Mark Finn

Communication, Digital Media and Everyday Life (Second Edition) uses stories to explain the journey from 'new media in communication' to 'digital media is communication' and provide a clear introduction to communication and media theory and practice. For Generations Y and Z, digital media is now embedded into most aspects of daily life and integrated into contemporary communication as much as speaking, reading and writing. This book encourages readers to understand how they use 'new' media to do 'old' things and explores how concepts of communication, digital media and everyday life intersect with one another. The first section part of the book introduces the building blocks of communication; its basic tools, devices and approaches. The second section part takes these ideas and concepts in the first part and applies them to 'new' media: it considers including ideology in film and television; organisational communication; and values in the new digital world; and how identity, privacy, deception and truth have been redefined. The third part section part looks at communication today-including the redefinition of identity, privacy, deception and truth- and explores what it might be like to live in an increasingly digital world.

Life is pretty sweet for Larry Croft and his friends; he's got a good job and a beautiful girl friend who more or less "gets him;" D. J. McGuinness is the manager at a comic book store and just about to move into a new apartment, Burt Vaughn is doing well at school and in his personal life, and Fred "The Turk" Terkington is, well, still a virgin. Angry and jealous over his friends' good fortune, Turk retreats to the Internet and finds a kindred spirit in Rhonda Halsey, one of the Sisters who happens to be best friends with Holly Day and the other women in his friends' lives. Their secret online romance blossoms into a full-blown case of worship, with Rhonda suddenly on the receiving end of a whole lot of new and strange powers and abilities, and no way of knowing how to control them. Meanwhile, sinister forces are gathering as Jerry Markham plots his revenge against Larry Croft. Who will help Larry and his friends in this, their darkest hour? Mike Bretz? Jane Callow? Stercutus? It's the final Con-Dorks adventure, and it threatens to demolish the lives and homes of everyone in the city, not to mention jeopardizing their relationship status with one another. Can the Con-Dorks and the Sisters survive the crisis? About The Secret Life of Lawrence Croft"It is nothing less than Band of Brothers for the con-going set."-Jayme Lynn Blaschke, RevolutionSF Fiction Editor"Mark Finn has a way with words, and with each new story he tells, I have to set the bar higher for every other author that comes along. Finn knows how to craft a fun, engaging story that is a joy to read again and again "-Stephen Schleicher, MajorSpoilers.com

The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard Studies, Vol. 7, No. 2. Articles by Lee Breakiron (The Cromlechers, on the fanzine the Cromlech), and Jeffrey Shanks on theosophy in the works of Robert E. Howard. The journal ends with a book review by Mark Finn.

Sam Bowen is half-shaman, half-witch, and all rogue. He has wandered all over the country on a desperate quest: to find the source of the curse that has destroyed his family and reverse it, if he can. Now, in the magic-steeped city of San Cibola, he may finally uncover the answers he seeks. As Bowen comes to grips with his new home in San Cibola's Chinatown, strange obligations to his adopted family put him in harm's way over and over again. Will Bowen master the dangers of the big city, or will his personal demons overwhelm him? Year of the Hare is a fast, action-packed, post-modern pulp story with surprises and a wry quip around every corner.

He was one of the greatest heavyweight boxers to enter the legendary squared circle during the Golden Age of Boxing. Standing a mere 5' 8", Sailor Tom Sharkey was one of boxing's most feared sluggers; Gentleman Jim Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons, Kid McCoy, and Jim Jeffries all agreed he was their fiercest opponent and gave them their toughest fights. A colorful boxer both in the ring and out, he retired in 1904 after several legendary and controversial failed attempts to win the championship belt. That's the story you know. But it's not the end of Sharkey's story. Not by a long shot In the tradition of Robert E. Howard's humorous sailor Steve Costigan boxing tales, this action-packed collection of rowdy, bawdy burlesque feature Sailor Tom Sharkey after he hung up his professional gloves. Thrill to Sharkey's brush with Hollywood's "It" Girl, Clara Bow Get Chills as Sharkey and Kid McCoy face down a maniacal bandit Feel the heat as Sharkey rides the rails with Jim Jeffries and in the Vaudeville carnival into clashes with mad scientists and mummified menaces Watch Sharkey play Santa Claus to a bunch of Tammany Hall orphans and end up with a tiger by the tail-literally And much more

MagicCon is an ordinary fantasy/science fiction convention. Three days of comic books, anime, and X-Files jokes, which is exactly what Larry Croft and his friends D. J. McGuiness, Fred "The Turk" Terkington, and Burt Vaughn, are looking for. Unfortunately for Larry, a long-forgotten Roman god named Stercutus is primed to make a comeback, and this particular god's sphere of influence really stinks. What follows is a picaresque mash-up of Urban Fantasy and Fandom as worlds collide, friendships are forged, and confusion abounds in a city of secret magic and a sub-culture that Wants To Believe. "The Secret Life of Lawrence Croft, or Three Days of the Con-Dorks, which Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy, etc.) fans will enjoy and could well become as much a classic of the convention experience as has Sharyn McCrumb's Bimbos of the Death Sun...a preposterous, hilarious, and at times, very true take of such conventions." -Charles de Lint

A young woman alone in the big city, a mobster looking to make a fresh start, an old monster hunter with one last job to do, a magical grocery store where love grows like tomatoes on a vine... These are just some of the people and places you'll meet in Empty Hearts, a new collection of stories by Mark Finn. Set in and around the magic-steeped city of San Cibola, the characters come to life in Finn's deft prose with humor, warmth, and compassion. Even the unlikeable people have strange and fascinating stories that make them compelling. The stories in Empty Hearts all turn on the theme of love, passion, and desire. Whether it's a misguided crook's tributes to an underworld organization, a passionate academic's pet theory, or a child's love of Christmas, the characters and stories in Empty Hearts ultimately reflect ourselves with humor, horror, and a dash of magic.