Since this blog is new I'm finding ways to pad it down obviously. I guess I'll plug the new book? Encounter in the Vastness Part Two debuts Summer ’09 and has been many years in the making…many, MANY years in the making. Readers who were frustrated with the text heavy Part One may enjoy a different paced structure of this conclusion with its dialogue free moments and intense action. Part One was always about exposition—setting up the history of Raelak, Jack's quest in the Vastness and the Scourlaggs. Part Two is an introspective odyssey through the Underground Forest with a few twists and turns.

I'm currently working on a trade paperback for the first four Land of the Rats books. IV will debut some time this fall and will be a 140-page epic. "First four" is a problematic term since Land of the Rats has never been periodical in format—stories are random and fall anywhere within the greater timeline.

Readers will notice some gaps in events between issues: namely the sudden appearance of Lord Kaai and the Princess in The Woman from Iltharra and the question of events dealing with Jack's time in the Rat Temple of Irisius. Even stories dealing with Jack's stay of execution in the Sikkim dungeon and the War of Roulgga will see their own individual issues at one point thus removing Gastrolithicus from it's issue 1 spot. But for now these first four issues collected together form a quaint little story arc with a unique sense of character development beginning with Jack's release from the dungeon to his confrontation with the Scourlagg cult…and at the very least it's an excuse for me to finally put out a trade.

Welcome to the first official Land of the Rats blog. Here you will find news, artwork and other information about current and upcoming releases. More posts coming soon when I figure out what to write.