tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9580439903354626502024-02-28T20:45:27.430-06:00Jared Millet Blogsfrom another dimensionJared Millethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05820953431899069491noreply@blogger.comBlogger118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958043990335462650.post-39440154204091979672024-02-28T20:28:00.000-06:002024-02-28T20:28:37.066-06:00"Bat Country" in Illustrated Worlds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_nJXrIRO0Jw1uurBOCjgoDf2IfhA3cMchH7hQ7dmHV8H86Q9V2G81Srgu8RfZxUWm_BAYysZFkP0Y4E8lg5xFtNXRP_b-k6rWBERtLQD9SHFZi3uSVaFWijY5_itfcDMeaQkQ5GPfMwtUfkvBuRILcGLrrx3tOcPrmUgz3_WGA0oPqIv_3aDar0ZW9gU/s652/illustratedworlds5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="428" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_nJXrIRO0Jw1uurBOCjgoDf2IfhA3cMchH7hQ7dmHV8H86Q9V2G81Srgu8RfZxUWm_BAYysZFkP0Y4E8lg5xFtNXRP_b-k6rWBERtLQD9SHFZi3uSVaFWijY5_itfcDMeaQkQ5GPfMwtUfkvBuRILcGLrrx3tOcPrmUgz3_WGA0oPqIv_3aDar0ZW9gU/w263-h400/illustratedworlds5.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">It's been a hot minute since I had a new short story for your consideration, but the day is finally here! My tale of a strange encounter in the wasteland on the edge of reality<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">—</span>otherwise known as “Bat Country”<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">—</span>is now available in <a href="https://www.illustratedworldsmagazine.com/shop.html#/" target="_blank"><i>Illustrated Worlds</i> #5</a>. Here's a sample:</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>I was on the edge of the Shadelands, near the Plain of the Shrieking Towers, when one of the void bats I’d spent months there to study was hit by a Greyhound bus. </i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>I didn’t know that it was a bus, or what the word “Greyhound” signified at the time. But there, where the tower-studded plain met the slope of rubble from Realm 348, a slice of road from an unknown Logic dimension had pressed against the fabric of Chaos Space. The void bats, drawn like moths to this fissure, feasted upon a trickle of alien laws of physics. They were usually deft at dodging the machines that shot along that otherworldly highway.</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Not this time. As I spied through my optiscope from high up the mound of debris, a large block of metal with markings in an alien script plowed onto the road, surprising one of the two-dimensional bats and smashing it into goo across the machine’s face.</i></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;">The whole issue promises to be fantastic. From the publisher:</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Issue #5, the Spring 2024 edition of the horror and fantasy magazine, features incredible artwork by Reggie Thomas, Ruben Aldenhoven, Amuri Morris, Nick Stevens and more. Fifty pages of top quality fiction exploring the Hammer horror vibe of an all girls' school, a dimension hopping researcher studying bats and a ghost haunting phone apps. Stories by the likes of Scare in a Box, Fiona Scott Stevenson and Jonathan Balog bring the human imagination to life and explore the darker side of our souls.</i></p></blockquote><p>Do I need to say more? <a href="https://www.illustratedworldsmagazine.com/shop.html#/" target="_blank">Check it out now.</a></p>Jared Millethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05820953431899069491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958043990335462650.post-91183423477854299302024-02-26T21:46:00.000-06:002024-02-26T21:46:28.770-06:00CoastCon & Nerdi Gras<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPM77MgdcBIaK8MLY4xv1zmGwJSEDSwECKC3B7kai1txmfOXMeQJ-w8Wxp7SVLBFozAynbMbGxM3EDVxtMZT9GQwjb39t-4XKnlvCL_5BC9TZQX-wPWG74QRVxa2dTKp195jXyLd2MTGps2xAhTD8aP53LOXZTEPP8X-XU972p64gqASpayCfB8llp_p4/s4032/PXL_20230303_010550644.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPM77MgdcBIaK8MLY4xv1zmGwJSEDSwECKC3B7kai1txmfOXMeQJ-w8Wxp7SVLBFozAynbMbGxM3EDVxtMZT9GQwjb39t-4XKnlvCL_5BC9TZQX-wPWG74QRVxa2dTKp195jXyLd2MTGps2xAhTD8aP53LOXZTEPP8X-XU972p64gqASpayCfB8llp_p4/w400-h300/PXL_20230303_010550644.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">It's going to be a busy month, with not just one but <i>two </i>conventions in the next few weeks! First off, I'll be returning to Biloxi's CoastCon from March 1-3, followed by Nerdi Gras in Duluth, Georgia from March 15-17. Click below for details:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.coastcon.org/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="256" data-original-width="600" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtkcDHHHvDAO2dcbiJixV4n6oZjY1BcWhh-Rxy7mUctEhtSW0VaHqQqFTImZ2Mpu-cy089oQR00GbSDJT99ciFBzc4Aq5Rh75-gBpygTwoSgP9EOlqD-9cQ6v3ayDQ1_9yicLc7RBCSOzmFCXTjXwXg_2gh_xBoZ3wlnR_ae3JVGKFochTKNbpPYh666A/w400-h171/cclogo3.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://nerdigras.org/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="337" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRiIiYWVqLyr3v3lkuvGutZuEnbIGD2bxdb5Yx-CKWYbpxHI9_FMOdcTm46ebgKhW-UQc09xMipcF1twHAIE5WD6lQ7bkoBYPVZVi763VHRolySjjrGX3Wi6ySgNRyoGaW0MpNyNK3OfNZKUTztgnhYsFm9YcrWcL6vjBoRWgl0CqROZqSMv_2seEIgFA/s320/Nerdi+Gras.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">It seems like it's been hardly any time since ChattaCon back in January. Here's a shout-out to everyone I shared Author's Alley with back in Chattanooga: Be sure to check out their books!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://alexnaderwrites.wixsite.com/my-site" target="_blank">Alexander Nader</a> - author of <i>Beasts of Burdin</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://talesbybob.com/" target="_blank">Bob McGough</a> - author of <i>The Jubal County Saga</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.authorbenmeeks.com/the-keeper-chronicles" target="_blank">Ben Meeks</a> - author of <i>The Keeper Chronicles</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://devoneriksen.com/" target="_blank">Devon Eriksen</a> - author of <i>Theft of Fire</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.georgeweinstein.com/" target="_blank">George Weinstein</a> - author of <i>Hardscrabble Road</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://johnhartness.com/" target="_blank">John G. Hartness</a> - author of <i>The Black Knight Chronicles</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.kennethmeade.com/" target="_blank">Kenneth Meade</a> - author of <i>Something Wicked</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://kimconrey.com/" target="_blank">Kim Conrey</a> - author of <i>Ares Ascending</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Every time I go to a convention, I always end up adding a whole new bookshelf to my reading list. But hey, you can never have too many books, so be sure to head to your nearest SF convention with a wad of cash in hand! (hint hint)</div>Jared Millethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05820953431899069491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958043990335462650.post-82380706707367371252024-01-10T17:46:00.001-06:002024-01-10T17:46:46.382-06:00ChattaCon 49<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4390UOA0Gt1QPdqH8USLkLclDIg1DMMh9LBMKHdwdGrkwRlmjUiOwtTZN4ePEoT1eyxZxKqae0x4ffvU_hUOmIYaa2t60-GCOyi9rlByFcmXOaN28xp-YFc6HdqXUiauFZPo0SuD7b4YnoOeTg1l52yZk6oR-g9Uow6RdqrTcgChaO2lyXa-xS18qalc/s889/1500x500.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="889" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4390UOA0Gt1QPdqH8USLkLclDIg1DMMh9LBMKHdwdGrkwRlmjUiOwtTZN4ePEoT1eyxZxKqae0x4ffvU_hUOmIYaa2t60-GCOyi9rlByFcmXOaN28xp-YFc6HdqXUiauFZPo0SuD7b4YnoOeTg1l52yZk6oR-g9Uow6RdqrTcgChaO2lyXa-xS18qalc/w400-h225/1500x500.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">It's a brand new year, and it's convention time again! In just a few days (that's Jan 12-14) I'll be in downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee for </span><a href="https://chattacon.org/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">ChattaCon 49</a><span style="text-align: left;">, the latest installment in the South's longest-running gathering of science fiction fans (outpacing Dragon*Con by a decade, no less). The fun begins at 4:00pm Friday and keeps on going through Sunday afternoon. If you're anywhere in the area, come and join the party!</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Next up on the schedule: a return to <a href="https://www.coastcon.org/" target="_blank">Coast Con</a> in Biloxi, with even more shows in the following year. Oh, and a new story or two lurking on the horizon.</p>Jared Millethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05820953431899069491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958043990335462650.post-13898610459125134482023-09-24T13:05:00.000-05:002023-09-24T13:05:10.022-05:00ColumbiaCon, October 1<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1A0Djlny_VN2chFm0WS6Aengqm6fDnYs3JDcJio-FcsGMTxwOxA97s3r99yY-tXVVBi9XnlQSt7sOWqZ_B7YYrlQrBEEtrQBTMSAFPjmjFPv5yNtcG0iLw4asHQiG6E6tAmpn8t0W6cXAeF1jB4zIAFAkz-EnSpLyefZH6eVgqyEv0KNypOfosENgBgI/s1700/ColumbiaCon%20-%20October%202023.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1700" data-original-width="1100" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1A0Djlny_VN2chFm0WS6Aengqm6fDnYs3JDcJio-FcsGMTxwOxA97s3r99yY-tXVVBi9XnlQSt7sOWqZ_B7YYrlQrBEEtrQBTMSAFPjmjFPv5yNtcG0iLw4asHQiG6E6tAmpn8t0W6cXAeF1jB4zIAFAkz-EnSpLyefZH6eVgqyEv0KNypOfosENgBgI/w414-h640/ColumbiaCon%20-%20October%202023.jpeg" width="414" /></a></div><p>Greetings, loyal followers! I just got home from <a href="http://ashevillecon.com/" target="_blank">AshevilleCon</a> (which I completely forgot to blog about), but I'm turning right around and heading back out to <a href="http://thecolumbiacon.com/" target="_blank">ColumbiaCon</a> on October 1. This will be the third convention I'm attending this year put on by promoter <a href="http://www.ourcons.com/" target="_blank">Carmine de Santo</a>, and I have to say that the first two (in Huntsville and Asheville) were fantastic, well organized, and well attended. I'm also looking forward to <a href="http://theaugustacon.com/" target="_blank">AugustaCon</a> on November 4, which will be the closest to home I'll be conventioning this year.