Saturday, June 30, 2012

Gentlemen Prefer Burlesque (The Enslavement) by Trixie J Belle

Gentlemen Prefer Burlesque (The Enslavement)

This Novelette is the sequel to Gentlemen Prefer Burlesque (The Enticement, Vol. 1)

Romantic and addictive, the Gentlemen Prefer Burlesque series will intrigue you. Seduced by millionaire hunk, Henry King, Raven Rock wants nothing more than to leave her past behind. Raven flees to London determined to resist his advances and terrified, the criminal, Goldie Taylor will track her down and she might have to confront her feelings for a psychopath she once loved.


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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Widow by Billie Sue Mosiman @BillieMosiman

WIDOW

NOMINATED FOR THE BRAM STOKER AWARD FOR SUPERIOR NOVEL.

A novel of feminism taken to the ultimate limit by a woman who no longer has anything to lose.

First her husband killed their children, then himself. Now she's on her own, and she's bent on making sure it never happens to another woman. It's too late for her...she's already damaged. She's already caught in the depths of despair where only taking the law into her hands holds out any sort of relief. Yet when she stops the evil she's felt compelled to commit, the murders continue. Someone is a copycat, pinning crimes on her, stalking her, teasing her with his devious plan. She can't make him stop. There may be no way out of the trap she's created out of loss, out of desperation.

There's another problem--she's falling in love with the detective who is in charge of tracking her down. Life is a complex series of paradoxes, a spiral of fear and murder where nothing is as it seems.

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Nuncio and the Gypsy Girl in the Gilded Age by Kristin Alexandre

Nuncio and the Gypsy Girl in the Gilded Age

“Nuncio and the Gypsy Girl in the Gilded Age” is the first in a series of three graphic novels narrated by the African Grey Parrot Nuncio.This is the story of Neci, the beautiful gypsy princess who is infatuated with the brilliant composer/pilot Ezra. Neci lives at the turn of the century in Dayton, Ohio, where inventors and engineers have turned the city into the Silicon Valley of the day.
Like everyone in America at this time, Neci and Ezra want to improve themselves and their lot. While Ezra is besotted with the gypsy girl, his head is turned when the well-connected Edith offers her love and her connections to Ezra.
The two women confront each other during the rescue efforts for survivors of The Dayton Flood. Edith recognizes that she is faced with a significant rival for Ezra’s affections. She sets about to abolish he enemy.
As the story unfolds, Edith discovers inside information that the Lusitania faces a real threat of German destruction when it makes its crossing to England. Edith decides to keep this information to herself. She imperils the lives of Neci and the Hubbards.
Neci and Ezra’s benefactors and friends, The Hubbards, choose to make the crossing. When Ezra takes Neci to the send-off for the Atlantic crossing, his emotions overwhelm. He is seen making his way on board.
After a friendly breakfast The Hubbards and Neci find themselves on deck as the ship is struck by a torpedo. The Hubbards choose death and Neci frees our narrator Nuncio and jumps into the Irish Sea. We must wait for the next book to uncover her fate and the fate of the man she loves.

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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

The Canal By John L. Work @Work949

The Canal

The year is 2048.

Kansas City Police Detective Marie Castaneda is assigned an investigation that will change her life forever. A 76 year old man has committed suicide in a downtown skid row flophouse. But what looks like a run of the mill derelict's death is much more than that.

With her curiosity piqued by the odd circumstances surrounding the old man's final hours, the young police woman begins to uncover his past. What she finds is a dead soldier's story that is both heroic and tragic.

Set 40 years into the future, The Canal reveals America as a nation that is literally coming undone. The U.S.A. is about to be conquered.

Marie Castaneda is forced to take a big risk in order to save her life.

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The Road to Hell by Jess Hanna @JessIsaacHanna

The Road to Hell

Lucas Stone suffers a horrific accident, experiences the terrors of Hell, and returns from the dead paralyzed and alone until an unexpected new friend finds him.

Arrogant, self-absorbed speaker and author Drake Crawford has written a new book that challenges the traditional Christian theology of Hell.

Luke and Drake are drawn together by supernatural forces beyond their realm of understanding to face the spiritual battle that lies ahead on... The Road to Hell.

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Fakakt by Jasmine Schwartz

FAKAKT: MELISSA MORRIS AND THE MEANING OF SEX (MELISSA MORRIS DETECTIVE SERIES)

Melissa Morris is living the Good Life in New York until she gets laid off. She's thrust into the Manhattan abyss, aimless and desperate and deciding the only thing to do is marry. She flies to Rome to track down her errant boyfriend, hoping that he can save her, but on her way to meet him she's arrested for murder.

Who will save Melissa now? Marriage? Sex? Or something even more surprising? When Melissa sets out to find the real killer, she discovers an underside to Rome, and herself, she never imagined.

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Dive and Fly by Warren Caterson @WarrenCaterson

Dive and Fly

Imagine… You were born with a rare condition. Synesthesia. You taste color. You feel sound. Now imagine how that would impact your job. Your love life. Your future.

Billy Shakes is a successful writer whose synesthesia helped him create six killer novels. But he has hit a slump so his agent urges him to get out and take his ‘disease’ on the road. Take some risks. Get those creative juices flowing again. He does.

