[New post] Book Promo And Vignettes by Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike
accordingtohoyt posted: " Book promo *Sarah Update: Sorry if I worried you being so late. I am okay, only following a program of trying to bore the sickness away. So I slept very late. Definitely getting test tomorrow, since not fully cleared up. I suspect I need to change our" According To Hoyt
*Sarah Update: Sorry if I worried you being so late. I am okay, only following a program of trying to bore the sickness away. So I slept very late. Definitely getting test tomorrow, since not fully cleared up. I suspect I need to change our sheets and towels, except that -- of course -- our washer is not working in any sense of the word. So we need to go and buy another one, which means a lot of time, and me being out of the house and around people. So, we were trying to put it off. Sigh. ALSO, and this is said affectionately, please, please, please, stop being nutters about me dying of this. It's possible of course, but given my health and the fun surprises it throws, I could also die of anything, including being perfectly well. I am probably not going to die right now, and I'm being very, very careful, because I know my body's eternal quest to kill me. It's been at this for nearly sixty years. Take heart. I'm not going quietly when I go. - SAH*
If you wish to send us books for next week's promo,please email to bookpimping at outlook dot com. If you feel a need to re-promo the same book do so no more than once every six months(unless you're me or my relative. Deal.) One book per author per week. Amazon links only. Oh, yeah, by clicking through and buying (anything, actually) through one of the links below, you will at no cost to you be giving a portion of your purchase to support ATH through our associates number. A COMMISSION IS EARNED FROM EACH PURCHASE. *Note that I haven't read most of these books (my reading is eclectic and "craving led",) and apply the usual cautions to buying.– SAH*
A crisis can stress the best of systems. Eden, a secret colony created by a people who accept no ruler and now laws, finds its energy supply blocked by Earth. Which allows a would-be savior to rise to power. In this science fiction adventure, between two worlds,can Athena Hera Sinistra, Earth expatriate, and her husband Kit find the long-lost tech that will allow Eden to be free once more? And can they do so while fighting one of the ancient rulers of Earth who threatens to kill Kit by high-tech biological means? As they battle hostile forces with the help of unreliable allies, only one thing is certain: Kit and Thena will fight every power, risk every danger and counter any attack in order to return to Eden and freedom.
Okay, so it's way better than I thought when I was coming down with whatever this is. It's still two novels brought together at speed, but partly, I think it needed to be to accomplish its task in the series. I did somewhat (not markedly) revise the beginning and the end, for clarity and voice.
Everyone has high expectations for the daughter of Dr. Quail Quicksilver. Destiny wishes they would just leave her alone. When her own Mother can't stop agonizing over her delayed magical abilities . . . Destiny's had all she can take and runs off to get thoroughly lost in her Uncle Xen's interdimensional spy web. Unfortunately, by the time she stops to check where she's gotten to . . . she's deep into enemy territory and there's a Cyborg Policeman reaching for her . . . University student Roly was just heading home for the weekend when an oddly dressed girl came careening around the corner . . . and how can any red-blooded Intel Agent on an educational leave-of-absence resists such an obvious Damsel-in-distress? A novella length tale of two people who ought to be enemies, but opt for friendship.
On a lost and stranded colony world, with his brother's family at risk, Peter Dawe will do what he must to protect them A lost starship's settlers turn one valley on an alien planet into a terraformed replica of Earth. The rest of the planet offers only hardship and madness. Despite the oasis First Landing provides, the ship's crew fled decades earlier with their fabricators, spacecraft, and knowledge when those controlling the valley threatened their freedoms. The ship's crew founded a separate colony on the southern plains. From there they spied on their former passengers, always fearful that the richer valley would come to take what they had. Even after a generation, the loathing persists.
BORROWING SOMEONE ELSE'S PERCEPTIONS FOR A POPULAR DEVICE CAN ONLY MEAN COMMERCIAL SUCCESS. RIGHT?
