My Books

The boy called “Pig”, grew up reading stories of airships and boy adventurers in penny dreadfuls. At twelve he finds himself orphaned and apprenticed to Feng Po McLaren, semi reformed air-pirate, first mate of the airship Wu Zetian along the High Silk Road between China and Europe. Now he is facing air pirates, rebels, five unusual women of dangerous abilities, and a clockwork dragon.

This seemed all so much easier in the books.  

Release Date December 11th, 2022

  "If you are looking for exotic adventure and daring-do escapes you cannot find a better choice than Master writer Matulich’s The Silk Empress!!!"  

Teel James Glenn, author of “Gaslight Magick”

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BCZVN48D/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i3

 Chris Day had a perfect life… when he was twelve years old. Twenty years later, he is divorced, unemployed, and desperate to get through to his twelve year daughter, Liv. He hopes his grandmother’s dairy farm in Crickson, California will be a good place to start a new life. Chris spent his boyhood summers in mischief and squirrel-launching there with his two best friends, Olivia and Rafael.

Today, the dairy farmers grow marijuana to make ends meet, and the local radio station broadcasts the movements of the DEA to help them stay one step ahead. His grandmother’s obsession with squirrels has turned to a crusade of extermination. Olivia and Rafael are still in town, but nothing like the kids he dreamed of coming back to. Liv is sneaking out of the house late at night and Grandma has a collection of squirrel torture porn and homemade explosives. Pets and livestock are disappearing at an increasing rate.

You really can’t go home again, especially when it’s being eaten by GMO killer squirrels. 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07YGPTXHH/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0

 "The time of sex, magick, and power tools is coming to an end."

"... unapologetically over-the-top, this supernatural tale maintains a fervent, magical pace." - Kirkus Reviews

In spite of the worst legal, economic, and metaphysical efforts of Jeremiah Stone and his surviving family, it is almost opening day at Arcanum Faire. Marc Sindri wields his shovel and noumena against all comers as the witch Brenwyn explores the concept of non-accidental sex magick. Construction workers, witches, and minions on all sides deal with all the most fearful things in Arcanum, Ohio: reanimated road-kill, raging queens, pike-wielding re-enactors, meat puppets, a Wiccan non-witch, and Eleazar’s terrifying encounter with monogamy.

And there’s always the question of the second anvil. 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B082ZDN9XD/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1

 The comedy of sex, magick and power tools continues . . . 

After only a few weeks in Arcanum Ohio, Marc Sindri finds himself in love with Brenwyn the witch; hospitalized by Jeremiah Stone’s sex-conjured demon; and woefully behind in his construction deadlines to open the new renaissance faire by May first. Moving in with Brenwyn for protection from further supernatural attacks during his rehabilitation, Marc delegates the work on Arcanum Faire to his minions, Eleazar the ren faire libertine and Michael the overwrought artisan. The path to the faire’s opening day is not smooth, obstructed by invisible tentacle demons, undead skinless bunnies, interference from OSHA and even the Vatican, but Marc slowly recovers. With luck, he will soon be healthy enough to lift a chainsaw or survive sex. Through a vegan Thanksgiving, a tool-bedecked Christmas, and lovers’ spats with a woman that can throw lightning bolts, Marc makes his way mostly unscathed. 

If only his semi-erotic dream about hedgetrimmers and a sacred grove didn’t end up leaking into Brenwyn’s sleeping mind. 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07ZN1FFCM/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2

 "Witches, magick, demons, monsters, laughter and power tools. What more could anyone ask?"
Dennis L. McKiernan, author of STOLEN CROWN, a novel of Mithgar

"Ingenious and vivid." Lois McMaster Bujold, multiple HUGO and NEBULA Award winning author of PALADIN OF SOULS

"This is the first novel by Josef Matulich, who approaches the material like he’s studied the work of Robert Bloch and Jeff Strand, seamlessly blending horror and humor into a distinctive voice of his own."
Hellnotes

A comedy about Sex, Magick, and Power Tools.

Marc Sindri, prankster and contractor, comes to Arcanum Ohio to build a renaissance faire in only seven months. A man with a reputation for delivering miracles and a bad history with crazy people who believe in magical conspiracies, he soon finds himself in a small town filled with magick and intrigue. In spite of the recurring pain in the back of his head that reminds him of what happens when pretty girls smile, he gets caught up in a love triangle between Brenwyn, head of the local Wiccan coven, and Jeremiah, her demonologist ex. As Marc tries to meet his impossible deadlines, he navigates a landscape of witches, demons, power tools and undead skinless bunnies, armed only with his own abilities and a shovel. 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VFTWSPR/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i4