WiP: Yellow Dawn (2.5) formatting continues; Living in Flames (new novel) reviewing the MS

WiP:  Yellow Dawn – all good, formatting the new version of the primary rulebook (2.5) continues at a good pace. I had to stop over the weekend to run an all day session of YD for Horror on the Orient Express; the game group did Trieste and Belgrade. WiP: Living in Flames – I’m reading [...]

WiP: Yellow Dawn – formatting; Living in Flames – prepping for publication

WiP: Yellow Dawn & Living in Flames. Formatting the new iteration of Yellow Dawn (2.5) continues at what I’d say was a pleasant pace. It’s certainly very pleasing seeing a finished product taking shape as you push through the final phase towards release. I’ve also dug out the novel I wrote in the tail end [...]

You have found David J Rodger – British Sci-Fi & Dark Fantasy Author

Welcome This site is my sandbox for brainstorming new ideas, documenting the weird and wonderful gems I find on the web – things that inspire me – and promoting my books and RPG.  It’s also where I post updates on work-in-progress.  You can subscribe using the link at the top left of this page. Bringing [...]

Fan photos make a happy #sci-fi writer

I found two e-mail alerts in my inbox this morning .  Notifications of my name being tagged somewhere online.  Very nice to see your work getting the camera treatment :o) Here’s a screengrab of the links: NOVELS PICTURED: Edge, and Dog Eat Dog . NOVELS PICTURED: God Seed; Dante’s Fool; Iron Man Project, Edge, and [...]

Thank you!

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 [...]

Superb review of God Seed, a sci-fi & dark fantasy novel that blends Cyberpunk with the Cthulhu Mythos

Superb little review of God Seed, a sci-fi & dark fantasy novel that blends Cyberpunk with the Cthulhu Mythos Just spotted this wee review on Amazon.  Very pleased. A really entertaining read but not for the faint-hearted. . This novel moves along at a fast pace, crossing genres from crime/political thriller to sci-fi and full [...]

Update: excerpts of five exciting new science fiction and dark fantasy novels now available

There are five palm-sweating novels to choose from.  Excerpts now available for each of them.  Scroll down and see what’s available: . God Seed “Mankind will be judged, and smitten and cleansed” Read Excerpt . . . . Lovecraft brought screaming and thrashing into the 21st Century! David Rodger has created a World where Lovecraft’s [...]

5 Star Review on Amazon for Edge, a sci-fi & dark fantasy novel that blends Cyberpunk with the Cthulhu Mythos

5 Star Review on Amazon for Edge, a sci-fi & dark fantasy novel that blends Cyberpunk with the Cthulhu Mythos Just caught wind of an excellent review on Amazon.  Very pleased. A great read with Cthulhu mythos flavour. . “Edge is a great book. It’s got an epic mountain setting and brings strong characters with [...]

Kindle books from Amazon: super-slick jet assisted up-ramp for sales of my sci-fi & dark fantasy work?

Kindle books from Amazon: super-slick jet assisted up-ramp for sales of my sci-fi & dark fantasy work. I first “got published” back in 2007 when I took all my manuscripts away from the table that I’d been using to pitch to literary agents  and publishers, and went and did it on my own. I used [...]

Facebook: giving you reasons to like my page

Facebook: giving you reasons to like my page. It’s hard not to notice how every brand on the planet seems to have joined the Facebook gravity well, with marketeers in their pashmere shawls or compact and trendy outfits going all Gaga over the idea of corralling large numbers of potential punters in one place – [...]

Final day and last chance to grab a free novel, sci-fi & dark fantasy by David J Rodger

Morning folks You just need to join my Facebook page for a chance to win one of my novels.  These are sci-fi & dark fantasy with a ton of great reviews; fast-paced and brutal, they cover a range of flavours from Lovecraft’s Mythos through Demonic possession to corporate espionage and warfare between private armies. I’m [...]

May Madness – more than 50 percent discount off my sci-fi and dark fantasy work until 31st May 2011

May Madness – more than 50 percent discount off my sci-fi and dark fantasy work until 31st May 2011. I’ve slashed the prices of my novels by 30 percent & those nice folks at LULU (publisher) are giving you an extra 25 percent discount. – just use their code CYBERMAY at LULU’s checkout. That’s a [...]

5 days left – grab your chance to win one or all of my novels and score a free short story: sci-fi & dark fantasy, cyberpunk

Join my Facebook Page for a Chance to Win Get involved, keep up to date: enjoy early notice of new releases and updates about work-in-progress; grab free review copies of short stories when I put out invites and save a few bucks with special discount links “for fans only”. Guaranteed Spam-Free. . At the end [...]

Looking for new fiction? Get 20% discount off your next purchase with code: SVCMAY until 31st May 2011

Looking for new fiction? Grab this great opportunity to try my work. LULU are offering 20% discount on any purchase of my science fiction & dark fantasy, cyberpunk horror and post-apocalyptic fiction, with code: SVCMAY until 31st May 2011 People love what I write. You should try it too. This is really, really good stuff. [...]

Mayday! Mayday! Grab a free short story and score a chance to win the complete collection of novels by sci-fi and dark fantasy author David J Rodger

David J Rodger’s trademark unforgiving rendering of harsh reality, and relentless narrative pace, are here in palm-sweating abundance, delivered in a set of stand-alone novels that opens up a new universe of conflict, shocking truths and monstrous threats to sanity and life. – Roberta Shock,  Network Zero Join my Facebook Page & get FREE stuff! [...]

Jump on this. Get 20% discount off your next purchase with code: HOP until 26th April 2011

LULU ¦ Print on Demand publisher, offering 20% discount on your next purchase of any of my science fiction & dark fantasy, cyberpunk horror and post-apocalyptic fiction, with code: HOP until 26th April 2011 You can browse the complete collection of my work either at: Official Website for David J Rodger – here LULU (publisher) [...]

It’s raining books! Get 20% discount on my work with code: SPLISH until 31st March 2011

  LULU ¦ Print on Demand publisher, offering 20% discount on all my science fiction & dark fantasy, cyberpunk horror and post-apocalyptic fiction, with code: SPLISH until 31st March 2011 You can browse the complete collection of my work either at: My WordPress Home Page – here Official Website for David J Rodger – here [...]

All Aboard! Get FREE Ground Shipping with code: GROUND until 21st March 2011

  LULU ¦ Print on Demand publisher, offering FREE Ground Shipping on all my science fiction & dark fantasy, cyberpunk horror and post-apocalyptic fiction, with code: GROUND until 21st March 2011 You can browse the complete collection of my work either at: My WordPress Home Page – here Official Website for David J Rodger – [...]

Lulu publisher offers 20 percent discount off any book order until 7th March 2011

Lulu publisher offers 20 percent discount off any book order until 7th March 2011 You can browse the complete collection of my work either at: My WordPress Home Page – here Official Website for David J Rodger – here LULU (publisher) storefront – here Facebook Fan Page – here Don’t forget that I’m also running [...]

No Special Offers at the moment: if this is the only post you can see, then sorry

Hi there, if this is the only post you can see in this “Special Offers” list then there are currently no special offers running. Don’t be mad! I tend to run discounts and freebie giveaways quite often, so check back here in the near future, or even better – join my Facebook Fan Page to [...]