I'm in the process of recovering from a whirlwind trip through Kentucky as part of a joint 25th wedding anniversary/book research tour. The book in question is the next Nightscape novel (tentatively set for publication in the fall of 2016), half of which will be set in Harlan County, KY circa 1937...

At the risk of jinxing things, I’m relieved to announce that I’m within a dozen or so pages of a solid draft of my second Nightscape novel, Cynopolis.

The last two years have been a whirling dervish of behind-the-scenes activity in preparation for this: the Year of the Sheep (Goat). At least that’s what the Chinese zodiac says. Given the sheer profusion of Nightscape projects to be released this year, I prefer to think of it as the Year of the Jáwharī. Okay, maybe not. But the Jáwharī—multidimensional gods from the jewel-like structure at the center of quantum geometry (that ‘jewel-like structure’ part is no fiction)—do play a central role in this year’s central Nightscape novel, Cynopolis. Scheduled for publication in October, Cynopolis offers the most revealing look at the Nightscape universe to date in the context of a twisty urban horror story. 2015 will also see a veritable cornucopia of other Nightscape releases, notably, a free sword & sorcery-style novelette, a double-sized comic book, and a surprise book project that might just well become an annual publishing event.