</p><p></p><p>As for ColumbiaCon, I'm really excited that they've got <a href="https://www.fabiannicieza.com/bio" target="_blank">Fabian Nicieza</a> as the guest of honor. He's billed as the cocreator of Deadpool, and to be clear - Rob Liefeld may have designed the character, but Nicieza's the one responsible for his snark. He also wrote nearly 50% of the Marvel books I collected in the 90s, so now I've got to pull out an issue or two to get autographed. I may be an author myself, but I'm still a goddamn nerd.</p>Jared Millethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05820953431899069491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958043990335462650.post-1989866319490041282023-07-23T14:48:00.001-05:002023-07-23T14:48:53.527-05:00Georgia Pop & Horror Con, Aug. 4-6<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjONrZtIJ8vZLBJiZE6xjMUnNNYzyD8y_9dAb3JlLVtbkj8PZSDkdQxCGhnsT8ruBYqcRweKgo-WsG7MVi5eTHSxdLNlekWP2dg_8SP6iDRXvidLQIbFsnJPIJ7C6mmEqbA_MVQoqXOOqMYMIyoVvj9lDMw3ELKydltq0Y3mbvKADEjYXHZaQEMwEuEeJ4/s323/GApophorror.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="323" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjONrZtIJ8vZLBJiZE6xjMUnNNYzyD8y_9dAb3JlLVtbkj8PZSDkdQxCGhnsT8ruBYqcRweKgo-WsG7MVi5eTHSxdLNlekWP2dg_8SP6iDRXvidLQIbFsnJPIJ7C6mmEqbA_MVQoqXOOqMYMIyoVvj9lDMw3ELKydltq0Y3mbvKADEjYXHZaQEMwEuEeJ4/w400-h194/GApophorror.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The time has come! I'll soon be attending the <a href="https://gapopandhorrorcon.com/" target="_blank">Georgia Pop and Horror Con</a> at the convention center in Columbus, Georgia. I've really been looking forward to this one. Horror is rarely the main genre I write in, but I always seem to end up using it as a seasoning. What's more, in addition to my usual selection of books for sale, I'm bringing <i><a href="https://secondearths.com/?page_id=24" target="_blank">Summer Gothic: A Collection of Southern Hauntings</a></i> out of the dusty, ghost-infested closet it's been stewing in for the last few years. Summer Gothic is a collection of ghost stories from a wide variety of Alabama authors that I edited and published back in my librarian days. I can't wait to share it with the world again!</p><p>So as not to bury the lede:</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Get Tickets for the <a href="https://gapopandhorrorcon.com/" target="_blank">Georgia Pop and Horror Con</a>.</li><li>Come see me in the vendors room.</li><li>Enjoy a weekend of creepy fun.</li></ol><p></p><p>You have your assignment. Get to it!</p>Jared Millethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05820953431899069491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958043990335462650.post-64186829784149939772023-07-01T10:17:00.002-05:002023-07-01T10:26:27.858-05:00Hey Cheapskates! The Smashwords July Book Sale is ON<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheZa4pG0fPKGO1WER0yB_yVyhzhsWVQgOcY_4xE56noHu19UQuPiq47wSFCSiNjSlrA075q3-ZcpF8hSQxdY6ZC4hbYfOs0vKc9kr5RfiXG6qfO3kh_oF9oTdHdb398ssTiEUqu3MdE3iYmL8PkvT4-wlQHb7GY4A-8bkElxWkzAVLvTkPccUrPG41kpw/s2601/unnamed.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="2601" height="91" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheZa4pG0fPKGO1WER0yB_yVyhzhsWVQgOcY_4xE56noHu19UQuPiq47wSFCSiNjSlrA075q3-ZcpF8hSQxdY6ZC4hbYfOs0vKc9kr5RfiXG6qfO3kh_oF9oTdHdb398ssTiEUqu3MdE3iYmL8PkvT4-wlQHb7GY4A-8bkElxWkzAVLvTkPccUrPG41kpw/w400-h91/unnamed.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>The <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/shelves/promos" target="_blank">Smashwords July book sale event</a> just kicked off, and that means you can get all of my ebooks for less than you'd pay for an off-brand bottle of water. All you have to do is <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/search?query=jared+millet" target="_blank"><b>use the coupon code SSW75 for 75% off on all my books</b>!</a> </div><div><br /></div><div>What does that get you? For starters, you can download my entire <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/byseries/51477" target="_blank">Battle for Majadan trilogy</a> for $2.48:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLH5aT-rVOkjg1S_9h9_JOEjCbr0f-fLIdkd1SVtoi3YZ7IImUAkt1GCycFlzO4UBX5ueeqX3-awbfw7kcV-Hehzq3uTwL3ZWtY3_-ZLtG6gly_w0V4xiXP8n34S4MHqnNwSZJzD5KN7QhwU0OoAJ4gyiHgEnAK6c-Y4b5SEgVwLvxnqX0xLrLCH1L0MM/s1200/trilogy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="1200" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLH5aT-rVOkjg1S_9h9_JOEjCbr0f-fLIdkd1SVtoi3YZ7IImUAkt1GCycFlzO4UBX5ueeqX3-awbfw7kcV-Hehzq3uTwL3ZWtY3_-ZLtG6gly_w0V4xiXP8n34S4MHqnNwSZJzD5KN7QhwU0OoAJ4gyiHgEnAK6c-Y4b5SEgVwLvxnqX0xLrLCH1L0MM/w400-h205/trilogy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>You can pick up my latest book, <i>The Shadow Jubilee</i>, for the low, low price of $1.24. Meanwhile, <i>The Whisper</i> and <i>The Unwinding House</i> are going for a mere 99¢. Once again, <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/search?query=jared+millet" target="_blank"><b>use coupon code SSW75 on all my titles</b>.</a> (While you're there, you may as well browse other authors' books as well.)</div><div><br /></div><div>The sale's going on through the end of the month, but that's no excuse not to <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/search?query=jared+millet" target="_blank">CHECK IT OUT TODAY</a>.</div>Jared Millethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05820953431899069491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958043990335462650.post-3050572293253334152023-06-02T08:00:00.001-05:002023-06-02T08:01:39.377-05:00HuntsvilleCon - June 24<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8NGVOs905k8jY0aYk-zbGmJo4Z1yWdwtyq0NANmZNYXP-OK6bEDWN7ms97bh7eC4x16fxD-vtROP-HBGUKDRu7wTWd1Xyz90MfNkypVANcvpBDSCPml0vL-u50O2oFNMuaESz71zuVMr-3M_yDYaV3PH7UWyurTV3WgQr2aG-0Wg5kMj_0akoKkmW/s513/official.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="394" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8NGVOs905k8jY0aYk-zbGmJo4Z1yWdwtyq0NANmZNYXP-OK6bEDWN7ms97bh7eC4x16fxD-vtROP-HBGUKDRu7wTWd1Xyz90MfNkypVANcvpBDSCPml0vL-u50O2oFNMuaESz71zuVMr-3M_yDYaV3PH7UWyurTV3WgQr2aG-0Wg5kMj_0akoKkmW/w308-h400/official.jpg" width="308" /></a></div>The graphic above says it all! Any science fiction and fantasy fans in north Alabama and south Tennessee, come have a blast with me at <a href="http://www.huntsvillecon.com/" target="_blank">Huntsville Con</a> on June 24. The convention will take place at Huntsville's Embassy Suites Hotel from 10:00 - 5:00. Tickets are $20, but kids get in free! Check out the poster below for more details.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUlMJxtlNwTu-O3vR_SG4Rg2PGXphL2l4wbSNdzioVabrSxdUrNZFsplFJR3gee24uHUkikf14pcE7vWLKPp7n3A1vCp02VIkAsT-exMMCqFcOy4bxa9xOrUJF0kc96scU7767Baqt5u_aTH2yYpKoqYHUXEjyi0GaB8F5oUL56soS92vCAzsUTp7a/s1700/HuntsvilleCon%20Poster%20-%20June%202023.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1700" data-original-width="1100" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUlMJxtlNwTu-O3vR_SG4Rg2PGXphL2l4wbSNdzioVabrSxdUrNZFsplFJR3gee24uHUkikf14pcE7vWLKPp7n3A1vCp02VIkAsT-exMMCqFcOy4bxa9xOrUJF0kc96scU7767Baqt5u_aTH2yYpKoqYHUXEjyi0GaB8F5oUL56soS92vCAzsUTp7a/w414-h640/HuntsvilleCon%20Poster%20-%20June%202023.jpeg" width="414" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I've added a few more dates to my convention schedule, so here's where it stands now:</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://gapopandhorrorcon.com/" target="_blank">Georgia Pop & Horror Con</a> - August 4 - 6</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://ashevillecon.com/" target="_blank">AshevilleCon</a> - September 23</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://thecolumbiacon.com/" target="_blank">ColumbiaCon</a> - October 1</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://theaugustacon.com/" target="_blank">AugustaCon</a> - November 4</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.coastcon.org/" target="_blank">CoastCon</a> - March 1 - 3</p></blockquote><p>Hope to see you all at one of these coming up!</p>Jared Millethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05820953431899069491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958043990335462650.post-61969632345045184352023-03-31T08:03:00.000-05:002023-03-31T08:03:23.328-05:00Kirkus Reviews The Shadow Jubilee!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1O4Ahn6YHGbTZXOGwjCOPDA9c3Nv87Av4QbBfzjjQoTiA75euTezhLXeXrTaz1kUxQr4FKftlwvjeVZFLo_01Zc36lbOyvDlnJ8K4K-RkDVtciDGrR6QjQMtMhM8-asRAMYwQMLJ0_aobUb4FPhW-vL70I-KJve0sjyLZr_CGI-RfjoQlgNE2yv7A/s3309/Mockup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2037" data-original-width="3309" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1O4Ahn6YHGbTZXOGwjCOPDA9c3Nv87Av4QbBfzjjQoTiA75euTezhLXeXrTaz1kUxQr4FKftlwvjeVZFLo_01Zc36lbOyvDlnJ8K4K-RkDVtciDGrR6QjQMtMhM8-asRAMYwQMLJ0_aobUb4FPhW-vL70I-KJve0sjyLZr_CGI-RfjoQlgNE2yv7A/w400-h246/Mockup.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Back when I bought books for libraries for a living, <i><a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/" target="_blank">Kirkus Reviews</a></i> was always one of the sources I trusted the most. Here's what they say about The Shadow Jubilee:</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><i><b>A fun, entertaining, heartfelt adventure among the stars.</b></i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>A brother and sister reunite after years apart to fight an enemy who threatens to destroy their home world in Millet’s SF/fantasy novel.</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>In the author’s rich, engaging blend of SF and fantasy, Merlin and Kite come into vivid focus as they share the narrative with alternating first-person points of view along their parallel journeys toward self-empowerment as they face impossible odds.