As the third entry in the Elemental Witch League trilogy, The Fog raises the stakes to biblical proportions, opening with Satan and the Nephilim unleashing a supernatural “end-of-days” weapon meant to drown the world in terror and death. From there, the novel widens fast—into a globe-spanning, good-versus-evil conflict where a young “Fundamental Witch,” Susan, and her …
Veteran educator and author Margaret Stenerson announces the release of two powerful books that shine a light on the transformative power of knowledge, curiosity, and lifelong learning: My Noble Profession (Third Edition) and The Joy of Knowing: Everyday Wonders and Science Stories. Together, these titles offer a heartfelt tribute to teaching as a calling, and …
The Jesus Trail: Following in the Footsteps of Christ by Pierce Kelley is a deeply moving and contemplative novel that follows sixteen-year-old Mekhaeil Zacharias, a Coptic Christian, as he undertakes a pilgrimage from Nazareth through the Galilee to Jerusalem. Still reeling from the horrific murder of his two older brothers and nineteen other Coptic Christians …
First published: Feb 13, 2014 Back in 2014, self-published science fiction and fantasy author, Michael La Ronn, wrote a short post for the Alliance of Independent Authors about a genre he had recently adopted: Interactive Fiction. This was at a… The post Writing Interactive Fiction appeared first on The Self-Publishing Advice Center.
A violent entity attempts to kill her by possessing anyone Egyptian American Mina is alone with. To protect her friends and family, Mina cuts them off without explanation, retreating as she searches for a solution. The only person who seems to understand what she’s facing is Jesse Talbot, her reclusive classmate and neighbor, who presents …
For the past two years, Driver X has been the getaway driver for the Tiger Syndicate. When he was younger, all he could think about was being a racer and winning glory, but chasing his dreams and going against his father’s wishes led to X getting into a major accident. Now, his family thinks he’s …
Every Western historian knows the name of Frederick Jackson Turner, who, in 1893, declared that the American frontier was closed. (It was just a year after Wounded Knee, after all, pretty well the closing shots of the American Indian Wars.) No one remembers Turner’s wife, Mae. Granted that she figures only slightly in Nelson’s narrative, …
Suitcase and surfboard in tow, Fox sets out on foot to catch a wave. En route to the beach, he passes a bus, a train, and a plane (“catching” none of them), though Tabor’s images of these modes of transportation invite readers to catch fun details such as a pigeon riding the bus, a bat …
Evan Weaver, an English teenager from Elmwood Vale, keeps his warlock identity secret. Although magic is legal in witches’ and warlocks’ homes—as long as it doesn’t affect the mundane—only Gran, a witch herself, knew the truth about Evan, and she warned him that “People fear what they don’t understand, and fear makes them do terrible …
Beaudry-Losique, who has worked in the North American energy field for years, describes himself as an energy geek who lives and breathes electrons, molecules, and all things related to energy technology. He opens his book with a dire warning: The next energy crisis is already here. The U.S., he contends, bogged down by obstructionist legislation, …
Society, after suffering various crises (including pandemics), has returned from the brink via a carefully controlled, male-dominated technocracy called the “SCS.” Only “Upper Sphere” elites have the right to easily marry, bear children, and serve useful functions as artists, planners, legislators, and the like. “Outcastes,” at the opposite end of the social spectrum, are simply …
Victoria Barrón was born in Mexico but was orphaned when she was 8 years old. Her paternal uncle, Elias, and his wife, Marta, adopted her and raised her in El Paso, Texas. Now, she’s an immigration attorney in that city with her own law firm called the Center for Help. In her office, she finds …
My ALLi author guest this episode is Cliff Lovette, an Atlanta-based author who came to fiction after a long career as an entertainment lawyer, working with major artists during a pivotal time in the music industry. He held onto a remarkable true story about a Soviet circus stranded in the United States for more than …