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From New York Times bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole comes the first in a brand new series of stories set in a world very close to our own, and yet so very different. In the world of Homeland Security Services, the 1993 attack on the Twin Towers brought them down, killing over 60,000. In response, American ratified the Patriot Amendment to the Constitution and went to war with Al Qaeda. In 1996, terrorists attacked the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, wiping out the left wing of American politics and vaulting Newt Gingrich into the White House.

Miracle Dunn has just joined the elite Homeland Security Services. On her first day she catches two cases. The first is a seemingly simple murder of a drug company employee. The second is a twelve year old murder discovered because of the first; the resolution of which threatens the leadership of one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies.

The world of HSS is one filled with many secrets, and just as many ways of ferreting them out. For Miracle Dunn, the question is how far can someone go to protect people who truly have no clue as to how much danger is lurking out there.

“Michael A. Stackpole is incapable of writing a book that isn’t imaginative and intelligent.” — Stephen R. Donaldson

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In Hero Years… I’m Dead is New York Times bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole’s first Digital-Original novel.

Twenty years ago someone stole him away from Capital City. Having been released from captivity he returns to find everything changed. The great heroes of his day, men who could move planets or tear apart criminal syndicates, have all retired. A new breed of hero has sprung up to deal with a perplexingly new brand of villain. It’s a world that makes no sense, and a world which, if he persists in playing the hero, will surely see him dead.

In Hero Years… I’m Dead mixes action, dark humor, satire and strong characters into a thrilling page-turner. It’s superheroes facing challenges both in costume and out, battling a cunning enemy bent on destroying all they have worked so hard to preserve.

The Deluxe Edition includes a long essay that delves into the inspiration for and the process of writing the novel. It provides a rare opportunity to look at the process of a novel coming together and seeing electronic print.

This product is provided in the epub format, suitable for use with the Nook, Sony Readers, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and Adobe Digital editions (pretty much with anything that is not a Kindle.) The book is available on the Kindle through Amazon.

Crime Tech is a collection of New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole’s short stories which weave together technology and crime, often in unconventional ways. The stories in the collection are:

Kid Binary and the Two-Bit Gang: A tale of highwaymen plying their trade in the virtual worlds of the information superhighway.

It’s The Thought That Counts: A previously uncollected, tongue-in-cheek story about a telepath who’s a mediocre detective trying to solve a murder involving a woman who proves quite a distraction.

A Real Christmas: A noir tale for the holidays in which a depressed private eye postpones suicide for one last case for the Man of the North Pole himself.

Intelligent Design: A quick tale that lets us know what our dogs actually think of us and why.

Tip-off: It’s the NBA playoffs and a white supremist gang has let the star of the Phoenix Suns know they’ve bet a lot of money on him to win. He talks their enemy, Killian Sloan, into dealing with them as a favor for a friend, in a story of double and triple crosses where the outcome is anything but a slam dunk.

These stories, some of which have not been offered in digital form before, would cost $10 if sold separately, but collected here are selling for $2.99.

Bonus: The author had added an essay talking about each of the stories, their origins and inspirations, and plans for these characters in the future.

Five different stories, a sampler to introduce you to Michael A. Stackpole’s imagination and legion of characters.

This package is a zip-file with both the mobi and epub files, for use in all currently available ebook readers, including the Kindle, Nook, iPad and iPhone. Instructions for getting the book onto your device are included.

Murderous Magick is a collection of New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole’s short stories which weave together magick and murder. The stories in the collection are:

Shepherd: A story set in the world of his novel Talion: Revenant

The Adventure of the Red Riding Hood: A Holmesian-style story featuring V. August Lupyne, a humanoid wolf detective and Dr. Woolridge, his (literally) sheepish aide.

The Parker Panic: A weird western story set in the Deadlands universe, in which Nevan Kilbane is in the wilds of Arizona, hunting down a madman intent on creating his own nation in the West.

Looks Are Deceiving: A swords and sorcery murder mystery where the victim isn’t dead yet, and the detective is willing to save him, only because he intends to murder him himself.

The Silver Knife: 1923, London; and the oddest entry into the canon of Holmes characters, including German occultists, Russian nobility in exile, Mycroft Holmes and even Jack the Ripper.

These stories, some of which have not been offered in digital form before, would cost $10 if sold separately, but collected here are selling for $2.99.

