The Last Contract of Isako by Fonda Lee The Green Bone Saga by Fonda Lee is the high watermark of modern fantasy, as well as helping the “emotional damage” meme continue to thrive, and so any new series by her must be welcomed with appropriate parades and hysteria. But the fact that her next Orbit […]
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COVER REVEAL: Lady Drakeslayer (Passage Two of the Divine Godsqueen Coda) by Bill Adams
Reminder of the cover for Book 1 :). Grab your copy here! Ready or not! Blurb An orphan, having uncovered the truth of her past, shuns the destiny of the blood coursing her veins. Despite slaying a goddess, the path to Eminence slowly shackles her as the other seals beckon. A drake, burdened by the […]
Excerpt: Blood of the Kami (Yaseki Monogatari #1) by Baptiste Pinson Wu
Blurb For centuries, the Yaseki have fought the corrupted souls who seek to plunge Japan into darkness. But the fragile balance is now shifting toward the forces of evil. Ren Fudō, a young Soul Hunter blessed with the blood of the kami, receives a mission from Amaterasu Ōmikami. This simple errand is a spirit-given chance […]
Review: Buzzard’s Bowl by John Pallandino
Synopsis Cedain continues to collapse. Ashmount’s destruction shatters the Magicai while the culprits responsible continue sabotaging the world. All the while, the next season of Buzzard’s Bowl begins and Edelbrock, in his constant fight for survival, desires a vengeance he can only find in the arena. Seradal and Villic find themselves in the middle of […]
SFF Addicts Ep. 133: Adrian Tchaikovsky talks Alien Clay, Days of Shattered Faith, TTRPGs & More
Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they chat with award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky about his new novels Days of Shattered Faith and Alien Clay, growing up on Doctor Who, how TTRPGs inspire him, ideation and the strangeness of nature, empathizing with aliens and non-human characters, creativity and limitations, authoritarianism and bureaucracy in The Tyrant Philosophers series, experimenting with multiple POVs and vignettes, colonialism, symbiosis and much more.
COVER REVEAL: Maiden of Storms (The Conspiracy of Crows Trilogy #2) by Matthew Zorich
Reminder of the cover for Book 1 in the series 🙂 Catch up here! https://amzn.to/3OnsjH8 Ready? Blurb Helena Catseye escapes the grip of Counselor City only to find anguish heading west, hounded by Jared Blackheart’s Gentle Monks. Prince Damon assigns his personal guard, Austin Casting, a mission to retrieve an artifact in the Blightbriar Mountains. […]
Cover Reveal: Animus Paradox by Adam Bassett
I’m excited to help with this cover reveal for my friend and fellow author, Adam Bassett. Animus Paradox is a standalone story related to one of the pieces in his recently-published collection, Digital Extremities. * * * * * * * Cover Illustration by Ahmed Elgharabawy (@redpharoahart on Bluesky and Twitter) Blurb: There’s a thief […]
COVER REVEAL: A Chorus of War (Second Verse of the Last Ballad) by Scott Palmer
Just a reminder of the cover for Book 1 🙂 Order here! But you came here for Book 2 🙂 Blurb Fires return. Empires burn. James Culdaine and the surviving folk of Mal Hallow have spent the winter sheltered in the haunted castle of Kallahorn. When a dwindling food supply and the looming threat of […]
The End Of Year Horror Extravaganza 2024: with George Dunn and Anna Dupre
2024 has been overall… average, but an indisputably epic year for horror. We’ve seen the release of many a hit, from C.J Leede’s highly-acclaimed “American Rapture,” to the ambiguous mind-fuck that is Paul Tremblay’s “Horror Movie,” and of course everything in between. Googly-eye plastered serial killers, dream malls, demon phone boxes. Awesome. For me personally, […]
Excerpt: Majordomo by Tim Carter
Blurb A plucky underdog. A powerful necromancer. And the idiot heroes bent on murdering them. Kobolds are supposed to run away—it’s what they’re best at. But Jack? Born with a club foot, he’s had to adapt. Resilient and clever, he clawed his way to respectability as majordomo of a premiere subterranean estate. He even found […]
COVER REVEAL: The Wilds Exile (Ranger of the Titan Wilds #4) by J.D.L. Rosell
Like always, let’s take a look at what came before by checking out the covers for the first three (3) books in the series You can catch up here! https://amzn.to/497Be9p Ok. Are you ready now? Blurb She broke a siege. Bonded a titan. Lost the one she loved most. But Leiyn must rise above her […]
SFF Addicts Ep. 132: Writing for IP with Peter F. Hamilton, Mike Chen & James L. Sutter (Masterclass Panel)
Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn for a masterclass panel on Writing for IP, featuring authors Peter F. Hamilton, Mike Chen and James L. Sutter. During the panel, Peter, Mike and James explore the intricacies of writing for intellectual properties, including how to get involved in IP, deadlines and contracts, the pressures of writing in an established universe, love of the IP vs. the realities of earnings, editors and author freedom, translating visual IPs to prose and vice versa, catering to existing fanbases, author voice, IP attachment and more.