Grig Larson

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About Grig Larson
Grig "Punkie" Larson (b. 1968) was born in Cyprus on British soil, the only son of a pair of Swedish-American descendants. He grew up in Northern Virginia, finding fandom through D&D, FanTek, and Rocky Horror. He works as a Linux systems administrator by day, and by night he's masked vigila--er... uh, an author, open source advocate, and works for the DC Rollergirls. Somehow he fooled enough people to be the president of Katsucon Entertainment for the last 3 years, where his staff runs a 15,000 attendee anime convention. He also works for Onezumi Entertainment for Intervention and Regeneration Who. There’s no shame in his game.
A staple in VA/DC/MD science fiction and anime fandom since the 1980s, he's been a panelist, moderator, emcee, actor, sketch writer, convention adviser, narrator, and the kind of sub-fame that keeps people from asking, "Hey, how'd HE get in here?" (Answer: We still don't know, but since he’s already here, why not?) He's done everything from chair a convention to being the guy who vacuums the staff suite. In no particular order. (Partially untrue, there’s some kind of order, but it usually involves some ritual chanting and Jelly Babies for sacrifice…)
In 1993, his first book, "The Saga of Punk Walrus," became a cult classic. Since then he's been published in Gateways, several short story anthologies, and written several sketches and spoofs for various acting venues. "Trolley," was his first published steampunk/horror novel in 2011. You can often see him at Balticon, Katsucon, Anime Mid Atlantic, and DC Rollergirl home bouts. He is a Redditor and also seen posting on the Ars Technica forums under "punkwalrus."
"Space B!tch" is his first dark comedy sci-fi, published in 2015.
[I did my best, Grig. I DID MY BEST. *assistant runs away sobbing*]
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Blog postDid you know…?
In “Space B!tch,” much of the weaponry used are homages to old sci-fi weaponry:
“How did you get in here?” Sarah asked, turning her chair around. She crossed her eyes to get a good look at the gun resting a hair’s breath from her temple. “A Rojbuck XZ-38. Nice. Loaded with an improvised particle pack, I am sure.”
Except the Wallfucker. That was inspired by Johnny Dangerously.
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Blog postFinally, amirite? I’m not dead. I have just been sooooo busy.
Like you can now buy the Kindle version and read it. Only $9.95. Soft cover hopefully coming out by Christmas and will probably be $15.95 like my last book.
Nobody is under any obligation to buy it, but I’d be a happy guy if you did. It’s sci-fi, dark humor. Mature, but not like porn, more like violent situations.
IF YOU WANT TO HELP ME OUT: please review the book. TELL EVERYONE. Put the review o7 years ago Read more -
Blog postFairly well, despite it all.
“Space B!tch” is with the final editor. I have a cover artist. We’re looking at a September-ish release for 2014.
I have submitted a few short stories.
I have been promoting “Trolley,” here and there, like at RavenCon and Balticon, with a brisk sales increase. Oddly enough, sales of my old “Punk Walrus Saga” book have been doing well as well, despite being out of print.
I’ll be hosting the Cosplay at Anime Mid Atlantic June 13-15, t8 years ago Read more -
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Blog postWell, a lot. First, I lost my account credentials for this account, and couldn’t log in. But a lot of really… really… let me sum up.
Okay, so I was elected President of Katsucon Entertainment, Inc. Then elected again. I got to travel and work at their tables, so I did a lot of Anime cons. I think I went to 8 in 2013 alone, including New York Comic con, where I hung out with Yaya Han of “Heroes of Cosplay.” It was our convention’s 20th anniversary, so there was a lot that needed done a8 years ago Read more -
Blog postSEE… amazing speling errors! MARVEL… at grammar is the poorly! FIND… thongs the spill Czech her din knot kvetch!
So… Katsucon came and went. Major hotel stress. Hotel acting like assholes. Many years from now, I will be able to tell this story in full without jeopardizing any contracts. It makes me sad how quickly some people will blame the Jews from BBYO, but trust me… they were NOT the problem. In fact, they helped us FIX the problem from both sides, and the hotel had to admit all9 years ago Read more -
Blog posthttp://swimmingcatstudios.com/2013/01/14/balticon-46-wrap-up-part-4-late-night-new-media-meet-and-greet/
Listen to me moderate with Trish Wilson (who writes as Elizabeth A. Black),Paul Elard Cooley, and Doc Coleman. Discussions on new media, steampunk, promotion, and muppet porn. Only at Balticon 46.
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Blog postHa ha…
Okay, so I got a new job since my last post in May. It can happen! The job is *great*. I love the job. However, unlike my last job where I did a lot of busy work with huge stretches of time with nothing to do where I could do my Katsucon work and edit my book… I actually have to WORK at this work. I mean, go figure. They pay fairly well, so I feel obligated to actually produce something. Also, I do a fair bit of after-hours studying and some workload, like tonight I have some m9 years ago Read more -
Blog postI am spiritual and superstitious. It’s true. Maybe it’s dumb and I offend my “there is no afterlife” atheist friends, but a lot the “happy accidents” in my life have happened by following hunches. I have gotten a lot of long-time friends this way. Thus it is with my writing.
So, I was at Anime Mid Atlantic last weekend. I am their cosplay emcee, run by Tiki Tanuki, a great cosplay wrangler and master. I have to plug her work, she’ because she is really a great, confident boss and dese10 years ago Read more -
Blog postFor those of you using Amazon Prime’s new lending library, I am now on Kindle Direct, which means you get to read my Trolley as part of your benefits! Amazon pays me as part of their monthly fund, so I’ll be fine. My book is also still available for purchase; both in hardcover and Kindle formats.
My upcoming book, “Space Bitch,” is being edited as we speak, and the first beta version should be ready by July 14th. Depending on the speed of the beta editors, we may have a fi10 years ago Read more -
Blog postSo, things didn’t happen the way I expected them to today, and I got a lot more time to edit my alpha pass than I planned for. But this is a good thing, as alpha 2 is done.
There was a lot more weeding than I expected, mostly due to story flow, and a few minor inconsistencies. I deleted several pages of “booooor-ring!” side stories and saved them for the sequel, which is already being fleshed out. But I also had to add more stuff to balance some scenes out, and add some helpful dialog10 years ago Read more
Titles By Grig Larson
Eliza Mortales, her captain, may or may not have killed her last crew. Jen Koipack was a security engineer and also member of an overly-happy goth cult that was not allowed to appear negative. Yolanda was their leader, and about as corrupt as they come. Boggart was their nemesis, who solved every problem by just throwing more men into a battle until he ran out. He frequently runs out.
And then there was the matter of rampant piracy. Among all the employees.
Too much to handle? Don't worry, Sarah. In a futuristic universe where payroll fraud is worse than murder, misogyny is still rampant, and genetically engineered people are morons, nobody really knows what they are doing and who's in charge. The only way to survive out in the void is to be completely batshit crazy.
Be a Space Bitch.
From the insane author who brought you "Trolley" comes a new dark humor sci-fi. It has adventure! It has action! Probably violates a few scientific laws along the way. It's also incredibly and terribly violent. This story also passes the Bechdel test, but, ah... don't tell her.
A new steampunk novel from Grig Larson.