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Today's reading comes from the wonderful Kim Fielding and her latest Bureau story, Creature. All the links below, as always. :) All the proceeds for Creature and the other Bureau stories go to Doctors Without Borders. Paranormal, suspense, and for a good cause!  Creature
by Kim Fielding Alone in a cell and lacking memories of his past, John has no idea who—or what—he is. Alone on the streets of 1950s Los Angeles, Harry has far too many memories of his painful past and feels simply resignation in facing his empty future. When Harry is given a chance to achieve his only dream—to become an agent with the Bureau of Trans-Species Affairs—all he has to do is prove his worth. Yet nothing has ever come easy for him. Now he must offer himself and John as bait, enticing a man who wants to conquer death. But first he and John must learn what distinguishes a monster from a man—and what a monster truly wants. Amazon Smashwords Kim Fielding is the bestselling author of numerous m/m romance novels, novellas, and short stories. Like Kim herself, her work is eclectic, spanning genres such as contemporary, fantasy, paranormal, and historical. Her stories are set in alternate worlds, in 15th century Bosnia, in modern-day Oregon. Her heroes are hipster architect werewolves, housekeepers, maimed giants, and conflicted graduate students. They’re usually flawed, they often encounter terrible obstacles, but they always find love. After having migrated back and forth across the western two-thirds of the United States, Kim calls the boring part of California home. She lives there with her husband, her two daughters, and her day job as a university professor, but escapes as often as possible via car, train, plane, or boat. This may explain why her characters often seem to be in transit as well. She dreams of traveling and writing full-time. Follow Kim: Website: http://www.kfieldingwrites.com/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/KFieldingWrites Twitter: @KFieldingWrites Email: Kim@KFieldingWrites.com Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/bau3S9
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It's here and out just about everywhere! Fireworks and Stolen Kisses is out now (and getting some nice reviews :) ) Come join Freddy and I in our world of dual-spirited beings!  Fireworks and Stolen Kisses: Lijun 1
Pre-order: May 22, 2018 Release date: June 26, 2018 Pride Publishing iBooks Kobo Barnes and Noble Amazon At the annual Global Lijun Alliance conference in Tokyo, Tally Bastille makes the first impulsive decision of his life. Others perceive his uktena—the enormous legendary serpent that's his dual-spirit—as a threat, which makes him all too aware that he frightens fellow lijun. But an encounter with a passionate, obviously not-straight otter lijun one evening convinces Tally that he's found his Em'halafi, his destined match. Tally is determined to barrel through all obstacles to make the match happen, including the otter's conservative, traditional family. Trained as a Satislit—a bride son—Haru Tanaka chafes at the strict boundaries set around their life. They rebel against their clan's constant attempts to force an arranged match and wish desperately for someone who will love them. At the conference, Haru is horrified to learn their family has accepted an offer for them, one too lucrative for the clan to refuse. Not only has the Urusar sold Haru to a stranger, but the lijun is also a giant snake and one who believes in the tired old superstitions regarding Em'halafi. Threatened with banishment if they refuse, Haru has no choice but to marry the wealthy American serpent. Back in Tally's home in Wisconsin, Haru and Tally must navigate both the widening gulf between them as they realize how much they've misunderstood about each other, and the tricky politics of the lijun clan Tally leads. Murder, intrigue, and increasing hostility threaten to tear apart the little town of Wadiswan and the arranged marriage they've barely managed to begin. Happy Friday and welcome to Reading Day! Today's excerpt is from an urban fantasy series that I'm co-writing with the marvelous Freddy MacKay (Kermit muppet arm flail!) Fireworks and Stolen Kisses releases next week - June 26. :D Fireworks and Stolen Kisses: Lijun 1 Release date: June 26, 2018 Pride Publishing iBooks Kobo Barnes and Noble Amazon At the annual Global Lijun Alliance conference in Tokyo, Tally Bastille makes the first impulsive decision of his life. Others perceive his uktena—the enormous legendary serpent that's his dual-spirit—as a threat, which makes him all too aware that he frightens fellow lijun. But an encounter with a passionate, obviously not-straight otter lijun one evening convinces Tally that he's found his Em'halafi, his destined match. Tally is determined to barrel through all obstacles to make the match happen, including the otter's conservative, traditional family. Trained as a Satislit—a bride son—Haru Tanaka chafes at the strict boundaries set around their life. They rebel against their clan's constant attempts to force an arranged match and wish desperately for someone who will love them. At the conference, Haru is horrified to learn their family has accepted an offer for them, one too lucrative for the clan to refuse. Not only has the Urusar sold Haru to a stranger, but the lijun is also a giant snake and one who believes in the tired old superstitions regarding Em'halafi. Threatened with banishment if they refuse, Haru has no choice but to marry the wealthy American serpent. Back in Tally's home in Wisconsin, Haru and Tally must navigate both the widening gulf between them as they realize how much they've misunderstood about each other, and the tricky politics of the lijun clan Tally leads. Murder, intrigue, and increasing hostility threaten to tear apart the little town of Wadiswan and the arranged marriage they've barely managed to begin.  