</i></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jared-millet/the-shadow-jubilee/" target="_blank">Read the full review here.</a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Available in ebook and paperback from <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Jubilee-Jared-Millet-ebook/dp/B0BTBCHZ1V" target="_blank">Amazon</a> and <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-shadow-jubilee-jared-millet/1142982288" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Ebook also available from <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1331099" target="_blank">Smashwords</a>, <a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-shadow-jubilee" target="_blank">Kobo</a>, <a href="https://marketplace.odilo.us/opac/?query=9798215478929#results" target="_blank">Odilo</a>, and <a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-shadow-jubilee/id6445658155" target="_blank">Apple</a></p>Jared Millethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05820953431899069491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958043990335462650.post-88720837666640588662023-03-08T07:44:00.001-06:002023-03-08T07:57:09.992-06:00Convention Schedule 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNe9mA0otjB8jL3ze9J5a4nWYqpcu2ZczNmPxetqDLQHrGFA7wBaaqjEWdmJLJzXPn9gamW1cQd4-ElYfOpRIMBOZpZaATMsIlzGB0c_dDS77lnk5HupvRONUyIll7nx3U2vjzN6YOGQXt-gOhBaFnKZZScBALdL2yw38ALP32B9F7nCfv2RsK9f36/s1249/CoastCon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="937" data-original-width="1249" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNe9mA0otjB8jL3ze9J5a4nWYqpcu2ZczNmPxetqDLQHrGFA7wBaaqjEWdmJLJzXPn9gamW1cQd4-ElYfOpRIMBOZpZaATMsIlzGB0c_dDS77lnk5HupvRONUyIll7nx3U2vjzN6YOGQXt-gOhBaFnKZZScBALdL2yw38ALP32B9F7nCfv2RsK9f36/w400-h300/CoastCon.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />So you missed out on <a href="http://www.coastcon.org/" target="_blank">CoastCon 45</a> in Biloxi (which, by the way, was a blast). Never fear! There are plenty more to attend - <i>and buy my books at, hint hint</i> - for the rest of the year across the Southeast. Here's my schedule as it stands so far:<p></p><p><b>June 24:</b> <a href="http://www.huntsvillecon.com/" target="_blank">HuntsvilleCon</a> (Huntsville, Alabama)</p><p><b>August 4-6:</b> <a href="https://gapopandhorrorcon.com/" target="_blank">Georgia Pop & Horror Con</a> (Columbus, Georgia)</p><p><b>October 1:</b> <a href="http://thecolumbiacon.com/" target="_blank">ColumbiaCon</a> (Columbia, South Carolina)</p><p><b>October ??:</b> (Shhh.... TBA)</p><p><b>January ??:</b> (Shhh... TBA)</p><p><b>March 1-3:</b> <a href="http://www.coastcon.org/" target="_blank">Coast Con 46</a> (That's right, I'm-a comin' back.)</p><p>Updates will follow!</p>Jared Millethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05820953431899069491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958043990335462650.post-26219348309357407972023-02-05T10:52:00.000-06:002023-02-05T10:52:18.885-06:00The Shadow Jubilee — On Sale Now!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUKrNSo8zby3EnVKFkbCU2fh1xJ_-f23z06ITTJwplDdOMF8jGFHY9i5ueGaPGA3q7RocYrnrDF5kAu9Qs43OyfB8mILby2nx7zFDjcJTp3HtVevPpSvbQFjeYw5vNns9J7P2bT-YOmezLXGOkNj96nK9K8Q5qTCBQXU95oJ0ANSGS8SLsX_4f0bEC/s2548/shadow_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2548" data-original-width="1651" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUKrNSo8zby3EnVKFkbCU2fh1xJ_-f23z06ITTJwplDdOMF8jGFHY9i5ueGaPGA3q7RocYrnrDF5kAu9Qs43OyfB8mILby2nx7zFDjcJTp3HtVevPpSvbQFjeYw5vNns9J7P2bT-YOmezLXGOkNj96nK9K8Q5qTCBQXU95oJ0ANSGS8SLsX_4f0bEC/w414-h640/shadow_front.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">First: Happy Mardi Gras! Second: My long-gestating novel <i><b>The Shadow Jubilee</b></i> is now for sale. It’s what I call a “Louisiana horror story / space opera mashup” because I’m the kind of guy who thinks any story idea gets better if you add the words “in space” at the end. At this moment, it’s available in print through <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Jubilee-Jared-Millet/dp/B0BSY5F7GB/" target="_blank">Amazon </a>and <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-shadow-jubilee-jared-millet/1142982288" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> and on ebook on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Jubilee-Jared-Millet-ebook/dp/B0BTBCHZ1V" target="_blank">Amazon </a>and <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1331099" target="_blank">Smashwords</a>. It should be appearing through even more ebook vendors shortly, but right now you can get it and the rest of my catalog half-off at Smashwords if you use the coupon code at the end of this entry. </p><p>BUT FIRST: a blurb.</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>After fifteen years of exile, Kite returns to her homeworld, New Bretagne, where an ancient evil secretly waits to use her as a means to escape from its prison. Kite’s mind can see across reaches of space, a skill she uses to navigate her starship back to the planet of her birth, not knowing that her home drifts in the shadow of a vast and sinister alien god—one that's ensnared her own brother in its clutches.</i></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;">From now until March 2 you can get <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/jaredmillet" target="_blank">all my ebooks 50% off at Smashwords</a> by using the coupon code <b>QN47G </b>at checkout. (All my books except <i>The Blood Prayer</i>, that is, because it’s already cheaper than a bottle of Fanta). <i>The Shadow Jubilee</i> will make its public debut at <a href="http://www.coastcon.org/" target="_blank">CoastCon45 </a>from March 3-5, where I’ll be offering the paperback at a special convention rate. However, that’s no reason not to get your copy early!</p><p>In case I’m being too subtle: SHOP NOW at <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/jaredmillet" target="_blank">Smashwords </a>or <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Jubilee-Jared-Millet-ebook/dp/B0BTBCHZ1V" target="_blank">Amazon</a>.</p>Jared Millethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05820953431899069491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958043990335462650.post-40675798355364708182023-01-29T09:04:00.002-06:002023-01-29T09:04:53.611-06:00Coast Con, March 3-5<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMCl-S2-rVJOWKfBqr61uANHI5p6UDLl5H-1JwB-sjFsiGPnNQZxunYVaTHfno43cOv-JdPPjtV3kGNc3lngXZe-8ZT2et8z_vHp4XX_zM5LdAkycyZcApZ8DbJcW6H27t-zbEzNEZQduSJvYdDkXTNRIv3oxKKli6r6aGQe5HVhILDiyRMpeZyZqG/s600/cclogo3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="256" data-original-width="600" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMCl-S2-rVJOWKfBqr61uANHI5p6UDLl5H-1JwB-sjFsiGPnNQZxunYVaTHfno43cOv-JdPPjtV3kGNc3lngXZe-8ZT2et8z_vHp4XX_zM5LdAkycyZcApZ8DbJcW6H27t-zbEzNEZQduSJvYdDkXTNRIv3oxKKli6r6aGQe5HVhILDiyRMpeZyZqG/w400-h171/cclogo3.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Hear ye, Hear ye! I'm happy to announce that I'll be selling and signing books in Biloxi, Mississippi, at <b><a href="http://www.coastcon.org/" target="_blank">CoastCon 45</a></b> from March 3 - 5, 2023.</p><p>The convention will be held at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center right across from the sandy beaches of Biloxi. It'll feature special guests, gaming, panels, and vendors galore.</p><p>Also, I'm elated to reveal that CoastCon 45 will be the public debut of <b>my brand new novel, <i>THE SHADOW JUBILEE</i>.</b></p><p>"What the hell is a <i>shadow jubilee</i>?" you might ask. Stay tuned and find out...</p>Jared Millethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05820953431899069491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958043990335462650.post-74786399700534384142022-10-21T08:30:00.000-05:002022-10-21T08:30:27.760-05:00A Tale of Two Stories<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTYmX8Y4sGrMhqk-sDU4TOOS86t_lb6bltsD6ah7LqY5I-wyo6D_C1u0_JS5x2Zdt2WDc1KIGALftcwsEZ5L4azc1p291ZKDbJxVOyMp6npqHb3gXYuuHikl-yGZz9E9doi9Vx_TeZQyEbGH5vxUcZlqaazLCMlNDe_xSrLMP5soWJBEd8KgMF7clm/s634/2mags.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="634" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTYmX8Y4sGrMhqk-sDU4TOOS86t_lb6bltsD6ah7LqY5I-wyo6D_C1u0_JS5x2Zdt2WDc1KIGALftcwsEZ5L4azc1p291ZKDbJxVOyMp6npqHb3gXYuuHikl-yGZz9E9doi9Vx_TeZQyEbGH5vxUcZlqaazLCMlNDe_xSrLMP5soWJBEd8KgMF7clm/w400-h290/2mags.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">It never rains, but it pours. At least that’s how it feels when you’re an author waiting for stories to sell, and then waiting for those stories to crawl into print. It’s been six months since <a href="http://jaredmillet.blogspot.com/2022/04/three-knives-in-on-spec-magazine.html" target="_blank">“Three Knives”</a> appeared in <i>On Spec</i>, and then suddenly two stories of mine dropped within a week and a half of each other. This happened last fall when <a href="https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/discontinuity/" target="_blank">“Discontinuity”</a> and <a href="https://translunartravelerslounge.com/2021/08/15/the-librarian-of-babyl-by-jared-millet/" target="_blank">“The Librarian of Babyl”</a> came out, and now it's happened again. My new stories this month have a special connection, which I’ll get to in a minute. But first, a taste:</p><p><a href="https://aurealis.com.au/store/aurealis-155/" target="_blank">“Bigger Fish” ~ <i>Aurealis </i>#155</a></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: justify;">“Here’s the scoop,” Hector said with a smile. “The planet Brobdin wants to eat you. That’s what it does. This world has nothing even remotely resembling plant life. Aside from some microbes that feed off thermal vents, everything here eats everything else. It’s a ‘kill or be killed’ world, and you’ll probably get eaten anyway for your trouble.”