Author: Fred
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Coming Soon: Dreams and Dragons
I’m thrilled to announce that my first published book, “Dreams of Gold and Fire,” will be out very soon as part of Raconteur Press’ Fox Cub Adventure Club line, which is focused on adventure stories for young readers. The book tells the story of a boy and his dragon, suitable for ages 10-up, but not Read more
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Join me on Substack
All the cool writer kids seem to be doing it, so I have created my own Substack — Fred’s Rants. Yes, mom, I would jump off the cliff. While I will talk a little about my stories over there, I won’t beat you over the head with it. I envision it as a place where Read more
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Riding the roller coaster
Things can change in a hurry. Life’s funny like that. I walked out of 2024 riding high. While work and personal life weren’t perhaps where I’d like them to be, when it came to my writing endeavors, I was absolutely on fire. Last year ended as, by far, the most successful I’ve had since I Read more
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Looking back, looking ahead
As we start 2025, let me begin by saying thank you to everyone out there who purchased one of the anthologies I was featured in or read one of my stories in 2024. While I’ve been writing for as long as I can remember, I became serious about trying to do something with it about Read more
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Share some Christmas magic
We’re only a couple of weeks away from Christmas. Hard to believe. If you’re like me, you probably still need a few gifts to go around (or all of them). If you happen to have a few readers on your nice list who’d be interested in goblin tricks, wild west mages, alien orphans, or rednecks Read more
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What will you find in the Goblin Bazaar?
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Happy Halloween horror double feature
Happy Halloween. In the spirit of the spooky season, I have two new stories out today for your enjoyment. If you’re looking for fun, “Some Beach,” featured in It Came from the Trailer Park, Volume IV, from Three Ravens Publishing, might be the one for you. Earl Boudreaux just wanted to take the annual vacation Read more
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Take on tentacled terrors for Halloween
I’ve rarely had more fun writing a story than “Some Beach,” featured in It Came from the Trailer Park IV, which arrives — quite appropriately — on Halloween from Three Ravens Publishing. Earl Boudreaux just wanted to enjoy his annual summer vacation — a trip to the big Bass Pro Shop in Springfield and a Read more
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Travel the Cursed Canyon today
Meet your new favorite Old West wizard (I hope) today in my story “Blackhand,” now available from Raconteur Press. I’ve been looking forward to this release for a while now as it introduces a character I’ve roamed the plains of my mind with for several years, Bartimaeus, also known as No Man’s Son. He’s a Read more
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Meet Bartimaeus in Wyrd West: Cursed Canyon
On Oct. 18, you’ll meet a character I’m very excited about. He’s roamed the plains in my mind for several years now, and his first story, “Blackhand,” will be featured in the upcoming anthology Wyrd West: Cursed Canyon from Raconteur Press. Bart, known often as No Man’s Son, solves problems of a special sort. In Read more