Doc Wilde's Debut Weekend!

The big day, Thursday, May 14th, finally arrived, and Doc Wilde and The Frogs of Doom is now officially published. Response from critics and readers is universally positive and enthusiastic. I'm one happy camper.

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On Friday evening, I did a reading at Glennwood Academy, a local school. The kids were like an army of hopping frogs they were so excited, which made it incredibly fun for me.

Then, Saturday evening, Little Shop of Stories, a fantastic local bookstore, hosted the official Doc Wilde debut event.

We had a great crowd, a good mix of kids and grownup pulp fans. There were old friends I hadn't seen in years, and I made some new friends I hope to see often in the years ahead.

I read several chapters, did a question & answer session that lasted at least twenty minutes, then signed everyone's books. As a special treat, we had a bowl of gummi frogs of doom (which you can see to the right side of this photo).

I got a rubberstamp of a sneaky-looking frog and stamped its smug face in every book along with my signature. Autographed copies have their own special frog of doom...

Among the attendees was the marvelous writer/artist Elizabeth O. Dulemba. Here I've just signed her book (unfortunately I don't have a shot where you can see her face).