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About John G. Hartness
A graduate of Winthrop University, John lives in Charlotte with his wife Suzy and a very demanding cat. In other lives, he has been an actor, lighting designer, theatre consultant, salesman, electronics technician, and arts administrator. In 2016, John teamed up with a pair of other publishing industry ne'er-do-wells and founded Falstaff Books, a publishing conglomerate dedicated to pushing the boundaries of literature and entertainment.
In his copious free time John enjoys long walks on the beach, rescuing kittens from trees and recording new episodes of the podcast Authors & Dragons, where he plays a Pathfinder game with five other fantasy authors. An avid Magic: the Gathering player, John is strong in his nerd-fu and has sometimes been referred to as "the Kevin Smith of Charlotte, NC." And not just for his girth.
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Blog postThis weekend I’ll be at Congregate in High Point, NC. You can find my schedule here –John’s Congregate Schedule! I’ll also be at the Falstaff Books table, and we will have a small bookstore suite each evening in a room to be announced on site. Come see me! For the more visually oriented, here’s a pic of said schedule.
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Blog postSorry about that, gang. I’ve been working on getting YouTube content up more frequently, but I’ve been very lax about posting it here. You know, where I’ve been posting content for about a decade. Sorry about that. I’ll do a run over the next few days to get all the videos uploaded here so you can check them out, but in the meantime, you can go preorder the new Black Knight Chronicles book wherever you buy your books! I’ll have them starting at ConCarolinas if you want print copies, too!
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Chapter 16
Raptor slapped her arms tight to her body, ripping through the air like a bullet as she flew toward the devastated house. Heat slapped her face like a furnace as she pulled up at the last minute and flared her wings. The Hummer roared down the street and up onto the lawn, back door flying open to disgorge Lone Star onto the lawn almost before it stopped rolling. Sheila turn2 years ago Read more -
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Chapter 15
Raptor paced the briefing room, readying herself for her second ass-chewing in as many days. She snapped to attention when Duke strode in and slammed the door. “What the literal fuck is going on here, Raptor?” Her boss asked.
“I have no idea who shot that man, sir. We were working to defuse the situation when—“
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Raptor turned to look at the screaming woman in the game store. “I’m going to be ass-deep in civilians for a few, Tank. Can you handle it?”
“I can get a visual on him in under two, Raptor,” Lone Star said.
“Get there,” she said, then stepped to the front of the store. “Is anyone else hurt?” she asked.
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“What do you hear, Blackout?” Raptor said, making a loop over the mall roof.
“I’ve got nothing on any band within half a mile of the place, Boss,” the sniper replied. He was set up in a parking deck fifty yards across a parking lot from one of the mall’s main entrances, covering the doors with his rifle.
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The tall man slammed to the thin blue exercise mat, his breath whooshing out of him. He held up both hands and said, “Okay, enough.”
“I think I’m all patched up, Duke,” Raptor said, standing over him.
“Yeah, I gotta say I agree,” her commanding officer said, rolling to his knees and standing up. “Looks like all the repairs they did on your chassis worked out just fi2 years ago Read more -
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Edward Carstairs, Freedom Party candidate for President, gadfly, loudmouth, climate change denier, flat-earther, and general pain in the ass to anyone in any established department of government, charged into the conference without waiting for an invitation, much like he’d inserted himself into the series of debates scheduled in the runup to November’s election.
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Raptor cleared the door and leapt for the skies, but her wings malfunctioned. She got about three feet off the ground and sprawled face-first into the grassy clearing. “Shit,” she muttered.
“Saw that,” Blackout said in her ear. “Three O’clock.”
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Raptor glided in over the farm, her enhanced vision relaying a feed of what she saw back to Duke, who directed the assault from a mobile command center a mile away. “There are two guards in each of the three towers,” she reported. “Each one armed with a scoped rifle. Probably a Remington 700 or something like that.”
