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May 27, 2018
Speculative Fiction Showcase: Beneath the Earth by H.S. Stone
Beneath the Earth by H.S. Stone - crossposted from the Speculative Fiction ShowcaseLaura and her classmates have been looking forward to their senior camping trip for weeks. Three days on an island paradise, away from school and their parents. What more could they ask for?
The camping trip starts out well enough. The island is scenic and just the kind of escape to nature that Laura had hoped for. However, cracks soon begin to appear in her plans. Her boyfriend ditches her to hang out with his friends. She has to share a room with one of the teachers. But those are the least of her worries.
A student disappears, and no one can find him. Soon, Laura and the other students realize that the camping trip is anything but a dream vacation. ...
The camping trip starts out well enough. The island is scenic and just the kind of escape to nature that Laura had hoped for. However, cracks soon begin to appear in her plans. Her boyfriend ditches her to hang out with his friends. She has to share a room with one of the teachers. But those are the least of her worries.
A student disappears, and no one can find him. Soon, Laura and the other students realize that the camping trip is anything but a dream vacation. ...
May 26, 2018
Kristell Ink launches three Speculative Fiction Anthologies!
My publisher, Kristell Ink, is launching not one but three Speculative Fiction anthologies on Friday, 8th June 2018 in Oxford.The launch is taking place at Waterstones in Oxford, starting at 18.30 BST. You can find out more about the venue and book tickets through Eventbrite.The three anthologies of short fiction are: Infinite Dysmorphia, edited by Pete Sutton & Kate Coe; Terra Nullius, edited by Ellen Crosháin & Kate Coe; and Holding On By Our Fingertips, edited by Amanda Rutter & Kate Coe.The anthologies have gathered a galaxy of stories by Speculative Fiction authors new and old, and I’m extremely delighted to have a short story, Terra Incognita, in the anthology Terra Nullius.The three books each feature wonderful cover art by the talented Nele Diel.Read more about the project at Kristell Ink’s web-site here, and be sure to come to the launch and meet the folk from Grimbold Books and Kristell Ink, together with a host of other authors.
What is the legend of the Glass Mountain?
The crows have returned to Masalyar
An old enemy has come back from the dead, and young shaman Annat Vasilyevich will need all her growing power to defeat him.
But first she must find a way to escape from the Glass Mountain, the stronghold of a Magus who needs her soul to complete his enchantment.
A Magus so powerful that he has trapped a whole world and hidden it in a suitcase...
Coming in July 2018
May 25, 2018
Speculative Fiction Showcase: Interview with Joel Cornah, author of Shards of th...
Speculative Fiction Showcase: Interview with Joel Cornah, author of Shards of th...:
Today the Speculative Fiction Showcase has great pleasure in interviewing Joel Cornah, whose new novella, Shards of the Nightmare, we featured on May 1.
Today the Speculative Fiction Showcase has great pleasure in interviewing Joel Cornah, whose new novella, Shards of the Nightmare, we featured on May 1.
May 23, 2018
Speculative Fiction Showcase: Chaos Conspiracy (Sacrificial Magic, Book 1) by Ho...
Speculative Fiction Showcase: Chaos Conspiracy (Sacrificial Magic, Book 1) by Ho...: Release date: May 17, 2018 Subgenre: Urban Fantasy
About Chaos Conspiracy :
Wren Kincaid, blood witch.
It’s a shame I can’t put that on my résumé. Mercenaries with magic or supernal blood have a much easier time landing jobs. Unfortunately, if anyone finds out about my blood magic, I’ll be executed in twelve hours or less. Blood witches were eradicated a century before I was born, deemed too dangerous, or so everyone thought.
My life wasn’t too bad. I had to wrangle more drunk pixies than I’d have liked, and it was far from luxurious. I struggled to pay my rent, but I wasn’t complaining. Not too loudly, anyway.
Cue the Council and Dante Caspari. The Council are the people who will execute me if they find out what I am. Dante Caspari is the sexy-as-sin guy they hired me to work with so I can find out what happened to the missing supernals in Bucharest.
It sounds great working with a sexy guy, right? The problem is, his father’s a demon prince and his mother’s one of the most powerful witches in the Americas. If anyone is going to trip me up and hand me over to the Council, it’s him. So, I have to find the missing supernals, save the day, and try not to get killed doing it. Funny, those drunk pixies I was complaining about don’t seem so bad now.
Set in the same world as the popular Forged in Blood series
About Chaos Conspiracy :
Wren Kincaid, blood witch.
It’s a shame I can’t put that on my résumé. Mercenaries with magic or supernal blood have a much easier time landing jobs. Unfortunately, if anyone finds out about my blood magic, I’ll be executed in twelve hours or less. Blood witches were eradicated a century before I was born, deemed too dangerous, or so everyone thought.
My life wasn’t too bad. I had to wrangle more drunk pixies than I’d have liked, and it was far from luxurious. I struggled to pay my rent, but I wasn’t complaining. Not too loudly, anyway.
Cue the Council and Dante Caspari. The Council are the people who will execute me if they find out what I am. Dante Caspari is the sexy-as-sin guy they hired me to work with so I can find out what happened to the missing supernals in Bucharest.
It sounds great working with a sexy guy, right? The problem is, his father’s a demon prince and his mother’s one of the most powerful witches in the Americas. If anyone is going to trip me up and hand me over to the Council, it’s him. So, I have to find the missing supernals, save the day, and try not to get killed doing it. Funny, those drunk pixies I was complaining about don’t seem so bad now.
