patrick e. mclean

copywriter • author • raconteur

Three Stories

The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril, and, after much ado, a t-shirt for sale.

Damn, there goes Mickey

If anyone erects a pantheon to mystery writers, I’m not sure Mickey would make the frieze, but there’s a soft spot in my heart for him anyway. And not for his prose (even though it’s a guilty pleasure.)
“I snapped the side of the rod across his jaw and laid the flesh opento the bone. I [...]

Digg How To Succeed in Evil!

As part of our Media Blitz (technical term) for the launch of succeedinevil.com we’ve submitted a story to digg.com promoting the site. The only thing left to do now is digg it!
So head over to digg.com and give us a bump! We’d really appreciate it!

Cheap Labor Pt. III

Edwin makes a deal with the VP.
And hey, buy a comic here.

How to Succeed in Evil – Cheap Labor pt. III

Edwin makes a deal with the VP.
And www.succeedinevil.com is now up!

How to Succeed in Evil – Bag Set

Sadly, we’re fresh out of Bag Sets. Happily the color version will be available soon. (I can say no more whilst the deal is pending *wink* )
For limited time only, and at a limited quantity, we’re offering a copy of the promotional comic (b/w, 22 pages) signed and numbered by Nic and Patrick in an [...]

Machiavelli leads to disturbing thoughts.

So, in the interest of weaving some of the text in a sub-plot in How to Succeed in Evil, I’ve been re-reading the Prince by Machiavelli. And when I got to one of the better known passages- the sound bite to which this great and complex book is often distilled- (and why distill [...]

It LIVES!!!

And I’m not talking about the carpet. It’s the first run of the first issue of How to Succeed in Evil. 25 issues done digitally so we could have something to flash around at HeroesCon. Not in color, not perfect. But very, very good.
Soon they will be in color and soon they will be for [...]

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