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TBRCon2024 Highlight: Small & Midsize Book Publishers with Peter Chiykowski, Bryce O’Connor, Caroline Lambe & More

April 12, 2024 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

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/publisher/editor Peter Chiykowski and panelists Bryce O’Connor, Caroline Lambe, Mae Murray, Selena Middleton, Fabienne Schwizer, Brook Aspden and Alan Lastufka for a TBRCon2024 panel on “Small & Midsize Book Publishers.”

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Book Tube, TBRCon2024 Tagged With: Alan Lastufka, Angry Robot, Brook Aspden, Bryce O'Connor, Caroline Lambe, Fabiene Schwizer, Grimdark Magazine, Mae Murray, Online Convention, Peter Chiykowski, Selena Middleton, Shortwave Publishing, TBRCon2024, The Story Engine Deck, Virtual Convention, Wraithmarked

COVER REVEAL: Teleportasm (Killer VHS Series Book 3) by Joshua Millican

April 11, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Cover illustrator: Marc Vuletich | SitePublisher: Shortwave Publishing | Site GoodReads: Add to shelf | SiteRelease Date: June 25, 2024Pre-Order Link: Direct & Amazon | Here Shortwave Shop link is the only way to get the Killer VHS rental shipping box and Membership! Blurb Four friends unearth a unique VHS tape that, when viewed, causes short-distance teleportation with euphoric after-effects, inadvertently […]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Book Spotlight, Cover Reveal, Recommendations Tagged With: #CoverReveal, #FearForAll, #Horror, #IndieHorror, #JoshuaMillican, #KillerVHS, #ShortwaveMedia, #Shortwavepublishing, #Teleportasm

COVER REVEAL: Starlight Jewel (Gifts of the Auldtree #1) by E.L. Lyons

April 9, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Cover Artist: Samantha Slaughter Cover Designer: Shane PhillipsPublisher: Self-Published GoodReads: SHELFOrder Link: LINK | Siverstones Books Behold the newly re-covered Starlight Jewel! Blurb The human city of Minalav is renowned for its lavish balls, where nobles bring wealth from distant lands to the Starlight Palace, to be romanced—and robbed—by the half-human hybrids who live below the city. […]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Book Spotlight, Cover Reveal, Recommendations Tagged With: #CoverReveal, #ELLyons, #Fantasy, #GiftsoftheAuldtree, #StarlightJewel

SFF Addicts Ep. 99: Swashbuckling Fantasy with Sebastien de Castell (Mini-Masterclass)

April 9, 2024 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they delve into a mini-masterclass on Swashbuckling Fantasy with author Sebastien de Castell. During the episode, Sebastien plays the daring hero by laying out the essentials of swashbuckling, including how he defines it, famous examples of swashbuckling (like The Three Musketeers and The Princess Bride), the interaction between swordplay, action and stakes, how to pace a swashbuckling story, applying humor to swashbuckling, heroes, villains, contrast and more.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Masterclass, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, Greatcoats, Interview, jo fletcher books, M. J. Kuhn, Masterclass, Play of Shadows, Podcast, Sebastien De Castell, SFF Addicts, SFF Addicts Podcast, Swashbuckling, The Court of Shadows, Traitor's Blade

TBRCon2024 Highlight: Creating Unique Fantasy Monsters (with Thiago Abdalla, Ed McDonald, K.S. Villoso & More)

April 5, 2024 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

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 Thiago Abdalla and authors Ed McDonald, K.S. Villoso, Rob J. Hayes, J.D.L. Rosell and Andrew Watson for a TBRCon2024 panel on “Creating Unique Fantasy Monsters.”

