Mashups, Mountain Men, and Your Next Read

I can’t give you guys and gals a lot of words today. It’s Saturday, and I have so much to do. I do, however, want to throw out a couple of observations, and unlike most of my musings, these musings are about me, not the news, film, books, or games.

I’m a mashup writer. I love military adventure, and enjoy writing it. I also like science fiction. I often combine those two interests. Okay, that’s no biggie, the intersection of military adventure and science fiction is military science fiction. We all know, and many of us love, that genre. But my interests don’t end there. I’m a big fan of horror, or at least paranormal fiction. And honestly, sentence-opening conjunction aside, I’m not exactly sure what you call the intersection of those three lines. Paranormal-laced military science fiction? A paranormal military adventure? Urban military? Military paranormal? Genre labeling can be crazy stuff, but I do know that almost everything that I’ve ever published sits squarely on this intersection. To wit.

The Greatest Fear. Nut and bolt combat in a World War III that’s interrupted by zombies. And actually the story is about loyalty, friendship. The greatest fear is letting down your comrade in arms.

Epiphany. A World War 2 G.I. haunted by his dead friend.  The friend’s platoon is ambushed, leading to his epiphany.

Might not be a mashup, but it's gots to have a strong
female character.

World at War: Revelation. Gritty, real military adventure about World War Three. Yet the war’s destruction calls forth the evil among us… vampires, Lycan, demons. A crazy, yet somehow authentic, mashup.

Desert Moon. You’d think it was straight military science fiction, in the vein of David Drake, but no… one side uses genetic manipulation, and one of its manipulations are vampiric covert operatives.

Crazy, exciting mashups, and then there is the Battle of KingsMountain.

I live in Virginia, and have always been into the Revolutionary War (not the Civil War) in the southern colonies. I recently wrote a piece on the aforementioned battle for Armchair Battle. They graciously allowed me to republish it on my blog. The post has gone crazy! Easily the most popular fiction that I have EVER posted.

So you know what? The next Mark H. Walker novel that you read might damn well not be a paranormal military science fiction thingie, but rather straight up, Revolutionary War historical fiction.

And what do you think of that?

Mark H. Walker is the author of Desert Moon, an exciting mecha, military scifi novel with a twist, World at War: Revelation, a creepy, military action, with a love story, alternate history, World War Three novel thing, and numerous short stories. They are all available from Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing right here. Give them a try. What the hell? 

Wait. A. Minute. Amazon hasn't added Desert Moon to my author page, so you'll need to click the Desert Moon link above, or right here.