Billy meets Maureen at a Florida film festival, and to Billy her shimmering bronze skin tastes of crème brûlée. But the barely married Maureen tastes adventure. Since they share a love for movies, Billy suggests a weekend trip to the Chicago Film Festival. Thus begins a kaleidoscope of events involving Maureen’s brutish husband, a feisty best friend, a deadbeat fiancé, two inept hit men, an alcohol-infused Scientist, a riot grrl with a penchant for large automatic weapons…Oh, and Eden, an old friend with her own mysterious condition who longs to take a few risks herself.

Through a series of missteps, close calls and mistaken identities, this dysfunctional group ricochets off one another as they storm into Chicago. After causing a near riot at the Art Institute, Billy and Eden find themselves poised on the edge of the roof. As a dozen security guards rush toward them with guns ablaze, Billy and Eden are forced to take one last risk - with wondrous and surprising results.

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Sunday, June 24, 2012

Coming this week 6/25 - 7/1

Coming up this week, we have some titles from great authors like Russell Blake, Claude Bouchard, Warren Caterson, Jasmine Schwartz, Jess Hanna, John L. Work, Arlene Webb and Billie Sue Mosiman.
These are some great authors and they will be offering great pieces of work for you to enjoy this week. Stay tuned and keep an eye out for these limited time deals.

Death of the Couch Potato's Wife by Christy Barritt @cbarritt

Death of the Couch Potato's Wife: A Suburban Suspense, Women Sleuths, Cozy Murder Mystery

Welcome to Boring, Indiana, home to patio cookouts, homeowner dues, carpeted lawns, and neighbors so welcoming they’re dying to meet you — literally.

City slicker turned suburbanite housewife Laura Berry isn’t taking well to life in her new neighborhood. She moved to follow her husband’s dream, and now she can’t tell if she’s clinically depressed or just bored half to death. But Boring becomes anything but when Laura discovers her neighbor Candace Flynn face up on a sofa with her hand buried in a snack bag. With a healthy dose of neighborly suspicion and street smarts, Laura sets out to find Flynn’s killer, but her curiosity becomes desperation when the killer targets Laura.

Someone is determined to stop her from digging deeper into the murder, but Laura is just as determined to figure out who’s behind the death-by-poisoned-pork-rinds.

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Baseball's LOST Tradition by Eric Thompson (author) Bob Costas (Foreword)

Baseball's LOST Tradition: Two Eight-Team Leagues

BASEBALL’S LOST TRADITION: Two Eight-Team League is a chronological history of the turmoil and consequences involved in baseball’s first self-imposed expansion for the 1961 and 1962 seasons- the problems encountered in forming two ten-team leagues, and the struggles players faced as Major League Baseball replaced the traditional two eight-team leagues.

Author Eric Thompson reveals obscure facts regarding baseball’s first self-imposed expansion? For example, which teams were the original expansion teams? Did the American League expansion draft and National League expansion draft use the same format for selections? What did major league baseball promise the Continental League? Was the promise fulfilled? Which league first announced their expansion? Did the American League and the National League expand during the same year? These questions and many more are answered in BASEBALL’S LOST TRADITION: Two Eight-Team Leagues.

In the second half of the book Thompson moves beyond the facts and weaves a compelling story with two eight-team leagues playing a traditional 154-game schedule in the fictional Adirondack Valley League. In the style of “The Natural” and “A League of Their Own” Thompson weaves facts with fiction and presents player transactions and plausible, detailed statistics are presented for the 1961 and 1962 seasons as if expansion had never taken place.


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Friday, June 22, 2012

Circle of Bones by Christine Kling @christinekling

Circle of Bones: a Caribbean Thriller

Do you love to read big adventure thrillers packed with tales of gold snatched away from Nazis, chase scenes in steaming jungles, even steamier sex scenes, treacherous waterfalls, coded messages buried in dusty journals, and a secret society conspiring to take over the world?

Christine Kling's new Caribbean thriller, CIRCLE OF BONES, is just such a real page-turner based on an actual true mystery of World War II. The French submarine Surcouf, once the largest submarine in the world, departed Bermuda in 1942 and vanished without a trace. In this pulse-pounding thriller, Kling imagines what might have happened in this unsolved mystery.

Solo sailor Maggie Riley is cruising aboard her forty-foot sailboat when she rescues a sexy – but crazy conspiracy-spouting treasure hunter/archeologist who is swimming totally nude off the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. She soon learns he is searching for the wreck of a mysterious submarine. Cole Thatcher claims the sub holds millions in gold coins as well as secret documents from a powerful inner circle of Skull and Bones whose goal is to keep America at war for their own profits. Cole hopes for Riley's help in decoding his father’s journals that are the key to the location of the wreck.

At last, Riley joins the search for Surcouf when she discovers the demons in her own past intersect the inner Circle of Bones, and this conspiracy nut might not be so crazy after all.

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The Possibilities of Amy by Jaye Frances

The Possibilities of Amy

Amy is the ultimate trophy girl—gorgeous face, killer body, and a vivacious personality. But there’s something else about her, something that makes her even more special. Amy is new. A transfer student from out of state, she’s starting her senior year without knowing a soul. And that means she’s up for grabs, available.

Infatuated from the moment he sees her, David is determined to meet Amy, and if the fates are willing, to spend the rest of his life with her. But his shyness prevents him from approaching her—until his friends devise a contest to determine who will be the first to prove their manhood by seducing her.

