Merry Christmas readers! It’s Christmas Eve here, which is the traditional time in my family to start opening gifts from friends and family. So, as some of you already know, I thought this year I’d give you all a gift in the form of a Christmas story.

A Jacob Rocke Christmas story. That’s right: set in the Unusuals Universe.

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Hey guys! It's late and the day has been long, but I've got a sweet little teaser to drop into your laps. If you head on over to my site, Unusual Things, you'll find that I've posted an early look at SUPER MODEL, one of the upcoming stories from my "short" story collection, Unusual Events. It's a straight excerpt from the opening pages of the alpha reader's copy, ready for your reading pleasure. So if you've been wondering what on earth I've been doing with that four to six

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Greetings and salutations readers! I’m hard at work trying to wrap up Jungle‘s first draft (it is, if you’ll pardon the pun, a jungle), but that doesn’t mean I can’t keep you guys in the know. And today, I’ll be doing that with a recap of the creation of One Drink!

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Afternoon folks! Max here with a news post! Just little odds and ends of news both local (ie, my news) and large (like say, Dragon Award voting). There’s no real order to this, just news as it comes.

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Those of you who are regulars to the site may have noticed the sudden color change that’s swept over everything. That dull red … it can only mean one thing …

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I’ll keep this short, as I am beat! The October Patreon Supporter Award has arrived over on Patreon. And it is awesome.

What is it, you may ask? Why it’s a story! That’s right, a story. For Halloween. An early draft, but about 8.5k words long.

Oh, and it’s the sequel to Monthly Retreat from Unusual Events. And it has some other familiar faces show up as well.

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Sorry for the lateness. Had work yesterday and I've been battling a gnarly chest-and-throat cold that refuses to die. Now, really quick, some news!

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That's right, it's almost here! Mark your calendars and bookmark the kindle store, because Unusual Events: A "Short" Story Collection is releasing on January 26th, 2016! That's just under three weeks from now!

There will be more information available for you as we get closer to launch, but until then, here's a quick summary of what's been said so far:

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I was legit having a good time with a bunch of people and the group suddenly disappeared. Either I got banned or it was so good it broke Facebook. I'm laughing my ass off. That's totally cray cray.

LOL!

Hello readers! If you’re a Patreon Supporter, than today is your lucky day. Yesterday, I sat down and wrote a new short story for the next shorts collection, and the Pre-Alpha is up on Patreon! If you’re a supporter, you can go read it!

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Hey folks! Max here with a weekly update post. There’s not going to be anything Earth-shattering or lifechanging in this post (at least I don’t think so), but if you’re wondering what I’ve been up to and what’s going on, this is the post to check out.

So, with absolutely zero ado, here’s what’s going on.

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Attention readers! It’s time for news, and I’ve got a doozy of a post for you in that regard.

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WHOA! Unusual Things has been on the web for one year this Wednesday! Which means sweet things for this week’s collection of posts, like a Reddit AMA this Wednesday to mark the one-year date!

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Just a heads up, but those of you interested in such things may want to hop, skip, or jump over to Unusual Things, where you can enter a giveaway to win a free copy of Unusual Events! Entry details, requirements, etc are all in this post, so if the idea of bagging a copy of Unusual Events of your very own to read

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Just a quick update, since I've been so quiet this week. The reason is simple: Shadow of an Empire is in its final three chapters. Which is a fancy way of saying I've got two more chapters to write after I finish the current one, plus maybe a final bit of closure, and then the alpha 1 of Shadow will be done!

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It is time! Round 3 of the Rolling Sale has BEGUN!

Which means, if you've been following along, that Unusual Events: A "Short" Story Collection is now 50% off! Huzzah!

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Good morning~!
How did you sleep?

Good afternoon~!
How's your day so far?

Good evening~!
How was your day?

A simple and sweet plain-old news roundup for this week, folks. Feels like it’s been a while since one of those.

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