</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Mora steered three cameras at once. She kept one in orbit around Hector’s head while another recorded the view through Gulliver Station’s meter-thick window, just beneath the surface of Brobdin’s world ocean. Hector gestured wildly for his imaginary audience.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“There are a billion hungry leviathans on this nightmare water-world. Stick with me and we’ll ride the back of one.”</p></blockquote><div><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Colored-Lens-Autumn-2022-ebook/dp/B0BHRGZPWR/" target="_blank">“The God In the Bottle” ~ <i>The Colored Lens</i>, Autumn 2022</a></div><div><br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div style="text-align: justify;">Between one moment and the next, a god stood in front of my table. He’d squeezed himself into the form of a man wearing a gray business suit.</div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">“I am Wealth. Don’t pretend not to worship me. Your presence is commanded by the Highest.”</div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">Always knowing when people were lying made life among humans a headache, but being around gods was even worse. Everything they said was true by definition. When a god as powerful as Wealth called, it was more than a half-breed like me could resist.</div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">What's awesome about these two stories coming out together is that, in their original forms, they were both written at pretty much the same time.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Turn the Wayback Machine to <a href="http://jaredmillet.blogspot.com/2014/10/" target="_blank">2014</a>, when I was gearing up for my 8th <a href="https://nanowrimo.org/" target="_blank">NaNoWriMo</a>. The year before, I’d done a serial novel which became my first draft of <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B088SYKSXK/" target="_blank">The Whisper</a></i>. This year, my goal was to write a month of short stories, from which I’d later pick the best, polish them off, and send them out for submission. My NaNo project that year was a success. The follow-through... less so. Instead, I let everything I wrote that month languish in authorial limbo and focused on my library career.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Fast forward to 2018. I’d quit the aforementioned library career and was busy circumnavigating South America with my wife (as chronicled in <a href="http://theescapehatch.net/south-america-2018-2019/" target="_blank">The Escape Hatch</a>). I also decided it was time to dig into that trunk of first drafts I wrote in 2014 and see if any were worth a second look.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The first one I tackled was “Bigger Fish,” a follow-up to <a href="http://jaredmillet.blogspot.com/2015/02/river-ascending-in-leading-edge-66.html" target="_blank">“River Ascending”</a> that put the same characters into an even hairier dilemma. “Bigger Fish” had originally been written with the same non-sequential framing device that I employed in “Discontinuity,” which I’d finished in the first month of our South American odyssey. Not wanting to use the same trick twice, I flattened out the older story’s timeline so it flowed in a traditional, linear manner. By October (in Lima, Peru) I had it whipped into a shape that made me happy and started sending it out to editors to see if any would bite.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“The God In the Bottle” was a harder nut to crack. It’s a noir-ish urban fantasy with a tone I really love, but I felt it needed a heavier rewrite to get it into publishable form. I dug into it deep while trudging through Brazil in March, 2019, but I wasn't happy with it until May when we were in Columbia and almost ready to come home. I started sending it out in the summer as I was writing the first draft of yet another novel - one that will hopefully see the light of day soon.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Scroll ahead to the present, and both of these stories are out in the world! If you’re watching the clock, that’s a month shy of <i>eight years</i> between initial conception and publication. Four of those are my own fault for letting them sit in limbo so long, but the other four years just show the glacial pace of submitting short stories and awaiting publication. But now the wait’s over and both stories have a home. Follow the links and check them out today!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://aurealis.com.au/store/aurealis-155/" target="_blank">“Bigger Fish” ~ <i>Aurealis </i>#155</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Colored-Lens-Autumn-2022-ebook/dp/B0BHRGZPWR/" target="_blank">“The God In the Bottle” ~ <i>The Colored Lens</i>, Autumn 2022</a></div>Jared Millethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05820953431899069491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958043990335462650.post-72520915363315101862022-09-23T07:08:00.000-05:002022-09-23T07:08:06.548-05:00Next Chapter Con, October 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuq67ZXYqF2zv5vF9h1NPIGORtYiqMwddQAHot3Z8C4UVN9e8nle-2i_6qWApiK7x1rPMK6tteKKoqZC2UdBCvO0_JKSXclYHU7Q7cH43urli4PG0terKYY8kxL2Qi1EjtDg2K3HD7ICrGzPZjpPKAQi7mRUU7fd_BmAAUVqBEvQg16Sefs1W3qz8f/s459/next.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="323" data-original-width="459" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuq67ZXYqF2zv5vF9h1NPIGORtYiqMwddQAHot3Z8C4UVN9e8nle-2i_6qWApiK7x1rPMK6tteKKoqZC2UdBCvO0_JKSXclYHU7Q7cH43urli4PG0terKYY8kxL2Qi1EjtDg2K3HD7ICrGzPZjpPKAQi7mRUU7fd_BmAAUVqBEvQg16Sefs1W3qz8f/s320/next.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>For any and all readers between Chattanooga and Atlanta, get ready for <a href="https://www.nextchaptercon.com/" target="_blank">Next Chapter Con</a> in Dalton, Georgia on October 1!</p><p>This is specifically a convention for <a href="https://www.nextchaptercon.com/authors.html" target="_blank">authors and readers.</a> Every genre under the sun will be present, with books galore for everyone. There will also be panels (I may be on one) and no excuse whatsoever not to blow your annual book budget supporting your local authors. <a href="https://www.nextchaptercon.com/nccx-ticket.html" target="_blank">Tickets are a steal at only $7.</a></p><p>In other news, I've got two (count 'em) two new stories coming out just around the corner. "The God in the Bottle" is slated to appear in the Autumn 2022 issue of <i>The Colored Lens</i>, while my story "Bigger Fish" will be unleashed upon the world in an upcoming issue of <i>Aurealis</i>. Stay Tuned!</p>Jared Millethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05820953431899069491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958043990335462650.post-85120664465560525852022-06-21T07:56:00.001-05:002022-06-21T07:56:50.960-05:00Magic City Con, June 24 - 26<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXj6x94W4wSstO0e3Ube6xYogAAdBribTR3Aa6MYMgxRwH0h3Hwg0B3bNqaUvH0wlEpa5shtihEPJJuH1jeQzK_Gq29Yv_V-9GW3S91DuJly1jiCm-6bNrvdH3JqXucxCfablGrTZlEjsEzVfs1i_afMdRQf8zxV92nrZG7A7HH-QZENDv5-rNKUd/s320/teaserbox_13548863.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXj6x94W4wSstO0e3Ube6xYogAAdBribTR3Aa6MYMgxRwH0h3Hwg0B3bNqaUvH0wlEpa5shtihEPJJuH1jeQzK_Gq29Yv_V-9GW3S91DuJly1jiCm-6bNrvdH3JqXucxCfablGrTZlEjsEzVfs1i_afMdRQf8zxV92nrZG7A7HH-QZENDv5-rNKUd/s1600/teaserbox_13548863.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Greetings, fellow Earthlings, and especially those who live within an easy drive of Birmingham, Alabama. This very weekend, I'll be joining you all at this year's Magic City Con.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.magiccitycon.com/" target="_blank">Magic City Con</a> is Birmingham's premier convention for science fiction, fantasy, gaming, cosplay, and all things that make us fans feel right at home. It's being held at the Hyatt Regency Birmingham - Wynfrey Hotel, adjacent to the Riverchase Galleria. Doors open and 3:00 pm, Friday June 24, and the show continues through Sunday afternoon. There are special guests, artists, game rooms, discussion panels, and (of course) awesome vendors galore.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I'll be sharing a booth with my good friend, Birmingham's very own space opera queen, author <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Howard/e/B072MSLZBC" target="_blank">Teresa Howard,</a> whom I've known since my years with the <a href="http://events.hooverlibrary.org/event/6462837" target="_blank">Hoover Library Write Club</a> (and whose story, "Dead In Me," was featured in my <i><a href="https://summergothic.com" target="_blank">Summer Gothic</a></i> anthology). Come stop by our table and see what's on offer!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(I'll give you a hint: <a href="https://secondearths.com/" target="_blank">Books. Lots of books.</a> And possibly discounts.)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On a personal note, this will be my first SF convention since I started writing full-time as my career. Stay masked, stay safe, and I hope to see you there!</p>Jared Millethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05820953431899069491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958043990335462650.post-68374474208078220062022-04-21T14:24:00.001-05:002022-04-22T15:20:34.927-05:00"Three Knives" in On Spec Magazine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHrI7VhmQmFyiM7-RebSVHtR95QCcVBVybaOU0AiCjRMzp37G-GfxJJYaGnDc2gimotQwhhLDqGK_sRS-6I9xkZEP1gn3qfaUoRYafLy2LHWEpbe3nZSnJvek5K_BwPPROTurxjxw_AC8J9S74aKFkH5gynS3sOidgWg8s6CjU8GPYJCBXzcJJGzsd/s3420/OnSpec119.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3420" data-original-width="2245" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHrI7VhmQmFyiM7-RebSVHtR95QCcVBVybaOU0AiCjRMzp37G-GfxJJYaGnDc2gimotQwhhLDqGK_sRS-6I9xkZEP1gn3qfaUoRYafLy2LHWEpbe3nZSnJvek5K_BwPPROTurxjxw_AC8J9S74aKFkH5gynS3sOidgWg8s6CjU8GPYJCBXzcJJGzsd/w263-h400/OnSpec119.