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Charles Saunders (LINK), has done it again! Book two of Dossouye is available now at Lulu. I've ordered my copy and can't wait to get my hands on this piece. Sword and Soul is a genre that's here to stay. Make no mistake about it boys and girls, this is a take on fantasy that is rooted in Africa, but the universal appeal is genuine and magnetic. You can either click the pic and be transported directly to the Lulu page and snag your copy now, or click the link; behind Charles Saunders' name, and take a look around the authors sight, and perhaps get a copy of any of the books from the Imaro series. That said, you wont be disappointed.

And check out the cover of this latest offering. Illustrated by the great Mshindo I Kuumba. The colors, the dynamism, it's all there. And I can attest that those same colors will spill from the pages of Dossouye. Charles Saunders' writing is like putting paint to canvas. These are great times for those often overlooked in the fantasy genre. Come ... join me and marvel in a world that was ... a place based on times when the original people of the earth held sway over earth and wind. Better hurry.

Milton Davis (LINK), a Sword and Soul powerhouse, has released Changa's Safari: volume two. Yup ... going broke this week, but I aint mad, got some Sword and Soul to read. When I read works by Milton Davis, I'm immediately put in that Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, or The Golden Voyage of Sinbad kind of mind. Milton brings a Ray Harryhausen vibe to his story telling. Sword and Soul at its best, Changa's Safari: volume two, picks up where volume one leaves off. Oh ... you don't have volume one? Then follow the links!

I'd say Milton Davis is one of the best, and most prolific Sword and Soul authors in the world. So if Fantasy and Adventure is your thing, then you owe it to yourself to click the pic to your left, and get your Sword and Soul on!

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I fancy myself a creator. I write and dream up worlds populated with people and ideas and cultures and all manner of phenomenon. But I'm also a fan. A lover of good stories. The Mercury Men is a good story. It's a cool concept with a tried and true formula, and it just works. I remember hanging at BSFS (Black Science Fiction Society), and one the members dropped a link to a site dedicated to indy science fiction projects (scifinal). This was about a year and a half ago.

While scanning the contents of scifinal, I found a cool web series in the works called The Mercury Men. It's a noir, almost Flash Gordon type series. Cool simple concept of alien invasion. Okay ... that was almost two years ago. Well ... guess what, on SyFy.com, The Mercury Men is one of the original series featured on the sight. Ten episodes plus extras.

The other night I watched them all. The Mercury Men is a nicely done, entertaining series that takes place in a building. An elite commando is sent in, our everyday run-of-the-mill hero is caught in the middle, and the moon is being pulled towards the earth. That's all I'm saying.

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The revolution my not be televised, but it damn sure is gonna be published! The first Griots Anthology is getting ready to drop! Some of the best writers and artists on the planet are continuing a tradition started by the Great Charles Saunders some 30 years ago! Oh ... and Charles Saunders (LINK), and Milton Davis (LINK), are the editors of this historical piece. Sword and Soul is one of the most important roots in the speculative fiction genre.
Griots: A Sword and Soul Anthology should be in every home, and on every library shelf in the country ... especially where large numbers of people of African decent live. If you have no idea what Sword and Soul is, no worries. Just follow the above links and you'll be transported to another world.
I almost envy you newbies. You have no idea how great Sword and Soul is. I mean we're talking the kind of stories dreams are made of. High adventure - in the land of our ancestors. Totally badazz and impossible to put down once started, Sword and Soul is the "fantasy" genre of the future!

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I'm in work mode ... serious, serious work mode. Gotta get things done; at least take advantage of this creative energy surging through my being. But still, there are moments when I search the web for others like me. Most hang at the Black Science Fiction Society. And I'm always - always looking for 'gems'. One such treasure appears to be the forth coming, "The Black Imagination: science fiction, futurism and the speculative." It's edited by Julie E. Moody-Freeman, and Sandra Jackson. There are two formats. A hard cover and a paperback. I'm getting the paperback. This title has yet to be released, but you can take a peek inside. In reading the introduction, I was amazed to find mention of Sophia Stewart; not by name, but on page seven, it clearly states, "The Oracle, who gives cryptic advise to the resistance, is played by Gloria Foster, a Black Woman. Here we note that the author of the Matrix story-line is a Black woman who recently won a suit with a large monetary judgment against the Wachowski brothers. However, for some reason, this has not been widely publicized." Yeah ... another piece to read - htp -