I received notification that my novel-length barbarian collection will be published by Bad Moon Books in 2011!

Out of the Garden and other Tales of the Barbarian Kabar of El Hazzar features apprx 94,000 yummy words of All Barbarian Goodness!

The collection will feature 2 all new, unpublished novellas, plus 3 all new, unpublished stories, and 6 reprints that you may or may not have read in various anthologies and magazines. I *THINK* but not confirmed on this yet, that the cover will be an AWESOME work of art by Stacey Drum, of Cemetery Dance covers, etc etc. Years ago Stacey designed cover art for a novel that I pulled from a flailing publisher and the art is so striking that I wrote the novella, Out of the Garden, to go with it. I submitted the artwork along with Stacey's info to the publisher, I'll keep you posted when I find out if this spectacular cover will indeed be the cover art for the new collection.

This ain't chick lit, and it's not for the faint of heart....be prepared to slay creatures most foul, fight with mythical beasts of all imagined kinds, travel the ancient world, carry a big sword and rescue hot chicks! You'll meet all of the usual cast of characters in Kabar's world along with new ones! Sword & Sorcery in the traditional vein....Get ready....Kabar's coming! Blood, gore and mayhem. Can you handle it?

A reader hungry to mainline pure sword-and-sorcery adventure should flip to Angeline Hawkes’s “Lair of the Cherufe.” Barbarian hero Kabar goes forth to rescue a kidnapped princess — from sacrifice to a lava monster, no less — and generous portions of creative action ensue. It’s quite tasty; if you want the heroic goods delivered, this is the place to start. -- Ryan Harvey, reviewing anthology, The Return of the Sword, Black Gate Magazine