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Launch Day was going well. Folks were phoning, texting, and sending us photos about their freshly minted print editions of Minute Men: Execute & Run. Prime members were getting their pre-orders. Others were making new purchases with promises of fast two-day delivery.

And then—BAM!

Not BAM! as in Books-A-Million (which still has copies of MM: E&R in stock and ready to ship), but BAM! as in the sound of Minute Man Max “Jaxx” Jacquez h...

The wait is over. Minute Men: Execute & Run is now available in print and eBook at a bookseller near you.

Have you ordered a copy?

Have you started reading?

We’re eager to hear what you think, so please drop us a review when you can.

And if you haven’t purchased a copy, there’s no time like now.

Mission Impossible meets X-Men—with a twist: You only have 60 seconds to save the day.

U.S. Marine Daniel Hayes returns from the Mid...

This is the third in a series of posts featuring advance reviews for Minute Men: Execute & Run, the new science fiction novel from Caezik SF & Fantasy.

The book releases on October 14!

You can find some previous reviews here and here.

In this post, we hear from poet, short story writer, editor, and lecturer Timons Esaias, author of the Nebula-nominated...

In yesterday’s post, I shared World Fantasy Award-finalist Michael Libling‘s take on Minute Men: Execute & Run. You can find that review here.

Today, we’ll hear from poet, critic, and novelist Albert Wendland, author of the acclaimed Mykol Ranglen science-fic...

The day after tomorrow. Technology has advanced, wars rage, and a disparate group of wounded warriors bands together to confront the ultimate evil.

Starting today, and continuing throughout the month, I’ll be posting advance reviews of the novel Minute Men: Execute & Run.

First up is an endorsement from Michael Libling, the World Fantasy Award-nominated author of Hollywood North and ...

Our most recent challenge over at the Minute Men Newsletter asks folks to identify the six baddies pictured above. If you’re a newsletter subscriber, you know the details. If you’re not, you can subscribe or check out the challenge by clicking here.

Either way, read on! We think you’ll get a kick out of these oddball villains.

One of the more interesting responses we received over at the Minute Men Ne...

The guitar acquired a new voice in 1969.

I remember hearing it on Led Zeppelin’s first album, most notably on the LP’s final track, which featured a series of long notes that sounded like the moaning of a humpback whale … or perhaps the reverberations of some massive heavy-metal machine.

Here’s a bit of it, sampled from the middle section of “How Many More Times”:

Not long after, when I caug...

Nearly a century before James Cameron transformed 5′ 7″ Zoe Saldaña into the nine-foot-tall Neytiri in Avatar, cartoonist Max Fleischer pioneered the first motion capture device in his Brooklyn living room.

Consisting of a projector mounted behind a transparent easel, the rotoscope machine transformed the art of animation by allowing cartoon artists to trace the movement of live performers onto animation cells. The result: fluid, lifelike motion.

Heard about the Bone Wars?

You’re not alone if you haven’t. Back in 1977, I doubt my brother John had heard about it either when I showed up to band practice with a new song called “The Rockhoud Rag.” In truth, it was more bluegrass than ragtime, but I liked the alliteration, and it wasn’t the kind of song that needed to be taken too seriously, anyway.

You’ve heard of the Gold Rush.

Ther...

Lots of folks are.

According to Variety, last week’s installment of the New Heights podcast racked up 13 million views in just 24 hours. Of course, it helped that pop star Taylor Swift dropped by to join her buddy Travis Kelce to talk about her upcoming album.

I’m sure brother Chris and I had similar numbers when we appeared on Blasters and Blades with JR Handley and the Corcoran Entertainment Show earlier this month. But of course, with over 4.52 million podcasts...