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The 2022 July Short Story Challenge – Day by Day
For starters, Smashwords is currently having its annual summer sale, where you can get plenty of e-books at reduced prices or for free, including several of mine. In other news, blogging will be light this month, because I’m currently doing … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Writing
Tagged Alfred and Bertha's Marvellous Twenty-First Century Life, assassin, cosmic horror, cozy fantasy, crime fiction, Culinary Assassin, dark fantasy, fairy tales, fantasy, historical fantasy, horror, July short story challenge, kaiju, Kurval, LGBTQ, mermaids, post-apocalyptic, robots, science fiction, sword and planet, sword and sorcery, werewolves, writing challenges
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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month for April 2022
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 and small press authors newly published this month, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Speculative Fiction of the Month
Tagged aliens, dragons, dystopian, epic fantasy, fairy tales, fantasy romance, Greek mythology, historical fantasy, LGBTQ, military science fiction, Norse mythology, other people's books, paranormal mystery, science fiction thriller, space opera, sword and sorcery, urban fantasy, werewolves, witches
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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month for January 2022
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 and small press authors newly published this month, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Speculative Fiction of the Month
Tagged children's fantasy, cyberpunk, dystopian, epic fantasy, fae, fairy tales, fantasy romance, ghosts, humorous science fiction, LGBTQ, mages, military science fiction, new release round-up, non-fiction, other people's books, paranormal mystery, paranormal romance, pirates, science fantasy, science fiction mystery, science fiction noir, science fiction romance, shifters, space opera, urban fantasy, werewolves, witches, YA fantasy
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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month for September 2021
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 and small press authors newly published this month, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Speculative Fiction of the Month
Tagged adventure fantasy, alternate history, angels, anthology, biopunk, cosmic horror, cyberpunk, Demons, dragons, epic fantasy, fae, fairy tales, fantasy, ghosts, giants, historical horror, horror, LGBTQ, LitRPG, military science fiction, new release round-up, Norse mythology, other people's books, paranormal mystery, paranormal romance, planetary romance, post-apocalyptic, pulp fantasy, romance, science fantasy, space opera, urban fantasy, vampires, witches, YA fantasy, zombies
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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month for February 2021
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 and small press authors (as well as the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Speculative Fiction of the Month
Tagged aliens, cyberpunk, dragons, dystopian, elves, epic fantasy, fairy tales, fantasy romance, futuristic crime thriller, ghosts, historical horror, LitRPG, magical realism, mermaids, military science fiction, my books, new release round-up, other people's books, our books, paranormal mystery, paranormal romance, science fiction mystery, science fiction romance, short fiction collection, space opera, steampunk, superheroes, sword and sorcery, UFOs, urban fantasy, Valentine's Day, werewolves, witches, YA horror
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Masks and Magic 2021 – A Round-up of Indie Mardi Gras Speculative Fiction
Our monthly round-ups of new speculative fiction and new crime fiction releases by indie authors are a perennially popular feature. Therefore, we now offer you a round-up of our favourite Mardi Gras speculative fiction by indie authors. These Mardi Gras … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Speculative Fiction of the Month
Tagged angels, Demons, dragons, fairy tales, ghosts, historical fantasy, horror, LGBT, Mardi Gras, monsters, my books, other people's books, our books, paranormal mystery, paranormal romance, paranormal thriller, post-apocalyptic SF, religious fantasy, science fiction, space opera, urban fantasy, vampires, voodoo, werewolves, witches, zombies
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Masks and Magic 2020 – A Round-up of Indie Mardi Gras Speculative Fiction
Our monthly round-ups of new speculative fiction and new crime fiction releases by indie authors are a perennially popular feature. Therefore, we now offer you a round-up of our favourite Mardi Gras speculative fiction by indie authors. These Mardi Gras … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Speculative Fiction of the Month
Tagged angels, Demons, dragons, fairy tales, ghosts, historical fantasy, horror, LGBT, Mardi Gras, monsters, my books, other people's books, our books, paranormal mystery, paranormal romance, paranormal thriller, religious fantasy, science fiction, space opera, urban fantasy, vampires, voodoo, werewolves, witches, zombies
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In Memoriam Václav Vorlíček
Czech film director Václav Vorlíček died today aged 88. You may never have heard Václav Vorlíček’s name until today, but if you were a kid in Eastern and/or Western Europe in the 1960s, 70s and 80s, you have almost certainly … Continue reading
Posted in Film, TV
Tagged 1970s child, 1980s child, Arabela, celebrity deaths, Czech cinema, Czech TV, fairy tales, gender, German cinema, German TV
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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month for May 2018
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 April … Continue reading
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Tagged alien invasion, androids, cozy space opera, dark fantasy, djinns, dystopian, epic fantasy, fae, fairy tales, horror, In Love and War, indie speculative fiction of the month, LGBT, mages, military science fiction, my books, near future science fiction, norse, other people's books, our books, paranormal romance, post-apocalyptic SF, religious fantasy, science fantasy, science fiction mystery, science fiction romance, science fiction thriller, space colonisation, space opera, sparkpunk, steampunk, superheroes, supernatural thriller, time travel, urban fantasy, werewolves, YA fantasy, YA horror, YA science fiction
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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month for November 2017
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 October … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged alien invasion, aliens, alternate history, dystopian, epic fantasy, fairies, fairy tales, fairytales, fantasy romance, historical fantasy, horror, indie speculative fiction of the month, mermaids, military science fiction, my books, non-fiction, other people's books, paranormal mystery, paranormal romance, science fantasy, science fiction romance, shamans, shifters, space opera, steampunk, superheroes, telepaths, time travel, urban fantasy, warlocks, werewolves, witches, YA fantasy, YA science fiction
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