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Harmon Tomeral and his friends wanted nothing more than to go to space, and they have beaten the odds, time and again, to get there. They developed a mech and won the Top Fleet Marine Competition. They brought back a battlecruiser from an unknown system and made it their own. They made allies who helped them achieve great victories, and they ultimately founded new colonies in what has become known as the Salvage System.
Salvage System is a beacon of hope, and a number of other races have begun looking toward it as an inspiration for how to live and govern themselves, and—in some cases—for assistance in defending themselves and throwing off oppressive regimes.
But the galaxy is a big place, and many of the races in it aren’t friendly. Would these forces like to take over Salvage System and acquire its resources? Absolutely.
Fifteen incredible authors take you further into the Salvage Title universe, giving you looks at some of the beacons of hope…and some of the malevolence that has yet to show its face. Can Harmon Tomeral and his friends hold out against it? Take a look inside and find out!
With stories by:
Kevin Steverson
Chris Kennedy
Christopher Woods
Kevin Ikenberry
Robert E. Hampson
Van Allen Plexico
Ian J. Malone
Marisa Wolf
Quincy J. Allen
John G. Hartness
KC Johnston
Alex Rath
David Alan Jones
Mark Wandrey
Brad R. Torgersen
Bubba is hired by the Department of Homeland Security to guard some relics in Charlotte, but there's more going on than there seems. Doesn't DHS have Quincy Harker, a mostly capable wizard type, right there in Charlotte? And Isn't Bubba blacklisted from working for the government after DEMON decided they wanted to kill him? And didn't he smear vampire guts all over College Street that last time he was in Charlotte?
Find out all this, and learn more about the nefarious Director Shaw's plans for DEMON and world domination as Bubba the Monster Hunter meets up with members of Quincy Harker's crew to stop the ultimate evil from going down in the Queen City!
Events in Houses of the Holy take place simultaneously with the Quincy Harker novel Conspiracy Theory.
And now there seems to be a traitor in their midst. Couple that with the revelation that Harker's guardian angel might have an ulterior motive, and you've got a web of deception and intrigue that can only be CONSPIRACY THEORY.
Dracula calls him nephew.
His guardian angel calls him Q.
Demons call him The Reaper.
Award-winning dark fantasy with action, snark, and demons galore.
Straight out of the pages of the legendary vampire novel Dracula comes a demon hunter for the modern world.
Quincy Harker is the immortal magic-wielding son of Jonathan Harker and Mina Murray from the classic novel Dracula. Today he lives in Charlotte, NC, hunting demons and making the world a safer place while making wisecracks and tossing back shots.
"Quincy Harker - demon killer, monster hunter, & kin to Dracula, yeah, THIS is who i want protecting the world! I love these books." - Academy Award Winner Whoopi Goldberg
“If you love action-packed dark edged urban fantasy with mystery, humor and a lot of foul language then check this one out.” – Sharon Stogner, I Smell Sheep
This Omnibus Edition collects the first 12 novellas in the Quincy Harker Series. Included here are:
Year One -
Raising Hell (Winner of the 2016 Manly Wade Wellman Award)
Straight to Hell
Hell on Heels
Hell Freezes Over
The Cambion Cycle -
Heaven Sent
Heaven's Door
Heaven Help Us
Heaven Can Wait
Damnation -
Calling All Angels
Devil Inside
Angel Dance
Running with the Devil
The story continues with Year Four - Damnation - available from Amazon, and many other adventures!
This novella collection features all four of the Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter books that make up Year Four -
She Talks to Angels
Shout at the Devil
Angel of Harlem
Sympathy for the Devil
She Talks to Angels -
She's part Harley Quinn and part Wynona Earp.
She's the granddaughter of the greatest vampire hunter who ever lived.
She's part of The Shadow Council, a secret group of people working to save the world.
She's Gabriella Van Helsing, and she's going to blow some crap up.