We're almost there! Thank you so much to everyone who pre-ordered Fireworks and Stolen Kisses - just a few more days before it drops! If you still would like to pre-order, all the links for you (or if you just wanted to check out the blurb and stuff. :D ) Pride Publishing Barnes and Noble Kobo iBooks Amazon Paperback  Speaking of pre-orders... I will have Fireworks and Stolen Kisses available at GRL this year, along with just about every other paperback I have out right now. If you would like to pre-order books for GRL, please use this form: GRL Pre-Orders 2018 Happy Friday, everyone! Our excerpt today is from an exciting new Gus Li urban fantasy - this is a longer excerpt than usual, but so cool. (Linky things and book info below.)  Incubus Honeymoon Arcana Imperii August Li Available for pre-order now, release date July 17 DSP Publications Amazon As the so-called magical creatures go, I’m low on the hierarchy, and my powers aren’t much good to human mages. I’m a lover, not a fighter, through and through. I’m also selfish, lazy, and easily bored. But I’m damned good at what I do. Too bad that won’t get my arse out of this sling. Do one—granted, uncharacteristic—good deed, and now I’m held hostage to an arrogant faerie prince, trying to track down the one who summoned him while dodging gangbangers, gun runners, and Nazis. Add the powerful mage guilds scrambling to gather firepower for some doomsday event they’re sure is around the corner, and my cushy life of leisure might be nothing but a memory. On top of that, something’s compelling me to change on my most fundamental level. I’m not sure what I’ve got myself mixed up in, but nothing will ever be the same. Bloody hell. === Featuring a new twist on urban fantasy combined with fast-paced action and intrigue, the Arcana Imperii series books are standalone adventures, each completely accessible to new readers. About the author:
August Li plays every game as a mage. He thinks the closest thing to magic outside of games and fantasy is to bring things into existence from nothing, which he does in words and images. As a proud trans man, he hopes to bring diversity and representation to all those who want to see themselves in the art and stories they enjoy. He’s a perfectionist, travel enthusiast, and caffeine addict. Gus makes his home on the coast of South Carolina, where he spends his days in search of merpeople, friendly cats, and interesting pieces of driftwood. He collects ball-jointed dolls, tattoos, and languages. He believes in faeries and thinks they’re terrifying… but still wants to meet one. News is a bit scarce this week. WIP's are still in progress. Vance is in his studio working on Beside A Black Tarn. The first Lijun book still comes out June 26 and Diego still goes up for pre-order July 3. Had hoped to have a pre-order form up for you for GRL this week - I'm not quite there yet. So watch this space and the group and the newsletter that will be a teensy bit delayed this month! 
It's Reading Day! Today we have a visit from the unstoppable J. Scott Coatsworth and his new release, River City!
Make sure to check out the Rafflecopter after you listen to the excerpt, too. :) 
The River City Chronicles
by J. Scott Coatsworth Publisher: Other Worlds Ink. Release Date: Wednesday, May 30 2018 Amazon Barnes and Noble Kobo iBooks A group of strangers meets at Ragazzi, an Italian restaurant, for a cooking lesson that will change them all. They quickly become intertwined in each other's lives, and a bit of magic touches each of them. Meet Dave, the consultant who lost his partner; Matteo and Diego, the couple who run the restaurant; recently-widowed Carmelina; Marcos, a web designer getting too old for hook-ups; Ben, a trans author writing the Great American Novel; teenager Marissa, kicked out for being bi; and Sam and Brad, a May-September couple who would never have gotten together without a little magic of their own. Everyone in the River City has a secret, and sooner or later secrets always come out.
About J. Scott Coatsworth
Scott lives with his husband Mark in a little yellow bungalow in East Sacramento, with two pink flamingos by the front porch. He spends his time between the here and now and the what could be. Indoctrinated into fantasy and sci fi by his mother at the tender age of nine, he devoured her library. But as he grew up, he wondered where the people like him were. He decided it was time to create the kinds of stories he couldn’t find at Waldenbooks. If there weren’t gay characters in his favorite genres, he would remake them to his own ends. His friends say Scott’s brain works a little differently – he sees relationships between things that others miss, and gets more done in a day than most folks manage in a week. He seeks to transform traditional sci fi, fantasy, and contemporary worlds into something unexpected. He runs Queer Sci Fi and QueeRomance Ink with his husband Mark, sites that bring queer people together to promote and celebrate fiction that reflects their own reality. Author Website: https://www.jscottcoatsworth.com Author Facebook (Personal): https://www.facebook.com/jscottcoatsworth Author Facebook (Author Page): https://www.facebook.com/jscottcoatsworthauthor/ Author Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/jscoatsworth Author Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8392709.J_Scott_Coatsworth Author QueeRomance Ink: https://www.queeromanceink.com/mbm-book-author/j-scott-coatsworth/ Author Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/J.-Scott-Coatsworth/e/B011AFO4OQ Stuff coming down the pike for this week's news - various stuffs and things a'brewing. Thing the first: the perennially amazing Vance Bastian has begun work on the next Brimstone audio, Beside A Black Tarn. Ominous portents and Poe-shenanigans abound in this story about what is perhaps Shax's worst decision ever. Thing the second: active work continues on Trysts and Burning Embers - Lijun 2. This looks like it may go long...um...I'm not even going to do a word count prediction on this one. It's already over 43K. Thing the third: for those of you headed to GRL this year, I will have a pre-order form up shortly. Just looking for info from one publisher before I finalize the thing. 
