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Hello, hello! This week, I'm reading to you from some of the stories in the upcoming charity anthology, Midnight in the Renaissance Elevator. This is the first of these posts, and I'll have several of them by the time the anthology launches on September 1! For this installment, I have 3 excerpts: Stop Draggin' My Heart Up and Down by Bix Barrow Saved by the Bell by Kaje Harper Somewhere Below the Basement by Angel Martinez (I swear I didn't plan the whole "starts with 'S'" title thing.) Come have a listen!  Midnight in the Renaissance Elevator
A Charity Anthology *Up for preorder now at Amazon, releasing September 1!* Do you like mechanical devices with personality? Sure, who doesn’t? How about when they hold your life in the palm of their hands? Hmm…less sure now, yes? Don’t worry, you’re gonna love this. At an LGBTQ literary retreat in October of 2022, a group of authors met a particularly cantankerous elevator. Doors slamming open or closed for no apparent reason? Check. Scary noises, also for no apparent reason? Also, check. Were we concerned for our lives? Okay, listen… This cranky elevator figured heavily into conversations for the next few days, many of which included expletives in a dozen languages, but eventually, it became a (somewhat) beloved mascot. Some people actually chose it over the other elevators! The resulting mayhem is over twenty-five different author takes on the underlying story behind the elevator’s peculiar behavior. Possession? Poltergeists? Personified mechanical objects? Vampires? All these unique stories come together in one volume: Midnight in the Renaissance Elevator. Join us as we attempt to explain the unexplainable, rationalize the unrationalizable, and give imagination free rein. Proceeds for the sale of this book benefit The Trevor Project, which provides crisis support services to LGBTQ young people. More information can be found about this worthy cause at https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
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Happy Friday, all! It's time for me to read to you! And what could be more appropriate for the first Friday in May than May Wedding, the brand new Regency romance novella from our friend, Ellie Thomas. This is #6 in the Twelve Letters series for those of you filling out your book dance card. We're back with characters we know and love - the wedding of Percy's sister may have given Jo and Daniel ideas... Come have a listen:  May Wedding Twelve Letters #6 by Ellie Thomas JMS Books Some of the gentlemen who meet weekly for supper at The Golden Lion in London’s St. James’ are preoccupied with the prospect of matrimony. The Honourable Percy Havilland is at full organisational pelt for his sister’s triumphant society marriage, ably backed by his friends. His frequent stress-induced outbursts are endured by his ever-patient lover, Nathan. Percy has mixed feelings about the upcoming nuptials, the sorrow at losing one of his precious sisters balanced by the opportunity of exhibiting his exquisite good taste to make this the wedding of the Season. His friend Jo Everett reacts differently to the wedding, desiring an equivalent opportunity to mark his enduring love for Daniel Walters. Will Percy manage to survive the wedding without falling out irreparably with Nathan? And might Jo and Daniel discover they have the support of their close circle to celebrate their own special day? About Ellie:
Ellie Thomas lives by the sea. She comes from a teaching background and goes for long seaside walks where she daydreams about history. She is a voracious reader especially about anything historical. She mainly writes historical gay romance. Ellie also writes historical erotic romance as L. E. Thomas. Website: https://elliethomasromance.wordpress.com/ Facebook reader group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/8308047409266947 Twitter: @e_thomas_author Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19835510.Ellie_Thomas Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/ellie-thomas Very excited to bring you info on the charity anthology organized by Miski Harris! Midnight in the Renaissance Elevator will have 27 stories and is up for pre-order now! All proceeds go to the Trevor Project. :) cover by RJ Peterson (thanks, Ron!) For a tiny bit of background, the idea for the anthology came out of a shared experience at GRL 2022. The hotel's elevators were mostly polite and well-behaved, but there was one... The angry elevator. The haunted elevator. Instead of closing its doors nicely, this elevator would *SLAM* as if furious with the world and everyone in it. It was disconcerting, to say the least. So 27 authors have written stories for this anthology in, around, and regarding that elevator, at 5K words or less each. It's quite the list! :D The antho is $2.99 during the pre-order period and will go to its normal price of $5.99 on release day. Authors and story titles so far are:
No one will be shocked, I think, if I mention mine involves demons. Pick up your copy at Amazon - release date is September 1! |
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Angel writes (mostly) Science Fiction and Fantasy centered around queer heroes. Currently living part time in the hectic sprawl of northern Delaware and full time inside her head, she has one husband, one son, two cats, a love of all things beautiful and a terrible addiction to the consumption of both knowledge and chocolate. |
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