Friday, December 7, 2018

First Novel is Alive!



Summoned forth (eerily weaving hands through the air) as if by...well, a lot of hard work. My first novel has been released! For someone who grew up with a lot of sci fi (watching, reading, writing), I find it funny that my first published work is in the realm of fantasy. There’s probably a little sci fi in there, lurking among the elements of steampunk, pirates, action scenes, romance and courtroom drama, but that’s only because I love to mash up genres. Writing about what I love hopefully resulted in a book that people will love to read! Available in eBook:
https://www.amazon.com/Familiar-Steven-Reinagel-ebook/dp/B07KPNJGSX/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1544191237&sr=1-1

and Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1790123976

The concept for the main character actually came about while writing a different novel (which will also get published some day), but people kept telling me they'd never heard of a story from such a character's point of view before. The idea that I was on to something relatively fresh and original kept me plugging along, and I'm so happy with the result! Everyone's time seems to be so short and precious these days, so the biggest honor for me is if someone spends some of that time in the world I created. Please send me comments and let me know what you think of the novel!



Monday, November 19, 2018

Now Posted Here!

With Halloween over (sad face), we move on to the next holiday - which, according to all the stores, is Christmas. I'm taking another week before I think about that, and focusing on Thanksgiving!
But before I wave goodbye to the frightful festival, I have posted my latest short story here (well, in the 'Short Stories' section). So if you never downloaded the whole anthology from Amazon, here's you chance to read just my entry - which I'm proud of. Go read it!

Monday, October 1, 2018

2108 Anthology Release

My latest story "The Commission" is part of my writing group’s annual Halloween anthology, which is now available on Amazon! In 2016’s anthology, I wanted to create something with a Poe-esque feeling (taking on the challenge to write something in a classic horror style), but for this new one, I moved several decades ahead in time and ‘crafted’ something with a very Lovecraftian overtone. Go download it, read it, enjoy it (hopefully) and let me know if I pulled it off!

https://www.amazon.com/Howling-Halloween-Suspense-Compilation-Writers-ebook/dp/B07HRX52S3/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1538405189&sr=1-1&keywords=howling+halloween