Belcher, R S
Entry updated 27 July 2026. Tagged: Author.
(1967-2026) US author who began to publish fiction of genre interest with the novelette "Orphans" in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 9 (anth 2006) edited by Paula M Block, Elisa J Kassin and Dean Wesley Smith, an Original Anthology Tied to the Star Trek franchise. He also published one story as Rod Belcher. He is perhaps best known for the occult/weird Western historical-fantasy sequence Golgotha, based in part on the Tarot pack and opening with his first novel The Six-Gun Tarot (2013) [see Checklist below]. The Nightwise universe series beginning with Nightwise (2015) is Urban Fantasy [see The Encyclopedia of Fantasy under links below].
Of more direct sf interest is Men in Black: International (2019), the authorized novelization of Men in Black: International (2019), fourth film in the Men in Black franchise. The standalone Space Opera The Queen's Road (2020) entertainingly takes the road-movie trope into space: with access to the titular road through Hyperspace, a hot-rod car can cruise the Galactic Lens and beyond. Our initially bewildered Earthman protagonist soon acquires a mentor, one of the interstellar highway's Rangers who accept a responsibility to guard the worlds from the scum of the universe, including ultimately a full scale Alien Invasion. Fast-paced action blends with Humour. [DRL]
Rod S Belcher
born Roanoke, Virginia: 2 May 1967
died 10 July 2026
works
series
Golgotha
- The Six-Gun Tarot (New York: Tor, 2013) [Golgotha: hb/Raymond Swanland]
- The Shotgun Arcana (New York: Tor, 2014) [Golgotha: hb/Raymond Swanland]
- The Queen of Swords (New York: Tor, 2017) [Golgotha: hb/Raymond Swanland]
- The Golgotha Series (New York: Tor, 2019) [omni of the above three: ebook: Golgotha: na/]
- The Ghost Dance Judgement (Charlotte, North Carolina: Falstaff Books, 2020) [Golgotha: hb/]
Nightwise: Laytham Ballard
- Nightwise (New York: Tor, 2015) [Nightwise: Laytham Ballard: hb/]
- The Night Dahlia (New York: Tor, 2015) [Nightwise: Laytham Ballard: pb/Alejandro Colucci]
Nightwise: The Brotherhood of the Wheel
- The Brotherhood of the Wheel (New York: Tor, 2015) [Nightwise: The Brotherhood of the Wheel: hb/Raymond Swanland]
- King of the Road (New York: Tor, 2018) [Nightwise: The Brotherhood of the Wheel: hb/]
individual titles
- Men in Black: International (New York: Titan Books, 2019) [coll: tie to the film (see Men in Black): includes prequel short story: pb/photographic]
- The Queen's Road (Charlotte, North Carolina: Falstaff Books, 2020) [hb/]
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