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ATDrake · 03-02-2012, 09:25 PM

Title feature still free, and there are a couple of things in the slushpile I want to pick up in my main account as well, so this is the best place to dump the lot for my personal convenience.

Not sorted, and I skipped over a bunch of repeats and all the romance stuff which popped up in Britomart's thread linked above.

John Walters has some minor but long-running credits for short fiction in his ISFDB entry, and is an alumnus of the Clarion workshop which was run by Kate Wilhelm (wife of the late Damon Knight and a very good classic sf writer in her own right, though she's since switched over to doing mostly mysteries). He offers the speculative sfnal collection: Dark Mirrors: Dystopian Tales

Riley Owens' self-explanatory short is out from the same ImagineThat! Studios which has been carries HarperCollins-published Pip Ballantine & Tee Morris' stories: Slave to the Stars (Erotic Flights of Fantasy)

Joan Marie Verba used to contribute to those official Darkover fanfic anthologies that Marion Zimmer Bradley would edit herself. She offers a 1991-Lerner published educational science book for kids, which has a School Library Journal review: Voyager: Exploring the Outer Planets

Maria Hudgins returns with another in her cozy mystery series, 2008 Five Star published: Death of a Lovable Geek (Dotsy Lamb Travel Mysteries)

Probably self-pub but with local acclaim and a Wikipedia article Irish writer T.S. O'Rourke returns with an historical novel: The Republican: An Irish Civil War Story

Berkley & Midnight Ink-published Deb Baker offers a cozy mystery originally published in 2009 by Wheeler under the title "Ding Dong Dead": Guise And Dolls: A Gretchen Birch Murder Mystery

Sylvia Haute's short story is out from the same Goldport Press which releases Baen-published Sarah A. Hoyt's shorts: Tum At Eventide

Harlequin-published Sydell Voeller has a circus-based contemporary romance involving a trapeze artist and a veterinarian (I hope she takes care of the elephants), via Books We Love/BWLPP: Summer Magic

Steven Torres who was previously included for a short story published in either the Ellery Queen or Alfred Hitchcock mystery magazines returns with a novel-length tale: Lucy Cruz and the Chupacabra Killings

ISFDBed Jeremy C. Shipp offers another of his short horror collections: Attic Clowns: Volume Three

2006 small-press/minor imprint mass market paperbacked Roseanne McDowell returns with another contemporary romance via BWLPP: Designed for Love

Dinah Lee Kung says that another work of hers was nominated for the "Orange Prize For Fiction" in 2004. She offers a general/litfic "mordant comedy" involving a violinist and laser surgery, hardcovered by UK publisher Orion in 2006: Under Their Skin

Dawn DeAnna Wilson returns with her 2008 The Wild Rose Press-ed contemporary romance: Leaving the Comfort Cafe

Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense author Linda Hall returns with an inspirational non-romantic-looking mystery which I think is in the same series as the other thing we previously got from her: Margaret's Peace (Coast of Maine Series)

Suzanne Robb has a minor ISFDB entry and a mini-collection of shorts out from newbie horror imprint Dark Continents: Were-wolves, Apocalypses, and Genetic Mutation, Oh My!

Cara Marsi is another The Wild Rose Press alumna and offers an m/f foodie contemporary romance (which is like the second in two days, are these becoming a niche subgenre now?): A CATERED ROMANCE

Avalon small-pressed Canadian Mona Ingram returns with a contemporary romance (maybe a repeat, that cover looks kind of familiar, though lots of romance covers look like that so it could just be generic transferrence of the pose or somesuch): Fallen Angel

Tom Roulstone is an Irish-born Canadian resident who has taught at a BC university. His publication credits include a number of historical western paperbacks out from a Covenant Communications, which looks like a small faith-based imprint (a random scan of the review for one of the chick-lit-looking romances that popped up under their name said it was "clean"). He offers a western cowboy romance short: Arapaho Angel (Cheyenne Springs)

Maxine Billings has been published by Harlequin's Kimani imprint. She offers a self-pub contemporary romance which is a sequel to one of her Kimani titles: In Sickness and In Health (The Breaking Point)

