Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and all similarly-oriented seasonal greetings. I hope that everyone has had an enjoyable holiday season and can find some time to rest, relax and generally get themselves ready for whatever 2026 is going to throw at us.
One thing coming at us in 2026 is my new novel Fester Descent, which is tentatively slated to be released at the end of February. I finished up the first draft of the MS earlier this year. Some timing miscues resulted in me sitting on it longer than I had intended, mainly because I had waited too long to get on the editor’s schedule. It was worth the wait to work with Paula Guran, though. She had edited the original Fester, and I learned a lot in the process. I was glad to be able to work with her again. I’ve spent most of the holiday so far reviewing her edits and getting the MS typeset. Now, it’s review time, where I read and re-read the novel to the point here I start to hate it.
But enough of that sorry action – here’s something much more interesting: the final cover design! I’ve actually beein sitting on this for over a month, but I wanted to wait until the MS came back from the editor and I had a clear idea of when the book will be available (2/28/26).
Here it is. Simple, but – I hope – intriguing. Who wouldn’t want to know what’s going on in a book with a tank, a monkey and a sexy leg on the cover?
Happy rest of your holidays and a propitious New Year. Hang on to your hat – hang on to your hope!
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