HARD VACUUM - 02: White Bear has intrigue, plot twists and killer robots. And only needs to sell TWO copies to earn a copper best seller badge on @drivethrurpg.com. Appreciate your help hitting this milestone! #CepheusEngine #TravellerRPG #SelfPromotionSaturday www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

The HARD VACUUM series continues in '26 with more sci fi role-playing adventure and new scenarios filled with mayhem and intrigue to amp up any #CepheusEngine or #TravellerRPG campaign. Issue 13: Death Cult, now available @drivethrurpg.com. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

Wish I didn't have to keep saying this: Lot of veterans stuck their necks out writing about political gambits that end up destroying young men and women emotionally and physically and clearly no one read or learned a damn thing. tortoisebooks.com/store/thesurge bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Really enjoyed watching this review of JTAS vol. 13 from @page121ttrpg.bsky.social. There's a nice look at my article on the new Star Angel ambulance pinnace and its motley crew. Appreciate @mongoosepublishing.bsky.social for including my work in this project. #TravellerRPG

I’m probably not the only person who feels this way but, having played AD&D in the 80s, that credits montage in the Stranger Things series finale was very, very good. Hats off.

The New Year’s Eve family game of Risk stretched past midnight. Another black squad victory after pitched fighting to secure North America before launching raids into Europe and South America.

Totally forgot it was #SelfPromotionSaturday! HARD VACUUM sci-fi scenarios are geared for nearly any #CepheusEngine or #TravellerRPG campaign. Browse issues in the popular series @drivethrurpg.com. I bet you'll find an adventure that's a fit for your table. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...

The 5 books I enjoyed reading the most this year: "Hills Hide Mountains" by @travisklempan.bsky.social "Service Model" by @aptshadow.bsky.social "The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses" by @older.bsky.social "The Surge" by @boondock60mm.bsky.social "Set My Heart To Five" by Simon Stephenson

My boy perfectly understands his father’s personality. Best gift ever.

Feast of the Kovac in all its glory. A Christmas Eve tradition.

Kinda, sorta why I felt it was important to write THE SURGE, even though it was a novel I didn't intend or even want to write.

Give your players the gift of sci fi role-playing adventure! HARD VACUUM scenarios are challenging one shots or side quests to amp up nearly any #CepheusEngine or #TravellerRPG campaign. Check out the series @drivethrurpg.com: #SelfPromotionSaturday #ttrpgs www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...

I laughed. I cried. It became a part of me. Even better than Cats!

My author copies of Scoundrels of Brixton: Savage Frontier arrived today. Slick art and layout, more dangerous locations, devious characters, TWO new starships. I'm thrilled with how this issue turned out and hope everyone who supported the Kickstarter really enjoys it. #CepheusEngine #TravellerRPG

At this point they should just give the damn thing away. www.amazon.com/Surge-Adam-K...

A dying knight asks the heroes to accompany them into battle one last time. For honor—and a huge reward. Infiltrate an asteroid base. Defeat pirates. Rescue the princess. HARD VACUUM - Issue 12: Wounded Lion, now @drivethrurpg.com: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5... #CepheusEngine #TravellerRPG

Whispering words of encouragement to my 17-year-old furnace as Chicagoland braces for a very, very cold weekend.

#SelfPromotionSaturday ⤵️

Need a stocking stuffer for that book lover on your Christmas list? THE SURGE is one of the best novels they've probably never read. Check out what others had to say--I bet they'd enjoy it. #FridayReads tortoisebooks.com/store/thesurge bookshop.org/p/books/the-... www.amazon.com/Surge-Adam-K...

Getting ready for 2026 like

I did not write today. Didn't even try. However, I did clean the house, changed and washed linens and towels, while minding a teenager out sick from school, poured my wife a cocktail when she returned home then cooked enough sausage and peppers to feed a squad of paratroopers. Good day.

Only early December in Chicagoland and safe to say I'm done with constantly shoveling snow. Next couple months are gonna be so much fun. So much fun!

Pasta bake night na casa de Kovac. That time of year for a meal that packs oomph.

The second edition of THE SURGE (@tortoisebooks.bsky.social) is on the shelves in a handful of public libraries in Alberta, Canada, so here's a video of William Shatner singing O Canada. You're fabulous. Thanks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRTw...

👀 💵 ✂️ 📘 ⬇️ 💥 www.amazon.com/Surge-Adam-K...

Since I haven’t seen anyone mention this: When the U.S. commits war crimes it puts our troops in danger also, as it gives a green light to other countries that they can do the same to us

I continue to be amazed by authors who receive hundreds and hundreds of reviews/ratings for their books. Hats off. It's truly impressive.

"An allegory for where we are in American history." - Naeem Murr, author of The Perfect Man It's #CyberMonday, and THE SURGE is a great stocking stuffer. Available direct from the publisher or your favorite bookseller. tortoisebooks.com/store/thesurge bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

🚨 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.

THE SURGE is tough to describe. War novel? Literary fiction? Neither? It's one of the best novels you probably never read. Ideal for holiday reading. Available from the publisher or a local bookseller. #SmallBusinessSaturday tortoisebooks.com/store/thesurge bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Small Business Saturday. Indie #ttrpg creators appreciate the support as much as brick-and-mortar stores. There's about a dozen titles in the HARD VACUUM series. Bestsellers. Con favorites. See if one's a fit for your table. #CepheusEngine #SelfPromoSaturday. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...

I've had enough time to digest the recent #TravellerRPG news. As series creator, HARD VACUUM issues will continue in their current format, providing new content for those who enjoy old-school, 2D6 sci-fi adventure at their gaming table. #CepheusEngine #ttrpgs www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...

Draw me like one of your French girls.

Guys night at a sports bar with my teenage son: a suburban dad adventure.

Here’s some new alterna-Traveller for Cepheus! I hope you sell a ton, Adam.

HARD VACUUM 11: Massacre Moon: The PCs must roll skill checks to investigate what happened to a missing science team. And pilot a combat drone to fight mercs and raiders trying to cover up a deadly conspiracy. #CepheusEngine #TravellerRPG #SelfPromotionSaturday www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

Since the military and illegal acts is in the news: "Flowers raised his war club and he held it high for a moment then swung and swung again until he'd bashed the dead man's skull into four pieces." THE SURGE. Get it from @tortoisebooks.bsky.social. #FridayReads tortoisebooks.com/store/thesurge

Enjoying a delicious cup of coffee with a cat in my lap. It's nice.

Hired to investigate lost communications with a remote outpost, the players must survive a deadly conspiracy to betray the inhabitants of a tiny moon and exploit their resources. HARD VACUUM - Issue 11: Massacre Moon, now @drivethrurpg.com: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5... #CepheusEngine

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…🪐

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.