In 1976, Jim Lindsey had a slim volume of poems published by the University of Pittsburgh Press. He offers a Nova Scotia-set, somewhat speculative-sounding (there's some kind of Time Traveler's Wife/Sliding Doors element to this, it looks like) literary fiction novel: The Flaw in the Fabric (A Travellers Guide for Lost Souls)

Carl Bussjaeger has no ISFDB entry and appears to be purely self-pub, but he says one of his previous works was nominated for the Prometheus Award for libertarian science fiction which was founded by L. Neil Smith whose books are available via Phoenix Pick Press who give us the sfnal Free eBook of the Month offers. So here's a bunch of his things available free, if you're interested (including the nominated novel): Linkage for all 5

Barry Graham says that, among other things, he is a Zen monk and has written articles for Scotland on Sunday. The latter, at least, is verifiably true, for 2000 values of verifiable. Here's his "neo-noir tale of seething cruelty and rationalized evil": How Do You Like Your Blue-Eyed Boy?

Previously-included small-pressed Gordon Ryan contributes one of his political thrillers to this multi-author omnibus: A Triple Thriller Fest

Stephen Beam says he is a video game artist who has worked on Nintendo and Star Trek stuff, and a quick google bears him out. Here is his self-explanatory short: Atom Malfunction (a homebrewed spaceship leads to a twisted reality adventure)

ISFDBed David Bain offers another short: Faith: A 9-11 Story

DeAnna Knippling has minor ISFDB credits for a few short stories in different outlets. Here's her cracktastic looking tale about saving the world from aliens using beer: Alien Blue

If perhaps you had a bit of difficulty with the terms of the trade used in the previously-included guide for the aspiring spy or the true accounts of famous ones, here's another handy offering from the same secretive and nameless author: The Espionage Glossary (The Anonymous Spy Series)

Happy reading, if indeed you manage to spot something you think you might like.

ETA: St. Martin's/Minotaur-published J.D. Rhoades returns with a self-pub looking law enforcement vs serial killer thriller: Gallows Pole