Bonus: The author had added an essay talking about each of the stories, their origins and inspirations, and plans for these characters in the future.

Five different stories, a sampler to introduce you to Michael A. Stackpole’s imagination and legion of characters.

“Mike Stackpole has written an awful lot of copy in his life, so he can draw readily on considerable experience. When he wants to be tough, or whimsical or demented it is not the chore it might be for many another. He’s got it all there, ready. And the polish makes it shine.” —Roger Zelazny

This package is a zip-file with both the mobi and epub files, for use in all currently available ebook readers, including the Kindle, Nook, iPad and iPhone. Instructions for getting the book onto your device are included.

Let Me Call You Sweetheart is a humorous, romantic cyberpunk story by New York Times bestselling author, Michael A. Stackpole. The short story set in an alternate future in which the government won’t let anything bad happen to you.

Even if you want it to.

In Let Me Call You Sweetheart, you’ll meet Mark Glace, agent for the government’s most valued alphabet agency: the CEA. That’s the Confections Enforcement Agency. That’s right. Chocolate is bad for you, and he’ll stop at nothing to keep the evil pushers from getting their melt-in-your-mouth wares into your hands. But something is wrong at the agency, and he faces his fiercest enemy—a woman he once loved.

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An average reader will take forty minutes to enjoy this story.

This book is a braided novel: a collection of short stories woven into a novel. This is a favorite book of mine, with the stories written for love, not money. (Though it was fun to get paid for them.) Funny, gritty, set in the ShadowRun™ universe created by FASA.

Task Force Serpent has triumphed and Clan Smoke Jaguar is shattered beyond redemption. but the final battle is still o come, when Prince Victor Steiner-Davion braves the unknown and travels to the very heart of the Clans: Strana Mechty. there, with elite unites from across the Inner Sphere, he must wage the ultimate battle to destroy the Crusader cause and forever eliminate the possibility of a new Clan invasion. Pushed to the edge of endurance by a peace they cannot understand, the Clans accept the challenge—and the ultimate battle begins.

But even if the Inner Sphere should prove triumphant, will their return be what they expect? Prince Victor left an Inner Sphere united under a new Star League to battle the most dangerous foe the Inner Sphere has ever encountered: the Clans. but he also left behind his scheming sister Katrina Steiner, whose ambition knows no bounds. Task Force Serpent and Prince Victor believed that facing the Clans on their own homeworlds would prove the most difficult fight of their lives. They will soon learn that their fight has just begun.

Prince of Havoc was Mike’s last BattleTech™ novel for FASA.

Epic fantasy in Mike’s original universe!

Once A Hero was Mike’s first stand-alone fantasy novel. It is set in a fantasy world of his design which challenges one of the standard tropes in fantasy fiction: why would Elves—they of virtual immortality—ever truly be friends with Humans who have this Mayfly existence by comparison? They really wouldn’t, but this novel shows how and why Elves could no longer dismiss humanity as “oxen with thumbs.”

Of this book, others have said:

“Magic, action, adventure, romance… This book has it all!” —Jennifer Roberson

“Once A Hero is a richly imagined tapestry, woven of sword-steel and sparked with threads of magic.”— Diana Gabaldon

“Enough action, adventure and romance to satisfy the most demanding.”—Roger Zelazny

“What a magnificent tale. Wonderful… An incredible tapestry.”— Dennis L. McKiernan

This book is a fantasy anthology produced by Flying Buffalo, Inc. Liz Danforth and Mike edited it, and it contains stories by Liz Danforth, Ken St. Andre, Bear Peters, Katharine Kerr, Mark O’Green and me. Dennis L. McKiernan wrote the introduction for it. Tom Dow, Jim Nelson, Jeff Laubenstein and Liz Danforth illustrated the book.

The exciting concluding volume of the Fiddleback Trilogy.

“The enemy of my enemy is my friend.”

Or so the conventional wisdom goes… But when forced to work with a Dark Lord, nothing is conventional.

Fiddleback and Coyote need each other to defeat fiddleback’s rebellious protege, the sculptor Pygmalion. This alliance, however, could prove to be Coyote’s—and Earth’s—death-knell.

Pygmalion now has a pupil of his own—the godling Ryuhito, grandson of the Japanese emperor. Through him, Pygmalion’s horrific power is amplified. But the fires of betrayal burn within the newly apprenticed Ryuhito. And the Emperor wants him back.

