Archive for the ‘Fantasy’ Category

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Vampocalypse
by E.S. Brown
Genre: SciFi Fantasy
Vampires have infiltrated the highest offices of the United States government.
Secretly working with top scientists in the CDC and the nation’s most prestigious universities, this clandestine network creates the ultimate weapon for the undead: a particle bomb that, once detonated, transforms any humans within the blast radius into vampires. The world’s human leaders deploy nuclear weapons in a desperate attempt to quell the out-of-control vampire infestation. In their quest for global domination, the vampires propel the world into the greatest of all wars. A nuclear winter envelops the planet, which provides a haven for the vampires to rise up and fully realize their domination over humankind.
Prater Saxon, a half-human/half-vampire survivor in the post-apocalyptic aftermath of the war, lives alone in a world in ruins. Despite his efforts to maintain his solitude as he makes his way through the desolate wastelands, Prater finds himself drawn into a new war brewing between the humans and vampires.For millennia, humans ruled the Earth.
Their rule…may have finally come to an end.
VAMPOCALYPSE is a dark, gritty, post-apocalyptic tale of survival in a land out of resources, high in crime, and overrun with vampires. When the military can’t stop the danger, it’s up to one man to lead the charge against annihilation.
Fans of The Walking Dead will love E.S. Brown’s newest novel.
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E.S. Brown has lived nearly his entire life in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, which has provided the ideal climate for him to foster his love of writing. He is fueled by an overactive imagination and caffeine – a perfect storm that has translated into many late nights researching and working on any number of fantastical tales waiting to be told.
His interests include a love of living a healthy lifestyle, inspiring others, and simply enjoying life and all its wonders. VAMPOCALYPSE is his second novel, following the release of STARPHOENIX in 2014. He is also a poet and is working on a self-help book (a journey of healing following his divorce in 2014). Other works in progress include sequels to Starphoenix and Vampocalypse, as well as a supernatural spy-thriller tentatively titled CODENAME: SCARLETT.
E.S. Brown lives in Puyallup, Washington, where he balances writing with his day job and his cat and his two amazing kiddos.
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Elysium Girls

by Kate Pentecost

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Genre: Fantasy / YA

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In this sweeping Dust Bowl-inspired fantasy, a ten-year game between Life and Death pits the walled Oklahoma city of Elysium-including a girl gang of witches and a demon who longs for humanity-against the supernatural in order to judge mankind.

When Sal is named Successor to Mother Morevna, a powerful witch and leader of Elysium, she jumps at the chance to prove herself to the town. Ever since she was a kid, Sal has been plagued by false visions of rain, and though people think she’s a liar, she knows she’s a leader. Even the arrival of enigmatic outsider Asa-a human-obsessed demon in disguise-doesn’t shake her confidence in her ability. Until a terrible mistake results in both Sal and Asa’s exile into the Desert of Dust and Steel.

Face-to-face with a brutal, unforgiving landscape, Sal and Asa join a gang of girls headed by another Elysium exile-and young witch herself-Olivia Rosales. In order to atone for their mistake, they create a cavalry of magic powered, scrap metal horses to save Elysium from the coming apocalypse. But Sal, Asa, and Olivia must do more than simply tip the scales in Elysium’s favor-only by reinventing the rules can they beat the Life and Death at their own game.

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Oh man, this sounds amazing. I loved Titans by Victoria Scott and The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater and have been looking for something similar for a while now. And just look at that cover. It blows me away. But the price tag? $17.99 for the ebook and the hardcover is the same price. I’m torn about spending that much. This is a new author for me. Knowing me, I’ll bite the bullet and grab it.

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Titans

by Victoria Scott

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Genre: Fantasy / Science Fiction / YA

Synopsis

Ever since the Titans first appeared in her Detroit neighborhood, Astrid Sullivan’s world has revolved around the mechanical horses. She and her best friend have spent countless hours watching them and their jockeys practice on the track. It’s not just the thrill of the race. It’s the engineering of the horses and the way they’re programmed to seem so lifelike. The Titans are everything that fascinates Astrid, and nothing she’ll ever touch.

She hates them a little, too. Her dad lost everything betting on the Titans. And the races are a reminder of the gap between the rich jockeys who can afford the expensive machines to ride, and the working class friends and neighbors of Astrid’s who wager on them.

But when Astrid’s offered a chance to enter an early model Titan in this year’s derby, well, she decides to risk it all. Because for a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, it’s more than a chance at fame or money. Betting on herself is the only way she can see to hang on to everyone in the world she cares about.

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Scorpio Races

by Maggie Stiefvater

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Genre: Fantasy / YA

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It happens at the start of every November: the Scorpio Races. Riders attempt to keep hold of their water horses long enough to make it to the finish line. Some riders live. Others die.

