Jack of Harts

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by on January 19, 2024 at 12:02 am
Posted In: Diaries

We found hyperspace in 2105 and the Great Space Race began. Alliances, nations, corporations, and religions reached out for the stars and humanity spread beyond the Solar System. We learned the answer to one of the oldest questions of all time in 2205. Are we alone? They brought medicines with them that nearly wiped out diseases, and extended the human lifespan into the centuries. They helped us study advanced technologies, and we expanded our colonies hundreds of lightyears from Earth. It was a golden age that many thought would never end.

Jack grew up in a world at peace, his only interests, partying and girls. But then an alien sneak attack killed millions of Americans, and wiped out almost everything and everybody Jack knew. He volunteered to serve and kick the alien scum back to the other side of the galaxy. But the Marines wanted more than people looking for revenge, and cybernetic partners demanded a far higher commitment. If Jack wanted to earn his commission as a Marine Corps fighter pilot, he had to grow up. He had to let himself be forged into something stronger than he’d ever wanted to be. He had to live up to the name of his squadron.

The Republic of Texas Marine Corps Fighter Attack Squadron 112. The Cowboys.

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October Eight Versus November Twelve

by on October 8, 2026 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

On November Twelve, twenty five years ago, the country and the world was united. The Twin Towers had fallen, we had watched Muslims marching in the streets in celebration of the event whose death toll we did not yet know, and America and the world was united in defending America and seeking to find out who did it.

On October Eight, three years ago, the same unity did not exist. Muslim terrorists from Gaza had gang raped and cooked and grenaded and otherwise murdered their way through southern Israel and took hostages, including Americans back into Gaza where they would be slowly tortured and killed one at a time over the next year. A few were recovered alive in the end. Muslims all over the world demonstrated and cheered their great victory in slaughtering unarmed civilians, gang raping young women to death, and cooking babies in ovens. And in numerous countries over the world, including America, young local people in their late teens and early twenties marched in celebration of the slaughter. On American streets. On the streets of First World nations all over the world.

And three years later, this year, the new Muslim mayor of New York who spent November Eleven laughing with his buddies during the 9-11 memorial, spends 10-7 devoting most of his speech to blaming Israel for that fact that his fellow Muslims just keep slaughtering Jews every chance they get.

I don’t understand how people can celebrate evil like this. I don’t understand how people can go out in public and demonstrate in favor of slaughtering civilians. Of literal crimes against humanity.

But I know evil when I see it, and I do declare it evil.

I declare it evil, and I declare that such evil barbarism must be banished from modern civilized society.

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October Seven

by on October 7, 2026 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

On October Seven, some United Nations aid workers decided to take a tour around Israel with some accredited news reporters of major international news networks to take pictures of the tour for everyone to see.

They were accompanied by Gazan civilians who worked in Israel and knew where all the sites were.

And of course they were accompanied by Hamas terrorists.

They killed, raped, and cooked over a thousand people. They took over a hundred hostages. Some of them were Americans.

They planned to do this. They recorded it. They broadcast it all over the Internet because they were proud of it.

And people came together to support them in demonstrations around the world, and to chant “From the River to the Sea,” calling for sweeping the Jews from the river into the sea.

These are some of the evils of October Seven.

Never Forget.

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Hooves and Horns

by on October 6, 2026 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

Opal Kingdom Press has now released Hooves and Horns and it is available across multiple ebook retailers around the globe.

Across enchanted forests, forgotten roads, ancient villages, storm-tossed shores, and worlds far from our own, hoofbeats echo through stories as old as wonder.

Unicorns may offer miracles—but demand a terrible price. Centaurs carry ancient wisdom and old grudges. Kelpies wait beneath dark water for the unwary. Mystical mares bring judgment between worlds. Terrifying creatures with hooves and horns emerge from legend to challenge those brave enough to face them.

Hooves and Horns gathers tales of beasts both familiar and unexpected, reimagined through fantasy, folklore, history, and urban adventure.

Saddle up, hold tight, and listen for the hunting call.

Something extraordinary is coming.

https://books2read.com/hooves-and-horns

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Anthologies

by on October 5, 2026 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

I just signed a contract for one anthology, the one Skin Deep Havana is going to be in. The Selkie will soon be seen. 🙂

I am also in negotiations to get a couple of my stories into a pair of alternate history anthologies. Alternate history anthologies can actually be serious business as pure alt history is a major market.

So this is a good day. 🙂

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HMS Victory

by on October 4, 2026 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

The HMS Victory is an old design in my Jack of Harts universe. And in real life. It was designed by Alderfek, a friend of mine who creates 3D ship designs, a long time ago. HMS Victory herself is of course named after Admiral Nelson’s flagship, and she is painted to reflect that legacy. Here she is, operating over an alien planet as she overloads her main cannons for an extra punch.

Video is available at:
https://jackofharts.substack.com/p/hms-victory

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