Deceit, treachery and revenge fester in this war of Dark Lords and their minions. Coyote and his warriors fight against Dark Lords, doing battle to prevent the nightmare of… Evil Triumphant.

The second exciting installment of the Fiddleback Trilogy.

Rajani, the daughter of an ET who escaped domination by the Dark Lords, struggles across a ruined Earth to destroy Fiddleback.

Tycho Caine, a former puppet of Fiddleback, assumes the identity and mission of Coyote, the man who stole his memory and set him free. Caine’s mission leads him to a Tibetan monastery, where dimension-walking monks help him search for his true nature.

Sinclair MacNeal, working for Coyote/Caine, travels to Tokyo to find the enclave of assassins where Caine was forged into Fiddleback’s tool.

Where these three paths converge, Dark Lords clash, and reality bends like heated wax.

Originally written to introduce the roleplaying game Dark Conspiracy, A Gathering Evil is a techno-horror thriller and the first of the Fiddleback Trilogy.

Tycho Caine is a man with a mission. He’s sure of that. But, waking up in a body bag with amnesia, he’s not sure of much else. Except that someone wants him dead.

The world is ours—or what ours would have been had it followed a nastier path. In Phoenix, Arizona, the streets are roofed over with giant solar power panels called “Frozen Shade” by the street people. Giant corporate fortresses dot the landscape. A privileged few enjoy pampered luxury, while a vast underclass suffers. Behind it all, unspeakable abominations carry out a convoluted, centuries-old plan of invasion and conquest.

Caine’s search for his identity and his mission uncovers an invasion from another dimension, an invasion so subtle, so covert, that most of the world has not even noticed. The invaders are the stuff of nightmares—every “mythical” monster is only a pale, dimly viewed reflection of their unimaginable reality. Worst of all, Cain discovers that he may be one of the dark minions of A Gathering Evil.

Number Two: Kedyn’s Crow This chapter explores the murky past of the man known as Kedyn’s Crow. Is he a centuries-old hero, or a normal man who has adopted a powerful name to hide a shameful past. Learn about his exploits in the Ghost Marches, the magic sword he carries, and the shadowy history of the man who has boldly vowed Vorquellyn will be redeemed in his lifetime.

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Number Three: Gibberers and Vylaens. This chapter explores what is known of the mainstays of the Aurolani armed forces: Gibberers and Vylaens. It includes what is known of their life-cycles, abilities and the histories of the most famous of them. It is readily apparent that with such creatures in her employ, Chytrine designs on the kingdoms of the south present a serious threat.

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Number One: The Vorquelves This chapter chronicles the history of the Vorquelves, delves into the lives and social organization, and touches upon their hopes for the future.

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Wildest Dreams is a haunting fantasy story by New York Times best selling author, Michael A. Stackpole.

Every two centuries the Maeruunne come for their tribute: a hundred children through which will be funneled the dreams of an entire world. The dreams are to the Maeruune a drug as potent as opium, and nightmares the most valued of all. The Maeruune have conquered dimensions, implacable and invincible. But one man, a man whose twin brother was taken as tribute two centuries before, has planned for a very long time against their return.

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Peer Review is a superhero story featuring Revenant, a character who has appeared in several works by New York Times Bestselling author, Michael A. Stackpole.

Marty Hopkins’ daughter needs a marrow transplant, but his ex-wife has stolen their six year old son, Nathan, and has him hidden away in a religious cult’s compound. To complicate matter, Strike Team Alpha of the American Justice Commission is supporting the court order giving Nathan’s mother temporary custody of him. Revenant, a hero with a cape and a couple of tricks, faces down some of the world’s greatest heroes to give a young woman one more shot at life.

This edition of Peer Review includes a brand new essay about the character, the writing of the story and how Revenant came to be featured in the pages of Aaron Williams’ PS238.

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Kid Binary and the Two-Bit Gang is a story of virtual reality, where Kid Binary is a feared hacker who exists in the lawless nether-regions of cyberspace.  He earned his name because if he’s ON, you’re OFF.  And he’s hunting a man who has run out of time to get away.

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“We’d always fought ‘em over there so we wouldn’t have to fight ‘em here. In the end, they didn’t come from over there, they came from out there.” — from Jed and the Titanium Turtle

Jed and the Titanium Turtle is an original work of fiction from New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole. Set in a very near future, it explores a world where aliens have descended on America, telling us they’re “here to help.” As with the best of science fiction, the story provides us a mirror to examine our preconceptions; and is an entertaining read as well. Offered here, on Stormwolf.com, for the first time ever.