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">If it please the court, I'd like to offer the following into evidence. "Three Knives" is my first foray in to pure, straight-up, skin-crawling horror, and it's available now in <a href="https://weightlessbooks.com/on-spec-magazine-119-vol-32-no-1/" target="_blank">On Spec Magazine.</a> Here's a taste for free:</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>A padded envelope addressed to my five-year-old daughter Stacy sat outside our door when I brought her home from afterschool. There was no return address and worse, no postage. I waited to open it until after she’d gone to watch cartoons in her room.</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>The only thing in the package was an old straight razor. I dropped it on the kitchen table and my heart skipped a beat. The grip was soft and pitted from use. The blade was tarnished, and there were specks along its edge that may or may not have been rust. </i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>I knew that razor as well as I knew each scar it had traced on my body. But it couldn’t be the one I remembered. When I was ten years old, I’d thrown that razor in the fire of my burning house. The blade might have survived, but not the wooden handle. I fell into a chair and watched it, as if it might somehow come to life. It took me longer than it should to call the cops.</i></p></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://onspecmag.wpcomstaging.com/" target="_blank">On Spec</a> is Canada's premier science fiction and fantasy magazine, and I'm thrilled to be included in the latest issue. And while I'm not Canadian myself, I've got enough Cajun in me that I would have been Canadian if my ancestors hadn't been kicked out three hundred years ago. But then again, if they hadn't, we'd never have learned to boil crawfish.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But I digress. Unlike my other recent stories that I've posted, this one isn't available for free. However, you're welcome to <a href="https://weightlessbooks.com/on-spec-magazine-119-vol-32-no-1/" target="_blank">buy an ebook copy</a> of the magazine from Weightless Books, or <a href="https://onspecmag.wpcomstaging.com/subscribe/" target="_blank">subscribe and get it in print.</a> It's well worth it!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">UPDATE: Here's a review from <i><a href="https://amazingstories.com/clubhouse-review-on-spec-magazine-119/" target="_blank">Amazing Stories</a></i> ~</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"[Three Knives is] a story in the finest tradition of who-done-it mysteries, or rather, who’s-about-to-do-what mysteries. I enjoyed it. Kept me guessing." - R. Graeme Cameron</div>Jared Millethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05820953431899069491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958043990335462650.post-89145709944238192892022-04-12T08:34:00.001-05:002022-04-12T08:34:35.994-05:00Apex Magazine Kickstarter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm9eDt2YQm9VF00SOBgfUs162k9wG1Eti6r2emRIP1MtSEHtQr0Ln29EHZIbPGdptXhx77opEpVIpaLWFbm4AGXDVwpu9rKvBaUPDnpklnck0VIqNAICVdYuRmWPKncxje4AMVtcyAPTC_obsrLhmdjBrJ1U8O6Ds25LNd51iPlEwAVOGwADNigdiJ/s971/ApexAnthology.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="971" data-original-width="680" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm9eDt2YQm9VF00SOBgfUs162k9wG1Eti6r2emRIP1MtSEHtQr0Ln29EHZIbPGdptXhx77opEpVIpaLWFbm4AGXDVwpu9rKvBaUPDnpklnck0VIqNAICVdYuRmWPKncxje4AMVtcyAPTC_obsrLhmdjBrJ1U8O6Ds25LNd51iPlEwAVOGwADNigdiJ/w280-h400/ApexAnthology.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><br /><p>All right, readers. Today I'm here to shill for <a href="https://apex-magazine.com/" target="_blank"><i>Apex Magazine</i></a>, the wonderful people who published my story <a href="https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/discontinuity/" target="_blank">“Discontinuity”</a> online back in September. Their new goal is to publish a shiny new anthology, <i>in print</i> no less, including all forty-eight original stories that appeared in <i>Apex </i>in 2021. For anyone counting, that was six regular bi-monthly issues and two special issues: one highlighting indigenous authors and another focusing on international SF.</p><p>What do you get for supporting their Kickstarter? Lots of options are available, including ebook and print copies of the anthology, a subscription to the magazine, a chance to have your own name immortalized in an upcoming story, an editorial critique of a story of your own, and... if you shell out the really big bucks... you can get every copy of <i>Apex </i>ever printed. (Not to mention the gratitude of the editors and all of the authors.)</p><p><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/apexpublications/apex-magazine-2021-compilation-anthology" target="_blank">So get thee to Kickstarter and support the Apex 2021 Anthology.</a></p><p>Meanwhile, in the not-too-distant future, another new story of mine is shuffling toward publication. More details soon!</p>Jared Millethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05820953431899069491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958043990335462650.post-59400653006868396222022-03-17T15:05:00.001-05:002022-03-17T15:05:25.725-05:00Book Signing at the North Myrtle Beach Library<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEis88grpu5d-uaS2-2ptbaCFBDqS1LOmkiS0weHnnTMElsk7cwsML3CuC4NajPJTwMinxokm97TPnnLzlY7dAKlpYq3EZuNrf5_uJMgZeij_zqklngE0aElIi37C2MtXBW82I5WaHRakAhXVz05F1LjzRhmarEwIrzjQz5J8FtiMAJVFmjDP9edvmiT=s937" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="703" data-original-width="937" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEis88grpu5d-uaS2-2ptbaCFBDqS1LOmkiS0weHnnTMElsk7cwsML3CuC4NajPJTwMinxokm97TPnnLzlY7dAKlpYq3EZuNrf5_uJMgZeij_zqklngE0aElIi37C2MtXBW82I5WaHRakAhXVz05F1LjzRhmarEwIrzjQz5J8FtiMAJVFmjDP9edvmiT=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>On April 7, I'll be reading and signing copies of my books at the <a href="https://horry.ent.sirsi.net/" target="_blank">North Myrtle Beach Library.</a> Here's the press release:</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p><b><i>Atlanta Author Jared Millet To Speak at North Myrtle Beach Library</i></b></p><p>Friends of the Library North Myrtle Beach is pleased to present its April “Coffee with Friends” literary event <b>Thursday, April 7, at 10 a.m.</b> All are invited to attend this free program. Coffee and refreshments will be served. </p><p>This series meets on the first Thursday of the month and features local and regional authors who talk about their books and answer questions. The authors sell autographed books to interested guests and donate a signed copy to the library. </p><p>Friends of the Library is a non-profit organization that supports North Myrtle Beach Library with funding for programs, equipment, and supplies. </p></blockquote><p>The specific book I'll be promoting is <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Whisper-Jared-Millet-ebook/dp/B088SYKSXK/" target="_blank">The Whisper</a></i>, but I'll have copies of all my titles available. The library's address is 910 1st Ave S, North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. If you're in the area, I hope to see you there!</p>Jared Millethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05820953431899069491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958043990335462650.post-25727618507119819652022-03-01T13:32:00.000-06:002022-03-01T13:32:55.108-06:00The Battle for Majadan Ends<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2iV0QOvpHvsKriyEU2lkBPJ4wWJrAScnZHRVq6dyJJ0gX_PMp0Iqk5uvILqy2_XfZ5OPAt7t8n-8xyNo3n2gfbBrIHyvYfvzd9Ph0zDSC4PwZHVZQmjOiHcpMXnNI0mqb6Prg-OwixlFexmt9XMwUyb7h8xrRR3ytznNfSpBtIyt-yAkGSoHIhV05=s1200" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="1200" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2iV0QOvpHvsKriyEU2lkBPJ4wWJrAScnZHRVq6dyJJ0gX_PMp0Iqk5uvILqy2_XfZ5OPAt7t8n-8xyNo3n2gfbBrIHyvYfvzd9Ph0zDSC4PwZHVZQmjOiHcpMXnNI0mqb6Prg-OwixlFexmt9XMwUyb7h8xrRR3ytznNfSpBtIyt-yAkGSoHIhV05=w400-h205" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="text-align: justify;">With today's publication of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09NLC24TD" target="_blank">The Ghost Cauldron</a>, my long-gestating trilogy comes to a close! Here's the blurb for the set:</span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>The Wight Lords of the Madlands are on the road to war. Their first target is the city of Majadan. Next: the rest of civilization itself. Caught up in the chaos is a ragtag band of survivors. They aren't heroes or generals, immortals or gods, but in the right place, and at the right time, the actions of an insignificant few may tip the balance of the world.</i></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;">This concludes a project I’ve been working on for a very long time, and still the ending surprised me. It’s funny what happens when the characters take over the story. You can get the whole set on ebook for a whopping-low $10.97, or <i>absolutely free</i> if you're a Kindle Unlimited subscriber.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B094F3Z8RR" target="_blank">Click Here and Browse the Whole Series.</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The cover artist, <a href="https://www.fiverr.com/oliviaprodesign" target="_blank">Olivia Pro Design,</a> is Ukrainian, and I sincerely hope that she, her family, and all her friends are safe. From what I can tell, she’s still busy and working, so if any of my readers are also indie authors, I highly recommend her. She also does logo design and digital marketing, so if you’re in need of those services, by all means <a href="https://www.fiverr.com/oliviaprodesign" target="_blank">check out her page!