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Atlanta, GA -- Taylorverse Books releases Sean Taylor's first poetry-only collection -- WHEN WE HAD NO FLAG!

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​While the book contains mostly new poems from 2004 and 2005, it also collects several of his poems going all the way back to 1994. All poetry collected in the book has a certain, specific attitude summed up by the opening quotes from the book:

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“The opinion that art should have nothing to do with politics is itself a political attitude.”
—George Orwell

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“All poets, all writers are political. They either maintain the status quo, or they say, ‘Something’s wrong, let’s change it for the better.’”
—Sonia Sanchez

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“All stories are political; they involve power that has structural underpinnings and material consequences.”
—Judy Rohrer

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"Make no mistake," says Taylor, "these are politically charged poems. There's no way around them. While they may contain the language of pop culture and religion, all these poems work together make a statement."

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With references as varied as Bob Dylan, Langston Hughes, Rita Hayworth, and Mae West (among others), this collection has been a long time coming. 

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"Sometimes you can't help but stop and write because the world forces you to have something to say, something you feel is important. WHEN WE HAD NO FLAG is that something for me," says Taylor.
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​Sean Taylor writes short stories, novellas, novels, graphic novels, and comic books (yes, Virginia, there is a difference between comic books and graphic novels, just like there's a difference between a short story and a novel). In his writing life, he has directed the “lives” of zombies, superheroes, goddesses, dominatrices, Bad Girls, pulp heroes, and yes, even frogs, for such diverse bosses as IDW Publishing, Gene Simmons, and The Oxygen Network. Visit him online at www.thetaylorverse.com and www.badgirlsgoodguys.com.

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Atlanta, GA -- Taylorverse Books releases all Sean Taylor's pulp stories in a single volume omnibus -- BAD GIRLS, GOOD GUYS AND TWO-FISTED ACTION!

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​The book collects all of Taylor's pulp and new pulp action stories from Rick Ruby and Lance Star to The Peregrine and Armless O'Neil, and more. BAD GIRLS, GOOD GUYS, AND TWO-FISTED ACTION also includes a never before published story originally intended for the HOOKERPUNK collection. 

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If that title sounds familiar, it's because it's also the name of his writing blog, which focuses on genre writing. 

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"Folks have told me repeatedly for years now that the name would be perfect for a book, but I never had a reason to use it for one until now," says Taylor. "It really sums up the stories in this new book perfectly. Femmes fatale. Gut-punching heroes. Gun-shots. Out-of-this-world adventures. It's all there."

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​It is in that spirit of pulpy goodness that Taylor offers these stories in a single volume (finally) so fans can one-stop shop for his adventure tales of fisticuffs and derring-do. Stories feature such fan favorites as:

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• Rick Ruby

• Lance Star

• Agara, Goddess of the Dark Lands

• Ulysses King

• The Peregrine

• Armless O'Neil

• The world of The New Deal

• Aym Geronimo and the Post-Modern Pioneers

• Blackthorn

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​​Charles Ardai, publisher for Hard Case Crime (and Sean's favorite publisher) and author of DEATH COMES TO LATE, says of the collection: “Sean Taylor is a serious student of the pulp arts and keeps the grand tradition alive in his stories. This is escapist fiction the way it used to be done.”

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Gary Phillips, author of ASH DARK AS NIGHT and ONE-SHOT HARRY, adds: "Sean Taylor delivers the thrills and chills in this collection of elevated pulp goodness." ​

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Partnering with Kindle Direct, this new edition be available for the long run both in print and eBook. He will have them for sale on his convention tables and via Amazon in paperback and for Kindle.

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"I'm so happy to finally see all these fun yarns together at last in one book," says Taylor. "These stories are not only near and dear to my heart's yearning for adventure, but they also scratch the itch I have to see how my literary background can influence all my stories, even pulp tales."

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​Sean Taylor writes short stories, novellas, novels, graphic novels, and comic books (yes, Virginia, there is a difference between comic books and graphic novels, just like there's a difference between a short story and a novel). In his writing life, he has directed the “lives” of zombies, superheroes, goddesses, dominatrices, Bad Girls, pulp heroes, and yes, even frogs, for such diverse bosses as IDW Publishing, Gene Simmons, and The Oxygen Network. Visit him online at www.thetaylorverse.com and 

www.badgirlsgoodguys.com.

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​Atlanta, GA--After 15 years of being out of print, Sean Taylor's script book, WARTS AND ALL, is finally back in print!

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The book collects all of Taylor's comic book scripts from The Shooting Star Comics Anthology, Gene Simmons' House of Horrors, All-Star Pulp Comics, and more. WARTS AND ALL also includes never-before-published comic book scripts. 

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​"If I had a dollar for every time someone at my convention table asked me how to write a comic book script," Taylor writes in the foreword, "let’s just say I’d make a lot more money that way than I ever made getting paid to write." 

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It's in that spirit he offers these scripts again after creating a DIY version he copied on a photocopier years ago and sold out of promptly. Partnering with Kindle Direct, this new edition will be available for the long run both in print and eBook. He will have them for sale on his convention tables and also via Amazon. 

Available in paperback and eBook. 

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Sean Taylor writes short stories, novellas, novels, graphic novels, and comic books (yes, Virginia, there is a difference between comic books and graphic novels, just like there's a difference between a short story and a novel). In his writing life, he has directed the “lives” of zombies, superheroes, goddesses, dominatrices, Bad Girls, pulp heroes, and yes, even frogs, for such diverse bosses as IDW Publishing, Gene Simmons, and The Oxygen Network. Visit him online at www.thetaylorverse.com and www.badgirlsgoodguys.com.

