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“You heard me. Now I have to get going.” Jacques didn’t even bother to come up with a reason behind his need to exit. Why make one up if he didn’t need to. Unfortunately Nevio bounced back quicker than he expected.

“Oh no you don’t.” Nevio snagged Jacques collar and scruffed him like a maladjuste...

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The new Predator: If it Bleeds anthology comes out this week.

Predator: If It Bleeds

I got to write about a group of samurai fighting the “Oni of Aokigahara”. It came out pretty awesome. I got to do a few fun, interesting things, and I love writing samurai drama. My story is called Three Sparks....

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"John lived in a boat turned upside down on the sands, Michael in a wigwam, Wendy in a house of leaves deftly sewn together. John had no friends, Michael had friends at night, Wendy had a pet wolf forsaken by its parents; but on the whole the Neverlands have a family resemblance, and if they sto...

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This chapter comes from the 2000 draft of a book called Dragonsteel. Some of the settings, situations, and characters were repurposed into The Way of Kings (2010).

“All right, men,” Jerick said, scanning the piles of bones. “You know what to do.”

The members of the Fourth Bridge fanned out, scave...

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Is there a physical reason why a planet might have ended up looking like some sort of fat, intergalactic caterpillar?

We are visiting our local RWA chapter tomorrow and answering questions, so if you are an RWA member in Austin and you want to ask us something about industry or writing, now if your chance.

More details here: http://austinrwa.org/ilona-andrews/

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(Cosmo Sheldrake)

After a month and a half of converting three books to paperback format, and other administrative functions, I can finally get back to writing Sandman. Some of the delay could have been procrastination due to the complexity of a Which-Way book.

After the most recent headache of converting Crux of P... Read more of this blog post »

Just got back from Bouchercon 2017, AKA the World Mystery Convention in Toronto. If you've never been to a book convention I highly recommend it.

"Collecting the Dead" was nominated for the Barry Award for Best Thriller, and the award was handed out during the opening ceremonies, along with many... Read more of this blog post »

Hello Goodreaders,
It's been a long time since I updated this blog space. How is everyone? Have you picked up my latest, Dangerous Bonds?

It's funny, I got the idea for this story nearly two years ago when I was in Lafayette, Alabama and stopped by an old run-down gas station and suddenly my mind... Read more of this blog post »

Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor Volume 5 - The Twist by George Mann

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This book gives us two twelfth Doctor stories. First up is the Twist which a twisty shaped artificial world with a great punk scene where the Doctor finds a mysterious death leading to a mysterious group of... Read more of this blog post »

The more I write, the more the creative process changes. My first foray into fiction resulted in short stories for the most part. They were written organically, with simple, abstract ideas in mind. Literally, I would sit down and try to write with no outline at all. I was repulsed by the idea of... Read more of this blog post »

Merton the older brother is obsessed with flying; Nuttal the younger greatly admires his brother and is very supportive of him...unlike the rest of the family. Together, they combine amateur woodworking skills and determination in an attempt to build the first mouse-powered glider. Along the way,... Read more of this blog post »

A lot of preparation went into pulling off a successful author event at my city's first ever PumpkinFest- but it was well worth the effort and time invested to book local authors, create decorations to spruce up a perfectly vanilla empty room to give it an autumn/Halloween themed feel, and to put... Read more of this blog post »

In St. Augustine’s Confessions, the priest visits the Manichees, an ancient non-Christian religion devoted to the idea that there were good and bad particles in the world. Some of these particles, we controlled through digestion. For instance, if one eats an apple and expels a belch from that app... Read more of this blog post »

My appearance starts at 3:43:00.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O427A...

Four years ago some friends and I got together to write a book. It was so much fun, and received such lovely feedback from readers, we've gone back to Kingston Castle and written a sequel to At the Duke's Wedding. Today you can get At the Christmas Wedding, in which it snows (heavily), the castl... Read more of this blog post »

Skylar Robbins: The Mystery of the Missing Heiress is now available on Kindle! Join my secure mailing list here: http://carrie-cross.com/, and receive a free copy of my upcoming Skylar Robbins novella, Gwendolyn's Revenge.

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So it was a massive waiting game, waiting for Ophelia to hit. Strong winds came and went and along the east coast of Ireland and around Dublin where I am currently.
It has been reported that there has been loss of life from accidents this day of the hurricane and this of course is a sadness. Our t... Read more of this blog post »

I just received the video of the Eureka! comedy show I was on, which focuses on science. The 90-minute show was on #transhumanism (and a bit on my Governor run). This may be the first (or one of the first) live comedy shows that focused entirely on transhumanism. Check it out! https://www.youtube... Read more of this blog post »

The latest book in the Nuggies children's book series is almost here! BABY CHOMPER'S BATH TIME is a bubbly and buoyant tale about a little puppy who learns to have fun doing his least favorite thing-- taking a bath!



