February, 2010.
What's New
February is Retslu month on Papa Joe's Fantastic World. Retslu is a magical land, and I quote from the Book of Retslu written by Dorian, Chief Historian of Retslu under the reign of three of its king, Woden the Incompetent, Black Pawn the Rash and Knight Black the Disloyal.
"The Kingdom of Retslu is nestled in the Nosduh River Valley, a country with majestic mountains, bountiful farmland and mysterious and shadowy forests. Everywhere in this lush valley life abounds. Its many forms include unicorns, dragons, were-beasts and that unpredictable and ever interesting animal known as humans."
I'm celebrating the release of four humorous full-length novels about The Magical Land of Retslu, White Queen, Black Knight, The Search for Prince Knight Black, Once in a Blue Moon, and The Curse of Chaos. More about these novels below.
My Morgaine the Demon Witch series is up to nine novels with the release of Morgaine and the Necromancer last September. For more info about this series, click on Morgaine Series .
In this month's episode of Gunther the Viking, Gunther and Aine celebrate Beltane.
In My blog I talk about where I get my ideas from.
My Art Gallery features interesting photos in exotic locations.
Check out my Favorites page for links to fantasy, paranormal and science-fiction web sites that you might enjoy.
My novels are now available on Barnes and Noble among other booksellers, such as Page Turner Editions, Amazon, Fictionwise, Sony and eReader
On Page Turner Editions. Check out the NEW section.
In addition, my e-books can be downloaded into your iPod, iPad and similar devices.
My series, Raven Lenore, Psychic Investigator, is best read after midnight or in a thunderstorm. In the case of The Spirit in the Bottle, Raven helps an FBI agent friend solve a murder. One of the clues is a strange ancient vessel. What it contains has a profound affect on Raven's life. In the sequel, The Case of the Missing Corpse, when Raven is hired to solve a case involving a missing corpse, she goes underground and meets The Beast. The third book in the series is The Case of the House Who Ate People. Someone has replaced the president of the United States with an android. But where is the real president? In the fourth novel in this series, The Case of the Ghost Out of Time, Raven meets a ghost from the future.
Be sure to check out The Morgaine Chronicles series. A beautiful woman falls in love with a famous astrologer and psychic. She is led into a strange world populated by witches, vampires, ghosts and other strange and eerie persons, creatures and events. Nine novels have been published in this series. My newest Morgaine novel is called Morgaine and the Necromancer. In it, Morgaine helps a young would-be necromancer achieves his dreams, but she has a scheme of her own involving demon possession and other black magic. Meanwhile, Michael investigates the Tunguski event of 1908 which some believe may have been a crashed UFO.
The outrageously funny adventures of Charles Winterbottom, Archeologist is entitled Dinner With Dracula.
In The Laws of Magic a detective is called to solve a missing persons case which leads him to a horrific otherworld in which eldritch creatures dwell.
Science Fiction
Three short novels have been released recently. Out of Time is about a tough PI whose latest case leads to an odyssey in time and love of woman from the future. In Takeover, space invaders take over earth with promises of peace and prosperity. But is the loss of freedom worth it. In Artifact, two space bums hear about a discovery that may make them rich -- or lead to their demise.
In my science fiction space opera, Pawns of Tomorrow, feline aliens clash with a human empire on a galactic scale. Humanity has met its match in the Stygians, carnivores that evolved from feline ancestors, whose society reflects their cat-like ways.To win the war requires all the skill of a master chess player such as Prince Ron Bo Kan. This space opera is centered around a real chess game. Pawns of Tomorrow is a genuine chess game in the form of a science fiction story. You can follow the moves of the game through a summary at the start of each chapter and appendices at the end of the book. Soon to be released by Renaissance is the sequal, Knights of Tomorrow. For more info, click here.
In my science fiction romance, For the Love of Kumiko, Allen Goodwin's life was turned upside down when he fell in love with Kumiko. The problem was that she came with an instruction manual -- she was an android. This novel is a bittersweet romance of the love affair between a man and android. Love was never so complex. For more info, click here.
The Isaac Project is the story of how the first truly humanoid robot might be developed. For more info, click here.
Also check out Hearts Among the Stars, science fiction love stories. For more info, click here.
Also, I would like to point you to a science fiction anthology called Forbidden Speculation available on Amazon. My short story Something Sinister is among other great SF.
The Bagod is about a man sent to the far future where women rule and men are only a myth used to scare children.
In Star Tower a veteran of a space war joins a rebel group. When he is betrayed, he and other prisoners are sent on a voyage from which they will never return.
The Sands of Time is a collection of my short stories that first appeared in web zines.
If you like high fantasy with a humorous touch, you may want to check out
If you're into humorous fantasy, two new novels about the magical land of Retslu are available. White Queen, Black Knight is about anordinay youth who sets out win the hand of a princess, but is enchanted by a wicked sorcerer so that he always goes the wrong way.
In The Search for Prince Knight Black, the heir to the throne of Retslu mysteriously vanishes and the kingdom is plagued by various evils. King Woden sends his most trusted men on quests to solve the various problems and find Prince Knight Black.
In Once in a Blue Moon, the beautiful Pim's werewolf lover breaks his chain and disappears, Mordrakes 50 inch crystal ball shows him the news of the future, the evil Doctor Nemesis turns the moon blue and invents a weapon to conquer Retslu, spies spy on spies and doubleagents betray the head of Retslu security and much else strange happens in the magical land of Retslu.
The magical land of Retslu is cursed by the strange goddess, Chaos, in The Curse of Chaos, and everything goes even wackier than usual.
Mordrake's Apprentice and Other Tales of Retslu contains stories of magick gone wrong, inept knights, incredibly dopey kings, encounters with dragons, sorcerers and witches. Adventures in the fantasy land of Retslu. Hope you find these stories as much fun as I did writing them.
Kamma's Vision is a tale of Casticos the barbarian who battles the Roman Empire, but is torn between two women, Kamma, a pagan priestess and witch, and Eudocia, a devotee of the strange new religion called Christianity.
Here are the contents of Papa Joe's Fantastic World. Click on the page you would like to visit.
In order to make this web site as interesting and informative as possible, I need your help. If you have any ideas, you can contact me at my Yahoo group Papa Joe's Sci Fi and Fantasy Group, a group for writers of science fiction, fantasy and paranormal fiction to promote their work and for readers of these genres to find out what is new and available. Authors, here is your chance to promote your work, as long as it is in one of the mentioned genres, whether your novel or short story is a printed book, an E-book, or a story in an online or print magazine. You are also welcome to post short stories, reviews of other author's work, ideas for my web site or your thoughts about anything. Readers, join this group to find out what is being published in your favorite genre and to comment on it. Tell us what you like to read. You may also contact me by leaving your E-mail address on my guest book, located on the Entrance page.
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