Kasey Mackenzie

Hell hath nothing worse than a Fury scorned...


Starting June 29, 2010, Fury and Boston's Chief Magical Investigator Marissa Holloway gets mad and even.


What they're saying:


"Urban fantasy readers looking for something new will thrill to this exhilarating debut, populated with creatures from Greek myth...Riss is the perfect urban fantasy heroine-fresh, sassy, smart, and determined-and a cavalcade of fully developed side characters keep this twisty tale moving quickly."


-Publishers Weekly Starred Review.


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Lazette Gifford

Coming soon: Print Editions of the Silky trilogy -- plus the release of the third book in print and ebook format!
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Silky & Silky 2: Lord of the Land

Follow Silkation's life from a young slave boy to a powerful lord of the land, with danger always close at hand, and magic both his gift and his bane. As Anthica faces dangers from the outside, can Silky's enemies turn away from their old hatreds to help keep their country safe?


Silky is also available as part of a bundle of Lazette Gifford's fiction and nonfiction works.


Lazette Gifford also has a short story, No Beast So Fierce, appearing in Volume 2, Issue 1 of Darwin's Evolutions. For more information, go here.

Holly Lisle

Hawkspar: A Novel of Korre

Stolen away from their families, they are slaves; women with no names and no futures. Every moment of their day is controlled by the avatars of the stone Eyes: Obsidian, Emerald, Raxinan, Ruby, Windcrystal, Sapphire, Sunspar, Tigereye...


Plucked from the ranks of slavery, protected by forces unseen, she is put to trial and found worthy. With her eyes replaced by eyes of Hawkspar stone, she can slip into the streams of time. Her vision of the past, the present, and the future lets her see the secret of the Eyes and their evil.


Kings and despots come to her to know their futures. As she pulls apart the sticky threads of time to arrange the world to her satisfaction, the new avatar knows that she must find a way to use time to her own ends to free the slaves once and for all, and to destroy the Eyes, even if it means destroying herself in the process.


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The Silver Door (Book 2 of Moon & Sun)

In the battle between nightlings and humans, it's prophesied that the Sunrider is destined to unite the magics of the sun and moon for the good of all. She alone can lead the fight to defeat an immortal evil.


Genna is the chosen Sunrider, and under nightling protection, she must learn the ancient magics so she may bring an end to the war between slaves and masters. When she escapes a brutal plot concocted by the evil kai lords, Genna finds herself cast into the depths of the Sun Wizards' world.


As the war begins to cross the moonroads, threatening to destroy all the worlds beneath the sun and moon, Genna must rise and harness her new powers in order to save her people.


Will Genna, with the help of her brother, Dan, and their friends Catri, Doyati, and Yarri, be able to fulfill her fate?


Master storyteller, Holly Lisle, once again transports readers to the twilit realms of the night worlds in this enchanting and gorgeous second tale.


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How to Find Your Writing Discipline

A Three-Day Plus 20 Minute Do-It-Yourself Writing Bootcamp You want to write. You've always wanted to write. But you:
Can't find the time
Can't find the initiative
Can't find the discipline
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Shana Norris

(Site Member shana)

Troy High

Narrated by Cassie, a shy outsider who fears that an epic high school rivalry is about to go up in flames, the story follows the Trojans and Spartans as they declare war on the football field. After the beautiful Elena--who used to be the captain of the Spartan cheerleaders--transfers to Troy High and falls madly in love with Cassie's brother Perry, the Spartans vow that the annual homecoming game will never be forgotten.


Available from Amulet Books and most bookstores as well as Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com. Details here.


Published August 2009 by Amulet Books


ISBN-13/EAN: 978-0810946477 - 272 Pages

Justin Stanchfield

(Site Moderator Justinvs)

Space Cowboy

This debut young adult novel is now available from Usborne Publishing Ltd in the United Kingdom.


Check it out here. Space Cowboy is also now available in the US at both Amazon and B&N.

He also has a novelette, Ghosts Come Home, in the October 2010 issue of Analog.

C. E. Murphy

Demon Hunts (The Walker Papers Book 5)

Seattle police detective Joanne Walker started the year mostly dead, and she's ending it trying not to be consumed by evil. Literally.
She's proven she can handle the gods and the walking dead. But a cannibalistic serial killer? That's more than even she bargained for. What's worse, the brutal demon can only be tracked one way. If Joanne is to stop its campaign of terror, she'll have to hunt it where it lives: the Lower World, a shamanistic plane of magic and spirits.


Trouble is, Joanne's skills are no match for the dangers she's about to face—and her on-the-job training could prove fatal to the people she's sworn to protect...


For more information, check here.

TruthSeeker

ACROSS TWO EXTRAORDINARY WORLDS, TRUTH IS THE DEADLIEST MAGIC


Gifted with an uncanny intuition, Lara Jansen nonetheless thinks there is nothing particularly special about her. All that changes when a handsome but mysterious man enters her quiet Boston tailor shop and reveals himself to be a prince of Faerie. What's more, Dafydd ap Caerwyn claims that Lara is a truthseeker, a person with the rare talent of being able to tell truth from falsehood. Dafydd begs Lara to help solve his brother's murder, of which Dafydd himself is the only suspect.


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Wen Spencer

Endless Blue

The Very Large Object That ATE the Other Very Large Objects!


The Sargasso. Space ships go in, and they don't come back. But as the all-destroying Nefrim drive humanity from the stars, everything depends on one captain's desperate gambit: to dial his stardrive to zero to "fall off the map" and plunge into the ocean-covered pocket universe that is the Sargasso. Within is a secret that can change a galaxy. And, though escape is a trick generations of trapped starfarers have tried and failed to master now the fate of two universes depends on Mikail Volkov being the first to GET OUT!


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Lynn Viehl

Dream Called Time (Tenth Stardoc Novel)

Dispatched to investigate an unidentified ship that has emerged from a mysterious rift in space, Cherijo discovers technology far more advanced than anything she's ever seen. Before she can unravel the alien ship's mystery, Cherijo's own ship is sucked into the rift and transported through time. Unless she can find a way to reopen the rift, they will remain trapped in another time. And Cherijo will never see her family-which she's only just been reunited with-again...


For more information, check here.

Dreamveil: A Novel of the Kyndred

Rowan Dietrich grew up on the streets. Now she's out to start anew, find a job-and keep her identity as a Kyndred secret, as well as her ability to "dreamveil" herself into the object of others' desires.


But Rowan isn't using her gift when world-class chef Jean-Marc Dansant is stricken by her beauty and strength. And when dark secrets from her past threaten her new life and love, Rowan realizes she can't run forever...


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Tamara Siler Jones

Valley of the Soul

Detective Dubric Byerly returns in the third and final installment of this medieval fantasy-meets-thrilling mystery, genre-bending series from the author of Ghosts in the Snow and Threads of Malice.


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Jack Scoltock

(Site Member Jakers)

Challenge of the Red Unicorn

Chalice, the sacred supreme unicorn, has been captured with other unicorns by the Weers wolf-like monsters whose evil leader, Rashark, is stealing all of their magic. And because Chalice has the most powerful of magic of all the unicorns, Rashark wants him the most. For the moment, Chalice's disguise is keeping him from Rashark's notice, but it won't hide him for long.


Available from Virtual Tales here.

First Communion: A Collection of Modern Irish Stories

From the small towns and byways of rural Northern Ireland, this anthology of short stories from renowned Irish author Jack Scoltock provides a rare glimpse into everyday life in the midst of religious and political strife. From coping with family members in the IRA to the trials of Catholic children attending Protestant schools, these stories reveal the complexities of modern living with a deft and insightful eye—and just a touch of Irish whimsy.


Available from Virtual Tales here and soon to be released in a print edition.

David Toft

(Site Member dmtoft)

A Gift of Butterflies

Mark Aldridge and Susie Philips have a gift. Anyone who antagonizes them dies. How not to antagonize each other is a skill they must master very quickly, if both are to survive.


To ensure that the right people antagonize them is the mission of agent, Maurice Bruner and his team. Can they target the gift without upsetting its hosts? If they can't, they are dead.


Available from Wings ePress in both e-book and print formats. For information about the book, click here.

A Legacy of Butterflies

The whole of mainland Europe is under fundamentalist control. Only Ireland, protected by the military might of America, remains free.


Gordon Aldridge has a mission – To use his potentially murderous powers to help secure the release of American hostages from the heart of fundamentalist England. If he can control and target the butterflies, only his enemies will die; if he can't, everybody will.


Available from Wings ePress in both e-book and print formats. For information about the book, click here.

David Bridger

(Site Member David Bridger)

Beauty and the Bastard

Saul the Bastard is a fallen angel who works as a bounty hunter for powerful urban demon families. Rebecca Drake, a modern day demon princess, is being hunted by dangerous desert demons. When Rebecca's family hires Saul to protect her, they are both unhappy with the arrangement--but before long sparks fly as they try to resist their strong mutual attraction. For the first time in living memory, Saul has someone to love; someone he is scared of losing; someone the desert demons have marked to be their next sacrifice.


Available from Liquid Silver Books. For more information about the book, click here.

Robert A. Black

(Site Member ShutterBob)

Lunar Pioneers

"We are all pioneers on the frontiers of our own lives. Each day is a new trip into the unknown." It's the biggest day of 13-year-old Blair Kelly's life, but she's not sure whether to be excited or anxious about it. If all goes as planned, her family will soon be leaving the Earth and moving to Clementine Colony, at the south pole of the Moon. The only person who seems to understand her mixed feelings is her grandfather, who reminds Blair of the things her ancestors faced when they settled the Nebraska prairie, centuries before. Blair and her older brother, Tom, have both gone to "Moon School" to prepare for the journey, but classes can't prepare them for leaving their friends, extended family and most of their possessions behind. As they become more settled, Blair begins volunteering with the group that maintains the colony's plant life, while Tom competes in many of the unusual sports that can be played in the Moon's light gravity. Just as she's selected to help with a special project at a new research facility, a tragedy on her grandparents' farm divides Blair's loyalties. Should she return to Earth? Or should she remain on the Moon?


This YA novel was named winner of the Youth Moon Fiction category for OutOfTheCradle.net's Best of the Moon awards for 2008. For more details about the contest, go here. For information about the book, click here.

Maria Zannini

(Site Member mz)

Touch of Fire

Between mage and man lies fire.


Leda has been ordered by the House of Ilia to use her fae gifts to find an alchemist's bible, no matter what the cost. In a world where technology has been replaced by Elemental magic, this book is more dangerous than any spell or potion.


This futuristic fantasy was released in May 2008 by Samhain Publishing (ISBN: 978-1-60504-031-8). It starts life out as an e-book and will go to print in Winter 2009.


You can read an excerpt and buy a copy here.

Stephanie Green

(Site Member Lysistrata)

33 Mistakes Writers Make About Blind Characters

In 33 Mistakes Writers Make about Blind Characters, you learn about:


What it's really like to be blind


How a blind person tackles daily living -- eating, dressing themselves, working, cooking, putting on makeup, travelling and playing sport.


Resources and technology available for people who are blind.


Treatment of the blind throughout history.


Famous blind people and their feats -- you'll be amazed at the achievements of these people!


Available from Holly's Shop.

A.J. Maguire

(Site Member AJMaguire)

Sedition

Journey with Nelek Vronat Dyngannon, heir to the throne of Kiavana, as he fights to find the legendary Soul Stealer, an ebony blade rumored to have the power to free his lost mother. Dragging Trenna Croften in tow, his newest in a long line of bodyguards, the two struggle to evade the King's faithful Acolytes. Their hunt forces them beyond the boundaries of their home and through the Barrier said to lead to death. But all is not as it seems in Kiavana and someone forgot to caution Nelek on the effects of the Blade. Cursed from the moment he takes the sword, Nelek finds he is no longer fighting just for his mother or the throne, but for the right to keep his own soul.

For information about the author, click here.

Coming in November 2010 from Wings ePress.

Erin M. Hartshorn (Site Member Erin_M_H) sold her flash When Pigs Fly to Daikaijuzine. Read it here.

Mike Revell (Site Member RevellWriting)'s short story What Do Dogs Dream Of has been turned into a video. Watch it here.

Jennifer R. Povey (Site Member NinjaFingers) has the following stories available:

The Race, in Warrior Wisewoman 3 (edited by Roby James) by Norilana Books, is now available for pre-order.

Ellis Ridge, in Zombist: Undead Western Tales, ed. William Tucker, Library of the Living Dead Press.

Margaret McGaffey Fisk (Site Member MarFisk)'s When the Shoe Won't Fit appears in the anthology Aurora in the Dawn from Aurora Wolf. For more information, click here.