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Purgatory Station: The Omnibus is a collection of four Purgatory Station stories by New York Times Bestselling author, Michael A. Stackpole.

The Collection includes:

• Least of My Brethren
• Serpent on the Station
• According to Their Needs
• The Lazarus Murder

Plus there is a bonus essay: The Origins of Purgatory Station which outlines the inspiration for and development of thePurgatory Station universe.

Purchased separately, the stories would cost $8, but in this special set, you get them for $5, plus you get the Origins essay!

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Serpent on The Station is a science fiction story from New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole. Set in his Purgatory Station universe, the story introduces a new Chaplain, Father Claire Yamashita. Her arrival on the station coincides with alien royalty needing a priestess to sanctify a birth. The aliens are, in Claire’s mind, heretics; but if she does not officiate, the child will die. Claire faces a choice that could imperil her immortal soul.

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Father Flynn’s return to Purgatory Station is cut short when he learns of an industrial accident on an asteroid just beyond the orbit of Mars. Two miners are injured, and one needs the Last Rites. In this science fiction tale by New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole, Father Flynn rushes to their aid and faces a decision that threatens not only his career, but the eternal fate of a hero.

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The Lazarus Murder

In this first of Mike’s Purgatory Station stories, Catholic Chaplain Father Dennis Flynn is summoned to give the Last Rites to a murdered alien- an alien that really doesn’t want to stay dead.

Set on a space station at the edge of the Qian Commonwealth, the Purgatory Station stories chronicle the adventures of chaplains who encounter all manner of aliens and their customs – many of which border on blasphemy.

The Lazarus Murder first appeared in Amazing Stories Summer 2000 issue.

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New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole returns to his Purgatory Station universe with According to Their Needs.

Father Flynn has been invited to Apogea, a resort world created for the elite, boasting of every luxury imaginable, and the lack of one thing: a government. The world is managed by Covenant, a massive computer network which balances the needs and desires of all residents, making Apogea a paradise. But a serpent has slithered into that paradise, with murder as the result; and Father Flynn becomes embroiled in an investigation that could easily bring Apogea’s perfection crashing down in on itself.

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Renaissance Faires are all about fun and fantasy, from devouring turkey legs to entertaining shows like Don Juan and Miguel. But in the Arizona Desert, Merlin Bloodstone and his intrepid aide Connor Moran find themselves embroiled in a centuries old vendetta that demands blood. In this fantasy-mystery story by New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole, the Arizona Renaissance Festival goes beyond make-believe as an ancient blessing now turned curse wreaks havoc.

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New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole brings you the first Merlin Bloodstone adventure: The Cards Call Themselves.

The FBI has a problem. A serial killer dubbed The Death Dealer by the press has murdered again. His signature is to leave a spread of tarot cards on his victims’ bodies. The authorities need occultist Dr. Bloodstone to decipher what the spread means so they can stop him from killing again.

But Bloodstone knows one thing the instant he sees the cards. The killer isn’t the Death Dealer. Which means the hunt for the killer is going to be trickier, but Bloodstone knows well how to deal with cold-blooded murderers.

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Perchance to Dream chronicles Princess Alexia’s Dream Raid—an adventure alluded to in the bestselling DragonCrown War novels, but unexplored until this tale. Politics, treachery and heroism meld in a tale about a woman, the hope of her nation, and those who would snuff it out forever.

Written by New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole,Perchance to Dream is the first piece of stand alone short fiction from the world of the DragonCrown War.

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Little Girl Lost is the fifth Trick Molloy story by New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole.

In this supernatural urban noir thriller Trick races against time to save Adrienne, one of the dancers at Club Flesh. She witnessed the murder of her boyfriend by mobsters, and might know the hiding-place of some seriously incriminating evidence. He has to find her before the mob does, but there’s a problem. She uses magick, she’s good, and she just doesn’t want to be found.

This story follows Such A Nice Girl in the Molloy Continuity. The product is presented as a PDF document.

From the pen of New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole comes Such A Nice Girl. This new Trick Molloy adventure novella is an urban fantasy mystery tale set in a near-future world where the talented make magick a part of their every day lives, and all others lurk in fear, envy or denial of their abilities.

