Celebrating Independent Authors
Dick Waters is the winner of our weekly Flash Fiction competition. Congratulations to Dick, and thanks to everyone who participated – excellent entries!
The winning entry is rewarded with a special feature here today and a place in our collection of winners which will be published as an e-book at year end.
Without further ado, here’s the winning entry: Continue reading “Dick Waters Wins Flash Fiction Challenge”
Author Tahlia Newland is pleased to announce the release of her new young adult contemporary fantasy, Lethal Inheritance.
You can’t send police into a tunnel that doesn’t exist after a villain they can’t see, so when shadow demons kidnap her mother, Ariel has to mount the rescue mission herself. She enters a hidden layer of reality only to find that the demons are hunting her, and they feed on fear. Ariel must defeat them before they kill her and enslave her mother. But how do you kill terrifying demons when your fear makes them stronger?
A quirky old guide teaches her how to locate and unleash her inner power, and she falls in love with Nick, a Warrior whose power is more than either of them can handle.
Lethal Inheritance was released in October 2012 by Catapult Press. It is available on Amazon.com, Amazon UK, Barnes & Noble and Smashwords as an e-book.
Author Guido Mattioni has lots of reasons to celebrate this holiday season. His novel, Whispering Tides, is a finalist in both the 2012 USA Book News Awards and the Global Ebook Awards.
When his beloved wife Nina suddenly dies – after 23 years of life together – Alberto Landi understands he has to leave Milan Italy, where he has always lived and worked. He leaves his friends, colleagues, a good job and the polluted big city he has never loved which has now become even more intolerable to him. He is fifty, he is totally alone and he is confused, but he definitely knows that he has to escape very far away, across the ocean, to the only place he and Nina had always loved together. He lands in Savannah, Georgia. There, in a natural paradise governed by the breath of the tides and with the help of many dear friends – colorful human characters as well as wise animals – he starts to rebuild his new life. His dream is coming true until the day he wakes up one morning and discovers that…
Whispering Tides is available at Amazon.com and Smashwords. To read a sneak peek of Whispering Tides, click here.
Author Lia Fairchild is pleased to announce the release of her new thriller, Vigil Annie.
Annie Crawford is an ex-cop living a double life. After her fiancé is murdered and she is left for dead, she’s desperate and seeking vengeance. She turns to a vigilante agency headed by a man with his own secrets. Annie works for them as they investigate the murder.
Now working on the wrong side of the law, Annie’s life has one purpose: justice. For her fiancé and the city she lives in. But as Annie’s strength grows, the agency struggles to control her. And the deeper Annie sinks into this new life the more she fears she may never return.
Vigil Annie was released on November 1, 2012 and is available through Amazon.com, Amazon UK, and Barnes & Noble.
