Marc Edmond Best, Indie Author.

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Author of THE CATAPHRACT OATH, a swashbuckling clockpunk mecha adventure! Ask me about giant robot cartoons or obscure TTRPGs or kung fu movies or food history or sci fi/fantasy novels and I will talk your ear off. He/Him Arguably the best Marc.

A quokka (an Australian marsupial that looks like some kind of muppet) is sleeping on somebody's porch. A sign next to it reads: "I am NOT dead, just tired & ugly. Please let me sleep!"
The cover to THE CATAPHRACT OATH, depicting a white-armored mech with a sword. A woman in a plumed hat, holding a rapier, stands upon the mech's extended left arm
The cover to THE CATAPHRACT OATH. A white-armored steampunk mecha stands in front of a blue sky. It holds a large sword, point-down, in its right hand, while its left arm is extended. A woman with a plumed hat and a rapier stands upon the extended left arm.
The cover to THE CATAPHRACT OATH, depicting a white-armored mech with a sword, standing with its cockpit open and its left hand extended. A woman with a rapier and a rather nice hat stands upon the extended arm.
A print of a painting, "Longhorn," depicting a southwestern landscape in which a cowboy attempts to lasso a rearing triceratops.
A portrait of Adam West's Batman speaking on the red Batphone.
The cover of THE CATAPHRACT OATH, featuring a white-armored steampunk mecha standing with one arm extended. A woman in a plumed hat with a rapier stands atop the extended hand.
The cover of THE CATAPHRACT OATH: A picture of a white-armored steampunk robot. A woman in a plumed hat & carrying a sword stands upon its extended left arm.
A photo of a quokka (a fuzzy Australian creature) sleeping on a hardwood porch. A handwritten sign sits next to him, reading "I am NOT dead, just tired & ugly. Please let me Sleep!!!"
The cover of THE CATAPHRACT OATH, showing a steampunk-ish robot with white armor standing with a woman in a plumed hat standing upon its outstretched right arm.