Adam Kovac
@boondock60mm.bsky.social
Author of HAUNTED SPACE: PARADISE FOR EXTINCTION and THE SURGE, science fiction role-playing game writer/developer, creator of the HARD VACUUM series, soccer dad, Army veteran and former journalist.
Hired to investigate lost communications with a remote outpost, the players must survive a deadly conspiracy to betray the inhabitants of a tiny moon and exploit their resources.
HARD VACUUM - Issue 11: Massacre Moon, now @drivethrurpg.com: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
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HARD VACUUM - Issue 11: Massacre Moon, now @drivethrurpg.com: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
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November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Hired to investigate lost communications with a remote outpost, the players must survive a deadly conspiracy to betray the inhabitants of a tiny moon and exploit their resources.
HARD VACUUM - Issue 11: Massacre Moon, now @drivethrurpg.com: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
#CepheusEngine
HARD VACUUM - Issue 11: Massacre Moon, now @drivethrurpg.com: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
#CepheusEngine
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November 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I believe I'm contractually obligated to promote my novel today. Sorry, I don't make the rules.
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Meanwhile, over at the bad place ...
November 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meanwhile, over at the bad place ...
A science base overrun with deadly life forms. Test the wits and will of your PCs in HARD VACUUM - Issue 10: Containment Breach. An old-school bug hunt and most challenging adventure in the series, so far.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A science base overrun with deadly life forms. Test the wits and will of your PCs in HARD VACUUM - Issue 10: Containment Breach. An old-school bug hunt and most challenging adventure in the series, so far.
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"Readers will come away from this book shaken, mad, and stunned." - @ericshonkwiler.bsky.social, author of Above All Men and Moon Up, Past Full
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November 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"Readers will come away from this book shaken, mad, and stunned." - @ericshonkwiler.bsky.social, author of Above All Men and Moon Up, Past Full
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Deal Alert: HAUNTED SPACE: PARADISE FOR EXTINCTION. A sci-fi/horror novel pitched as The Expanse meets Lovecraft Country. A universe filled with werewolves, space pirates, vampires, faeries, doomsday cults. Even the Yeti. Appreciate @maudlinhouse.bsky.social for giving my second novel a home.
November 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Deal Alert: HAUNTED SPACE: PARADISE FOR EXTINCTION. A sci-fi/horror novel pitched as The Expanse meets Lovecraft Country. A universe filled with werewolves, space pirates, vampires, faeries, doomsday cults. Even the Yeti. Appreciate @maudlinhouse.bsky.social for giving my second novel a home.
At my age, trick or treating takes place at the local burger joint. This is my full-size candy bar.
October 31, 2025 at 11:48 PM
At my age, trick or treating takes place at the local burger joint. This is my full-size candy bar.
It was fantastic.
October 26, 2025 at 2:05 AM
It was fantastic.
HARD VACUUM - Issue 10: Containment Breach. The most challenging adventure in the series, so far. Intrigue. Terror. Low odds of survival. An old-school dungeon crawl. It's a bug hunt. Now available @drivethrurpg.com.
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October 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
HARD VACUUM - Issue 10: Containment Breach. The most challenging adventure in the series, so far. Intrigue. Terror. Low odds of survival. An old-school dungeon crawl. It's a bug hunt. Now available @drivethrurpg.com.
#CepheusEngine #TravellerRPG
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HARD VACUUM: A series of short science-fiction adventures designed for a one-shot session or side quest in nearly any #CepheusEngine or #TravellerRPG campaign. See if it's a fit for your table @drivethrurpg.com.
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October 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
HARD VACUUM: A series of short science-fiction adventures designed for a one-shot session or side quest in nearly any #CepheusEngine or #TravellerRPG campaign. See if it's a fit for your table @drivethrurpg.com.
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And if you're new to the Brixton System, backing the campaign is a fabulous way to catch up on all the action.
September 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
And if you're new to the Brixton System, backing the campaign is a fabulous way to catch up on all the action.
"Chandler once had that dream, too, but knows how easily it became a nightmarish reality that ruins a man’s happiness and sense of self-worth at an early age." - @petermolin.bsky.social
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September 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"Chandler once had that dream, too, but knows how easily it became a nightmarish reality that ruins a man’s happiness and sense of self-worth at an early age." - @petermolin.bsky.social
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Latest book mail: The Inquisitor's Manual by Antonio Lobo Antunes. His books are amazing and, for me, function somewhat like a survival guide for these batshit crazy times, which are starting to become eerily similar to the Estado Novo.
