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August 31, 2023
A Bewitching Thursday
War of the Sea - Kickstarter by Dana Claire #bewitchingbooktours https://buff.ly/3L8i8Fh
Guardians by TJ Baer
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The Siphoning (The Redemption Series, Book One) by D.T. Stubblefield #Fantasy @DT_Stubblefield #bewitchingbooktours https://buff.ly/3swTk3o
Guardians by T.J. Baer #YASciFi #LGBTQ+ #bewitchingbooktours https://buff.ly/45uf4LV
Something sinister lurks in a Knob Hill mansion waiting to prey on impressionable young men.
Haunted Flint https://amzn.to/2Gt3Cpw #HauntedFlint #RoxanneRhoads #JoeSchipani
Navigating Stormy Seas: The Interplay of Greek Mythology, Tarot Cards, and "War of the Sea" #bewitchingbooktours https://buff.ly/3qLf4Iq
Two outcasts meet at the border of two warring lands and join against n rising evil. The Siphoning is coming on September 4, 2023!
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Nicola Solvinic's new book, THE HUNTER’S DAUGHTER from Berkley Publishing Group, is now available for pre-order: https://bit.ly/3YDcQHB
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August 30, 2023
Join me this Saturday, September 2 from 11-6 pm
The Living Library features the area's best true crime, paranormal, and horror authors.
Meet Authors Nicole Beauchamp, Tobin T. Buhk, Jenn Carpenter, Tom Carr , R.J. Lloyd, Roxanne Rhoads, Ruin Road, Rod Sadler, Kory M. Shrum, Exie Susanne Smith, Allison Spooner, and Kathleen Rydel Tedsen
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I will have copies of Haunted Flint & Ghosts and Legends of Genesee and Lapeer Counties.
A Festival of Oddities
Eaton County's Museum at Courthouse Square
100 W Lawrence Ave
Charlotte, MI
A Bewitching Wednesday
Navigating Stormy Seas: The Interplay of Greek Mythology, Tarot Cards, and "War of the Sea" #bewitchingbooktours https://buff.ly/3qLf4Iq
Two outcasts meet at the border of two warring lands and join against n rising evil. The Siphoning is coming on September 4, 2023!
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Guardians by T.J. Baer #YASciFi #LGBTQ+ #bewitchingbooktours https://buff.ly/3R3Qht
Music Playlist for The Siphoning by D.T. Stubblefield #bewitchingbooktours https://buff.ly/3YSuOFO
Please Welcome Dana Claire as She Tells Us About Her Fantasy Romance, War of the Sea, Olympian Wars, Book One #bewitchingbooktours https://buff.ly/3YSQWAg
Nicola Solvinic's new book, THE HUNTER’S DAUGHTER from Berkley Publishing Group, is now available for pre-order: https://bit.ly/3YDcQHB
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Guardians by T.J. Baer #YASciFi #LGBTQ+
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GuardiansT.J. BaerGenre: Young Adult, Scifi/Fantasy, LGBTQ+Publisher: NineStar PressDate of Publication: July 18, 2023ISBN: 978-1648906787ASIN: B0CBLNMJ18Number of pages: 210Word Count: 56,000 wordsCover Artist: Jaycee DeLorenzo
Tagline: Can two girls who hate each other save the world?
Book Description:
Seventeen-year-old Alisha Howard is having a rough day. She’s had to rescue her headstrong little brother from getting eaten by a monster from another dimension, her mom has put her on dish duty as punishment for bringing her sword to the table (again), and her lifelong enemy, snarky rich girl Belladonna, is starting to look like both a real human being and someone Alisha would like to kiss. To make matters worse, it looks like the world is about to end.
Alisha is a Guardian, a sworn protector of life on Earth, but is she up to the task of saving the world?
Book Trailer: https://youtu.be/9G__C-rdIP8
Excerpt Guardians by T.J. Baer © 2023Chapter One
My brother Jake layunconscious on the cave floor, his favorite denim jacket torn in three placesand his cell phone a cracked mess of plastic on the ground. If we actuallysurvived this, he was going to be pissed.
“All right, look,” I said,giving the giant snarling insect monster my serious face. “I know I don’t looklike much, but you should know I am fully capable of kicking your big buggybutt straight back to where it came from, not only for hurting my brother, butfor whatever unholy reign of terror you’ve got planned here.”
