Susan MacGregor readings and signing

Susan MacGregor Susan MacGregor, author of The Tattooed Witch, has two events lined up this fall to promote her debut novel, first of a trilogy. The first event occurs at the Glass Door Coffeehouse Series, hosted by Koffee Cafe, Edmonton, Alberta, on September 26, 7:00-9:00 p.m. MacGregor will be reading from The Tattooed Witch, as well as selling and signing copies of her novel. The event is free, and has an interesting lineup of authors…

New YA fantasy from Dave Duncan

October 1, 2013 we’re pleased to release a never-before published YA fantasy from Dave Duncan, The Runner and the Wizard.  This is to be the first of a series of novelettes about young Ivor, who dreams of being a swordsman like his nine older brothers, but until he can grow a beard he’s limited to being a runner, carrying messages for their lord, Thane Carrak. That’s usually boring, but this time Carrak has sent him on…

Re-release of Candas Jane Dorsey’s award-winning Black Wine

It gives us great pleasure to announce the re-release of Candas Jane Dorsey’s award-winning debut novel, Black Wine, October 1, 2013. Candas Jane Dorseyphoto courtesy of Vala GrenierBlue Magic photography The story revolves around an old woman hanging in a cage, countered by a young woman who slaves on a rich lord’s estate and struggles to discover and assert her identity in a primeval, barbaric world. From slave dens to merchant cities and isolated mountains,…

Why we published: Things Falling Apart, by J.W. Schnarr

It was Robert Runte who introduced me, virtually, to J.W. Schnarr in 2011. Schnarr apparently had an armful of novels and short horror collections in which we might be interested, some of them self- or previously published, some debut. J.W. Schnarrin one of his classier moments I have to admit I was a bit squeamish about considering a horror writer, having somewhat of an antipathy for the genre’s penchant for gratuitous violence and gore, particularly…

Steve Stanton reviews Immunity to Strange Tales, by Susan Forest

Steven Stanton, author and president of SFCanada, reviewed Susan Forest’s collection of short speculative fiction on Goodreads. It would appear Stanton was impressed. Steve Stanton’s Reviews > Immunity to Strange Tales  Read My rating: 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars[ 5 of 5 stars ] Immunity to Strange Tales by Susan Forest  Steve Stanton‘s review  Sep 04, 13 5 of 5 stars Immunity to Strange Tales is a superb premier collection of…