Sometimes love interrupts life in the most terrifying and unexpected ways. Kelynn Sanders has a head full of dreams as overwhelming as North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains. She can’t contain it nor control it. The constant swimming of what ifs, wants, aspirations, and the possible failure of it all causes her to black out. She tries her best to transfer her thoughts into a mystical opal necklace, but it only keeps her episodes temporarily at bay. When she meets Clayton Fogerty, he’s soon the … [Read more...] about The Catalyst by Nat Bickel
Interview with Author – Mitra De Souza
About Mitra De Souza: I have loved to write for as long as I can remember. In elementary school, I used to tape my short stories to the back of my chair for classmates to read. When I lived in Trinidad and Tobago, I authored a series of children’s books published by a local NGO to foster empathy and promote animal welfare. Currently, I live in San Diego county with my husband, two kids and two big rescue dogs who think they’re still puppies. When I'm not writing, I enjoy walking on the … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Mitra De Souza
Interview with Author – H S Skinner
About H S Skinner: An avid reader ever since I figured out those tiny squiggles on paper were the keys to magic portals leading to other worlds, I have since visited many, many worlds and experienced multitudes of diverse things! On this world, I love being outside, hiking or exploring nature. Water is a big draw, especially creeks and waterfalls, or oceans. Dogs and horses are in danger of being seriously spoiled if they come anywhere near me, and so are kids. I love baking, cooking, crafting, … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – H S Skinner
The Ramtalans: Origins, Book One by Sofia Diana Gabel
Twins Argus and Tai Dachel are not ordinary teens. The seventeen-year-old brothers are thrust into the chaotic life that is high school after a lifetime of homeschooling. They look forward to navigating the usual teenage challenges, but when their special abilities catch the interest of a secret government agency, their lives take a dangerous turn. After finding the shocking truth of their origins, the brothers find themselves entangled in a web of deception and danger. Hunted by a dogged … [Read more...] about The Ramtalans: Origins, Book One by Sofia Diana Gabel
Interview with Author – Diane Gallagher
About Diane Gallagher: Diane Gallagher is a novelist and Druid priest. She is the author of three novels: A Curse of Magick, Greenwich List, and the Bastard of Saint Genevra. She has long roots stretching into her Celtic past, although she splits her life between two islands—Vancouver Island on the west coast of Canada, and Sicily off the toe of Italy’s boot. She writes young adult romance based on ancient Celtic myths of the powerful women of Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. She currently teaches … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Diane Gallagher
A Curse of Magick by Diane Gallagher
“A desperate princess, a handsome warrior, and an ancient magick to determine their fate.” As daughter to the High King, love doesn’t come easily to Gráinne. Having turned down hundreds of suitors, she is being forced to marry Finn, an old, ugly yet powerful general. While outside the marriage hall, Gráinne bumps into Diarmuid, Finn’s handsome foster son. From that moment, Gráinne knows if she is to have any chance at love, he is the one she must marry. She begs him to take her away from this … [Read more...] about A Curse of Magick by Diane Gallagher
Dark Latitude by Art Barry
Lexi, a feisty millennial, finds her plans for a vacation after college shattered by the death of a friend and an echo from 1945. Everything changes when she becomes the target of an assailant and her conscience wrestles with her dead friend’s activities during WWII. She transforms from victim to sleuth with the help of a protective FBI agent, and a savvy history professor with ties to the intelligence community. Lexi’s discovery of a mysterious airplane leads her and an FBI task force to groups … [Read more...] about Dark Latitude by Art Barry
Interview with Author – William Eric Parker
About William Eric Parker: I am a 22 year old author from Lincoln, UK. I am a mixed genre author, my current title is a science fiction comedy. I have been writing since I was very young, and my recent work is my proudest moment so I'm doing what I can to share it with the world. What inspires you to write? There's something about, and I'm sorry if this sounds so very poncey, the complexity and nuances of the world at large and of human nature specifically that makes me want … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – William Eric Parker
Interview with Author – J.D. Ruffin
About J.D. Ruffin: J.D. Ruffin is the author of multiple bestselling novels, including the epic fantasy Kingdom War series. Ironically, he never really enjoyed reading until a friend loaned him a dog-eared copy of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Fellowship of the Ring. From that day, he was hooked, discovering fantasy authors Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson, R.A. Salvatore, Terry Goodkind and many, many others. Becoming an author was never part of the master plan, but… As a fourteen-year-old … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – J.D. Ruffin
Interview with Author – Derek Murphy
About Derek Murphy: Derek Murphy lives in castles and writes YA dark fantasy and science fiction. He wrote his MA Thesis on Harry Potter and his PhD dissertation on Paradise Lost, and believes that words are magic. When not dreaming up epic tales with dragons, aliens, vampires, mermaids and fallen angels - either hunting or falling in love with each other - he prefers to gargle espresso, half buried in a pile of books. What inspires you to write? Tragedy mostly. I love ancient myth and … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Derek Murphy
Interview with Author – Susan McDonough Wachtman
About Susan McDonough Wachtman: I'm a kayaker, writer, mother, wife, gardener, teacher, cat lover and book addict. I self-published Snail’s Pace and Arabella’s Gift after their publishers went out of business. Matriarchs: Eliza’s Revenge won best genre novel from the Pacific Northwest Writers Conference. Ferry Findings, a collection of short stories, was published by Kitsap Publishing in 2016. “Well written,” “quirky sense of humor,” and “doesn’t fit the genre” are the comments I hear most … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Susan McDonough Wachtman
Hollow Stars by Lauryn Dyan
Hollow Stars by Lauryn Dyan Discover the dire side effects of partying like a rock star. As lead singer of popular, emerging rock band, Tracing Stars, Kennedy has the swagger of a badass, or at least she used to. While caught up in the booze, passion, and chaos of her first major rock tour, her dreams are erased by a string of ever-worsening blackouts. Now, the instability of her mind has landed her in a psychiatric hospital. Despite being convinced one of her tour mates sabotaged her, she … [Read more...] about Hollow Stars by Lauryn Dyan
