THE BACKSIDE OF HADES, Book 4 of the Deadwood Undertaker Series by Author Ann Charles and Sam Lucky

 

THE BACKSIDE OF HADES!

Book 4 of the Deadwood Undertaker Series 

The Saga Continues by the All-Star Duo of USA TODAY Bestselling Author Ann Charles and Sam Lucky! 

The book is available worldwide in digital and print format
 

“This here place? Worse than the backside of Hades.” ~ Hank Varney

First let me say, this here trip to Slagton weren’t my idea. This place is chock full of bad company done helped itself to a double dose of bad medicine.

Slagton needs cleanin’, accordin’ to Miss Clem, and I know the crew to do it. I’m one of ’em. Hank Varney’s the name. Miss Clem and me, along with the two Sidewinders from Santa Fe—we’ll get the sharp-toothed vermin cleared out.

Now, some people say I’m lucky, but I don’t know if’n it’ll do me any good, what with the army of trouble me an’ the crew are facin’. If’n we don’t live through it, well, there goes Deadwood. Maybe even the whole of the Black Hills.

We’ll all be down the privy hole then, lookin’ up at the Backside of Hades.

PRAISE FOR THE DEADWOOD SERIES:

“A Fantastic new series you will Love’” by Enchanted

“I wasn't sure what to expect from a visit to the past world of the Deadwood Violet Parker lives in. I am amazed at how real it feels!. Will definitely read more!!!,” by LisaReadsALot

Other Books in The Series:

There was a lot to love about the book. The characters are deep and interesting. The authors do a great job of giving the story an authentic wild west feel. The pacing was good and kept me turning the page_ Markus Matthews

I guess I'm hooked on Ann Charles books, especially her Deadwood series. They're quick reads, about 300 pgs but with murder mystery, romance, paranormal situations and comedy, interesting eccentric characters... they've got it all _ Polly Picklez

Like Paranormal, Western, Mysteries or a mix containing all of them, you'll like this book. Western comes first with 2 guys riding into old Deadwood circa early mining days. Supernatural strikes next with a nasty critter. Mystery unfolds as the expected person is missing. You will like this book as read alone, but you will love it if you read the series in order! Start with "Life at the Coffin Joint", written by 2 of my favorite authors _ Morgue Rabbit

Sweet, touching and funny all the way through. I loved every moment! _ Black Hills Belle

About The Duo!

Ann Charles is a USA Today Best-Selling author who writes spicy, award-winning mysteries full of

Junction Mystery Series, Dig Site Mystery Series, Deadwood Undertaker Series (with her husband, Sam Lucky), and AC Silly Circus Mystery Series. Her Deadwood Mystery Series has won multiple national awards, including the Daphne du Maurier for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense. Ann has a B.A. in English with an emphasis on creative writing from the University of Washington and is a member of Sisters in Crime and Western Writers of America.

Ann Charles’s Website: http://www.anncharles.com

Sam Lucky likes to build things—from Jeep engines to Old West buildings to fun stories. When he is not writing, feeding his kids, attempting to seduce his wife, or attending the goldurn cats, he is planning food-based book signing/road trips with his wife and working on one of his many home-improvement projects.

Sam Lucky’s  Website: http://www.samlucky.com

To request additional review copies or an interview with Ann and/or Sam, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com / 403.464.6925.   

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Anthology from Saskatchewan publisher Shadowpaw Press features science fiction and fantasy authors

 

Anthology from Saskatchewan publisher features short fiction by bestselling and award-winning science fiction and fantasy authors

 

For the third year in a row, Regina publisher Shadowpaw Press (www.shadowpawpress.com) has produced an anthology of science fiction and fantasy stories that includes works from multiple bestselling and award-winning authors from Canada, the United States, and Australia. 

Edited by Regina author Edward Willett, Shapers of World Volume III features new new fiction from Griffin Barber, Gerald Brandt, Miles Cameron, Sebastien de Castell, Kristi Charish, David Ebenbach, Mark Everglade and Joseph Hurtgen, Frank J. Fleming, Violette Malan, Anna Mocikat, James Morrow, Jess E. Owen, Robert Penner, Cat Rambo, K.M. Rice, and Edward Willett, new poetry by Jane Yolen, and previously published stories by Cory Doctorow, K. Eason, Walter Jon Williams, and F. Paul Wilson. 

