Savage Enterprises Publishing

Floodgates of the Mind

Welcome to my corner of the web. Here you'll find my collected works spanning novels, short fiction, articles, reviews, and more, reflecting my journey as a writer and thinker in the worlds of comics, literature, and beyond.

Short/ Fast Fiction/ Prose

Short stories written specifically for distribution on the internet. Please note that these are for mature audiences.

• [Fast Fiction - Tight Budgets] Sometimes, living is tough, but we all make do (Originally Published on ScienceFictionFantasyHorror.com)
• [Fast Fiction - Future Speed] Future at the Speed of Thought
• [Fast Fiction - The Initiation] Answering peer pressure of junior bullies
• [Fast Fiction - The Bellhop] Who's cheating who?
• [Fast Fiction - Train Dreams] What wicked dreams are dreamt on trains....
• [Fast Fiction - The New Girl] John's got a new fascination. (Originally Published on ScienceFictionFantasyHorror.com)
• [Fast Fiction - The Vision] Nick knew it was over before it had begun.
• [Fast Fiction - Gun Solution] For Frank, a gun holds all the answers.
• [Fast Fiction - The Winner] John's addiction keeps him home forever.
• [Fast Fiction - Mary's Day] Mary just hates Mondays, but not as much as her boss.
• [Fast Fiction - Marvin Knows] Let Marvin show you the light. (Originally Published on ScienceFictionFantasyHorror.com)
• [Fast Fiction - Ken Waits] Getting ready for a date is a lot of work.
• [Fast Fiction - No Contest] For some, winning is everything.



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Fast Fiction - My Eyes Burn: These series of Fast Fiction pieces are different from the rest in that they deal with moments in time of the same character. They are listed in reverse order of creation:

• [My Eyes Burn - I Can See Your Isolation]... And I understand you.
• [My Eyes Burn - I Can See Your Scam]... And it won't take me.
• [My Eyes Burn - I Can See Your Revenge]... And it'll hurt you more.
• [My Eyes Burn - I Can See You Die]... And you'll kill no more.
• [My Eyes Burn - I Can See]... And all I see disgusts me.

The Last Word Editorial Articles

Personal editorial and reflections upon The Comics Industry, Fandom, and Life

• [Aug 2003] Event of a Lifetime - My Wedding!
• [June 2003] Eye of the Hurricane Part 2 - More on Our New Home!
• [May 2003] Farewell Johnny Canuck - Saying Farewell to Leo Bachle
• [Apr 2003] Eye of the Hurricane - Getting Our New Home!
• [Oct 2002] Lights, Camera, Action! Take 2
• [Aug 2002] Lights, Camera, Action! My 15 minutes of fame!
• [Mar 2002] Finding A Balance in Life
• [Jan 2002] There Are Places I'll Remember... (Tribute to Chantale)
• [Nov 2001] Tribute To George Harrison
• [Nov 2001] Finding (Inner) Strength
• [Oct 2001] Re-living 9-11
• [Aug 2001] Comic Shop Blues - Farewell to El Paso Komix
• [Aug 2000] The Test Called Life
• [Aug 1998] I Walked With Ghosts (of Memories)
• [Aug 1997] Nostalgic Moments - Farewell Johnny

Interviews

Personal chats with fascinating creators and thinkers.

• [Mike Aragona -Dec 2004] Interviewed on NaNoWriMo
• [David Shtogryn -Dec 1999] Canadian Fiction Author
• [Len Strazewski -June 1998] Prime, Elven, Prototype, Fly, Web, etc.
• [Janet Hetherington -Dec 1997] Creator/Self-Publisher of Eternal Romance
• [Matt Hollingsworth -July 1997] Eisner Award winning Colorist
• [Mark Shainblum -Nov 1995] On the Canada Post Superhero Stamp Covers

Convention Venture

Reviews and goings-on at various conventions I've attended through the years.

• [ExpoZine 2008 - A Gallery of Photos from the Small Press, Comic, and Zine Fair in Montreal.
• [Paradise Comics Toronto Comicon 2005] The Shuster Awards and meeting Legends!
• [Paradise Comics Toronto Comicon 2005] Photo Gallery
• [Toronto Trek 2000] My biggest con so far! (Chantale's too!)
• [Con*Cept 1999] Getting back into Science Fiction
• [Primedia 1998 - No Report, Just a Photo
• [Primedia 1997 - Richard Biggs Panel] For The Zocalo Babylon 5 E-zine
• [Primedia 1997] A Short Report on an Incredible Weekend
• [Toronto Metropolitan Comic Con 1997] We went, we saw, we came back.
• [Primedia 1996] My First convention as a Guest & Panelist
• [Primedia 1995] Memories galore with Spider and Jeannie Robinson and Les Barker
• [Comic Fest VII -Sept 29, 91] My First Meeting With Sergio Aragones!

Book Reviews (Comics & Print)

Sometimes there's nothing better than picking up an old comic or a new book. Here are some of my thoughts.

• [Ka-Zar The Savage Notes #3] Summary notes on early Ka-Zar (The Savage)
• [Ka-Zar The Savage Notes #2] Summary notes on early Ka-Zar (Lord of the Hidden Jungle)
• [Ka-Zar The Savage Notes #1] Summary notes on early Ka-Zar (Astonishing Tales)
• [Freedom Fighters Summaries Issues 11-15] Part 3 of 3
• [Freedom Fighters Summaries Issues 6-10] Part 2 of 3
• [Freedom Fighters Summaries Issues 1-5] Quality Heroes Revamped
• [Spidey Super Summary 248] Reviewing a CLASSIC Story
• [Ka-Zar: Destroying a Perfect Character] The Last Word -September 1990