After watching my Detroit Lions flail about for some 40+ years, I have finally realized the reason they suck — that reason is me.
In particular, my absolutely inexcusable lack of statistical tracking of the Lions clothes I wear on game day.
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Since we’re getting out of the print biz and we’re sniffing packing tape for the next week, how about a warehouse-clearing sale?
• THE CHAMPION hardcover (only fifty remain)
• THE STARTER hardcover (at half-off)
In case you already bought THE GANGSTER hardcover, we cut the price of THE CHAMPION and THE STARTER so you don’t get double-dipped on shipping. You still have to pay the shipping cost when you buy, because we can’t reduce that — it gets wayyyy to complicated because foreign shipping is a nightmare, so we just cut the product cost and now all across the globe everyone benefits.
Continue Reading →Well, this is a mind-bender.
Here is a video where I fess up about a big mistake on the hardcover edition of THE GANGSTER. At least, what I consider to be a big mistake. No, scratch that, it is a big mistake, no matter how you slice and dice it. We did a bad job. Period.
And yet, when I offer to give Junkies their money back for this error, were we flooded with refund requests? No. We didn’t get a single refund request. Instead, we sold fifteen more books in twenty-four hours. Wut? Are you Junkies all on the crack?
The outpouring of support after our shuck-up is overwhelming. We’re deeply humbled, and deeply honored.
Empty Set Entertainment strives to make cool things for cool people. I guess we didn’t understand just how cool you all are.
A and I are very lucky people to have a fan base like y’all. Tito, pass me a tissue…
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Buy it on AudibleThis GFL story has been in the works for five years. Now, finally, we bring it to you. This is the final GFL novella. It falls directly between GFL Book V, THE CHAMPION, and GFL Book VI, THE GANGSTER.
I don’t normally say this about the novellas, but this is must-read material if you’re going to better enjoy the sprawling, face-punching epic series finale that is GFL Book VII and VIII.
SYNOPSIS
The five members of an elite commando group nicknamed “the Stone Wolves” once raged against Creterakian rule. Now, four decades after their heyday, they each try to stay alive and eke out a living. But a friend from the past won’t let them move on, nor will their bitterest enemy. Hopscotch, RedWire, the Killer, Lulz and Recoil will soon wish their pasts could stay dead.
HUTCHINSSSSSS!!!
If you’re a podcasting fan from back in the day, the name J.C. Hutchins may sound familiar. He’s the bestselling author of the 7th SON series. We’re so stinkin’ proud to have a Hutchins book under the Empty Set banner.
THE BOOK’S THEME
THE STONE WOLVES is somewhat of a love letter to military vets who feel abandoned by the nation they served. It’s a pulse-pounding adventure with what I feel is the best finale I’ve ever created, but it also looks at some of the effects of PTSD on combat vets, and at the crushing guilt, loss of direction, and substance abuse that hits many.
I was blown away by this book. Alderman created a brilliant concept in how to shift the basics of physical power, and explored how that would change society. Throughout history, men have always been physically stronger than women, and have been able to physically impose their will. In many areas of the world, to this […]
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Times they are always a-changing. Way back when, this site you’re looking at right now as more active than a one-legged person in a butt-kicking contest, with 15,000 active users, a vibrant community of people jabbering about my work and forming real friendships in the process. Then along came Facebook, Twitter, YouTube (yes, we’re that […]
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Sheesh, with Facebook, Insta, Twitter, LinkedIn and more, is there any point of blogging anymore? I dunno, but here’s some news.
Blackstone Publishing will be doing an anthology of stories about a young Marie Curie, titled THE HITHERTO SECRET EXPERIMENTS OF MARIE CURIE. No big deal, just a passel of fictional tales about the two-time Nobel Prize winner (two-time science champeeen, whoooo!). The anthology will be edited by Henry Herz and Bryan Thomas Schmidt. From the posting on Herz’s site:
The anthology will comprise 18 dark stories of science fiction, fantasy, and/or horror set during Marie Curie’s high school years in Poland. What might she have done had she applied her genius in darker directions? The rockstar cast of award-winning and bestselling authors is: Scott Westerfeld, Jane Yolen, Mylo Carbia, Alethea Kontis, Jonathan Maberry, Scott Sigler, Stacia Deutsch, Seanan McGuire, Sarah Beth Durst, Lissa Price, Christine Taylor-Butler, Jo Whittemore, Dee Leone, Susanne Lambdin, Emily McCosh, Steve Pantazis, myself, and Bryan Thomas Schmidt & GP Charles.
The book/audiobook should be out in 2022.