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Thief by Jane Glatt

Thief (Brotherhood of the Throne)

Book 1 in the Brotherhood of the Throne series

When Duke Thorold murders her mother, indentured servant Brenna Trewen flees to Kingsreach.
Forced to live in the shadows, she’s caught stealing from the Church of the One-God and comes to the attention of Kane Rowse. But Kane is more than the Captain of the Kingsguard, he’s also a senior member of the Brotherhood of the Throne, a secret society that follows the old gods and was formed generations ago to safeguard the bloodline of the first king.
And with the childless king dying, the Brotherhood is convinced that Brenna is the one prophesied – the one they have waited two millennia for.
Despite her new-found magical abilities, Brenna doesn’t believe in the Brotherhood’s prophecy. But when the Church of the One-God tries to kill her, she’s forced to accept their offer of a safe haven.
After stealing her mother’s knife from Duke Thorold, Brenna realizes that it is made of the same old steel as the ancient weapons of the Brotherhood. Is she really the one prophesied? And can the Brotherhood keep her safe from both Duke Thorold and the church of the One-God?

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Let Us Prey by Jamie Lee Scott @Jamie_LD

Let Us Prey (Book 1, Gotcha Detective Agency Mysteries) (Gotcha Detective Agency Series)

Mimi Capurro is trying to put her life back together after the sudden death of her husband. Using the skills she learned as a secret service agent, she runs the Gotcha Detective Agency, along with her skilled computer forensics partner Charles Parks. Gotcha specializes in executive protection (bodyguards), and tailing cheating spouses.

Nick Christianson is running from the demons of his past, and that has put him back in his old stomping grounds in Salinas, CA. Nick has transferred from the San Francisco Homicide Division and is now adjusting to this new police department.

Mimi never expects to run into her old college flame Nick, when she takes on an executive protection case for New York Times bestselling author Lauren Silke. But when Lauren’s assistant is murdered, the homicide case, along with Mimi, land in Nick’s lap. Will Mimi and Nick be able to solve this murder without killing each other first?

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Thursday, June 21, 2012

Zoned for Murder by Evelyn David @evelyndavid

Zoned for Murder (Sound Shore Times Mystery)

Former Newsweek reporter Maggie Brooks has two kids, a dead husband, a mortgage to pay, and a lot of competition when she tries to get back into the shrinking newspaper business. Landing a job with a local paper, she's bored to tears covering bake sales and Little League games. But when a developer tries to build an outlet mall in a neighboring town, what starts out as potentially a great clip for her resume, suddenly turns dangerous and ugly. Someone will do anything to block the mall's construction. Dirty money, nasty politics, and shady land deals abound as Maggie pursues the scoop that might jumpstart her career. When murder is added to the mix, she realizes that meeting her deadline might be the last thing she ever does.

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A Horse Called Trouble by C.K. Volnek @CKVolnek

A Horse Called Trouble


A troubled teen must overcome her abusive past to save the defiant horse that has taught her to love and trust again.
Abandoned by her mother at the young age of seven, Tara Cumming’s been passed from foster home to foster home; not wanted anywhere by anyone. At thirteen she finds herself skeptic and suspicious, with no family, no friends, and forced to participate in horse therapy.

Horse therapy “will teach trust, perseverance, respect and the value of teamwork,” or so says the program’s instructor. Tara is unconvinced. Trust only got her heart broken, perseverance only gets her put down, and no one respects or wants to team up with the misfit foster kid.

At the stable, Tara meets Trouble, an angry horse bent on destroying everything and everyone around him. When Tara realizes he’s just as misunderstood and untrusting as she is, she pushes aside her fear and a special relationship is formed. Trouble trusts Tara, and Tara in turn finds hope and acceptance as well as the will to love and trust again herself.

But Tara’s confidence is shaken as a great challenge looms ahead. Trouble’s manipulative owner is determined to have him destroyed because of his ‘dangerous’ nature. Tara must overcome her own limitations and fight to save the horse that has freed her heart and given her life value and meaning.



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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Crystal Dreams by Katherine Schnieder @KathyHS87

Crystal Dreams

Fifteen year old Kat had dreamed about a world full of crystals for as long as she could remember. It never occurred to her that such a world might actually exist until she found it. And what she found was more than crystals she found friendship, love, mystery, and murder in a world that had been torn apart long ago in The Shattering.

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Born of Water by Autumn M. Birt

Born of Water

In the buried archives of the Temple of Dust may lie the secret to defeating the Curse, a creature which seeks to destroy 16 year old Ria for the forbidden gifts she possesses. But it is from among the ranks of those who control the Curse where Ria will find her best chance of success. Only the Priestess Niri can save Ria from the forces that hunt her, if Niri doesn’t betray the girl first. Along with Ria comes Ty and his sister, Lavinia, both bound to defend Ria from the Church of Four Orders and Niri, if they must. However, Ty has been living a life less than honest and keeping it from his sister. To survive a journey that takes them across the breadth of their world, the four must learn to trust each other before pursuit from the Church and Ty’s troubled past find them.

