Emerge: A Galatia Novel (The Galatia Series) by C. D. Verhoff @CDVerhoff #Fantasy #SciFi #AmReading

On the surface, everyone must work together in order to survive. Josie Albright is eager to do her part, but has the misfortune of being assigned to her nemesis’s foraging unit:  After Josie was assigned to a foraging unit, the morbid fate of her lost family members no longer overwhelmed her waking thoughts. Now she fantasized about slugging her former classmate, Lindsey Burning, right in the ole kisser. Sure, Lindsey was an impressive shot....

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Host Chronicles: The Devil’s Offspring (Volume 1) by D L Cox #Fantasy #AmReading #BookClub

Simon sat behind his desk and fingered the summoning blade. He knew his sister well enough to know that Asraf’s narration of events was a little off.  Saleena didn’t need anyone to convince her to come after him. She genuinely resented him to the point of hatred, and he knew it. But that hadn’t always been the case. For over six centuries the brother and sister had been inseparable in hell, and then Simon ran off to earth to fulfill his destiny....

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Excerpts From The House By Sebastiana Randone @sebasti29567440

EXCERPT FROM THE HOUSE – SEBASTIANA RANDONE Page 88 This guaranteed a life time of opulence that was steadily profligate. It is fair to say that she lacked that parsimonious streak which one often finds amongst the affluent. This predilection for excess guaranteed her considerable popularity among her large community of acquaintances. Childless, husbandless, and therefore unencumbered, Immelda spent the first few years of her widowhood travelling...

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Order of Earth (Elements of Ink) by Jennifer Cornet @J_Cornet

Book Excerpt: (Chapter 2) The brass doors opened behind her bringing with it an unexpected guest. “I knew you’d come home.” Onyx’ heart sank hearing him speak in that gentle voice. He always used that voice when he knew he was wrong; when he was trying to make her forgive him. It felt repulsively sweet now. “She was just leaving,” Jade said in a firm tone as she turned to face him. “Nicky, you brought a bodyguard with you? That hurts,” he sounded...

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Author Interview – Robert Davies @ahundredstories

Can you tell us about your main character? His name is Silas Stanley, as I wanted an old classical-sounding name that alliterated. Don’t ask me why, but it felt important at the time. His name was one of the first things I’d decided about the whole story. He is quite emotionally unstable, which at first is no bad thing as he’s quite childlike and impulsive. However as the pressures of life and having a family start to mount, this instability begins...

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Steps Into Darkness (A Shakertown Adventure) by Ben Woodard @benswoodard

The unknown figure’s back was to them as he connected the wires to the detonator. Will shoved Tom. Only minutes remained. They located the last connection point where the blasting caps were wired to two sticks of dynamite. The wires to the plunger snaked up the hill. The connecting strands were twisted, tightly, as with pliers. Tom snatched a rock, but Will grabbed his hand and pointed up the hill. Tom understood. The man would hear the pounding....

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Riddle Of The Diamond Dove (Arkana Mysteries #4) by N. S. Wikarski #Historical #Fiction

Chapter 4—The Riddler Daniel sighed and looked at the large clock suspended above the librarian’s desk. It was only noon. This day wasn’t going at all as he had hoped. When he arrived that morning at the main branch of the Chicago Public Library, he had been looking forward to his daily visit with David, a reference librarian in the ancient history section. It was the only thing he looked forward to these days. Instead of the handsome young man...

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The Curse Giver by Dora Machado @DoraMachado #Excerpt #Fantasy #MustRead

Chapter Eleven THE MAN CRAMMED IN THE COFFIN with Lusielle wasn’t much for words. Talking to a toad would have bettered her chances to learn something pertinent, let alone helpful. A toad would have been more forthcoming and less irritating as well. She didn’t give a hoot about highborn and their bloody quarrels. After all, the highborn had been plotting against each other for centuries. But if she was going to escape with her life, if she was...

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Wilde Riders (Old Town Country #Romance) by Savannah Young @shortontimebook #HickLit

Chapter Two Riley I can’t believe I have to make a trip to New Jersey. And rural New Jersey to boot. Would someone just shoot me now and put me out of my misery? “Riley!” I hear a voice yell from behind me. It’s a voice I recognize and don’t really want to deal with right now. I contemplate speeding up my pace but I have a feeling Patti will just quicken her stride to catch up to me so what’s the point? Patti is almost breathless when she...

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Author Interview – Ian Truman @iantruman

Do you have an organized process or tips for writing well? Do you have a writing schedule? I don’t have a schedule but I give myself a minimum of 800 words a day. 800 is bare minimum. Sometimes I manage to squeeze in 1200 before the shift starts. If I’m really into it, it can be more. But 800’s a decent average. That said, in order to get these shorter segments into a novel, I have to have a fairly precise outline. I do spend quite some time...

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Devolution by Peter Clenott @PeterClenott

Excerpt Chiku couldn’t help stare at the large bulge that was Rebecca’s baby-to-be. It made her reflect upon the gynecological exam Dr. Kessel had just given her. At sixteen, she couldn’t imagine being anyone’s mother, except maybe a chimpanzee’s. Rebecca was only fourteen, an eighth grader back home, a middle schooler. How could she be a mother? Yet even in wealthy well-educated America girls in their mid-teens were getting knocked up all the...

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