Lexie, one of the dancers at Club Flesh has been found dead. Trick Molloy, ex-cop and bouncer, looks good for her murder. He has three days to figure out who really did it, or the police will land on him with hob-nailed boots.

This story follows The Demon Within in the Molloy Continuity. The product is presented as a PDF document.

No Rest for the Wicked is the first of New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole’s Trick Molloy mystery stories.Urban noir with a healthy dash of magick, the stories chronicle the adventures of Trick Molloy—ex-cop framed for corruption who works as a bouncer in a strip club.

In this first story Trick finds himself in the difficult position of trying to find the killer who aced the man who got him punted from the police force.

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The New York Times Bestselling author of Rogue Squadron and I, Jedi, Michael A. Stackpole, brings you the latest story in the Trick Molloy saga.

Trick Molloy has a problem. Lou Sandberg, a man who once took a bullet for him, wants Trick to save his wife. She’s a prisoner of a Russian gangster who wants Lou to steal some cocaine for him. Normally Trick would handle that kind of thing after a little drink, but the Russian can handle magick, too; and just happens to be better at it than Trick is himself.

This story immediately follows The Witch in Scarlet in the continuity. The product is presented as a PDF document.

New York Times Bestselling author, Michael A. Stackpole, brings you another great Trick Molloy story. The Witch in Scarlet is the first in the Legacy cycle of stories. Trick’s step-father has threated to leave his estate to hate groups unless his heirs participate in a series of competitions. The first? Add the painting The Witch in Scarlet to the deceased’s collection. Should be easy. It’s up for sale.

This story follows Little Girl Lost in the Molloy Continuity. The product is presented as a PDF document.

New York Times Bestselling author, Michael A. Stackpole, brings you another great Trick Molloy story. The Witch in Scarlet is the first in the Legacy cycle of stories. Trick’s step-father has threated to leave his estate to hate groups unless his heirs participate in a series of competitions. The first? Add the painting The Witch in Scarlet to the deceased’s collection. Should be easy. It’s up for sale.

This story follows Little Girl Lost in the Molloy Continuity. The product is presented as a PDF document.

Issues 76 through 100 of The Secrets!

The Secrets is published electronically. Subscribers get an email with a link for downloading each issue. Individual issues cost $1 to subscribers, and back issues cost $2 (save for special double issues which are $4).

Issues 51 through 75 of The Secrets!

The Secrets is published electronically. Subscribers get an email with a link for downloading each issue. Individual issues cost $1 to subscribers, and back issues cost $2 (save for special double issues which are $4).

Issues 26 through 50 of The Secrets!

The Secrets is published electronically. Subscribers get an email with a link for downloading each issue. Individual issues cost $1 to subscribers, and back issues cost $2 (save for special double issues which are $4).

Issues 1 through 25 of The Secrets!

The Secrets is published electronically. Subscribers get an email with a link for downloading each issue. Individual issues cost $1 to subscribers, and back issues cost $2 (save for special double issues which are $4).

Issues 101 through 125 of The Secrets!

The Secrets is published electronically. Subscribers get an email with a link for downloading each issue. Individual issues cost $1 to subscribers, and back issues cost $2 (save for special double issues which are $4).

The Secrets: World Building is a thirteen issue package that explains everything about world creation. Starting with the basics, New York TimesBestselling author, Michael A. Stackpole moves you through the development of magic, technology, politics, history, religion, cultures, language and society. The collection concludes with an example of a world and includes devastatingly simple and coveted techniques for creating big impressions with very few words. (This package consists of issues 27-39.)

If you’ve always wanted to see what The Secrets has to offer, or want to create incredibly fantastic worlds for fiction or gaming, this collection is for you.

The Secrets: World Building: everything you need to get started creating worlds of your own.

The Secrets: World Building is a thirteen issue package that explains everything about world creation. Starting with the basics, New York TimesBestselling author, Michael A. Stackpole moves you through the development of magic, technology, politics, history, religion, cultures, language and society. The collection concludes with an example of a world and includes devastatingly simple and coveted techniques for creating big impressions with very few words. (This package consists of issues 27-39.)

If you’ve always wanted to see what The Secrets has to offer, or want to create incredibly fantastic worlds for fiction or gaming, this collection is for you.

The Secrets: World Building: everything you need to get started creating worlds of your own.