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Czechmate by Seth Harwood @sethharwood

Czechmate (Jack Palms Crime)

Once hired by the SFPD to investigate the mysterious murder of a crooked cop, Jack Palms now finds himself in the path of Alexi Akakievich, a cruel drug lord with a ring of sex slaves tapped directly into the city’s political elite. What’s unclear is whether Akakievich wants the power they can give him, or if he just wants to tear the city down. Whether Jack likes it or not, he finds himself in the way. Luckily, in Czechmate we see the return of Vlade, Niki and Al to stand by his side.
Graphic violence, sexual themes and packed with action. Not for the young or faint of heart.

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Review - Messages From Henry by Rebecca Scarberry @Scarberryfields


Messages From Henry

The author offers this synopsis:

Henry is special.
When Evelyn Bury becomes the unlikely victim in a random kidnapping, Henry flies to the rescue.
In the process, Henry enlists Tammy, Evelyn’s next-door neighbor and the lackadaisical authorities to assist in Evelyn’s escape.
Henry hurdles many obstacles to the point of endangering his own life in order to save his dear master.
You will find yourself routing Henry on, cheering his progress and praying for Evelyn’s safe return.
Read MESSAGES FROM HENRY and lose yourself in a fun, fast-paced, edge-of-your-seat suspense thriller written for all ages, twelve and above.
But, please…remember one small, feathery detail…
Henry…is a homing pigeon!


A homing pigeon as a hero? I know it sounds strange but true. Henry puts in as much passion into saving his master, Evelyn, as any action hero I know. This story reads very much like an action movie. The use of present tense makes the action and suspense more real. It's like being in the story and watching it unfold before you in real time.
I like the concept of using the pigeon as apart of the story and creating this cat and mouse game. If there was an element that didn't appeal to me was that the chase was too long. The police would eventually arrive on the scene just a split second too late again and again and again.
I liked the detective work of the main character and her observations bring about a great ending to the chase. Henry is a great hero and you will cheer him on through the whole story.
Messages From Henry is a short story that I recommend to read.

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Surviving The Fall by William R. Potter @WilliamPotter68

Surviving The Fall

James Goodal has spent his entire life avoiding uncomfortable situations. This safe and easy existence has left James lonely and facing divorce. Everything changes when he takes in a young street girl named Ashley. The pair finds comfort in their unorthodox friendship until her violent world returns forcing James to fight for Ashley and for his very survival.

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Monday, June 18, 2012

Messages From Henry by Rebecca Scarberry @Scarberryfields



Messages From Henry

Henry is special.
When Evelyn Bury becomes the unlikely victim in a random kidnapping, Henry flies to the rescue.
In the process, Henry enlists Tammy, Evelyn’s next-door neighbor and the lackadaisical authorities to assist in Evelyn’s escape.
Henry hurdles many obstacles to the point of endangering his own life in order to save his dear master.
You will find yourself routing Henry on, cheering his progress and praying for Evelyn’s safe return.
Read MESSAGES FROM HENRY and lose yourself in a fun, fast-paced, edge-of-your-seat suspense thriller written for all ages, twelve and above.
But, please…remember one small, feathery detail…
Henry…is a homing pigeon!


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Sailing Down the Moonbeam by Mary C Gottschalk @Marycgottschalk

Sailing Down the Moonbeam

With a destination loosely defined as the rest of the world, Mary and her husband Tom, leave behind family, friends and successful finance careers in New York City and embark on a five-year sailing adventure. As the voyage takes her farther and farther from traditional support systems, as her world becomes more and more defined by forces outside her control, Mary reexamines what it means to be a daughter, a friend, a professional, and a wife. Her travels through often uncharted waters and remote island communities offer a compelling metaphor for a fascinating journey of self-discovery.

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Sunday, June 17, 2012

Writing to Get Published by Vanessa O'Loughlin @inkwellHQ

Writing to Get Published: Bringing the Dream Alive (Second Edition)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004LB54XC

Revised and updated!

Essential tips on writing and getting your book published from The Inkwell Group's Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin, bringing together the very best from Inkwell Writers’ Workshops and the bestselling authors who facilitate them, as well as Vanessa's own years of experience as a literary scout.

Covering essential fiction writing tips and technique in Part 1, this accessible book provides practical advice on improving your fiction and preparing it for publication. Covering starting to write, plotting and planning, and character development as well as tips for writing winning short fiction 'Writing to Get Published' is vital reading for fiction writers who want to turn their work into the reality of print.

In Part 2 find out how to build an author profile to sell yourself, as well as your book, to editors and agents; find out how to ensure that your book is ready to submit, and get tips on writing that great covering letter. Vanessa explains the exciting options available to today's writers in a business that is in the midst of change.

The Inkwell Group is Ireland's largest and most successful Publishing Consultancy and has assisted authors to publication with Big Six publishing houses as well as independent and digital publishers in Ireland and abroad.With experience and insight from The Inkwell Group's founder and director Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin, 'Writing to Get Published: Bringing the Dream Alive' is an essential resource designed to help you get your book published.

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Saturday, June 16, 2012

Deviations by Mike Markel @mikemarkel

Deviations (Detectives Seagate and Miner Mystery series)


Former police detective Karen Seagate is drinking herself to oblivion and having casual sex with losers from the bar when the new police chief tracks her down. It seems there were problems with her departure. A high profile murder gives Karen a chance to work as a detective again... but the new chief is one for the rules and Karen has too many deviations from official protocol. These deviations may get her fired. They may also get her killed. But she's determined they'll also help her find the killer.