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Book Tube, TBRCon2024 Tagged With: Andrew Watson, Author Panel, Fantasy, J.D.L. Rosell, K.S. Villoso, Monsters, Rob J. Hayes, TBRCon2024, Thiago Abdalla, Writing

Australian & New Zealand Author Showcase No 25 – Assaph Mehr

April 5, 2024 by Charlie Cavendish Leave a Comment

An idea squeezed into my head in 2023, after seeing so many of the book community gathering at conventions across the US and UK. And once my FOMO subsided, I got to thinking about who might be gathered together if we had similar conventions closer to home.  Pending the master planning required to arrange a […]

Filed Under: Author Chat, Blog Posts, Historical, Interview, Reviews, Urban Fantasy Tagged With: Books, Fantasy, Self Published

Intro to Indie Science Fiction + Representation

April 4, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Similarly to my original Intro to Indie posts (which you can check out here: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-fi) this is an idea I’ve been brewing for months. Not just where to start with sci-fi or underrated sci-fis, but sci-fi from authors you may have never heard of, authors that may not look, sound, or think like you, authors that […]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Book Spotlight, List, Recommendations, Self Published, Series Spotlight Tagged With: #Ace, #AlinaLeonova, #AndreaRoseWashington, #Asexual, #DepartDepart, #Disability, #Elendil, #Epilepsy, #GraveCold, #HaloScot, #IndianRep, #IndoCaribbean, #IntrotoIndieScfi, #JCMBerne, #Jewish, #LastHopeForHire, #LaurieJaney, #LGBTQ, #LGBTQrep, #MatthewWilcox, #MentalHealth, #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis, #PremeeMohamed, #Representation, #RoryAugust, #Sciencefiction, #Scifi, #ShannonKnight, #SimKern, #TheAnnualMigrationofClouds, #TheCrossing, #TheHeartbeatofaMillionDreams, #TheJourney, #TheLastGiftsoftheUniverse, #Trans, #WildFlowersElectricBeasts, #WistfulAscending

Intro to Indie Horror + Representation

April 3, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Similarly to my original Intro to Indie posts (which you can check out here: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-fi) this is an idea I’ve been brewing for months. Also feel free to check out my original Intro to Indie + Rep post for Fantasy here. Not just where to start with horror or underrated horrors, but horror from authors you […]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Book Spotlight, Historical, LGBTQ+, List, Mystery, Mythology, Novella, Recommendations, Self Published, Series Spotlight Tagged With: #AhmedHAlameen, #AnthonyEngebretson, #BadHandsBooks, #BestGhost, #BrianMcAuley, #CandyCainKills, #CJDaley, #CranberryCove, #EightNightmares, #EmmaEMurray, #EReyes, #GothicHorror, #HaileyPiper, #HarvestNights, #HungersAsOldAsThisLand, #Imago, #IntrotoIndieHorror, #Jewish, #KillerVHS, #Lumberjack, #MatthewZakharuk, #NativeAmerican, #NativeAmericanMythology, #NightmaresfromaDesk, #Representation, #ShortwaveMedia, #Shortwavepublishing, #StuartTudor, #TenebrousPress, #TheHouseonMoonCreekAvenue, #VeloxBooks, #Western, #WhentheDevil, #WhereDreamsAreLost, #WillieRHeredia, #ZacharyRosenberg

SFF Addicts Ep. 98: Sebastien de Castell talks Play of Shadows, Found Family, Banter & More

April 2, 2024 by Adrian M. Gibson Leave a Comment

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they chat with author Sebastien de Castell about his new novel Play of Shadows, his career trajectory and being a bard, channeling your experiences into writing, traveling, culture and language, writing witty dialogue and banter, found family, worldbuilding approaches, shared worlds and much more.

