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Best of the Valley 2025 Nominations Now Open

on March 11, 2025March 11, 2025 By Joseph D. Newcomer 2 Comments

Help me win Phoenix Magazine's Reader's Choice Author of the Year for the 3rd year in a row.

Dead Star Press Upside Down 666 Holiday Sale

on November 27, 2024November 27, 2024 By Joseph D. Newcomer

All T-shirts and Paperback Books $9.99 now through Christmas. DeadStarPress.com.

Let Me Inertain You

on May 21, 2024May 29, 2024 By Joseph D. Newcomer

So far as I’ve been able to discern, we’re only really here to try to entertain ourselves until we’re no longer here.

Hard Work Hardly Working

on May 14, 2024August 5, 2025 By Joseph D. Newcomer

Hard work only begets harder work. Good fortune and privilege are rewarded with greater fortune and further privilege. If you are unlucky, do the least amount of work as possible. There is still a chance you may get lucky, but luck has never been given in trade for our most harrowing labors, and you will [...]

UPDATE! Vote for Joseph D. Newcomer Phoenix Magazine’s Best of the Valley Reader’s Choice Best Author 2024

on May 2, 2024May 2, 2024 By Joseph D. Newcomer

Thanks to the support and nominations of so many wonderful people who appreciate my writing, I have officially been nominated for Phoenix Magazine's Best of the Valley Reader's Choice Best Author for the second year in a row. Actual voting is now open. You can vote for me once a day today through May 19.