By Owen Quinn author of the Walking Dead and Zombie Blues
I fell in love with the Walking Dead from the first episode so any spin off is more than welcome here at the Time Warriors.
AMC has released a new teaser trailer that gives us more information about the premise. Negan and Maggie had made a peace of sorts by the end of the Walking Dead but it was clear Maggie would never forgive him for Glenn’s murder despite how much Negan tried. So when a spin off originally titled Isle of the Dead teaming them together was announced it raised the question why. This new teaser provides a clue.
When Maggie’s son Hershel is kidnapped by villains unknown Maggie launches a rescue mission and it seems that Negan is instrumental in getting the kid back. Is it someone Negan crossed before as leader of the Saviours or an unknown part of his past? Now they must go to New York where humanity has survived by creating a high wire travel system to avoid the Walkers.
Launching in June the Time Warriors will bring all new videos as they come.
By Owen Quinn author of the Time Warriors and Zombie Blues
Today we present an excerpt, from the new Time Warriors book, Only the Dead Get Off At Kymlinge and Other Stories to whet your appetites. It is on sale now on Amazon with 3 variant covers to choose from.
As she watched a dance of smoky blue lights began to play over Michael’s body. It erupted soundlessly into a splay of undulating smoke. The strange lenticular effect encased him in a minute as if he were half there half somewhere else. It was clear that he was happy and she guessed he was somehow in some sort of hallucination involving Rachel.
He was only this content when he was with Rachel and Sarah. With an almost inaudible hiss like solidifying ice Michael was completely consumed by the eerie effect unaware of Tyran’s presence. “Don’t worry mate. I’ll find Jacke and Varran and get you out,” she said kneeling at his side but how exactly Tyran was going to achieve that seemed a
mad huge insurmountable mountain at this exact moment in time. Suppressing her fear Tyran got to her feet. She checked her hand unit. With a rush of relief, her eyes widened as she picked up Varran’s hand unit.
“I’ll be back,” she directed at the oblivious Michael. As Tyran turned she gave a gasp of shocked surprise.
Behind her stood a short rotund man with a grey walrus moustache. He had a tight lipped smile on his dimpled face and stared at her with deep green eyes. From his dark navy uniform and tipped cap she could see he was a conductor. An antique silver fob watch hung from his waistcoat pocket. His uniform was impeccable and in pristine condition. His right arm was held up by a sling but there was no plaster cast to indicate it was broken. For a moment all Tyran could think of was Thomas the Tank Engine.
“Hello,” she said tentatively. “Can you help me free my friend please? I’m betting you know what is happening here. We need to get these people off this train asap.”
Those green eyes suddenly flared with a burning blue energy.
“Wounded!” the conductor roared raising his arms the blue energy consuming his entire body. Tyran reached for her laser pistol but never made it as she was struck in multiple areas of her body by the lightning that shot from his hands. Her scream was
caught in her throat as she fell back into a seat. As the young woman slumped back with an agonised scream all she heard was a screech in her head. It felt like brain freeze after eating ice cream too quickly. In a second Tyran knew nothing more.
With a sigh the conductor reverted to normal, looking at the fallen girl with green eyes once again. He seemed unconcerned as he checked the stupefied Michael. He nodded with an air of satisfaction. With a stiff tilt of his head, his double chin expanded over his shirt neck as he looked down at the limp Tyran.
“”I’m sorry madam but I’m afraid that’s not possible. You see once aboard this train, there is no getting off!”
In the new Stormtroopers episode, an Imperial Base Station is besieged by battleship attack & haunting PTSD within its ranks.
It stars Carolyn Bracken (You Are Not My Mother; Dublin Murders, Balor Hall, The Gone); Pius McGrath (Foundation, The Gates); Peter Cosgrave (Pilgrimage) & Klancy Casey Williams. It is directed by Micheal Fitzgerald. Stormtroopers was filmed in epic locations in Cork, Waterford & Tipperary.
The exclusive screening will include a Panel Q&A with key cast & crew led by Irish comedian John Spillane.
The last Stormtroopers episode premiered in 2018 and it has earned over 1.3m YouTube views.
By Owen Quinn author of the Time Warriors and Zombie Blues
This time the darkness really is coming!
“I just realised something about you Varran. Grief and loss must eat away at you because you’re the man with the power of time travel to go back and change it all. You can prevent death from happening but you won’t. You can’t. You know that by playing God, you risk everything. But your belief ‘Everything happens for a reason’ is so ingrained in you that you’re torn between selfishness and morality. There’s nobody in the history of this planet that has ever faced such an impossible temptation since the serpent offered the apple in the Garden of Eden.”
In this volume of five brand new adventures, when Michael and Rachel’s daughter is kidnapped by Michael’s double, it leads the Time Warriors into a fight with an old enemy they thought long gone; an enemy with a shocking revelation. In The Purpose, a man learns the cost of hunting Bigfoot while a long lost object from Xereba’s past turns up bringing back memories for Varran in Relics. Varran faces a breakdown but is forced to come back from the edge from an unlikely source in The Limbo People. And the hunt for a missing friend of Jacke’s in Stockholm leads to a trap that may be impossible to escape in Only The Dead Get Off At Kymlinge.
Book includes the bonus story from Zombie Blues, Comic Book Zombie.
The latest book in the Time Warriors series has now launched on Amazon and this time you get to choose from three vriant covers.
