My new novel, and a journal about writing it. Published via my very own indie press,  which is Transreal Books.

I raised funds for it on a Kickstarter page…and I have a Sqinks book page..

Towards the end of Novembler, I’ll be publishing Sqinks and Sqinks Journal in hardback, paperback, and ebook on all the usual book sites.

For now, here’s a kinda funny promo / trailer video for the book that I made with the help of my friend Barb Ash.

It was fun doing the video, Barb got into it.

Sqinks is a visionary tale of aliens in today’s San Francisco. The sqinks. In some ways they’re like our new AIs. But in other ways, they’re a thing nobody’s ever seen. Nobody except Rudy. And, um, these aliens seem to have an interest in replacing human brains.  It’s a surreal rollercoaster, rich with ideas, scares, and laughs.

The narrator is, in a way, me. The character is a seasoned SF author who’s  writing a novel about the odd world he’s in. A touch of what I calls transrealism. Yes, it’s science-fiction, but, yes, it’s about our real world. And the lead woman character Carol Cee is pretty much my woman friend Barb Ash.

Me being who I am, the novel is cyberpunk—2020s style, faster and funnier than  before. New mind tech, and new struggles for human freedom.

And it’s a love story.  A transreal cyberpunk love story. It’ll make you laugh, and it’ll make you feel good.

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