Tag Archives: Rhett C Bruno

Saturday Shorts — This Long Vigil

Posted on June 14, 2025 by smellincoffee

Amid the deep, cold black of space, the generation ship Hermes cruises her way toward finding a new home for humanity at Tau Ceti. Or, at least the thousand souls who are aboard her. Unusually, though, these are not the … Continue reading →

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Black Badge: Ace in the Hole

Posted on June 10, 2025 by smellincoffee

For untold years, the thought-dead gunslinger James Crowley has roamed the wild west doing the bidding of the White Throne – hunting wretched nephilim that prey on humans and subvert creation, like vampires. This was his reward for dying in … Continue reading →

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An Unexpected Hero

Posted on December 28, 2024 by smellincoffee

It was a night like any other: Danny was on the stage at a dive bar, very nearly earning his keep but ruining it by digging at customers who got on his nerves. Then, one of them decided to teach … Continue reading →

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The Eighth Continent

Posted on February 12, 2024 by smellincoffee

Nick is a commercial diver who, as a side gig, volunteers with a rescue organization to save people during flood disasters. There are a lot of those these days: rising waters, frequent hurricanes, and people who continue to build houses … Continue reading →

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The Lunar Missile Crisis

Posted on February 4, 2024 by smellincoffee

The moon race began in earnest when Yuri Gagarin launched off the pad in April 1961. It ended really quickly when he collided with an alien spaceship and exploded, leading to a full nuclear launch by the Soviets which failed … Continue reading →

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Vein Pursuits

Posted on June 3, 2023 by smellincoffee

Vein Pursuits© 2023 Rhett C. Bruno & Jaime Castle322 pages | Audible version read by Roger Clark, 11 hours & change Cold as Hell introduced readers to James Crowley, an undead gunman who was killed trying to protect an innocent … Continue reading →

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Dead Acre

Posted on April 30, 2023 by smellincoffee

Dead Acre© 2020 Rhett C. Bruno & Jaime CastleRead by Roger Clark. 3 hours and change If you read Cold as Hell, you were introduced to Crowley, a gunman of the old west who died trying to protect a young … Continue reading →

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Cold as Hell

Posted on February 3, 2023 by smellincoffee

Cold as Hell: A Black Badge Novel© 2022 Rhett C. Bruno, Jaime CastleAudible narration provided by Arthur Morgan Roger Clark419 pages | Audible edition ~13 hours James Crowley was a notorious outlaw and gunman, riding with a band of bank-robbers … Continue reading →

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