The Jubal County Saga

Howard Marsh is a lot of things: a liar, a thief, a poor man’s wizard. He’s the product of a miserable county with more dirt roads than paved; where poverty and loss is the order of the day. He’s a man haunted by his past, and has yet to find any reason to try and piece himself back together.

Where we find him is at the bottom, eking out a living as a water witch, a copper thief, a finder of lost things. Living in a storage shed and trying to maintain what's left of the frayed relationships of the few family members who will still talk to him. Untrained, he uses the drugs that ravage his body to fuel his magic.

Want all six books in an easy to handle format? Pick up the omnibus editions! Each omnibus contains three books in the Jubal County Saga.

Like short stories? Check out Southern Saudade, a collection of short stories and novellas from the world of Jubal County.

Signed Copies

Audiobooks

Want To Purchase A Signed Copy?

Reach out on my contact page and I will make it happen. Or just find me at an in person event, I never charge for autographs.

Prices, including tax and shipping to the lower 48 states via media mail:

Bringing Home The Rain - $30

Southern Saudade - $30

Omnibus Edition - $50

Like To Listen on Audible?

The Jubal County Saga is coming to Audible! With narration by John Solo, who is amazing!

All six books will eventually be on there. Currently the first three are available, with the rest to follow in the coming year.

Click HERE to get them on Audible!

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Being creative is a great thing!
Using that creativity to get noticed is even better.

You want to know how to achieve your goals as a creative, and this book is here to help you do just that! But lots of books will help you in that regard, so why choose this one?

Because it’s not boring.

Author Bob McGough is an odd dude who has lived a weird life. Drawing from many years of quirky lived experience, he details how to use your creativity to get noticed, using actual examples from his life. Sure, you could read a book from an actual big name success. But why not try one from a creative who’s in the trenches grinding away alongside you? Someone just a little farther along the path, who has taught others how to reach their goals?

Part autobiography, part instructional guidebook it will keep you interested as an otherwise usually boring topic gets discussed. He gets incredibly transparent with you, be it with exact sales numbers or how depression has influenced his career. There are guides to get you started, ideas to get you thinking, and actual examples to keep you interested!

And with this second edition, it’s now over four times longer and contains over 50 curse words, several terrible puns, and more self-deprecating humor than is probably healthy!

Create Your Way To Freedom!

On the weekend of September 27th, 2024, Hurricane Helene brought devastating flooding to the mountains of North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee, resulting in the loss of over one hundred souls and the destruction of entire communities. The destruction is catastrophic, and we at Falstaff Books are bringing together some of the top names in genre fiction to help out our neighbors.

APPALACHIAN STRONG is a charity anthology featuring short stories from amazing writers, with proceeds going directly to individuals suffering the effects of Helene. The money raised will go directly to businesses and individuals recovering from this devastating catastrophe.

Includes stories by: Jonathan Maberry, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Robert J. Sawyer, Maurice Broaddus, Richard Kadrey, L. Marie Wood, Chuck Wendig, A.J. Hartley, Diana Peterfreund, Kat Richardson, Matt Dinniman, Eric R. Asher, Keith R.A. Decandido, R.R. Virdi, Aaron Rosenberg, and many more (including Bob).

Anthologies and Other Works Featuring Bob

What Folks Are Saying!

"A self-proclaimed irredeemable meth-head antihero has to save, well, everything in his little part of the world in this rollicking series -- The Redemption of Howard Marsh. I'm LOVING it. More please!"

Faith Hunter - NYT Bestselling Author

This is a brilliant one. The narrative goes done smooth like icy sweet tea on a sweltering summer day. Worth a read!”

– Jilleen Dolbeare, The Shadow Winged Chronicles

Enjoyed highly! As always, a brand-new Howard Marsh installment is a first day must read!”

– Rachel Brune, Crone Girls Press/Falstaff Dread

Others have compared it to Dresden, and the pacing and internal dialogue are just as great as Butcher's, but Howard Marsh is even better - a complex man with secrets and a hell of an addiction.”

- Berta Platas, By Honor Bound series

2022 has been an amazing year for discovering new writers, and Bob McGough is right up there, as one of those key discoveries. Original, fresh, poignantly beautiful, and groundingly real for urban (rural?) fantasy, this was one that hangs around after you've finished.

– C. N. Rowan, imPerfect Cathar series

“Pick it up if you’re in the mood for rural fantasy set in backwoods Alabama. Grab it if you want to read about a redneck witch and a drug addict solving occult mysteries. If you’re looking for good urban fantasy with horror elements, yes, you guessed right. Go for it. It’s fun!”

– Fantasy Book Critic

Somewhere Between Jim Butcher and Bill Faulkner.

– Julia Sullivan, The Student Body (A Novel)