NOWHERE TO RUN
Crazy 8 Press and StarWarp Concepts shared a press release on ComicMix about SOUTHWATCH STORIES, a book I'm proud to be part of that will be out this summer. You can read the full press release HERE or below. Kickstarter info HERE.
PRESS RELEASE:
NEW YORK, NY – March 19, 2026
Author collective Crazy 8 Press announced today the soon-to-launch Kickstarter campaign for Southwatch Stories – A Darkside Chronicles Anthology, a new steampunk-inspired collection of class warfare stories in collaboration with series creator Richard White.
On an unnamed world, the island city of Southwatch is a steampunk marvel of science, technology, and innovation—if you live in Dayside, above the clouds, as the wealthy elite. But if you’re scurrying for survival in Darkside, the island city’s lower ranks engulfed by a toxic cloud of poison and pollution, existence is a very different endeavor indeed.
In a battle of the haves and have-nots, readers will be taken on a dark, nefarious journey through the underbelly of this original steampunk fantasy world, where humans and mechanical beings form partnerships, alliances… and deals they’ll come to regret.
Stories are set to appear from Crazy 8 Press members Robert Greenberger, Hildy Silverman, Paul Kupperberg, and Aaron Rosenberg, and from an all-star line-up of contributors including Natalie Bartley, Phil Giunta, Bobby Nash, Dayton Ward, Steve Saville, and Richard White. Stretch-goal authors include Richard Dansky and Michael Stackpole.
Inspired by “The Cloud Minders” episode from Star Trek: The Original Series, White set out to explore what happens where there’s “no green grass, no animals, and where old tech and super-science merge—and collide.
“Darkside is the penalty of hubris,” White said. “The creators of this steampunk tech-inspired world get to live in Dayside’s plume of luxury while everyone else lives in squalor. The wealthy are willing to make that trade-off, if they consider it at all. But for everyone else, their motivations are quite different.”
“We’ve been looking to expand our projects into steampunk,” said Crazy 8 Press founding member Bob Greenberger. “Richard’s dark vision for this world is exactly the kind of environment we wanted to explore.”
The Kickstarter campaign to launch Southwatch Stories – A Darkside Chronicles Anthology will run from March 30 to April 30, 2026. Published through White’s StarWarp Concepts with support from Crazy 8 Press, print and e-books will become available to backers in November, and to the general public shortly thereafter.
Back the Kickstarter campaign HERE today.
Coming soon from New Legend! Jukebox Thrillers: Solid Hits of the 80's is a totally awesome anthology of short stories by top talents inspired by top tunes from the 1980's. You may be familiar with the songs and even the videos, but you've never seen them like this! Check out this wickedly epic playlist:
Jim Beard “One Thing Leads to Another”
Jayme Lynn Blaschke “The Old Man Down the Road"
Sara T. Bond "Don't You (Forget About Me)"
John C. Bruening "Only the Lonely"
Darin M. Bush "Cult of Personality"
Ryan Cadaver & Nicole Ghouled Cadaver "No Easy Way Out"
Christopher Collins "Electric Avenue"
A.R. Cook "Danger Zone"
Joe Crowe "Walk Like an Egyptian"
Keith R.A. DeCandido "Road to Nowhere"
Kevin Eldridge "Ride Like the Wind"
Michael Falkner "Stand"
Kelley M. Frank "Automatic"
Nicole Givens Kurtz "Wrapped Around Your Finger"
Michael A. Gordon “Centerfold”
Justin Gray “Valley Girl”
Darrell Z. Grizzle “Time After Time”
Joe Heath “Ghost Town”
Robert Jeffrey II "If This World Were Mine"
Bernadette Johnson “Every Breath You Take”
Dan Jolley “Somebody’s Watching Me”
Darin Kennedy “Only Time Will Tell”
Mike Lyons “Money for Nothing”
Violette L. Meier “Nasty Girl”
Adam Messer “Hungry Like the Wolf”
J.R. Mounts “Round and Round”
Bobby Nash “Running Down a Dream”
Jessica Nettles “Major Tom (Coming Home)”
Kelly Oechslin “Jessie’s Girl”
Mary Ogle “I Ran (So Far Away)”
James Palmer “99 Red Balloons”
Ashley Marie Pauls “Holding Out for a Hero”
Alan J. Porter “Two Tribes”
Sarah J. Sover “Careless Whisper”
Sean Taylor “Sugar Walls”
Vincent EM Thorn “The Number of the Beast”
Kelly Young-Silverman “In the Air Tonight”
Ricky Zero “Where the Streets Have No Name”
and more!!!
Jukebox Thrillers is scheduled to be released in November 2025. More details coming soon!
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