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Interview, Podcast, SFF Addicts Podcast Tagged With: Adrian M. Gibson, Greatcoats, Interview, jo fletcher books, M. J. Kuhn, Masterclass, Play of Shadows, Podcast, Sebastien De Castell, SFF Addicts, SFF Addicts Podcast, The Court of Shadows, Traitor's Blade

An Intro to Indie Fantasy + Representation

April 2, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Similarly to my original Intro to Indie posts (which you can check out here: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-fi) this is an idea I’ve been brewing for months. Not just where to start with fantasy, or underrated fantasies, but fantasy from authors you may have never heard of, authors that may not look, sound, or think like […]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Book Spotlight, LGBTQ+, List, Norse Mythology, Recommendations, Self Published, Series Spotlight Tagged With: #ADrownedKingdom, #AllegraPescatore, #ArmanisArfeinial, #Asian, #BaptistePinsonWu, #CMCaplan, #Disability, #FourofMercies, #HotelFen, #IntrotoIndieFantasy, #Lira, #MarieSinadjan, #MeriBenson, #Mi'kmaqTribe, #NativeAmerican, #PLStuart, #POC, #Representation, #SarahChorn, #SistahSamurai, #SkinThief, #SteveHughWesterna, #SuzanPalumbo, #TatianaObey, #TheFallIsAllThereIs, #TheLastGift, #TheNecessityofRain, #ThePropheciesofRagnarok, #TheWingsofAshtaroth, #Trans, #UndeadSamurai, #WhereShadowsLie, Fantasy, LGBTQ, Queer

Everything I read for SFINCS inaugural year!

April 1, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Now that the first ever year of SFINCS is drawing to a close, I wanted to put together my own post collecting all of the novellas I read throughout the competition. I will re-share each read’s full review, with links to the originals (linked on the actual word ‘review‘ if I shared one to the […]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Book Spotlight, List, Mystery, Novella, Read-A-Long, Recommendations, Self Published, Series Spotlight Tagged With: #AgeofRekindling, #AlexValdiers, #AMirageintheMemory, #AmyMarsden, #AndrMos, #ASorrowNamedJoy, #BadGrains, #BenjaminAeveryn, #Blackcap, #BladesoftheIce, #BSHGarcia, #CalBlack, #CaraNDelaney, #CrownandTide, #CthulhusCarPark, #DarkFantasy, #DarkHeartofIlmoure, #DouglasLumsden, #DSRitter, #Envoy, #Fantasy, #FromtheAshes, #Horror, #ItHastoStartSomewhere, #JeffWalker, #JoãoFSilva, #JPatriciaAnderson, #LegendsofElessia, #LuisFalcaoDeMagalhaes, #LukeTarzian, #MichaelRoberti, #Misadventurous, #NoelleNichols, #OccultHorror, #Rainfallen, #RaokeGang, #RuinsofSmoke, #SarahChorn, #Sciencefiction, #Scifi, #SFINCS, #ShatteredSpirits, #ShatteredSpiritsTheFallofIshcairn, #ShawnDrew, #SimonTull, #SpeculativeFiction, #SpeculativeFictionIndieNovellaChampiondhip, #StaffofJustice, #SusanneSchmidt, #TheChoiceofWeapons, #TheDemonsDagger, #TheHeartofQuinaria, #TheLongLostWar, #TheOrderoftheStrawberryCircle, #TheRevengeofThousands, #TheShadowsCreedSaga, #TheSlipSaga, #TheSmokesmiths, #TheWorldMakerParable, #WereAllMonstersHere, #YourBloodandBones

COVER REVEAL: No Happy Endings: A Grimdark Anthology by Armanis Arfeinial & Kieran Ferrara

March 31, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Cover illustrator: Miblart | SitePublisher: Self-PublishedRelease Date: November 12, 2024Pre-Order Link: Amazon GoodReads: Add to Shelf Organized and arranged by Armanis Arfeinial and Kieran Ferrara, with editing from Kieran Ferrara Blurb Where fantasy and science fiction collide, seven gripping stories unfold, each filled with no shortage of grit, and happy endings are wanting. From barren wastelands […]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Book Spotlight, Cover Reveal, Self Published, Short Stories Tagged With: #AdamConlon, #Alijon Smith, #Anthology, #ArmanisArfeinial, #BenSherman, #CoverReveal, #DarylBishop, #Grimdark, #KieranFerrara, #MarcEmerson, #Miblart, #NoHappyEndings, #SierraTrabosci

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