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Monthly Archives: September 2016
Bookshelf: 1632
I’m late to the party on this one. For sure, better late than never. In the middle of a wedding, the small West Virginia mining town of Grantville is suddenly, without explanation, and apparently permanently transported into Germany in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1632, Baen, Eric Flint, Richelieu, Thirty Years War, Wallenstein, Witchy Eye
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The Kidnap Plot is a Whitney Nominee
I have been informed by the Whitney Awards that THE KIDNAP PLOT is a 2016 nominee. Fingers crossed!
The Perfect Word
I love finding and using in a story that perfect word, the one tiny word that communicates more than it seems. Let me give you an example from WITCHY EYE, my forthcoming epic fantasy (Baen, March 2017). From a confrontation between … Continue reading
Bookshelf: Relic
I love alt-Westerns. David J. West’s COLD SLITHER is an example, a collection of pulp fiction in the vein of Manly Wade Wellman, featuring real-life mountain man and gunfighter Orrin Porter Rockwell. Another favorite is Aaron Michael Ritchey’s Juniper Wars … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Michael Ritchey, City of the Saints, Cold Slither, Dandelion Iron, David J. West, Fantasy, Juniper Wars, Relic, Renee Collins, Steampunk, Western
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Bookshelf: The Longest Con
Michaelbrent Collings has shown a great deal of versatility beyond the horror for which he’s known. Previous explorations have included epic fantasy and Arthurian middle-grade superhero; THE LONGEST CON has Collings digging into Jim Butcher’s Harry Dresden territory, with a … Continue reading
Bookshelf: Racers of the Night
RACERS OF THE NIGHT is Brad R. Torgersen’s second collection of short science fiction. I loved his first collection, LIGHTS IN THE DEEP, so I was excited to pick this one up at Salt Lake Comic Con this month. Brad leans … Continue reading
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Tagged Brad R. Torgersen, Lights in the Deep, Racers of the Night, Science Fiction, Wordfire Press
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Bookshelf — Triorion: Awakening
Jetta, Jaeia, and Jahx are triplets. They are also telepaths, in mental contact with each other, able to read the thoughts of other sentient beings, and capable of subtle — and not-so-subtle — manipulations, as well as the borrowing of … Continue reading
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Tagged Ender's Game, L.J. Hachmeister, Orson Scott Card, Triorion, Triorion: Awakening
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Bookshelf: A Tale of Red Riding
We open on Red, a mouthy, motorcycle-riding orphan, driving into a dark forest in response to a letter from someone claiming to be her grandmother. In quick succession Red meets a potential boyfriend, her grandmother (the claim is true!), a … Continue reading
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Tagged A Tale of Red Riding, Brothers Grimm, Motorcycles, Neo Edmund, Werewolves
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The Glory of the Stars
On the vast generation ship, the Kingdom of Heaven, President Jeremiah Black’s word is law. It is doctrine. It is the voice of God. 400 years ago, the First Families boarded the Kingdom of Heaven to leave behind a wicked Earth and find a … Continue reading
Bookshelf: Cold Slither
David J. West is Mormonism’s foremost disciple of Robert E. Howard. His HEROES OF THE FALLEN, for instance, is a Conanesque retelling of the late sections of the Book of Mormon, with nefarious sorcerers, dark conspiracies, and muscular heroes who win … Continue reading
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Tagged Clint Eastwood, Cold Slither, Dagon, David J. West, Doc Savage, Heroes of the Fallen, Mexica, Orrin Porter Rockwell, Pulp Fiction, Weird West, Zombies
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