All posts by Axel Howerton

Axel Howerton is a former entertainment journalist, and the author of the Arthur Ellis Award nominated detective caper "Hot Sinatra", the modern gothic fairytale "Furr", and the forthcoming "Wolf & Devil" urban fantasy series. His work, including short stories, columns, poetry and essays, have appeared the world over, in no fewer than five languages. Axel is the Prairies director of the Crime Writers of Canada, and a member of the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association, the Calgary Crime Writers, and the Kintsugi Poets. He is also the editor of the books "Death by Drive-In", "AB Negative", and "Tall Tales of the Weird West", and is the organizer behind one of Canada's first recurring "Noir At The Bar" events, #NoirBarYYC. Visit Axel online at www.axelhow.com to sign up for the GotHow? email list and receive free exclusive ebook collections, sneak peeks, and more.#AxelHow #GotHow
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One week til’ Xmess… how ’bout some Holiday Rex!

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As any long-time victims fans of this here page will know, I have a certain predilection for ending the year with a parade of tunes and videos. It’s been a busy year, so Xmess month has become Xmess week. Let the festivites begin!

Ain’t no kinda season til you get a little Rex…

And I promised #1 Son that I would post HIS favorite Xmess jam as well. I hereby gift unto you what he refers to as “Bill & Ted’s Most Excellent Christmas Power”. It can certainly be argued that if Rex is the apotheosis of Glam, The Darkness is its inevitable descent into irrelevant madness.

It really does sound like it could be from the Bill & Ted Excellent Christmas Special. Yep. Point to Koji. This is righteous, joyful and most triumphant.

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STEAMPUNK ORIGINALS – Ft Rule, Britannia! AVAILABLE NOW 25% OFF!

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Arcana has finally unleashed STEAMPUNK ORIGINALS: Vol 1, which just happens to feature the story RULE, BRITANNIA: THE MESSENGER written by the badass super-duo of Axel Howerton and Red Tash. This is something that we’re planning to hopefully expand on next year and create an incredible alt-universe steampunk epic. This comic prologue was drawn by Steven Yarbrough and colored by Seth Rutledge, with lettering by Mike Schneider.

You can pick it up now from Arcana’s website at 25% off with the discount code ARCANAWINTER

Steampunk Canada has the first writeup on it, which you can read here

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LET IT SNOW: SEASON’S READINGS FOR A SUPER COOL YULE… FREE!!!

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BIG CHRISTMAS FUN!!!

Today and tomorrow you can get the amazing and eclectic Xmess collection LET IT SNOW: SEASON’S READINGS FOR A SUPER COOL YULE! for FREE! on Amazon for your Kindle. Buy now and DL into your Kindle or gift it to someone who’ll be opening one on the Big Day. We’re talking Zombies, Trolls and Fae, Oh My! Comedic noir with Manlove & Kickerdick! SciFi! Fantasy! Motherflippin’ Christmas Dragons! Bar none, the most incredible collection of authors and tales EVER ASSEMBLED.

My Canadian pals can now pick it up direct from AMAZON.CA