2020 Cygnus Book Awards for Science Fiction LONG LIST, a Genre Division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards Congratulations to the following 2020 Cygnus Book Awards Long List authors and their works. Brent Golembiewski – Flat Earth Jonas Saul — The Immortal Gene Tiffany Meuret — A Flood of Posies R. Welsh – The Great Filter Mark T. Sneed – Bully Nation Brooke Skipstone …
Collab with Actor Kristoffer Polaha Is the Next Chapterfor Anna Gomez a.k.a. Christine BraeWhen romance novelist Anna Gomez met her new collaborator, actor and producer Kristoffer Polaha, during a Zoom call, it was a “meet-cute” straight out of a romantic comedy. “We were both wearing the same shirt,” laughs Gomez. It was a happy omen; Gomez and Polaha clicked immediately. …
Lindy Ryan, President Black Spot Books, Named Publishers Weekly Star Watch 2020 Honoree Publishers Weekly and Frankfurter Buchmesse have named 40 publishing professionals as honorees for PW Star Watch 2020, the annual publishing and bookselling award now in its sixth year. Honorees hail from the U.S. and Canada, and were selected from the ranks of the Big 5 publishers as well as independent …
N. J. EMBERN.J. Ember is a paranormal fiction author who loves to write stories about survival and triumph over adversity. Whether her characters are dealing with the paranormal or everyday life, she seeks to show that strength is not always about being superhuman or invulnerable. She enjoys anything with mystery, suspense and horror, so when she’s not writing you can …
Now Before the DarkTerribly Serious Darkness, Book 3By Sam Hooker Time is running out for the Old Country. How does one save a nation when the erstwhile gods are against the idea? In the finale of Terribly Serious Darkness, it’s up to Sloot Peril–the world’s greatest accountant and poorest everything else–to figure it out. Unfortunately, he’ll have help. A philosopher who’d …
PRESS RELEASE&bnsp;VESUVIAN MEDIA GROUP ACQUIRES BLACK SPOT BOOKSLOS ANGELES, CA – OCTOBER 8, 2019 – Books-to-film multimedia corporation Vesuvian Media Group, Inc. has acquired Anchorage, Alaska-based Black Spot Books. Black Spot Books will be the first imprint of Vesuvian Books and will be headed by President and Publisher Lindy Ryan. Black Spot Books will retain their PR partnership with Smith …
TIFFANY MEURETTiffany Meuret is a writer of monsters and twisted fairy tales. Her publications include Shoreline of Infinity, Luna Station Quarterly, Ellipsis Zine, and others. When not reading or writing, she is usually binge watching comfortable sitcoms from her childhood or telling her kids to put on their shoes for the tenth time. She lives in sunny Arizona with her …
MATTHEW BINDERMatthew Binder is the author of the novels High in the Streets and The Absolved. He is also a primary member of the recording project Bang Bang Jet Away.www.MatthewBinder.net
LAURA MORRISONLaura Morrison lives in the Metro Detroit area. She has a B.S. in applied ecology and environmental science from Michigan Technological University. Before she was a writer and stay-at-home mom, she battled invasive species and researched turtles.www.LauraMorrisonWrites.com
CASSONDRA WINDWALKERCassondra Windwalker is a poet and novelist writing full time from the coast of the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. She is supported by a tolerant husband, three wandering offspring, a useless dog, and a zombie cat. Her hobbies include hiking, photography, and having other people’s demons over for tea.www.CassondraWindwalker.com