Read THIS COULD ALL BE DIFFERENT by by Sarah Thankam Mathews if you love first jobs, immigration narratives, queer love, building community, restaurants, fishing for memories, terrible landlords, recessions, navigating white America as a POC, lofty dreams & planting seeds.
Join Ronald McGillvray & yours truly as we wrap up 2023 with an all-new author spotlight, a bunch of talk about books, movies, TV, games, music, and so much more!
Hey. It's ok if you're behind on your yearly reading goal. That number was arbitrarily chosen in a January fog of optimism & champagne anyway, and you don't need to turn something you love & brings you comfort into a stressor. Read good books. Enjoy them. Be gentle with yourself.
ICYMI: In this recent blog post, I talk about my upcoming book, "The Spiral and The Threads" and how it "completes" The Nod/Wells Timelines. Give it a read!
Tonight, while I wait for the cover for my Wolf book (grumble), I have another sales opportunity for you.
This time, it's a collection of fantasy and SF for your pleasure, all books are on sale or even free.
Yes, it's another BookFunnel promo, but this one comes without the newsletter sign-up (but you might have to pay for the book). Just check out which tales might appeal to you.
Read VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE by Isabel Cañas if you love interesting vampire lore, supernatural western historical romances, colonialism narratives, sneaking around at night, class dynamics, young love, big dreams, grief, salt, rosemary, coming home, Yanquis as villains, and desert road trips.
With the release of "The Spiral and The Threads" fast approaching, now's the perfect time to start (or continue) your journey along The Nod/Wells Timelines.
Explore this one-of-a-kind speculative fiction reading experience today!
I just finished uploading all of the latest year's #SPSFC books ( #SPSFC3 I believe) and all of the books from the new #SFINCS competition to https://indiestorygeek.com .
Remember, all of these books are eligible for the #IndieInkAwards competition!
Nominations are open through the end of November, so make sure you nominate your favorite #IndieBooks for the awards that make the most sense for them. All genres of indie books are welcome!
Read THE MEMORY THIEVES (Conjureverse Book 2) by Dhonielle Clayton if you love New Orleans, secrets, rewriting history, perfume, pandemic narratives, elections, familial legacies & the passing down of knowledge, standing up to oppression, fear responses, uncovering the truth & masks.
Read THE MARVELLERS by Dhonielle Clayton if you love magic schools, jollof rice, The Underworld, floating cities, best friends, diverse cultures, starlight, twilight, integration, mysteries, something new, feeling different, maps, spices, creepy dolls, and circuses.
I was pretty happy when I recently acquired an Eames chair & stool (reproduction/not an original - way too expensive), I was pretty pleased with the major improvement in my #reading#infrastructure.
But now, I feel I missed a chance for a proper upgrade.... [sighs]
"The Spiral and The Threads," the long-awaited "conclusion" of The Nod/Wells Timelines," is coming soon! Begin your preparations with this official teaser trailer, featuring the six books that started it all.
Read HEARTSONG by TJ Klune if you love sad gay werewolves, finding your way home, eyeglasses, memories, trauma narratives, ace love interests, sitting beneath trees, the scent of lake water, traditions, loss narratives, crackers, and waves of blue.
Join hosts Ronald McGillvray & yours truly as season two rolls on with an all-new author spotlight, a bunch of talk about books, movies, TV shows, games, music, and so much more!
Read OPEN THROAT by Henry Hoke if you love big cats, the big city, small towns, scarcity narratives, poetic prose, trying to understand people, queerness, crises, fear, hunger, loneliness, developing the language to describe your existence, the American hard rock band Slaughter, adaptation & longing.
For your reading pleasure, all six of my novel-length works of speculative fiction are currently available to read for free via Amazon's Kindle Unlimited service.