The Secrets Presents: Digital Career Guide by New York Times bestsellingauthor, Michael A. Stackpole

The Digital Career Guide breaks down all the steps necessary to set yourself up for success in the post-paper era of publishing. The guide covers four major areas: You, Words, Hype and Numbers—the four key areas in which you have to excel if you want to establish yourself.

You deals with the challenges that you, the author, will face in readying yourself to create a successful business as a writer. Many people decide to become writers because of the romance of the book, and dream about seeing their name on a book without any understanding of the hard work that entails. This guide walks you past the pitfalls and puts you on the path to success.

Words covers the ways in which technology and society consume entertainment products. Michael A. Stackpole walks you through a step-by-step process of creating the sort of stories that will sell to both the digital and print markets, and points out how a variety of projects that never would have sold in the past become winners in the new marketplace.

Hype gives you a command of self-promotion, including a detailed explanation of why so many authors are headed toward disaster. Michael explains what you need to do to establish yourself online, to build a community and an audience, and points to which easily available and free tools you can use to get there.

Numbers explains the intricacies of running a business with an eye toward making you profitable as quickly as possible. This includes a discussion of formats and distribution systems that will get your work out to as many people as possible fast.

This guide comes in a zipped into an archive that includes both the PDF and the epub versions of the book.

The Digital Career Guide is the culmination of six years experience running a publishing business online, brought to you by the first author to have his work on sale in the Apple Appstore. If you want to make your dream of having a writing career come true, this is the guide that will get you started.

The Secrets Presents: Digital Career Guide by New York Times bestsellingauthor, Michael A. Stackpole

The Digital Career Guide breaks down all the steps necessary to set yourself up for success in the post-paper era of publishing. The guide covers four major areas: You, Words, Hype and Numbers—the four key areas in which you have to excel if you want to establish yourself.

You deals with the challenges that you, the author, will face in readying yourself to create a successful business as a writer. Many people decide to become writers because of the romance of the book, and dream about seeing their name on a book without any understanding of the hard work that entails. This guide walks you past the pitfalls and puts you on the path to success.

Words covers the ways in which technology and society consume entertainment products. Michael A. Stackpole walks you through a step-by-step process of creating the sort of stories that will sell to both the digital and print markets, and points out how a variety of projects that never would have sold in the past become winners in the new marketplace.

Hype gives you a command of self-promotion, including a detailed explanation of why so many authors are headed toward disaster. Michael explains what you need to do to establish yourself online, to build a community and an audience, and points to which easily available and free tools you can use to get there.

Numbers explains the intricacies of running a business with an eye toward making you profitable as quickly as possible. This includes a discussion of formats and distribution systems that will get your work out to as many people as possible fast.

This guide comes in a zipped into an archive that includes both the PDF and the epub versions of the book.

The Digital Career Guide is the culmination of six years experience running a publishing business online, brought to you by the first author to have his work on sale in the Apple Appstore. If you want to make your dream of having a writing career come true, this is the guide that will get you started.

The Secrets: Serial Fiction

This is the definitive guide to developing and writing exciting serial fiction. New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole breaks down the best successful series in fiction, separating out all the elements that make them compelling. Searching for the way to bring readers back time and again? The Secrets: Serial Fiction is the solution.

The Secrets: Serial Fiction

This is the definitive guide to developing and writing exciting serial fiction. New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole breaks down the best successful series in fiction, separating out all the elements that make them compelling. Searching for the way to bring readers back time and again? The Secrets: Serial Fiction is the solution.

Writing Fiction: A Short Course is a series of eight lessons on writing and career-building by New York Times Bestselling author, Michael A. Stackpole. Originally presented as a college-sponsored online class, these lessons address key issues in writing, like plotting and characterization; as well as trickier aspects of the art like writing realistic dialogue and making your writing engage readers. In addition to the lessons are four of Mike’s stories which are used in the lessons as examples:

• Tip-Off
• Least of My Brethren (A Purgatory Station story)
• The Cards Call Themselves (A Merlin Bloodstone story)
• No Rest For The Wicked (The first Trick Molloy story)

Sold separately, these stories would cost $9, but are provided as part of this educational package. Here, addressed in eight information-packed lessons, you can learn from an acknowledged master of fiction the vital techniques that will raise your writing to a publishable level, and provide you a career.

