Canister X – A.P. FuchsWriter, Artist, Creator
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REALM OF HEROES AND MONSTERS: STORY TIME with A.P. FUCHS Season Three Podcast Teaser
REALM OF HEROES AND MONSTERS: STORY TIME with A.P. FUCHS Season Three Podcast Teaser
On December 1, 2024, Season Three of the REALM OF HEROES AND MONSTERS: STORY TIME podcast returns.
New format.
FLASH ATTACK returns.
Horror.
Monsters.
Heroes.
Subscribe and tune in for this wild ride.
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See you in December for more Story Time with A.P. Fuchs!
Winnipeg Comic Con 2024 A.P. Fuchs and Melinda Marshall Books Unboxing – Dystopian YA and Monsters and Superheroes!
Winnipeg Comic Con 2024 A.P. Fuchs and Melinda Marshall Books Unboxing – Dystopian YA and Monsters and Superheroes!
Winnipeg Comic Con is coming up on October 25, 2024, which is one week away from the posting of this video. Wonderful book stock just arrived and author Melinda Marshall and myself want to share the opening of these boxes with you because they contain new titles by both of us!
The big highlights are:
THE TYPHON PROJECT (Dystopian YA) by Melinda Marshall:
To save humanity, Leah is among the chosen for genetic modification. She is sent to The Typhon Project with the hope of finding a cure to save what’s left of the planet. But she can’t shake the suspicion something isn’t right.
AXIOM-MAN/CRIMSON CLOAK: SCARLET SYNERGY (Superhero) by A.P. Fuchs:
Surrounded by a strange red mist, Axiom-man finds himself in a world not his own. Not again. Meeting a man who calls himself the Crimson Cloak, Axiom-man and this red stranger must fight their way through a hotel of madness where each new floor brings on a deadly challenge.
CAUGHT IN BLACK HEADLIGHTS (Poetry) by A.P. Fuchs:
All right, World, this is how it’s going to be: Rhymes and verse, Melodies rehearsed, across life’s rocky sea. Read a poem, maybe two, pick three if you wish to dare. Ramblings and coherence, sometimes jots of incoherence, anything for poetic flare. Enjoy and explore, please do, I implore. Let’s talk about life bizarre ’cause it’s pretty complex stuff, said Harvey Pekar.
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REALM OF HEROES AND MONSTERS: STORY TIME with A.P. FUCHS: S02EP16
REALM OF HEROES AND MONSTERS: STORY TIME with A.P. FUCHS: S02EP16 –
Rite of the Wolf
Episode 16: Rite of the Wolf – Straight from the pages of METAHUMANS VS WEREWOLVES, Axiom-man takes to the sky and encounters a pack of wild beasts only to soon find himself bound and part of some strange wolven ritual that could lead to dire consequences for not only Axiom-man himself, but to Earth as well.
This story and anthology are explored in Story Behind the Story so be sure to stick around for that as well as an important PSA about your favorite artists and writers.
Sit back, relax, and enjoy this exciting superhero versus werewolf short story.
Enjoy!
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REALM OF HEROES AND MONSTERS: STORY TIME with A.P. FUCHS: S02EP11
REALM OF HEROES AND MONSTERS: STORY TIME with A.P. FUCHS: S02EP11 –
Something Rotten Up North
Episode 11: Something Rotten Up North – When Axiom-man is notified of the dead coming back to life in Flin Flon, Manitoba, he takes flight and heads north to verify the terrible news. Upon his arrival, he is greeted by hordes of the walking dead. As he struggles to fight them and search for survivors, Axiom-man soon discovers the problem is far worse than he thought.
This episode is the pinnacle of Heroes and Monsters because this time we have Axiom-man facing off against zombies. Now, he’s done it before in THE DEAD LAND (stick around until after the credits for more on this book) but I wanted to have him fight the undead again, so this little publisher had a brainwave of an idea and assembled a group of indie writers who had superhero creations of their own. The rules? None, other than it had to be your superhero versus at least one zombie. What came in for stories was amazing and so the anthology, METAHUMANS VS THE UNDEAD was born, as was the METAHUMANS VS series.