Set in the same world as the popular Forged in Blood series
May 22, 2018
Speculative Fiction Showcase: Interview with Daniel Gibbs, author of Fight the G...
Speculative Fiction Showcase: Interview with Daniel Gibbs, author of Fight the G...:
Today on the Speculative Fiction Showcase, Daniel Gibbs, author of Fight the Good Fight, Book I of the Echoes of the Past trilogy, has kindly agreed to answer our interview questions!
Today on the Speculative Fiction Showcase, Daniel Gibbs, author of Fight the Good Fight, Book I of the Echoes of the Past trilogy, has kindly agreed to answer our interview questions!
May 21, 2018
Speculative Fiction Showcase: Breakdown (Dark Road, Book 1) by Bruno Miller
Speculative Fiction Showcase: Breakdown (Dark Road, Book 1) by Bruno Miller: Release date: May 6, 2018 Subgenre: Post-apocalyptic
About Breakdown :
Do you have what it takes to survive?
Ben Davis was prepared for disaster. He just didn’t know it would come so soon.
He and his teenage son, Joel, are miles deep in the backcountry of the San Juan Mountains when high-altitude nuclear electromagnetic detonations light up the pre-dawn sky. Ben, Joel, and their dog, Gunner, must make their way home – or to whatever’s left of it – on foot.
Without the ability to communicate with his ex-wife in Maryland, Ben has no idea if Joel’s brother and sister are okay. The two decide they have no options but to head East. Before their journey begins, they venture into town to check Ben’s outdoor store for supplies and discover one of Joel’s classmates, Allie, alone and in desperate need of help.
When Ben realizes Allie’s flight attendant mother is most likely dead and her father lives in Pittsburgh, he knows he has to take her with them. Ben must use the skills he learned as an Army Ranger many years ago to survive the post-apocalyptic world they now live in.
Can he keep himself and two teenagers safe as they navigate the dark and dangerous road ahead?
About Breakdown :
Do you have what it takes to survive?
Ben Davis was prepared for disaster. He just didn’t know it would come so soon.
He and his teenage son, Joel, are miles deep in the backcountry of the San Juan Mountains when high-altitude nuclear electromagnetic detonations light up the pre-dawn sky. Ben, Joel, and their dog, Gunner, must make their way home – or to whatever’s left of it – on foot.
Without the ability to communicate with his ex-wife in Maryland, Ben has no idea if Joel’s brother and sister are okay. The two decide they have no options but to head East. Before their journey begins, they venture into town to check Ben’s outdoor store for supplies and discover one of Joel’s classmates, Allie, alone and in desperate need of help.
When Ben realizes Allie’s flight attendant mother is most likely dead and her father lives in Pittsburgh, he knows he has to take her with them. Ben must use the skills he learned as an Army Ranger many years ago to survive the post-apocalyptic world they now live in.
Can he keep himself and two teenagers safe as they navigate the dark and dangerous road ahead?
May 20, 2018
Speculative Fiction Showcase: SFF Book Bonanza 99 Cent Promo
Speculative Fiction Showcase: SFF Book Bonanza 99 Cent Promo: Speculative Fiction Showcase: SFF Book Bonanza 99 Cent Promo! Dean F. Wilson is running a 99 cent cross promo for science fiction and fantasy novels. More than 60 books in various subgenres are available for 99 cents each.The promo runs from May 21 to May 27
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Speculative Fiction Showcase: Hunter and Hunted (In Love and War, Book 9) by Cor...
Speculative Fiction Showcase: Hunter and Hunted (In Love and War, Book 9) by Cor...: Release date: May 11, 2018 Subgenre: Space Opera Romance, Cozy Space Opera
About Hunter and Hunted :
Once, Anjali Patel and Mikhail Grikov were soldiers on opposing sides of an intergalactic war. They met, fell in love and decided to go on the run together.
Now Anjali and Mikhail are trying to eke out a living on the independent worlds of the galactic rim, while attempting to stay under the radar of those pursuing them.
On their way back from a mission, Anjali and Mikhail are ambushed by a squad of bounty hunters. Wounded and hunted through a frozen landscape, they find shelter in a mountain lodge.
But their pursuers are still out there, tracking them. And with Anjali too injured to fight, Mikhail must face down seven bounty hunters on his own…
About Hunter and Hunted :
Once, Anjali Patel and Mikhail Grikov were soldiers on opposing sides of an intergalactic war. They met, fell in love and decided to go on the run together.
Now Anjali and Mikhail are trying to eke out a living on the independent worlds of the galactic rim, while attempting to stay under the radar of those pursuing them.
On their way back from a mission, Anjali and Mikhail are ambushed by a squad of bounty hunters. Wounded and hunted through a frozen landscape, they find shelter in a mountain lodge.
But their pursuers are still out there, tracking them. And with Anjali too injured to fight, Mikhail must face down seven bounty hunters on his own…
May 18, 2018
Speculative Fiction Showcase: Interview with Kate Coe, author of Desert Sands an...
Speculative Fiction Showcase: Interview with Kate Coe, author of Desert Sands an...: Today the Speculative Fiction Showcase have great pleasure in interviewing Kate Coe, whose new release, Desert Sands and Silence, we featured on May 5th.
