This book gives writers pointers and guidelines on how to improve their action scenes by implementing some of the same kinds of techniques used in film-making. Loaded with new terminology and definitions, an introduction to the basic concepts of an Action Scene, and application of the concepts, this book gives writers the tools to write their own expert-level action scenes! KAPOW! BANG! ZOOM!

Action!: Writing Better Action Using Cinematic Techniques

Reference

Healy, Ian Thomas

Words, Language & Grammar

Local Hero Press

NOTHING LESS THAN THE WORLDThe would-be Archmage has slain nearly all the magic-users in the world, taking their power for himself. If he succeeds in killing the Lucky Seven's own mage Stratocaster, the Archmage's power will become absolute and plunge the world into darkness under his cruel reign.But not if Mustang Sally and the rest of the Just Cause superheroes have anything to say about it.OUT OF TIMEOnly time will tell if Sally can run fast enough to escape the Archmage's clutches, fast enough to outwit his evil plan, fast enough to save the world.Praise for JUST CAUSE, the first book in the Just Cause Universe series"Ian Healy's Just Cause is a slam-bang good superhero story: part JLA, part Young Romance, with some splashes of Our Army at War to keep you on your toes. I thoroughly enjoyed Mustang Sally's adventure and look forward to reading more of Healy's work."-Rob Rogers, author of Devil's Cape"Ian Healy's Just Cause is solid, serious superhero action in the classic tradition, with tons of interesting characters, extremely well-crafted action scenes, and real depth. Highly recommended."-Van Allen Plexico, author of The Sentinels"The best thing about Ian Healy's books is the accessibility of their worlds and characters. He welcomes us in and takes us for a fun and memorable ride, and unlike other superhero universes, we never feel like the understanding of an entire mythology is out of our grasp-or would take thousands of reading hours to accomplish."-Allison M. Dickson, author of The Last Supper"Mr. Healy clearly loves superhero fiction. He has taken tried and true superhero tropes, made them his own, and crafted an excellent world, story, and characters. I highly recommend."-Corey L. Bishop, Creative Commoners podcast "Ian Healy's Just Cause is a great superhero book because it creates a world that is so close to our own we almost think that maybe these things did/are really happening, it's just that we don't live in the right city, and don't maybe have that special brick touch pattern to get us to Diagon Alley."-Jenn Zuko, Nerds in Babeland"It almost feels like you're watching a movie instead of reading a book when the superheroes are battling the villains."-Megan Bostic, author of Never Eighteen

The Archmage: A Just Cause Universe novel

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

A NEW HERO FOR A NEW ERA Mustang Sally has some speedy shoes to fill. This young superhero has waited her whole life to join Just Cause? the premiere team of American heroes. Now she?s hoping her super-speed will earn a spot on the same team to which her parents and grandparents belonged. AN OLD GRUDGE FROM AN OLD ENEMY A chance encounter with the villain who killed her father changes everything. Even though she?s only an intern, Sally devotes herself to finding the man known as Destroyer. With the help of her eagle-winged best friend Sondra and her super-strong love interest Jason, her investigations uncover a sinister plot stretching all the way back to her grandparents? era. Sally and Just Cause must risk everything to halt Destroyer's plans and save the entire world. BONUS FEATURES Beyond the revised original text, this volume contains three all-new short stories that expand upon the history of Mustang Sally's family line in the context of the Just Cause Universe. It also contains a summary of the historical and contemporary superhero teams that have been part of the legendary history.

Just Cause: Revised & Expanded Edition (Just Cause Universe)

When criminals are convicted, they go to jail. When they have parahuman abilities, they go to Deep Six, the most secure prison facility in the world. Six thousand feet underground, nobody has ever escaped from the maximum security facility.  Until now.  A parahuman terrorist called Misrule engineers a mass breakout, and it falls to a pair of prison guards to stop the world's most dangerous criminals from reaching freedom, and Just Cause won't be able to help them. Despite being overmatched and underpowered, the two guards must find a way to prevent the escapees from their ultimate goal.

Deep Six: A Just Cause Universe novel

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

Jay is having a pretty bad day at school. His popular cheerleader girlfriend just dumped him and a jock spilled soda all over his brand new Nikes. So when the God of Rabbits recruits him to save the world from an invasion of interstellar cockroaches, it seems like it might be a pretty cool gig. Unfortunately, in the spectrum of god-like abilities, rabbits rank pretty low, and Jay receives the ability to make snarky wisecracks, jump real high, and . . . that’s about all. With all other superheroes snapped up by the Cockroach God and his minions running rampant in the extradimensional Gods’ Home, Jay and his newfound ally Bluebird are the only two unlikely heroes left to defend humanity. We are doomed . . .

Jackrabbit: A Just Cause Universe Novel

I WILL SHOW YOU FEAR IN A HANDFUL OF DUST. ~T.S. Eliot When Just Cause hero Orb is murdered using a new kind of nanotechnology, Mustang Sally will stop at nothing to find and bring to justice his killer. Not even her longtime mentor Juice's dismissal from his position as team leader can distract Sally from her mission. A sensational new parahuman named Champion brings old-fashioned morals back to the world, training others to follow in his footsteps and heralding the onset of a new age of heroism. Champion isn't all that he seems, and there is a sinister side to his organization. To find Orb's killer and uncover the motive for his murder, Sally must risk everything that makes her a hero. Champion is the sixth novel in the popular Just Cause Universe superhero fiction series.

