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Vortex Books and Comics

Posted on June 6, 2024 5:00 am by A.P. Fuchs

Vortex Books and Comics

All right, folks, listen up. I’m late to the party but horror authors Brian Keene and Mary SanGiovanni opened up a comic and book store in Columbia, PA called Vortex Books and Comics.

If you’re in the area, head down and support a couple of writers displaying their passion for the written word through sharing books and comics with others.

Brian has been a long-standing figure in the field and has won numerous awards. Mary is also a prolific author with several books under her belt. I know that this store effort is going to be one fueled with passion and opportunity to reach readers in a way that perhaps they might not have been reached before. Better, it’s an independent author-friendly store with little-known quality titles awaiting discovery.

I’m really excited to see where this bookstore endeavor goes, and Brian’s no dummy. I trust his business sense to make the store a success. And besides, I’m pretty sure Mary will keep him in check should he smoke too many cigars and starts talking about how he just met The Defenders.

Address:

477 Locust St
Columbia, PA 17512

Hours:

Monday — Closed
Tuesday — Closed
Wednesday — 10am to 7pm
Thursday — 10am to 7pm
Friday — 10am to 7pm
Saturday — 10am to 7pm
Sunday — 10am to 5pm

Contact: VortexBNC (at) outlook (dot) com

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Caught in Black Headlights: Poetry Collection

Posted on June 1, 2024 5:00 am by A.P. Fuchs

Caught in Black Headlights: Poetry Collection

“A.P. Fuchs’ s Caught in Black Headlights highlights life things, all sorts of things, with a wondrous and unrelenting discernment and a brilliant sense of lyricism.” – John Urbancik, author of Annabel Lee, in Shadow

All right, World,
This is how it’s going to be:
Rhymes and verse
Melodies rehearsed
Across life’s rocky sea.

Listen up, Folks,
This is how we’re going to play:
Thoughts and comments,
Displays of indominance,
Making the rounds all day.

Read a poem, maybe two,
Pick three if you wish to dare.
Ramblings and coherence,
Sometimes jots of incoherence
Anything for poetic flare.

So get some eyes on some words
And give the brain a try.
You win some.
You lose most.
But in the end, Solomon said,
It’s vapor in the sky.

Enjoy and explore,
Please do, I implore.
Let’s talk about life bizarre
‘Cause it’s pretty complex stuff
Said Harvey Pekar.

Available in paperback at:

Amazon (US)

Amazon (CAN)

Amazon (UK)

Barnes and Noble

Available in eBook at:

Amazon Kindle (US)

Amazon Kindle (CAN)

Nook

DriveThru Fiction

Smashwords

For more poetry like Caught in Black Headlights, please consider Still About A Girl, a poetry collection of song and verse, love and loss, pain and gratitude.

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Authortube: How to Handle a Bad Review

Posted on May 15, 2024 5:33 am by A.P. Fuchs

Authortube: How to Handle a Bad Review

Oh no! Someone bashed your baby! All those months–maybe even years–of hard work and somebody doesn’t like it. They leave a bad review and you’re stuck feeling like garbage. Or should you?

Veteran author and self-publisher A.P. Fuchs weighs in on a very simple way to handle a bad review.

Hope you find this encouraging despite it being blunt.

Be sure to subscribe for more Authortube and upcoming Booktube videos.

Thank you for watching Axiom-man TV.

Authortube: How to Handle a Bad Review

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Axiom-man Year: Get up to Speed

Posted on May 14, 2024 5:00 am by A.P. Fuchs

Axiom-man Year: Get up to Speed

With this year being all about superhero fiction and the BATTLE OF POWER Trilogy for THE AXIOM-MAN SAGA coming out in the fall, once in a while here at the Realm of Heroes and Monsters we’re going to do a few things to get you up to speed so you’re ready for the final story arc that concludes the first act of Axiom-man’s superhero journey.

Things will be changing in the storyline in Act Two, but until then, here is Act One in chronological order:

Axiom-man
Char (short story in the tenth anniversary edition of Axiom-man)
Episode No. 0: First Night Out
Doorway of Darkness
Black Water (short story)
Episode No. 1: The Dead Land
There’s Something Rotten Up North (short story in the anthology, Metahumans vs the Undead)
City of Ruin
Rite of the Wolf (short story in the anthology, Metahumans vs Werewolves)
Episode No. 2: Underground Crusade
Outlaw
Episode No. 3: Rumblings
The Split (flash fiction in the collection Flash Attack)
Mercy (flash fiction in the collection Flash Attack)
Last Flight (flash fiction in the collection Flash Attack)
Frozen Storm (side adventure team-up with Auroraman; story by myself and Jeff Burton)
Scarlet Syngery (latest release; side adventure team-up with the pulp-style hero, the Crimson Cloak)

Coming soon:

The Summoning
Episode No. 4: Transformations
New Dawn

To check out the books along with their covers, you’ll see them on the left of your browser if you’re on a desktop computer and if you scroll down you’ll see them on your mobile if you’re reading this there. All titles are available in paperback and eBook through the Book and Comic Shop on this site or at your favorite online retailer.

Happy reading!

It’s all coming to an end . . . for now.

I cannot wait to show you guys what’s in story for Axiom-man as we go forward!

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Caught in Black Headlights Coming Soon

Posted on May 9, 2024 4:00 am by A.P. Fuchs

Caught in Black Headlights Coming Soon

We’re all set. Everything’s on track. My new poetry collection about the truths of life, CAUGHT IN BLACK HEADLIGHTS, should be out end of May/early June (depending how fast the distributor processes everything).