The monster was nine feettall, jet-black, and scaly, with hundreds of spindly legs, like a centipede onsteroids. Savage mandibles gleamed in the light from the cave mouth, and Itightened my grip on my sword hilt. And because times of stress often led me toincredible feats of word vomit, I kept talking.
“I mean, let’s face it: guyslike you don’t generally show up in our world without some kind of nasty planfor world domination, so I think it’s pretty safe to say you’re up to no good.So are you gonna go peacefully, or do I have to start shoving my boot up randomorifices until we find the one that hurts the most?”
The centipede monster rearedback, its legs fanning out, its mandibles opening—
And then it tilted its scalyhead to the side as if regarding me in puzzlement. “You speak great volumes butsay very little,” it said in a thin, whistling voice.
Which, okay, was fair. I’dalways had a tendency to babble, particularly when I was in imminent danger ofbeing devoured by the Godzilla of centipedes. Generally, the centipede didn’ttake the time to inform me of it though.
“I do not wish any harm uponyou,” it continued, deviating even further from the Evil Monster Intent onTaking Over the Earth speech. “Nor any human. I came here only wishing to beleft alone, but your companion—” It swung its head toward Jake. “—attempted tosteal one of my children, at which point I was forced to defend them. I havenot seriously harmed him, only caused him to lose consciousness to neutralizehim as a threat.”
“He tried to steal one ofyour kids?” That didn’t sound like Jake.
The centipede-thing tiltedits head toward the other end of the cave, where I could just make out theglittering of a number of round, pearly, head-sized spheres. Eggs? They lookedlike the kind of pretty, decorative objects people would pay a lot of moneyfor, bringing them much more firmly into the realm of things Jake would totallytry to steal.
I sighed and slid my swordinto its sheath. The magic triggered the instant I did, and sword and sheathshrank to being a decorative golden clasp on my belt. “I apologize for mycompanion’s rash actions,” I said, bowing my head slightly like we weresupposed to do in these situations. “If you’d allow me to remove him from here,I swear to you that he’ll never come near you or your children again.”
The centipede bowed its headtoo, its pincers snapping and clicking together in a way that I tried not to betoo creeped out by. “That would be acceptable. I thank you, Guardian.”
I blinked. “How’d you know I’m a Guardian?”
“Well, for one thing, thesword.”
“Ah.”
“But even had you comeunarmed, I would have known. You wear your status like a cloak. It seeps fromevery ounce of your being, every word and action. Though you look a frailfemale thing, there is power in you.”
“Frail female thing,” I saidin a flat voice and decided not to be offended. If the worst thing a giantcentipede monster had to throw at me was sexism, I could probably count myselflucky.
“Yeah, well, guess I’d betterget Jake—err, my companion—out of your hair before he wakes up and starts tryingto make off with your kids again.”
I started forward, hoping the centipede monster would move out of the way, butit stayed where it was, its black eyes glittering in the dimness.
“You have shown me respectand kindness, and so I shall do something for you in return. My species have aunique ability that appears only between laying our eggs and the birth of ourchildren.”
“Oh, yeah? What kind ofability?”
“The ability to glimpse thefuture. It allows us to provide extra protection to our young when they areunable to protect themselves, for instance if a young human is attempting tosteal one of them.”
“For instance,” I said dryly.
“Something lurks on thehorizon, Guardian. An age of darkness and danger is coming to you and thoselike you.”
I frowned. “To the Guardians,you mean?”
“To all beings of yourworld.”
“What kind of danger?”
Its legs rippled, and itdropped down onto them and made its undulating way over to the row of eggs. Itslast word hissed through the cave, seeming to echo louder and louder in myears:
“Extinction.”
I suddenly felt very, very tired. “Again?”
About the Author:T.J. Baer is a queer, trans author of novels and short fiction. Born in Western Pennsylvania, he currently resides in his adopted hometown of Chicago with two cats and a well-stocked cupboard of tea. Some of his titles include Following Grandpa Jess, Guardians, Dreamers, and The Boy Who Was Kissed, and his short fiction has been featured in the Harpur Palate Literary Journal and Flash Fiction Magazine. When not writing, T.J. can be found either discussing queer media on his YouTube channel or failing to escape from murderous ghosts on Twitch.
