Oh, and for the record, we’ve now lived through Akira, Blade Runner, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, The Road, and Pacific Rim. Given the realities of 2020, the fact that only Pacific Rim was set in that year makes me think we would have had an easier time living through the kaiju attack. Plus, we would have had jaegers, and that would’ve been cool.

Without further ado, here is my revised chart of movies set in the next few years, The Future’s So Bright (Movies set between 2021 – 2035).

Wow. That’s a lot of new and mostly terrible options for our future. I mean, this year alone, we are expected to have The Purge (which, honestly seems like it’s already underway).

2022 was featured in Bill and Ted Face the Music, which is one of the few movies on this graphic that is generally uplifting, with a happy ending. Unfortunately, I can’t remember what part of the movie is supposed to take place this year. I hope it’s not when they go to hell.

In 2023, we get to look forward to Avengers: Endgame, but while that means Thanos is defeated, we do have the slight problem of a sudden vacuum in a major position of authority.

When we get to 2024, we can all enjoy the boyish antics of our beloved Spider-Man, but four years later, we plummet into The Cloverfield Paradox and then there are multiple Earths and frankly bad things go down all around.

We take a 2 year breather before laboring through the final days of Logan, only 1 year before we all have to get on a train and constantly circle the globe due to a climate disaster. Of all the movies on this graphic, Snowpiercer may be the most ludicrous one. I’m kinda shocked they opted to make it into an ongoing TV series, given that it seemed to be a pretty implausible concept for only a 2 hour film.

In 2033, Tank Girl comes to kick our butts, and then at long last, we reach the year 2035.

What would you like to see happen in 2035? Take your pick:

• Earth is generally as it is now, but we send a crew to Mars and strand one guy there by mistake. Luckily, he’s a survivalist ninja. The Martian
• Those darned kaiju come back and now we need to get even more badass jaegers to fight them. Pacific Rim: Uprising
• We reeeeeeaaally hope that advanced, self-aware robots will adhere to Asimov’s 3 laws. And of course, they don’t. I, Robot
• Or finally, if you’d really like a trip, witness yourself being shot after bouncing around through time chasing down the people responsible for releasing a virus that wipes out most of mankind (like we need another). 12 Monkeys

Select carefully. We’re all counting on you.

The post Back to the Future, 2021 edition appeared first on Keith Soares.

I’ve already posted that the book begins in Geneva, Switzerland. Extra credit for anyone who can guess another location from the book, based on the cover image. It’s a notably more obscure location, but recognizable from the image, and (once you get it), it makes perfect sense for the series.

The post Cover & Title Reveal: Lightning Hopkins book 3: Thunder appeared first on Keith Soares.

At long last, John Black has entered a new medium. Now, instead of merely reading his story, you can be immersed in it through the performance of voice actor Jacob McNatt.

The audiobook is rolling out on a whole slew of audiobook sales platforms – 43 to be exact, including (hopefully) all your favorites like Audible, Apple Books, Nook, Chirp, and many others. Not all of them are available as of this writing, so I’m including a list below with all the links I know about.

And you can check it out at the library via Bibliotheca!

Here’s the full list of distributors, with links as known (note that many of these are outside the US or app-based, so I will not be able to post links for those):

1. 24Symbols
2. Anyplay
3. Apple
4. Audible/Amazon
5. Audiobooks.com
6. AudiobooksNow
7. AudiobooksNZ
8. Authors-Direct.com
9. BajaLibros.com
10. Beek
11. Bokus Play
12. BookBeat
13. Bookmate
14. Chirp
15. Downpour
16. eStories
17. Fuuze
18. Google Play
19. Hibooks
20. Hummingbird Digital Media
21. Instaread
22. Rakuten Kobo
23. Leamos
24. Libro.fm
25. Nextory
26. Nook
27. Papaya FM
28. Scribd
29. Storytel
30. Ubook
31. 3 Leaf Group
32. Axiell
33. Baker & Taylor
34. Bibliotheca
35. Bidi
36. Ebsco
37. Follett
38. Hoopla
39. Mlol
40. Odilo
41. OverDrive
42. Perma-Bound
43. Wheelers

The post A John Black Audiobook! appeared first on Keith Soares.

Take a look!

Depending on how this goes, maybe I’ll offer John Black t-shirts or Oasis of Filth coffee mugs.

Cheers,

K.

The post Autographed and Limited Edition Books Available Now appeared first on Keith Soares.

Take a look at this video (3:50 long) for some behind the scenes footage from the photoshoot and from the Photoshopping that had to happen afterward to put the model into an appropriate background and add effects for the book cover:

And finally, here are the new covers!

Struck (Lightning Hopkins book 1) – Available now on Amazon

Twice (Lightning Hopkins book 2) – expected release March 2020 (yep, this month!)

Finally, here are a few more shots from the photoshoot:

The post New Lightning Hopkins book covers: Photoshoot and Photoshop appeared first on Keith Soares.

I can’t adequately explain how happy I am to finally release the complete John Black series, all in one box set. This is all four full-length novels, plus the four short stories that fill in the gaps between the novels and provide additional backstory. I’ve titled the box set Elemental, because there’s always been an undercurrent of the elements in these stories. The first novel, For I Could Lift My Finger and Black Out the Sun, deals with fire – John and Sol end up in the blazing hot desert. And It Arose From the Deepest Black revolves around water – the Gorgols rise up from the deep ocean. On a Black Wind Blows Doom, air – Sol uses a fist of air to kill. In the Black Veins of the Earth, well, earth – it all comes back to the earth.

Plus, for the first time, I’m releasing the final short story, from Holly Black’s perspective, titled “Cloak of Black, Mantle of Sorrow.” It’s only available as part of the box set – a bonus for getting the complete series. Here’s a first look at the cover for this new short story.

Four novels, four short stories, well over 400,000 words (or nearly 2,000 pages – hey, that’s like one and a half George R. R. Martin novels!), and more than 3 years of my life. When I started, I had no idea how much work this series would be, or how long it would take. Now, looking back, I’m proud of it and pushing back my chair a moment to take a breath. Thanks for coming along for the ride.

K.

Get the box set Elemental: The Complete John Black Series today – exclusively on Amazon ebooks.

The post Elemental: The Complete John Black Series – now available appeared first on Keith Soares.

• For I Could Lift My Finger and Black Out the Sun
• If Only Every Moment Was Black and White
• And It Arose From the Deepest Black
• The Night is Black, Without a Moon
• On a Black Wind Blows Doom
• The Black Eye of the Beholder
• In the Black Veins of the Earth
• Cloak of Black, Mantle of Sorrow

Of that list, only the last one, “Cloak of Black, Mantle of Sorrow,” a short story from Holly Black’s perspective, is not yet released. I’ll be releasing this final short story as a coda to the entire series available exclusively within the box set of all the books. Expected released date for the box set with this bonus (last) short story is October 2018.

Cheers,

K.

The post John Black series – recommended reading order appeared first on Keith Soares.

John Black book 4, In the Black Veins of the Earth, is done.

Now, that doesn’t mean you’ll see it up on Amazon tomorrow, but it’s made it through version 1. I need to internally revise it, usually twice, then pass it off for full editing (once more, I am thrilled that editor Christopher Durso has taken up the gauntlet!). When all that’s done, there’s another final round of clean up and formatting before the book is ready to be in a store. But, if all goes well, the book should launch next month.

Since I’m still asking you to wait for these remaining steps to be complete, I felt I should give you something now, so here goes. The cover reveal for In the Black Veins of the Earth:

When I have an exact date, I’ll post it here and on all the normal social media channels. Until then, thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoy the final novel in the John Black series!

Cheers,

K.

The post Done! Plus: Cover reveal for John Black book 4 appeared first on Keith Soares.

My name is John Black and I have a date with destiny.

Actually, I had a date with Carrie, but it got postponed due to destiny. That’s probably not an excuse most girls hear, even though it’s true. I need to go to the city, to try to finish things once and for all.

But there’s a problem. A new type of power has been discovered, and it’s exactly what people like me don’t want. Exactly what someone could use to shut us all down, permanently. So what do I do? Abuse this new power to fight my enemies, or live in fear they’ll do the same to me? Either way, I don’t think everyone’s getting out of this alive.

Destiny sucks.

The post On a Black Wind Blows Doom (John Black book 3) – Release date September 1, 2017 appeared first on Keith Soares.

Next, after that book is released, there are a couple of John Black updates:

1. As with the prior two books, there will be a short story release following this book. It’s entitled “The Black Eye of the Beholder – The Story of Sol.” That’s sounds rather ominous, doesn’t it? Ever wonder why Sol calls himself Sol? Well… soon, you’ll know.
2. The next and final novel in the series is called In the Black Veins of the Earth. I can’t reveal the cover to you just yet because that would just be cruel. But… the feature image of this post has a hint…

Cheers!

K.

The post Soon Blows the Wind appeared first on Keith Soares.