New Stories at Del Sol SFF Review

Posted: July 27, 2021 by jazzdog in Uncategorized
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We’ve recently published two great new short stories to the Del Sol SFF Review. I encourage you to check them out.

Toshiya Kamei–Underground Secrets

Todd Sullivan–An Acquisition of Words

You’re Invited !

Posted: May 13, 2021 by jazzdog in Music, Uncategorized
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One of the things I do when I’m not writing, is singing jazz in a vocal ensemble–The Offbeats. You’re invited to The Offbeats Vocal Jazz Ensemble’s virtual Spring performance–Friday, June 4th at 7pm Pacific Time on Zoom. We’ll be swinging from Smack Dab in the Middle to Love Shack, with soloist performing a variety of jazz tunes, all accompanied by our great jazz instrumentalists. To attend, register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cceHx-SkR6e3-DWYph9Alg

I’m Feeling All ‘Share-y’

Posted: March 25, 2021 by jazzdog in Music, Uncategorized
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Not sure if I’ve been locked up in my house too long, been on too many Zoom calls, or what, but I’m feeling like sharing more of my creative output. Of course the books are on the website, but then I added some artwork yesterday. And today, I decided to post some music as well. You’ll see some tunes I performed live with the John Hansen Trio in 2018 and a YouTube performance of Twisted from 2020 with John Hansen and Emmanuel del Casal. Hope you enjoy.

I wonder what’s next? Pics of food…or should I go for puppies.

Art Gallery Added

Posted: March 24, 2021 by jazzdog in Uncategorized

I’ve had some requests for some of my artwork, so I thought I’d make a few of my sketches, watercolors, and collages available as signed prints. If you’d like to check it out, go to Visual Art.

Just Askin’

Posted: March 24, 2021 by jazzdog in Book Release
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Have you had a chance to read The Bifurcation of Dungsten Crease yet? Share your thoughts with me! 
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We’re having a Zoom party to celebrate the release of The Bifurcation of Dungsten Crease!

Sunday, April 18 at 2pm Pacific

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Look for the official invitation with a link to register next week. Hope to see you there!

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Book Cover Reveal!

Posted: March 2, 2021 by jazzdog in Book Release, Uncategorized
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Here’s the cover for my latest novel. And you can reserve your copy today.

In the course of a morning, Dungsten Crease resurrects his neighbor’s dog, is arrested by TSA for carrying a weapon which never existed, and drowns a woman at an airline ticket counter—or could he be hallucinating? In his panic he locks himself in the men’s room of a coffee shop only to find a strange man in cycling togs sharing the space. The lanky intruder claims to be Dungsten’s neurally implanted concierge unit who has two disturbing messages. Dungsten is a Shaper—an obsolete, genetically programmed tool created by a bankrupt galactic corporation to terraform planetary experiences for vacationing clients; and the woman he inadvertently killed at the airport with his Shaper abilities will be the love of his life. Attracting government agents who want to weaponize him and Galactic Business Council assassins who want to terminate him, fear drives the Shaper within to inadvertently bifurcate, a second Dungsten also now running from his pursuers. But bifurcation comes at a price: loss of appetite, swelling of the hands and feet, an erection lasting longer than four hours, loss of bladder control, rectal bleeding, psychosis, convulsions, and sudden death. To pull himself back together and if he’s lucky, survive, he must master his Shaper abilities before he becomes a victim, or worse, accidentally destroys Earth and everyone he loves along with it.

No one ever said being a galactic corporate tool would be easy.

And now for something completely different. I thought I’d give recording an author reading a shot. This is the first time I’ve done this, so had to do a bit of education about Garageband, etc. This first reading is Chapter One: Jersey Legionnaire from DIE BACK. One thing I definitely learned from this experience is that I now understand why there is such a thing as a vocal actor. LOL. Hope you enjoy.

Give it a listen and let me know if you’d like to hear more of these recordings. Here’s the link to the audio recording at SoundCloud.


In DIE BACK, Addison finds himself in an altered present, with technologies like supersonic jets, low altitude derrigible passenger transports, and street hovercraft and altered political and cultural lines. He makes a trip to what in his time continuum is Austin, Texas, but in the altered time continuum, Tonkaweya, Tejas. 

Where did Tonkaweya come from? The Waco name for the Tonkawa is “Tonkaweya” which means: ‘They all stay together’. However, the tribal name is Tonkawa. I first heard the tribal name in the Boy Scouts as the name of my Order of the Arrow lodge. But the name has deep historical roots in Oklahoma and Texas. The tribe migrated south from Oklahoma, where they eventually made a treaty in 1824 with Stephen F. Austin to protect the European settlers he was bringing into Central Texas from attacks by the Comanche. Unfortunately, the tribe was decimated by rivals, leaving only one hundred alive. The tribe however, continues to thrive to this day with over seven hundred members.

In the altered time continuum of DIE BACK, the Tonkawa meet a very different fate. After the treaty with Austin, they consolidate power and share in the evolution of Tejas. The city takes the name of the people who made it successful, Tonkaweya

I’ve included the seal of the tribe above, and considered a black and white photo–the typical kind of photograph we often see of America’s indigenous peoples. But I decided I want to keep the reality of the Tonkawa Tribe separate from the fiction. Photographs from the 19th and early 20th century are well-intentioned efforts to preserve what was thought to be vanishing cultures and peoples. However, the indigenous people of the Americas have never left, but are thriving and enriching the lives of those around them.

A recent exhibition at the Seattle Museum of Art made the point well. The exhibit brought together the work of photographer Edward S. Curtis, known for his photographs of indigenous people in the western United States at the turn of the 19th century, and several contemporary Native American artists. He crafted his images, from the lens of the late 19th and early 20th century, to communicate the fragility of vanquished and vanishing indigenous tribes. Three contemporary artists’ from the lens of the 21st century captured, not a defeated and disappeared people, but the real and thriving life of Native Americans.

DIE BACK is a work of fiction. The Tonkawa however, are very real and have a real history. I invite you to learn more about the Tonkawa

DIE BACK is available at Amazon in paperback and Kindle ebook.

March Madness!

Posted: March 7, 2019 by jazzdog in Promotion
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If you’ve been waiting to pick up your copy of DIE BACK, the wait is over. For the month of March, you can buy a Kindle edition for only $2.99. And there’s more. No, not a set of Ginsu knives. Something better. Enter the Goodreads Giveaway and you could win one of 50 free Kindle editions of DIE BACK. So check out the link to the giveaway below or drop by Amazon to pick up a copy at $2.99.

Enter to win one of 50 copies of the Kindle ebook DIE BACK.

Giveaway Dates: March 11-19, 2019

Available in U.S.

Six hundred years after a fifteenth century scryer gains the alchemical knowledge to create a dark future in his own image, Addison Shaw inherits a destiny: to fight this ancient war that threatens all he loves with extinction. To save the future he must die in the past, and as often as possible.

  “A masterful blend of fantasy and historical fiction” — Ken Atchity, Author and Film Producer


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