Weekly Roundup: June 12th - 17th
I’m e rathke, the author of a number of books. Learn more about what you signed up for here. Go here to manage your email notifications.
This Week’s Posts
Monday: Any event can be a near-death experience if you allow it to be - An excerpt from
’s new book about What Remains of Edith Finch. Pick the book up here.Wednesday: Paying subscribers received Chapter Six of Emrys the Fool and free subscribers received Chapter Four. If you received neither, there are instructions below on how to get these in your email.
Thursday: And I interviewed
.Saturday: My first short story published here on Substack. An all dialogue story about the far distant future. I recorded the audio narration as well for those who would prefer to listen.
The Archivist’s Gallery and many upcoming stories are part of a shared universe, which I may say more about later. For now, give it a read.
From the Archives
For Father’s Day. Wrote this for my son’s fourth birthday. Remains one of my favorite pieces and has become one of the most popular here. Captures almost everything I have to say about being a father, at least so far.
Listening
What I’m reading
Finished reading Cities of the Plain about an hour before I heard Cormac McCarthy died.
’s brief piece about McCarthy’s early career is worth giving a look.
Cities of the Plain is far from a favorite of mine, but the least of McCarthy is still quite good. I’d check it out, but only if you really liked All the Pretty Horses and The Crossing.
About halfway through Altered Carbon by Richard K Morgan and No Country for Old Men. Good stuff.
What Else?
Kyle Muntz and I are busy writing the second season of The Shattered Stars, which is keeping me quite busy. Episode Two of Season Two was wrapped up this week and we’re diving into Episode Three shortly. But, in between, I’m writing a cyberpunk novella for an upcoming project to be announced with the Broken River gang.
I’m also figuring out how to do a audio type things. So expect a podcast unrelated to everything here coming soonishly.
My brain feels like pancake batter but it’s Father’s Day so I’m probably having an all right time with my wife and kids and cats.
I hope you are too.
And if you’re one of those kind souls looking to get into my fiction, here are the novels I’ve released recently:
Glossolalia - A Le Guinian fantasy novel about an anarchic community dealing with a disaster
Sing, Behemoth, Sing - Deadwood meets Neon Genesis Evangelion
Howl - Vampire Hunter D meets The Book of the New Sun in this lofi cyberpunk/solarpunk monster hunting adventure
Colony Collapse - Star Trek meets Firefly in the opening episode of this space opera
The Blood Dancers - The standalone sequel to Colony Collapse. Coming 6/21/2023
Iron Wolf - Sequel to Howl. Coming 7/25/2023
Some free books for your trouble:
Incredible job integrating (and amplifying) the work of some of the authors on Substack. I'm inspired to do something similar!