About ACE Writing
Adrian Cobon and the Three Pen Names
The Writer & The Imprint
ACE Writing is the imprint of Adrian Cobon, a professional copywriter and fiction author based in Indianapolis, Indiana.
After more than sixteen years shaping other people’s words, Adrian turned that same editorial discipline toward three pulp-inspired universes of his own: Detroit organized crime, a lunar colony on the edge of independence, and a sword & sandal epic centered on a gay gladiator.
The imprint exists to keep things honest and reader-first: each universe has its own pen name so readers can immediately recognize the flavor of story they are getting.
Ozzie Michaels fronts the gritty Detroit crime thrillers, Addison Port holds the line on the Moon, and Titus Marcellus carries the sword in the arena, but all three are Adrian’s work under the ACE Writing banner.
"Adrian Cobon is a professional editor and copywriter based in Indianapolis, Indiana, and the writer behind the ACE Writing imprint. Publishing under the pen names Ozzie Michaels, Addison Port, and Titus Marcellus, he writes gritty Detroit crime thrillers, grounded lunar colony science fiction, and brutal sword & sandal fantasy centered on queer characters."
In My Own Words
I’ve spent more than sixteen years in professional editing and copywriting, which means most of my adult life has been about making other people’s ideas sharper, clearer, and harder to put down.
ACE Writing is where that same discipline goes into the kinds of books I wanted more of: crime that understands modern surveillance, science fiction that takes colonial politics seriously, and sword & sandal adventure that lets a gay warrior stand at the center of the story instead of the margins.
The Detroit books follow a syndicate that thrives in the shrinking shadows of a watched city, where every camera, smartphone, and database is both a threat and a weapon.
The lunar colony series treats off-world expansion as a messy blend of corporate interest, national pride, and liberation movements rather than a clean utopia.
The sword & sandal books wear their love of Conan, Spartacus, and old-school pulp on their sleeves, but refuse to treat a gay protagonist as a twist; his desire is baked into the world and the stakes from page one.
ACE Writing is small on purpose: a one-writer “house” that can move quickly, take risks, and cultivate a direct relationship with readers instead of chasing everyone at once.
If you stick around, you’ll get flawed characters, vivid settings, and stories that respect your time while still leaving room to linger in the world after you close the book.