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July 28, 2021
Review+Giveaway: The Conjuring of Zoth-Avarex by K.R.R. Lockhaven
Review of humorous fantasy The Conjuring of Zoth-Avarex by K.R.R. Lockhaven
Kept hidden by the United States government for decades, the Site is a place where magic is real. But that doesn’t mean that everything happening there is sparkly. Soul-sucking policies and layers of stifling bureaucracy threaten to take all the fun out of magic.
Harris, a newbie Conjurer, starts his first day of work at the Site bursting with excitement: he’s been brought on for an extremely big project ha...
July 27, 2021
Interview+Giveaway: Frostborn by Michael Haddad
Interview with Michael Haddad, author of YA fantasy Frostborn
The Frostborn—the one destined to end the war, the one blessed by the magic of Aether—was supposedly nothing more than a hopeless fairytale, a myth lost to time. But as the centuries-long war between the kingdoms of Eljud and Surtrol forces Elias Jökull to evacuate his village, a run-in with the fearsome Gjallarhorn army awakens within him a dormant power long since forgotten by the people—a power signaling the existence of...
July 22, 2021
Interview+Giveaway: If Darkness Takes Us by Brenda Marie Smith
Interview with Brenda Marie Smith, author of post-apocalyptic science fiction If Darkness Takes Us
In suburban Austin, Texas, Bea Crenshaw secretly prepares for apocalypse, but when a solar pulse destroys modern life, she’s left alone with four grandkids whose parents don’t return home. She must teach these kids to survive without power, cars, phones, running water, or doctors in a world fraught with increasing danger. And deciding whether or not to share food with her starving neighb...
July 21, 2021
Author Interview: Brian Baleno
Interview with Brian Baleno, author of new release Insignificant Ones-What inspired you to become a writer?
I have always enjoyed hearing people share their stories and writing is a way for me to both share and create stories. Writing both fiction and non-fiction allows me to create my own stories (fiction) and tell other people’s stories (non-fiction).
-If you could visit your book’s world for a day, what one thing would you do?
I would jump in during the Beach Bound chapter. I...
July 19, 2021
Review+Giveaway: The Hallowmas Train by Gloria Pearson-Vasey
Review of historical fantasy The Hallowmas Train by Gloria Pearson-Vasey
BOOK 1: Prosper Station
With Hallowmas approaching, time travellers Azur Moonstorey and companions exit the local library to board the midnight train bound for 19th-century Prosper Station. Their mission: to rescue Azur’s sister from the eerie dimension Vapourlea.
BOOK 2: Black Springs Abbey
After her harrowing rescue from Vapourlea, Hilma Moonstorey is still beset by anxiety and insecurities. Encouraged...
July 14, 2021
Exclusive Excerpt+Giveaway: City of Lights by Kelly Byrd
Featuring middle-grade fantasy City of Lights by Kelly Byrd
What happens when oh so ordinary Mary Jingo, follows her instincts (and her nose) and ends up in a magical land Far From Home?
In City of Lights, author Kelly Byrd introduces readers to Mary, who is one week away from finishing fifth grade. Mary’s mind is on starting middle school in the fall and finally getting her own phone. But then this ordinary girl notices glimmers of light and meets a strange little man who conjures...
July 13, 2021
Interview+Giveaway: The Clockmaker’s Tale by Ian Williams
Interview with Ian Williams, author of scifi novel The Clockmaker’s Tale
In The Clockmaker’s Tale: and other stories, Ian Williams takes us to the near future and beyond. From a moon base where androids conduct experiments on human test subjects, to futuristic tours of the ocean depths that hide a terrible secret; from a society governed by harsh rule of law that is enforced by AI, to a humble clockmaker tempted by the promise of increased productivity through technological augmentati...
July 7, 2021
Book Review: The Captain’s Daughters by Doreen D. Berger
The Captain’s Daughters, a middle-grade science fiction by Doreen D. BergerWhat would you do if you were abducted by aliens, managed to escape and find your way back home, only to discover that no one knows who you are?
For most adolescents, growing up is hard enough when one has both feet planted firmly on the ground. But for mischievous, twelve-year-old sisters Diane and Robin, life is complicated further by the fact that their father, Captain William Marsh, is the commander of the ...
June 30, 2021
Review+Giveaway: Bake Believe by Cori Cooper
Review of Bake Believe by Cori Cooper
Cat Anderson doesn’t want much out of life. Give her a circle of friends to giggle with, a few boys to flirt with, a cute outfit, and she is good to go! She especially could care less about food.
But food, it turns out, is a very big deal.
In Cat’s family there is a secret too fantastic to be real. Something happens when Cat bakes.
Something amazing.
Something impossible.
Can it be true? Or is it Bake Believe?
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June 28, 2021
Excerpt+Giveaway: Unbound by Kirsten Weiss
Featuring Unbound by Kirsten Weiss, book 10 in the Witches of Doyle paranormal mystery series
Three Witches and a Metaphysical Detective…
Riga just wants to mentor three young witches and go home. Doyle witch Jayce wouldn’t take help if it landed on her. But when a man is murdered in front of their eyes, these two must learn to work together. Because a dead man is the least of their worries… Jayce Bonheim loves magic and Doyle, California. But she and her small town have been payin...