September 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Latest book mail: The Inquisitor's Manual by Antonio Lobo Antunes. His books are amazing and, for me, function somewhat like a survival guide for these batshit crazy times, which are starting to become eerily similar to the Estado Novo.
Fingers crossed!
September 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Fingers crossed!
"The paradox of dullness during wartime lingers over every scene of The Surge to the point where following Chandler around all day becomes an exercise in both patience and anxiety." - @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social
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September 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"The paradox of dullness during wartime lingers over every scene of The Surge to the point where following Chandler around all day becomes an exercise in both patience and anxiety." - @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social
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On the Metra headed home after a lovely but exhausting day at the Printers Row lit fest. Really enjoyed meeting so many fabulous people and signing copies of THE SURGE!
September 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
On the Metra headed home after a lovely but exhausting day at the Printers Row lit fest. Really enjoyed meeting so many fabulous people and signing copies of THE SURGE!
"Adam Kovac’s The Surge, a novel that, upon reading, I realize is the nexus novel of the nexus event of the nexus war of the nexus country." - @travisklempan.bsky.social
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September 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"Adam Kovac’s The Surge, a novel that, upon reading, I realize is the nexus novel of the nexus event of the nexus war of the nexus country." - @travisklempan.bsky.social
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Gearing up to attend the Printers Row lit fest in Chicago tomorrow. I'll be signing copies of THE SURGE at the @tortoisebooks.bsky.social booth in the small press tent from 1-3 pm. Stop by, it'd be fabulous to see you.
September 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Gearing up to attend the Printers Row lit fest in Chicago tomorrow. I'll be signing copies of THE SURGE at the @tortoisebooks.bsky.social booth in the small press tent from 1-3 pm. Stop by, it'd be fabulous to see you.
August 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"In this remarkable debut, Adam Kovac has not only produced a vivid and compelling story about the reality of war, he's somehow conjured an allegory for where we are in American history." Naeem Murr, author of The Perfect Man
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August 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"In this remarkable debut, Adam Kovac has not only produced a vivid and compelling story about the reality of war, he's somehow conjured an allegory for where we are in American history." Naeem Murr, author of The Perfect Man
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The players are invited to a fancy meal and end up poisoned by a criminal mastermind. To get the antidote, they must retrieve a data wafer from a seedy hotel and outwit a pack of gangsters and corrupt cops.
HARD VACUUM - 08: Foxy Lady, now @drivethrurpg.com:
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HARD VACUUM - 08: Foxy Lady, now @drivethrurpg.com:
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
August 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The players are invited to a fancy meal and end up poisoned by a criminal mastermind. To get the antidote, they must retrieve a data wafer from a seedy hotel and outwit a pack of gangsters and corrupt cops.
HARD VACUUM - 08: Foxy Lady, now @drivethrurpg.com:
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
HARD VACUUM - 08: Foxy Lady, now @drivethrurpg.com:
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
It's National Book Lovers Day and here's a novel that'd love to be on your shelf.
August 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
It's National Book Lovers Day and here's a novel that'd love to be on your shelf.
My contributor's copy of the See You, Space Cowboy ... Adventure Anthology. A must-have for anyone who enjoyed the Cowboy Bebop anime series. Really enjoyed writing the scenario, Dark Harvest, for this super-fun #ttrpg supplement from Tidal Wave Games.
Check it out: tidalwavegames.bigcartel.com
Check it out: tidalwavegames.bigcartel.com
July 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
My contributor's copy of the See You, Space Cowboy ... Adventure Anthology. A must-have for anyone who enjoyed the Cowboy Bebop anime series. Really enjoyed writing the scenario, Dark Harvest, for this super-fun #ttrpg supplement from Tidal Wave Games.
Check it out: tidalwavegames.bigcartel.com
Check it out: tidalwavegames.bigcartel.com
Time to play what's NOT on my bookshelf: A gorgeous 1930 first edition of The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett in mint condition. Fantastic gift from my fabulous wife. This beauty stays in the safe.
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#rarebooks #oldbooks #bookcollector
July 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Time to play what's NOT on my bookshelf: A gorgeous 1930 first edition of The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett in mint condition. Fantastic gift from my fabulous wife. This beauty stays in the safe.
#rarebooks #oldbooks #bookcollector
#rarebooks #oldbooks #bookcollector