1889.ca

The Blog Stream
1889 Books
Announcing The Scarlet Lemming! February 3,2010

My next project, The Scarlet Lemming, will be kicking off on February 15!

Topic Tag: Discourse February 1,2010

“Nutella,” said she, “I decree, is the greatest substance in the world.”

New Mystery Underway! February 1,2010

You may not know it, but a new Mystery is underway at 1889.ca!

Uhopping Chapter 5: Electric February 1,2010

This is part five of the Uhopping adventure that is spanning lots of webfic sites…

Topic Tag: Ohh, Yes! January 28,2010

“I’m serious,” wrote Anna, late in the evening, “you are.”

Topic Tag: The Glitch January 28,2010

The bank heist was not going as planned.

Liveblog: iTablet Press Event January 27,2010

PTTBT’s Erin Barkley brings you inside Apple’s iTablet press conference, LIVE!

Programming Note: Liveblogging Tomorrow January 26,2010

Tomorrow at 10AM PST, 1889.ca will bring you the Apple press event LIVE!

A Hell of a Morning January 26,2010

Daylight savings meant the hell-hounds wanted walking an hour early.

When Archimedes finds himself naked in the middle of town, he inadvertently breaks Winston’s First Rule of Artful Diplomacy...
When Owen’s second cousin Panda comes to visit, things go from bad to worse, to INSANE!
A fable about patent reform, for children and CEOs.
It's the age of the home-made virus, and humanity is dying. It just doesn't know it yet.
Archimedes and Lord Likely fight to the death in London!
A compilation of short stories from MCM's 2009. Full of silly.
Cocaine is for pansies.
Xander and the wind did not get along. He knew he had to learn to get along with the wind... but how?
Be part of the problem.
Pinch to kill.
It's the age of the home-made virus, and humanity is dying. It just doesn't know it yet.
When danger strikes the Maritime Museum, TorrentBoy and his crazy teddy bear Crash must save the day!
Percy is a gargoyle, but not a very good one.
Gare Marx has been a PI for all of five minutes when he discovers he sucks at it.
TorrentBoy battles to stop the evil Lord Thorax's plan to turn the entire world into zombies!
Even criminals have their own forbidden fruit.
Archimedes and Finley find themselves at the Titan Inn, where a murderer is on the rampage!
The classic tale about the dangers of digital rights management.
It was increasingly obvious that Thomas Edison’s tongue was not nearly as agile as he had suggested by mail, so Archimedes fed the sheep their biscuits and politely excused himself from the study.
Maggie is a 3-year-old with a very big idea: she wants to play the cello.

About 1889 Labs

“I have seen the future of books, and it is Victoria’s [MCM]“.
— Adrian Chamberlain, Victoria Times Colonist

Hi there!  I’m MCM, and I write stuff.

I created a TV series called RollBots, which is playing Saturday mornings around the world as we speak.  When not making cartoon shows, I do something called Livewriting, which is like live, improvisational novel-writing on the internet.  It has to be seen to be appreciated.

I’ve written a bunch of stories, from the kids’ books The Pig and the Box, TorrentBoy and Xander and the Wind to adult thrillers like The Vector, Typhoon and The New Real.  You can find my works in print or as eBooks, often in many, many languages.

“MCM is one of the most unique voices working in SciFi today.”
— Martin Gero, Producer, Stargate: Atlantis, Stargate: Universe

I have a long history in technology (I built this website myself), and am active in the Free Culture movement.  My writing has been praised by Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation, as well as Cory Doctorow, a pioneering author in the world of science fiction.  I believe in sane copyright, which is why all my works are Creative Commons licensed.

I don’t do things the easy way, or even the reasonable way… but I get things done.  My goal is to bring you on an amazing adventure… onscreen, and off.  I hope you’ll take me up on the offer.

9 Responses to “About 1889 Labs”

  1. Creative Commons Canada » The Pig and the Box says:
    January 28, 2009 at 2:53 am

    [...] Pig and the Box” is a modern fable, penned by Canadian literary laureate MCM, that teaches kids and adults alike that sharing is always a good idea. MCM walks the walk too, The [...]

    Reply
  2. Creative Commons Canada » Poke of the Titans says:
    February 26, 2009 at 2:08 am

    [...] and the Titans” is Book 2 in MCM’s 12 Books, 12 Months write-athon; and graciously made-available under a Creative Commons [...]

    Reply
  3. torrentboy « murdelta says:
    March 26, 2009 at 5:47 pm

    [...] · No Comments torrentboy ist ein projekt des kanadiers mcm, der auch schon eine reihe an anderen cc-buechern veroeffentlicht hat. bei dem aktuellen soll es [...]

    Reply
  4. Creative Commons Canada » TorrentBoy: Zombie World! says:
    March 27, 2009 at 11:24 pm

    [...] Zombie World!” is Book 3 in MCM’s 12 Books, 12 Months write-athon and it does not [...]

    Reply
  5. Creative Commons Canada » Fission Chips says:
    June 7, 2009 at 12:33 am

    [...] Chips is Book 4 from our favourite scribbler, MCM. 8 to [...]

    Reply
  6. Creative Commons Canada » Percy’s Perch says:
    July 8, 2009 at 11:01 pm

    [...] Perch is Book 5 from our favourite scribbler, MCM in collaboration with Kari Lynn Smith. 7 more to [...]

    Reply
  7. A huge thank you to MCM « From a little office in a little house says:
    September 1, 2009 at 12:19 pm

    [...] MCM, the  creator of RollBots (wiki page here), has been using his image composition skills (or whatever they’re technically called–I’m so un-pro I don’t know the lingo) to greatly improve my book covers. The first, Homefront, went from my novice effort (critiqued in the above quote) [...]

    Reply
  8. Creative Commons Canada » The Vector says:
    November 10, 2009 at 8:36 pm

    [...] Vector is Book 9 from our favourite scribbler, MCM. If you haven’t gotten to know the man they’re calling “one of the most unique voices [...]

    Reply
  9. Creative Commons Canada » Xander and the Wind says:
    December 5, 2009 at 12:51 am

    [...] Vector is Book 10 from our favourite scribbler, MCM. If you haven’t gotten to know the man they’re calling “one of the most unique voices [...]

    Reply

Leave a Reply