Black Hat Magick is a serial webfiction story set in Tempe, AZ at Arizona State University following the exploits and adventures of Elaine Mercer and her friends. It’s an urban fantasy work with a lot of cybermagickal elements, in a sort of cyberpunk-meets-geek-noir sort of skein intended for a geekier audience than most; however, it has elements that should compel even the most staunch reader of genre fiction.
Due to a hard drive crash early 2011, the webserial has been offline for many months and the first volume Dread Vote is not currently available; however, it’s expected to be compressed into an ebook and published on Amazon Kindle and Smashwords soon.
As with the previous volume, Tango & Cache (Volume 2) will be released on a schedule of Monday and Thursday mornings; but with the twist that the last week of the month will be skipped (and perhaps will publish an essay, contest, or a short-story pertaining to the characters.) The main characters, Elaine Mercer, Frog, and Hadaly, all have accounts on the blog and can respond directly to comments directed at them.
Once the smoldering wreckage of the failed hard drive is recovered the comic strip that accompanied Black Hat Magick will be restored and perhaps also so shall Volume 1.
Thank you for your patience.
Volume 2 of Black Hat Magick: Tango & Cache is set to begin soon.
— Kyt Dotson
I really liked that pic you had as a place holder, I thought Frog and Elaine looked great there.
Glad to see the site back up, can’t wait for the story to start coming.
Thanks daymon! I am looking into trying to integrate some elements of the placeholder back into the site (possibly make it a little more colorful) but try to avoid allowing it to be too distracting. My HTML skills are a little rusty lately.
I am currently preparing the first month’s worth of chapters!
My beta readers are a little bit sleepy this month so it took me longer than expected; but I’m excited to get this project back on the rails again.
Thank goodness. It’s great to see that things are coming back up. There’s not enough good urban fantasy as it is, and I like how Black Hat Magick takes it a step further into the realm of techno fantasy. Great job stretching science principles to cover magic theory. Are you going to load the old material?
If you need more beta readers, I’m happy to volunteer. My qualifications include I’m a speed reader, engineering physics undergrad and avid fan.