In the fifth part of the Quincy Harker crossover series, Gabby helps hunt down a rogue archangel in St. Louis, learning more about herself, about history, and about that cute doctor's son than she expected when she took the gig. The fate of the world is in her hands, and now this non-magical woman from Chicago has to suit up and play in the metaphysical big leagues to hunt down The Voice of God and keep the Midwest from becoming Ground Zero for the Apocalypse!
Shout at the Devil -
For the past year, Quincy Harker and the Shadow Council have been hurtling toward a climactic confrontation with Lucifer for the fate of the world. That final battle moves ever nearer as Harker learns of the murder of an old friend in San Francisco. He puts his quest on hold to find his friend's killer, but when he gets to the City by the Bay, he finds that his two cases are irrevocably entwined and leading to a cataclysmic confrontation that may leave all of San Francisco a smoking ruin!
Ah crap, aren't angels supposed to be the good guys?
Well, nothing is ever easy with Harker and the gang!
Angel of Harlem -
The Quest for Glory rushes toward its conclusion as Quincy Harker steps in for a missing Shadow Council member and goes to New York City to find the last Archangel. But when pieces of his past come back to haunt him, Quincy Harker must face feelings long buried and horrors brand new when the Big Apple and a band of angry demons try to take a bite out of him!
Sympathy for the Devil -
t's been a two-year quest that has spanned the continent, and now Quincy Harker, Charlotte, NC's favorite (and only) Demon Hunter is crossing dimensions to do battle with Lucifer and restore his Guardian Angel Glory's divinity. Harker and his band of merry angels, monsters, and humans set off to keep Lucifer from re-starting the War on Heaven, but things go sideways right from the jump.
How will Harker navigate the tortures and temptations of Hell to save his friend and the world?
Can Harker keep himself together in the face of everything Lucifer and his minions will throw at him?
Is he really hero enough to stand toe to toe with the Devil himself and come out alive?
Or will he fall prey to the "man of wealth and taste?"
Get your Wynonna Earp on with these weird western short stories featuring gunfights, time travel, giant lizards, faeries, magic, horror, comedy, and space jellyfish!
A wild ride through the weird western world with New York Times Bestsellers Seanan McGuire, Faith Hunter, and 18 other amazing writers of western stories!
Featuring twenty original western short stories from new worlds and the familiar worlds of Faith Hunter's Jane Yellowrock novels, Laura Anne Gilman's The Devil's West series, and John G. Hartness' Bubba the Monster Hunter series, Lawless Lands is a weird western anthology with something for everyone.
The western is the quintessential American literary genre, and now we're turning it on its head. From sentient tumbleweeds to time-traveling schoolmarms, desert demons to werejaguars, space-faring herd drivers to gunslinger justice, there's something for everyone.
Featuring many of the best writers in speculative fiction today, saddle up for the thrills – we're going to take you on a wild ride through a West that never was.
Lawless Lands includes 20 mind-bending weird western stories including -
Desert Gods by Aubrey Campbell
Railroad by Matthew J. Hockey
Pixie Season by Seanan McGuire
The Men with No Faces by Alexandra Christian
Lost Words by David B. Coe
Boots of Clay by Laura Anne Gilman
Trickster's Choice by Jo Gerrard
Wolves Howling in the Night by Faith Hunter
To Hear a Howling Herd by Gunnar De Winter
Calliope Stark:Bone Tree Bounty Hunter by Edmund R. Schubert
Cards and Steel Hearts by Pamela Jeffs
Bloodsilver by A. E. Decker
Volunteered by B. S. Donovan
The Stranger in the Glass by Dave Beynon
Belly Speaker by Nicole Givens Kurtz
Walk the Dinosaur by John G. Hartness
The Time Traveling Schoolmarms of Marlborough County by Barb Hendee
Rainmaker by Margaret S. McGraw
Out of Luck by Jeffrey Hall
Rollin' Death by Jake Bible
Featuring twenty original western short stories from new worlds and the familiar worlds of Faith Hunter's Jane Yellowrock novels, Laura Anne Gilman's The Devil's West series, and John G. Hartness' Bubba the Monster Hunter series, Lawless Lands is a weird western anthology with something for everyone.
