Award-winning author, essayist, and playwright. First professional sale was to Playboy.com. Active in the comics industry and the F/SF community. Noted for short stories and essays pertaining to Robert E. Howard. Currently contributing essays and consulting for Dark Horse Comics.

2004 Cimmerian Award, Best Essay "Fists of Robert E. Howard" from The Ultimate Triumph, edited by Don Herron.
2006 Cimmerian Award, Best Book, Blood & Thunder: the Life and Art of Robert E. Howard.
Nominated for the 2006 Locus Award
Nominated for the 2006 World Fantasy Award
Nominated for the 2005 B. Iden Payne Award, best Sound Production, King Kong, The Violet Crown Radio Players

My most recent book is a biography of Robert E. Howard, titled "Blood & Thunder: The Life and Art of Robert E. Howard." I also wrote "Gods New & Used" and "Year of the Hare," as well as a bunch of short stories, essays, and articles. Now that I've finished "Blood & Thunder," I'm going back to work on "Replacement Gorilla." Clay Stark, seen in "A Whim of Circumstance" in the Anthology Cross Plains Universe, is the subject of a mystery set in Hollywood, circa 1936. Stay tuned.

Clockwork Storybook
Soon to host Finn's Wake and other projects.

RevolutionSF
I've got reviews, fiction, and articles up on this site. It's good stuff, Maynard!

The Violet Crown Radio Players
Still the acting Creative Director!

The Cimmerian Blog
The Premiere Robert E. Howard website, I blog with three other REH scholars and luminaries.