All of the authors were guests during the third year of Willett’s Aurora Award-winning podcast, The Worldshapers (www.theworldshapers.com). Among them are winners of and nominees for most of the world’s most prestigious awards for science fiction and fantasy literature. 

From outer space to inner space, from realms of magic to the here-and-now, from the distant past to the far future, the twenty-one featured authors take readers on ncredible adventures in the company of unforgettable characters. A pampered, overweight cat from the present saves the world from alien invasion in Ancient Egypt. A musician whose special horn helped bring down the walls of Jericho is fated to bring down walls again and again throughout history. A house ghost is troubled by a new owner who proves unhauntable. Robots programmed to love humanity take the only action they can to save us from ourselves. A CDC agent is prepared to do whatever it takes to prevent a novel pathogen from spreading . . . 

Willett is himself an award-winning author of more than sixty books of fantasy, science fiction, and non-fiction for readers of all ages, including eleven novels for New York’s DAW Books. His twelfth novel for DAW, the humorous space opera The Tangled Stars, just came out in ebook and audiobook formats. In The Worldshapers podcast, Willett, a former newspaper reporter and editor and radio and television host, chats with other science fiction or fantasy authors about their creative process.

Shapers of Worlds Volume III, like the previous two volumes, was Kickstarted, raising more than $16,000 CDN in pledges. It is available through all major retailers as well as directly from Shadowpaw Press.

Edward is available for interviews, media appearances, speaking engagements, and/or book review requests. Please contact mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com by email or by phone at 403.464.6925

Announcing The Tangled Stars by Saskatchewan author Edward Willett

 

Con-man, cop, and a talking cat who becomes a starship captain at the heart of twelfth novel for DAW Books by Saskatchewan author Edward Willett

A con-man, a female cop on the moon with secret revolutionary leanings, and a genetically modified, AI-uplifted talking cat who eventually becomes a starship captain are at the heart of The Tangled Stars, the twelfth novel by Saskatchewan author Edward Willett for New York’s DAW Books, one of the world’s premiere publishers of science fiction and fantasy. 

More than a century ago, the network of MASTTs, the space-time tunnels that made interstellar travel possible, violently collapsed, the backlash destroying a lot of the solar system’s space-based infrastructure. Cooper “Coop” Douglas, a thief and conman, is in serious debt to outer-system crime-lord Eric Galioto. While trying to salvage a valuable chunk of a space station destroyed by the backlash, Coop makes a startling discovery: MASTT Primus, the tunnel that used to lead to New Earth, is open again. That raises an intriguing possibility: Coop could flee the solar system and his debt to Galioto and make a new life—and possibly fortune—around another star. 

Accompanied by his first mate, the wisecracking, AI-uplifted, genetically modified cat Thibauld, Coop sets out to “liberate” the solar system’s only remaining functioning starship from an Earthside museum, enlisting the help of Laysa Grey, a former-lover-turned-cop on Luna. Along the way, he is pursued by Galioto and dogged by law enforcement and thugs. 

And beyond MASTT Primus, the tangled stars await . . . 

Edward Willett is the award-winning author of more than sixty books of science fiction, fantasy and non-fiction for readers of all ages. He's also host of the Aurora Award-winning podcast The Worldshapers, featuring conversations with science fiction and fantasy authors about the creative process, and owner and publisher of Shadowpaw Press, which publishes new work by established and emerging authors and new editions of notable, previously published work. 

His previous DAW novels include Marseguro (winner of Canada’s top science fiction award, the Aurora Award, for Best Long-Form Work in English), and its sequel, Terra Insegura (an Aurora finalist); Magebane (written as Lee Arthur Chane); the Masks of Aygrima fantasy trilogy (written as E.C. Blake); the stand-alone science fiction novels Lost in Translation and The Cityborn, and the three-book Worldshapers series. Willett is also the author of The Shards of Excalibur modern-day YA fantasy series, originally published by Coteau Books, and Star Song, a finalist for the 2022 Aurora Award for Best Young Adult Novel, among several others. His YA fantasy Spirit Singer won a Saskatchewan Book Award and he’s been a finalist many times. He lives in Regina, Saskatchewan. 

