Skelebunnies and My Next Novel

Has anyone read Skelebunnies?  And if so, is it as awesome as it sounds?  And if so, how is it possible for anything to be so damn awesome?

And I know that gilgrim is shaking his head as he reads this, no doubt, since Skelebunnies is published by the same good people who published his own Cemeterians, but damnit, I barely pay attention to anything at the best of times.

So, I’m thinking of a novel to write. It has this lost tribe of Egypt who, after the Babylonians invade Jerusalem, take off with the Ark of the Covenant (the first, wooden ark, not the second golden one) to Africa. The tribe eventually interbreeds with the natives and, after a few centuries, the tribe loses track of the Ark, though the story of its escape into Africa remains a part of the tribe’s history. Then, in modern times, a British archeologist who has been searching for the Ark is able (based on the tribe’s story and DNA evidence that suggests they are descended from the Israelites) to track down the wooden ark to a museum in Africa. But after he publishes his find (to international acclaim) the ark disappears. He then embarks on a quest to re-discover the ark, only to realize that an African warlord has stolen the ark and plans to use its power (plus a stock pile of nuclear weaponry) to declare war on the world.

So most of that…except for the stuff about “nuclear weapons” and “declaring war on the world” is all pretty much true…

You know what they say about truth and fiction, right? Well, that’s a best seller ripe for the taking.

Muse — Muscle Museum