[Back now to unlock the second stretch goal of MORE short stories!] Tom Vargas goes to the beach in the latest installment of this post-apocalyptic high urban fantasy pulp detective series! Action! Magic! Surfing!
Get notified when we launch
Receive project news and updates by email.
Banshee Beach (Tom Vargas Mysteries #3) · 169 following
Note: if you make a pre-launch reservation, you will get a free collection of poetry written in the Fermi Resolution universe! Filks! Heroic verse! Actual rhyme and meter!
Welcome to the Banshee Beach Backerkit! Tom Vargas is back! And on vacation!
How it started.
If you're new here, Tom Vargas is the hero of my post-apocalyptic high urban fantasy pulp detective series (set in the world of the Fermi Resolution). As the above picture suggests, he lives in an an... interesting world. You can read the first two books in the series here if you just can't wait. You can also see more of my stuff here.
Latest from the Creator
Moe Lane
3 days ago
Another livestream on September 17th, 2 PM Eastern Time.
We'll be on for two hours on Thursday, from 2 PM to 4 PM Eastern Time. Keep an eye out for the link! (And don't forget to check out the new digital add-ons! Frozen Dreams and Tinsel Rain are the first two books in the series!)
Resending the update on Printopia projects I'm backing. [FIXED.]
The email system apparently seriously dislikes adding too many pictures. Good to know! Also: please note that the bookplate add-on has been repaired, and two digital book add-ons for Frozen Dreams and Tinsel Rain are now live. Check them out here. (If it doesn't work this time, I'm just gonna send a ticket to Backerkit and not fill people's inboxes with weirdly-formatted posts.)
Original message: Here's all the projects from Printopia 2026 that I've backed so far. In alphabetical order, so as to avoid ranking them or anything like that. (Obviously, my own project Banshee Beach is here.)
Some projects I myself have backed so far. [UPDATED]
[UPDATED: Removed the pictures, because they were blowing things up in the email. Sorry about that.]
Here's all the projects from Printopia 2026 that I've backed so far. In alphabetical order, so as to avoid ranking them or anything like that. (Obviously, my own project Banshee Beach is here.)
Everybody gets a short story sampler. When it hits $2,000, you get a bigger one. Everybody gets to hear me sing something from the Launch Party. [And don't forget to check out the new digital book add-ons!]
Announcing two new add-ons: Epubs of Frozen Dreams and Tinsel Rain!
The first two books.
I have gotten them off of Kindle Unlimited, so I can now offer them as add-ons. $5 each.
Frozen Dreams: My first-ever novel! In fact, it'll probably be the first post-apocalyptic high urban fantasy pulp detective novel you will read today! Meet Tom Vargas, Shamus in the glittering kingdom of New California. When a girl shows up murdered, Tom's in a race to not track down the killer. Even when he's bound and determined to confess the crime in front of him. Oh, and lots of jokes about movies.
Tinsel Rain: The next post-apocalyptic high urban fantasy pulp detective novel you will read today! Tom Vargas returns to track down a mage-killer. And he has to do it fast, because they don't have mages in New California. Just ask anybody. Also, more jokes about movies!
Coming up on the first stretch goal, and a new poll! [Important]
The first stretch goal is less than two hundred bucks away, and it unlocks the short story sampler. Higher levels means more stories in it. A great way to learn more about the world of the Fermi Resolution if you're new here!
And then there's the poll. Basically, I'm trying to decide whether or not to make my Fermi Resolution novels available as digital add-ons. There's also the option of offering a PoD coupon for the Fermi Resolution TTRPG, redeemable via Backerkit.
Pluses: people will be able to get things like the first two books in the Tom Vargas series right away. Also, money.
Negatives: I will have to take the books off of Kindle Unlimited, for the duration of the project. Also: honestly, for the add-on I'd be charging it'd be cheaper for my backers to just order my existing digital books and game on Amazon and DriveThruRPG.
I can't decide, so I did a poll. Tell me what you think!