At age nineteen, Sean Kendrick is the returning champion. He is a young man of few words, and if he has any fears, he keeps them buried deep, where no one else can see them.

Puck Connolly is different. She never meant to ride in the Scorpio Races. But fate hasn’t given her much of a chance. So she enters the competition — the first girl ever to do so. She is in no way prepared for what is going to happen.

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Dagana: The Last Mermaid
by Kody Boye
Genre: Fantasy Thriller
I have always loved the ocean. Beautiful and tranquil, it seems like it can do absolutely no harm.
Until the night my parents go missing, and then are subsequently found dead.
Both have been viciously mauled by something off the Gulf—something even the medical examiner claims is an ‘unknown animal.’ But the worst part? I swear I saw something in the water the night they were both killed.
But this is no chance occurrence. As the body count begins to rise, and as more tragedies unfold, I realize that something has to be done.
Someone has to hunt down, and kill, the monster of Mermaid Cove.
That someone is me.
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Though he was born and raised in Southeastern Idaho, Kody Boye has lived in the state of Texas since 2010. His first short story, [A] Prom Queen’s Revenge, was published at the age of fourteen. He has since gone on to publish numerous works of fiction, including the young-adult novels When They Came, The Beautiful Ones, The Midnight Spell and ALT CONTROL ENTER, as well as fiction for adults. He currently lives and writes in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. He is in the process of obtaining an undergraduate in creative writing and plans to pursue an MFA to teach afterward.
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Adventures of Death, Reincarnation and Annihilation
by Francis H. Powell
Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Scifi Short Stories
What if the human race was considered irrelevant and then each being was just uploaded then locked away on hard drives called “brain pods” ?
What if a sub species was to come into fruition, then the human race turned on it, hunted it down before trying to annihilate it? Imagine you found out you were an ancient soul, who is reunited with another being from your former life?
Set in different times in a variety of settings and time periods, the past, the present and the future, the book explores the inevitable unknown that lies before us all “death”. Death can arrive in a multitude of forms. Each part of the book explores different themes. There are characters who following their demises have to face up to their lurid pasts. There are some who face annihilation and others who are in a crazy pursuit of world destruction. We are living in an age in which it appears that the doomsday clock is ticking ever faster, as we teeter over the edge of world destruction. The book aims to contain some ironic twists. Even as young children we build up nightmare visions of what death involves. The reader is often left to distinguish between what is real and what is not, as stories reside within stories and the storytellers can never be fully trusted. Not all the book is doom and gloom, there are Elsa Grun’s bizarre encounters with men and Shellys’ hapless husband Arnie.
From secluded beach houses, to obscure motels, to visions of heaven, which takes the form of the Hotel Paradiso, to the world of the future death is always a wild adventure.
Born in 1961, in Reading, England Francis H Powell attended Art Schools, receiving a degree in painting and an MA in printmaking. In 1995, Powell moved to Austria, teaching English as a foreign language while pursuing his varied artistic interests adding music and writing. He currently lives in Brittany, France writing both prose and poetry. Powell has published short stories in the magazine, “Rat Mort” and other works on the internet site “Multi-dimensions.” His two published books are Flight of Destiny and Adventures of Death, Reincarnation and Annihilation
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Night Magic

Nightstruck #2

  by Jenna Black

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Genre: Horror / Fantasy

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Jenna Black returns to the quarantined city of Philadelphia, where an unsuspecting seventeen-year-old has unknowingly unleashed a dark power that transforms the city into a monstrous hellscape in Night Magic.

Philadelphia is locked in the grip of an evil magic that transforms its streets into a nightmare landscape the minute the sun sets each night. While most of the city hunkers down and hopes to survive the long winter nights, Becket Walker is roaming the darkened streets having the time of her life.

Once, the guilt of having inadvertently let the night magic into the city―and of having killed her onetime best friend―had threatened to destroy her. But now she’s been Nightstruck, and all her grief and guilt and terror have been swept away―along with her conscience. So what if she’s lost her friends, her family, and her home? And so what if her hot new boyfriend is super-controlling and downright malevolent?

Mesmerized by the power and freedom of not having to care about anyone but herself, Becket is sinking ever deeper into the night magic’s grasp. But those who love her refuse to give up on her―even if she’s given up on them. If they can’t find a way to help Becket break the night magic’s hold, the entire city might soon find itself shrouded in perpetual night. But the last thing Becket wants is to be “rescued” from her brand new life, and she will fight tooth and claw to stay exactly where she is.

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I added this to my list back in May of 2017. I really enjoyed the first book and as soon as I finished it, I ordered the second one. I won’t let this wait much longer to be read.

