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Illithea Dayasagar survives alone, on a distant continent. For her mission to succeed, she must remain hidden.
But the fireball that splits the sky and scorches the earth does not go unnoticed. Neither does the corpse she finds instead of the meteor.
Especially once he turns out to be very much alive. And very much a mystery.
Passion and betrayal collide in “Enemy Beloved,” a story of true love and sacrifice.
Now available in Venus, part of the Planetary Anthology Series.
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Love is blind, but even blindness can’t defeat Dragomir. Love on the other hand, defeats—or saves—all.
“Enemy Beloved” is a prequel to my space samurai saga and will be out on Valentine’s Day as part of the Planetary Anthology:Venus by Superversive Press. It is the first published story in this universe.
Yes, it’s a romance, but a romance with space samurai. Cause that’s how I roll.
Two other short stories in this universe are in the submission process and the first novel has been completed and is in the hands of my first reader.
This project has taken on a life of its own, growing from a nascent idea for one book, to a trilogy, and then into a series. It has now sprouted branches (side stories as short fiction) and I couldn’t be more pleased with the way it’s taking shape.
I hope you enjoy “Enemy Beloved.”
Update: Early release on 2/11/17. Click here: Planetary: Venus
“Love is blind. But what will happen when the blindness ends and the terrible truth is revealed?”
So I read Cedar Sanderson’s lovely piece entitled “To Thine Own Self Be True”, and I found that I agreed with much of what she had to say. I, too, have zero tolerance for those who would sexually abuse others, particularly children. Actions like that are intolerable, and have no place in society, any society.
Furthermore, I join her in rejecting the idea that you have to be part of some clique or club in order to be successful in science fiction and/or fantasy. I think success is largely a matter for self-definition. Success for one author may mean winning a Hugo. For another it may mean buying a mountain. For a third, it may mean finally publishing the story they’ve had rattling around in their head for twenty years. Success is personal, and it’s honestly none of my business. But I do know that unless you decide that being feted at WorldCon or any other con is your definition of success… it’s not.
That all being said, I did disagree with two of her major points. Attending a con may not be necessary to your success, but if your definition of success includes networking with others in the industry and perhaps signing with a publisher, then attendance at cons can certainly be very helpful.
Read the rest here.
“North Pole Actual, taking point.”
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Evelyn Adamsen grew up knowing she had to hide her psychic abilities, lest she be labeled a witch. However, when the U.S. Army Air Corps came calling in 1943, looking for psychic women to help their beleaguered bomber force, Evelyn answered, hoping to use her powers to integrate the bomber crews and save American lives. She was extremely successful at it…until her aircraft got shot down. Now, Evelyn is on the run in Occupied Europe, with a special unit of German Fallschirmjager and an enemy psychic on her heels. Worse, Evelyn learns that using her psychic powers functions as a strobe that highlights her to the enemy. As the enemy psychic closes in, Evelyn is faced with a dilemma in her struggle to escape—how can she make it back to England when the only talent she has will expose her if she uses it?
Many thanks to Jon Mollison for his thoughtful analysis of optimism and message fiction. Optimism was exactly what I was going for with both of my short stories, “Dolus Magnus” and “Equality.” Optimism in America, what America stands for, and our future is exactly the note that we wanted to strike.
Regular readers of this blog need no long and detailed rehashing of the decades of success globalists have achieved by injecting their message fiction into every nook and cranny of every medium of news and education and entertainment. Regular readers of this blog have all too often put down books, walked out of theaters, or snapped off the television with an angry snarl of, “enough with the message fiction!” Nor do they need yet another reminder that technological advances have reduced the barrier to entry for books and comics and videos such that the left-wing stranglehold exists solely by dint of decades of inertia and capital accumulated by their forebears. This being the Current Year Plus One, we can take that wonderful theory and expose it to the harsh light of scrutiny to see how well it works in practice. Before we grab our Deerstalker Cap and hold our magnifying glass up to Superversive Press’s latest collection, “MAGA 2020 & Beyond”, we need to get something out of the way.
This is not message fiction.
Read the rest here. It’s worth your time.
Stories about making America great again, optimism for the future, great characters that act and think like most of the hardworking people in fly-over country (you know the ones) and thought-provoking essays, all in one sweet little package. And just in time for the holidays. Time to celebrate and be grateful for America, the last bastion of freedom, of liberty, in today’s screwed up world. Order the Kindle version or the print version NOW.
