The cover art for THE SECRETS OF SUPERVILLAINY

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THE SECRETS OF SUPERVILLAINY is the third book of the Supervillainy Saga. It’s a great depiction of Nightgirl and Ultragoddess by Raffaele Marinetti.

THE SECRETS OF SUPERVILLAINY follows Gary Karkofsky a.k.a Merciless the Supervillain without MercyTM as we join him one year after the events of THE GAMES OF SUPERVILLAINY. Desperate to find a cure for his wife’s vampirism, Gary has taken to practicing black magic and dealing with the worst scum of the magical world. His world has been turned upside down with Cindy becoming a superhero, his wife a blood-hungry antihero, and the allure of supervillainy no longer there.

Unfortunately, Gary has unwittingly made an enemy even he might hesitate to cross in PRESIDENT OMEGA — The most evil POTUS of them all. The President has decided to make Gary Public Enemy No. 1# even as Gabrielle Anders a.k.a Ultragoddess brings him news of the death of the world’s greatest superhero. Some crimes need the insight of a villain to solve and the world’s greatest antivillain is the only one who can do it. Time will tell if Gary can get over his depression to solve all of these problems and his own or succumb to a despair great enough to turn him from bad to evil.

I think Raffaele does an amazing job with the characters.

Mech: Age of Steel Kickstarter is now online!

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I’m a huge fan of mecha as my earlier article on the subject (available here) tells you but I don’t have much of an opportunity to write about it as the market is decidedly niche. People generally want to watch mecha on the television rather than read about it. At least, that was the case until Ragnarok Publications decided to take a dare and do this anthology as a pseudo-sequel to the wonderfully Pacific Rim-esque Kaiju: Age of Monsters (reviewed here).

I’m pleased to say they’ve started up the Kickstarter and I’ve already donated to it. This particular anthology will contain stories by Kevin J. Anderson, James Swallow, Peter Clines, and other authors I absolutely love. I really think it’ll be worth donating to and I’ve absolutely adored all the previous Ragnarok anthologies (they’re the reason I submitted to them in the first place after all).

So please check this Kickstarter out if you have the time.

“Every Street in Urban Fantasy is all the same (Except Yours)”

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I’m pleased to say Ragnarok Publications has a growing collection of short articles talking about writing in the fantasy and science-fiction market by a bunch of my fellow authors. These articles don’t go very deep but contain some interesting little stories and ideas about everyone’s individual process. This week, we’ve got, “Every Every Street in Urban Fantasy is all the Same (Except Yours)” which is an article by me about how you can differentiate your story from the sea of other ones out there at present.

I had a lot of fun writing this and have agreed to submit numerous other little articles to Nick Sharps, webmaster at Ragnarok Publications, in the near-and-not-so-near future.

I hope people will check it out!

ESOTERRORISM’s audiobook will be narrated by Jeffrey Kafer!

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And for those interested in knowing, Jeffrey Kafer will be doing the audiobook read for ESOTERRORISM as produced by Audible. Jeffrey did an awesome job for my Supervillainy Saga books and I look forward to him doing this. Awesome, guys, really!

There are no good guys in the world of shadows…but maybe some bad men are better than others.

Derek Hawthorne was born to be an agent of the Red Room. Literally. Raised in a conspiracy which has protected the world from the supernatural for centuries, he’s never been anything other than a servant of their agenda. Times are changing, though, and it may not be long before their existence is exposed.

When a routine mission uncovers the latest plan of the magical terrorist, the Wazir, Derek finds himself saddled with a new partner. Who is the mysterious but deadly Shannon O’Reilly? What is her agenda? Couple this with the discovery the Red Room has a mole seeking to frame Derek for treason and you have a plot which might bring down a millennium-old organization. Can he stop the Wazir’s mission to expose the supernatural? And should he?

I admit, this description is one I’d change as it kind of leaves out just how ridiculous Derek is who is half-Harry Dresden/half-James Bond and can give Gary a run for his money in snark.

You can buy the text version at Amazon.com now.

