Yes, I do have a new novel, Vorak of Kolnap, a two-fisted—or, rather, four-fisted, since Vorak is all about the insects—sci-fi thriller set in a galaxy far, far away. We’ll be redoing the “books” section of Literature R Us to accommodate Vorak, but in the meantime you can download the ebook version here or order a print on demand paperback here. To give you a little background on Vorak, I’m reprinting the foreword:
Vorak came about in a pretty odd manner—a dispute in the Northwest Fiction Writers Group, now sadly defunct but a great bunch back in the day. We were arguing, as I recall, about “magical fiction”, with me being the lone realist in the crowd. I was pelted with examples of great “magical fiction”, including Kafka’s Metamorphosis, which I always thought was a little tough on cockroaches. Anyway, I decided that I would write a “better” story about cockroaches than Kafka and a short story I called “The Cockroach Star” came about as a result.
“The Cockroach Star” ended with my hero, Vorak, rising from the bottom to the top. For some reason I had the idea for a sequel, which would send him in exile to Kolnap, the least distinguished post in the entire Nardan Confederation, allowing for another return to glory. Once I had him on Kolnap, however, he seemed to be having so much fun there that he never made the trip home. Vorak of Kolnap is the result.
