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Shameless self promotion

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I'm still not making the kind of bank I need to. I mostly blame you. You clearly aren't buying enough books, I shouldn't need to do this, I should be selling a hundred copies a month. It's patently ridiculous that I should have to stoop to sales. Yech. But here we are. Click the links below, or the cover art to BUY  MY BOOKS and please review them on Amazon and Goodreads, reviews from users like you matter more than you know, and I would love to hear what you think. Happy New Year! My latest book, an anthology of science fiction and adventure stories is available  HERE And the Anahita Chronicles are, as ever, available  HERE  (Book I), HERE  (Book II), and HERE  (Book III) respectively. 

Part VI ~ Le Monstre se Réveille

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! It's live! Click HERE for  La Saveur de la vie ~  Part VI ~  Le Monstre se Réveille (Don't worry, it's not in French, just the chapter titles)   Running from 2012 to 2017, and into the future,  La Saveur de la vie  is an ongoing Halloween special novel project. Every year in October, as the seasons change, I write and release one chapter or section of the story here on my blog.  Be advised, this is a horror story, and it is not family friendly. My vampires have teeth. 

One Big Happy Graveyard's new location

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My new web comic One Big Happy Graveyard has a new home! Please visit  http://onebighappygraveyard.blogspot.ca/ All issues are now available on that site, and more will be posted in the future.  Please enjoy irresponsibly!

One Big Happy Graveyard.

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And now for something completely different. I have dozens of these pencilled, and they are slowly getting photoshopped into life. Stay tuned for more, this blog is the birthplace of Samuel Blondahl's new web comic One Big Happy Graveyard! Click HERE for episodes 5 & 6 Come back for more soon, and don't miss my ongoing Halloween Horror serial La Saveur de la vie. Link at the top of this page, Continues in October of every year!

The Anahita Chronicles

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The Anahita Chronicles are now officially re-released and available on Amazon in paperback and kindle! Make sure you get the new edition sold by Amazon and myself, direct links are below, just click on the header or cover for paperback, kindle is listed underneath! These editions are self published and contain new, cleaner editing and better formatting than was previously available. The cover art is self designed and produced, with more attractive title layouts than previous editions. The story content remains unaltered, but the book is vastly improved with the new edit. I hope you enjoy and review freely. Thank you for reading! BOOK I BOOK II BOOK III BOOK I - KINDLE BOOK II - KINDLE BOOK III - KINDLE BOOK I SYNOPSIS The crew of the new star ship Mercury prepare for a short journey to Mars, both to test a miraculous new engine, and to serve in an assistance capacity to the first landing team to set foot on the red planet.  Sabotage and mutiny stra

Release Announcement

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HOMO SUPERIOR And Collected Works Is now available Click HERE to purchase on the Create-Space store And click HERE to find it directly on Amazon An eclectic collection of novellas and short fiction from Samuel Blondahl, author of The Anahita Chronicles.  Includes the novellas:: HOMO SUPERIOR THE DARK FOREVER NOBODY'S HERO The screenplay:: THE MARTIAN MURDERS And the short stories: Dirge of the Hummingbird Prince The Golden Peacock of Dambulla Devil's Lantern The Paper Forest Un Opera Per Miranda Homo Superior is an adventure love story that begins with the creation of universe and ends in the apocalypse. This is a journey into the depths of Hades and onto the heights of Olympus. The Dark Forever is a chilling deep space horror story inspired by The Lord of the Flies and Alien. Nobody's Hero is a fun, fast paced, everyman turned superhero story. The Martian Murders is a classic Science Fiction screenpl

Andromedae Appendix and dedication

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This is the afterword to Book III of The Anahita Chronicles, Andromedae. I am re-releasing the series soon, and I had to re-type this, as I did it inspired me all over again. I wanted to post it here just to shout it from the rooftops. Earth in the dark Andromedae was difficult to write. Not because I didn't have a story to tell, and not because of the characters, who I love and who flow out of my fingertips easily, but because of the subject matter. Weapons of mass destruction are a reality in our world, and the will to use them is present. Our species is capable of terrible things. So upon our creation of a weapon capable of destroying planets, what would the response of an alien species be? If they have paid any attention to us, they would understand that we simply cannot be trusted with that power.   I have always been an optimist, and I am still, even in these troubled times (I re-type this in 2017). I believe in our potential and the inherent compassion w