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Friday, June 15, 2012

FlagShip Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine

FlagShip Science Fiction and Fantasy - September 2010

FlagShip is an online-only SF/Fantasy short story magazine inviting you to launch into imagination. There are seven stories in this issue, including -
Too Damn Cold, by James Hartley - when a planet almost too hot to handle goes through a cold snap, what are the colonists to do?
Bringers of the Dead, by Doug Souza - the AI in his head drove him to kill, and together they were good at it. It was only a matter of time until they drew attention...
Face in the Abyss, by Charles Kyffhausen - Morgan LeFey's armies were so close - so very close to finally taking over the world. All she has to do is convince the champion of her enemies to change sides. What could possibly go wrong?
House of Shells, by Megan Arkenburg - She was the Royal Witchfinder, bound by oath to root out rogue wizards and bonewitches. But when she catches one bonewitch too man, her past may suddenly catch up with her.
The Paired Curse, by Billy Wong - Bors was... bored. The frontier fort was a fine place to train his troops, but too peaceful. The appearance of a noblewoman asking for training didn't seem like the kind of change he'd been looking for...
Mr. Silky Strikes Back by Alice Kemp - Her uncle was a smuggler of exotic pets. But when he started running a scam with a teleporting pet, he'd bitten off more than he could chew...
A Cowboy from King Arthur's Court - by Dave Cushing - the lone farmer welcomed the stranger in, but he had no idea how close to home the stranger's tales would come...


FlagShip Science Fiction and Fantasy - November 2010

FlagShip Issue 3 invites you to Launch into Imagination!
ggg.earth.gxy - When popup ads appear over the President's desk during a live press conference, can he make a deal with the aliens, or will he be biting off more than he can chew?
Ghost Deli - When the owner of a grocery chain dies, his more business-minded subordinates start making changes. Little do they know he left a piece of himself behind.
Atlantean Treasure - It was a beautiful necklace the old lady gave her, but when dreams of long ago and far away start invading her life, will she be able to bear its weight?
Worse Than the Disease - The zombie apocalypse was bad enough, but these survivors had the bad luck to stumble into the lair of the Last Human. Does he have a cure for zombies? And will it win the war for humans... or lose it?
Revival - A telepathic spaceman awakens from a too-long cryosleep to discover that most of the crewmen aboard the rescue ship are holographic projections. Now he has to deal with brains in jars, alien thoughts, and a too-real threat from an unlikely source.
Christmas Spirits - This private detective was all too used to handling odd cases. What other kind would you take to a dragon? But when a run-down theater suddenly develops a taste for murder, can Vern and Sister Grace crack the case before the Ghost of Christmas Future appears and does their client in for good?


FlagShip Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine - July 2010
FlagShip is an online-only SF/Fantasy short story magazine inviting you to launch into imagination. There are six stories in this issue including -
The Pirate, by H. E. Roulo - The namegivers prophesied that he would be a pirate. But he lived on a world with no crime, and no open bodies of water...
Affinity, by Mary Merrell - The crows followed him wherever he went. But when a neighbor starts to notice, Talon's life is about to change...
Ruby's Child, by Philip Carroll - A dwarf maiden finds herself orphaned, alone, and with child when she returns to her ancestral home. Can the dwarves overcome their prejudice? Set in P.G. Holyfield's word of Caern, by his permission...
Inciting Incident, by Blake M. Petit - He was studying the superheroes to understand how their powers worked. At least, that's what he told them...
Apprentice, by Mike Plested - Charlie was apprenticed to the wizard, and thought he'd learn magic, but when all he learns is cleaning and cooking. When his complaints threaten to get him kicked out, what can he do to convince his master to let him stay?
AND
Snake Skin, by Brand Gamblin - author of Tumbler. Todd and Simon had worked together to develop the bionic "skins" that enhanced people's reflexes, strength, and speed. But when they reach the limits of human potential, how do they bring out the true potential of the 'skins? And what does it mean for humanity?


FlagShip Science Fiction and Fantasy - Jan 2012
FlagShip is shifting to shorter, leaner issues, and moving to a monthly schedule. That means that in 2012, expect to see a lot of FlagShip and Flying Island Press!

In This Issue:

Finding the Way Forward - The Editor talks about some new directions for the year, including the shift to monthly issues.

The Dame Wore White - She was a long, cool woman in a white dress, and nothing but trouble, but Mackleroy didn't care. He needed something to bring the spark back to his life.

Mercy - He was a man in a woman's world, hired to guide the Mender out to defeat the evil that had killed an entire town. What they found was mercy... of a sort.

Evolution: A Love Story. Shingling the house with old, useless CDs had seemed a good idea at the time. He really didn't mean for it to be a signal for alien spacecraft... and he certainly didn't think it was a marriage proposal!

View from the Poop Deck - Welcome to the End of the World. It's 2012! Finally! (In more than one sense of the word.)

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Progeny by Shawn Hopkins @shawnahopkins

Progeny

It has been months since John Carter's estranged brother, Henry, has gone missing. When last heard from, he was sailing off to Bermuda in search of an author whose books deal with the esoteric traditions of past ages.

Reluctantly, John joins Henry's old Special Forces Teammates on a trip to Bermuda, hoping to discover the truth behind Henry's disappearance. But not all is as it seems in Bermuda, and the puzzle that awaits John on the small island paradise will prove to be more sinister than anything the world has seen in a very, very long time.

