It’s been a little over a week since The 2025 MastiCon comic con at The Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library. (That’s a mouthful!) Normally, I do a writeup of what happened, but I figured a visual tour would be more interesting, especially since I learned that this event was more suited for a costume contest than selling your literary wares (no pun intended on the word “suit”).
This was the sign that greeted me when I entered the event. Well, they almost got my name right! You can’t really blame them, though. After all, as everyone knows, “Michael” is a very uncommon name that’s notoriously difficult to spell.
I apologize for repeating this pic from above, but I wanted to offer a fuller description here. A week before this event, I received my 10 x 10 tent in the mail. My wife and I tested it by setting it up in our backyard. That was the easy part. Getting it down was the other side of the equation. For whatever reason, one of the top support beams just would not collapse, no matter what button we tried to push or rod we tried to shove, and we ended up snapping it. I was going to get another tent, but there was precious little time, so I just brought a roll of Gorilla tape with me to the event and hoped for the best. Luckily, I happened to set up next to an engineer, who helped me put the tent together properly. As you can see from the above pic, it was more or less flawless. Of course, there was a gust of 90 mph wind later that almost toppled the whole thing over, but those are the unpredictable elements you deal with when choosing to hold an event outdoors.
Haven’t I seen this movie before? The guy who helped me set up my tent has his back to the camera here. Thanks again, Tim/Ken, and sorry I forgot your name! (And, unlike a certain cinematic knight, I hope you won against Death.)
One of these kids is my daughter. Try to guess which one! (Hint: She’s the one not wearing a costume.)
RAWWWRR!! Well, it was almost Star Wars Day.
If this Transformer didn’t win the costume contest, it was definitely rigged.
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In other MTP news, The Electric God and Other Shorts finally has a book trailer. Danger Peak was given a trailer shortly after it was released, so I figured it was about time to apply the same treatment to my short story collection. It only took 7 months! Of course, this means I should probably get around to creating a trailer for Déjà View (I don’t count the quick promo that Publishers Weekly made filled with positive pull quotes from their review), but I digress. Anyway, I’m no Spielberg or Lucas, so please don’t expect a big-budget affair. It’s a modest visual teaser highlighting most of the stories in the collection, so without further ado, here it is!
I’ve also included the trailer on the book’s homepage. If it piqued your interest in The Electric God, mash that Amazon or Barnes & Noble button below!
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P.S.: Next week’s blog: Attack of the Green-Eyed Monster
P.P.S.: Don’t forget the Danger Peak audiobook is finally here!
P.P.P.S.: The new edition of The Electric God and Other Shorts is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble:
Michael Thomas Perone 