03-02-2012, 09:25 PM	#18
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Title feature still free, and there are a couple of things in the slushpile I want to pick up in my main account as well, so this is the best place to dump the lot for my personal convenience. Not sorted, and I skipped over a bunch of repeats and all the romance stuff which popped up in Britomart's thread linked above. John Walters has some minor but long-running credits for short fiction in his ISFDB entry, and is an alumnus of the Clarion workshop which was run by Kate Wilhelm (wife of the late Damon Knight and a very good classic sf writer in her own right, though she's since switched over to doing mostly mysteries). He offers the speculative sfnal collection: Dark Mirrors: Dystopian Tales Riley Owens' self-explanatory short is out from the same ImagineThat! Studios which has been carries HarperCollins-published Pip Ballantine & Tee Morris' stories: Slave to the Stars (Erotic Flights of Fantasy) Joan Marie Verba used to contribute to those official Darkover fanfic anthologies that Marion Zimmer Bradley would edit herself. She offers a 1991-Lerner published educational science book for kids, which has a School Library Journal review: Voyager: Exploring the Outer Planets Maria Hudgins returns with another in her cozy mystery series, 2008 Five Star published: Death of a Lovable Geek (Dotsy Lamb Travel Mysteries) Probably self-pub but with local acclaim and a Wikipedia article Irish writer T.S. O'Rourke returns with an historical novel: The Republican: An Irish Civil War Story Berkley & Midnight Ink-published Deb Baker offers a cozy mystery originally published in 2009 by Wheeler under the title "Ding Dong Dead": Guise And Dolls: A Gretchen Birch Murder Mystery Sylvia Haute's short story is out from the same Goldport Press which releases Baen-published Sarah A. Hoyt's shorts: Tum At Eventide Harlequin-published Sydell Voeller has a circus-based contemporary romance involving a trapeze artist and a veterinarian (I hope she takes care of the elephants), via Books We Love/BWLPP: Summer Magic Steven Torres who was previously included for a short story published in either the Ellery Queen or Alfred Hitchcock mystery magazines returns with a novel-length tale: Lucy Cruz and the Chupacabra Killings ISFDBed Jeremy C. Shipp offers another of his short horror collections: Attic Clowns: Volume Three 2006 small-press/minor imprint mass market paperbacked Roseanne McDowell returns with another contemporary romance via BWLPP: Designed for Love Dinah Lee Kung says that another work of hers was nominated for the "Orange Prize For Fiction" in 2004. She offers a general/litfic "mordant comedy" involving a violinist and laser surgery, hardcovered by UK publisher Orion in 2006: Under Their Skin Dawn DeAnna Wilson returns with her 2008 The Wild Rose Press-ed contemporary romance: Leaving the Comfort Cafe Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense author Linda Hall returns with an inspirational non-romantic-looking mystery which I think is in the same series as the other thing we previously got from her: Margaret's Peace (Coast of Maine Series) Suzanne Robb has a minor ISFDB entry and a mini-collection of shorts out from newbie horror imprint Dark Continents: Were-wolves, Apocalypses, and Genetic Mutation, Oh My! Cara Marsi is another The Wild Rose Press alumna and offers an m/f foodie contemporary romance (which is like the second in two days, are these becoming a niche subgenre now?): A CATERED ROMANCE Avalon small-pressed Canadian Mona Ingram returns with a contemporary romance (maybe a repeat, that cover looks kind of familiar, though lots of romance covers look like that so it could just be generic transferrence of the pose or somesuch): Fallen Angel Tom Roulstone is an Irish-born Canadian resident who has taught at a BC university. His publication credits include a number of historical western paperbacks out from a Covenant Communications, which looks like a small faith-based imprint (a random scan of the review for one of the chick-lit-looking romances that popped up under their name said it was "clean"). He offers a western cowboy romance short: Arapaho Angel (Cheyenne Springs) Maxine Billings has been published by Harlequin's Kimani imprint. She offers a self-pub contemporary romance which is a sequel to one of her Kimani titles: In Sickness and In Health (The Breaking Point) In 1976, Jim Lindsey had a slim volume of poems published by the University of Pittsburgh Press. He offers a Nova Scotia-set, somewhat speculative-sounding (there's some kind of Time Traveler's Wife/Sliding Doors element to this, it looks like) literary fiction novel: The Flaw in the Fabric (A Travellers Guide for Lost Souls) Carl Bussjaeger has no ISFDB entry and appears to be purely self-pub, but he says one of his previous works was nominated for the Prometheus Award for libertarian science fiction which was founded by L. Neil Smith whose books are available via Phoenix Pick Press who give us the sfnal Free eBook of the Month offers. So here's a bunch of his things available free, if you're interested (including the nominated novel): Linkage for all 5 Barry Graham says that, among other things, he is a Zen monk and has written articles for Scotland on Sunday. The latter, at least, is verifiably true, for 2000 values of verifiable. Here's his "neo-noir tale of seething cruelty and rationalized evil": How Do You Like Your Blue-Eyed Boy? Previously-included small-pressed Gordon Ryan contributes one of his political thrillers to this multi-author omnibus: A Triple Thriller Fest Stephen Beam says he is a video game artist who has worked on Nintendo and Star Trek stuff, and a quick google bears him out. Here is his self-explanatory short: Atom Malfunction (a homebrewed spaceship leads to a twisted reality adventure) ISFDBed David Bain offers another short: Faith: A 9-11 Story DeAnna Knippling has minor ISFDB credits for a few short stories in different outlets. Here's her cracktastic looking tale about saving the world from aliens using beer: Alien Blue If perhaps you had a bit of difficulty with the terms of the trade used in the previously-included guide for the aspiring spy or the true accounts of famous ones, here's another handy offering from the same secretive and nameless author: The Espionage Glossary (The Anonymous Spy Series) Happy reading, if indeed you manage to spot something you think you might like. ETA: St. Martin's/Minotaur-published J.D. Rhoades returns with a self-pub looking law enforcement vs serial killer thriller: Gallows Pole Last edited by ATDrake; 03-02-2012 at 09:35 PM. Reason: I'd wondered what was in that tab I lost when I clicked the wrong spot.