The Rise of the Robots
Two enterprising Japanese engineers have taken their robomania to its logical conclusion and built their own giant ‘mecha’ Steampunk/Dieselpunk-style robot in their own backyard workshop. “KURATAS” is...
View ArticleModspotting
Friday, November 23rd. While the US was having Thanksgiving Japan was having Labor Day … a national holiday just before the Christmas rush and the Oshogatsu end-of-year celebrations. Although the...
View ArticleTwenty Thousand Leagues
Last weekend I had the chance to visit the NYK Maritime Museum in Yokohama, and also the Hikawa Maru – a cruise liner from the Golden Age of Trans-Pacific travel. NYK (Nippon Yusen Kaisha was formed by...
View ArticleVenice, 1937: “City of Reflections”
This is an excerpt from a story that will be published in “The Futurist Manifesto”, an anthology from Excalibur Books, to be released Summer 2013. Enjoy! Venice, he had always thought, was a city of...
View ArticleLondon, 1986: “Fast Falls the Eventide”
THIS IS AN EXCERPT FROM A STORY TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE ANTHOLOGY “THE FUTURIST MANIFESTO”, COMING FROM EXCALIBUR BOOKS IN SUMMER 2013. The back doors of the five-ton truck swung outward, and the ramp...
View ArticleLondon, 1940: “The Elements of War”
This forthcoming story is dedicated to my parents, Frederick William Catton and Florence Catton, and will be published in “The Futurist Manifesto”, from Excalibur Books, October 2013. First, some...
View ArticleYpres, 1917: Dulce Et Decorum Est
The following excerpt is from a short story that will be published in “The Futurist Manifesto”, by Excalibur Books, October 2013. Dulce et Decorum Est “Halt! Who goes there?” Captain Martin Blake...
View ArticleNew York City, 1977: Code Ten-Seventy One
NYPD Lieutenant Luke Cambridge reached out of the car window, slapped the magnetically mounted signal light onto the roof of the car, and gunned the motor. The ’74 Buick shot down Columbus Avenue,...
View Article“There were Angels Dining at the Ritz …”
“The Elements of War”, a tale of love and magic amidst the horrors of the London Blitz, is the third story in the “Futurist Manifesto” series … … and it’s available here.
View ArticlePublishing News for 2014!
Happy New Year, Brave New World! Here’s the latest publishing news from Excalibur – the cutting edge of fiction! All six stories in the first series of “Futurist Manifesto” are now available as...
View ArticleLook Out – Here Comes Tomorrow!
Gods and Monsters from Japanese Mythology! Super-Heroes! Sword-wielding schoolgirls! Steampunk and Dieselpunk inventions! The latest two releases from Excalibur Books have got them all! Tales From...
View ArticleDecember 2014 –“Dulce et Decorum est”
To commemorate the 1914 Christmas truce, the story “Dulce et Decorum est”, from Volume 1 of “Tales From Beyond Tomorrow!”, is free on Wattpad for the holiday season. To read it in its entirety, go HERE!
View ArticleJohn Paul Catton: An Overview
At the mid-point of 2015, and with the first draft of “Voice of the Jewel” finished and clocking in at just under 100,000 words, I thought it was time for a look at where we’re at. The Sword, Mirror,...
View ArticleJimmy Diamond and the Girl from Venus
Artwork by Deeno Kingston (whose site can be found here). EXCERPT FROM TALES FROM BEYOND TOMORROW, Volume One. Jimmy Diamond leaped onto his Vespa GX2000 scooter, kicked the antigrav engine into life,...
View ArticleFallen Angles
“Halt! Who goes there?” Captain Martin Blake pointed his revolver at the figures moving at the end of the trench. “Don’t shoot!” came a voice. “Don’t shoot! We’re from the War Office!” Blake kept his...
View ArticleExcalibur 2016: Books for the Year Ahead!
Happy New Year, readers of quality fiction! Today Excalibur celebrates its tenth release – “The Mists of Osorezan”, by Zoe Drake – and outlines its plans for the year ahead, as Phase One of the...
View ArticleExcalibur News Spring 2016
Some snippets from the House of Ideas! The “Sword, Mirror, Jewel” page has been updated, please see the menu above … brand new Second Editions of “Moonlight, Murder & Machinery” and “Tales From...
View ArticleVenice 1936: City of Reflections
Venice, he had always thought, was a city of reflections. Facades, basilicas, domes and towers – all pondering their appearance in the waters into which they would one day sink. If you wish to know...
View ArticleCover Reveal: “Into The Valley”
COVER DESIGN AND ARTWORK BY DANIELLE DRAKE! “INTO THE VALLEY” IS THE TENTH STORY IN THE “FUTURIST MANIFESTO” SERIES. IT WILL BE RELEASED AS AN E-SHORT EARLY 2017, AND PUBLISHED IN VOLUME 2 OF “TALES...
View ArticleAlternative-History Science Fiction
What strange fate awaits you … beyond tomorrow? This collection of short stories and novellas includes visions of alternative history, where alterations of events and technology have produced worlds...
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