Silverthorn Press Ezine is a free bi-monthly paranormal fantasy ezine. Corbin Silverthorn and  Staff brings us writing industry news and highlights, as well as Creative Writing advice and inspiration. Each issue of Silverthorn Press Ezine features authors and artists of the speculative fiction and fantasy genres.

The Bleeding Pen Writer’s Showcase presents proactive writers of paranormal fantasy. The aim is to help spread the word about their work and engage readers and industry professionals alike. I was recently interviewed by Corbin Silverthorn for the January 15,2010 issue of Silverthorn Press Ezine. It was a really interesting experience which prompted a fair amount of introspection and set me thinking about things that hadn’t crossed my mind in years. You can read my interview here.
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Media Whores is currently available electronically from Smashwords and will be paired with Made in DNA’s upcoming title, Bukkake Brawl for Print release next year.

Made in DNA is the pseudonym of an American author, living in Japan. He describes his special brand of fiction as sex-punk/sex-fi. After reading a short teaser from one of his latest works, I jumped at the chance to read the erotic, cyberpunk novella, Media Whores.

Media Whores takes place in New Tokioh, a techno-punk’s dystopia lurking beneath the radiation contaminated mess that was once Nippon. The unapologetically depraved sex-idol, Kurarua is the product of an absurd, sensation seeking society. A beautiful and monstrous vortex of unchained desire, dealing out a mess of pain; she makes our dubious hero her bitch and drags him along in her violent and doomed quest for the ultimate climax.

Mind you, these are not characters for whom one is apt to feel much sympathy. Is there really any need though, to feel anything but awe for a woman who is both able and eager to make a badass yakuza bend over and scream like a girl, whether he wants to or not? Like our haplessly addicted protagonist, we’re just along for the ride.

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Cassandra Baron is the star character of my NaNoWriMo novel, tentatively titled CASSANDRA.  In this second novel of a series Cassandra Baron, becomes infatuated with a human named David Kilpatrick.

David happens to be the right hand man for Dominic Locke, the interim leader of the ancient race of predecessors to werewolves, known as the Rath. She becomes embroiled in the internal conflicts of the Rath and soon find herself facing off  with Dominic’s daughter, who is destined to be another new Power in the world.

Origin & Circumstances

Cassandra’s mother was the progeny of an amphibious civilization, long gone. Her father is the human musician, Jonathan Baron who discovered that his mother was a sea-dwelling, aboriginal remnant of that ancient race. Her genetic makeup was determined by the avatars of an ancient race of sentient ships known as the Vorsha. She was designed to be their perfect creation.
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Speculative Fiction by its very nature, lends itself to all manner of conjecture.  When creating fictional characters, gender is almost-always a fundamental characteristic that needs to be determined.  Some time ago, I found myself wondering why the majority of Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction writers out there seem to stick almost religiously to the standard male and female constructs.  This invariably led to the question of how much gender diversity already exists on our awesome planet.
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My current pick for new favorite anime from the Summer 2009 line-up is the eye-catching, heart-stopping Bakemonogatari.  Four episodes in, even a jaded anime enthusiast such as myself is excited and looking forward to watching more.

Bakemonogatari is a rather playful turn of phrase on the Japanese words bakemono, meaning monster and monogatari, meaning tale or story.  This superb series of “monster stories” is the brain child of the amazingly talented NisiOisin and features a series of predicaments suffered by various humans resulting from personal tragedies and encounters with supernatural entities. 
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When I first developed an interest in Japanese anime several years ago, I came across scanlated artwork from the manga Clover.  Clover is a rare work created by the creative team that goes by the well-known moniker, CLAMP.  Clover was serialized in Kodansha’s Amie from 1997 until the magazine ceased production in 1999.

The main character of this wonderfully Steampunk endeavor is a tragic a young girl called Su, who lives in a futuristic society. The military sought out gifted children dubbed “Clovers”, who seem to possess the innate ability to magically affect technology. Clovers would then be capable of incredible feats such as, teleportation and materialization of weaponry at will.  Classed according to how powerful they are, the children are then branded with a symbol of the Clover Project.  The number of leaves represent each Clover’s power level.
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