Holo Writing

Authors Jacob & H.P. Holo

Raconteur Press

Surprise! šŸ˜„ A new mecha short story from Jacob!

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Hey, yā€™all! šŸ˜„ This short storyā€™s been turned in so long that honestly, we forgot about it until Raconteur PressĀ told us the anthology was out. šŸ¤£ That said, if youā€™ve been jonesing for some giant robot action, check out Giant Stompinā€™ Robots, edited by our good author pal James Young.

READ GIANT STOMPIN’ ROBOTS HERE

Itā€™s got a bunch of kickass giant robot stories in it, but it especially has a new short set in the Titan Mage universe I wrote as Edie Skye! (Be warned: The short’s not spicy, but the series is.) ā€œOnce a Titan Mage” basically boils down to ā€œWhat if John Wick, but with a giant robot?ā€ with all the epic action that implies.

Also, if you havenā€™t read it yet, Iā€™ve got a story (as Edie Skye) in the companion volume Giant Freakinā€™ Robots:

READ GIANT FREAKIN’ ROBOTS HERE

ā€œIā€™m in Love with a Helicopterā€ involves transforming helicopter mechs and epic battles with air pirates ā€¦ but is ultimately inspired by that one Armored Core VI tutorial that kicked my butt so many times I developed Stockholm Syndrome and started to love it. šŸ¤£

Speaking of which, I gotta show off this review from Tangent Online, which loved the entire anthology ā€¦ but especially loved Rion, Sevas, and Jennyā€™s adventure.

If you’re into giant robots, we hope you’ll give both a look! šŸ˜„

Moggie Noir is out today!

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Hey, y’all! H.P. here! šŸ˜„ If you like cats, noir, and short stories, you’re in for a treat, because Raconteur Press just dropped Moggie Noir (complete with a new story from yours truly)!

Moggie Noir

Anthology Edited by Rita Beeman
Published by Raconteur Press

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The question remains whether you should tuck into this volume in a comfy chair for a bit of adventure. Well, if you like cats, thereā€™s more than a little of something you love in the pages or pixels herein because, instead of a bland all-two-legger cast, these stories feature felines as central or pivotal characters. If you are a fan of noir fiction, youā€™ll enjoy how these authors have explored this genre and maybe stretched the bounds of what you find familiar. Some are set in the 1930s, some are present day, and some are who-knows-when.

After all, who better than a cat might convey the contradictions of a ruthless killer enrobed in the most exquisite package of sumptuous fur with glittering emerald eyes? No one, see? Cats are the ultimate expression of the noir aesthetic, and we hope you will agree, but fasten your seatbelts: itā€™s going to be a bumpy read.

READ MOGGIE NOIR HERE

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This particular anthology marks a REALLY COOL POINT in my author career. šŸ˜€

Last year, Raconteur Press invited me to be an anchor author for a project themed around noir and cats.

Had I ever written in the noir genre? NOPE. Had I even read a noir novel? NOPE. The closest I’d come was watching Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Itā€™s my favorite movie of all time, granted ā€¦ but itā€™s not exactly a standard noir.Ā 

Sure, Iā€™d written about cats, but noirā€™s a very distinct genre with very distinct tropes.

And yet RacPress had such faith in my writing, they were confident Iā€™d produce an anchor-worthy story in a genre Iā€™d never touched.Ā šŸ˜®

I have since touched the genre A LOT, and much like Jacob with police procedurals and theĀ FileĀ novels ā€¦ found a new genre I love to write in.Ā šŸ˜„

All this to say, Iā€™m excited for you to meet the two newest tenants of my head in ā€œLogan Decker, P.I. and the Bodies Agatha Definitely Didnā€™t Put There.ā€Ā šŸ˜„Ā Oneā€™s a gruff, jaded PI; the otherā€™s the ghost of a cat who spent all nine lives. Together theyā€™ll solve crimes (or do them, Agathaā€™s cool with either).Ā šŸ˜ø

I had a lot of fun writing it, and I hope you have just as much fun reading it!

READ MOGGIE NOIR HERE

Space Cowboys 5: Cattle Drive is Out Today! :D

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Hey, y’all! šŸ˜„ Jacob’s next Baen Books title, Freelancers of Neptune, releases this October – but if you’d like a little taste of what’s to come, check out his short story “Release the Cyber-Kraken!” in Raconteur Press’ latest anthology!

Space Cowboys 5: Cattle Drive

Raconteur Press Anthologies #27

Edited by LawDog

Published by Raconteur Press

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When every inch of our planet has been explored, from the depths of the sea to the top of every mountain, Space and her untamed frontiers will still be beckoning us, calling us to go beyond the farthest star and see what there is to see.

Old Sam Clemens once said that History donā€™t repeat itself, but it do rhyme. In Space, we got a vast, unexplored, mysterious, and dangerous frontier. Weā€™ll have herds of some kind to watch over and to drive to market. Most times weā€™ll be far and beyond the reach of ā€œcivilization,ā€ with their myriad of laws, lawyers, and politicians. Those tough enough to carve out a living will need the independent, rugged spirit of the cowboy to survive. There will be leeches and villains, for sure, heroes and anti-heroes, and some folks just trying to eke out a living. If we choose to tell their tales draped in the lingo and trappings of the cowboy, thatā€™s just another rhyme, with form following the function.

If youā€™re new to the Space Cowboy series, youā€™re in for a treat. These ten stories, from ten different authors, are where youā€™ll find Explorers charting new frontiers in space, Trailhands and Drovers watching over their cattle on alien plains, and Lawdogs of every stripe meting out frontier justice, and doing their best to make sure scallywags with evil intent donā€™t win in the end. These cowboys and cowgirls donā€™t back down from a challenge. Itā€™s not in their nature.

(From the Introduction written by Rick Cutler)

READ SPACE COWBOYS 5: CATTLE DRIVE HERE