As the fingers of an ancient evil seek to draw him into another world - a world where all of Hell is trying to break loose - John must confront the truth of his own past... and pray that he might survive its revelation...

...that the WORLD might survive its revelation.

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Thursday, June 14, 2012

Dark Horseman by Charisse Howard @CharHow

Dark Horseman: a historical romance

When Victoria “Tory” Allen learns her beloved Belmont has gone up in flames, she jumps on a horse and races home to her injured grandfather. Grandall's niece Sally frets: How will such a headstrong belle make any Virginia gentleman a proper wife? Among the young gentlemen who'd like to find out is Sally’s handsome son, Charles, a Charlottesville lawyer.

Grandall shocks his whole household by hiring a gruff, bearded stranger called Ned Finn to run Belmont until he recovers. Tory resents the intrusion, although she can't help admiring Finn’s skill with horses. Charles questions the newcomer's growing influence over the ailing old man. All soon realize that the mysterious Mr. Finn is not what he seems. New discoveries, and some clues from Shakespeare, throw Belmont’s social order into chaos. Tory faces a desperate choice: can she save her beleaguered home, or will this "battle of stallions" destroy it?

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A Summons To Perdition by John L. Work @WORK949

A Summons To Perdition (The Detective J.D. Welch Novels)

J.D. WELCH comes back for one last curtain call in this suspense-filled final novel in the series.

Our retired detective receives a phone call from prominent defense investigator Mike Woleski, who has a rather urgent request. He wants to hire the former cop to locate PATTY CURTIS, Woleski’s missing college freshman granddaughter.

Patty has disappeared with her Egyptian lover, HAMID KHAZEMI. He is one of a seven-member terrorist cell that’s been dispatched on a jihad mission which will kill hundreds of Americans.

Patty’s mother, MARY, is a rising star in Colorado politics and doesn’t want the police involved in the search for her daughter.

Welch enlists the help of retired detective JOE BRYERSON, a close friend. Using a clue provided by Patty's college roommate, the two retired cops set out across the country to find the missing girl.

A foreign-born conspiracy based on archaic historically accurate mandates from the founder of Islam, another unthinkable act of large-scale terrorism inside the U.S.A., murder, and some solid investigative work by two aging retired American cops all combine to make this novel a memorable thriller.

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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

The Necro Device by M.T. Dismuke

The Necro Device

John and Mary Hilt are hired to restore the Mandiev mansion isolated between four surrounding towns. In the past, the Mandiev brothers had a fatal accident which killed hundreds of local citizens. The event marks the beginning of a deadly device that will control its creator and affect the community for years to come. Mary Hilt will unlock the madness that spawned from its awakening. The Necro Device is a mind-melting, suspense thriller loaded with secrets, twists, and a diabolical plot.

A betrayal, a machine, a darker intent...

It has a purpose.

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Orion Rising by C.A. Masterson @CateMasters

Orion Rising

To the Byrne children, constellations were more than stick figures in the night sky. At their father’s telling, their myths became tales of adventure and romance for Percy, Allie, Mary and Aurie, whose names seem to imbue celestial royalty upon them. When the Orion River floods in 1965, the Byrne children are drawn to it like sailors to a siren’s call. After Aurie disappears in the river, their names seem more like a curse. Though self-imposed, the curse follows them through three decades before each learns the key to breaking it – love, and forgiveness. But sometimes the hardest person to forgive is yourself.



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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Produce, Publish, Publicize by Sabrina Sumsion @sabrinasumsion

Produce, Publish, Publicize

Now with updated eBook details, Produce, Publish, Publicize give writers the upper hand in the publishing process. Read to the end for a bonus section on how to arrange a free eBook promotion and maximize your results as well as read an excerpt from Sabrina's other writing projects.

Do you want to increase your book sales? Are you ready to publish a book? Have you published a book before but weren't really satisfied with the experience and want to find a new publisher? Are you confused by all the options available to you as a writer? Maybe you want to make a million dollars or maybe you only want to record something for posterity. Whatever you motivation for venturing into the literary world, let Sabrina Sumsion, a publishing insider, help you navigate the muddied waters of the literary world.

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Something to Live for by Natalie G. Owens @natalie_g_owens

Something to Live for (Moonlight Dating Series)

Fifteen years ago, one fateful day bound the lives of two perfect strangers...

Melita Saari-Quinn is living the consequences of a traumatizing psychic event that turned her adolescence upside down. Now, disillusioned with her job as a psychotherapist and desiring a change from her lackluster existence, she hopes that something out of her ordinary sphere of existence - something totally uninhibited and spontaneous - will renew her zest for life.

Alex Moncado seems to have it all - good looks, a successful business, and a fun life in "party central" of the Mediterranean: the island of Malta. Except for one day in the year when he can't help but remember a tragedy that never should have been. One day he'd rather forget, because if he doesn't, the guilt will consume him.

Can one passionate night together banish the ghosts of the past and give two lost souls a second chance?


Only Fate can tell...

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Monday, June 11, 2012

Sweet Dreams of a Child by Audrey Pryor

"Sweet Dreams" of a child - short bedtime stories

This book is written by an 80-year-old grandmother of six and great-grandmother of 10. The Internet is foreign to her but she never tires of pursuing new things. Her book was written from stories she shared with her two sons when they were young and later told to their children. You too will enjoy reading to your loved ones.
Learn about Billy, the curious fishing worm; Dolly, the little dear stuck in the mud; and Benny the loveable clown. These stories will be treasured by your children and kept as a favorite memory when they are adults.

