Here is my weekly round-up of the Speculative Fiction Blog Hop. Sheila Guthrie is this week's contributor, and has also taken over the organisation of the Blog Hop from Heidi Garrett, who is concentrating on the Speculative Fiction Showcase, together with Cora Buhlert and myself.Sheila has taken up the torch to write about her writing… Continue reading The Speculative Fiction Blog Hop – this week, Sheila Guthrie
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Lou Morgan interviewed
Alchemy Press interviews Lou Morgan, one of the contributors to their forthcoming anthology of fantasy, horror and sf short stories, Urban Mythic 2.
Harry Manners guest post
Harry Manners is a member of the Speculative Fiction High Five circle on the Kboards. Harry has just published his first novel, post-apocalyptic science fiction Ruin. To quote his Amazon bio: Harry...lives in Bedfordshire, England with his family. When he's not writing, he studies Physics at the University of Warwick, reads a ton-load of books, and generally nerds… Continue reading Harry Manners guest post
The Grimbold Books Kickstarter – What It Means and Why it Matters
I’m reblogging this from Grimbold Books – and hoping to add my contribution to the Kickstarter! I’ve only funded (contributed to!) one Kickstarter so far, from Morbid Anatomy, and it was great fun. So come all ye fantasy readers and other bods…
The deployment of Professor Farnsworth is to celebrate the fact that the Grimbold Kickstarter is over 50% funded with 32 days to go – thank you to everyone who has generously made pledges so far, you’re all awesome. If you haven’t been able to support us yet, well that’s fine too, but if you can find it in your heart to spare a quid or two that would be lovely. Every pound brings us closer to the total and it really does make a difference.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/505305158/grimbold-books-from-dream-to-team
Why it matters.
Aside from the fact that if you pledge you get fabulous rewards, you mean? And you do – pledging as little as a fiver will get you TWO free ebooks from the Grimbold back catalogue, many of which have been reviewed on this here blog, so I can testify to their goodness. The goodies only get better as you scroll down…
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The Speculative Fiction Blog Hop – with Vincent Trigili
This week's exciting instalment of the Blog Hop is from Vincent Trigili, another alumnus of the Kindleboards. Vincent is the author of a saga, Lost Tales of Power.He says (and I quote):I write what I love to read. I do not want to read Vogon Poetry so I do not write that. I do not… Continue reading The Speculative Fiction Blog Hop – with Vincent Trigili
Elaine Housby on the second-hand bookshops of Northumberland
Academic Elaine Housby on the second-hand bookshops of Northumberland: from the LSE Review of Books.
Ceinwen Langley does the Speculative Fiction Blog Hop
A new update to the Speculative Fiction Blog Hop from Ceinwen Langley, author of Young Adult fantasy, The Edge of the Woods. You can read her post on her blog here: http://ceinwenlangley.com/2014/08/11/the-speculative-fiction-blog-hop/ Ceinwen discusses what is unique about her writing for Young Adults, and talks about her work - indeed works! in progress: a Fantasy novella and… Continue reading Ceinwen Langley does the Speculative Fiction Blog Hop
The Glass Mountain goes live on Amazon
The Glass Mountain Now available in the Kindle Store here and from Amazon UK here. Cover art by Skylar Faith of Truenotdreams Design. Blurb: Now aged sixteen, Annat is living in the city of Masalyar and training as an apprentice shaman. Struggling with the pangs of first love and a wish for freedom, she is… Continue reading The Glass Mountain goes live on Amazon
Round-up of Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month for July
The Speculative Fiction Showcase is back! It will restart on 31st August with a new feature called 'Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month'. In the mean time, Cora Buhlert has reposted the round-up for July from her blogs Pegasus Pulp and her personal blog. You can read the July instalment here at the Speculative Fiction… Continue reading Round-up of Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month for July
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