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Author Spotlight: Matt Doyle

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Matt Doyle

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: Matt Doyle is a speculative fiction author from the UK and identifies as pansexual and genderfluid. Their work includes the Rainbow Award winning series, The Cassie Tam Files (Lesfic Cyberpunk Noir – published by NineStar Press), AILUROS (LGBTQIA+ Sci-Fi Horror – Published by Fractured Mirror Publishing), and multiple anthology appearances. Their most recent release is the LGBTQIA+ Epistolary Horror novelette, SurReality. When not writing, Matt has spent a great deal of time … Read more

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New Release: The Shackles That Hold Us – Michele Notaro

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The Shackles That Hold Us - Michele Notaro

Michele Notaro has a new MM urban fantasy out, The Magi Accounts book 2: The Shackles That Hold Us. And there’s a giveaway. As if crushin’ on a shifter wasn’t bad enough, I had to go and date one. A mage and a shifter walk into a bar… No, that’s the whole joke. Magi and shifters don’t mix, and yet I find myself in a relationship with Cosmo, a lion shifter. And on top of that, Cosmo, and all his pride members, consider my brothers and me to be a part of their pride. Three magi in a shifter pride. … Read more

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POINT OF VIEW: Hidden Dreams

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Scott library

It was the spring of 2014, just over eight years ago now000. I had written yet another short story for an anthology – it was my way of breaking into publishing. This one was called “A New Year,” and was inspired by Bastille’s song “Laughter Lines”: You took me to your favourite place on EarthTo see the tree they cut down ten years from your birth.Our fingers traced in circles round its history,We brushed our hands right back in time through centuries. As you held me down, you said:”I’ll see you in the future when we’re olderAnd we are full … Read more

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Author Spotlight: William Schlichter

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William Schlichter

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: William Schlichter is an award-winning screenwriter and author who enjoys writing science fiction, fantasy, and horror and exploring the phantasmagorical world of the undead. His popular No Room in Hell zombie series (The Good, the Bad, and the Undead; 400 Miles to Graceland; Aftershocks) and SKA: Serial Killers Anonymous about a serial killer support group are fan favorites, and he enjoys spending time on the convention circuit. His full-length feature script, Incinta, … Read more

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NEW RELEASE / GIVEAWAY: Bed of Rose and Thorns – Lee Hunt

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Bed of Rose and Thorns

Lee Hunt has a new dark fantasy/fairy tale out: Bed of Rose and Thorns. And there’s a giveaway! 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. … Read more

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POINT OF VIEW: A Change Has Gotta Come

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Uvalde Chairs

I’m going to depart a bit from my normal point of view, because recent events warrant it, Last week, a lone gunman entered an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and brutally murdered 19 children and two adults. It’s not the first such event – far from it. In just the first five months of 2022, there were 30 shooting death incidents in K-12 schools in the United States. At church yesterday, they posted a version of this photo. I looked at it for a moment, trying to make sense of it. Then I counted the chairs – nineteen little ones, … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Ash Bishop

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Ash Bishop

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: Ash Bishop was born in Bloomington, Indiana where his dad taught at Indiana University.  His family moved to Orange County, California when he was very young, and he spent his formative years among the mean streets of Irvine. He attended college at UCSB, then the National University of Ireland, Galway.  Ash is also a graduate of San Diego State University with an MFA in Creative Writing.  He’s married to a wonderful wife with two wonderful … Read more

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COVER REVEAL / Bed of Rose and Thorns – Lee Hunt

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Bed of Rose and Thorns

Lee Hunt has a new dark fantasy/fairy tale out: Bed of Rose and Thorns, and we have the cover reveal! There’s a giveaway too. 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, … Read more

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NEW RELEASE / GIVEAWAY: White Knight Audio – Mary Rundle

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White Knight Audio - Mary Rundle

Mary Rundle has just released the audiobook version of White Knight (Blackwood Pack book 8), and it’s also available in eBook and paperback. Plus there’s a giveaway! The Blackwood Pack saga continues… This is part of an on-going series by Amazon International Bestselling Author, Mary Rundle – catching up on previous titles is advised. Readers of the past books will enjoy meeting old friends once more as the pack does what it does best ̶ caring for one another and helping shifters everywhere. Hunter always expected to be the next Alpha of the Rolling Hills Pack until he had to … Read more

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POINT OF VIEW: Pride

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QSAC at Placer Pride

I’ve been to a number of Pride events. Some were huge – like the million-plus events in San Francisco that take six hours to traverse Market Street from downtown to the Capitol. Some were more manageable, like the 45-minute long Sacramento Pride Parade and Festival. And some are almost intimate. But they all celebrate one thing – being proud of who you are. I’ve gotten a little blasé about Pride, and this weekend I got a little reminder of what it really means. I grew up in a quiet neighborhood on the outskirts of Tucson, Arizona. It was a great … Read more