Cover sketch for THE SECRETS OF SUPERVILLAINY now available

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Awesome cover sketch by Raffaele Marinetti for THE SECRETS OF SUPERVILLAINY, the third book in the Supervillainy Saga starring Gary Karkofsky a.ka. Merciless: the Supervillain without Mercy. Here, we see Nightgirl and Ultragoddess. I described the latter as “Supergirl by way of Rosario Dawson and Ronda Rousey.”

Great work.

THE SECRETS OF SUPERVILLAINY should be out this July.

AGENT G and SECRETS OF SUPERVILLAINY approved for publication!

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AGENT G: INFILTRATOR and SECRETS OF SUPERVILLAINY have been tentatively accepted for publication by Amber Cove. I was pretty sure there was no real doubt on either but it never hurts to receive official confirmation after your boss returns from his cruise where he read them.

For those unaware, AGENT G is a a series about an assassin for an organization called the Society which removes the memories of its agents for a ten year period before promising their return if they succeed in fulfilling their contract. It also promises amazing wealth and an end to all pesky moral issues via conditioning (which our antihero isn’t very good at despite).

SECRETS OF SUPERVILLAINY is the 3rd novel of the Supervillainy Saga which follows Gary Karkofsky as he deals with a recent loss in his life…badly. Trying to find a cure for his wife’s vampirism, he ends up attracting the ire of the time traveling despot who has set himself up as POTUS. Oops. Special guest star: THE GARY OF EARTH-B!

We can expect Secrets to be published sometime around July. I’m not sure about Agent G but will make sure everyone is kept in the loop.

Great GAMES OF SUPERVILLAINY review by the Bookie Monster

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Hey guys,

The good folks at THE BOOKIE MONSTER have decided to do a review of my book THE GAMES OF SUPERVILLAINY and I couldn’t be more pleased with their review.

Laughter is guaranteed and occasionally you might say, “Hey, wait a minute that sounds just like ….” The characters are very realistic.  C.T. Phipps has a unique sense of humor that leaves one shaking in laughter. I enjoyed this book tremendously.  Lots of clichés but done in a way that one cannot help but laugh.  It is action packed with never a dull moment.  

If you want a longstanding book reader’s review of my book, then check it out here.  

Get ready for the action-packed follow up to The Rules of Supervillainy. This time with zombies, zombified heroes and villains, cults, magic, super-science, a dragon, a giant Nazi robot, a Greek demigod, and so much more!

Gary and Cloak have returned from the supervillain prison on the moon only to discover the city he plans to conquer and rule with an iron fist has been overrun with the living dead. Once again taking up the mantle of Merciless: The Supervillain Without Mercy™, Gary will have to pull it together quickly, find his wife, his gang, and a whole lot of help to stop the Brotherhood of Infamy from slaughtering the population of Falconcrest City and opening a portal to summon a primal force of destruction.

But Gary has a plan, or at least he’s sure he’ll have one soon. Just give him a second.

Available for purchase at Amazon.com

A March/April update on my writing

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Well, folks, things are going well in the Phipps household. Kat is almost over her flu (which I gave her, sorry) and my father is better than he’s been in months.

Which is sad because it’s due to getting the dialysis which he desperately needed for a long time but was in denial about. We have been giving him rides out to his place. We also got our primary dog, Treasure’s, ear fixed after it had gotten a serious infection which required surgery. Still, things are looking up. I managed to assemble the treadmill yesterday and only kinda threw out my back (okay, okay, it just hurt a lot–sheesh).

Business is doing well with THE GAMES OF SUPERVILLAINY and THE RULES OF SUPERVILLAINY still selling pretty well. ESOTERRORISM didn’t sell quite as many copies as Rules but I still consider it my best book until WRAITH KNIGHT comes out this Fall. SECRETS OF SUPERVILLAINY is set for release in June.


WRAITH KNIGHT has been approved by Ragnarok Publications and it’s sequel is already for publication immediately thereafter. I have strong feelings about this book and think it will be a big success. Currently, I’m envisioning five books for the series total.

I’ve submitted CTHULHU ARMAGEDDON, my first non-original material novel, to Cohesion Press and I hope they’ll be interested in it. It’s the rewrite of CTHULHU APOCALYPSE (which is a name already taken it turns out) with my skills as a writing from five years after the original manuscript.