I expect my story to be darker, gorier, and more just plain wrong than all the others combined. Looking at that list of authors, that will be one high bar of “wrong,” so I’ve got my work cut out for me.
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Another week another festive cocktail!
This one is mostly a cosmopolitan, but with a little extra cranberry juice and a fun sprinkling of cranberries on the top!
Livestream is tomorrow at 6pm PST and we’ll be toasting with these. Feel free to make this one (send us pics here if you do!) but as ever, you drink whatever you like best, or nothing at all, no worries!
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Fifteen years in the making, we are proud to finally deliver MOUNT FITZ ROY, the sequel to EARTHCORE.
• Get it at Audible
• Book I EARTHCORE at Audible
This is an Audible Original audiobook, which means the print/eBook version won’t be out for one year. Audible is doing a ton of marketing that will hopefully expand my audience — in return, they get a window of exclusivity. So you will get print and eBook, just not until December 3, 2021.
If you don’t have Audible and want to get the MOUNT FITZ ROY audiobook for free as part of a no-risk trial offer, check out this page.
Continue Reading →You guys, you guys you guys!!!! Today is Scott’s birthday, so we’re making a fave drink of his! (And we put up our Christmas Tree! Yay! And you can see just a bit of the Tiny Bar™!! in this video!)
Scott prefers good single malt scotch, or Bud Light most of the time. (Yes, I […]
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We end whiskey month with the New Orleans favorite, the Sazerac.
Made with rye whiskey, this one uplevels a bit with an absinthe wash of the glass.
Livestream is tomorrow at 6pm PST and we’ll be toasting with these. Feel free to make this one (send us pics here if you do!) but as ever, you drink whatever you like best, or nothing at all, no worries!
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Last week I mentioned the weather had turned wintery here is SoCal, but as I write this post it’s 90 degrees outside, so I’m leaning back into summer this week for this drink!
This week’s Siglocktail is a Lynchburg Lemonade.
Named after the town where Jack Daniels is made, but created in Alabama, the Lynchberg Lemonade is a easy, refreshing cocktail. It’s got lots of fresh lemon, but isn’t overly sour or bitter. Instead, the brightness of the lemon blends well with the complexities of the whiskey.
Livestream is tomorrow at 6pm PST and we’ll be toasting with these. Feel free to make this one (send us pics here if you do!) but as ever, you drink whatever you like best, or nothing at all, no worries!
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The weather has finally turned in Southern California. I was expecting to have some form of autumn, but it went from 88 degrees last Thursday to in the low 60s today. This week’s drink might have been more suited to the hotter weather, but we’ll soldier on!
This week’s Siglocktail is the Mint Julep.
Famous around the world for being the preferred cup to have at the Kentucky Derby, it normally comes in a stainless steel cup. I didn’t have those, but the drink is still tasty anyway, so don’t let that stop you either!
Livestream is tonight at 6pm PST and we’ll be toasting with these. Feel free to make this one (send us pics here if you do!) but as ever, you drink whatever you like best, or nothing at all, no worries!
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It… is… alive! Click here to pre-order MOUNT FITZ ROY!
MOUNT FITZ ROY, the sequel to EARTHCORE, is now available for pre-order from Audible. Ray Porter (the narrator of EARTHCORE and the actor who plays Darkseid on the JUSTICE LEAGUE movie) is the narrator.
We know this will upset some fans. Let us explain the reason why we’re going this route.
We’ve been in the podcast/audiobook/print business for 15 years now. A lot has changed. When we started, podcasts weren’t on iTunes, the Kindle hadn’t even come out, eBooks weren’t a thing, and Audible was only beginning to ascend to industry dominance. (click dat “continue reading” link below to get the rest of the info)
Continue Reading →It’s a new day, it’s a new dawn, and I’m feeling like whiskey drinks this month!
We’ll be having whiskey Siglocktails all month, starting with a tried-and-true recipe: the Old Fashioned.
Named in the 1880s, you’d think this would be too old fashioned by now to survive, but survive it does. It’s a great basic […]
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The last of the SIGLERinPLACE tequila Siglocktails!
A quick production note: You’ll see I recorded outside today, due to my normal sets being in disarray while we’re recording the audiobook for the GANGSTER. Things should be back to normal next week!
This is a delightful and refreshing cocktail. Fruity and not-too-sweet, it’s perfect for happy hour!
As ever, livestream is tomorrow night and Thursday night at 6pm PST and we’ll be toasting with these. Feel free to make this one (send us pics here if you do!) but as ever, you drink whatever you like best, or nothing at all, no worries!
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