Saturday, March 3, 2007
March book signings

Iwill be doing two book signings this month. The first is today,Saturday, March 3, 2007 at the Barnes and Noble at 705 Sunland Park Drive in El Paso, Texas. I'll be signing Vampires of the Scarlet Order from 2-4pm.

The next signing will be the release party for Heirs of the New Earth here in Las Cruces, New Mexico on St. Patrick's Day, Saturday, March 17. The party will be at COAS Bookstore on the downtown mall from 10am until noon. All of my books will be available at that event.

Hope to see some of you there!

Dave

Posted by David Summers 2007-03-03 10:26:37

Friday, February 2, 2007
Heirs of the New Earth available!

I'm proud to announce that myfourth novel, Heirs of the New Earth, is now available for order.This novel completes the trilogy that began with The Pirates of Sufiro and continued in Children of the Old Stars. Currently the novel is available for order direct from my publisher at: http://www.lbfbooks.comor from the Genre Mall at: http://www.genremall.com/fictionr.htm#heirs

For those in Southern New Mexico and West Texas, there will be a book release party on St. Patrick's Day at COAS Bookstore in Las Cruces from 10 until noon.

For those who have followed this series, the book basically details the final confrontation between John Mark Ellis and the Cluster that has been building for the past two books. Here's the blurb from the back of the book:

The Earth has gone silent. John Mark Ellis and the crew of the Sanson are sent to investigate. When they arrive, they find vast alien machines known as Clusters in orbit. Fearing the worst, they land and discover that the once overcrowded, polluted Earth has become a paradise of sorts. The problem is over half the population is dead or missing and the planet's leaders don't seem to care. As Ellis works to unravel the mystery, sudden gravitational shifts from the galaxy's center indicate something even worse is in the offing. Can Ellis save the galaxy from the heirs of the new Earth?

Mark Anthony Brennan says, "Heirs of the New Earth is an exciting story of humanity's distant future. This is a relaxed, easy read, with prose that both entertains and engages us. Mr. Summers' tale is set on an epic stage, and yet he draws us in so that, in the end, it feels like an intimate experience. This is a well-crafted and thoughtful piece of science fiction.Highly recommended."

Posted by David Summers 2007-02-02 20:35:10

Wednesday, January 31, 2007
My other magazine

As anyone who follows this web logknows, I edit the science fiction and fantasy magazine, Tales of the Talisman. What fewer probably know, is that since 2001, I've also been working with a literary magazine published by El Paso Community College called Chrysalis. The magazine is edited by a student staff supervised by English faculty member, Ysella Fulton Slavin. My primary job on the magazine is prepress layout along with some editorial consultation, so Chrysalis really isn't my magazine but it's near and dear to my heart nonetheless and I'm very proud of the work the students do, assembling the publication.

Last year, Chrysalis placed in three categories of the prestigious Texas Incollegiate Press Awards, including coming in third place overall for best college literary magazine. That's quite an accomplishment for a small community college magazine, especially when you think about all the big powerhouse schools in Texas.

Chrysalis has been known to publish the occasional science fiction, fantasy or horror piece. However, the print edition has only been available in the El Paso area. Well, now that's changed. There is now an online edition of Chrysalis available at: http://chrysalis-epcc.4t.com

For those who enjoy my fiction, the on-line edition even features one of my stories, "The Legend of the Santo El Nino" at: http://chrysalis-epcc.4t.com/2006/fiction8.htm

"Santo El Nino" is one of those stories that doesn't fall neatly into genre boundaries. It is perhaps a little bit of soft science fiction and a little bit of light fantasy. The story was first published as "Rain Dance" in The Writers Post Journal back in 2005 and was selected as one of the top 10 stories of 2005 by the editors. I hope you enjoy the story if you check it out.

Dave

Posted by David Summers 2007-01-31 20:26:40

Sunday, January 14, 2007
Vampires at Barnes and Noble

Recently, my novel Vampires of the Scarlet Order was picked up by Barnes and Noble stores. I've been hearing reports that it's been turning up in stores here and there -- and have seen it at my local store in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

I've been asked to do a booksigning at the Westside Barnes and Noble in El Paso, Texas. For anyone in the area, that will be happening on March 3, 2007 from 2-4pm.

For anyone who wants a fun preview of the novel, I've posted two short readings accompanied by animation of Steve Gilberts' wonderful artwork at YouTube. The movies are at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv1ax-fogoYand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDNdPDHdlrk

These little movies take no little inspiration from my love of Murnau's Nosferatu. I hope you enjoy them if you drop by!

Posted by David Summers 2007-01-14 11:38:44

Thursday, January 11, 2007
Hadrosaur Audio

I'm pleased to announce that we've just added a new page to our website for the audio books published by Hadrosaur Productions. Drop by and visit at: http://www.hadrosaur.com/audio_books.html

There you can read about the audio books, listen to samples and purchase if you feel so inclined. We also have a link to The Pirates of Sufiro -- which was Hadrosaur's first audio book. It is now complete and available for free (along with numerous other great titles!) at http://www.podiobooks.com

Hadrosaur started producing audio books back in 1994. We don't have a lot of titles, but our desire is to tell fun stories and retell classic tales in an enjoyable, informal way. Our audio books are produced to give the feeling of a little theater performance, a small reading or perhaps being in a tavern listening to a storyteller. Hope you'll drop by and check out some our stories.

Posted by David Summers 2007-01-11 11:19:31