Archive for the ‘Press & Publicity’ Category

LULU are running a great special offer through their online store. Just use discount code EARTH UK at  checkout and get 12% off any order. . Why not grab a copy of the latest release Living in Flames or dip into the post-apocalyptic thriller (and horror) Dog Eat Dog. Alternatively, start digging into the back-catalogue [...]

I just got pinged by Google Alerts: a review had been posted about my latest novel, Living in Flames. Thought I would share the good words.Reading feedback like this makes it all worth it.  :o) . Purchase Links: BUY > paperback : from LULU BUY > kindle: US ($), UK (£), DE (Euro), FR (Euro) [...]

Sharing positive words This is a comment made by Kevin O’Neill on a post about Yellow Dawn – The Age of Hastur within World Wide Gamers website.  Ironically, the point being put forward in the comment is equally valid for this post: with so much information out there it can be hard to filter and [...]

Songs of Spheres FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   British Sci-Fi & Dark Fantasy author David J Rodger presents his favourite occult horror, cyberpunk and Cthulhu Mythos creations in a collection of short stories.     HAYLING ISLAND, UK—MARCH, 2012— British Sci-Fi & Dark Fantasy author, David J Rodger has compiled a collection of short stories that [...]

Sharing positive review of Dog Eat Dog I caught a note about this review posted up by somebody who had just finished reading the novel Dog Eat Dog. It’s words like this that makes it worth all the months of gritted teeth and brain burn. This is one of the most engaging stories I’ve read [...]

There is something about this city, Bristol, that suits the moody fusion of chrome and blood – the defining hallmarks of cyberpunk and dark fantasy.  I’m sure any resident of every large urban conurbation could say the same about where they live, but this is my stamp for Bristol. And I’m passionate about it – [...]

Work in Progress I’m making great progress and having a lot of fun with the new murder mystery game: Mayhem at the Manor. It’s an idea I had last Sunday at Hayling Island, supping a dawn mug of coffee and gazing at the sea. Also fleshing out bullet point plot point of Camaraderie of Wolves, [...]

British Sci-Fi & Dark Fantasy Author David J Rodger is evolving H.P.Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos through his novels and roleplaying game. I received a google alert about my RPG Yellow Dawn- The Age of Hastur and associated novel Dog Eat Dog getting a mention.  I checked out the link and was super-pleased by what I found. [...]

Bristol fixed firmly to the Cyberpunk Horror map BRISTOL, UK—MARCH, 2012— British Sci-Fi & Dark Fantasy author, David J Rodger has launched a horror novel set in the merchant city of Bristol. Living in Flames is Rodger’s sixth novel and blends aspects of the city’s maritime history and secret subterranean tunnels, with the near-future flavour [...]

Those fun loving folks at LULU are running a one-day promotion – today only. 29% DISCOUNT on anything. Just use the discount coupon LEAPYEAR at the online checkout: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/DavidJRodger See more posts like this – click David J Rodger – DATA

Yellow Dawn gets a Euro reference This is a cool little site with an epic mandate.  Their mission is to reference every roleplaying game ever published in its database. Now including Yellow Dawn – The Age of Hastur.  :o) They’re a friendly crowd and the main man sent me an awesome photo of the utterly [...]

Cthulhu Mythos in the post-apocalypse Shadows of the Quantinex is an epic campaign for the role-playing game Yellow Dawn – The Age of Hastur.  First published in 2009, I’ve just released a lightly updated version with a completely new jacket design.  It includes a few, very minor tweaks, following the launch of version 2.5 of [...]

Press Release THE POST-APOCALYPSE JUST BECAME A LOT SCARIER: NEW VERSION (2.5) OF YELLOW DAWN – THE AGE OF HASTUR IS LAUNCHED BRISTOL, UK—FEBRUARY, 2012— David J Rodger has released an updated version (2.5) of the role-playing game Yellow Dawn – The Age of Hastur, a post-apocalyptic twist on the near future universe shared by [...]

With five novels out there, plus the RPG Yellow Dawn, a fistful of short stories and the murder mystery - “Murder At Sharky Point – it’s interesting to watch the trends in what people buy and see which comes out on top every month. January saw a battle for top spot between the dark cyberpunk thriller Dante’s [...]

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Hi folks I’ve had a great response to the fun little brain duster where you applied Mythos concepts to classic movie titles. I’ll be starting the process of selecting a winner tomorrow evening (6th Jan – UK time). So you’ve got a bit over 24 hours to get YOUR idea in if you want a [...]

I saw this on Facebook and wanted to share. Always great to get mentioned in the same vein as other authors, in this case Stephen Erikson, Raymond Feist and Dean Koontz… The sale he mentioned is the monster 30% discount on all sci-fi and dark fantasy paperbacks that’s in place until New Year’s Day. If [...]

I ran a combined special offer with LULU on the 27th and 28th of December, basically creating a saving of 65% on all my paperbacks, and the response has been phenomenal.  Looks like a lot of people decided to buy two or even three out of the choice of five different novels available. So, thank [...]

I’m already running a 30% discount on all my sci-fi and dark fantasy novels until New Year’s Day; now LULU have expanded this discount by a whopping extra 35% saving on everything today (27th Dec) and tomorrow (28th Dec). That’s nearly 2/3rds off all paperbacks.  . To enjoy this discount just go to LULU’s online [...]

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