Books by Kaaron Warren

PRAISE FOR THE AUTHORS :: "The entertainment value, and the hints of even greater revelations about the past of the iconic characters, and the world, make me very interested in how Howard Andrew Jones continues the story." - TOR"Kaaron Warren proves that horror fiction can do more than just deliver dis­turbing imagery and violence. It can also compel us to confront our own assumptions and moral principles, to look outside the ordinary." - LOCUS"Lancelot Schaubert's words have an immediacy, a potency, an intimacy that grab the reader by the collar and say, 'Listen, this is important!' Probing the bones and gristle of humanity, Lancelot's subjects challenge, but also offer insights into redemption if only we will stop and pay attention." - Erika Robuck, bestselling author of Hemingway's Girl ABOUT OGAG 2 :: Once more, my friends and colleagues and I have banded together to compose literature connecting astronomy and mythology: to write Of Gods & Globes II. Each one of us chose a name that connected astronomy (science fiction) and mythology (fantasy) such as "Janus" and wrote forth.But why on Earth - or off Earth - would we do such a thing?Well for starters, in his introduction to Bernard Silvestrus's Cosmographia, Winthrop Wetherbee III (which, let's be honest, is a doozy of a name but PERFECT for anyone destined to study and teach Latin) said that the thinkers of the classical and middle ages offered up: The idea the events of earthly life were governed and predetermined by the orderly disposition and activity of the heavenly bodies and could, in part, be foreknown through the careful analysis of celestial phenomena… Adelhard of Bath, in the De eodem et diverso, extols the power of the Arts to guide the soul in its earthly journey; they teach her to recognize her special relation to the rest of creation, to know the nature and intuit the divine pattern of the universe. For the soul's basic affinity is with the divine rationes of things…Man, like the universe, lives and moves through the interplay of rational and irrational forces… which evokes preoccupation with the archetypal implications of myth and the themes of classic literature. We had such a successful launch last time that we decided to come together and write even more stories around this theme. We have continuations on a couple of new universes, hilarious new additions, heartbreaking horror stories, and flirtatious little romps.In the spirit of drawing on themes of myth and classic literature and of the tidal influence of the constellations, I rounded up sci-fi and fantasy writers to write about cosmic influence. The fantasy writers took a more mythological approach, speaking of the symbolic (or perhaps godly) Mercury and Mars and Neptune. The sci-fi writers tell you what it's like to live on Jupiter and Uranus. All of them, though, speak of the influence of what one writer called "the music of the spheres." These are stories Of Gods and Globes. They're quite the ride: I enjoy each of these stories differently. They made me laugh and cry and chilled me to the bone with terror and one of them made me long for a home that… well for a home I don't think I've ever been to before.Come fly with us. Let's fly. Let's fly away.Or, if you prefer, to appeal from Sinatra to Sinatra:Fly me to the moonLet me play among the stars.Let me see what spring is likeOn Jupiter and Mars…Fill my heart with songAnd let me sing forevermoreYou are all I long forAll I worship and adoreLancelot Schaubert Brooklyn, New York 2020

Every nation of the globe has unique tales to tell, whispers that settle in through the land, creatures or superstitions that enliven the night, but rarely do readers get to experience such a diversity of these voices in one place as in A World of Horror, the latest anthology book created by award-winning editor Eric J. Guignard, and beautifully illustrated by artist Steve Lines.Enclosed within its pages are twenty-two all-new dark and speculative fiction stories written by authors from around the world that explore the myths and monsters, fables and fears of their homelands.Encounter the haunting things that stalk those radioactive forests outside Chernobyl in Ukraine; sample the curious dishes one may eat in Canada; beware the veldt monster that mirrors yourself in Uganda; or simply battle mountain trolls alongside Alfred Nobel in Sweden. These stories and more are found within A World of Horror: Enter and discover, truly, there's no place on the planet devoid of frights, thrills, and wondrous imagination!Table of Contents includes:';Introduction: Diversity in Fiction' by Eric J. Guignard';Mutshidzi' by Mohale Mashigo (South Africa)';One Last Wayang' by L Chan (Singapore)';Things I Do For Love' by Nadia Bulkin (Indonesia)';On a Wooden Plate, On a Winter's Night' by David Nickle (Canada)';Country Boy' by Billie Sue Mosiman (United States of America)';The Wife Who Didnt Eat' by Thersa Matsuura (Japan)';The Disappeared' by Kristine Ong Muslim (Philippines)';The Secret Life of the Unclaimed' by Suyi Davies Okungbowa (Nigeria)';How Alfred Nobel Got His Mojo' by Johannes Pinter (Sweden)';Sick Cats in Small Spaces' by Kaaron Warren (Australia)';Obibi' by Dilman Dila (Uganda)';The Nightmare' by Rhea Daniel (India)';Chemirocha' by Charlie Human (South Africa)';Honey' by Valya Dudycz Lupescu (Ukraine)';Warning: Flammable, See Back Label' by Marcia Douglas (Jamaica)';Arlecchino' by Carla Negrini (Italy)';The Man at Table Nine' by Ray Cluley (England)';The Mantle of Flesh' by Ashlee Scheuerman (Australia)';The Shadows of Saint Urban' by Claudio Foti (Italy)';Warashi's Grip' by Yukimi Ogawa (Japan)';The White Monkey' by Carlos Orsi (Brazil)';The West Wind' by David McGroarty (Scotland)