Please Visit:

2012-01-12T14:08:00.001-08:00

FOURTH REICH: Final Strike

2012-01-01T15:27:00.000-08:00

Announcing:

Full color comic
16 pages with two interior covers with text
Art by Jason Moser.
Story by me.

Available soon.
Watch this space for ordering information.

The Work of Alex Ness

2011-03-04T18:50:00.000-08:00

SASQUATCH

I was fortunate to be invited by Viper Comics and write a short story for them. Illustrated by Paul Harmon, a friend, it is a small piece that attempts to explain why we see Sasquatch/ Yeti/ or otherwise in the woods when we look.

A LIFE OF RAVENS

My brother had a heart attack in 2005, and I came to a number of epiphanies watching him laying in his bed... One was that I'd have to write my poetry for others if I ever wanted to achieve the goals I had set for my life. Many artists, Giadrosich, Grell, Sheikman, Harmon, Bergting, Koslowski, Caputo, Westbrook helped bring my work to life. I consider this my first book, even though Sasquatch came first. I have my name on the cover, of course. The poems are diverse, love, fantasy, war, sorrow, joy...

AMONGST THE RUINS

Many of these poems were written for a series that was to be illustrated by an artist, that, for one reason or another, did not happen. Along with those poems I'd written a number of a similar tone and in epic form. The work is aimed at fantastic and historic events, and aimed at telling fantasy poems, to entertain.

LANCELOT

A poet from France, G.F. "Geoff" Evrard made friends with me on Myspace, and immediately we became close. We shared interests, talents, and hopes. He told me that we had to work together. We went through a variety of interests and options and they all didn't work, for a variety of reasons. And then I realized we both loved King Arthur and the Arthurian legends. Arthur's greatest knight was Sir Lancelot du Lac. His name, and his legend comes from France, and likely Brittany. Which, incidentally, matches G.F. Evrard's origins. So we decided to write in English, French, and some of the poems ended up translated in Breton Welsh. As a work it is beautifully illustrated, it is both an echo of Tennyson's Idylls and Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur and the wild steel and dark magic fantasy works of R.E. Howard.

Also find the color Deluxe limited edition version...

If you find AFTER HOURS MYSTERIOUS VISIONS #3 read it knowing that the publisher is different than the creative talent, and different than the even the editorial staff. I'd been invited by Tomm Gabbard a talented inker and writing hopeful, and who wanted to create a worthwhile series of anthologies... unfortunately with the wrong publisher. The book was part of a series that was a miracle that any issues came out, and few if any came out on time. My story that appears, was one of six I was asked to write, and turned out well. Friend Josh Brown wrote a couple stories in there as well. And they are worthy of your interest. Despite the issues with the issues.

MYTHIC MEMORIES

I felt that after A LIFE OF RAVENS I'd need to write a sequel. And the works in A LIFE OF RAVENS that seemed to resonate were the high fantasy epic tales. But, while my work was completed in February 2008 shortly after my appendix burst and I had to take two weeks off from working. This work is about epic events of history and legends and myths of four different cultures, the Viking era and the Northmen, the Greeks, the Egyptians, and the Celts. Along with artist Trent Westbrook, this work came out from Rogue Blades Publishing. If there is a better editor and publisher than Jason M. Waltz, I don't have a clue which one. This work is illustrated throughout. I consider it a beautiful work.

Artist Daniel Mann and I met at MegaCon August in 2009. I'd learned that a publisher and artist had fallen through on multiple projects, for various reasons, and I was basically back to the starting line on them. When Daniel and I talked we found a lot of common ground, and we decided to do a series called the Savage Past. The first book of this series is LIFT HIGH THE RAVEN BANNER. Vikings, Irish monks, epic poetry, epic drawings and paintings, and more to follow. It is available now, November 2010.

EYE OF THE DAGGER is a collection of short stories and poetry by Josh Brown, Marc Kleinhenz and myself. It covers the topic of Assassins and people in power and influence throughout history and fantasy. It was fun and I encourage everyone to give it a shot. Published January 2011.

ARTHUR, REX ETERNUS is the sequel to LANCELOT but whereas that was a many party book this one had just two writers and one artist, Josh Brown both wrote a short story and formatted the work, and Trent Westbrook did many fine illustrations for the piece. I am indebted to both of them. Published April 2011.

AUTUMN PAINTED RED A series of events occurred leading me to write a series of poems, from the personae of the killer Jack the Ripper. His acts were and remain vile, by any measure, and were more so in the past due to spectacular events media attention, the relatively new kind of crime spree, and, the letters used by the killer, possibly, and a vast number of hoaxers, to flame the intensity of the emotions regarding the events. Never before had the media played such a role in a series of murders, and, since the time of the murders, all crimes of a sensational nature can point to this one as their influential source. I was joined on the book by Joseph Monks, his wife Pamela Hazelton, Joseph Hilliard and Nichole Porter, and there is a special cover from friend Daniel Mann. The writing on it is intensely dark, and I would say that the accompanying images from Public Domain sources makes the work a very stunning one.

This book was originally written for a certain artist from a concept I had that I thought he'd be perfect for illustrating. But since writing it, its been with various artists and now, it is probably being self published. As such, the work is a shared beast with lots of people doing the work and I have no idea when it will be for sure published, other than soon. The concept is a world where wars have left few living, and Dwarves living in the lonely mountain ridge are beset in final combat by hordes of evil beings... It is bloody, it is epic.

HUNT THE WINTERLANDS

HUNT THE WINTERLANDS came as a result of brainstorming, collective ideas, and some pretty damn hard work by the editor Josh Brown. Michael May, my oft co-writer and I had a concept, we had some works that came in as a result of our creation of the series bible, but, it was Josh who sewed the pieces together of this tapestry. I am proud of my short story, as it was hard to complete but, when finished and after Josh's helpful edits, it is a story I am rather proud of. As a book by many this is a creation I am proud of, and am happy to say, it is done. Thanks to Josh, and everyone aboard.

ALEX NESS, Poet and Writer

Please Visit:

FOURTH REICH: Final Strike

The Work of Alex Ness