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Sunday, June 10, 2012

Interview with Morgan St. James @LVWritingExamin

The Digital Ink Spot interviewed Morgan St. James, a former interior designer, Morgan spent many years designing interiors for model homes, celebrities, restaurants and offices.

Her writing career was launched when Designer’s West Magazine approached Morgan and her partner during the time they owned an interior design studio in California and asked them to write an article. Morgan discovered she loved writing. The article was so well-received, she wrote many more published “how to” articles for designers. From there, she expanded her topics to diverse subjects.

Splitting time between homes in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, she is a member of Henderson Writers Group, Las Vegas Writers Group, Public Safety Writers Group, Sisters in Crime/LA, Greater Los Angeles Writers Society.

The Digital Ink Spot: You write stories under your name and with your sister as a co-writer. How do you two divide the work?

I write the Silver Sisters Mysteries series with my sister, Phyllice Bradner. I also write novels, short stories, columns and articles on my own as well as with other co-authors. When I work with my sister, we write long distance utilizing email and the telephone. She lives in Oregon and I split time between L.A. and Las Vegas. We generally meet in person at her home or mine when we plot a book and spend a week or so filled with figuring out who does what to whom combined with a good sister visit. By the end of the week, we have plot notes and a strong sister relationship. What we develop is sort of like an outline, but not exactly the same, but we know the story, twist we’d like to add and where it is going. Then, since I’m a quick writer, I create the draft chapters and send them to her as they are ready. She is a trained editor and massages each and every word, then sends it back to me. If it’s a “wrap,” it goes into the first draft. Otherwise we go through a round of early edits.

When the first draft is finished, we meet for another week or so, print copies of the manuscript and read it out loud to each other and do another edit. We then read it through one more time and it is generally ready for the publisher at that point.


The Digital Ink Spot: Did your mother write Can We Come In and Laugh, Too? herself or did you help her?

I encouraged my mother to write it when she was 80 years old over her protests that she was not a writer. In the beginning, I wanted to be sure we had a record of all of the wonderful stories we’d heard from the time we were kids. My oldest son transferred her handwritten pages to his Mac back in 1990, but I kept the handwritten copy. He also gave me a printout. Then to my dismay, somewhere along the line I lost both and when his Mac went to the computer heaven in the sky, the digitized copy was lost as well. I searched everywhere I could think of but the file was nowhere to be found.

Mom passed away in 2006 as she approached her 97th birthday. In 2010 the file miraculously appeared, tucked away in a place I’d searched years before. It was as though she was sending a signal that she was ready to share her stories. Part I was written by Rosetta and I edited it. At least 90% of that part was written by her. Then I curated the stories for Part II from my sister, my kids and cousins and edited Part II. The result was a book that has delighted all who downloaded it or purchased the paperback. It is her gift of laughter to readers.


The Digital Ink Spot: I've read that you use family and friends as inspiration for your characters. Do they read your stories and try and guess who you have incorporated in a story?

Some do, although many of the characters are composites. My mother’s family was quite zany, as evidenced in Can We Come In And Laugh, Too? so we had a treasure trove to draw from. Then, in a few cases, like some of the stories in my short story collection The MAFIA FUNERAL and Other Short Stories, the real character is used and named. In others, like Devil’s Dance and The Devil’s Due, a pair of romantic suspense books I wrote as Arliss Adams, the character of Jen is based upon someone whose real story I knew many years ago. What happened to her gave me the idea for the first book. The second book is pure fiction. The character of Vince DeLuca was based upon a man I was very close to who passed away at an early age. The Silver Sisters mother Flossie is a composite of our own mother Rosetta and her sister Edna with a little of the Sophia irreverence from the Golden Girls thrown in. Their great uncle Sterling is inspired by our Uncle Sol. And, of course, Goldie is based upon Phyllice who did live in Juneau, Alaska for many years, owned an antique shop at one point like Goldie, and has a “salt of the earth” loving, giving personality. Godiva is my alter ego, although I’m not as selfish as Godiva, but I admit to being manipulative. I don’t have an estate in Beverly Hills but did live two houses from the Beverly Hills city limit at one time, and don’t write an advice column but people always come to me for advice.


The Digital Ink Spot: How do you gather all those tip and tricks you share on your blog and newsletter?

I’m a natural researcher and networker. I also belong to many writers groups in both L.A. and Las Vegas, plus attending lots of conferences and workshops. I hear the things people agonize about, absorb information like a sponge and put a lot of that into my articles. I also say that I’ve learned many things in the “School of Hard Knocks.” Generally when you learn by your own mistakes and those mistakes have consequences, you don’t make the same ones again. However, there are always new ones lurking in the shadows. In addition to solid advice, I try to share what I’ve learned by also including personal anecdotes and examples in both my Writers’ Tricks of the Trade book and columns in the hope of helping other writers. As a last source, when I read another writer’s article that hits home, I’ll do additional research and then write something with the further information I’ve discovered and include my own spin.


The Digital Ink Spot: What can readers expect from you in the future?