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A Book to Last the Year Volume 1: Fantasy
Calendar Anthology Fantasy
with stories by
Kae Galla, Philip K. Chase, Thomas Wythe, Tahera Mannan, Davina Purnell,
Sheri Chapman, Summer Sky, Tammy R. Ray, Aim Ruivivar, S.B. Rhodes
Prepare to be spellbound on a spine tingling journey within the pages of, A
Book to Last the Year; Calendar Anthology Fantasy.
Among these gripping tales you’ll encounter. An exiled dragon filled with
rage. A queen chosen from among the commons not her bloodline. A
meticulous Christmas coordinator training his assistant. The magic of
leprechauns against bullies. What lurks through the window at 2 am.
This collection of enchanting stories and poems is not for the weary.
Enter into supernatural worlds of action and adventure. Talented
story tellers and poets inspired by the months and seasons provide a
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A Book to Last the Year Volume 2: Romance
Calendar Anthology Romance
with stories by
Kae Galla, Kathleen A. Duncan, Tammy R Ray, Kiora Light, Thomas Wythe,
CM Peters, Michele Shriver, Cherron Riser, Sheri Chapman, Summer Sky
Prepare to be impassioned on a heart throbbing journey within the pages of, A
Book to Last the Year; Calendar Anthology Romance.
Among these alluring tales you’ll encounter forbidden love, broken hearts,
and spellbound desire. A cake decorator who hates weddings but craves
a stunning guest. The aftermath of a hot encounter with a mythical
God. The sweet awe of attraction between adults who were once
childhood friends. A 40 something grieving widow infatuated with a
younger man. A girl teetering between the naughty and nice list at
Christmas time.
This collection of enticing stories and poems is not for the chaste. Enter
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A Book to Last the Year Volume 3: Dark Horror
Calendar Anthology Dark
with stories by
Philip Chase, Svea Neizke, Davina Purnell, Katie Jaarsveld, Sheri Chapman,
Larry Yoakum III, P. Mattern, L. Guathier, Summer Sky, Tammy R Ray
Prepare to be crippled with fear on a white knuckled journey within the pages
of, A book to Last the Year; Calendar Anthology Dark.
Among these harrowing tales you’ll encounter. A violent organization of
wolves, and the king who is bound to recapture his throne. Insolence
and defiance among vampires, demons, and a blonde village misfit in
the 18th century. The perseverance of a lone wolf seeking revenge.
Snake-like demons seeping through the gates of hell. All horror and
mystery that surrounds an unusual nursing home resident revealed
within a single midnight hour.
This collection of daunting stories and poems is not for the faint of
heart. Enter into suspense ridden worlds in which good and evil
collide. Talented story tellers and poets inspired by the months and
seasons provide a mixture of imaginative and fascinating journeys
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Through The Nethergate

by Roberta Eaton Cheadle


Through the Nethergate
Supernatural Fantasy
1st in Series
TSL Publications (September 3, 2019)
Paperback: 214 pages
ISBN-10: 1913294021
ISBN-13: 978-1913294021
Digital ASIN: B07ZJTW2DF

Margaret, a girl born with second sight, has the unique ability to bring ghosts trapped between Heaven and Hell back to life. When her parents die suddenly, she goes to live with her beloved grandfather, but the cellar of her grandfather’s ancient inn is haunted by an evil spirit of its own.

In the town of Bungay, a black dog wanders the streets, enslaving the ghosts of those who have died unnatural deaths. When Margaret arrives, these phantoms congregate at the inn, hoping she can free them from the clutches of Hugh Bigod, the 12th century ghost who has drawn them away from Heaven’s White Light in his canine guise.

With the help of her grandfather and the spirits she has befriended, Margaret sets out to defeat Hugh Bigod, only to discover he wants to use her for his own ends – to take over Hell itself.

About Author Roberta Eaton Cheadle

‘I am an author who has recently branched into adult horror and supernatural writing and, in order to clearly differential my children’s books from my young adult and adult writing, these will be published under the name Roberta Eaton Cheadle. My first young adult supernatural novel, Through the Nethergate, has recently been published.

I have two short stories in the horror/supernatural genre included in Dark Visions, a collection of 34 short stories by 27 different authors and edited by award-winning author, Dan Alatorre as well as three short stories published in Death Among Us, a collection of murder mystery short stories by 10 different authors and edited by Stephen Bentley. These short stories are published under Robbie Cheadle.

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Purchase Roberta Eaton Cheadle’s Books from: Amazon / TSL Publications / Lulu

 

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I am so excited that SHIFTED FATE by Elena Lawson is available now and that I get to share
the news!
 
If you haven’t yet heard about this wonderful book by Author Elena Lawson, be sure to
check out all the details below.
 