Website: http://tjbaer.com/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/tjbaer YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/thomistrans
Twitter: http://twitter.com/TJBaerAuthor Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thom_is_trans/
TikTok: http://www.tiktok.com/@thom_is_trans
August 29, 2023
A Bewitching Monday
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Guardians by T.J. Baer #bewitchingbooktours https://buff.ly/45yAuaH
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YA Fantasy/Sci-fi Excerpt: Guardians by T.J. Baer #bewitchingbooktours https://buff.ly/3QXyh44
Music Playlist for The Siphoning by D.T. Stubblefield #bewitchingbooktours https://buff.ly/3YSuOFO
Please Welcome Dana Claire as She Tells Us About Her Fantasy Romance, War of the Sea, Olympian Wars, Book One #bewitchingbooktours https://buff.ly/3YSQWAg
Nicola Solvinic's new book, THE HUNTER’S DAUGHTER from Berkley Publishing Group, is now available for pre-order: https://bit.ly/3YDcQHB
#nicolasolvinic #mysteryauthor #crimeauthor #thrillerwriter #criminology
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August 28, 2023
A Bewitching Monday
WAR OF THE SEA KICKSTARTER TOUR #bewitchingbooktours https://buff.ly/3KXk3wp
Guardians by T.J. Baer ~ Young Adult, Scifi/Fantasy, LGBTQ+ ~ @TJBaerAuthor #YA #bewitchingbooktours https://buff.ly/45tpqeS
Music Playlist for The Siphoning by D.T. Stubblefield #bewitchingbooktours https://buff.ly/3YSuOFO
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The Siphoning
Warring Worlds Align Against an Ancient Evil
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Guardians by T.J Baer #bewitchingbooktours https://buff.ly/45LjQEr
Nicola Solvinic's new book, THE HUNTER’S DAUGHTER from Berkley Publishing Group, is now available for pre-order: https://bit.ly/3YDcQHB
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August 25, 2023
Free Book Friday
Love, Die, Live Trilogy
Book 2
Jessie Winterspring
ASIN: B0C8KNLPRR
Publication date: July 28, 2023
Genre: Young Adult Romance, Reincarnation
He gave her his heart to extend her life. Now she’s dying once more.
Shinji's life changed after meeting Aina, who adopted him. Unknown to her, Shinji had donated his heart to save her in his previous life, before he reincarnated.
Though he loved being her son, he also can’t forget loving her as a girl. To top it off, she’s once again in danger and there seems to be nothing he can do to help her this time.
Die for Me as a continuation of Live for Me, but you can read it without the first story. This book is set in Manila, Philippines during the 90s.
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A Bewitching Friday
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Music Playlist for The Siphoning by D.T. Stubblefield #bewitchingbooktours https://buff.ly/3YSuOFO
Book Review for War of the Sea by Dana Claire #bewitchingbooktours https://buff.ly/3PcBbAY
Nicola Solvinic's new book, THE HUNTER’S DAUGHTER from Berkley Publishing Group, is now available for pre-order: https://bit.ly/3YDcQHB
#nicolasolvinic #mysteryauthor #crimeauthor #thrillerwriter #criminology
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Surprise Narrators! Sirens & Pirates & Greek Gods, oh my!
Olympian Wars: Realms of ancient Greek mythology, where gods, heroes, and epic quests await. Audio Book for War of the Sea!
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August 24, 2023
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Book Review for War of the Sea by Dana Claire #bewitchingbooktours https://buff.ly/3PcBbAY
The Siphoning by D.T. Stubblefield #bewitchingbooktours https://buff.ly/3OOaX6b
Nicola Solvinic's new book, THE HUNTER’S DAUGHTER from Berkley Publishing Group, is now available for pre-order: https://bit.ly/3YDcQHB
#nicolasolvinic #mysteryauthor #crimeauthor #thrillerwriter #criminology
#criminologymastermind #crimefiction #crimethriller
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Surprise Narrators! Sirens & Pirates & Greek Gods, oh my!
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August 23, 2023
A Bewitching Wednesday
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Nicola Solvinic's new book, THE HUNTER’S DAUGHTER from Berkley Publishing Group, is now available for pre-order: https://bit.ly/3YDcQHB
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Read the first 3 episodes FREE
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