Tune into this exciting episode of superhero and monster mayhem with A.P. Fuchs!
Thanks for listening.
Cheers!
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Publishing Books: The First Half of 2024 in Review
Publishing Books: The First Half of 2024 in Review
Since we’re at the halfway mark of 2024, I thought this would be a good time to review what’s been published this year so far. Link to book page in the descriptions, but this is where we stand so far in publishing books this year.
There will be a publishing gap until later in the fall. There might be one thing, but that’s in floating status at the moment. The work is done. Just an issue of assembly.
AXIOM-MAN/CRIMSON CLOAK: SCARLET SYNERGY:
Surrounded by a strange red mist, Axiom-man finds himself in a world not his own. Not again. Meeting a man who calls himself the Crimson Cloak, Axiom-man and this red stranger must fight their way through a hotel of madness where each new floor brings on a deadly challenge. Go to book page.
CAUGHT IN BLACK HEADLIGHTS: POETRY COLLECTION:
All right, World, this is how it’s going to be: Rhymes and verse, Melodies rehearsed, across life’s rocky sea. Read a poem, maybe two, pick three if you wish to dare. Ramblings and coherence, sometimes jots of incoherence, anything for poetic flare. Enjoy and explore, please do, I implore. Let’s talk about life bizarre ’cause it’s pretty complex stuff, said Harvey Pekar. Go to book page.
THE CANISTER X TRANSMISSION: THE VERY LONG YEAR SIX:
Running from June 2020 to March 2024, readers received news straight from A.P. Fuchs’s bunker studio at Axiom-man Central that was meant to engage, entertain, and have some fun. Go to book page.
For all titles, please visit the Realm of Heroes and Monsters on Amazon.
Caught in Black Headlights Poetry Book Bestseller
Caught in Black Headlights Poetry Book Bestseller
Just a simple thank you to those who have been supporting my poetry book, CAUGHT IN BLACK HEADLIGHTS. It means a lot that a book of verse and rhyme are catching peoples’ interest.
Of course, poetry had to lose out to superheroes and monsters, but who doesn’t love METAHUMANS VS THE UNDEAD?
Anyway, thank you.
The Glamorous Life of a Writer: Writing Axiom-man
The Glamorous Life of a Writer:
Writing Axiom-man
As you can see, the writing life is just like the movies. I have an assistant, a publisher ringing my phone off the hook because I’m late on deadline and they need the manuscript ASAP, stacks of notebooks and looms of paper. Books line the walls and typewriters and pens litter the table.
But if you squint your eyes just the right way, you’ll see the truth about a writer writing. This is how I bring you stories. This is where the work is done.
This . . . is writing Axiom-man.
Axiom-man Year: Get up to Speed
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!
Status report – 041724
Status report – 041724:
All right, we’ve got a full roster going on over here. Between the stuff you see on a daily basis and working on stuff behind the scenes that you’ll see eventually, we have our hands full.
Right now we’re:
1) Writing AXIOM-MAN: THE SUMMONING
2) Freelance editing for a client
3) Creating daily content for you both here on this blog and across the Web
4) Getting the second season of the Realm of Heroes and Monsters: Story Time podcast ready for launch (I’m building a queue to ensure you get it weekly)
And a day job.
But basically, our creative focus is on the Axiom-man books for this year. My main goal is to get the first drafts done by summer with, say, mid-July completion at the latest. Then all the heavy lifting is done and it’s just an issue of cleaning things up before publication.
The secret to getting all the above done and maintaining the schedule is just that: maintaining the schedule. Work on something every day and eventually you’ll get what you need out of it.
Back to work.
This has been your Status Report for 041724.
Axiom-man vs Axiom-man?
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.