Wow. That’s a good question. There is so much always in the works. The funny crime caper I co-authored with Meredith Holland, Who’s Got the Money?, will be released by Oak Tree Press in mid July. It is a clever plot to scam the federal government out of millions. When three employees, former female executives who took jobs with the prison system selling furniture manufactured in federal prisons, discover the nefarious plot, the trio literally goes undercover like bumbling Charlie’s Angels. Lots of twists and turns and many laughs while the plot unfolds. Then in September, my creative nonfiction book, “Confessions of a Cougar,” will be released by Marina Publishing Group. The title and cover are pretty much self explanatory, so I’ll let them stir imaginations. The fourth Silver Sisters book, “Diamonds in the Dumpster,” is currently in work and we’re hoping for a late 2013 release. As if that wasn’t enough, I’m also co-authoring a book with true crime author Dennis Griffin. The story is one that is shocking, amazing and inspiring. The person behind the story endured many of the things my character in Devil’s Dance did, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Her story intrigues me beyond imagination and will be intense. In addition, I’ll continue to write articles, give workshops, talks and participate in panels. Now all I have to do is figure out how to fill the two or three minutes that might be idle each day!

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Mmm...No1...Cookbook by Michael Madden @Tumbattle

Mmm...No1...Cookbook
U.K.: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mmm-No1-Cookbook-ebook/dp/B00822CN30

My kitchen is full of cookery books. There are region specific ones, celebrity television chef ones, food specific ones, curry is a particular favourite, and even one that explains how to catch, kill, hang and cook a possum! Added to this are a number of recipe cards that have fallen out of magazines, extracts from newspapers and periodicals, and hand written recipes passed down through the generations. Many of the books have pages stuck together, particularly the messy Nigella ones, whilst many of the magazine pages are torn and faded.

Now, whilst the feel of a 300 page cookery book might initially fill me with excitement at the prospect of new ideas and new ingredients, it is not too long before I realise that, for everyday cooking, I am only ever going to use one or two, and even the one or two are generally adapted to the tastes of my own family as well as the convenience of the ingredients. So, I decided that I would put all of my favourite recipes in one place, on the Kindle, an item that is likely to be treated with a lot more care than a newspaper cutting. I know that there are no pictures to go with the dishes, but I already know what the finished meal should look like. Another advantage of Mmm.No1...Cookbook on Kindle is that it provides a handy method of taking a list of ingredients to the shops!

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Friday, June 8, 2012

The Lump That Ate Long Island by Jeff Hite @JAHite

The Lump That Ate Long Island (Leaving The Cradle)

Leaving the Cradle

In 2047 humans finally left the Earth. In 2059, when the First Martian Colony claims independence, they find that even the vast gulfs of space won't stop them making war on each other.

The Lump That ate Long Island

Crewman Marcia (Long Island) March is new to the Earth battle fleet, and already she is having trouble. The lump in her mattress is making it hard for her to sleep, but her bunk mates and the officers on the Petra all think she is crazy. When her OOD finds her in the head after lights out she realizes this is going to be a long voyage for her. It will be an even longer one for the crew of the Petra when they learn how dangerous that lump is to all of them.

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Thursday, June 7, 2012

Blacktop Styx by Blackie Noir

Blacktop Styx

BLACKTOP STYX is a crime / thriller, hard and tightly woven as chain-mail. Blending the dark tones of early James Elroy, and Boston Teran; the open road atmosphere of James Crumley, and the hard edged dialogue of Elmore Leonard, BLACKTOP STYX provides a rewarding adventure for fans of the neo-noir crime genre.

Over twenty years ago James ‘Jimmy Gee’ Giardello watched a bloody and battered ‘Slash’ Johansson hobble down an alley and out of his life. That had been the upside, the downside being, Inga, the woman who had been the cause of the rift between the two men, had aided Slash in making his exit. Slash might have lost the battle, but Jimmy lost the lady.

As the years passed Jimmy came to realize, Inga hadn’t been much of lady, and her leaving hadn’t been much of a loss. If the phone call had come from Inga, Jimmy would have shined it. The fact that it had been Slash on the line was enough to make Jimmy listen. When his old nemesis spoke of unfinished business between them, Jimmy didn’t waste time. He was in his pickup and on his way.

Not much is left of the behemoth that Jimmy had rode, drank, and ultimately battled with. Ninety pounds have been stripped from his frame by the ‘monster’, AIDS. Even as an enfeebled husk, Slash still has the strength to pull a trigger. This he quickly demonstrates by shooting Sheila; the woman who infected him and shares his high-desert trailer, while Jimmy looks on.

Unflappable in the face of this violence, Jimmy doesn’t do as well when Slash informs him that, twenty-three years ago, Inga had given birth to a daughter, Jimmy’s daughter.

Slash’s last act, after giving Jimmy a picture of the girl and a letter from Inga, is to fire a final shot from his pistol, ending the dregs of his existence. While Slash’s tribulations have come to an end, Jimmy’s have just begun.

On opening Inga’s letter, the first thing Jimmy learned about his daughter was her name . . . . Peril. By the time he had read the message in its entirety, he came to realize just how appropriate a name it was. While Peril has made few friends in her short life, her enemies are legion.

BLACKTOP STYX follows Peril’s full-tilt flight for her life, as well as Jimmy’s intense quest to track Peril down, before her varied and vicious pack of pursuers can run her to ground.

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