Edward is available for interviews, media appearances, speaking engagements, and/or book review requests. Please contact mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com by email or by phone at 403.464.6925

Cyber attack technology and video game realism – Say it isn’t so! The Enigma Gamers by Charles Breakfield and Rox Burkey

 

The Enigma Gamers

Book Seven in the Enigma Series 

Cyber attack technology and video game realism –

Say it isn’t so????  

By the critically acclaimed writing duo of Charles Breakfield and Rox Burkey 

The book is published by ICABOD Press and is available worldwide across all platforms!

The Enigma Series uses the 7th book, The Enigma Gamers, to expand the series with a grittier, feet-on-the-street, diverse group of men and women carefully selected by Julie and Juan to work on special assignments all over the world. The challenges they face in these assignments are potentially more far reaching that they ever imagined. Gone are the days of pixelated sprites and simple wired controllers. It’s the twenty-first century, and video game playing has undergone a complete evolution. With high-def graphics and intuitive sensory controls, gamers are enjoying a level of realism and immersion never before experienced. However, when the line between the real and cyber worlds becomes blurred, this digital landscape provides new social predators with opportunities to unleash terror and pain on unsuspecting victims. Businesses, cities, and commonly used services might believe they are immune, but then their world goes sideways as a grotesque ransomware demand is spilled across their data screen. Led by Julie and Juan, the fledgling CATS-Cyber Assassins Technology Services team is committed to avenging and administering justice to evil doers in every corner of the real and virtual worlds. The CATS team is the next generation of hunters in the cat and mouse game of cyber warfare. Within the Enigma series, the CATS team will continue to evolve and uses front-line techniques, which stretches every resource at their disposal to face off against a sinister new world of high-tech crimes. 

Amazon.com: The Enigma Gamers - A CATS Tale: 9781946858337: Breakfield, Charles V, Burkey, Roxanne E: Books 

Amazon.com:The Enigma Gamers - A CATS Tale: 9781946858160: Breakfield, Charles V, Burkey,Roxanne E: Books 

What Readers Are Saying: 

“Charles Breakfield and Rox Burkey have successfully blended three plot points aka enigmas: romance, technology hacking, and death threats in their latest literary adventure. Their novel entitled The Flower Enigma is Book Five in the Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles. Both Breakfield and Burkey are two of the founding members of The Underground Authors. Breakfield and Burkey write as a team and have published a series of books in their Enigma Series. The Flower Enigma is their first cozy mystery, a definite page turner, indeed”, _ Book Editor 

“This is the fifth book in the Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles. And like Cabot Cove in the TV series Murder She Wrote, it’s a lovely little town, but a lot of people get killed there. If you’ve enjoyed the Enigma series, here’s another to like. If you haven’t read any of those, this is a great start. I highly recommend it” _ Pennant Pub

 

The Enigma Series

About Charles and Rox

Charles Breakfield is a technology expert in security, networking, voice, and anything digital. He enjoys writing, studying WorldWar II history, travel, and cultural exchanges. Charles is a fan of wine tastings, winemaking, Harley riding, cooking extravaganzas, and woodworking. 

Rox Burkey is a technology professional who excels at optimizing technology and business investments. She works with customers all over the world focusing on optimized customer experiences. Rox writes white papers and documentation, but found she has a marked preference for writing fiction. 

Together these Texas authors create award-winning stories that resonate with males and females, as well as young and experienced adults. They bring a fresh new view to technology possibilities today in exciting stories. Visit their website for more information and free stuff. Https://www.EnigmaSeries.com 

To request additional review copies or an interview with Charles and/or Rox, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com / 403.464.6925.    We look forward to the coverage! 

EXPOSED, Hollywood secrets, Deadly reveals, by Anna J. Stewart

 

EXPOSED

Circle of the Red Lily Book One 

Hollywood secrets. Deadly reveals.

The newest thriller by USA TODAY bestseller

 Anna J Stewart 

Set for release this November and published by CAEZIK Romance, an imprint of Arc Manor Books! 

