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Release Day for Lagoonfire!
What if gods could retire? What if sometimes, humans helped those gods along to retirement? What if there was an entire government bureaucracy that helped gods retire? That is the world of the Polity, the setting for Francesca Forrest’s new novella Lagoonfire, which is out today! Decommissioner Thirty-Seven, the enigmatic protagonist from The Inconvenient God, […]
A Spooky Story for Halloween and an Update on Taster Flights
Let’s start with the fun part: I looked back at the collection of public domain stories that I have formatted over the years, and I picked a great spooky story to share for Halloween. The Four-Fifteen Express, by Amelia B. Edwards is a great classic story. Check it out! And if you enjoy it, you […]
Pre-orders Now Available for Lagoonfire
Lagoonfire, Francesca Forrest’s novella that continues the story of Decommissioner Thirty-Seven, who we first met in The Inconvenient God, is now available for pre-order! Set in a world in which gods can be decommissioned but humans must take care to conform with the beliefs of the Polity, Lagoonfire follows what happens when a god Thirty-Seven […]
Cover Reveal for Lagoonfire
It is time for another gorgeous cover! Lagoonfire, by Francesca Forrest, continues the story of Decommissioner Thirty-Seven, the decommissioner of fading gods that we first met in The Inconvenient God. Thirty-Seven may have botched the decommissioning of Laloran-morna, the former god of ocean waves… and now he is suspected to be the source of a […]
Pre-orders Now Available for Nontraditional
Nontraditional: Life Lessons from a Community College, by Nan Kuhlman, is now available for pre-order! In this collection of linked essays, Kuhlman introduces us to her students, many of whom are “nontraditional”—returning service members, laid off factory workers, and a range of other people who never thought they might be “college material.” “Nontraditional” also describes […]
2019 End of Year Wrap Up
This year was our fifth year publishing books—and we celebrated in the best possible way, with a great line-up of new releases. We published two books in the science-fiction and fantasy genres that are award-eligible: Arctic Adagio, a novelette by DJ Cockburn, is a gripping mystery and a cautionary tale about an all too plausible […]
Cover Reveal for Nontraditional
We’ve got another great cover to share! This one is for Nontraditional: Life Lessons from a Community College. Nontraditional will be out next March. Here is the fabulous cover Susan Lavoie designed for it: Nan Kuhlman is an author, freelance writer, and part-time community college professor. This collection of linked essays introduces us to her […]
Pre-Orders Now Available for The Boy Who Was Mistaken for a Fairy King
What happens when an average boy (who happens to have antlers on his head) and an ordinary girl (who loves the thrill of the chase) fall for each other? Can two teenagers navigate a magical world they don’t fully understand? The Boy Who Was Mistaken for a Fairy King, a novella by HL Fullerton, is […]
Cover Reveal for The Boy Who Was Mistaken for a Fairy King
Out next release will be The Boy Who Was Mistaken for a Fairy King, by HL Fullerton. This is a novella infused with the magic of the woods and the cover by artist Meredith Dillman beautifully captures the spirit of the book. Here’s the blurb from the back cover: On the day Carl was born, […]
Pre-Orders and a Promo Offer for Arctic Adagio
Arctic Adagio, DJ Cockburn’s mystery novelette set in a dystopic but all-too-believable near future, is now available for pre-order. Rex Harme is a former police detective whose current job is to protect the very wealthy people who have taken to living on a luxury ship rather than submit to any nation’s jurisdiction. When one of […]