OK, I am selling out here, but it is for a good reason. If you're reading this blog it is probably because you like jokes and funny stuff, so you'll appreciate what I have to say anyways. And I have to admit that this blog entry is also in part an entry to win a signed book!
Matthew Hughes (Archonate.com) is definitely one of my favourite writers, and he has been for quite a while. I've collected almost all of his books, the Archonate ones at least and I love them all!
I got turned onto him from his Henghis Hapthorn short stories in the Fantasy and Science Fiction magazine. They were a mixture of a really great futuristic (but not too 'sci-fi'ish) world and a fun detective story that I always found fun to read.
Matt has diversified his character portfolio, but most of the stories still take place in his fantasy world of the "Archonate" and is releasing several new books from September to early next year, so if you get a chance I highly recommend picking them up!
My personal recommendations are Black Brillion and Majestrum. You can read the introductions to the stories at those links, and you can still buy them at Amazon or Chapters/Indigo. I also highly recommend The Gist Hunter and Other Stories, a collection of Matt's short stories most of which were also published in magazines like Fantasy and Science Fiction (I like it because these were the stories I first read).
The Spiral Labyrinth has just been released (I have my copy but haven't read it yet) and The Commons is coming out soon in October, these are sequels, or related to Majestrum and Black Brillion respectively so I also recommend picking them up too!
Oh and blog about the books if you like them! Maybe you'll win a free book too! ;)
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