Warning: there may, possibly, be a teensy bit of geeking out prior to this reading. All the important blurby/ linky/ rafflecopter drawing bits down below!
The Ardulum Series
Author Name: J.S. Fields Publisher: Ninestar Press Format: Paperback, eBook, Audio Average Word Count: 95K Cover Artist: Natasha Snow Series Blurb: The Ardulum series blends space opera and hard science into a story about two women persistently bound to their past, and a sentient planet determined to shape their future. Ardulum: First Don (book one) The planet that vanishes. The planet that sleeps. When Ardulum first appeared, the inhabitants brought agriculture, art and interstellar technology to the Neek people before vanishing back into space. Two hundred years later, Neek has joined the Charted Systems, a group of planets bound together through commerce and wormhole routes, where violence is nonexistent and technology has been built around the malleability of cellulose. When the tramp transport Mercy’s Pledge accidentally stumbles into an armed confrontation between the Charted System sheriffs and an unknown species, the crew learns the high cost of peace—the enslavement and genetic manipulation of the Ardulan people. Now a young Neek, outcast from her world for refusal to worship ancient Ardulans as gods, must reconcile her planet’s religion with the slave child whom she has chosen to protect—a child whose ability to manipulate cellulose is reminiscent of the ancient myths of Ardulum. But protecting the child comes at a cost—the cultural destruction of her world and the deaths of billions of Charted System inhabitants. Ardulum: Second Don (book two) The Charted Systems are in pieces. Mercy’s Pledge is destroyed, and her captain dead. With no homes to return to, the remaining crew set off on a journey to find the mythical planet of Ardulum—a planet where Emn might find her people and Neek the answers she’s long sought. Finding the planet, however, brings a host of uncomfortable truths about Ardulum’s vision for the galaxy, and Neek’s role in a religion that refuses to release her. Neek must balance her planet’s past and the unchecked power of the Ardulans with a budding relationship and a surprising revelation about her own genealogy. Ardulum: Third Don (book three) The planet wakes. Atalant is torn between two worlds. In uncharted space, head of a sentient planet, the new eld of Ardulum now leads the religion she once rejected. Emn is by her side, but the Mmnnuggl war brewing in the Charted Systems, threatening her homeworld of Neek, cannot be ignored. Atalant must return to the planet that exiled her in order to lead the resistance. She must return home a god, a hypocrite, a liar in gold robes, and decide whether to thrust her unwilling people into the truth of Ardulum, or play the role she has been handed and never see her family, or her world, again.
Book One Buy Links:
Amazon Nine Star Press Barnes and Noble Kobo Audio buy link coming soon!! Book Two Buy Links: Amazon Ninestar Press Barnes and Noble Kobo Book Three Buy Links: https://ninestarpress.com/product/ardulum-third-don/ Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1948608 Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ardulum-Third-Don-J-S-Fields-ebook/dp/B07D7GCD81/ Giveaway: J.S. Fields is giving away an eBook copy of books one and two, AND a special collector's edition First Don enamel pin to one lucky winner, via Rafflecopter:
Author Bio:
J.S. Fields (@Galactoglucoman) is a scientist who has perhaps spent too much time around organic solvents. She enjoys roller derby, woodturning, making chainmail by hand, and cultivating fungi in the backs of minivans. Nonbinary, but prefers female pronouns. Fields has lived in Thailand, Ireland, Canada, USA, and spent extensive time in many more places. Her current research takes her to the Peruvian Amazon rainforest each summer, where she traumatizes students with machetes and tangarana ants while looking for rare pigmenting fungi. She lives with her partner and child, and a very fabulous lionhead rabbit named Merlin. Author Website: http://www.jsfieldsbooks.com Author Twitter: https://twitter.com/Galactoglucoman Author Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16484795.J_S_Fields Author QueeRomance Ink: https://www.queeromanceink.com/mbm-book-author/j-s-fields/ |
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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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