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Point of View: After the Surgery

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Twenty-six days ago I broke my arm. And not your garden-variety break, either. According to my doctor, the top of my humerus basically exploded. This is not what you want to hear from your orthopedic surgeon. Undaunted, Mark and I went to BayCon the very next day, me with my broken arm in a sling. It was probably a crazy thing to do, but I had invested so much time in energy into the con, and was running a book sales table there too, and so we decided we needed to go. Fast forward two weeks, and I was in … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Sonia Orin Lyris

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Sonia Orin Lyris

Welcome to my weekly Author Spotlight. I’ve asked a bunch of my author friends to answer a set of interview questions, and to share their latest work. Today: Sonia Orin Lyris’s stories have been published in various places, including Asimov’s SF Magazine, Wizards of the Coast anthologies, and Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader. Her stories have been called “immersive,” “ruthless,” and “unsparing.” She is the author of The Seer Saga, an epic high-fantasy series, and co-creator of Rochi, a divination and gambling game from Campaign Coins. Her hobbies include dance, martial arts, decoding reality, fine chocolate, humans, and feline poetry. She … Read more

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New Release / Giveaway: Herald’s Call – Jaymie Wagner

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Jaymie Wagner has a new FFF urban fantasy out, Sing For Me book 3: Herald’s Call. And there’s a giveaway. Woe to the wolf who dares to callWith unworthy hearts lest darkness fallDour note this horn will playThe hounds shall rise and wolves shall bayThrough the horn Herne shall commandBy blood of the Hunt and a worthy hand! It is said that long ago Herne, the god of the Hunt, could use his Horn to make wolves obey his commands. A legend that Amy Oakley, Alpha of the Howlers pack, learned as a child and stopped believing in long before … Read more

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Author Spotlight / Giveaway: Elle E. Ire

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Welcome to my weekly Author Spotlight. I’ve asked a bunch of my author friends to answer a set of interview questions, and to share their latest work. Giveaway: an ebook of the first book in the trilogy, Dead Woman’s Pond. Comment below for a chance to win. Today:Elle E. Ire writes science fiction/romance and paranormal/romance featuring kickass women who fall in love with each other. Current publications include Vicious Circle (2015 and 2020), the Storm Fronts trilogy (2019-2020), the Nearly Departed trilogy (2021-2022), and Reel to Real Love (2021), all from DSP Publications. Elle is represented by Naomi Davis at the BookEnds Literary Agency. Thanks … Read more

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POINT OF VIEW: When Life Throws You a Curve Ball – Part Two

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A few years ago, we had to decamp unexpectedly to Tucson for a family emergency. It threw everything into chaos, including my writing. Then life settled down to a pleasing predictability, and I was happily enjoying boring old normal life when BOOM! Our lives were turned on their heads in an instant. One moment I was speeding down the street on my bike, following Mark to Starbucks to meet a friend. And the next… BAM! I slammed into the sidewalk, hard, on my right arm, ribs and knee. I screamed and managed to turn over on my back, but I … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Stephen R. Wilk

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Welcome to my weekly Author Spotlight. I’ve asked a bunch of my author friends to answer a set of interview questions, and to share their latest work. Today: I’m a Scientist and Engineer who has always been interested in the Bizarre. My first published work was an article in Scientific American titled “The Physics of Karate.”  I’ve written journal articles on optics, physics, and engineering, Popular Science pieces, History, and Pop Culture. I’ve written genre fiction, including Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Mystery.  My book Medusa was the inspiration for an episode of the History Channel’s series “Clash of the … Read more

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New Release/Giveaway: Contact Audiobook – M.D. Neu

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Contact Audiobook - M.D. Neu

M.D. Neu has a new MM sci-fi audiobook out, A New World book 1: Contact. And there’s a giveaway. A little blue world, the third planet from the sun. It’s home to seven billion people—with all manner of faiths, beliefs, and customs, divided by bigotry and misunderstanding—who will soon be told they are not alone in the universe. Anyone watching from the outside would pass by this fractured and tumultuous world, unless they had no other choice. Todd Landon is one of these people, living and working in a section of the world called the United States of America. His … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Aldrea Alien

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Welcome to my weekly Author Spotlight. I’ve asked a bunch of my author friends to answer a set of interview questions, and to share their latest work. Today: Aldrea Alien is an award-winning, bisexual author of fantasy romance with varying heat levels. Born and raised in New Zealand, she lives on a small farm with her family, including a menagerie of animals, who are all convinced they’re just as human as the next person. Especially the cats. Since discovering a love of writing at the age of twelve, she hasn’t found an ounce of peace from the characters plaguing her … Read more

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Review: Bed of Rose and Thorns – Lee Hunt

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Bed of Rose and Thorns - Lee Hunt

Genre: Fantasy Get It On Amazon About The Book Sir Ezra is an Elysian Bell; he has a frightening potential that he keeps hidden deep beneath tight layers of steel armor. He secretly loves a dark Queen whose touch would mean his death. Banished for brutally slaughtering the Prince of Erle and husband to the Queen, Sir Ezra can only dream of seeing her again. Every night, his soul travels to distant lands, remembering the Queen, her deep convictions, brilliant mind, unending work, hidden loneliness, and a single night of horrific bloodshed. Recalled to the Queendom after eleven years, Ezra … Read more

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New Release/Giveaway: Save the World Anthology

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Other Worlds Ink has a new book out in the hopepunk cli-fi Writers Save the World anthology series: Save the World. And there’s a giveaway. Climate change is no longer a vague future threat. Forests are burning, currents are shifting, and massive storms dump staggering amounts of water in less than 24 hours Sometimes it’s hard to look ahead and see a hopeful future. We asked sci-fi writers to send us stories about ways to save the world from climate change. From the myriad of stories we received, we chose the twenty most amazing (and hopefully prescient) tales. Dive in … Read more