“Atmospheric, vivid and intense, this is modern romantic noir at its best.”

~NYTimes Bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz 

Working as a Hollywood photographer means Riley Temple has seen it all. But then she finds herself staring at the chilling image of a dead woman. When her questions about the film lead to violence, she reluctantly turns to the only person who can help. Detective Quinn Burton, the police commissioner’s son. Her history with the LAPD is complicated, her trust in authority, tenuous. But to find those responsible and protect those closest to her, she’s willing to do anything. Even trust a cop.

After more than a decade on the job, Quinn knows a dangerous situation when he sees it and Riley Temple is up to her ears in trouble. But not for the reason she thinks. The pictures she’s stumbled on call into a question a notorious murder conviction—one that powerful people have a vested interest in keeping in place. Seeing this case through means betraying someone: his job, his family, or the woman he’s falling in love with.

As old secrets are revealed, Quinn and Riley find themselves targeted by members of a secret society that has long maintained violent control over Hollywood’s powerful elite. A society that, until now, has remained hidden in the shadows. A society that will stop at nothing to keep their secrets buried. 

“… a page-turner with images that will linger long after you finish the book.” ~Academy Award Nominated Actress & Author Meg Tilly

Exposed (Circle of the Red Lily Book 1) - Kindle edition by Stewart, Anna J.. Romance Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

Exposed (Circle of the Red Lily Book 1) eBook : Stewart, Anna J.: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store

 

ABOUT ANNA: 

Anna J Stewart is the USA Today bestselling author of more than fifty sweet to spicy romances. Primarily writing for Harlequin’s Heartwarming (sweet romance) and Romantic Suspense (spicy) lines, she also writes for Arc Manor’s Caezik Romance. In addition to being a Holt Medallion winner (Bride on the Run), she’s finaled in both the Daphne duMaurier, and the National Readers’ Choice. In 2019 one of her books was optioned for television. No matter the story, Anna’s books are always about family—the ones we’re born to and the ones we create.

Anna lives in Northern California where she loves going to the movies, attending fan conventions, and heading to Disneyland, her favorite place on earth. When she’s not writing, she is usually cooking, baking, binge-watching her newest TV addiction, and re-watching her all-time favorite show, Supernatural. She also spends a frustrating amount of time wrangling two monstrous cats named Rosie and Sherlock. You can read more about Anna, her books, and her workshops for authors at www.AuthorAnnaStewart.com.

To request additional review copies or an interview with Anna J. Stewart, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity by email: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com or by phone at 403.464.6925.    

We look forward to the coverage.

BELOW, the newest adventure into horror by critically acclaimed author, Kev Harrison

 

Below 

The newest adventure into horror by critically acclaimed author, Kev Harrison 

Released and published by Brigids Gate Press

The book is available worldwide in paperback and e-format

Decades after his grandfather was buried alive in a Californian gold mine, Dr. Nick Jones teams up with an adventure travel influencer to venture underground and film a documentary, telling the story of what really happened.

What should be a dream come true soon becomes a nightmare as someone or something stirs…BELOW.

Below: Harrison, Kev, Cain, Kenneth W., Burke, Kealan: 9781957537177: Amazon.com: Books

Below: Harrison, Kev, Cain, Kenneth W., Burke, Kealan: 9781957537177: Books - Amazon.ca

“Expect some truly chilling scenes and to definitely get creeped out by what happens in that mine! This is my first book by the author, and I can tell you it won't be my last. I enjoyed his storytelling style immensely and found myself feeling like I was stuck in that mine with our characters!” Outlaw Poet, Top 1000 Reviewer Vine Voice

 

About Kev Harrison:

 

Kev Harrison is a writer of dark fiction and English language teacher from England, living and working in Lisbon, Portugal. He has previously lived in various areas of the UK, as well as Turkey and Poland.

He is a staff writer for This is Horror and has had short fiction published in a variety of magazines and anthologies, including Lost Films, from Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing, Below the Stairs: Tales From The Cellar from Things in the Well, Aphotic Realm Magazine's 'Fangs' issue and 'In Darkness Delight: Creatures of the Night from Corpus Press. He has also had short fiction featured on The Other Stories and Tales to Terrify podcasts. Thirteen tales of his short fiction are now collected in his debut collection, Paths Best Left Untrodden.

