Here is a podcast interview I did this week. We talked about my background, how I grew up, how come I love Alabama, and why I became an author. 🙂
http://hankgarner.com/episode-163-larry-correia-interview/
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The Adventures of Tom Stranger nominated for Best Original Work
For those of you who’ve not seen these before, the Audie Awards are like the Oscars for audio books. They are a juried award within the audio book industry. I believe the Original Work category is for shorter novella sized productions. Congratulations to all the other finalists, and best of luck to everybody.
I’m really happy to see Tom Stranger in there, because it is just a weird, fun, goofy, adventure. And Adam Baldwin was absolutely hilarious in it. His performance was awesome, and he proves that he is one of the few humans who can speak Manatee with the proper gravitas and eloquence.
I think I’ve had like 6 or 7 Audie nominations now in various categories and have won a few over the years, but I’ve never before been part of a contest between Jayne, Spock, Xenomorphs, and Pete Seeger. That’s friggin’ hard core right there. 😀
Best of luck to everybody!
The Monster Hunter Files Anthology
For well over a century, Monster Hunter International has kept the world safe from supernatural threats small and large–and in some cases very, very large. Now, join us as MHI opens their archives for the first time. From experienced Hunters on their toughest cases, to total newbies’ initial encounters with the supernatural, The Monster Hunter Files reveals the secret history of the world’s most elite monster fighting force. Find out what happened when Agent Franks took on the Nazis in World War Two, or how the Vatican’s Combat Exorcists deal with Old Ones in Mexico. What takes place in a turf war between trailer park elves and gnomes? From the most powerful of mystical beings to MHI’s humble janitor, see the world of professional monster hunting like never before.
Featuring seventeen all new tales based on Larry Correia’s bestselling series, from New York Times bestselling authors Jim Butcher, John Ringo, Jessica Day George, Jonathan Maberry, Faith Hunter, and many more.
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The anthology is done. The above is probably going to be the back cover copy.
EDIT TO ADD: The release date for this is in October, 2017.
Here is a list of all the stories and authors:
“Thistle” by Larry Correia (Owen and his team take on a new kind of monster in Arizona)
“Small Problems” by Jim Butcher (MHI’s new janitor has to deal with some small problems)
“Darkness Under The Mountain” by Mike Kupari (Cooper takes a freelance job in Afghanistan)
“A Knight Of The Enchanted Forest” by Jessica Day George (Trailer park elves versus gnomes TURF WAR!)
“The Manticore Sanction” by John C. Wright (Cold War era British espionage with monsters)
“The Dead Yard” by Maurice Broaddus (Trip goes to Jamaica on some family business)
“The Bride” by Brad R. Torgersen (Franks wasn’t the only thing Benjamin Franklin cut deals with)
“She Bitch, Killer of Kits” (a Skinwalker Crossover Tale) by Faith Hunter (Jane Yellowrock teams up with MHI)
“Mr. Natural” by Jody Lynn Nye (an STFU mission in the 70s has to deal with plant monsters and hippies!)
“Sons Of The Father” by Quincy J. Allen (Two young brothers discover monsters are real, and kill a mess of them)
“The Troll Factory” by Alex Shvartsman (Heather gets some help from MHI for an STFU mission into Russia)
“Keep Kaiju Weird” by Kim May (a Kitsune may have already earned her PUFF exemption, but she’s not going to let some monster squish Portland)
“The Gift” by Steve Diamond (Two of the Vatican’s Hunters from the Blessed Order of Saint Hubert the Protector on a mission in Mexico)
“The Case of the Ghastly Specter” by John Ringo (while studying at Oxford, Chad takes a case)
“Huffman Strikes Back” by Bryan Thomas Schmidt & Julie Frost (Owen’s vacation gets interrupted for some monster revenge)
“Hunter Born” by Sarah A. Hoyt (remember how I mentioned Julie didn’t get to go to her prom because of monster problems? Here you go)
“Hitler’s Dog” by Jonathan Maberry (It is WW2 and Agent Franks really hates Nazis)
Cold Shadows–Spy Thriller RPG–on Kickstarter
I’m plugging this Kickstarter
One of the first RPGs I played as a kid was Top Secret, so I’ve always had a fondness for spy games. Top Secret was really clunky, only we didn’t know any better, and since we were kids we kind of just made up the rules as we went along.
The lead designer of Cold Shadows is a member of Writer Nerd Game Night. Alan been telling me about this idea for a long time. I’m looking forward to it. I recently rewatched every season of Burn Notice in preparation. (well, no, actually, I just really like Burn Notice)
They funded and broke a ton of stretch goals in their first day, so they are off to a great start.
Dragon Award Nominations Are Now Open
The nominations for the 2nd Annual Dragon Awards is now open:
http://application.dragoncon.org/dc_fan_awards_nominations.php
The awards are open to anybody and it doesn’t cost anything to nominate or vote. There are a bunch of different categories. So if there are books from the eligible period that you loved, go vote for them!
My novel Son of the Black Sword won Best Fantasy last year, so please DO NOT nominate me. I appreciate all the fans who nominated and voted for SotBS last time, but I’ve got my trophy (and it is really pretty), so share the love. There are a slew of amazing authors out there who wrote awesome books last year and this is their chance to get recognized.