Current Projects
These are the current full-length projects that Mik is working on currently. Please be patient, as he is getting inspiration for new stories and projects all the time, and his muses can be rather insistent. These are not listed in any particular order.
Please note that any samples available below are not necessarily in the form they will be published in. These are works in progress, and as such will most likely be edited constantly as work progresses.
Wizard's Call
Category: fantasy/post-apocalypse
The day that technology died, seemingly forever, a number of men, women, girls, and boys woke up with new, powerful talents. The wizard Zakolaeus takes up the task of helping and educating young mages and psychics, to save civilization and to protect themselves.
You can download the first chapter of this amazing (and voluminous) novel here.
Terra Firma Foundation
Category: science-fiction/four-color
Having amazing powers doesn't mean you automatically have a home, income, family, or even friends. Follow a growing group of xenohumans as they try to make the world a better place for everyone, often using rather unorthodox methods.
Book 1: Groundwork
You can download the foreword and first three chapters in this saga here.
Several novels are planned in this series.
LunaText Publications is working on RPG materials for this setting.
The Phi'eh Catastrophe
Category: urban fantasy/horror
When a ritual in the modern primitive tradition goes terribly wrong, Alex "Slinger" Scothorn is the only survivor. His friends must bring him back to sanity, discover what happened to him, and find a way to communicate with the being that now shares his body.
Book 1: Prelude to Oblivion
You can download the Prologue and first chapter here.
Several novels are planned in this series.
Bound by Betrayal
Category: fantasy/tune-punk
Book 1: A Pestilence of Piety
On the world of Auzhekti, a young woman and two young men, raised in the Temple of Xinoal, are betrayed on the battlefield. Asepheza, Niqresh, and Hasrelhem, with the aid of their reluctant companion Pact, must come to terms with losing all that they believed in and all they held dear, as they flee the armies of Xinoal. Will they ever be able to find something to replace their stolen faith?
Explore the world of Auzhekti, rich in fantastic cultures, strange creatures, and technology and mysticism based on dance, music, and song.
Several novels are planned in this series.
LunaText Publications is working on RPG materials for this setting.
Darkness Shining
Category: urban fantasy/occult mystery
The war between Heaven and Hell rages on, unknown to most human beings. But the Sighted know, and are taking sides. Mack - a sorceror using unorthodox methods; Birge - a healer and warrior sworn to the service of the Templar; Toma - last of a line of psychicly-gifted ninjas; Dixie - an artificer with the blood of the Fey in her veins. These four Sighted are drawn into the battle on a third side, governed by an entity who has existed since light and dark were divided.
Book 1: Fall of Innocents
Mack, Birge, and Toma have taken in Ben, a little boy who lost his family at the hands of Hell and traumatized by a half-angel half-demon psychopath. Having moved to California's Inland Empire, for Ben's safety, they find themselves drawn into a new mystery. Who or what is abducting children, and what are they doing to them?
You can download the Introduction to this novel (and series) here.
Several novels are planned in this series.
LunaText Publications is working on RPG materials for this setting.
DaVinci Renegades/The Clockwork Hart
Category: sterampunk/runepunk
High above the city of Agua Caliente, stands an immense construct known as the Clockwork Hart, a gift to the city by a grateful inventor. Designed to guard the well-being of the residents and to inspire them, the Hart has not spoken or moved since the end of the Second Transmundane War.
But the Hart is still aware, and drafts Alan O'Cleary and his friends to stop the reign of terror instigated and fueled by the City Corporation.
There may be additional novels in this series.
The Three Dog Pack
Welcome to the year 2038, where anyone descended from an illegal immigrant is considered to be an illegal as well.
Shady, Ti, and Grunt are three young men with a problem: they only have a couple years to prove they can earn a living, and earn enough to get the "T" (for Temporary) taken off their Federal Identification Numbers. Or else it's off to a work-camp for the rest of their lives.
Three Dogs Play Chicken
Is it a new beginning for Three Dog Consulting?
Three Dogs Open a House
Nothing worth doing is easy.