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Looking for some soft, comfy reading to ring out this hard old year? You're sure to find something delightful in my whimsical fantasy story collection. Elves, gargoyles, mischievous young magicians, heroic aunties, brave doggo, and much more.
@bookstodon
Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DK2DG8T8
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Bookshop
https://bookshop.org/p/books/relics-from-a-traveling-show-k-m-herkes/0abf2118b4e0a1c2?

3D mockups of a paperback and ebook for Relics From a Traveling Show by K. M. Herkes on a green background with dancing gingerbread figures wearing top hats in the foreground and strings of vintage holiday bulbs hanging overhead. The cover of the book shows a figure in a green and blue traveling cloak, shown from the rear, seated at a desk gazing out an arched window at a carnival tent bathed in sunset light. The figure has short brown hair, and they are petting the ears of a dog sitting beside them. The dog's mouth is open in a happy doggy grin. An eldritch lamp decorates the desk, beside a binder labeled "DPS Orientation Guide." At the left stands a tall bookshelf filled with artifacts, books, and knickknacks. A bonsai tree sits on the windowsill, and a pair of sinister glowing eyes lurk in the shadows behind the chair.

Eight species. One ship. Zero reason to trust each other.
Philosophers and predators. Merchants and mechanics. An AI older than human civilization.
They're about to become the most unlikely alliance in the galaxy.
EARTH UNBOUND: LEGACY RISING — 2026

Excited to share my bestselling : The House At The Edge Of Magic. The 4-book series tells the story of pickpocket Nine who finds a magical House with curious residents trapped inside by a curse. They think Nine could help free them. So begins the adventure of her life...

At Amazon UK, paperback & eBook are around half price at the moment!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/House-at-Edge-Magic/dp/1406395315/

Expect:




Cover: Ben Mantle
www.amysparkes.co.uk

Four middle grade novels on a table, surrounded by colourful stars. Titles: The House At The Edge of Magic, The Tower At The End Of Time, The Bookshop At The Back of Beyond, The Lighthouse At The World's End. All four covers are colourful and magical, showing wonky, multi-storeyed buildings. Written by Amy Sparkes.

Excited to join today!

I'm a NYT bestselling author, trad- and self-published with children's & adults books.

My character-led "The Players Act 1: All The World's A Stage" is about a troupe of down-on-their-luck strolling players with one last chance to save their company.

Expect:
Comedy & tragedy
characters


https://www.amazon.co.uk/Players-Act-All-Worlds-Stage-ebook/dp/B0DY8CM3LX/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Cover: Sarah Christie
www.amysparkes.co.uk

A parchment-coloured background with author name AMY SPARKES at the top. A ribbon tumbles down bearing the title: "The Players Act 1: All The World's A Stage". Tagline reads: "How far would you go to save what you truly love?" Four commedia dell-arte characters dressed in purple are dotted around the ribbon.

25-04-22. Earth Day! Who’s your most travelled character? Your least travelled?

Probably Tye in my free serial, Through A Portal Storm (available on https://kitauthor.com) because he went from Iowa, through a portal (via a tornado, haha) to a magical realm to discover unicorns and magic and that he knew nothing about his family and the stories he was told were not the truth.

Looking for a Christmas present for the Space Opera nerd in your life? The one who insists on you watching The Expanse and all of Star Trek with them although you really, truly don't care about SciFi?

How about giving them Herald Petrel for Christmas? It is 457 pages and so they will be occupied for a while.

It has a to be solved, quirky characters and is about , , , , and in a hopeless situation.

Warning: It doesn't have a white guy as a captain who fixes everything. And there is A LOT that needs fixing.

You can get it in all your fav book stores: https://books2read.com/HeraldPetrel

@bookstodon

Book cover of the SciFi novel Herald Petrel by Strange Seawolf, depicting Captain Harold Galahad running down a beaten up corridor on a space ship. He looks determined and wears a deranged company uniform with a long, flowing cloak, under his arm he carries a green glowing machine part. Artwork by Alj: https://www.instagram.com/aljeensane/
Back of the book with the blurb reading: If you ask Harold Galahad, he isn’t fit to lead the crew of the half-destroyed cargo spaceship Herald Petrel back home. But nobody asks Harry. An explosion leaves the ship helplessly floating in space and Harry reliving his own personal nightmare. He doesn’t want to be a captain anymore, and nobody trusts him as captain—least of all himself. The crew behaves strangely, his first officer is less than helpful, and the more he finds out, the more Harry has to challenge his own beliefs. While forced to relive the darkest part of his past, Captain Harold Galahad needs to figure out what happened and find a way back home.

Hello,

Looking for earnest or with strong themes of & is friendly?

I have 8 published novels, incl 2 series & a standalone.

A good starting point is DERELICT, book 1 of the Halcyone Space series. ("Firefly meets Lost in Space")

$0.99 at all ebook venues, pay what you wish/free on Gumroad.

http://ljcohen.net
https://ljcohen.gumroad.com/l/xxQEk

In time for Indie April , my audiobook is now available on @librofm ! Every purchase there helps independent bookshops keep afloat. If you like indigenous futurism, queer science fiction, or stories about found family and decolonization, this might be the book for you! I couldn't have done this without Isabel Salazar as co-narrator. She beautifully realizes the Loba Roja.
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https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9798875111020-sordidez

Cover art by Paulino Nino for the SORDIDEZ audiobook depicting a woman amid abstract plants in a washed out red and blue canvas.

Hello! While I don't often boost my own work, I write & novels as LJ Cohen. My books are suitable for teen & adult readers & and have strong themes of & are friendly.

They can be found at all the usual online places, links on my website http://ljcohen.net

If folks are interested in signed physical copies of any of my novels as holiday gifts, LMK.

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