Check out this comedy-horror type home video made by myself and a few friends recently. I play two characters, neither particularly pleasant ;-)

Music on the video: "Dead on the Inside" by Freakhouse.

Bugles parp and trumpets quack! Fish sauce crystallizes into a solid lump of anchovy goodness and middle aged men fall off gym balls at the news that I and my wife are going to be in New York to meet you, should you be around, on the evening of Saturday May 1st.

Uncle Velvet is trying to nail-down a suitable venue, but we need to know how many we can expect in advance, if possible. So if you can make it, let us know by posting here or on the Facebook Event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=110974775604721&ref=nf 

I can't sign any of my books, because as you know, they are only available in podcast form at the moment (I can try to sign a podcast, but it might be tricky). There may also be a reading, but it's impossible to say at this time, because we don't know where we're going to be. So the sooner you RSVP, the more likely that will be ;-)

I thank you, and look forward to meeting you in the flesh.

As you may know, this site had a setback the other day and some recent postings (along with your comments to them) have been lost. However, since I often repeat my postings here and on my main site, the missing posts can still be viewed at MBP.com. My thanks to Jason for saving the (website) day as always.

In other news, I've been slowly chipping away at the U&F block. I'm getting an average 2 thousand words a day done, which isn't much compared to someone like Scott Sigler, but is a hell of a lot more than I was doing a month ago when I was employed. I've now written the first drafts of the first four episodes (possibly five or six because the episodes are massive and may need to be edited into two here and there) and I can confidently say that I like them very much.

Meanwhile, some new art has been posted in the gallery at MBP by Paul Warren, KS Claw and Jon Cape. Below is Jon's vision of the road incident in Episode 1 of U&F.

My thanks to all the artists for their hard work and for sharing it with us

Lastly, I now have a release month for the paperback anthology that my story, "Salvation" is to appear in. The book will be released by Dragon Moon Press in April - same as (hopefully) the recommencement of U&F Part 2.  The anthology will also feature stories by Scott Sigler, Phil Rossi and Emerian Rich to name a few. It doesn't have a confirmed title yet, but when it does, I'll let you know