Samar Dix, the inventor of the popular DixOcular replacement eyes with their numerous enhancements, has run out of ideas and needs another hit. Engaging a visionary painter to create the first in a series of Artist models promises to yield an entirely new way of looking at his world.
But looking through another's eyes isn't quite as simple as he thinks, and no amount of tweaking will yield entirely predictable, or safe, results.
What would you do, if a sketchbook from another world showed up on your doorstep? The pages of this book are filled with wonder, curious houses, and ideas for design that are truly unreal!
Contains more than 50 sketches of treehouses, with highly detailed renderings of their architecture. Marginalia gives hints of the world surrounding the houses, from inhabitants to the peculiar flora, fauna, and fungus. Meant to inspire creativity and influence designers.
Enthralled by her beauty, he loves his lady beyond all else... Erceldoune lives with no memory of his past and no awareness of his lack. He lives in bliss because he lives in Faerie. But one morning he awakens uneasy and chooses not to break his fast, leaving the peach nectar and almond cakes untouched. As his disquiet grows, he suppresses his discomfort and beats down his mistrust of his lady. Her goodness rivals her loveliness—she deserves all his faith. But does she? Unless Erceldoune embraces his doubts, he'll never reclaim his stolen memory, history, or self—losing his very soul. Faerie Tithe pits Faerie's deathly perfection against mortality's lifegiving flaws. If you enjoy stories that draw you in, heroes you long to see prevail, and worlds so vivid you feel like you're there, you'll love J.M. Ney-Grimm's twist on Thomas the Rhymer.
Autumn, 1939… The war that the Western nations have long dreaded has erupted in Europe. After the conquest of western Poland by Germany, the war on land settles into the so-called 'Phony War'. But the war at sea is anything but phony. Especially when the French Government accuses the Republic of Texas of providing aid to Germany. The tension escalates, and Hitler fans the flames for his own nefarious purposes. After a devastating sneak attack, Commodore Karl von Stahlberg is thrust into command of the Texas battle fleet. Can he defend Texas against the enemy's onslaught, or will Texas be defeated?
Nacho Perez, a retired Marine Gunnery Sergeant turned private eye, confronts a corrupt political machine in a rural Texas county. They kill his primary witness. He continues, so they kill others who cooperate. Nacho is undeterred, so they try to kill him. When he survives, they try for his daughter. Then they come to understand the admonition: no better friend, no worse enemy.
Welcome to Intrepid. Where Halloween brings tourists, turning leaves - and demons. Over two decades of bloody murder, Steven Savonarola carved a sorcerous Demongate into the heart of his own hometown. With less than two weeks to disarm it before Halloween, Detective Church and the IPD are running out of time. Lucky for them, they have an edge: Myrrh, a hell-raider with over a thousand years' experience shattering dark magic, and Aidan, a half-demon fire mage with a very personal grudge against evil. The plan is simple: Find the tainted sites. Purify them. Try not to die. They'll need all the help they can get. Steven may be gone, but shadows in the mountains are determined to see the Demongate open - even if they have to slaughter half the city to do it. And when it comes to killing shadows, even hell-raiders don't know everything. If they're going to make it to All Saint's Day, they're going to need hot lead, cold mead, and a weapon that's out of this world. And a little praying wouldn't hurt.... Welcome to Intrepid. It's a hell of a Halloween.
Vignettes by Luke, Mary Catelli and 'Nother Mike.
So what's a vignette? You might know them as flash fiction, or even just sketches. We will provide a prompt each Sunday that you can use directly (including it in your work) or just as an inspiration. You, in turn, will write about 50 words (yes, we are going for short shorts! Not even a Drabble 100 words, just half that!). Then post it! For an additional challenge, you can aim to make it exactly 50 words, if you like.
We recommend that if you have an original vignette, you post that as a new reply. If you are commenting on someone's vignette, then post that as a reply to the vignette. Comments — this is writing practice, so comments should be aimed at helping someone be a better writer, not at crushing them. And since these are likely to be drafts, don't jump up and down too hard on typos and grammar.
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