His acclaimed debut novella, 'The Balance,' a work of folk-horror with eco-horror themes, is available now, from Lycan Valley Press. He has two releases in Demain Publishing's Short Sharp Shocks! range: 'Cinders of a Blind Man Who Could See' and 'Curfew'. His second novella, 'Below,' is available now from Brigids Gate Press. 

To request additional review copies or an interview with Kev Harrison, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com / 403.464.6925.  

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THESE LINGERING SHADOWS, an Anthology of Gothic and Haunting Tales by Daemon Manx and Last Waltz Publishing

 

THESE LINGERING SHADOWS

An Anthology of Gothic and Haunting Tales 

Brought to you by Daemon Manx and Last Waltz Publishing

 

The anthology is published by Last Waltz Publishing and is available worldwide in e-format

Last Waltz Publishing brings you an anthology of gothic tales and horrors for the season, filled with, tragedy, heartbreak, wonderment, and terror. Journey into these thought-provoking worlds and behold the majesty of traditional gothic elements delivered with a modern style. Inspired by a true love for the Macabre and the unnerving atmosphere of the Gothic genre, author Daemon Manx has gathered together some of the greatest literary voices of our time. 

With a foreword by Candace Nola this anthology of fifteen short stories from some of the most terrifying authors in today's horror world will transport you into the shadows. 

Light a candle and lock the doors because the hour of the witch is close at hand. The tales within this haunting collection are of dark places and shadows, catacombs and hidden passages, witches, vampires, secrets and curses. There are stories of deception, possession, despair and remorse, betrayal and of course ... death. 

These Lingering Shadows: An Anthology of Gothic and Haunting Tales - Kindle edition by Manx, Daemon, Megargee, Jeremy, Aldridge, Christy , Moore, Michael J, Mazer, Jae, Miller, Heather , Carlson, James G, Kaplan, Jo, Evans, Tony , Nola, Candance, Quintero, Guy, Wells, Jack, Olney, Diana, Manx, Danielle, Grant, D. E., Scott, Matt, Nola, Candace. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

 

These Lingering Shadows: An Anthology of Gothic and Haunting Tales eBook : Manx, Daemon, Megargee, Jeremy, Aldridge, Christy , Moore, Michael J, Mazer, Jae, Miller, Heather , Carlson, James G, Kaplan, Jo, Evans, Tony , Nola, Candance, Quintero, Guy, Wells, Jack, Olney, Diana, Manx, Danielle, Grant, D. E., Scott, Matt, Nola, Candace: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store

 These Lingering Shadows features stories from:

Jeremy Megargee - "A Dream of Dead Leaves"
Christy Aldridge - "A Halloween Ghost Story"
Michael J. Moore - "Nory's"
Jae Mazer - "Behold, Death Arrives, a Duet of Ash and Fang"
Jo Kaplan - "Hallow House"
James, G. Carlson - "Flesh and Chocolate"
Heather Miller - "The Far Field"
Diana Olney - "Hell Hath No Fury"
Guy Quintero - "Cries in the Night"
Danielle Manx - "Belladonna's Curse"
Tony Evans - "The Dare"
Jack Wells - "Riding the Ghost Train"
Matt Scott - "Mine"
D.E. Grant - "The Feeding"

Daemon Manx - "Devlin's Manse"

About Daemon Manx:

 Daemon Manx is an award-winning American author who writes horror, suspense, supernatural, and speculative fiction. Daemon has recently been nominated for the 2021 Splatterpunk awards for his debut, Abigail in the best short story category. In 2021 he received a HAG award for his story The Dead Girl. He is a member of the Horror Writers Association (HWA), and the Horror Authors Guild (HAG) and has been featured in magazines in both the U.S. and the U.K. Daemon lives with his sister, author Danielle Manx and their narcoleptic cat, Sydney where the patiently prepare for the apocalypse. There is a good chance they will runout of coffee far too soon. 

To request additional review copies or an interview with Daemon Manx, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com / 403.464.6925.   

We look forward to the coverage!