</a></p>Jared Millethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05820953431899069491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958043990335462650.post-42489500760868616312021-12-14T08:45:00.000-06:002021-12-14T08:45:19.403-06:00The Ghost Cauldron: Cover and Release Date<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLisgQQ1LoalpmHPfVhEv649yvjT8cXUvzqu9Mh-4AmMI61pQTB1_o-tLuo2kFeaxxKQlWibUaZkqe0Q3SzuVRHCveU84VDsu-JCJsh3ushlGXq5n1kGKwKiz2a4aIFiZ42IUS_RabJNI6tl0c7j7T_qkMs4o7xiVc6-IpsAFoqpX59QxQyGW7Sk8W=s2543" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1647" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLisgQQ1LoalpmHPfVhEv649yvjT8cXUvzqu9Mh-4AmMI61pQTB1_o-tLuo2kFeaxxKQlWibUaZkqe0Q3SzuVRHCveU84VDsu-JCJsh3ushlGXq5n1kGKwKiz2a4aIFiZ42IUS_RabJNI6tl0c7j7T_qkMs4o7xiVc6-IpsAFoqpX59QxQyGW7Sk8W=w414-h640" width="414" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Here we are at last. Behold the cover to the third and final book in my long-gestating trilogy, <i>The Battle for Majadan</i>. I'm really happy with how all of my covers came out, thanks to the wonderful <a href="https://www.fiverr.com/oliviaprodesign" target="_blank">Olivia Pro Design</a>. If you're an indie author, be sure to check her out!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The next bit of news is, of course, the release date: <b>February 28, 2022</b>. (Yay, the crowd goes wild.) Yes, if you scroll back through my blog posts, you'll see that's quite a bit later than I'd planned. But to quote Professor Tolkien, "The story grew in the telling." It's finished, but it just needs two more months of spit and polish before it's ready for public consumption. You can, however, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NLC24TD" target="_blank">pre-order the ebook now</a> while you're in that holiday shopping-spree spirit. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>The Ghost Cauldron</i>, like the first two books in the series, will be Amazon-exclusive and available free to Kindle Unlimited subscribers. Here's the blurb for your blurb-reading pleasure:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>No peace for the living, no rest for the dead.</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">As the Wight Lords’ armies march across the world, former fugitive and refugee Aust returns home to where the invasion began. He arrives in the devastated city of Majadan to join an underground resistance, but his allies are fractured and their leaders vie for power while his friend Shadmar Dukane wages a reckless, private war.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Shadmar escaped Majadan as a broken man. Now he has become an engineer of vengeance, a ruthless mage and torturer who’ll stop at nothing to destroy the Wights. His victories have made him a hero of the resistance, but Aust fears that the longer Shadmar spirals into darkness, the more of his humanity he’ll lose along the way.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">But Shadmar and Aust don’t stand against the Wights alone. Eris was one of those killed in the invasion, but she and the spirits of the dead on both sides are trapped, unable to escape from the city. Forging an alliance with her slain former enemies, Eris leads a ghost rebellion to free the captive dead, for the Wight Lords’ atrocities go deeper than any of the living suspect.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">When all three factions of the conflict converge, Aust learns that every slain foe becomes fuel for the Wight Lords’ final weapon, a cauldron that burns the souls of the dead and converts them into raw magic. As the shape of the Wight Lords’ agenda becomes clear, Aust will have to make an impossible choice, lest the world be consumed in an ultimate battle that neither the living nor dead will escape.</p><div><br /></div>Jared Millethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05820953431899069491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958043990335462650.post-8631716464148870572021-09-16T12:36:00.000-05:002021-09-16T12:36:34.081-05:00The Death of Eris: A FREE Novella!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8quICD3TLkdwjoPDQqKJOYueIRbJjtkK_wdOHAD6wHjhnj2F-UFaP-PQdODeVqBs9qqhxIA7k7Lgpn8ou6cYN54VKBDzxC0ibIVSYxEeaqPrY5H9scoqfdQ1JkJRoQ-kkKhXWQtBd4aY/s2048/eris_ebook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8quICD3TLkdwjoPDQqKJOYueIRbJjtkK_wdOHAD6wHjhnj2F-UFaP-PQdODeVqBs9qqhxIA7k7Lgpn8ou6cYN54VKBDzxC0ibIVSYxEeaqPrY5H9scoqfdQ1JkJRoQ-kkKhXWQtBd4aY/w266-h400/eris_ebook.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>When Eris died in battle, her problems really began.</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The city of Majadan fell in one night to the army of the Wight Lords of the Madlands. The defenders of the city fought back, and they died. The people of the city tried to flee, and they died. Eris was one of the very, very few who almost made it out alive. The last thing she remembered was fighting to make sure that the woman she loved could escape.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Then she died.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In life, Eris was an earth-elf, a soldier, and a slave. All she’d ever known was the struggle to survive. However, her troubles didn’t end with her death, for the Wight Lords hadn’t merely conquered Majadan; they’d built a wall around it to trap the city’s souls. Unable to escape, Eris only had two choices: hide forever, or track the power that imprisoned the city’s ghosts to its source.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Eris’s life had always been cheap, but she’d make sure her death would cost the Wight Lords dearly.</p><p style="text-align: center;">~</p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><b>The Death of Eris</b></i> is a free novella set within the chaos of the Battle for Majadan trilogy.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://dl.bookfunnel.com/p1a9mqu4d9" target="_blank">Download Your Copy Today!</a></b></p>Jared Millethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05820953431899069491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958043990335462650.post-64934007491322473332021-09-07T15:00:00.002-05:002021-09-17T17:42:57.578-05:00“Discontinuity” in Apex Magazine<p><span style="text-align: justify;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkRvyTh_AMiB8IeZBQJZEcjwhjiijA5lp0iGfDuovHtQ61mAYNhR6cpnZp8HtLdsn3cWWfhrTKBGiE1xpMXouBZgBuX2S3yxvGEDtPNmKVL3x3XZIj67wtYw2CqCeZJGMOIymLuYqItwM/s2000/Apex125.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkRvyTh_AMiB8IeZBQJZEcjwhjiijA5lp0iGfDuovHtQ61mAYNhR6cpnZp8HtLdsn3cWWfhrTKBGiE1xpMXouBZgBuX2S3yxvGEDtPNmKVL3x3XZIj67wtYw2CqCeZJGMOIymLuYqItwM/s320/Apex125.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><br />The hits keep coming! Another new story of mine is out right now in the latest issue of Apex Magazine. It<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: justify;">’s called </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;">“Discontinuity.” Here</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: justify;">’s a taste:</span><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;"><i>Stars snap into place outside Lura’s cockpit. A red giant twenty degrees off her ship’s nose has visibly shifted position. The nebula above her has grown more diffuse. She exhales, clicks the button to log another successful breach, and lets herself blink while the flight computer calculates the next FTL jump. She never closes her eyes during the breach. Whether or not it helps doesn’t matter. What’s important is to maintain her sense of self.</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;"><i>She reviews her mental inventory. She is Captain Lura Maraj. Her parents are Ama and Sondi. Her brother is Ravi. Her mission …</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;"><i>She shakes off a wave of dizziness. Her mission is her mission. She can’t let herself forget. She eyes the button that would inject her with a dose of Reboot, then pushes it out of her mind. She prefers other ways of keeping a grip on reality. </i></span></span></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.4px;"></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://apex-magazine.com/discontinuity/" target="_blank">Read the story free online!</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">From their <a href="https://apex-magazine.com/apex-in-september/" target="_blank">blog</a>:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;"><i>“With new fiction from Joelle Wellington, Rachel Swirsky, Maggie Slater, D. Thomas Minton, Rose Keating, and Jared Millet, classic fiction from Yohanca Delgado, Tenea D. Johnson, and Jason Sanford, non-fiction from Maria Dong and Ken MacGregor, and this amazing cover from Marcela Bolívar, it's a spectacular issue.”</i></span></span></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px;"><i>Apex</i> is a fantastic magazine, and I</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;">’m thrilled to be included with so many other great authors. But don</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;">’t take my word - <a href="https://apex-magazine.com/" target="_blank">read <i>Apex </i>for yourself!</a></span></div>Jared Millethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05820953431899069491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958043990335462650.post-82145857453272647732021-08-15T15:32:00.000-05:002021-08-15T15:32:45.815-05:00“The Librarian of Babyl” in Translunar Travelers Lounge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-1H6oF1YEL323W_S8fHpSjka6HYOLo_ym1Yo_LEbGo8ganpKtww2kuk06V9AIxK6mdMPDnLyIfLQDHYJdxSEQ2yET5xTAl8RN6LVq7TVHyFh8tLW4czkwPVsztq8JwqEQuHuYgJhE3A/s1024/ttl-5-cover_640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="640" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-1H6oF1YEL323W_S8fHpSjka6HYOLo_ym1Yo_LEbGo8ganpKtww2kuk06V9AIxK6mdMPDnLyIfLQDHYJdxSEQ2yET5xTAl8RN6LVq7TVHyFh8tLW4czkwPVsztq8JwqEQuHuYgJhE3A/w250-h400/ttl-5-cover_640.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Fun fact: Today’s my birthday! My present to you is my newest short story, “The Librarian of Babyl,” published online in the August 2021 issue of <i>Translunar Travelers Lounge.