Well, this is a post I’ve been working toward for a long time. Just got word that Superversive Press is ready to release ALL THINGS HUGE AND HIDEOUS in the next 24 hours. Links will appear when I have confirmation of their code transmission. It is my first full-length novel, a dark fantasy comedy chronicling the misadventures of Dr. James DeGrande and his assistant, Harriet Templin, pressed into the service of the Evil Dark Lord of the World.

I made myself a promise a couple of years ago, that whatever else happened, I would not let my 45th year go by without publishing a novel, one way or another. Today (or perhaps tomorrow) by the grace of Christ, that promise is fulfilled.
There are so many people I have to thank for this moment, I’m going to screw up and forget some of them, so if it’s you, you have my deepest apologies. First, I’d like to thank Jason Rennie, my editor, for doing the hard work of getting this ready to launch before Dragon Con in a month. If you’re there, please stop by. I’d like to thank many beta readers, especially Ralph M. Seibel and Jon Miles for their time reading the manuscript, and valuable tips. Cedar Sanderson and Jim C. Hines for encouragement and time on their blogs when the first part of this book was out as DOCTOR TO DRAGONS. I also thank Christopher Ruocchio and Dave Butler, a couple of much more established writers, who took the time to blurb this book. Great thanks go to my wife, Katie Huggins, who endured — as most writers’ spouses endure — endless moping over quality and the tapping of keys in the background. UNlike most writers’ spouses, however, she also endured being relentlessly questioned about the ailments and habits of various animals so that I knew my veterinary medicine wasn’t completely laughable. And finally, special thanks and honor go to George and Linda Huggins, who made this series possible by introducing me at a young age to both contemporary fantasy, AND the books of James Herriot, MRCVS, without whom the eponymous tales of James and Harriet would never have come to be.