This is essentially the premise of my forthcoming novel, Haunted Space: Paradise for Extinction (Nov. 2026, @maudlinhouse.bsky.social). Yes. I absolutely went there. And I think readers are gonna really enjoy it.

I believe I'm contractually obligated to promote my novel today. Sorry, I don't make the rules. bookshop.org/p/books/the-... tortoisebooks.com/store/thesurge www.amazon.com/Surge-Adam-K...

Meanwhile, over at the bad place ...

I f--ing knew it.

I understand life gets a bit hectic now and then but I would very much like to have one day, just one single day, without having to do laundry.

Sigh. Every time. Every goddamned time.

A science base overrun with deadly life forms. Test the wits and will of your PCs in HARD VACUUM - Issue 10: Containment Breach. An old-school bug hunt and most challenging adventure in the series, so far. #CepheusEngine #TravellerRPG #SelfPromotionSaturday www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

"Readers will come away from this book shaken, mad, and stunned." - @ericshonkwiler.bsky.social, author of Above All Men and Moon Up, Past Full bookshop.org/p/books/the-... tortoisebooks.com/store/thesurge www.amazon.com/Surge-Adam-K...

A 100% disability rating for PTSD approved in 5 ... 4 ... 3 ...

After 10 years, it looks like Maudlin House is slowly becoming a mansion. Another wing just opened up with Adam Kovac’s Haunted Space…🪐

🚨 New Maudlin House title 🚨 The universe is haunted. Adam Kovac’s HAUNTED SPACE: PARADISE FOR EXTINCTION joins Maudlin House. The Expanse meets Lovecraft Country—werewolves, space pirates, vampires, cults, faeries, even the Yeti. Out November 2026.

Deal Alert: HAUNTED SPACE: PARADISE FOR EXTINCTION. A sci-fi/horror novel pitched as The Expanse meets Lovecraft Country. A universe filled with werewolves, space pirates, vampires, faeries, doomsday cults. Even the Yeti. Appreciate @maudlinhouse.bsky.social for giving my second novel a home.

I know I should be posting to promote my published work but today I find myself too exhausted from writing my unpublished work.

At my age, trick or treating takes place at the local burger joint. This is my full-size candy bar.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

It was fantastic.

This might've kinda sorta happened again. 👀

Grilled cheese sandwich.

Many thanks to @firstage.bsky.social for running HARD VACUUM - Issue 01: Pirate Bait at this year's FurnaceCon XX in the UK. Not surprised to learn the PCs' plan went "explosively awry," and I hope everyone enjoyed the action.

HARD VACUUM - Issue 10: Containment Breach. The most challenging adventure in the series, so far. Intrigue. Terror. Low odds of survival. An old-school dungeon crawl. It's a bug hunt. Now available @drivethrurpg.com. #CepheusEngine #TravellerRPG www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

HARD VACUUM: A series of short science-fiction adventures designed for a one-shot session or side quest in nearly any #CepheusEngine or #TravellerRPG campaign. See if it's a fit for your table @drivethrurpg.com. #SelfPromotionSaturday www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...

That crack Texas National Guard outfit deployed to Chicago really hit the ground running. "Broadview police officers observed the vans parked in the rear of 2000 25th Ave. and all of the guards were sleeping," the statement said. "We let them sleep undisturbed." www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...

Last call for Scoundrels of Brixton: Savage Frontier. Kickstarter for issue four in the series ends tomorrow. Appreciate all the support so far. #CepheusEngine #TravellerRPG www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...

Last call for Scoundrels of Brixton: Savage Frontier. Kickstarter for issue four in the series ends tomorrow. Appreciate all the support so far. #CepheusEngine #TravellerRPG www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...

The fabulous @travisklempan.bsky.social let me shoot my mouth off about THE SURGE, share a little about the process of writing this novel, and the future of war literature. Check out the Q&A in the latest issue of @wrath-bearing-tree.bsky.social:

Interview I did with @boondock60mm.bsky.social author of THE SURGE is out now in Wrath-Bearing Tree: www.wrath-bearingtree.com/2025/10/05/n...

Re-upping this post ... for no particular reason.

Scoundrels of Brixton: Savage Frontier. Dangerous locations, new starships, devious NPCs and challenging missions. Make your #CepheusEngine or #TravellerRPG adventures criminal. Three days left to back the project on Kickstarter. #SelfPromotionSaturday www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...

