Quick Update Post –
I’m working on a lot of different things, and some of them have been made public recently, so I might as well list them all.
Being worked on right now in 2025 (note, this is being worked on, not released, I don’t control release dates so quit yelling at me)-
• Gun Runner graphic novel. This is an adaptation of the novel by me and John Brown, by comic book legend Mike Baron through Hound Dog Media (the same people who did Ringo’s Black Tide graphic novel). It is in the early stages of crowd funding and test art now.
• MHI Memoirs (title not yet announced) cowritten with Les Johnson, for Baen. Les is almost done with the first pass and then will be kicking it over to me. I’ll be talking more about what this one is about shortly, but it is also about another character in a different time period, only this covers a wildly different area than most of MHI’s cases. The fact that I’m writing it with Les should be a clue as to the type of monsters we’re talking about. 🙂
• MHI Memoirs (2 of them) cowritten with Jason Cordova, so yes, the 1970s Chloe novels are a trilogy. The last one took place where Jason grew up, and the next one has a big section where I grew up. Jason’s working on #2 now, but keep in mind he’s been having a lot of health challenge so yelling at us ain’t gonna speed it up.
• Academy of Outcasts 2, I’m 60k words into it. The goal here is to have it done and ready for preorder by the time book 1 releases in October. This is the new progression fantasy series from Aethon, where I get to do fun adventure D&D style fantasy stuff (a nice change after wrapping up a dark and heavy 6 book series about genocide and caste systems!) I’m discovery writing this series, and that’s been a fun experiment so far (and fast!).
• (title not announced yet) of (series title is awesome, but not announcing that until we show off the next bullet point in public) the new contemporary fantasy series for Ark. 30k words in and fully outlined. This one is my take on the lone wandering hero/vigilante archetype style story. (strangely enough it’s probably more realistic and tactically grounded than Reacher, even though there’s supernatural monsters in it) It’s set in the American west, modern days, and is really bad ass. Think cowboy Repairman Jack meets Haunted Mesa, with Correia level violence. 😀
• The graphic novel tie in for (title not yet announced) of (new series). Ark wanted to try something with this release so there’s going to be a graphic novel that ties in with the series. This is being drawn now by Alex Wisner (he’s been sending me the art roughs as he goes, and it’s really friggin’ cool) and the script was written by me. This is the first and only time I’ve ever written a graphic script, so that was cool. (this was also why I had pictures of me posing in a plate carrier with a particular handgun the other day, for art reference).
• Monster Hunter Files 2 – My co-editor is Jason Cordova. I believe we have most of the stories in.
In process now, and planned to do/start in 2026-
• THE BIG ONE- mainline MHI #9 and #10. Monster Hunter Trespass and Monster Hunter Omega. I’ve got a whole other giant post full of details about those, but yeah, the Owen storyline for MHI is heading into the final stretch. The plan is to have these released back to back.
• And because people keep asking if that’s the end of MHI books, no. But it is the wrap up for Owen’s arc. Creatively, there’s still plenty of other stories to be told in that universe. And, capitalistically, I’ve made a lot of money writing MHI. 😀
• Academy of Outcasts 3 (under contract)
• (Unnamed Ark project) 2 (under contract)
• Lost Planet Homicide continuation (this one may move up or down in the timeline depending, because being novellas they don’t take very much time to write so they get squeezed in between other projects). I love this universe though, and at some point I’ll have enough novellas to compile them into a print/ebook and they’ll no longer be an audio exclusive.
Future writing projects –
• Too many to list. I’ve got so many friggin’ cool ideas.
• But because you specifically keep asking, yes, I do plan on doing another Grimnoir trilogy. But people keep throwing large sums of money at me to do other stuff for them.
• Servants of War 2, cowritten with Steve Diamond, but the delay on this is the same reason WriterDojo is on hiatus, as in Steve got a huge promotion and his corporate mega job and he’s slammed.