Up tp now Michael, Jacke, Tyran and varrran have beat the odds and saved the day for the most part but things are about to get darker for them wwith the arrival of…well you’ll have to buy the book tofind out. Let us know which cover you prefer.
This book consists of five stories.
First up is The Return:
When Micchael and Rachels’s daughter is taken by Michael’s double, the Warriors reeive a plea for help from an old enemy. The town of Gaston becomes a battlefield as the web tightens. Why does the Mayor not recognise Varran and the others? And who is the prey and who is the hunter? it leads to a revelation that will change Varran forever.
The Purpose:
A fateful day with his family in the forest defines his entire life of a young boy, William Mauricce Jefferson III, when they are chased by Bigfoot. Driven to prove the creature’s existence, It becomes his sole purpose in life leaving a wake of personal sorrow and hurt in its wake. What has it got to do with Varran and in the man’s dying days, will he finally prove Sasquatch is really out there to the world? If not, what was the purpose of his life?
Relic:
Against all odds, a relic from Xereba’s past is found floating in space. Teleporting it aboard the Juggernaught, it brings back painful memories for Varran who reveals a previously unknown part of his life.
The Limbo People:
Following recent events, Varran is a tortured man, his faith in the mission in pieces. Sensing something is wrong Jacke forces him to attend a group of people known only as The Limbo People. Will they be enough to bring Varran back from the brink?
Only the Dead Get Off at Kymlinge:
In a desperate attempt to find answers about a friend of Jacke’s that went missing in Stockholm a few years back, the Warriors travel to an abandoned railway station haunted allegedly by a ghost train, the Silverpilen. Legend says that if caught aboard the train you never come back because only the dead get off at Kymlinge.
Soon they find themselves trapped aboard a train cobbled together from different eras facing a deadly Inspector. However none of them are aware someone else is tracking them and Michael has just opened the gates to their destruction.
This book comes with three variant covers available now on Amazon. This time the darkness really is coming.
I had a great time doing Stephen Carey Stories’ new Quick Fire Questions section on his website. I hadn’t done an interview in a while and it felt great to be back. Not to mention the fact I had to keep it short; you know how I love to gabble.
By Owen Quinn authpr of the Time Warriors and Zombie Blues
Saddle up folks for yet another Dublin Comic Con happening in the Covention Centre on March 11th & 12th March 2023. Guest have already been announced for the summer edition like Terminator and Beauty and the Beast’s Linda Hamilton and Aliens Michael Biehn but the Time Warriors will be there this year to tick off some more bucket list guests from the Walking Dead and Doctor Who. If you see me be sure to say hello!
By Owen Quinn author of the Time Warriors and Zombie Blues
All photos copyright Owen Quinn
We are the Northern Ireland based Groups for the 501st Legion and Rebel Legion, both of whom are Global Star Wars Costuming Clubs. We provide high quality costumed volunteers for Charity and Community Events across Northern Ireland. We are a group of volunteers who all share the love of everything Star Wars, we love to attend Charity and Community events and best of all to put smiles on little and big faces with our costumes.
We’re on the look out for new people to join us in the 501st and Rebel Legion. Volunteers with passion for costuming, charity and community.
I’ve known these guys for over a decade now and been a photographer for them. We have been all sorts of places includ9ng Star Wars Celebration in London. Everything they do and all the money raised is for charity. Take it from me folks they are all big kids at heart (so I fitted right in) and their costumes are all crafted by them. Their work is featured in the photos accompanying this article so if you want to be a Jedi or a Stormtrooper then this is the palce for you. I guarantee you won’t be disappointed. Click on the link below to find out more and join.
By Owen Quinn author of the Time Warriors and Zombie Blues
Photos opright Owen Quinn
It’s not a convention without a Star Wars element and this time I ticked another one off the list by meeting Andy Secombe, the voice of the roguish and sly Watto from The Phantom Menace.
Watto is probably my favourite character from that movie as he was so different from anything that had come before. That distinct voice and ducking and diving with Qui Gon Jinn played by our very own Liam Neeson.
Andy was very polite and interested in the fan and if I hd the ash i would have taken all of the photos of Watto he had signed. Thee larger figure is on my list to get for my collection and now with my signed Watto photo, that ambition is one step closer.
By Owen Quinn author of the Time Warriors and Zombie Blues
All photos copyright Owen Quinn
Having been to a couple of Walker Stalker events, I’d met a lot of the cast but still had some to tick off the list. I managed to tick off two in one day with Michael Cudlitz who played Abraham and Katelyn Nacon who played Enid.
I had seen Cudlitz twice before at Walker Stalker but had to meet Sonequa instead. So I finally got to meet him but sadly and unexpectedly, Michael was the least favourite meet among the Walking Dead cast to date. There was no queue and I was with my ife. I had brought the issue where Abraham forst debuts with me to be signed, a thing I’ve been doing for a while now. He looked over my head when I asked hima question and to be honest conversation was like pulling teeth. We were polite and got what I wanted but it was a disappointment.
Others have said he must have been having a bad day. He wasn’t rude, just seemed very disinterested. My omic was signed but thankfully Chandler Riggs and Katelyn Nacon were so good with the fans. But hey, i got what I wanted, just have a slightly disappointed taste in my mouth.
By Owen Quinn author of the Time Warriors and Zombie Blues
Northern Ireland Comic Con at the Eikon Centre Lisburn saw the appearance of three of the cast of the Walking Dead. Chandler Riggs, Michael Cudlitz and Katelyn Nacon entertained the crowds and I got two more off my bucket list.
The Time Warriors and Beyond 