THE SURGE is one of the best novels you've probably never read. You'll laugh. You'll cry. It'll become a part of you. www.amazon.com/Surge-Adam-K...

One week remaining to back Scoundrels of Brixton: Savage Frontier on Kickstarter! #CepheusEngine #TravellerRPG www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...

Really enjoyed talking about the latest Kickstarter for Scoundrels of Brixton--and the Hard Vacuum series--with @thedungeonplunger.bsky.social. Jason is a fabulous host and I highly recommend following his podcast. Check out the episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YLY...

Shouldn't have to repeat this but here we go again and this time I'll do it slow for those having trouble understanding: Not Every Combat Veteran Of Iraq Or Afghanistan Suffering from PTSD Is A Kill-crazy Madman

Scoundrels of Brixton: Savage Frontier. Issue four in the series is loaded with useful, entertaining content for anyone seeking crime and mayhem for their #CepheusEngine or #TravellerRPG sessions. Check out the Kickstarter and see if it's a fit for your table. www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...

"Chandler once had that dream, too, but knows how easily it became a nightmarish reality that ruins a man’s happiness and sense of self-worth at an early age." - @petermolin.bsky.social #FridayReads #BookSky bookshop.org/p/books/the-... tortoisebooks.com/store/thesurge

Did not expect to have three projects out in the world at the same time (a good thing) and since I've run out of clever ideas to post and a house to clean, I'm just gonna leave these here: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5... tortoisebooks.com/store/thesurge www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...

Latest book mail: The Inquisitor's Manual by Antonio Lobo Antunes. His books are amazing and, for me, function somewhat like a survival guide for these batshit crazy times, which are starting to become eerily similar to the Estado Novo.

HARD VACUUM-09: The PCs are hired to guard a famous actor on a starliner, a stunt to hype the premier of a new holovid. But when the ship is hijacked, the PCs end up cast as real-life action heroes, leading roles that could be their last. #SelfPromotionSaturday www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

Explore the criminal underworld of the far future! Scoundrels of Brixton: Savage Frontier is funding on @kickstarter.com. The popular series continues with more dangerous locations, adventures, new starships and devious NPCs. Let's go! #CepheusEngine #TravellerRPG www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...

Looking forward to checking this out!

A lot of affluent folks in these Chicago suburbs are about to experience the joy of mowing their own lawns and raking leaves and shoveling snow and cleaning their homes and doing laundry and service at their favorite posh restaurant that's just a tad slow.

HARD VACUUM - Issue 09: Holovid Heroes. Inspired by the 1982 Peter O'Toole film, My Favorite Year. This adventure was super fun to write. Among the best in the series. I'm confident your players will enjoy the action. Now @drivethrurpg.com. #CepheusEngine www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

Scoundrels of Brixton: Savage Frontier. Launching soon on @kickstarter.com. Click the link and hit that "Notify me" button. #CepheusEngine #TravellerRPG #SelfPromotionSaturday www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...

Me, considering whether to post about current events:

Fingers crossed!

"The paradox of dullness during wartime lingers over every scene of The Surge to the point where following Chandler around all day becomes an exercise in both patience and anxiety." - @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social #FridayReads #BookSky bookshop.org/p/books/the-... tortoisebooks.com/store/thesurge

On the Metra headed home after a lovely but exhausting day at the Printers Row lit fest. Really enjoyed meeting so many fabulous people and signing copies of THE SURGE!

We are thrilled to announce that we will be selling THE SURGE by @adamkovac.bsky.social this weekend at Printers Row! It's a fantastic war novel that's earning comparisons to Hemingway and Mailer and O'Brien. Adam will be signing books from 1 to 3 on Saturday at the Small Press Tent...be there!

"Adam Kovac’s The Surge, a novel that, upon reading, I realize is the nexus novel of the nexus event of the nexus war of the nexus country." - @travisklempan.bsky.social #fridayreads #booksky tortoisebooks.com/store/thesurge bookshop.org/p/books/the-... www.amazon.com/Surge-Adam-K...

Gearing up to attend the Printers Row lit fest in Chicago tomorrow. I'll be signing copies of THE SURGE at the @tortoisebooks.bsky.social booth in the small press tent from 1-3 pm. Stop by, it'd be fabulous to see you.