She gave up her divinity to save the world. Now Quincy Harker has to track down a bunch of missing Archangels to find Glory's wings. If only getting her wings back were as easy as ringing a bell.
Damnation: Quest for Glory Book I collects the four novellas from Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter Year Three. The story concludes next year in Salvation: Quest for Glory Book II.
Calling All Angels - This Shadow Council Case Files Novella features Jo Henry, great-granddaughter or legendary steel-driving man John Henry, as she searches for an angel in an underground cage fighting ring. Jo finds more than she bargained for when she stumbles across a fighter who is more than meets the eye. A "strong, in your face, woman of color. She pulls no punches and speaks her mind. What could be better than that?"
Devil Inside - Quincy Harker takes center stage to battle a demon in the City of Churches. Harker hunts an angel in Charleston, but finds much more as he fends off attacks from local magic-users and a vengeful demon summoner determined to do to Charleston what General Sherman didn't - destroy it. "Another leg in this amazing journey. I have read every one of these books and I look forward to each one."
Angel Dance - What brings Victor Frankenstein's most famous creation to New Orleans? Well, it ain't the cajun food, so it must be the jazz! Adam Franks searches the bayou and the back streets for an angel, but finds fire, murder, and blood instead in this Shadow Council Case Files novella. "Mr. Hartness has managed the seemingly impossible: he's made Frankenstein's monster almost human—relatable, vulnerable and caring—while still being able to kick some serious paranormal ass."
Running with the Devil - We all have our quirks, but Quincy Harker gets downright fetishist in the finale to Book I. He descends into Purgatory, not the dimension, but the long-running roving party run by a man that might just be a lot more holy than his job would evidence. Then he's thwarted by a troupe of men (or more) dedicated to "bringing light." Harker learns a lot about the Original Lightbringer in this climactic cliffhanger of a season finale! " I highly recommend this series and this book. "
A shadowy government agency is torturing cryptids in his city.
His Sanctuary has been revoked from the one place he could drink safely.
There's a medusa at the mall.
A fairy princess might have just summoned an Old One in a public park.
Quincy Harker really wishes he'd just stayed in Memphis.
But he didn't. He came home, to find out that a secret government agency has gone rogue and kidnapped Luke, along with literally dozens of other cryptids, faeries, lycanthropes, and monsters. Now Harker and his crew have to rescue Luke and take down a massive government conspiracy while keeping escaped monsters from destroying Charlotte!
There are times in a person's life when they know that nothing will ever be the same. This is one of those times. This is Quincy Harker's Inflection Point.
Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter Reading Order:
• Year One
1. Raising Hell
2. Straight to Hell
3. Hell on Heels
4. Hell Freezes Over
• The Cambion Cycle, Year Two
1. Heaven Sent
2. Heaven's Door
3. Heaven Help Us
4. Heaven Can Wait
• Damnation, Year Three
1. Calling All Angels
2. Devil Inside
3. Angel Dance
4. Running with the Devil
• Salvation, Year Four
1. She Talks to Angels
2. Shout at the Devil
3. Angel of Harlem
4. Sympathy for the Devil
• Histories - Histories is a story collection that is outside of normal continuity and can be read at any time. The events in those stories take place prior to Year One.
• Carl Perkins’ Cadillac – A Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter Novel – Book Five
• Inflection Point – A Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter Novel – Book Six
Well, not really. But kinda. Bubba's hitting the road to to help a friend when Uncle Father Joe calls for aid. Bubba rolls into Orlando to help out the defrocked priest and his scientist/were-gator girlfriend, and ends up stumbling into something much bigger than even that giant lizard's cloaca! Somebody's hunting cryptids, and it ain't him, so he needs to find out what's going on back in them swamps, and why suddenly everybody is named Director Shaw?!?
