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March 5, 2021
Author Spotlight – Gabriela Houston (THE SECOND BELL)
Gabriela Houston is a London-based writer. She was born in Poland and raised in a book-loving household on the nourishing diet of mythologies, classics and graphic novels. She had spent much of her early school years holed up in the library, only feeling truly herself in the company of Jack London’s trappers and Lucy Maud […]
Review of The Yak Guy Project
Author CS Boyack builds from the foundation an alternate reality where a man gets another chance to live life. The character development of the nameless man who would grow into Ted starts from the ground up when he awakes in pain. This man has a few vague memories of where he came from but no […]
March 4, 2021
News! Upcoming Print Release of The White Arrow
I’m not normally posting on Friday’s unless necessary but I wanted to confirm news about The White Arrow Print release. The paperback edition is still due to release on 3/15/21. I’m just waiting on the draft to verify no correction is needed. Look for the release announcement a week from Monday. Here’s a bit more […]
Russell T Davies’ lost Doctor Who story details
The long-lost Russell T Davies Doctor Who story Mind of the Hodiac is being brought to life on audio by Big Finish. Conceived in 1986 and rediscovered almost 35 years later, Mind of the Hodiac stars Colin Baker and Bonnie Langford as the Sixth Doctor and Mel. The full cast audio version is expanded from […]
March 3, 2021
My Top 5 Fantasy Series List
Good morning everyone, As the title indicates, I’m covering a list of my favorite fantasy series. These are always subjective so there’s not a definitive list. People invariably have read different books and authors so lists can vary greatly. The Lord of the Rings: Wait, I’m not just putting this here because it’s the original […]
100 Fun Marvel Trivia Questions for Fans
Are you a big comic book fan? Then you should be able to answer the Marvel trivia questions below. Some of them are easy, but others are extremely difficult. You need to know about a wide range of movies and comics in order to guess them correctly. Here are some trivia questions only the biggest… […]
Galaxy’s Edge magazine and Dragon Con Announce a Star-Studded Slate of Judges for the Resnick Award
Five final judges have been selected for The Mike Resnick Memorial Award for Short Fiction that encourages new writers in science fiction. In December, Arc Manor (publishers of Galaxy’s Edge magazine) and Dragon Con initiated the Mike Resnick Memorial Award to continue Mike Resnick’s legacy of encouraging new science fiction writers. Stories submitted for the… […]
#Audiobook alert! The Sentinel’s Alliance is here in #audio #audible
Happy weekend. I have the best news to share – the final book in my Silent Sea Chronicles Trilogy is out now! You can see all my audiobooks on Audible US author page and Audible UK author page It’s so exciting to see the whole series out in audiobook and I have to thank the […]
Robots Return in June
Storylines have been revealed for the fourth volume of The Robots, the adventures of Nicola Walker’s Liv Chenka on the planet of Kaldor, due for release in June 2021 These episodes encompass buried secrets, escape under the cover of darkness and a deception that could spell the end… or the start of something new. Big […]
March 2, 2021
Soft Science Fiction or Science Fantasy
Definition Generally, when differentiating fantasy from science fiction, a very simple key is used: if it is pre-modern, it is fantasy, and if it is futuristic, it is science fiction. Thus a story set in ages before industrial revolution is automatically considered fantasy as long as it includes magic and supernatural. Likewise, a story set […]
