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Speculative Fiction Showcase: Magic Under the Mistletoe - A Round-up of the Best...

Speculative Fiction Showcase: Magic Under the Mistletoe - A Round-up of the Best...: Our monthly round-ups of new speculative fiction and new crime fiction releases by indie authors are a perennially popular feature. Therefore, we now offer you a round-up of our favourite holiday science fiction, fantasy and horror by indie authors.

Speculative Fiction Showcase: Christmas on Iago Prime (A Year on Iago Prime, Boo...

Speculative Fiction Showcase: Christmas on Iago Prime (A Year on Iago Prime, Boo...: Release date: December 9, 2017  Subgenre: Holidays, short story, Space colonisation 
Eight-year-old Libby has come with her parents to spend a year at the newly established colony on the planet Iago Prime. Libby's parents believe that this is a great opportunity for all of them, but Libby is unhappy on Iago Prime. There are no other children on Iago Prime and Libby can't go anywhere, because she doesn't even have a space suit. Worst of all, they will spend Christmas on Iago Prime, where there aren't even any Christmas trees.

However, Libby's parents, with a little help from Santa Claus himself, conspire to give Libby an unforgettable Christmas on Iago Prime.

Speculative Fiction Showcase: Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for December...

Speculative Fiction Showcase: Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for December...: It's time again for the weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with a whole lot about Star Wars: The Last Jedi (spoilers mostly marked, but reader beware), Star Trek,  The Secret of NIMH, Arthur C. Clarke at 100 as well as the usual mix of awards news, writing advice, interviews, reviews, awards news, con reports, crowdfunding campaigns, science articles and free online fiction.  

Speculative Fiction Showcase: The Game Players of Meridien (Chronicles of the Se...

Speculative Fiction Showcase: The Game Players of Meridien (Chronicles of the Se...: Release date: December 16, 2017 Subgenre: Space opera 
 About The Game Players of Meridien: Douglas Oliver loves to play games.
He’s good at games, but the game he likes best is the greatest game of all, the game of life, where success is measured first by survival and second by rising to the top. 

Speculative Fiction Showcase: The Siege of Sirius: A Splintered Galaxy Novel by ...

Speculative Fiction Showcase: The Siege of Sirius: A Splintered Galaxy Novel by ...: Release date: December 12, 2017 Subgenre: Space opera 
About The Siege of Sirius: The dream to travel to the stars has become the nightmare to escape from them.
Rebecca’s passion for space exploration made her a captain. Living through an alien invasion made her strong enough to endure the harshness of the galaxy.

Speculative Fiction Showcase: Back to Black (The Black Parade, Book 4) by Kyoko ...

Speculative Fiction Showcase: Back to Black (The Black Parade, Book 4) by Kyoko ...: Release date: December 4, 2017 Subgenre: Urban fantasy 
 About Back to Black: Seer and demon slayer Jordan Amador has had it rough lately: separated from her husband the archangel Michael, hated by the angels who think she betrayed them, hunted by demons who want her dead or enslaved, and rejected by her friends and family for lying to them. 

Speculative Fiction Showcase: Piercing the Veil by Guy Riesen

Speculative Fiction Showcase: Piercing the Veil by Guy Riesen: Release date: December 14, 2017 Subgenre: Horror  
About Piercing the Veil: What do flesh-eating cell phones, brain-enhancing tacos, and a real live dead foot have in common?
They're all tools in the destruction of our world, and a weapons-grade team of heavily-armed Miskatonic University nerds may be humanity’s last hope.

Speculative Fiction Showcase: Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for December...

Speculative Fiction Showcase: Speculative Fiction Links of the Week for December...: It's time again for the weekly round-up of interesting links about speculative fiction from around the web, this week with Star Wars: The Last Jedi (no spoilers as of yet), The Shape of Water, Star Trek, I Remember You, The Punisher, the uproar about changes to Patreon's fee structure as well as the usual mix of awards news, writing advice, interviews, reviews, awards news, con reports, crowdfunding campaigns, science articles and free online fiction. 

Speculative Fiction Showcase: Science Fiction, Genre and Literature: guest blog ...

Science Fiction, Genre and Literature
Speculative Fiction Showcase: Science Fiction, Genre and Literature: guest blog ...: 
Between 2001, when my first book was published, and 2011, when I moved away from the Northeast, I...

Speculative Fiction Showcase: Using Kickstarter’s Drip Platform to Write a New K...

Using Kickstarter’s Drip Platform to Write a New Kind of Novel: guest blog by Craig Engler

The Last Days of Earth starts when everyone on the planet learns the world will be destroyed in six months.
Speculative Fiction Showcase: Using Kickstarter’s Drip Platform to Write a New K...: