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Today we have a special reading - an entire short story! Shine On Harvest Moon is by the wonderful Jeff Baker - and I'll explain a little about it in the audio:  Shine On Harvest Moon A Demeter's Bar story by Jeff Baker ABOUT THE STORY: The Demeter’s Bar Stories came about because of two books of barroom tall tales I loved; “Tales From Gavagan’s Bar” by L. Sprague DeCamp and Fletcher Pratt (fantasy stories), and “Tales From The White Hart,” by Arthur C. Clarke (science fiction stories.) I was thinking one day about the fact that while Arthur C. Clarke was gay he didn’t write about a lot of LGBT characters (he didn’t live in that era) and I thought of his “White Hart” stories and realized nobody has done a series of science fictional stories told in a gay bar. So I created Demeter’s Bar, based a little on a couple of places I knew and when (to my utter shock) the first two stories were published, I was off and running and have about seven stories finished so far. “Shine On Harvest Moon” was written from a picture prompt (of men frolicking in the ocean) on the Friday Flash Fics Facebook page, and appeared on the authorjeffbaker.com website April 20, 2018. authorjeffbaker,com ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Called “(one of) the hottest authors in the independent horror scene,” by Hellbound Books in 2017, Jeff Baker grew up reading comic books, Arthur Conan Doyle stories and watching T.V. shows like “Night Gallery.” He has made a living as a truck driver for over 25 years and writes on the side. His stories can be found in several of the QueerSciFi anthologies, and places like Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine. He lives happily in Wichita, Kansas with his husband Darryl.
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Here's a fun thing - Potato Suprise: A Brimstone Prequel is up for pre-order on Amazon.fr. La Patate Surprise - Sounds all gourmet, doesn't it? :D Translation is courtesy of the lovely folks at Reines-Beaux Publishing and we should see it up on other sites soon!  La patate surprise: La Soufrière
Avant Ness, avant Corny, avant Léopold, Chahut et Mac, il n’y avait que Shax et Verin et leur vaisseau de marchandises fraîchement vo... acquis. Rejoignez-les dans leur première aventure spatiale au cours de laquelle notre prince démoniaque trop gâté aura beaucoup à apprendre. Lorsqu’un étau de politiques célestes et infernales menace de se refermer sur eux, Shax et Verin fuient le système planétaire terrestre dans un vaisseau chapardé, laissant tout ce qu’ils ont toujours connu derrière eux. C’est un plan qui brille par sa simplicité, promettant une nouvelle vie de brigands insouciants voyageant parmi les étoiles... Sauf que le vaisseau semble les détester, et que pour vivre leur vie de rêve, ils auront besoin d’argent. Quand un homme terrifié les engage pour livrer trois caisses mystérieuses, Shax est certain que cela marque la fin de leurs déboires . Mais il est loin de son environnement et encore plus loin de comprendre ce qui se trame et les conséquences de sa nouvelle existence. Entre leur cargaison qui n’est pas ce qu’elle semble être, les desseins sinistres de toutes les personnes qui semblent croiser leur route, et ce magnifique fripon du nom de Julian, les grands projets de Shax pour prendre un nouveau départ pourraient plutôt bien le mener à sa fin... Happy Friday, everyone! Today we have an excerpt from a F/F Science Fiction story by David Bridger. A generation ship story of intrigue and averting disaster. :)  Damage Control
by David Bridger Universal Link Kath Preston and Jen Stenberg are damage control engineers in the generation starship Romeo,582 years into its 800-year journey from frozen Earth to humanity's hopeful future on planet Nirvana. When they were schoolgirl best friends, Romeo's population was doubled to 10,000 by taking on survivors from its stricken sister ship Juliet in the disaster that claimed the life of Kath's hero father Peter. On Christmas Eve seventeen years later, in the space of a single 24-hour duty while the people of Romeo are preparing to enjoy the holiday, can Kath and Jen step into Peter's hero shoes when the actions of a murderous rogue crewman and the lurking ghost of the Juliet conspire to threaten Romeo's safety and the lives of those they love? Reiterating (and probably will again before October) a couple of things about GRL this year in Virginia. First, yay! I get to drive! But that's not relevant to anyone but me. :)
Second - if you'd like to pre-order paperbacks from me, which makes things easier for everyone when we get there and you don't pay sales tax since I'm in Delaware, there is a pre-order form: GRL Pre-order for Angel (You tell me what you want, I invoice you through PayPal :) ) And finally, I will have a sort of/ not quite secret giveaway at GRL this year. I'll be carrying Pride Bunnies and Pride Narwhals with me at all times. To get one, you need to come talk to me and ask for one. I know. Scary. ;) Narwhals will include: Rainbow, Bisexual, Pansexual, Non-Binary, Transgender, Lesbian and Asexual. Bunnies will include: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Pansexual, Transgender, Genderfluid, Asexual, Bear and Rainbow. Hello and Happy Friday, reader friends! Today we have a lesbian future-Earth fantasy on file for you! The Techromancy Scrolls is currently a four book series - Adept is the first volume.  Techromancy Scrolls: Adept
By Erik Schubach Blurb: Almost three thousand years after an extinction level event on Earth, mankind seeks to regain its former glory, in a new world where magic and technology collide. Laney Herder, a commoner in the realm of Wexbury, finds herself thrust into the world of nobles and knights. At the side of her Lady Celeste, Knight of the Realm, she goes on an epic journey from being a simple chicken farmer to one of the greatest heroes of the realm, while helping the Lands of Sparo avoid a second Great Mage War. Can kindness and innocence, defeat the oncoming storm? Buy Links: Amazon B&N Kobo iTunes Google Play Audible Not too much in the way of new News, but I can report that Freddy and I got Lijun 2 into the editor at Pride just under the wire this week. Picture us sliding into home plate... On second thought, don't picture that. Scary thought. Terrible visuals aside, Trysts and Burning Embers: Lijun 2 is scheduled for pre-order starting October 9 with an October 30 scheduled release. One of our betas declared it a multiple tissue story while another is probably still mad at us. :) (We love our betas!) We've started some thinking on Lijun 3, but that's for later.  Happy Friday, everyone! Today's reading is from a new urban fantasy by E.M. Hamill - gods and angels and potential supernatural disaster! Pull up a chair and have a listen. :)  Nectar and Ambrosia An Amaranthine Inheritance Novel By E.M. Hamill Genre: Urban Fantasy, Mythological, LGBTQ Publisher: Star Bard Books Date of Publication: June 30, 2018 Word Count: 82 K Cover Artist: Katharine Henry Alexander Callie, a Classics major, flees home to protect her family from a monster straight out of mythology. Visions lead her to Nectar and Ambrosia: the weirdest pub on Earth, where inter-dimensional travelers with attention seeking issues get drunk in between the A-list celebrity lives they create. They can't pretend to be gods anymore—not since a treaty with the current Supreme Deity promising they won't intervene in human affairs. The Doorkeeper of this threshold, Florian, rides herd on the rowdy Amaranthine and offers her shelter and a job. Callie likes the lonely, mysterious bartender more than she should. For Florian, her presence is a ray of light in the gray monotony of his sentence behind the bar, but he keeps a cautious distance—the truth of how he became Doorkeeper could change Callie's perception of him forever. When angels show up for a war council over Zeus's irrational mutters about a comeback, Callie has uncontrolled visions of an apocalypse. Ex-gods realize she’s the first Oracle Priestess in generations. All Callie wanted was keep her parents safe, and now it seems she must sacrifice her future to keep the rest of humanity safe, too. Ambrosia could be the key to harnessing her visions— or it could cost her life. War is coming. The threshold between worlds has never been more fragile. Callie must discover who is pulling Zeus's strings and avert the final battle—before the immortal vying to become the next Supreme Deity kills her first. Available from: Amazon Kobo iBooks Barnes and Noble About the Author:
E.M. (Elisabeth) Hamill writes adult science fiction and fantasy somewhere in the wilds of eastern suburban Kansas. A nurse by day, wordsmith by night, she is happy to give her geeky imagination free reign and has sworn never to grow up and get boring. Frequently under the influence of caffeinated beverages, she also writes as Elisabeth Hamill for young adult readers in fantasy with the award-winning Songmaker series. She lives in eastern Kansas with her family, where they fend off flying monkey attacks and prep for the zombie apocalypse. www.elisabethhamill.com https://www.facebook.com/EMHamill https://twitter.com/SongMagick https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16592440.E_M_Hamill Almost there! Diego: Endangered Fae 2 releases next Tuesday, August 14 - Yaaaay!!! For readers who've been with me for a few years, this is a wayback machine kind of thing. If you've read it already, it's the same story. I've made edits throughout re-releases that address minor issues and a few issues of language I was no longer comfortable with - but the story is unchanged. For those who haven't had the chance to read it yet - be prepared to be tossed through the Veil! :D  Diego: Endangered Fae 2 Release date August 14, 2018 Pride Publishing Amazon iBooks Kobo Barnes and Noble Paperback After defeating an evil wendigo, a man and his pooka lover deserve a little quiet. Unfortunately, Diego and Finn’s hard-won peace is disturbed when Diego, in jealous anguish, unwittingly rips a hole in the impenetrable Veil to the Otherworld. Separated, stuck on the other side of the Veil where Finn has to face old conflicts and Diego is the only human in a land of fae, the two of them navigate rocky waters between huge egos and ancient feuds. Worse still, some of the fae are dying of a mysterious illness and everyone believes Diego is the key to a cure. Things can’t possibly get any worse, can they? Oh, yes—they can when the US government gets involved.Diego: Endangered Fae 2 Pre-order starts July 3, 2018 Release Date: August 14, 2018 Pride Publishing Amazon iBooks Kobo Barnes and Noble Paperback After defeating an evil wendigo, a man and his pooka lover deserve a little quiet. Unfortunately, Diego and Finn’s hard-won peace is disturbed when Diego, in jealous anguish, unwittingly rips a hole in the impenetrable Veil to the Otherworld. Separated, stuck on the other side of the Veil where Finn has to face old conflicts and Diego is the only human in a land of fae, the two of them navigate rocky waters between huge egos and ancient feuds. Worse still, some of the fae are dying of a mysterious illness and everyone believes Diego is the key to a cure. Things can’t possibly get any worse, can they? Oh, yes—they can when the US government gets involved.Diego: Endangered Fae 2 Pre-order starts July 3, 2018 Release Date: August 14, 2018 Pride Publishing Amazon iBooks Kobo Barnes and Noble Paperback After defeating an evil wendigo, a man and his pooka lover deserve a little quiet. Unfortunately, Diego and Finn’s hard-won peace is disturbed when Diego, in jealous anguish, unwittingly rips a hole in the impenetrable Veil to the Otherworld. Separated, stuck on the other side of the Veil where Finn has to face old conflicts and Diego is the only human in a land of fae, the two of them navigate rocky waters between huge egos and ancient feuds. Worse still, some of the fae are dying of a mysterious illness and everyone believes Diego is the key to a cure. Things can’t possibly get any worse, can they? Oh, yes—they can when the US government gets involved. Our special guest this week for Reading Day is Layla Dorine, who's been kind enough to share a bit of her future-Earth SF short story, Teaching Love To A Clone. Tangled ethics in a charged political environment!  Teaching Love To A Clone by Layla Dorine Mankind’s war with visitors from a different world once left the human population reeling, but scientific advances soon allowed them the unique opportunity to preserve their species through the act of cloning. By sending the clones out to fight in the war, humanity was able to rebound, but none gave a thought to what would happen if a clone should learn to think of itself as anything but a weapon. For Corbin, the night janitor in the cloning lab where generations of clones have been created, there is no longer anything jarring about seeing a partially formed clone move for the first time within the confines of it’s gestation chamber. He keeps his head down and his music up, trying to survive the war in the hopes that there might be something left of the world when the fighting is through. That all changes when he realizes that one of the latest clones, Ronin, is actually responding to the music. Doing what he swore he’d never do, Corbin becomes invested in Ronin’s development, communicates back and forth to him through the glass, and later, teaches him about what he is, why he was created, and so much more. Beneath the backdrop of politics, questionable ethics, and the tail end of war, Corbin sets out to do something that the generals, the scientists, and even those who offered their genetic material to the cloning process never considered possible: Teaching a Clone to Love. Amazon and Kindle Unlimited About the Author:
LAYLA DORINE lives among the sprawling prairies of Midwestern America, in a house with more cats than people. She loves hiking, fishing, swimming, martial arts, camping out, photography, cooking, and dabbling with several artistic mediums. In addition, she loves to travel and visit museums, historic, and haunted places. Layla got hooked on writing as a child, starting with poetry and then branching out, and she hasn’t stopped writing since. Hard times, troubled times, the lives of her characters are never easy, but then what life is? The story is in the struggle, the journey, the triumphs and the falls. She writes about artists, musicians, loners, drifters, dreamers, hippies, bikers, truckers, hunters and all the other folks that she’s met and fallen in love with over the years. Sometimes she writes urban romance and sometimes its aliens crash landing near a roadside bar. When she isn’t writing, or wandering somewhere outdoors, she can often be found curled up with a good book and a kitty on her lap. Seriously, how did it get to be August? Didn't we just start this year? *thousand yard stare at 2018* So... The stuff going on. Beside a Black Tarn Audio has launched. We talked about that. Diego: Endangered Fae 2 launches on August 14 - yay! Freddy and I have Lijun 2 due at the editor August 15 - eek!!! (Almost there, though.) And I really hate summer. Just needed to say that.  |
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Angel writes (mostly) Science Fiction and Fantasy centered around gay 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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