2020, how do I dislike you? Let me count the ways...

Okay, show of hands, did 2020 screw up anyone else’s plan for the year? Cuz I mean…I don’t curse outside of a novel often, but dayum, am I right? The 2020 release schedule for Dragon House Studios was supposed to look like:

The Nora Chronicles Book 2: Nora and the Realm of Whispers, a new entry in the all ages Nora series taking the protagonist on a journey to discover new facets of her power while introducing a terrifying new threat to her life, and the world.

Ochre Alleycat, a Tribus Dulce Story, a novel focusing on a new protagonist, the offspring of the demon crime lord Diamond that runs parallel to and after the original novel.

Blank Splattered Adagio, the story of a young woman in search of her younger sister mysteriously disappeared in a forest the domain of demons, killers and a coven that will stop at nothing to see their machinations fulfilled.

Gossamer Sin, Like a Black Slit Dress, a narrative following the daughter of an adult film star raised to believe she is a goddess in a world of lesser mortals. Is Cadenza simply an over privileged socialite with delusions of grandeur, or does she truly possess a lineage that makes her greater than others? Time, and a collision course with others like her, will tell.

Blue Butterfly: Noire, a drama following the life of a young mixed race girl of Japanese and African descent. Living on her own while grappling with the tail end of her time in university, the scars of her abusive childhood, the echoes of the tragic loss of her parents and the racial tensions that come with being interracial and Black in Japan. As if this wasn’t enough of a struggle, there’s also the matter of the mysterious Hachi-san and the reign of violent attacks rocking the nation in their wake.

Kill All Christians Prequel Story: Blood of My Fathers - “A window into the past, the tragedies that made me who I am. I’ll never forget that night, staring into that girl’s eyes…what was the worse sin? To grant her wish, or to make her live… To bring her along, or to return her to her mother… There was no time to decide; already the howls of the brigands and their familiars were upon us. I drew my admiral sword and spoke a sincere prayer; I would need all that God could spare for what would come next…”

Instead it looked more like:

“AAAAAAAAH FIRES!”

“AAAAAAAAH DEATH WASPS AND I’M ALLERGIC TO BEES!”

“AAAAAAAAH COVID-19!”

“Covid took Rick May, and Ian Holm peaced out? **** you, 2020.”

“…8 minutes…and 46…bloody…seconds.”


Needless to say I didn’t release any new books last year. That being said, I did write quite a few new ones. In addition to the titles above there’s an excellent paranormal horror novel, Wired for Ruin, that I can’t wait to release as well as sequels, new entries, short stories, novellas and more.

I suppose if I picked a resolution, which I rarely do because they are such lofty and unrealistic things and I try to work on bettering myself all throughout the year, it would be to actually consistently update this blog. I have very little patience for the parts of the biz that aren’t creating content and interfacing with the community, but seeing as we all better be masking up and distancing well, this will need to be that community interface.

Stay tuned for more; I can’t wait to share what’s in my mind and being with you all. Above all else, I wish you all a blessed, safe and very Happy New Year!

-Eugene The Author

Arctic Comic Con!!!

I'm so excited to see you all at the Arctic Comic Con in Anchorage, Alaska tomorrow and Sunday! I've been hard at work here in the lab getting ready, and I've got 15% off discount cards for everyone who stops by! The discount cards will be usable for any order made from my website here.

Due to a glitch in the warehouse, I'll be going digital this time around. Let me break down what this means for you:

Kindle eBook versions of Dark Fantasy epic Kill All Christians: In the Village of the Devil's Daughters and Low Key Super Hero Drama Tribus Dulce will be available for $7.50 each from Amazon for the duration of this event. After the con is over, the eBooks will go back to full price!

The 15% off discount cards can be applied to orders made on my website for paperback versions of Kill All Christians and Tribus Dulce.

If you make your order with me directly at the convention, I'll discount your order even further!

What's more, these 15% off codes will be good from now through the end of May, and All Ages High Fantasy Epic Nora and the Eternal Waterwheel will be launching early May! 

So the best bang for your buck would be to pick up your books from me directly at the Arctic Comic Con in the Dena'ina center and consider saving your codes for Nora's release in the next few weeks!

But of course, go forth and buy as you please! And above all else, be blessed, and happy reading!

-Eugene the Author
a.k.a. Xeawn Cross
a.k.a. Gentleman Raptor

Spotlight on Tribus Dulce

Available now on Amazon with a limited time sale price of $4.99 for the Kindle Edition!

What is it about?

The name Tribus Dulce translates to “Three Sweets”, and represents the distinct flavors of each short story in this novel. The first narrative carries the taste of “Bitter”, and follows the struggles of seventeen year old high school senior Abra Ostberg and her best friend Judith Lee. Abra has endured a violently abusive household at the hands of her father from the time that she was very small, and takes refuge in Judy’s house whenever the maelstrom of her life grows too much to bear on her own. Abra remains in this environment, hoping that by serving as a lightning rod of sorts she can protect her mother and younger brother, even though her mother has never intervened in her father’s abuse.

One night, Abra experiments with a drug known as Hyperion, and what follows is a whole new world of horrors as the drug awakens Abra’s latent power to World Walk into the depths of the soul.

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The Three Categories of My Novels

Salutations! Today I'd like to talk about the three levels of content/maturity that each of my novels fall under.

One of the things I'm a firm believer of, is being open and honest with my fan base. To me, to create a series and draw people in, having every aspect of it appear to represent a certain set of purpose, morality and narrative flow, only to at the last minute once you've gained a following and a steady stream of cash throw in something that completely changes and turns on its head everything I told you I was about is the height of cowardice and sneaky marketing. Consider that harsh, and a run on sentence. I'll accept that it's one of those things.

I have no desire to draw you in, make my money in a safe way, then flip the script and exclaim "JUST KIDDING, YOU THOUGHT THIS STORY AND THESE CHARACTERS WERE LIKE THIS BUT I CAN MAKE MORE MONEY LIKE THIS!"

I also would never want a young reader who enjoys, say upcoming all ages novel Nora and the Eternal Waterwheel to see my name on Murder the Citizens, think the novel is safe for them to read and suddenly be thrust into a far more maturely written world. To that end, I established three levels to my novels:

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