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ATDrake · 04-20-2012, 02:28 PM

A light haul of minor but fairly decent stuff with a reasonable proportion of actual backlist reprints from today's KDP exclusive-or-else slushpile.

The title feature is technically a repeat freebie, but a very short-lived one when it first appeared, as it seems the author decided it had been mistakenly glitch-freebied and yanked it a couple of hours after I picked up a copy in my auxiliary KDP-only account, when I was planning to pick up a copy for my main to actually read at some point.

But he's been repeat-freebieing his also-originally-yanked shorts one at a time in recent days, and now has made the collection free again, presumably on purpose, this time.

The Dream Curator and Other Stories by Alex Irvine (ISFDB, Wikipedia) is exactly what it says in the title, consisting of assorted sf/fantasy/horror/speculative shorts mostly originally published in various outlets, including one that was included in a Garder Dozois Year's Best anthology.

Free without DRM probably just for the day @ Amazon main UK DE ES FR IT

Description (full listing/descriptions of stories and praise for the author can be seen at the actual blurb)
From the gonzo science fiction imagination of Alex Irvine comes another riveting short story collection.

The rest of the slushpile, which has a few interesting-looking historicals and mystery/crime things in it:

Ellora's Cave/Cerridwen-published Amy Corwin offers an historical Regency murder mystery/adventure (may be a romantic suspense): Escaping Notice (The Archer Family Series)

Poisoned Pen Press-published fellow MR member author Libby Fischer Hellman offers a recent-history suspense thriller set during the Iranian revolution: A Bitter Veil

Newbie horror imprint Dark Continents offers something by newbie writer Matthew Tait: Slander Hall

Poisoned Pen Press-published Ken Kuhlken offers his debut literary 70s-set coming-of-age novel which he says was a "runner up for the Ernest Hemingway Award for best first-published novel of 1980": Midheaven

UK writer Ken McClure returns with a 2000-Simon & Schuster small-town-to-big-city medical thriller to add to your collection: Tangled Web

Diane Story offers her 2004-Whiskey Creek Press-published time-travel romance adventure set in Salem: Bewitching My Love

Avon-published (IIRC) Karen Ranney writing as Katherine Storm offers her contemporary romantic suspense: The Eyes of Love

Joshua Graham, who says he is slated to have a novel upcoming from a Simon & Schuster imprint (and there is one with that title and pre-order release date in the catalogue), offers several crime thriller shorts and a co-written fantasy short: Linkage for the lot

Minor ISFDBed Robert E. Keller offers the 1st in his fantasy series: Knights: The Eye of Divinity (A Novel of Epic Fantasy) (The Knights Series)

Crossroad Press offers the 4th in T.M. Wright's horror thriller series, originally out from Tor in 1988: The People of the Dark (Strange Seed) They are also offering some backlist repeats if you search under their imprint name.

Minor ISFDBed Amber D. Sistla offers another short story: After the Heroes Die (Break Bites)

Bell Bridge Books-published Vicki Hinze writing as Kali Kaye offers a 60s-set YA novella: GIRL TALK: LETTERS BETWEEN FRIENDS

Ellora-published Michelle M. Pillow returns with an f/m sci-fi erotic romance short: Last Man on Earth

Gary Alexander offers a 2010-Five Star comedic crime caper: DISAPPEARED (The Buster Hightower Series)

Chinese magazine-published sci-fi writer Liu Cixin offers another short story in English translation: Mountain

Vintage-published Catherine Ryan Hyde offers a women's fiction/chick-lit romance: Second Hand Heart

Medallion Press-published Phil Bowie offers a collection of his mystery/crime shorts, some previously published: Dagger and other tales

Edgar-nominee true crime writer Anthony Bruno returns with a zany satiric Catholic-school coming-of-age novel: The Temptations of St. Frank

A mix of new and repeats from small presses Decadent Publishing, Mainly Murder Press, Books We Love/BWLPP

Reasonably significant backlist repeats from Cynthia Thomason, Anthony Neil Smith, Steven Torres, Robert Elmer, Istoria Books, various authors still listing Oceanview Publishing for their apparently rights-reverted backlist from them. Established author self-pub repeats by Valerie Douglas, Robert W. Walker and probably many others whom I skipped.

Happy reading, if indeed you manage to spot something you think you might like and the title feature doesn't expire in the next few hours before you're able to grab it if you want it.