One day, baby Chomper escapes from home and gets muddy and stinky beyond belief.... Read more of this blog post »

Paradise Can Be Murder: A Kay Driscoll Mystery by Susan Bernhardt will be released November 14. Pre-orders are available now.

Blurb: Kay, Phil, and friends are looking forward to taking their first vacation together on a Caribbean cruise. Visits to exotic islands, sailing through turquoise water... Read more of this blog post »

Here is a link to view the issue:

https://issuu.com/storymonstersink/do...

You’ll find the article on page 26.

If you'd prefer to read a pdf file, just click the top left arrow to download after you click the link.

And here is a link to our Facebook post. If you'd like to share it to your page, that... Read more of this blog post »

Hey friends, I’ve got a little outtake on Tumblr for you!

As part of Dare’s crowdfunding campaign, this was written for a generous anonymous contributor, who gave me a few prompt choices.

Taking place years before "Trick," it features one of my favorite relationships in the Foolish Kingdoms series... Read more of this blog post »

Sun struggles among clouds
Painting shape-shifting images
Phantoms hide a
Metaphysical medley
Ghosting in my mind
Unreliable narrator
Of my own life
Mirrors lie…

© 2017 Clarissa Simmens (ViataMaja)

A thumping sounded in the wall, sometimes light and sometimes heavy. With the construction going on down the street, I never put much thought into it. When I lay down to go to sleep, the thumping sounded again, and I groaned in the back of my throat until I realized two things--the construction w... Read more of this blog post »

There's going to be two more books in the His Fair Assassin series?!

WHAAAAAAAAAT!

Guys, I'm so, so happy right now.
Have you guys read this series?
If you haven't, let me just say:
Assassin.
Nuns.

Robin LaFevers, love you, girl.

My latest fake historical essay about the supposed "real" Illuminati explains why Genghis Khan wanted to conquer Europe. About as historically accurate as the rest of my fake historical essays. A snippet:

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Since Alexander the Great founded the Real Illuminati in ancient ti... Read more of this blog post »

If you’re like me, you love the feeling of browsing around in a bookstore and discovering something new. What if you could go to a bookstore where all of the books were new? There’s something very much like that happening online right now through the end of November.

I’m very happy to report that... Read more of this blog post »

Announcement time!

Vigil, the debut novel of Jerry Glas, will be available on November 17, 2017! Preorders for the hardcover version are in progress at Shalamar's website. Digital versions will also be available on that date.

A special thanks goes out to Twila Dickinson of Twilight Designs for crea... Read more of this blog post »

Awakened by a Kiss, (originally published by Penguin, 2010) is back -- and at a first ever low sale price of $1.99!

*This price won't last long. Sale price of $1.99 are for pre-orders only.* Get your copy now!

PRE-ORDER NOW!

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Inspired by three classic fairy tales—“Sleepin... Read more of this blog post »

Most of you know that I’m involved in the VEIL KNIGHTS series under the pen name of Rowan Casey with 11 other fine writers. Today we’re running a promo to bring new readers into the series, with a box set of the first three books on sale at Amazon for only 99c in the US. It’s also now on offer f... Read more of this blog post »

Why do the chapters not start over between books?

Demons of Astlan is a single, very long book, split into multiple volumes, hence the chapters continue from volume to volume.

Why are you splitting it up?

A) Same reason stories were often serialized, to get it out the door sooner. Also doing the... Read more of this blog post »

Facebook is a Flipping Pest.

Anytime I check my page, it bugs me to post something without the slightest care, concern or regard for whether I actually have anything worth saying. For that worth I’ve been getting book three ready—formatting; designing a cover; things like that—but that’s hardly s...

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HAPPY MONDAY AWESOME READERS!
Today marks the cover reveal for ' My Enemy Next Door '-- a steamy 'enemies to lovers' romance! It's my first time co-writing with my author bestie, Whitney G, and it's been our passion project for the past few weeks.
My Enemy Next Door is the second book in a three bo... Read more of this blog post »

AuthorDb.com cover contest finishes the first phase on November 23. After that, semi-finalists will be announced. Please vote for my cover of Charlie the Horse. My sister, Holly Humphrys-Bajaj, drew this adorable cover.
Thank you for your support.
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https://authorsdb.com/2017-... Read more of this blog post »

Family and community are two words that are flung around like confetti nowadays. We're a football family. We are a community of like-minded individuals who like a certain musical group. We think of community not as something where we are actively involved but where we are brought together for sho... Read more of this blog post »