Kickstart the Week 55: New fiction by Michael Jan Friedman

Michael Jan Friedman is a name known to many comic book and Star Trek fans. With numerous novels in that franchise and writing credits on Justice League and a personal favorite of mine, Darkstars, he's got a whole heck of a lot of great credentials.

But he also publishes a lot of great stuff of his own. One, I Am the Salamander, can even be characterized as super powered fiction. That book was Friedman's very first Kickstarted project, but three years later he is back with a new book and new super powered fiction.


Cabal and Other Irresponsible Invocations of The Muse is his new book at Kickstarter now. While it features several stories from various genres, the lead tale "Cabal" is pure super powered fiction, focusing on a group teaming to take down a superhero. But in this case, they do so for noble reasons, even if they aren't always right in those intentions.

This one looks like another great one by Mister Friedman, so head over to Kickstarter and back it!

Pangaea still needs your support!

No one wants to see a good Kickstarter fail. Right now with just two days left, Pangaea is still over a thousand dollars away from funded. I know I talked it up in last week’s Kickstart the Week, but they still need a bit more help. It is very possible to get this thing funded if just a few more folks go out there and lend some money to great writing by Michael Jan Friedman, Peter David, Paul Kupperberg, Robert Greenberger and even more. If you want to continue to see some great work from some great writers, go out there and give it a couple bucks.

Kickstart the Week 6: Pangaea

Michael Jan Friedman has created some great books in the past, but now he has set out to create a new anthology of stories set on a shared world. Pangaea is built around the conceit that continents never divided and in remaining one land mass, history developed quite differently.

The book is filled with some great names of science fiction, but superhero fans will probably recognize Peter David, Paul Kupperberg and Robert Greenberger, all veterans of the comic industry. With reasonable buy-in levels and a neat concept, this book deserves to see the light of day.

Head over to Kickstarter and help make Pangaea happen before time runs out.