Kal Spriggs

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  • Hell Train: Green Line Release and Book Trailer

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    Hey everyone, today is the day for Hell Train: Green Line! I’ve got a book trailer, some back cover copy, and it’s a perfect cold weekend day to enjoy a book about destroying undead and evil sentient plants. The modern world is gone, replaced by tides of possessed undead and demonic monsters. Through this hellscape,…

  • Write what you hate

    Write what you hate

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    I hate zombies. I hate zombie movies. I hate the very idea… living in a distopian world where there is no hope, where mindless drones shuffle about, seeking only to snuff out your very existence. For one thing, it reminds me too much of the real world. For another, there a *lot* of books and…

  • Book Review: To Tread Obsidian Shores

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    Buckle up buttercup, for one hell of a ride. Olthoff and Cordova have delivered an absolute blast of a novel. The characters from the very start of it hook you, the action is rapid, the story is intriguing, and the emotional highs and lows catch you and pull you along for the ride. The story…

  • Coming Soon: Hell train Volume 2

    Coming Soon: Hell train Volume 2

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    Hey everyone, I’m happy to announce that Cannon Publishing is releasing my novel, Hell Train: Green Line, on February 1, 2026. It’s now up for preorder: https://amzn.to/49yxheu The modern world is gone, replaced by tides of possessed undead and demonic monsters. Through this hellscape, a train full of survivors makes their way from the death-zones…

  • Kal’s 2025 Year in Review

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    Well, 2025 was a year and it is wrapping up. It’s been a rollercoaster of one for me, supporting my wife as she goes through breast cancer. Thankfully she has come through doing well, so far. My focus this year has been supporting her and working the day job that pays the bills, though I’ve…

  • Kal’s October 2025 Update

    Kal’s October 2025 Update

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    October is here, the temperatures are almost down to something resembling not-awful here in the south, and I’ve been getting some writing done. My wife is still going through cancer treatment, so that’s a big impact on my life, as well. I’ll admit the stress from that and everything has slowed down my writing process…

  • Book Review: No Man’s Land

    Book Review: No Man’s Land

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    This isn’t your momma’s space opera. https://amzn.to/3KRppvN Sarah Hoyt has generated a living, breathing world where the characters are products of their settings, for good and ill, and she’s done it to a level of detail and accuracy that makes it feel alive. In some cases, that creates some ugly, in many ways brutal, realities.…

  • Bookmarks Book Festival After Action Review

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    Hey everyone, I had a blast at the Bookmarks Book Festival in Winston-Salem, NC last weekend and I wanted to say thanks to all the people who came out despite the rainy weather as well as the staff for running the event. I had a blast and met a lot of new readers. It was…

  • Kal’s September 2025 Update

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    Hey everyone, it’s a bit late in the month, but I figured I’d give an update on where i’m at in writing and things going on. First off, near the end of the month I’ll be at the Bookmarks Festival on 28 September in Winston-Salem, NC. It’ll be a downtown outdoor event, with food trucks…

  • Charity Anthology: Hairballs, Hiccups, and Hope

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    A fellow author and con-goer, Lori Janeski, was injured in a major car accident last year. She’s come through, but there’s been a lot of medical bills. A group of fellow authors and editors decided to do a charity anthology to help pay for those expenses, I wrote a story specifically for the anthology, which…