Category: Fiction
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Obligatory Self Promo
“Today is August 5, 2026, today is August 5, 2026, today is . . .,” says the last wall standing of the house in Allendale. <see Ray Bradbury’s story “There Will Come Soft Rains”> Appropriately enough, today Steven Southard’s interview of me goes live. https://stevenrsouthard.com/author-interview-frank-hood/
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Coming to a Tornado Alley Near You
OK folks, in my never ending quest to pass the honor of The King of Bad Marketing™ on to somebody, anybody, else, I’ve been assured that all the right people advertise their appearances at conventions ahead of time (instead of afterwords as I have been doing). Therefore you are all officially on notice that I’ll…
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I’m Late. I’m Late!
Aargh, or whatever Charlie Brown used to say after Lucy pulled away the football. In preparation for my summer of cons, I published my second book of fiction That Has Such Creatures (only an ebook so far, but it’s on my todo list to make it a paperback before the end of next week, so…
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Did I Do That?
An online writing acquaintance told me about something called The Prominent Book Club. As I’ve said before, I’m The King of Bad Marketing™, but I figured why not? I submitted Advance Guards for their consideration about featuring it in one of their events. Their admin was enthusiastic about the book. So I did an hour-long…
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Book Selling & Mysterious AI
Although my wife and I have published ebooks before, after going to several SF Conventions the last 3 years, I decided I should also publish my first novel in paperback—maybe even hardback and audio eventually. When I did, mysterious things happened. I published Advance Guards on Amazon, the big boy in indie publishing because, well…
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‘Advance Guards’: A Unique Family Saga in a Near-Future Setting
So I finally did it. I finished and published my first novel. It’s called Advance Guards, and if you want a sales pitch, go to the link and read the blurb. That link goes to the ebook, but there’s also a paperback version now. Yes, I’ve already published one book, A Geek’s Progress, but that’s…
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Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
I was able to attend San Diego’s famous Comic-Con this year, and at one of the mixers for creatives, someone asked, “Where do you get your ideas?” I didn’t have long enough to launch into a full explanation, but I’ll leave you this essay where Sharon explains it more thoroughly. Once my wife Sharon was…
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The Day The Bridge Broke
This is a story that Sharon wrote in 1973 that figures in how we met. Twilight. I like to go walking then. To think. To reflect. To imagine. To see things in a different light. Twilight. The difference between day and night. The middle of the coin, so to speak. No heads, no tails. No…
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Writer’s Cramp
This is a story from 1973, and I’m publishing it here as part of the story of how my wife and I got together. “Egor Simean awoke one morning to find himself transformed into a baby gorilla.” I looked at the typewriter with a certain satisfaction. Private dicking barely paid well enough to support my…
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Wanted: The Hollywood Guide to New York City
I know this will come as a shock to the denizens of New York City and even nearby New Jersey, but 90% of the country has no idea how you live or even where you live. Yes, we all have vague ideas about New York City being a big port on the Northeast Coast, and…
Musings of a Restless Mind 