Digital Media Coup

Now is the time of the digital media coup. Don't know what I'm talking about?

Well, it's simple, innovative artists have slaved for years giving their goodies away for free over the years, and now it's paying off.

You're still not sure what I'm talking about?

Here's a couple examples:

We can starts with Phil Rossi's Crescent. It's a science fiction thriller set on the space station of Crescent. There is something inherently wrong with the station. And you know what? This brilliantly fun novel is now print.

A fan favorite Mur Lafferty's Playing for Keeps is a "super" hero story where the "heroes" control every aspect of life in 7th City and others, 3rd Wavers are just second-rate citizens. Especially those who have powers, but they just aren't deemed powerful enough to consider them heroes. And they've had enough.

Of course, nothing about podcast fiction from me is complete without Scott Sigler. The FDO (Future Dark Overlord) has had all 6 novels printed, and is now having original novels partially rewritten and printed through major print. Sigler takes us through the wonderful world of hard science horror. He takes known science, hooks you with the facts, twists it with a viable possibility, then once he's got you hooked takes you on a horror thrill ride the likes of which you haven't experienced. The FDO has even made his presence felt with such force that his science fiction thrill ride Infected is being broadcast on XM's "Book Radio" show and is already running on Sirius on channel 9 from 6:30-7:00 PM Eastern Time.

Lastly, but most definitely not least, comes my personal favorite, and hero, J.C. Hutchins. The man is a machine. He hasn't slept in years. Tyler Durden has nothing on Hutch. He cranks out content, info, and just general fun for those who follow him. He was published this past summer with Jordan Weisman in the psychological thriller and trans-media sensation Personal Effects: Dark Art and the only way to get the complete story is to follow the clues, click the links, and call the number. But that was a collaborative novel, as awesome as it was, it wasn't the Hutch story that got me hooked. But guess what, yup, you guessed it, he's in print now with his brilliant conspiracy, sci-fi thrill ride 7th Son: Descent. It's hard for me not to love something that starts with "The President of the United States is dead. He was murdered in the morning sunlight by a four-year-old boy . . ." It just doesn't get any better than that. The story of seven men who are taken from their daily lives and cast into the roles of saviors for the modern world as they try to stop the genius John Alpha from completing his plan of vengeance on those who have wronged him.

I love this. The authors I have fallen in love with over the years are out there for the rest of the world to experience in print. No need to be internet or techno-savvy, just check out the book at the local "brick & mortar" store or go a step further, take my word for it, and buy the goods. You won't be disappointed.