Writing Fiction: A Short Course is a series of eight lessons on writing and career-building by New York Times Bestselling author, Michael A. Stackpole. Originally presented as a college-sponsored online class, these lessons address key issues in writing, like plotting and characterization; as well as trickier aspects of the art like writing realistic dialogue and making your writing engage readers. In addition to the lessons are four of Mike’s stories which are used in the lessons as examples:

• Tip-Off
• Least of My Brethren (A Purgatory Station story)
• The Cards Call Themselves (A Merlin Bloodstone story)
• No Rest For The Wicked (The first Trick Molloy story)

Sold separately, these stories would cost $9, but are provided as part of this educational package. Here, addressed in eight information-packed lessons, you can learn from an acknowledged master of fiction the vital techniques that will raise your writing to a publishable level, and provide you a career.

The Secrets: Characterization (Part One) is a collection of thirteen different issues from The Secrets covering characterization. In publishing, characterization is king—people read for character, and good characters will keep readers coming back time and again. This collection covers:

* Blitzkrieg Characterization
* Characterization Techniques (including examples)
* Sex, Love and Romance
* Creating monsters and villains, as well as how to present them
* Emotional challenges for characters

The Secrets: Characterization (Part One) provides you a crash course in the techniques that New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole uses to create memorable characters like Corran Horn, Resolute, Victor Davion, Nolan and The Revenant. If you want to build a career that will have readers hot after your stories, this collection is the place to start.

(This collection comprises issues 12, 16, 21-24, 40-41, 57-58, 63 and 66-67.)

The Secrets: Characterization (Part One) is a collection of thirteen different issues from The Secrets covering characterization. In publishing, characterization is king—people read for character, and good characters will keep readers coming back time and again. This collection covers:

* Blitzkrieg Characterization
* Characterization Techniques (including examples)
* Sex, Love and Romance
* Creating monsters and villains, as well as how to present them
* Emotional challenges for characters

The Secrets: Characterization (Part One) provides you a crash course in the techniques that New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole uses to create memorable characters like Corran Horn, Resolute, Victor Davion, Nolan and The Revenant. If you want to build a career that will have readers hot after your stories, this collection is the place to start.

(This collection comprises issues 12, 16, 21-24, 40-41, 57-58, 63 and 66-67.)

Plotting (part one) is the first compilation of The Secrets issues dealing with the thorny issue of plotting. Included in this set of eleven issues is a four issue series titled The Art of Plotting. It details New York TimesBestselling author Michael A. Stackpole’s methodology for creating the twisting and complicated tales that thrill his readers. In addition to that, three articles cover how you actually find a story to tell, another details Blitzkrieg Plotting and yet another deals with the tricky prospect of the negative story-arc and how to make it work. All the issues compliment each other and create a solid foundation for any writer when it comes to putting that story together. (This package consists of issues 51-54, 60-61, 71, 73, 75, 79 and 96.)

If you’re looking for a foolproof method for plotting, or have ever just wanted to sample what The Secrets has to offer, this is a perfect starting place.

Plotting (part one) is the first compilation of The Secrets issues dealing with the thorny issue of plotting. Included in this set of eleven issues is a four issue series titled The Art of Plotting. It details New York TimesBestselling author Michael A. Stackpole’s methodology for creating the twisting and complicated tales that thrill his readers. In addition to that, three articles cover how you actually find a story to tell, another details Blitzkrieg Plotting and yet another deals with the tricky prospect of the negative story-arc and how to make it work. All the issues compliment each other and create a solid foundation for any writer when it comes to putting that story together. (This package consists of issues 51-54, 60-61, 71, 73, 75, 79 and 96.)

If you’re looking for a foolproof method for plotting, or have ever just wanted to sample what The Secrets has to offer, this is a perfect starting place.

The Rules of Writing is a collection of guidelines put together by Michael A. Stackpole and originally published in issues 2-21 of his writing newsletter,The Secrets. These rules include advice from other writers, and insights gleaned through years of professional writing. These are lessons that every writer learns, usually in the first few years of their career, so studying The Rules of Writing can speed your development considerably, and help you avoid many of the mistakes that plague writers early on. For experienced writers, the Rules are an excellent diagnostic tool for fixing up those little problems that can stand between you and publication.

Forty-one pages with black and white illustrations. Price: $20.00.

Note: If you already own the first volume of The Secrets, you have all the included material here and much more, so there is no need to add this book to your collection.

