Category Archives: Books

More 2016 Nebula Awards Reactions.

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Cora

For starters, the nominees for the 2016 Bram Stoker Awards have been announced as well and some very fine works they are, too, including an anthology we featured at the Speculative Fiction Showcase last year. Meanwhile, further reactions to the … Continue reading →

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Reactions to the 2016 Nebula Award Nominees

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Cora

I already posted my comments on the 2016 Nebula Award nominees in this post, so let’s take a look at some other reactions from around the web: Rich Horton is generally pleased with the 2016 Nebula nominees, for even though … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts on the 2016 Nebula Nominees, the Shadow Clarke Award and some other awards

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Cora

Yes, it’s that time of the year again, genre award shortlist time. In the past few days, the nominees for the 2016 BSFA Award, the 2016 Aurealis Award, the longlist for the 2017 David Gemmell Legend Award and the winners … Continue reading →

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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month for January 2017

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Cora

It’s that time of the month again, time for “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”. So what is “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”? It’s a round-up of speculative fiction by indie authors newly published this month, though some December … Continue reading →

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Multi-Author Speculative Fiction Promotion

Posted on January 10, 2017 by Cora

Fantasy author Andrea Pearson has organised a huge speculative fiction multi-author promotion from January 10 to January 14. Over seventy authors are participating, with works ranging all across the speculative fiction spectrum, from epic and urban fantasy via paranormal romance … Continue reading →

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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month for December 2016

Posted on December 31, 2016 by Cora

It’s that time of the month again, time for “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”. So what is “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”? It’s a round-up of speculative fiction by indie authors newly published this month, though some November … Continue reading →

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Another new release for the holidays: Christmas Shopping with a Broken Heart

Posted on December 24, 2016 by Cora

And here is the final new release announcement for 2016. It’s another holiday story, but one that is very different from St. Nicholas of Hell’s Kitchen. For Christmas Shopping with a Broken Heart is a sweet and rather fluffy holiday … Continue reading →

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New Release: St. Nicholas of Hell’s Kitchen, a Silencer Christmas novella

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Cora

I promised you more new release announcements in the run up to the holidays and here is number 2. This one is for St. Nicholas of Hell’s Kitchen, a Silencer Christmas novella. Now I’ve always been fond of the Silencer … Continue reading →

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New science fiction story available: Liquid Muse

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Cora

Originally, I was planning to post some photos of the Bremen and Oldenburg Christmas markets today. But it didn’t really feel appropriate, given today’s news. So I decided to postpone the photo post and do a new release announcement instead. … Continue reading →

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The Return of the Trolls and a New Release: The Cursed Arm of Driftwood Beach

Posted on December 10, 2016 by Cora

I’ve been somewhat missing in action these past few weeks, because I’ve been hard at work finishing the Silencer Christmas novella St. Nicholas of Hell’s Kitchen, so I can publish it before the various e-book retailers close down for the … Continue reading →

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