This blitz also includes a giveaway for a $10 GC courtesy of Elena and Rockstar Book
Tours. So if you’d like a chance to win, enter in the Rafflecopter at the
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SHIFTED FATE 
(The Wolves of Forest Grove: Book One)
Author: Elena Lawson
Pub. Date: December 26, 2019
Publisher: Elena Lawson
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Pages: 185
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Jared Stone is a freaking wolf. And I don’t mean that metaphorically, either…
I thought I had it bad—living in my dead Dad’s old hunting blind in the woods,
barely staying alive on apples and ramen…that was before the storm hit and
destroyed the only form of shelter I had left.Enter, Jared. The hottest—and most unavailable—guy at school. Except he wasn’t
Jared when he pulled me out of the mud. He wasn’t even human.As if that wasn’t unsettling enough, when he brought me back to his cabin, I
found he wasn’t alone. Another guy, one I’d only ever heard about in whispers
beneath the bleachers, was there too. Clayton Armstrong: bad boy
extraordinaire. And it turned out, he wasn’t human either.Mindf*ck, right?At first, all I want to do is run away. But I have nowhere to go, and for
whatever messed up reason, Jared is insistent that I stay. Despite Clay’s loud protests.So, now I’m stuck in a cabin in the woods with two hot as hell wolf
shifters. One who wants to protect me. And another who wants to eat me for
lunch…

What could go wrong?

 

 

 
About Author Elena Lawson

 

Elena lives in a small town in Canada with her family. She writes reverse harem fantasy romance stories full of feisty heroines, unforgettable heroes and spellbinding romance. When she comes out of her writing cave, she can be found obsessively rearranging her bookshelves, drinking wine somewhere sunny, or cooking overly fancy meals for her family and friends. For news about upcoming releases, exclusive bonus content and freebies, sign up for author Elena Lawson’s newsletter!

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Today S. N. Jones, GenZ Publishing, & Rockstar Book Tours are revealing the GORGEOUS cover for her YA Historical fantasy, EXORDIUM which will release in early 2020! Check out the awesome cover and enter the
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Title: EXORDIUM
Tempus Book 1
Author: S. N. Jones
Pub. Date: 2020
Publisher: GenZ Publishing
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Pages: 247
 
“Fall to rise higher.”
 
This is the motto of the clan Kongeorn. In their world of harsh battles and harsher winters
our story begins.
 
Exordium is a historical fantasy novel that follows the story of Vita, who is thrust into a
position of power and forced to deal with the aftermath of a family tragedy–and an act of war. Along the way, she must confront her own demons and learn that everyone is fighting their own war, their own obstacles. She must learn how to overcome them, to rise higher than ever before. Exordium and its author, S. N. Jones, were awarded with the 2018 National Civic Expression Award
from the Scholastic Art and Writing Competition, funded by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers.
 
One woman.
One name.
One forgotten legacy.
 
Excerpt:
 
“The forest seemed still, as if no creature dared to
move or cry out in my presence. The trees remained static, their branches rigid
and frozen in the cool night air. In the stillness, a burden began to weigh
down upon me, cloaking me like the furs on my shoulders. It sobered me, taking
my attention away from the visions and cynical thoughts, and plopped me right
where I would stay. I could not hide from it, nor—I found—did I want to. My
duty to my people, to my name, bore down on me, and I refused to shake it.”


 

About S.N. Jones:


Proud author of Exordium, fantasy author, and lover of books!


WebsiteTwitter | Instagram | Goodreads

 
 

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The Timeless Christmas
The Twelve Days of Christmas #10
by Renee Matthews
Genre: M/M Fantasy Romance
Print Length: 46 pages
Publisher: eXtasy Books
Publication Date: December 20, 2019
Prince Menion had never wanted for anything in his life minus Jacob Riker.
Jacob and his twin brother Lucas arrived at the Kingdom of
Miraennon every fall and always left before spring arrived. They
would bring with them tales of magical worlds and brought wonder to
his boring life. Then last year, Jacob Riker arrived alone and they
grew closer than Menion should have allowed. Menion was expected to
be married and be the next Lord of Miraennon by Christmas. None of
those plans involved Jacob Riker.
Being a time traveler, Jacob Riker had never expected to be so stuck on one
moment. After the months together, that had been Jacob’s own personal
Christmas miracle, Menion Astaulind standing in the snow breaking his
heart and proclaimed love for another.
Now, Jacob stands ready to jump through the portal one last time to win
over the only man he ever loved before Christmas comes again.
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Renee is often in her own little world. There is nothing that she loves
more than writing down all the stories that make up her world. She
can often be found curled up in front of her laptop with a cup of tea.
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