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Steven A. Roman

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The Bronx, NY, The United States

Website

http://www.pandorazwieback.com

Genre

Horror, Young Adult, Comics & Graphic Novels

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September 2011

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STEVEN A. ROMAN is the bestselling author of the novels Blood Feud: The Saga of Pandora Zwieback, Book 1, X-Men: The Chaos Engine Trilogy, and Final Destination: Dead Man’s Hand. His writing has garnered praise from such authors as World Fantasy Award–winner Charles de Lint, Bram Stoker Award–winner Elizabeth Massie, and fantasist and crime fiction novelist Neal Barrett Jr.

His short fiction has appeared in the anthologies The Best New Zombie Tales 2, The Dead Walk Again!, Doctor Who: Short Trips: Farewells, If I Were an Evil Overlord, Tales of the Shadowmen 4: Lords of Terror, The Ultimate Hulk, and Untold Tales of Spider-Man. He also wrote the graphic novels Lorelei: Building the Perfect Beast, Stan Lee’s Alexa, and Sunn, and co-wrote the ...more

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What books are on your summer reading list this year?

Steven A. Roman I didn't have much time for reading during summer 2019, but I recently finished Craig Johnson's first Longmire mystery novel, The Cold Dish, and right…moreI didn't have much time for reading during summer 2019, but I recently finished Craig Johnson's first Longmire mystery novel, The Cold Dish, and right now I'm balancing Matt Ruff's Lovecraft Country with Claudia Gray's Star Wars: Bloodlines. I have...varied reading tastes!(less)

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what was your inspiration for your Final Destination Story? Where did your ideas for your book in that "universe" come from?

Steven A. Roman Hi, Joshua! Thanks for the question. The plot for Final Destination: Dead Man's Hand started out with me remembering a trip I'd made to Las Vegas in t…moreHi, Joshua! Thanks for the question. The plot for Final Destination: Dead Man's Hand started out with me remembering a trip I'd made to Las Vegas in the 1990s, and a visit to the Stratosphere, which was the tallest hotel/casino structure in the city (probably still is); it had a roller coaster on its roof. For the book, I thought, what if that roller coaster broke free and fell off the roof? I changed the name of the hotel but pitched the roller coaster idea to the Black Library editor; it was soon approved by him and New Line Cinema.

However, just as I'm half-finished writing the manuscript, New Line announces Final Destination 3—which will be about a roller coaster breaking loose. (Hmm...) I contacted the editor and asked if this meant I now had to rewrite the manuscript and change out my roller coaster so it didn't conflict with the movie. He said yes; I cursed a lot. And then settled on the idea of a glass elevator along the wall of the casino tearing free from its moorings. And that became the final version of the death-trap for the book. The rest was just a matter of coming up with characters I'd be interested in writing about—and then putting them through hell. Hope you found all of this helpful!(less)

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	X-Men/Doctor Doom: The Chaos Engine (X-Men: Chaos Engine Trilogy #1) 3.79 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	X-Men/Magneto: The Chaos Engine (X-Men: Chaos Engine Trilogy #2) by Steven A. Roman (Goodreads Author), Stan Timmons 3.70 avg rating — 134 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	X-Men/Red Skull: The Chaos Engine (X-Men: Chaos Engine Trilogy #3) 3.81 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Final Destination 4: Dead Man's Hand 3.06 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood Feud (The Saga of Pandora Zwieback, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lorelei: Sects and the City by Steven A. Roman (Goodreads Author), Eliseu Gouveia (Illustrator), Steve Geiger (Illustrator) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From the Stars...a Vampiress: An Unauthorized Guide to Vampirella's Classic Horror Adventures by Steven A. Roman (Goodreads Author), Sean Fernald (Foreword) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood Reign (The Saga of Pandora Zwieback, #2) 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by Steven A. Roman (Goodreads Author), Peter Laird really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sunn by Steven A. Roman (Goodreads Author), Kevin Lau (Illustrator), Alex Niño (Illustrator) 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Conventioneering at Home: Not at SDCC 2026? Neither Are We!

Today is opening day for San Diego Comic-Con 2026: four days in which hordes of comic and pop-culture fans descend on the San Diego Convention Center to meet their idols, hunt down collectibles, pose in their best costumes, and crowd the aisles. (Somebody call Security!)

Unfortunately, we here at StarWarp Concepts won’t be part of the festivities—it’s just too expensive to exhibit there, what with

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