</i> It starts a little something like this:</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>The clank of a metal-shod staff heralded the arrival of Melnock the wizard to the library of Babyl-no-Ktan.</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Ragna, the noontide librarian, looked up from his clay tablet and set aside the daily missive from his superior. He closed his eyes, clenched his teeth, and promised for the thousandth time that he would neither run screaming from the building nor bludgeon Melnock to death with the nearest stool...</i></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://translunartravelerslounge.com/2021/08/15/the-librarian-of-babyl-by-jared-millet/" target="_blank">Read the rest right here.</a> Or better yet, <a href="https://translunartravelerslounge.com/" target="_blank">Click This</a> to see the whole issue! From their website:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“<i>Translunar Travelers Lounge</i> is a biannual speculative fiction magazine that aims to explore the fun side of fantasy and science fiction. In this issue you’ll find a soup-making seneschal of the dead and a teapot that brings self-enlightenment; gods and heroes finding a second life in the mortal world; a librarian dealing with rowdy patrons and a scribe writing for a demanding audience; two people with very different connections to the ocean; companionship in a wishing well and conflict at the border between water and wood; a trip into the desert and a quest to the bottom of the sea; a troublemaking theme song and a union organizing in hell.”</p><p style="text-align: justify;">It’s an all-around great issue. Be sure to check it out! </p>Jared Millethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05820953431899069491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958043990335462650.post-8355112672285896492021-07-15T08:17:00.000-05:002021-07-15T08:17:56.556-05:00The Wait Is Over: “The Bone Collar” is on sale!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidcv4ECczQPmzIsj_U0itCzgbjYhvILmKFtlxs7Wiu3Nm5k5UznhNfBvzZFlMJGs1i-wDu-lWNQ4OpcP_m3VqQUvyq-zJLDEgJWLEcaxDdlWpZxW4gEJol_R3ZP0QEu5E5nHE5CB59dWo/s2048/jaredmillet+FRONT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1325" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidcv4ECczQPmzIsj_U0itCzgbjYhvILmKFtlxs7Wiu3Nm5k5UznhNfBvzZFlMJGs1i-wDu-lWNQ4OpcP_m3VqQUvyq-zJLDEgJWLEcaxDdlWpZxW4gEJol_R3ZP0QEu5E5nHE5CB59dWo/s320/jaredmillet+FRONT.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">“Moth Blackwater is the last of her kind, a shapeshifting nomad whose family died on the night of the Wight Lord invasion. Now she's on the run half a world away in an ancient archipelago of sea-faring elves. During a desperate gamble to survive, Moth stumbles on a secret at the heart of the sea-elf nation and joins a conspiracy to dethrone the Empress herself. When all sides turn against her and every friend becomes a foe, can one lost girl stand against an Immortal? No matter the odds, Moth will have to try.”</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">The Battle for Majadan continues today!</p><p style="text-align: center;">Available in the format and/or vendor of your choice:</p><p style="text-align: center;">Paperback: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bone-Collar-Jared-Millet/dp/B0991CL6B5/" target="_blank">Amazon</a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Ebook: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0968L2T6G" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank">Amazon</a><span style="text-align: justify;"> | </span><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-bone-collar-jared-millet/1139607875?ean=2940164922467" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a><span style="text-align: justify;"> | </span><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-bone-collar/id1570152202" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank">Apple Books</a> | <a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-bone-collar" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank">Kobo</a><span style="text-align: justify;"> | </span><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1087185" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank">Smashwords</a></p><p style="text-align: center;">~</p><p style="text-align: justify;">P.S. Have you not read the first book in this series? Well, <a href="https://BookHip.com/RDLAPWQ" target="_blank">download it here</a> for free.</p>Jared Millethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05820953431899069491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958043990335462650.post-75643099704187050342021-07-01T08:22:00.000-05:002021-07-01T08:22:08.839-05:00Ahoy There, Readers! ~ An Excerpt from "The Bone Collar"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDPcmgM1YUAkljwiTxJJiy5siASwAfYyVpDtUvLvfA26CoCHVGCIhx42GAFB0XaQgWVIDF7-ws3bsd6kTGbz8uHLw8mbdV83VEFbYjgXXd96Slkmb8Jbht8_ka62ZkXshNzxvXWAL5L90/s1650/banner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="928" data-original-width="1650" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDPcmgM1YUAkljwiTxJJiy5siASwAfYyVpDtUvLvfA26CoCHVGCIhx42GAFB0XaQgWVIDF7-ws3bsd6kTGbz8uHLw8mbdV83VEFbYjgXXd96Slkmb8Jbht8_ka62ZkXshNzxvXWAL5L90/w400-h225/banner.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">[Spoilers if you haven't read your <a href="https://BookHip.com/RDLAPWQ" target="_blank">FREE COPY of <i>The Blood Prayer</i></a> yet.]</p><p style="text-align: justify;">After a night of fitful unrest, I woke to someone hammering on my cabin’s door. The <i>Valerie </i>had been lurching through rough seas since sundown, and I still hadn’t learned to sleep through the weather. The banging on the door almost drowned out Moth’s voice.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“Mister Aust! Mister Jago! There’s another ship. Come see.”</p><p style="text-align: justify;">My hammock swung in time with the swell. Our cabin didn’t have a window, so I reached through the dark in the direction I thought was “up” and felt for the beam above me. Once I found it, I pulled my legs free and swung down in time with the crest of a wave. Jago’s bunk was directly below mine, and I’d discovered the dangers of simply rolling out of bed.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The ship tried to slip out from under me as I stumbled toward the door. Jago snored like a wolf cub, oblivious to the sea and the racket Moth was making. I opened the door midway between blows and glared at my tormentor.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“Mister Aust, there’s a ship,” she said. “Tasnan navy, maybe. Come on, come see.”</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I let her lead me by the arm. Her black curls were cropped so boyishly short that she almost could have passed for one of the crew, had it not been for her frilly red dress. She wore three or four bracelets on each arm, brass earrings that she’d charmed from one of the sailors, and several beaded necklaces, none of which were actually worth anything. In addition to these items, she wore a tight leather cord threaded with slivers of bone around her neck, the token that marked her as a Scenga of the Blackwater clan.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">She clambered up the steps to the deck, and water sprayed down when she opened the hatch. Moth and I had taken to going barefoot like the crew, but if the deck was cold and slick it might have been wise to go back for my boots. I paused, but Moth yelled, “Hurry up, snail.” I was too groggy to fight her indomitable will.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As I’d feared, the deck was slippery with spray, and the whole ship bucked up and down like a stallion. The waves didn’t look as bad as they felt, but the helmsman was steering directly into the swells instead of taking them at an angle. The sails had been dropped, and teams of sailors scrambled to secure every foot of canvas. I pulled Moth under the quarterdeck steps so that we’d be out of the way.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Moth seemed excited by all the commotion. In truth, I worried about her. Not a month had passed since her clan had been slaughtered, but instead of grieving, Moth had buried her loss beneath a torrent of enthusiasm. It had endeared her to the crew, but I wondered what would happen if her cheer ever faded.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“There, see?” Moth pointed to starboard.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">When the <i>Valerie </i>topped the next crest, I saw a tall-masted warship bearing down on us, perhaps a mile away. Her wind-taut sails were silver and blue, and she seemed unusually narrow for her height. The warship’s sides bristled with cannons.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The <i>Valerie </i>lurched. Moth and I grabbed the stairs. Captain Forgil bellowed orders from the quarterdeck, but another voice cut through the air from the direction of the approaching ship. I couldn’t make out the words, but it sounded like someone was yelling through a pipe. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">“What’s going on?” I asked.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“Not a clue, me. This is great.”</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A light flashed on the Tasnan ship’s forecastle, followed moments later by a boom. One of the planks on our starboard rail exploded, and something the color of lead flashed through the air. Splinters clattered around us like hail, and I tried to shelter Moth with my body.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“Let’s hope that was a warning shot, lads,” said the bosun. “Now get that last fucking sail down and run up the colors!”</p><p style="text-align: justify;">My chest filled with dread. It had been weeks since we’d had any news from the outside world. If the Tasnan navy was attacking ships on sight, the situation out there must have been worse than we thought.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“Let’s get back below,” I said.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“Hells no, <i>gasho</i>. Staying here, me.”