South came out in 2013 with a state-of-the-art cover. That was almost ten years ago. The market’s moved on, but the cover didn’t. Until now. I needed a cover that would look at home on Amazon’s competitive “Conspiracy Thrillers” pages. The colors had to pop, yet not look out-of-place. This…
South now in Kindle Unlimited
South is now available in Kindle Unlimited. If you’re a member, you know what that means: South is now one of the bazillion books you can read on your Kindle as part of your monthly subscription. What does it mean for the rest of you? If you like paper books,…
South Coming True: “Paid Off”
I haven’t been posting “South Tech Today” and “News from the Future” for a while because that’s now called “the front page of the newspaper.” However, this article in the Washington Post is (a) too absurd for even me to think of it while writing South, and (b) too perfect…
How the world of South started
In case you were wondering how the world of South started, I give you this: I’m reminded that President Franklin D. Roosevelt felt compelled to sequester Japanese foreign nationals after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and it appears that the threat of harm to America from Isis now is just…
South Tech Today: Armored Luxury Vehicles
According to The Economist, rich people in the industrialized West are spending huge sums of money to armor their already expensive cars…even where there’s no threat. “Demand has grown as more people join the ranks of the super-rich and can afford to minimise threats, whether they be real or imaginary…Most fitters…
Building the Future
NOTE: This post originally appeared on Novel Travelist on 27 Jan 2014. Sadly, Novel Travelist is going away. I’m reposting here so the information will live on after that site disappears. With Google, Flickr, YouTube and all the rest, you can get a pretty good idea of what other places…
News from the Future #4: Parents Sue over Outcome of Prom Date Sale
Another news item from the world of the near-future thriller South. 10 May 2024 NEWPORT BEACH, CA – Corona del Mar High School’s third annual Prom Date Sale struck a less-than-festive note when the parents of one of the girls involved sued the school and organizers, claiming their daughter was…
News from the Future #3: Massive DOS Attack Targets Kitchens
30 January 2028 MIAMI – Millions of football fans had to do without their game-day feasts during today’s Super Bowl when hackers launched a massive denial-of-service (DOS) attack against an unknown but large number of kitchens across the country. Reports of jammed refrigerators, hyperactive ovens and rebellious microwaves began flooding…
Midwest Book Review raves about SOUTH
The April 2014 Midwest Book Review Small Press Bookwatch includes this insanely great review of South: “South” is a riveting work of action/adventure suspense that is a real page-turner of a novel. Author Lance Charnes demonstrates a truly impressive knack for deftly creating a complex and thoroughly engaging story that…
News from the Future #2: Comcast Bans Google from Data Network
2 May 2030 PHILADELPHIA – Google, the world’s largest non-Chinese Internet services company, helps over 2.4 billion people to find their cat videos and webisode reviews every day. But as of midnight today, Comcast broadband network subscribers won’t be able to find Google on their slates or databoards. In the…