The Rules of Writing is a collection of guidelines put together by Michael A. Stackpole and originally published in issues 2-21 of his writing newsletter,The Secrets. These rules include advice from other writers, and insights gleaned through years of professional writing. These are lessons that every writer learns, usually in the first few years of their career, so studying The Rules of Writing can speed your development considerably, and help you avoid many of the mistakes that plague writers early on. For experienced writers, the Rules are an excellent diagnostic tool for fixing up those little problems that can stand between you and publication.

Forty-one pages with black and white illustrations. Price: $20.00.

Note: If you already own the first volume of The Secrets, you have all the included material here and much more, so there is no need to add this book to your collection.

The Welcome to Ebooks Pack is the perfect companion to a brand new ebook reader. Included are six novels:

Talion: Revenant
Once a Hero
In Hero Years… I’m Dead
The Fiddleback Trilogy Omnibus
—A Gathering Evil
—Evil Ascending
—Evil Triumphant

The books are available in both the .mobi format for the Kindle and the .epub format for iPhones, iPads, iPod Touches, Sony Ereaders, Pandigital, Nooks and every other ebook reader out there (including most smart phones). Plus the package includes “Read Me Second,” a user guide to ebooks and ebook readers.

Plus a dozen other writers have contributed samples of their work for you to try out.

Individually the novels in this package would cost $30, but this special deal gives you six full novels for $25—the cost of a single, hardcover novel!

Note: This file is 32 megabytes in size, so it may take some time to download. It is also a zip archive, which you will need to open before you can use the files. If you have any trouble downloading it, send a message through the store and the problem will be handled.

The Fiddleback Trilogy Omnibus collects the three novels by Michael A. Stackpole, written for Game Designers Workshop and their roleplaying gameDark Conspiracy. A Gathering Evil, Evil Ascending, and Evil Triumphant, were the first novels Mike wrote for someone other than FASA. They were intended to introduce the techno-horror game Dark Conspiracy, with the first book being written at the same time as the game was being developed. Loren Wiseman pulled elements from A Gathering Evil and incorporated them into the world of the game in an interesting instance of parallel development.

In A Gathering Evil Tycho Caine awakens in a body bag, on his way to being pieced out for parts. In escaping he’s brought into the organization run by a mysterious figure who calls himself Coyote. Coyote and his people are actively fighting to keep sociopathic creatures with semi-divine abilities from destroying the Earth. These Dark Lords are incredibly powerful and one in particular, Fiddleback, is intent on possessing the Earth.

As the series progresses through Evil Ascending and concludes in Evil Triumphant, Caine learns more about the Dark Lords and himself. He’s forced to enter into an alliance with Fiddleback to destroy Fiddleback’s rebellious protege, Pygmalion. The alliance itself poses a great threat to Earth, but cannot be avoided if Pygmalion’s evil is to be ended. And with more Dark Lords making their influence felt, the chances of preserving Earth shrink with every passing second.

The Fiddleback Trilogy is a set of three fast action, adventure novels full of combat and mystery, horror and conspiracies. This Omnibus package includes both the epub version of the Omnibus (suitable for the Nook, Sony Ereaders and the iPad) and the mobi format file which can be used on the Kindle. (Amazon’s pricing structure do not make it economically feasible for the book to be sold through Amazon.) The download file is a zip archive which must be unpacked before the books can be loaded on a device.

In Hero Years… I’m Dead is New York Times bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole’s first Digital-Original novel.

Twenty years ago someone stole him away from Capital City. Having been released from captivity he returns to find everything changed. The great heroes of his day, men who could move planets or tear apart criminal syndicates, have all retired. A new breed of hero has sprung up to deal with a perplexingly new brand of villain. It’s a world that makes no sense, and a world which, if he persists in playing the hero, will surely see him dead.

In Hero Years… I’m Dead mixes action, dark humor, satire and strong characters into a thrilling page-turner. It’s superheroes facing challenges both in costume and out, battling a cunning enemy bent on destroying all they have worked so hard to preserve.

The Deluxe Edition includes a long essay that delves into the inspiration for and the process of writing the novel. It provides a rare opportunity to look at the process of a novel coming together and seeing electronic print.

This product is provided in the epub format, suitable for use with the Nook, Sony Readers, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and Adobe Digital editions (pretty much with anything that is not a Kindle.) The book is available on the Kindle through Amazon.