole series. The animation is in the same style as Power Puff Girls. The story is an evil demonic type entity called Ahku takes over the world. Jack's family has a magical sword that can defeat him but when the attack happens...