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John Jackson Miller signings and events scheduled for New York Comic Con

Busy week alert! At New York Comic-Con, I’ll be doing no less than eight signings for four publishers — and I’ll also be moderating a panel at Book Con, the convention’s sister show devoted to fiction. And in addition to that, we’ll have the world premiere of Star Trek: Prey Book 2: The Jackal’s Trick at the Simon & Schuster booth! Here’s my schedule: THURSDAY, OCT. 6 1 p.m. Dark …

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Qapla’! Star Trek: Prey Book 1 – Hells Heart lifts off!

It’s here! The first part of my first novel trilogy, Star Trek: Prey Book 1 – Hell’s Heart is now available from Simon & Schuster/Pocket Books as a mass-market paperback and in e-book format. You can find the book at your local bookstore — and also here: Amazon Barnes & Noble Books-a-Million Indiebound As the back cover will tell you: “When Klingon commander Kruge died in combat against James T. …

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Star Trek at 50 — and Star Trek: Prey Book 1 – Hell’s Heart lands in the office!

Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the airing of the first episode of Star Trek — a major moment in the pop cultural firmament to be sure. Certainly it’s important to me, having spent most of my life as a fan — and the last couple of years writing in the milieu. There are enough think pieces about Star Trek online today to create a singularity, as well as many …

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Marvel slates THE OLD REPUBLIC Vol. 2 for March release!

I’ve been busy doing proofreading rounds on three novels at once — the Star Trek Prey trilogy, out this fall — so I haven’t had much time to post. But I can share some news works upcoming and already out! Marvel has just announced a March 21, 2017 release date for Star Wars Legends: The Old Republic Epic Collection Vol. 2, containing the middle third of my Knights of the …

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My first HALO prose appears in September’s HALO: FRACTURES!

I had announced earlier this spring that my first Halo comics story would be in the new Halo: Tales from Slipspace hardcover coming from Dark Horse on October 12, 2016. Just as I did both Star Wars comics and prose, I can now announce I’ve done the same for Halo. My first Halo prose appears in Halo: Fractures, a short story anthology releasing September 20 from Simon & Schuster. Halo …

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Indiana Comic Con!

Just a quick post to alert the masses: I will be a guest at Indiana Comic Con, signing April 29-May 1 at the Wordfire Press booth, number 243. I will also be doing a panel discussion version of my Rule the Galaxy Together: Writing in a Shared Universe presentation Saturday at 3 in Room 140 with special guests Jody Lynn Nye and Eric Flint. It’s my first Indiana convention since …

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My first HALO comics story is in October’s TALES FROM SLIPSPACE!

Continuing my string of weekends where news of my new projects breaks, I am pleased to announce my return to Dark Horse Comics with my first story set in the Halo universe! From the Dark Horse news release today: “343 Industries and Dark Horse Comics are set to release a brand-new Halo® graphic novel anthology based on the massive video game franchise later this year. Halo: Tales from Slipspace will …

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Star Trek: Prey trilogy titles, release dates announced!

I am delighted to announce the titles and descriptions for Star Trek: Prey, my trilogy releasing in this fiftieth anniversary year of Star Trek from Pocket Books! Star Trek: Prey – Book One: Hell’s Heart releases September 27. Preorder it here! Star Trek: Prey – Book Two: The Jackal’s Trick releases October 25. Preorder it here! And Star Trek: Prey – Book Three: The Hall of Heroes releases November 29. …

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Now available: My new Star Wars story in RISE OF THE EMPIRE!

New Star Wars fiction alert! I’ve been working hard this year on my Star Trek: Prey trilogy for 2016, but I did some commuting between galaxies to provide a new short story for Star Wars: Rise of the Empire, available Oct. 6 in print and e-book release. Rise of the Empire is a massive 700-page compendium that collects the two canon novels from 2014, my own Star Wars: A New …

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Tales from the Memory Bank: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: Homecoming

In honor of the rerelease by Marvel of the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic comics, I’m revising and updating my production notes here on what I hope will be a weekly basis. You can get Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Old Republic Vol. 1 from your local comic shop, from Things from Another World or from Amazon.  The Old Republic Epic Collections are in stock again at …

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