Lisa Medley Lisa has always enjoyed reading about monsters in love and now she writes about them, because monsters need love too. She adores beasties of all sorts, fictional as well as real, and has a farm full of them in her Southwest Missouri home, including: one child, one husband, two dogs, two cats, a […]
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Dark Fey, The Reviled is a fantasy set in the primordial forests of mystical time in a land peopled by both Light Loving and Darkness Revering Faeriekind, or Fey. It is a tale of Light and Darkness, of Joy and Sorrow, the Loved and the Unloved. It shares the Trials and Triumph of Courage and […]
Arianna Montgomery has no recollection of her past life when she discovers she has a part to play in the new human race. As much as she tries to fight the cause, it may turn out she has a much bigger role to play than she realized. But can Arianna handle the responsibility that’s been […]
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Dead Reckoning: and other stories Dead Reckoning and other stories by David Kelly is an amazing collection of short stories if you are a lover of science fiction. I have so far read two of the stories and intend to continue on and read the others. The book is very well written, the stories […]
Andrea Jenkins Biography: Andrea Lynne Jenkins born in Allegan, Mi, USA is an American author currently writing her trilogy “Kara”, “Vero” and “Andromeda”. A former model (attending John Casablanca’s in 2010 in Tampa, Florida), Andrea is a scifi, thriller, romance novelist and mother of four. She loves travelling (having driven through 33 states before the […]
A book for the children (7-11): Magic Molly and the Murky Marshes [goodreviews isbn=”B0136FJU6A” buyinfo=”off” bookinfo=”off”]
Robotics Advancement in science and technology in our present day lives makes robotics within science fiction all the more real – whether it’s a child toy, an android or an evil legion of robots taking over the planet (think Terminator). For this blog post I shall concentrate on robots in the ‘human’ form. On 25th […]
As much as I love the dragon eye image I’ve been using on this website it was only going to be for the short-term – basically until I got my act together and decided on the ‘look’ I wanted. Upon the recommendation of a couple of indie authors I’ve come to know, I was referred […]
#IARTG This is another of my favourites for tweeting about Independent authors and their books, and they really helped me out with lots of shoutouts when I was started out (for which, I am very grateful). IARTG has a substantial following (74.8k at the time of writing) and how it works is that you follow […]
#SFRTG A new hashtag for this week’s post – new as in I discovered it a couple of weeks ago. The stats on hashtagify.me only go back four weeks, so at a guess, I’d say this hashtag is new ‘new.’ It’s a nice easy one for the science fiction authors to use though, and I […]
#indiebooksbeseen It seems prudent to begin with one that is not only popular but strives to help indie authors ‘be seen.’ The hashtag was started by @MarktheShaw (Keeper of the Wind on Twitter), an author of young adult books. ‘This is not just a hashtag. This is a movement…’ Mark’s aim is to draw attention to […]
Quasars Quasars are defined as ‘an astronomical entity that emits incredibly high levels of electromagnetic radiation (including light). The amount of energy emitted by a quasar dwarfs even the brightest stars,’ (About.com) Believed to have formed when matter drawn into a super-sized blackhole is thrown back out creating superextreme beams of energy. Quasars have a short […]
Hashtag Tuesday We all know (or should) that hashtags are an important part of marketing our books and promoting our author platforms. I’m a little bit of a stat obsessive, so how better to put that to use than to examine some of the more influential hashtags available (mostly on Twitter, mind). A few authors […]
The Monuments of Panda Johnson The Monuments of Panda Johnson isn’t my usual sort of science fiction book – it’s a comedy for starters – and anyone who knows me knows I have absolutely zero sense of humour (well, according to the husband I don’t anyway). So, the Monuments of Panda Johnson begins with a […]
Since deciding to accept only high-quality writing (which you can read about here if you missed it) onto the websites my progress with uploading books has slowed rather dramatically. I have about three hundred books to wade through – just to give you an idea of the workload I have created for myself – and […]
Planets I’ve written a blog post on Asteroids, and briefly touched on Jupiter, so now it’s time to stretch a little further afield and talk about the multitude of planets existing within and beyond our solar syste Planets, both real and imagined, are of huge thematic importance in science fiction. Mankind’s exploration of space, whether physical or […]
Liz scurried toward the backyard faster than a cockroach caught in a flashlight beam. Luke didn’t move a muscle as she left. He just stared off into the distance. Then, once she was gone, the hand he was resting on the dining table curled into a single trembling fist. “It’s not easy parenting two […]
Wicked Tides promises the reader a tale of dark fantasy. With pirates and intrigue, underground networks and Kings, and a read of the first few pages didn’t disappoint. Starting in media res, we meet Kye – at a rather dramatic moment. The earth is ‘pulsating with black energy’ and something called the Cronixx is after […]
Excerpt “We assume he has been alone with the queen for the last few days and yet no one seems too concerned about it. He seems to have the trust of a lot of very suspicious individuals. If I were an assassin or a spy, then that is how I would infiltrate our people.” Misna observed […]
Book: The Soul Conductor Creator: C.S.Evans Quinn looks rather humble in his simple tunic and black, leather trousers, although as he sits down, I can’t help but notice him remove a vicious looking sword from inside his cloak. He lays it down on the sofa and without making it too obvious, I shift to the […]
Special Promotion: Want to read the FIRST THIRD of this book FOR FREE before you decide whether to buy? Well over 100 printed pages (almost 40,000 words) – longer than some full eBooks. Visit my website via my Amazon Author Page. First Impressions The first few pages of an Era of Darkness introduces the reader […]
Online Worlds O was a tricky letter to find a theme for and I swear I’m not cheating. ‘Online Worlds’ is a theme in its own right according to the Encyclopedia of Science fiction, not only that, but I’ve had the pleasure of reading a couple of books using this very theme. So what are […]
“The Strangest Things Happen When You’re Dead.” – May Elizabeth Trump. First Impressions Penned as ‘Not your average ghost story,’ I would have to say I agree. It is like nothing of this genre that I’ve read before and I found myself getting sucked into the first chapter. I couldn’t help but like the cantankerous […]
First Impressions Travel Glasses has the most amazing cover. The colour is striking, the dress and landscape give it a fairy tale feel (I’ve yet to open the book, so could be wrong), making the timepiece at the bottom and the strange-looking glasses in her hand all the more inviting. Upon opening the book, I’m […]
Nuclear War (and the ensuing ‘winter’) I was watching a program a while back about adverts that used to appear on our television screens during the nineteen-seventies. One advert was produced by the UK government and carried the slogan ‘Protect and Survive.’ I had absolutely no recollection of this, but my mum informed me that […]
My initial thoughts Blood in the Fire is written in the first person, and the standard of writing is very high. It begins at a point close to media res and the writing style (and story) was quick to entice me. It begins with feel of a mainstream fiction novel, but soon changes its tone, […]
It has taken me a while, but through the course of promoting books for free on my other site, and through several engagements with independent authors, I have come to a decision as to what direction to take with this site. While I am keen to continue writing about all things science fiction and fantasy […]
The Black Diamond plague has taken a toll on Princess Cathy. Her kingdom is under quarantine, her pets turn into food, and her husband slowly rotting away from the disease. To make matters worse, the royal court is too incompetent and selfish to bring order to the land. As all hope seems lost, Cathy finds […]