• We’ve talked about an “Old Man Lorenzo” and possibly returning to the Dead Six universe, but that’s back burner for now. The idea of that mean bastard as a senior citizen is hilarious to me though.
• Tom Stranger? Hard to say. I love Tom but Tom Stranger stories just kind of spring into existence when current events converge in a particularly silly way.
So there you go. My biggest issue is I am human, and if I write more than 10k words a week my brain starts to turn to mush. 🙂
Holy crap. There’s so much awesome in this update that I feel like the guy at the beginning of Scanners.
“strangely enough it’s probably more realistic and tactically grounded than Reacher, even though there’s supernatural monsters in it”
I’m not sure that would be particularly hard. That said I am interested in the book.
Potential for another Grimnoir Chronicles novel?
Thanks
Anon
I bow to your productivity, sir.
I think of Dead Six as “set in the universe of Coast to Coast AM”.
George Martin is reading and weeping.
Seriously though, I miss Writer Dojo but totally prefer more books from Larry!
I LOVE Dead6, so revisiting that universe would be awesome, IYAM.
Trilogy. Old man training young GWOT vet.
YESPLEASE
I just want more Monster Hunter International
More and more guns, not just pistols and revolvers and shotguns, but going full auto against monsters is something I want to see more often
…..I wish Wargate Books introduced the next Forgotten Ruin book
I want more guns and sorcery, preferably full auto
Busy is good! And realistic always sells with your fan base!
“But because you specifically keep asking, yes, I do plan on doing another Grimnoir trilogy. But people keep throwing large sums of money at me to do other stuff for them.”
Fair enough. I enjoy all your stuff, and everything you write is an automatic pre-order for me, even in genres I don’t normally read. When eventually there’s more Grimnoir, I know it’s going to be worth the wait.
Les monsters? Short haircuts, work boots and flannel shirts?
Good lord that’s a whole lot of awesome all in one post. Can’t wait to see what you do with the progression fantasy story.
Good stuff.
Would just mention that, whenever you get the bug and bandwidth again, there’s still an interest out here for the Gritty Cop Show TTRPG as well.
Great – I’m excited basically about all of this. (Though in truth more Grimnoir and Servants… is what I’m after the most ;D ). Absolutely awesome how much you are working on and giving us. I also really enjoyed the FAQ about Saga… on YouTube, so thanks for that, too. All the best!
Question, Did you ever get to write that War God story for David Weber? I had not even heard of the series until you mentioned so I checked it out and its a great series.
Is that anthology on hold?
Ditto on missing Writer Dojo but very happy with this update, so much great stuff coming! Regarding 10k words per week, I personally can’t even imagine that, but I’ve been re-reading Heinlein’s biography and was reminded that he wrote most of his juveniles in a month each.
“The book was written over a three-week period from November 12 to December 8, 1956, with four alternative titles, but when he had the manuscript professionally retyped for submission, he gave it a new name: Citizen of the Galaxy.”
Page 135, Robert A. Heinlein, In Dialog With His Century, Volume 2.
On a manual typewriter.
The guy had to have been an alien.
Character as senior citizen can be great. I love the Grey Man series by J.L. Curtis and I don’t think they even start until he’s in his 60s. The trick is to recognize the limitations of the old guy, while accounting for his experience. I can’t imagine that anyone under the age of 40 could write that series.
Another good one is the Posadas County mysteries by Stephen Havill. Again, starts with the main character in his 60s and progresses through his retirement and the characters that he mentored moving into the main positions.
Thank you. I realize no plan survives its first encounter with reality, but it’s very nice to know what you hope to do for us.
Hope it’s all lucrative for you. 🙂
Larry, I’m a leftist European who you would probably like to beat up and steal his lunch money, but I throughly enjoyed the MHI series and read all of them cover to cover. Monster hunting from the perspective of a right wing gun nut is just super entertaining and even though we probably wouldn’t agree politically, I want to thank you for the years worth of entertainment and allowing me to escape into your novels.