</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“Then keep your head down.” I stepped out from our hiding place to get a better look. There were two approaching ships, I now saw. One peeled out from behind the other on a course that would cut off any escape. The first ship tacked in the other direction, the better to catch us in a broadside. I could make out a handful of the words being shouted: <i>halt</i>, <i>down</i>, and something like <i>ordered </i>or <i>hoarded</i>. Another boom shook the air, followed by a fount of seawater over the forward rail.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The bosun rang the ship’s bell, over and over. Every sailor who wasn’t already on deck came running topside.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“All hands, all hands,” he shouted. “Inspection stations! Prepare to be boarded.”</p><p style="text-align: justify;">That sounded better. To be boarded and inspected was infinitely preferable to being sent to the bottom of the ocean. Coasting on momentum, the <i>Valerie </i>tipped drunkenly as one of the warships approached our port side.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The <i>Valerie</i>’s complement arranged themselves on deck. The sailors shuffled on their feet, looking back and forth between the Tasnan ship, their captain, and each other. Some of my fellow refugees had come above too. The ones with sense stayed out of the way, but a few leaned over the rail and waved at the approaching ship. I kept a firm hand on Moth’s arm, and we watched from our shelter by the quarterdeck.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The first warship drew close enough to see the faces of its crew and to read the name <i>Insistent </i>painted on the bow. As our forward motion came to a halt, the <i>Insistent </i>aimed two harpoon-guns at our side. They fired long barbs into the <i>Valerie</i>’s hull, trailing cables that the elven crew used to winch the two ships alongside each other.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Once we were close enough, two teams on the <i>Insistent </i>extended boathooks over our rail. The Shi’El marines not working to bridge the gap pointed handheld long-guns at us on the <i>Valerie</i>. The guns were magical weapons not unlike hand-cannons, but slimmer and nearly a yard in length. One of the <i>Insistent</i>’s officers raised a silver hoop to his mouth. When he spoke, it nearly deafened me.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>“STAND BACK FROM THE RAIL. DO NOT MAKE SUDDEN MOVEMENTS. WE WILL FIRE AT ANY SIGN OF RESISTANCE.”</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;">From the way everyone else winced, I wasn’t the only one whose ears were now ringing. Once the boathooks were secured between our ships, two sea-elves in mages’ robes activated a magic charge in the grappling lines. Both vessels lurched, locked to each other like a ship with a double hull. The sea-elf marines extended two gangplanks and sent an armed party across. Our captain stepped forward to greet them.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“Gibran Forgil, master of the <i>Valerie</i>. Permission to come aboard granted.”</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A Shi’El officer took the captain aside while the marines surrounded the passengers and crew. I pushed Moth behind me, and she poked me in the spine.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“I want to see.”</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“Shh.” I kept my grip on her arm while a second platoon of marines went down one of the stairwells. Apart from Shadmar and some other sick refugees, it looked like everyone aboard had come topside. Everyone except…</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A wolf’s head popped out of the nearest hatch and yawned, a bestial maw with fierce-looking incisors. The mighty jaw stretched, and cracked audibly shut. The manwolf shook his jowls, flinging off drops of rain, and then spoke.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“Could you bloody sea-rats make a bigger racket? What’s a fella got to do to get a few hours slee…”</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Every single gun held by every sea-elf marine was now pointed at Jago’s head.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“Whoa,” he said. “Hey. Ah, let’s… not do anything hasty.”</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Slowly Jago rose from hatch. He stood seven feet tall, an upright wolf covered in grey fur. Some of the elves inched forward as he climbed on deck, while others backed away. As soon as he cleared the hatch, one of the long-guns went off, blasting a handful of splinters from the mainmast.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“Crikey!” Jago shouted. Chaos broke out.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The <i>Valerie</i>’s sailors rushed the marines, who, focused on Jago, were taken by surprise. I heard a few splash as they were thrown overboard, and a cheer went up among the passengers.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The regiment of gunmen on the <i>Insistent </i>opened fire. The cheering stopped as the first crack sounded. Captain Forgil shouted for his men to stand down, and then there was nothing but gunshots and screams. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Moth laughed. Cracks echoed through the air, but she didn’t even flinch. I forced her down to the deck, shielding her with my body. She screamed and kicked me. “Get off, <i>gasho </i>pig!” Then she screamed in earnest as a bullet struck a plank beside our heads.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“Get out of here,” I said. “Get out. Take off. Leave us.”</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“No,” she yelled back, wriggling out of my grasp. “No one left behind. Not again. No one ever.”</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A bullet ricocheted not far from my ear.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“Moth, don’t be stupid. You have to go.”</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“I’m not–” The rest was a squeal as I picked her up and ran to starboard. “Don’t you dare, Aust! Don’t you dare!”</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I ran to the rail and threw Moth over the side.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">She never hit the water.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I asked her once what the change was like – if it hurt, or if she was frightened when it happened. She told me it was like walking from one room to another. In the blink of an eye, the air folded around her, and a raven soared into the sky. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigzNdc76Qtwli6OK1VF2z0Z6HYvQlRCVnfG1praPeof_0eBICapduydSqJvlDnQgfw1m-QLbS8gdpLfl1_UD0fZG8QyiTiuXkB9gLVFdWItlhdncwcJfzBXsOMpwXt8ZMjEL3azeR1uAQ/s2048/jaredmillet+FRONT.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1325" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigzNdc76Qtwli6OK1VF2z0Z6HYvQlRCVnfG1praPeof_0eBICapduydSqJvlDnQgfw1m-QLbS8gdpLfl1_UD0fZG8QyiTiuXkB9gLVFdWItlhdncwcJfzBXsOMpwXt8ZMjEL3azeR1uAQ/w129-h200/jaredmillet+FRONT.jpg" width="129" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Continued in <i>The Bone Collar</i>, available in print and ebook July 15, 2021</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Preorder the ebook now!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0968L2T6G" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-bone-collar-jared-millet/1139607875?ean=2940164922467" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-bone-collar/id1570152202" target="_blank">Apple Books</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-bone-collar" target="_blank">Kobo</a> | <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1087185" target="_blank">Smashwords</a></div>Jared Millethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05820953431899069491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-958043990335462650.post-11281836812184354152021-06-21T07:47:00.000-05:002021-06-21T07:47:24.001-05:00Four Stars for The Blood Prayer<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaF0Sf0KVgFF4TIi5Dv_3EGpCirfNaSjbpnTxt0J7jbYot1O9MHnYWyPLKcVHNDEzyz_tBOr5IxeDhUAqaXBHl2tlwV4r9jEdoMYUdjpVoqw_o6KhjEc6-h1tqRrdpKUbz4Vj1XJHUg2U/s2048/jaredmillet+front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1326" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaF0Sf0KVgFF4TIi5Dv_3EGpCirfNaSjbpnTxt0J7jbYot1O9MHnYWyPLKcVHNDEzyz_tBOr5IxeDhUAqaXBHl2tlwV4r9jEdoMYUdjpVoqw_o6KhjEc6-h1tqRrdpKUbz4Vj1XJHUg2U/w206-h320/jaredmillet+front.jpg" width="206" /></a></div>"Though high fantasy is dominated by epic sagas filled with clashing continents and sweeping generational conflicts, there is also a place for stories that zoom in on the details of what it would be like to live in such a time of magical war. [...] With dense action set in a closed city environment this story utilises the core principles of classic Greek theatre to the fullest: One time, One place, One action. Rather than a drawn out road trip, the story condenses the action into a single night with new twists and complications overlapping on almost every page. It is an intense experience that reminds me of both 'The Lies of Locke Lamora' for its focused scope and 'Resident Evil' for its brutal blood spattered violence."<p></p><p>- Charles Gull, <i>Reedsy Discovery</i></p><p><a href="https://reedsy.com/discovery/book/the-blood-prayer-jared-millet#review" target="_blank">Read the full review here!</a></p><p>Visit <a href="https://charlesgull.mobi/" target="_blank">Charles Gull's website</a> for more reviews and original fiction.</p><p>Check out <a href="https://reedsy.com/discovery" target="_blank">Reedsy Discovery</a> and sign up for their weekly newsletter. It's a great way to find new books by indie authors in all genres.</p>Jared Millethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05820953431899069491noreply@blogger.com0