Champion: A Just Cause Universe Novel

Literature & Fiction

You've seen Sharknado. You've watched Ghost Shark. Now killer sharks take to their highest altitude ever in the book that absolutely no one asked for, but everybody wants to read: Space Sharks. That's right. Sharks. In space. What more do you want?

Space Sharks

Genre Fiction

A collection of tales featuring super-strong and damage-resistant parahuman police officer Harry Blaine, set in the Just Cause Universe.Bulletproof: Police officer Harry Blaine has kept his superpowers secret for more than twenty years, but when a pair of gun-toting students threaten his daughter, he can no longer hide his powers behind his badge.Young Guns: When his super-powered daughter decides to become a rogue superhero, it causes unusual family tensions for Harry Blaine.Tuesday Night at Powerman's: Harry Blaine brings his daughter to a very special gym, where weights are measured not in pounds, but in tons.Teeth of the Night: A routine murder investigation takes a dangerous turn when the perpetrator crashes a local party.Domestic Disturbance: Harry and Ed investigate an unusual parahuman who seems obsessed with hassling a hapless writer.Silent Alarm: When Harry and Ed find a boy stuck halfway through a wall, the trick is to get him unstuck without bringing the building down on top of him.This book also includes a free sample of the novel-length epic cyberpunk adventure Troubleshooters!

The Bulletproof Badge: A Just Cause Universe story collection

Short Stories & Anthologies

1907: A world of steam and steel, of brass and bravery. Spaceships ply the lanes above the Earth, running on coke furnaces and a prayer, while the atomic-powered Circumferential Rail runs the route between Paris, France, and Houston, Texas. Where there is cargo, and passengers of means, pirates soon follow, and this is how Jonathan Orbital, heir to the Circumferential Rail finds himself embroiled in a conspiracy surrounding a kidnapped French woman with a valuable secret.Enter the roguish space pirate Phinneas Greaves, who kidnaps the beautiful and intelligent Cecilie Renault off the Circumferential Rail in order to deliver her father's research to the highest bidder. The smitten Jonathan will stop at nothing to rescue her, but both men soon learn the global implications of the woman's knowledge, and they are forced to wage harrowing battles across the Big Black of space and the dusty landscapes of the American West, with the only certainty being that those who want to exploit this revolutionary technology will stop at nothing to acquire it.The Oilman's Daughter is a rollicking steampunk collaboration representing the best of authors Ian Thomas Healy (Just Cause Universe) and Allison M. Dickson (Strings, Colt Coltrane).

The Oilman's Daughter

Dickson, Allison M.

Science Fiction

A multi-author collection of eighteen original superhero tales ranging from the dark to the hysterical to the downright bizarre. “And Introducing the Scarlet Scrapper” by Leonard Apa: A Golden Age tale of an actor who hates playing a superhero on the radio but discovers a new role awaiting him. “Sovereign’s Last Hurrah” David Court: In a retirement home, elderly supervillains scheme to return an item of power to their greatest enemy. “RIGHTMAN! Loses the Faith” Gary Cuba: Being a superhero is what you make of it, and what you can make from it. “Dax and the Red Eyes” Adrienne Dellwo: Dax's disability prevents him from telling anyone about his brother using powers to hurt people. “Dum Dum” Leod D. Fitz: Some supervillains are geniuses, and others are simply well-trained. “Light Therapy” Che Gilson: Being a sidekick is a thankless job. “Pinning Portugal” Elliotte Rusty Harold: A group of supervillains hatches a new scheme that naturally goes awry. “When Fukayna Danced Her Libraries” Jake Johnson: Eventually even superheroes need to step away from the job. “Super Frenemies” Stephen Kotowych: A group of super-powered children take on the neighborhood bully with surprising results. “The Faces of the Wind” Laura Lamoreaux: After World War II, the country no longer needed superheroes, leaving the heroes with difficult decisions. “Capacity Crowds” Paul McMahon: He wants to be a real superhero, but can't seem to find a villain to match him. “Heart of the Matter” Robert J. Mendenhall: Cameron's powers are preventing the medical treatment that may save his life. “Ebony Boneshaft, Secret Superhero” Wendy Qualls: She didn't mean to discover Ebony Boneshaft's secret identity, and when she did, it caused no end of trouble for her. “Eye of the Beholder” Dave Ring: Being seen as the object of everyone's desire is a poor way to live life. “I Am Hathor” Aaron Michael Ritchey &amp; Jason Henry Evans: Balancing superheroics and motherhood is a difficult dance for Hathor. “The Romulus Proposition” Tim Rohr: When the mighty have fallen, it's probably because they were pushed. “Saul, Again” Eric Rosenfield: A time traveler takes a circuitous, long-term approach to facing a dangerous villain. “Damn the Dark, Damn the Light” K. H. Vaughan: There's a fine line between heroism and nihilism and sooner or later everyone crosses it.

Caped: An Anthology of Superhero Tales

Johnson, Jake

Harold, Elliotte Rusty

Court, David

Gilson, Che'

Dellwo, Adrienne

Fitz, Leod D.

Cuba, Gary

Apa, Leonard

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