04-20-2012, 02:28 PM	#1
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Free (Kindle DRM-free) The Dream Curator & Other Stories by Alex Irvine [SF/Fantasy] A light haul of minor but fairly decent stuff with a reasonable proportion of actual backlist reprints from today's KDP exclusive-or-else slushpile. The title feature is technically a repeat freebie, but a very short-lived one when it first appeared, as it seems the author decided it had been mistakenly glitch-freebied and yanked it a couple of hours after I picked up a copy in my auxiliary KDP-only account, when I was planning to pick up a copy for my main to actually read at some point. But he's been repeat-freebieing his also-originally-yanked shorts one at a time in recent days, and now has made the collection free again, presumably on purpose, this time. The Dream Curator and Other Stories by Alex Irvine (ISFDB, Wikipedia) is exactly what it says in the title, consisting of assorted sf/fantasy/horror/speculative shorts mostly originally published in various outlets, including one that was included in a Garder Dozois Year's Best anthology. Free without DRM probably just for the day @ Amazon main UK DE ES FR IT Description (full listing/descriptions of stories and praise for the author can be seen at the actual blurb) From the gonzo science fiction imagination of Alex Irvine comes another riveting short story collection. The rest of the slushpile, which has a few interesting-looking historicals and mystery/crime things in it: Ellora's Cave/Cerridwen-published Amy Corwin offers an historical Regency murder mystery/adventure (may be a romantic suspense): Escaping Notice (The Archer Family Series) Poisoned Pen Press-published fellow MR member author Libby Fischer Hellman offers a recent-history suspense thriller set during the Iranian revolution: A Bitter Veil Newbie horror imprint Dark Continents offers something by newbie writer Matthew Tait: Slander Hall Poisoned Pen Press-published Ken Kuhlken offers his debut literary 70s-set coming-of-age novel which he says was a "runner up for the Ernest Hemingway Award for best first-published novel of 1980": Midheaven UK writer Ken McClure returns with a 2000-Simon & Schuster small-town-to-big-city medical thriller to add to your collection: Tangled Web Diane Story offers her 2004-Whiskey Creek Press-published time-travel romance adventure set in Salem: Bewitching My Love Avon-published (IIRC) Karen Ranney writing as Katherine Storm offers her contemporary romantic suspense: The Eyes of Love Joshua Graham, who says he is slated to have a novel upcoming from a Simon & Schuster imprint (and there is one with that title and pre-order release date in the catalogue), offers several crime thriller shorts and a co-written fantasy short: Linkage for the lot Minor ISFDBed Robert E. Keller offers the 1st in his fantasy series: Knights: The Eye of Divinity (A Novel of Epic Fantasy) (The Knights Series) Crossroad Press offers the 4th in T.M. Wright's horror thriller series, originally out from Tor in 1988: The People of the Dark (Strange Seed) They are also offering some backlist repeats if you search under their imprint name. Minor ISFDBed Amber D. Sistla offers another short story: After the Heroes Die (Break Bites) Bell Bridge Books-published Vicki Hinze writing as Kali Kaye offers a 60s-set YA novella: GIRL TALK: LETTERS BETWEEN FRIENDS Ellora-published Michelle M. Pillow returns with an f/m sci-fi erotic romance short: Last Man on Earth Gary Alexander offers a 2010-Five Star comedic crime caper: DISAPPEARED (The Buster Hightower Series) Chinese magazine-published sci-fi writer Liu Cixin offers another short story in English translation: Mountain Vintage-published Catherine Ryan Hyde offers a women's fiction/chick-lit romance: Second Hand Heart Medallion Press-published Phil Bowie offers a collection of his mystery/crime shorts, some previously published: Dagger and other tales Edgar-nominee true crime writer Anthony Bruno returns with a zany satiric Catholic-school coming-of-age novel: The Temptations of St. Frank A mix of new and repeats from small presses Decadent Publishing, Mainly Murder Press, Books We Love/BWLPP Reasonably significant backlist repeats from Cynthia Thomason, Anthony Neil Smith, Steven Torres, Robert Elmer, Istoria Books, various authors still listing Oceanview Publishing for their apparently rights-reverted backlist from them. Established author self-pub repeats by Valerie Douglas, Robert W. Walker and probably many others whom I skipped. Happy reading, if indeed you manage to spot something you think you might like and the title feature doesn't expire in the next few hours before you're able to grab it if you want it.