Ultimately, I’d really like to be done with the final 15K of LUCIFER’S STAR (A Spacer’s Saga), my space opera novel, *RIGHT NOW* but the grand finale can’t be rushed. It’s going to be 90K at the end and I’m just in need of doing the final climatic scene.

ESOTERRORISM’s sequel ELDRITCH OPS, Book 2# of THE RED ROOM series is set for release in early of 2017. I’ve got the unedited manuscript version of OPERATION: OTHERWORLD written up for release in 2018. I originally envisioned THE RED ROOM series as a ongoing open-ended one but the characters decided to make it a trilogy. Except all of the major plotlines wrapped up by the third book.


AGENT G has been submitted to Amber Cove Publisher who does THE SUPERVILLAINY SAGA  and if they’re not interested in it, I have a secondary publisher for it lined up. So, book progress wise, I’m very well off.

Review-wiser, I’m down to fifteen novels I have to read on my Kindle, which may sound like a lot but is down from something like sixty and I’ve made a vow not to pick up any other novels until I’ve finished them. I broke that oath almost immediately by ordering the Dark Horse ALIENS Omnibus Vol. 1# and Nylund HALO novels.

Later this month, Kat is going to be going on a short weekend trip to visit her favorite author at a con. I pity her for trusting me with the house while she’s gone since I fully expect the place to be ashes when she returns (sorry, Kat!)

Beam Sabers, Giant Robots, and Child-Pilots

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One of the most anticipated books coming out from Ragnarok Publication this year is Mecha: Age of Steel which is the spiritual successor to their Kaiju: Age of Monsters anthology. In the Kaiju novel, they celebrated giant monsters and the robots which fought them. In Mecha, however, they’re doing a wonderfully adult take on the mecha genre.

While I didn’t write any stories for the anthology, I am going to be writing an introduction for the simple fact I am a huge-huge mecha fan. Here, on Ragnarok, I’ve already posted an article which I think people will like.

“Beam Sabers, Giant Robots, and Child Pilots”

    I remember when I was busing tables in high school, I got to see Gundam Wing as my first mecha anime. In retrospect, it had a lot of flaws but it had politics, depth, and amazing animated fights between gigantic robots. Much to my surprise, I found out most of my friends were already mecha fans. Some had been introduced to the genre by Robotech, Power Rangers, and Voltron: Defender of the Universe.

    After I watched Gundam Wing, I devoted myself to dozens of other series and gradually familiarized myself with the tropes inherent to each. I can describe intimately the in’s and out’s of Evangelions, Zakus, Arm Slaves, Gunmen, Aestivalis, and Go-Lions. In short, in matters mecha-nical, I am the very model of a Modern Mecha General. I may not keep up with the genre quite as much as I used to but the fact Ragnarok Publications was coming out with a giant robot anthology made me know I had to be involved.

    However tangentially.

I hope people enjoy.

    Read the Article Here

A great interview with me by the Fantastical Librarian

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I had a great interview with the Fantastical Librarian and thought I would share its contents with my fans. I hope everyone will go to her website and check it out.

Here’s a sample:

Let’s start with the basics. Who is C.T. Phipps?

C.T. Phipps is an immortal wizard from the Age of Chaos reincarnated as a huma…oh, err, I mean I’m a perfectly ordinary geek from Kentucky in his thirties. I’m the author of THE SUPERVILLAINY SAGA and the RED ROOM series by Amber Cove Publishing and Ragnarok Publications respectively. I have a new series called WRAITH KNIGHT coming out this Fall.

How would you introduce people to your writing?

It depends on what you’re interested really. I wrote the Supervillainy Saga as an easy-going bit of fun celebrating my love of superheroes. People really seemed to have liked it and responded well to the book’s irreverent style and asking the question, “What kind of fellow sets out to be a supervillain?” The Red Room, by contrast, was my attempt to write a celebration of over-the-top spy fiction with a James Bond and Black Widow-eque set of protagonist against monsters.

Available for reading here