Title: The Famine Cycle Trilogy: The Complete SeriesAuthor: J.D.L. RosellRelease date: 7/17/2024Artist: Ömer Burak Önal | ArtStation | TwitterDesigner: Rachel St. Clair of Claymore Covers | Instagram | TwitterLink: https://geni.us/FamineCycleBoxset Blurb Over 1000 pages of forbidden magic, deadly intrigue, and titanic clashes between gods and mortals. When the God of Hunger reawakens, the final feast begins… […]
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SFF Addicts Ep. 113: Paolo Bacigalupi talks Navola, The Windup Girl, Burnout & More
Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they chat with award-winning author Paolo Bacigalupi about his new novel Navola, his breakout hit The Windup Girl, Renaissance Italy, languages and cultural immersion, reading resonance and education, near-future settings and climate fiction, research and lived experience, transitioning into fantasy, burnout, discovery writing and much more.
COVER REVEAL: Lightfall (Book One of The Everlands) by Ed Crocker
Title: LightfallSeries: Book 1 of The EverlandsAuthor: Ed CrockerGenre: Epic FantasyPublisher: St Martin’s Press/MacmillanReleasing in: US and CanadaFormats: eBook/Hardback/AudiobookCover Artist: Ervin Serrano (art director, St Martin’s Press)Release Date: January 14th, 2025 Add to Goodreads Amazon Pre-order Barnes and Noble Pre-order Audible Preorder Pitch An epic fantasy of vampires, werewolves and sorcerers. No humans here. Just immortals: […]
TBRCon2024 Highlight: Developing Alien Races with Christopher Paolini, Adrian Tchaikovsky, J.S. Dewes & More
Every Friday, we’re highlighting a panel from the TBRCon2024 all-virtual SF/F/H convention, looking back on the incredible variety of discussions that we had the honor of hosting.
This week, join moderator/author Frasier Armitage and panelists Christopher Paolini, Adrian Tchaikovsky, J.S. Dewes, Ada Hoffmann and K.B. Wagers for a TBRCon2024 panel on “Developing Alien Races.”
GUEST POST: The Essential Hero’s Toolkit by R.R. Virdi
There are three tools all heroes must possess. Know them by their shape and their names. They are the candle, cloak, and cane.
Magic swords, magical horns, and magic powers. Heroes throughout myth and modern fiction have had no end of magical macguffins to seek or draw upon. But when crafting Tales of Tremaine, I wanted to look back through history, and mythology, to what heroes have often had or needed, but perhaps not always got the spotlight.
So, where did I begin?
Review: His Ragged Company by Rance D. Denton (The Testimonies of Elias Faust #1)
His Ragged Company gives us the chance to splatter and swear our way through a kooky western with all the obscene violence of a Tarantino flick. Seriously, what’s not to like about that?
SFF Addicts Ep. 112: Writing the Opposite Gender with Stephen Aryan (Mini-Masterclass)
Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they delve into a mini-masterclass on Writing the Opposite Gender with author Stephen Aryan. During the episode, Stephen bridges the gap between genders, exploring the importance of writing outside your own gender, stereotypes and how men often write women badly, how to enjoy writing the opposite gender, the advantages of writing in SFF, how to research other genders, gender norms and little details, intent and power dynamics, awareness, biases, empathy and more.
TBRCon2024 Highlight: Reading Habits: TBR vs. Mood Reader (with Mike’s Book Reviews, M. J. Kuhn, Philip Chase & More)
Every Friday, we’re highlighting a panel from the TBRCon2024 all-virtual SF/F/H convention, looking back on the incredible variety of discussions that we had the honor of hosting.
This week, join moderator/blogger Neil Williams and panelists Mike’s Book Reviews, M. J. Kuhn, Philip Chase, Mihir Wanchoo and Zoranne Host for a TBRCon2024 panel on “Reading Habits: TBR vs. Mood Reader.”
I grew mushrooms on my book (and then ate them) 🍄
Join me as I grow blue oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus var. columbinus) on a paperback copy of my debut novel, Mushroom Blues. Fittingly, I then eat my own words, taking a bite of one of the fruiting bodies.
COVER REVEAL: Elysia Dayne: Ashes of Eden by Wil Chan
Blurb Magic exists in the smallest of pockets. Nineteen-year-old Elysia Dayne is tasked with slaying a monstrous creature on the outskirts of the desert-like Outlands. Completing the job, Elysia is pursued by a mysterious young maiden who needs her help to recapture the mysterious Artefacts of Eden from a magical warlord. With no money on […]
SFF Addicts Ep. 111: Stephen Aryan talks The Blood Dimmed Tide, Persia, Worldbuilding & More
Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they chat with author Stephen Aryan about his new novel The Blood Dimmed Tide, the world of The Coward, ideas and distraction, heroes and PTSD, Persian and Mongol history, research and accuracy, magic systems and weird shit, the publishing landscape, working a day-job and much more.
Cover Reveal – The World To Come (Dark Legacies Book Three) by Yuval Kordov
Today’s cover reveal is a real pleasure, as it’s for the conclusion of The Hand of God trilogy, a wonderfully dark apocalyptic sci-fi series set in the Dark Legacies universe by Yuval Kordov. The concluding instalment is called The World to Come and its set to join the world in September 2024. This series has […]