Bubba will battle foes both human and cryptid, and some a little of both in this hilarious horror comedy novella. Season Five of Bubba the Monster Hunter continues with Swamp Music!
What does a man have to do to get a break from demons these days? Shoot everything in sight, apparently.
The Cambion Cycle is the return of everyone's favorite ass-kicking immortal magic user, Quincy Harker, with guest spots from his uncle Luke (you can call him Dracula), his cop girlfriend, his snarky guardian angel, and oh yeah, Frankenstein's friggin' monster!
Collecting four novellas into one volume, The Cambion Cycle sees Harker and his cohorts battling bigger threats, teaming with legends of folklore, and trying to save the world from a demonic horde. All with snark, flair, and heaping helpings of bloodshed and mayhem.
The Cambion Cycle collects the following - Heaven Sent - the origin of Harker's guardian angel Glory
Heaven's Door - there's a murderer on the streets of Charlotte, but he's killing angels!
Heaven Help Us - Harker is on the run, and nothing is as it seems in this small town.
Heaven Can Wait - Can Harker and the Shadow Council save the world from a demon invasion?
Dracula calls him nephew.
His guardian angel calls him Q.
Demons call him The Reaper.
Award-winning dark fantasy with action, snark, and demons galore.
Straight out of the pages of the legendary vampire novel Dracula comes a demon hunter for the modern world.
Quincy Harker is the immortal magic-wielding son of Jonathan Harker and Mina Murray from the classic novel Dracula. Today he lives in Charlotte, NC, hunting demons and making the world a safer place while making wisecracks and tossing back shots.
"Quincy Harker - demon killer, monster hunter, & kin to Dracula, yeah, THIS is who i want protecting the world! I love these books." - Academy Award Winner Whoopi Goldberg
“If you love action-packed dark edged urban fantasy with mystery, humor and a lot of foul language then check this one out.” – Sharon Stogner, I Smell Sheep
Year One collects the first four short novels in the Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter series
Raising Hell - Winner of the 2016 Manly Wade Wellman Award - Quincy Harker takes on a demon-summoning entrepreneur that makes Gordon Gecko look like Santa Claus.
Straight to Hell - The Four Horsemen are back in Charlotte, NC, and I don't mean Ric, Arn, Tully, and Barry. Harker has to save the world from the forces of Apocalypse.
Hell on Heels - She's hot, she's mean, she's borderline psychotic and has a lot of issues with Harker and his people. She's Gabriella Van Helsing, and she's Hell on Heels.
Hell Freezes Over - Somebody is walking through dreams and murdering families all over Harker's city. Now the ghost of a murdered little girl is walking through Harker's dreams. Is he going to stand for this? Yeah, when Hell Freezes Over.
"Reminds me a bit of Ash from Army of Darkness"
"Hartness spins another tale of redneck mayhem full of his usual sarcastic humor."
Ash v. the Evil Dead meets Larry the Cable Guy in this hilarious horror comedy mashup!
He’s the guy you want beside you in a bar fight, so why wouldn’t you want him saving the world? He’s Bubba the Monster Hunter, and he’s here to save the day!
Scattered, Smothered, & Chunked collects ten hilarious short stories and one origin novella about Robert “Bubba” Brabham, ex-Georgia Bulldogs football player and now the official Southeastern Regional Monster Hunter for the Holy Roman Catholic Church. Along with his best friend and tech guru Skeeter, Bubba hunts down zombies, werewolves, vampires, two-for-one lap dances, and beer specials all over the back roads and byways of the South.
Join Bubba, Skeeter, Uncle Father Joe, and Agent Amy Hall of the super-secret government agency DEMON as they rid the world of monsters and make the South a safer place for hard-drinking rock n’ roll loving rednecks everywhere!
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