Book Genre: Young adult fantasy
AGE: 13 up
Publisher: Self-Published
Release Date: July 26th, 2013

Book Synopsis:

To Who Ever This May Concern;

I wish I could tell you the contents of this book were purely fictional. That I, Adela Arthur, was just a normal sixteen year old from Portland and that dragons, giants, elves and mermaids were just myths. I wish these were legends shared from crazy old grandparents to crazy old grandparents around campfires. After all, that is what I used to believe.

I never would have thought they lived on the other side of our mirrors in a world called Cielieu. But they do...

I never would have thought there were humans, better known as Volsin that lived among them with the ability to create light from a single thought. But there are…

I never would have thought I was one of them… But I am…

I am the last Arthur and I was brought to the human world after a Volsin, filled with greed, began to strip the light from our kind.

The human world was supposed to be a safe haven… but he’s found us and the only way to stop him is to go back to Cielieu and begin training as a student in the Elpida Castle of Light.

Like I said I wish the contents of this book were purely fictional and not my life…

ADELA ARTHUR

About The Author:

Judyann McCole Is…Roman Catholic

A lover of Books, Florence + Machine, The color Teal, Asian Food, Chocolate, Pandas, and The Rain.

Also A fan of writing in odd places like in bathtubs, under staircases, in a tree, or maybe zoo.

I was born in Montreal, Canada and a few years later my parents moved home to the States where I’m currently attending College.

I don’t know why I never thought about writing. As I was searching for a niche in everything else I was also writing stories about a girl searching for where she belongs and people my age going on wild adventures. One day a teacher of mine, Ms. E. McAllen, asked me what I loved to do and it finally hit me. I love being a storyteller. But I was afraid no one would want, or care to read what I had to say. Until another teacher, Ms. K. Cole gave me the pep talk that changed my life.

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Schedule


Giveaway: One Ecopy of Adela Arthur and the Creator's Clock
Plus a $20 Amazon Gift Card


July 26 - Introduction & Release Day at VBT Cafe Blog
July 29 - Guest Blogging at Bikers With Books
July 30 - Interviewed at BK Walker Books Etc.
August 5 - Interviewed at Changing Face of Publishing
August 5 - Guest Blogging at Hywela Lyn Romance That's Out of This World
August 19 - Reviewed at Where Fantasy Meets Reality
August 22 - Spotlight at Black Lilac Kitty

Book Genre
Science Fiction / Sci-Fi Horror
Publisher
David Coy
Publication Date
Digital editions – June 2012

Purchase At Amazon:
Dominant Species Volume One – Natural Selection
Dominant Species Volume Two – Edge Effects
Dominant Species Volume Three – Acquired Traits

Book Description:

Imagine an alien science where tissue, bone, nerves, and muscle are used like we use iron, wood, rubber and wire. Now imagine yourself held captive with hundreds of others by beings who wield this grisly technology as easily as we do hammer and saw; beings whose lineage can be traced through the morally hollow, parasitic branches of nature's evolutionary tree. What would you do to survive? Would you re-draw the boundaries of your own morality to stay alive? What would you compromise? How might you escape? This is the context of NaturalSelection, the first of three volumes of the Dominant Species series of books. What distinguishes Dominant Species from other stories in its genre is its visceral imagery and more importantly, its rich subtext. The story can appeal to those fascinated and drawn to horror and strong drama, and at the same time will fascinate those who can tune into its broader message about our relationship to the natural world. Taken as a whole, the series is a puzzle linked together with genetic threads that unravel like a double helix. Viewers intrigued by mystery and dramatic puzzles will find a fascinating playground for guesswork, thought and discussion.

The first volume sets the stage for the ongoing conflict between Homo sapiens and a visiting alien race. Like all successful serial drama, the story poses many questions to be answered, each one carefully laced into a central theme about human survival, the action driven by antagonists both alien and human.

The story is character driven, each character fully developed and rich, providing the colorful characterization required by serial drama. Central to the first volume is teacher Phil Lynch.

