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Ebook and paperback: https://books2read.com/FeyFighters

Two soldiers on opposite sides, pixie Commander Stargazer Candleflash and human Sergeant Edwin Harris, find their fates forever entwined, first by revenge, but as they crash together in a dangerous rainforest, they’re forced to work together, just to survive. Will they make it or will their bickering get them killed?

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(Left) The cover of Fey Fighters, by Owen Tyme. The background is the stars of space, with nebula-like clouds, in blue. This has been divided into jigsaw puzzle pieces by dark lines marking the lines between pieces. The foreground features an enormous, stylized phoenix, which is composed of fire. The phoenix looms over an Earth-like world heavily obscured by cloud cover. (Right) The same world from the cover orbits a purple gas giant, with a stream of flame above it, which may be the phoenix, with the following text over the top: “We’re in a human-made, goblin-enchanted spacecraft, powered by a dryad that’s under the mistaken impression she’s a nuclear reactor, half-piloted by a pixie and half-piloted by a human.” “Is there anywhere we can go we won’t be shot on sight?” (Bottom) https://books2read.com/FeyFighters

Chapter 8 of She Consumes Poison is available to read on : https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye

Masher and Lara test several of Shaw's more harmless weapons on themselves, while Lara lectures the recruits on the weaknesses of demons and vampires.

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Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'laugh'

A lot of people think stories of the supernatural are just a joke. Dan Mackmain knows better. That's why the Green Man sends him to step in, when the uncanny and the everyday collide.

Amazon UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/Green-Mans-Foe-Juliet-McKenna-ebook/dp/B07VGNZK6Z

Kobo https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the-green-man-s-foe

For a wide range of purchase options, including international and independent choices, see Wizard's Tower Press here
https://wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/books-by-juliet-e-mckenna/the-green-mans-foe/

Cover art by Ben Baldwin shows a goblin-like creature peering through weeds underwater. Its teeth are needle-sharp and its dark eyes glitter with malice. Book extract reads: The nurse slid her stethoscope under his well-worn striped pyjamas. His eyes opened at the touch of the metal on his fleshless breastbone. ‘What have you seen?’ ‘Nothing—’ She broke off as he glared at her. ‘What have you heard?’ ‘Old houses make strange noises.’ She glanced up at the ceiling. ‘I thought I heard footsteps once or twice. I even went upstairs to look.’ She managed a brittle laugh. ‘There was only the usual dust and cobwebs. It must have been some trick of the wind in the chimneys.’ ‘At dusk and dawn?’ His faded eyes fixed upon hers. ‘What have you dreamed?’ She looked at the mantelpiece. ‘Clocks. Chimes. It doesn’t mean anything though. My gran had a silver carriage clock—’ ‘You’re safe inside.’ The old man’s voice was the merest thread. ‘The woods and the flowing waters are the boundaries. Tell the boys—’ Car tyres crunched on the gravel outside the window.

This week's Tuesday snippet comes from Enchanting the Fae Queen, which is out in ebook, paper, and audiobook:

https://stephanieburgis.com/books/enchanting-the-fae-queen

Gerard may be her nemesis, but there's no WAY Lorelei will let anyone else harm him! ;)

Against a background of dark violets and green leaves is shown the illustrated cover of Enchanting the Fae Queen, in which a mischievously grinning woman with long blonde curls, a moonstone crown, a pink dress and bare feet, sits perched in a tree teasing the uniformed general who stands before her, his expression determined and one of his hands around her closest leg while she pokes his strong nose with one finger. Above that cover image is this snippet of text: No one was allowed to kill the Golden Beacon on her watch! ...No one apart from her, obviously. But that was different.

It's the Tenth of March - so have a Super MAR-10!

We just got back from Cleveland ConCoction and one year ago at this same event we premiered our first full length commedia dell'arte pastorale, a "warp'd" parody of Super Mario Bros called "The Mushrooms of Arcadia" as a dramatic staged reading. We hope to encore as a full production at Pennsic in a future year!

QSFer Cari Z. has a new mm fantasy romance out: Defiance.

Two enemies, born into conflict, find love despite the odds. Their fight to stay together will define the future not just for themselves, but for the world.

Petur Alloui is a powerful prince, a gifted shifter, and a fighter at the top of his game. He wants for nothing…except a challenge. He didn’t ...

https://www.queerscifi.com/new-release-defiance-cari-z/

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Chapter 23 of Princess of Kurg is available to read on : https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/108234/jigsaw-city

After some initial violence, Nicole and Bevna discuss the terms for their coming duel, in which Bevna demands ownership of Jigsaw City, if she wins.

Recognizing Bevna as a separate personality, Nicole demands that if she wins, Bevna will give allow Ustrina control...

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History 4

Pulling history into a story…

I love it when the ancient world intrudes. Ruins can be benign, or not (like Meldenphire), but they always have a past that becomes the present in the story.

Artifacts often appear in my Pannulus Mysteries. People think they know their backstory, but not necessarily. Origin tales can be deceiving when evil creators are involved.

Be everwell.

BLACK AND WHITE CARRDIA MAP The portrait map is a black and white image with geographic details faint in the background. It depicts the nation of Carrdia, but with a bit of Forstava in the upper left corner. Critical to understanding the image are all the rivers that flow south, many into Lake Radiance near the center. Out of it, like a tree trunk, is the Key River that flows over the Aramon Plains. The other major rivers, from left to right are the Thail Water, Chill River, River Tars, Wizard’s Well River, Rift River, and Repose River. Carrdia, which is roughly human heart shaped, is largely surrounded by significant landforms. Clockwise from top is the Colossus Range, the Lost Hills in the northeast, the Barrier Range in the east, and the Knarr Range in the south. Within Carrdia, significant regions exist. In the north are the Granite Highlands, Wilder Hills, Interior Forest, and the vast Baris Plains. To the west of Lake Radiance are the Triad Hills, with the Null Forest below it. Important locations? In the northwest are the cities of Coving, Brassit, and Baris. In the east are Temron, Carba, and Vernathia. On the northern tip of the largest island on Lake Radiance is Transgamete, the capital, Knoss Citadel on its southern tip. Additionally, Oaken Castle is in the Triad Hills. The ancient city of Meldenphire is set where the Thail Water and Key River join.