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Atlanta, GA (March 22, 2024) -- Cyber Age Adventures classic collection, SHOW ME A HERO, gets a new printing and re-release!

 

That's right! All of Sean Taylor's heroes and villains are coming back for another go-round and will finally be available for sale again at convention appearances and online. 

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"Sean is a writer of the first order and his stories have always exhibited a literary bent that’s allowed iHero to defy the preconceptions people have about superheroes in a prose format," says Frank Fradella, founder of iHero Entertainment and Cyber Age Adventures. 

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His omnibus collection, SHOW ME A HERO, features 35 of his superhero stories and all of his "Anytown Gazette" articles that support the stories. Clocking in at more than 500 pages of stories Dwayne McDuffie called "More fully-rounded, more realistic and, as a direct result, more human than all but the best superhero comic book work," the volume hasn't been available at conventions or in-person appearance for almost 15 years. 

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Praised by folks ranging from Dan Jurgens and Tom Brevoort to Barbara Randall Kessel and Tony Isabella, this collection features such fan-favorite characters as Fishnet Angel, The Fool, The Grandstander, Marble Girl and Living Doll, and Starlight. 

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"I've never been as proud of a book as I was when SHOW ME A HERO was first released," says Tayor. "And I'm still just as proud to see this new printing become available. I think after the success (and failings) of so many superhero movies, the public is primed all over again for Cyber Age Adventure's blend of literary fiction, pulp fiction, and tights & spandex tales."

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Sean Taylor writes short stories, novellas, novels, graphic novels, and comic books (yes, Virginia, there is a difference between comic books and graphic novels, just like there's a difference between a short story and a novel). In his writing life, he has directed the “lives” of zombies, superheroes, goddesses, dominatrices, Bad Girls, pulp heroes, and yes, even frogs, for such diverse bosses as IDW Publishing, Gene Simmons, and The Oxygen Network. Visit him online at www.thetaylorverse.com and www.badgirlsgoodguys.com.

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Atlanta, GA (March 8, 2024) -- Featuring 17 tales of Southern horror, dark fantasy, and weird adventure inspired as much by Flannery O'Connor, Eudora Welty, and Shirley Jackson as by F. Marion Crawford, Stephen King, and Ray Bradbury, Sean Taylor's A CROWD IN BABYLON takes readers from the chilling underside of the urban landscape to the homegrown terrors of rural life and hidden frights that lie beneath suburban smiles.

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This collection includes both stories that have been out of print for a while -- such as "The Fairest of Them All: A Symphony of Revenge," the Zombies vs. Robots (IDW) tale "Farm Fresh," and "Posthumous" -- and brand-new stories, such as the title tale, "A Lot Different from the Brochures, Isn't It?," "The Ghosts of Children," "The Color of the Blues," and many more. 

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Inside the pages of A CROWD IN BABYLON, readers will meet a diverse and macabre group of characters, including: 

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• A zombie writer whose work funds the lifestyle of her cheating husband
• A musician who learns that true art requires irretrievable loss
• A Cherokee brave who must face the monsters from his people's legends
• A time-traveling widow nursing a violent and deadly grudge
• A woman who needs four-footed help to teach her grandchild to grieve
• A young writer obsessed with a dead actress
• An immigrant haunted by the vengeful ghosts of children
• And ten other creepy tales!

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"This one has been a long time coming," Taylor says. "So much happened to delay the release of this, my first horror collection, but I couldn't stop pushing. Horror is so important to me. It's one of my favorite genres to write, and I hope even a little of that love for the genre shines through the book."

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Sean Taylor writes short stories, novellas, novels, graphic novels, and comic books (yes, Virginia, there is a difference between comic books and graphic novels, just like there's a difference between a short story and a novel). In his writing life, he has directed the “lives” of zombies, superheroes, goddesses, dominatrices, Bad Girls, pulp heroes, and yes, even frogs, for such diverse bosses as IDW Publishing, Gene Simmons, and The Oxygen Network. Visit him online at www.thetaylorverse.com and www.badgirlsgoodguys.com.

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Atlanta, GA (March 1, 2024) -- Comic and prose writer Sean Taylor introduces his newest collection of essays, short stories, and poems, THE CORPSE DELIVERS THE EULOGY AND OTHER WORKS. 

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Designed as an introduction to Taylor's writing for new readers and a re-introduction to current readers, this collection features both old and new creations in a single volume. THE CORPSE DELIVERS THE EULOGY showcases new essays about the art of writing and reading, old and new poetry between 1992 and just last month, and stories that set him on the path to fiction writing, both literary shorts and even a superhero short from the days of Cyber Age Adventures magazine. 

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"For those who only know my work from my comic book writing or those who only know me from my pulp adventures and superhero tales, this is the book to let you discover the writer I like to be when I'm writing for myself as the main audience," Taylor says. 

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Readers can see in this collection how Taylor, who has written for such properties as Zombies Vs. Robots, The Bad Girls Club, The Black Bat, and the Golden Amazon, along with his own creations Fishnet Angel and private detective Rick Ruby (co-created with Bobby Nash), has grown, changed, and expanded as a writer. 

"I'm so excited to see this released," he says. "These are the words that shaped me as a storyteller and continue to shape me, and it's quite amazing to see them in print."

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Sean Taylor writes short stories, novellas, novels, graphic novels, and comic books (yes, Virginia, there is a difference between comic books and graphic novels, just like there's a difference between a short story and a novel). In his writing life, he has directed the “lives” of zombies, superheroes, goddesses, dominatrices, Bad Girls, pulp heroes, and yes, even frogs, for such diverse bosses as IDW Publishing, Gene Simmons, and The Oxygen Network. Visit him online at www.thetaylorverse.com and www.badgirlsgoodguys.com.