So, with all that carving I do, I've learned a little bit about rocks and things. Enough that I was hired by the venerable Whitman Publishing Company to write A Guide Book of Minerals, Rocks, and Gemstones for them.

If you're interested in rocks, or if you just like high-quality reference books with lots and lots of pretty pictures, this one should definitely be in your library.


I am writing comic books now, too, in addition to "regular" stories. But not your standard, everyday kind of comic books. More like an adaptation of Beowulf -- Steve Antczak and I have turned it into a continuing series, with art by Andy Lee.

And be sure to look for my new series, Eve L. and Bloodlines: Taina -- The Hunter Bloodline

Ask about them at your favorite local comic book store.


In 2004 Steve Antczak and I went to the World Science Fiction Convention in Boston over Labor Day weekend to sign books for our legions of adoring fans.
Here I am signing a book while Steve apparently regrets something he ate earlier....
Signing a book for Klon Newell, long-time friend and officially the Nicest Guy in the World.

Living Real

My first novel has been re-released! Marietta Publishing has published an updated trade-paperback edition with a stunning new cover by tattoo artist Sleepy Dave Kotinsley

"A masterful, richly detailed novel. . . . I can't wait to read Bassett's next book."
--James DeMaiolo, Explorations

"Intelligently written, but very readable and entertaining. Living Real is thinking man's science fiction combined with plenty of adrenaline pumping action."
--C. J. Henderson


Thursday Afternoon, Just Past Three

A weird little story, published in Shadow Box, an Australian e-anthology of "macabre flash fiction lashed together with dark art and multimedia nastiness," nominated for both the Australian Shadows Award and the Tin Duck Award for best collected work.

All proceeds benefit the Australian Horror Writers Association, so get yours now!

"This is a beautiful piece, showing the horror of isolation without the need for gore, or indeed for characters. Witty and clever, Bassett has painted the perfect scene. . . . Creepy in the most subtle of ways, this is masterful."
--Jason Fischer, Tangent Online


Eschersketch

The wonderful folks at Nth Degree have just published a chapbook edition of the novelette Eschersketch that I co-wrote with Steve Antczak

Copies are available directly from for $5, including shipping. A limited edition, so get yours now!

"Clever and vaguely chilling."--Science Fiction Chronicle


While Wandering a Vanished Sea

Published in Leviathan 3 (Ministry of Whimsy Press), winner of the 2003 World Fantasy Award for best anthology.

"Ballardian in imagery and affect."--Rich Horton, Locus Online

"A haunting tale that questions the nature of memory, and how it defines our perception of reality and identity." --William Thompson, SFSite



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