New LCL Printed Title!

Paranormal investigator Richard Senate joins the LCL stable of authors with this thrilling airship adventure! Available here now!

New Book Coming Soon From LCL!

I am pleased to announce the upcoming release of ghost hunter Richard Senate's first novel, The Flight of the Hercules -- an airship adventure in the classic tradition.

We will announce how to purchase this novel very soon...

LCL Publisher on Kevin Smith Tonight!

I am the guest on The Kevin Smith Show tonight, 7-9PM PST. This is not the movie director. It's the show on paranormal phenomena and UFOs and such. The topics will cover my ley line research and knowledge. Specifically, we will be discussing how this phenomena is related to my current research that will be revealed in the book I am writing, as well as other associated topics.

Listen In!

LCL Will Be At COMIC CON 2009!

Just two weeks from this day, the LCL expeditionary entourage will be arriving by rail in San Diego for this year's Comic Con! It's our biggest group yet, with 12 total. We'll be staying in Mission Valley and two magazine correspondents will be covering the events: 'Real Life Adventure' columnists CRAIG GUGGOLZ and BRIAN MEYERS will be doing a big article for the next issue of LCL, with plenty of photos.

LCL has been at Comic Con since 2004. We look forward to it every year. If you're going to the Con this year and would like to meet up, just reply here or send me an email and we'll figure out where and when. We'll be there all four days, and Wednesday night. We also hang out downtown in the evenings. We always meet up with Con friends at Dick's on Friday or Saturday night, Hooters another night and this year we'll be gathering at The Tilted Kilt one night, as well. Of course, we can always meet up in the convention center during the day.

I have pulled out some photos from past cons... Me with Aria Giovanni in 2004...Gorilla soldiers from 'Planet of the Apes' in 2007... My son Austin and his friend Cody in 2006 in our downtown Marriott Suite... Sierra, 2005's LCL 'Miss Adventure' in promo art in her costume for the Con... 2009 Con correspondent and 'Real Life' columnist Craig Guggolz and I in the field in 2008. This year we will have a lot more photos in issue #17.

Looking forward to it!

LCL 16 Available, Of Course

Ooops! Thought I announced this here already!


LCL #16

LCL June/July Issue Coming Soon!

I'm working on the next issue of the magazine. This one features articles on a classic adventure movie series and an amusement park icon, as well as the usual great fiction. I must humbly reveal that one of the short stories is my own -- actually being published under my own name this time! -- so I hope you'll give it a read. There will also be the usual nutty fun.

Comic Con 2009

Yep, LCL will represent adventure lovers once again at this year's event!

Hopefully there will be plenty for us to appreciate. We'll naturally do a feature article in LCL Magazine in the late summer issue. Since the Con officials don't release a schedule until much closer to the event, there's no way of knowing specifically what adventure-related media will be featured, if any. However, LCL will be attending and ferreting out whatever there is of interest to fans of the genre.

Personally, I love the damned thing. Been going with my son since 2004 and it became our annual without-fail event together (along with an obligatory trip to Disneyland and several movies, among the usual dad/son stuff). It has also become more than just the event, too. Half the reason for going is the gang that goes along and seeing friends we generally only see at the Con every year. This year, our group includes myself, my son Austin, his best friend Cody and their high school buddy Kieran. Additionally, we'll have my nephew who's becoming a talented artist himself. We'll spend the whole day at the Con, but that's just half of it. In the evenings there is dinner at Hooters one night, then Dick's another. There are usually two or three movies opening that week that we'll see, and then laughing our asses off about something back in the room.

If anyone reading this is attending, speak up and maybe we can meet up. If you haven't been, I recommend attending at least once. I'm usually not so fond of mass humanity that I want to be anywhere near a crowd, but this event is one of my very few exceptions. The size of it is part of the experience. The location is great, near some really excellent restaurants and drinking establishments in the Gaslamp. Transpo is easy with the trolley service, assuming you're not lucky enough to get a room downtown. We had a downtown room in '06 and damn was that convenient.

Last year's Con resulted in some good contacts, especially two artists and two comics characters that have been featured in the magazine since. I'm hoping to make even more in order to punch things up. I want to make some big changes with LCL Mag starting ASAP and hopefully this summer's Comic Con will contribute to that.

Is anyone going this year?

I hope you've had a chance to see the new issue of LCL Magazine available at the new link!