The above image is not the actual cover but just a snippet to whet your appetite.

I’m excited about this one. It’s dedicated to the late Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip.

He wrote a lot about life. Told a lot of stories. This collection is meant to honor that legacy and practice.

Maybe somewhere Gord is proud. Or maybe he’d ask me what the heck do I think I’m doing. Har har.

Soon.

In the meantime, if poetry is up your alley, STILL ABOUT A GIRL is available. As well some other titles are listed in the Book and Comic Shop.

Peace.

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Authortube: The Best Piece of Writing Advice I Ever Got

Posted on April 29, 2024 5:20 am by A.P. Fuchs

Authortube: The Best Piece of Writing Advice I Ever Got

A long time ago, a fellow author and I were talking about book reviews and how some of them can be so malicious.

During that conversation, my friend said something that would change how I approach writing and producing books from then on forth.

Watch this vLog to hear what he had to say and how it can apply to your own writing or artistic efforts.

Be sure to subscribe to stay up to date on all the latest videos and shorts.

Authortube: The Best Piece of Writing Advice I Ever Got

Check out A.P. Fuchs’s latest zombie book, ZOMTROPOLIS: A RECORD OF LIFE IN A DEAD CITY:

Amazon (US)

Amazon (CAN)

ZOMTROPOLIS Book Unboxing.

Thanks for watching!

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Canister X Mailbag – Hilda and Richie’s Sandwich Children’s Book Unboxing – 04272024

Posted on April 27, 2024 7:24 am by A.P. Fuchs

Canister X Mailbag – Hilda and Richie’s Sandwich Children’s Book Unboxing – 04272024

Backing Max West on Kickstarter is a habit of mine. He’s done several campaigns and his most recent effort was for his children’s book, Hilda and Richie’s Sandwich. These children’s books are solid, wholesome, clean, and good for all ages.

Plus Max draws fun anthropomorphic characters.

Check out this unboxing for this cool project!

Don’t forget to subscribe to stay up to date on all the latest videos.

Thank you for watching Axiom-man TV.

Canister X Mailbag – Hilda and Richie’s Sandwich Children’s Book Unboxing – 04272024

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Vicious Verses and Reanimated Rhymes Zany Zombie Poetry for the Undead Head Book Spotlight

Posted on April 19, 2024 5:51 am by A.P. Fuchs

Vicious Verses and Reanimated Rhymes Zany Zombie Poetry for the Undead Head

Book Spotlight

The dead rise. The world dies. Mankind falls and enters Death’s halls.

Over 90 poems of carnage, hopelessness and despair mixed with oodles of the living dead await you. Featuring poems by W. Bill Czolgosz, Paul A. Freeman, Keith Gouveia, J.H. Hobson, Rich Ristow, Lester Smith, Steve Vernon, Zed Zefram, Zombie Zak, and many others, Vicious Verses and Reanimated Rhymes will not only melt your brain . . . it’ll tear out your jugular!

This zombie poetry collection can be found . . .

Grab your copies of the VICIOUS VERSES AND REANIMATED RYHMES here:

Amazon (US)

Amazon (CAN)

Don’t forget to subscribe to stay up to date on all the latest videos.

Thank you for watching Axiom-man TV.

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Realm of Heroes and Monsters: Story Time Podcast Episodes 1 and 30

Posted on April 14, 2024 5:00 am by A.P. Fuchs

Realm of Heroes and Monsters: Story Time Podcast Episodes 1 and 30

Yesterday, I recorded episode 3 of Season Two of the Realm of Heroes and Monsters: Story Time podcast. The episode ran over an hour, the show primarily the story.

We have a new format for Season Two. Hope you enjoy it.

For now, tune into the first and last episodes of Season One to tide you over as I stockpile a bit of Season Two before release.

REALM OF HEROES AND MONSTERS: STORY TIME with A.P. FUCHS: S01EP01 – The Key

REALM OF HEROES AND MONSTERS: STORY TIME with A.P. FUCHS: S01EP30 – Odd Hunting

Thank you for tuning in. Be sure to subscribe for more Story Time podcast episodes so you’re all set for Season Two.

For more on FLASH ATTACK, please the book’s page here.

Peace.

– APF

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Axiom-man vs Axiom-man?

Posted on April 13, 2024 10:27 am by A.P. Fuchs

Axiom-man vs Axiom-man?

Had to check in on something with the distributor and say this! The new Axiom-man release is in the lead in my overall book sales but the 10th Anniversay Special Edition of AXIOM-MAN is a close second. I’m glad people are checking out the first book. I hope I win them over so they check out the rest of this superhero series.

The first edition of AXIOM-MAN was written and published at a time when independent superhero books were not a thing. There was me and maybe five other people publishing their own hero. Now, independent superheroes are everywhere. My hope is THE AXIOM-MAN SAGA can keep up.

If you tuned into this week’s newsletter, you got a quick glimpse at an upcoming event in AXIOM-MAN: THE SUMMONING. Newsletter readers and Patreon patrons always get the news first. A perk of part of being in the club.

Anyway, who from the above will ultimately win? Will newcomer the Crimson Cloak beat out a hero that’s been around for a decade and a half? We’ll soon find out in this Axiom-man vs Axiom-man battle!

Be sure to tune into this blog again. Same Axiom time. Same Axiom channel.

Cheers.

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