The story starts as a peaceful visit to his weekend getaway in the Sierra foothills. Hours later he finds himself living an unthinkable nightmare. Paralyzed and taken prisoner, his body is used as an unwilling host in a bizarre and grisly series of parasitic infections. On board the alien vessel within which he is imprisoned are more than a hundred other humans – and like Phil – just as confused and terrified – their bodies subject to unfathomable violence for a dark and malevolent purpose. As the terrible truth about the alien visitation unfolds, a small group of captives must first understand – and then fight for escape from the terror that holds them captive. That struggle will stretch razor-thin the limits of the human will to survive.

There is strong language in the story because humans under stress often use such language. There are no puppy love or adolescent motifs of intimacy in the story. Instead there are very many mature, psychosexual themes that run through all three books. Some are represented symbolically, others described explicitly. There is violence. The story is not PG-13.

The story is a human drama that will be appreciated by most adult demographics. It is strong, unflinching theater played through characters who repulse us, fascinate us, and often, appeal to our better natures; ones who continually remind us of our human strengths—and weaknesses.

About The Author:

I’ve had a lifetime love of science fiction and horror. I suspect it started in puberty since most obsessions do. My passion for it was so strong as a penniless youth, I resorted to boosting copies of my favorite authors’ works off the shelves of the book section of the local Federal’s department store. My friends and I soon had a collection of great sci-fi at discounted prices to read and read again. But I’m not wholly without conscience about those shifty activities as a scrawny youth. I’ll shake my head from side to side and mumble “Crap, that was stupid” once ever decade or so. But that’s about it.

I consider myself a sci-fi film Nazi. I’m sure I’ve seen every sci-fi movie ever made – certainly the vast majority of them. I can’t pass up even the worst of it. All those god-awful, black and white B flicks of the 40’s onward, with their outrageous and ham-handed themes of science vs. ignorance and good vs. evil, wrapped in whatever pseudo-scientific covering was popular that year, transfixed me, entertained me, and like the works pinched then stashed in my friend’s basement, made me think. When pivotal films like “Alien” and John Carpenter’s “The Thing” elevated sci-fi film up out of the gutter with all those glorious and expensive production values, I was im himmel.

I attended Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Like so many of my peers at the time, I left Wayne State with an utterly useless BA with a major in psychology. I’ve cleaned tractor cranes for money and worked as a steel mill laborer when the last one of those plants in Michigan still existed. I’ve worked as a night janitor. I moved to southern California when I was 30 years old and sold cars for a while. Shortly thereafter I worked for what used to be called the Hughes Aircraft Company as an in-house photographer. For the last 10 years of my work-a-day life I worked as a senior project manager for Computer Sciences Corporation. I now live in Oregon where I started and recently sold a fitness gym. I relate this choppy history to drive home my favorite maxim relating to life and the living of it: you never know where in the fuck you’ll end up. You’ll find my books laced through with that persistent theme. I hope you find the journey of reading them, should you attempt it, if not straight and linear, at least interesting.


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Schedule

Giveaway:
Kindle Ereader
10 Ebooks from Each Volume of Dominant Species
Ten $10 Amazon Gift Cards


July 29 - Introduction at VBT Cafe Blog
July 31 - Guest Blogging at Changing Face of Publishing
July 31 - Guest Blogging at 4Covert2Overt A Day In The Spotlight
August 2 - Reviewed at Author Rose Wynters Blog
August 5 - Spotlight at Deal Sharing Aunt
August 6 - Spotlight at Bikers With Books
August 6 - Interviewed at KWOD Radio 5:30pm MST
August 8 - Guest Blogging at Into The Land of Books
August 8 - Spotlight at Brooke Blogs
August 12 - Guest Blogging at Lori's Reading Corner
August 15 - Spotlight at Bookalicious Traveladdict
August 19 - Reviewed at Only God Can Make A Tree
August 22 - Guest Blogging at So Much To Write, So Little Time
August 26 - Reviewed at Dalene's Book Reviews
August 29 - Guest Blogging at BK Walker Books Etc.

Book Genre: Thriller, Action/Adventure
Publisher: Independently Published by David J Antocci
Release Date: June 30th 2013
Amazon

Book Synopsis:

After saving a drowning man during a savage storm, Abby wakes up in a tropical paradise in a fight for her life. She has no idea how she got there, and notices changes in herself that she cannot explain. Haunted by unsettling dreams of her past, she sets out to escape, joined by Eric, who finds himself in the same quandary. Standing in their way is a madman, and his band of willing followers, with a mind set on murdering their unwelcome visitors. An eccentric hermit who has been living there for years offers them refuge, but they must deny his generosity. Escape is their only option.  Yet, they discover this deceptive paradise is harder to leave than they had ever imagined.  One mystery leads to another, until their escape throws them into even greater danger as Abby’s frightening past finally catches up with her.  Her escape is only the beginning.

About The Author:

David J Antocci is a noted wordsmith, blogger and author. His work can be read regularly on the Worcester Telegram and Gazette website where he has spent many years writing about the trials and tribulations of being a real life Mr. Mom.  While his first love is music, he has put down the guitar in recent years in order to pour his passion into writing… and the gentle tap of the keys on his laptop are much less disruptive late at night when the children are sleeping. The ESCAPE books are his first published foray into fiction. He lives in New England with his beautiful wife and children.


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July 21 - VBT Café Blog
July 23 - AZ Publishing Services
July 24 - Writers With Books
July 26 - The Avid Reader
July 29 - BK Walker Books Etc
August 1 - Lori's Reading Corner
August 2 - Bikers With Books
August 4 - Brooke Blogs
August 8 - 3 Partners in Shopping - Nana, Mommy & Sissy Too!
August 10 - Into The Land of Books
August 12 - Mass Musings
August 17 - Writing Innovations E-zine
August 21 - VBTC Authors On Tour
August 27 - Deal Sharing Aunt
September 5 - Black Coffee, Brown Cow
September 11 - BK Walker Books
September 19 - Bookalicious Traveladdict

Genre: Action/Drama
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date: April 24, 2013
Amazon

Book Description:

Follow the journey of Andrew Lancaster and his friends as they are thrown in the middle of the biggest government conspiracy to hit the United States. Andrew is contacted by a man known only as the Benefactor.; claiming to be a government official that has been monitoring Lancaster and his friends. He is told they have enough evidence to arrest them for treason, but would like to hire them instead for a top secret government project. As a bonus the Benefactor says he will reveal something Lancaster has wanted to know for the last six years. Who killed his mother.

About The Author:

Andrew Hess (1983-present) was born in Lindenhurst, NY where he spent most of his life. After living in the New Paltz/Poughkeepsie, NY area for five years (2003-2008) he returned home to Long Island to pursue his dream of writing. Andrew published his first book, The Chamber of Souls (2011), where he blended free verse poetry and short story into one book.

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Schedule
Giveaway: 5 Signed Paperbacks, 5 Ebooks, & 2 $10 Gift Cards

August 4 - Introduction at VBT Café Blog
August 6 - Spotlight at Black Lilac Kitty
August 8 - Guest Blogging at So Much To Write, So Little Time
August 12 - Interviewed at Author Rose Wynter's Blog
August 14 - Guest Blogging at Changing Face of Publishing
August 16 - Spotlight at The Avid Reader
August 19 - Review & Guest Blogging at Books and Bindings
August 21 - Interview at Infinite House of Books
August 22 - Spotlight at Black Coffee, Brown Cow
August 26 - Guest Blogging at Brooke Blogs
August 28 - Review & Interview at Writers With Books
August 30 - Spotlight at Bikers With Books
September 2 - Spotlight at VBTC Authors On Tour
September 4 - Guest Blogging at Lori's Reading Corner
September 6 - Guest Blogging at Into The Land of Books
September 9 - Reviewed at Books, Books and More Books
September 11 - Guest Blogging at 4Covert2Overt A Day In The Spotlight
September 13 - Reviewed at Kayla On Books
September 16 - Reviewed at Bookalicious Traveladdict
September 18 - Review & Guest Blogging at BK Walker Books
September 20 - Interviewed at BK Walker Books Etc.