Author of Science Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Space, Horror… Douglas Smith is an award-winning Canadian author of speculative fiction, with over a hundred story sales in twenty-nine countries and twenty-four languages around the world. His stories have appeared in InterZone, Amazing Stories, Cicada, Baen’s Universe, Weird Tales, The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Postscripts, On Spec, and The Third Alternative, […]
Society’s Child—The autobiography behind Janis Ian’s 2013 Grammy for Best Spoken Word. Janis Ian began her career as a singer-songwriter in the 1960s with “Society’s Child.” In 1975, she won her first Grammy Award for the self-penned song, “At Seventeen”. She won her second Grammy in 2013 for her reading of Society’s Child: My Autobiography, in audiobook.
Daniele Serra is a professional illustrator and winner of The British Fantasy Society Best Artist Award, 2012. His work has been published in Europe, Australia and the United States, and displayed at various exhibits across the U.S. and Europe. He has provided illustrations for authors such as Brian Stableford, Rain Graves and Steven Savile. He
by Louisa Swann. I’ve heard several responses, everything from “What do you mean, whose head am I in?” to “I make sure every character has the opportunity to play the point of view character.” Okaaay. Maybe I should amend the question from “Why should I care?” to “Why should I care enough to do it
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by Julie Ricks. So you’ve sweated over your manuscript for 9 weeks, 9 months, or 9 years, and finally, finally, you are ready, with trepidation, to hand over your baby to an editor. You’re sure they’ll find a couple of typos, I mean, after all, no one is perfect. Perhaps you used a colon when
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New Novella by award-winning SF and Lucky Bat Book Author DOWN THE RIVER ROAD We are extremely proud to announce the publication of Gregory Benford’s novella, a backwoods fantasy, with both a nostalgic nod to the river of his childhood and an extreme view of time and life in a future where science outstrips the imagination and
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by Judith Harlan. We have lots of discussions here at Lucky Bat Books over the difference between the ebook and paperbook reading experience. We’re all pretty sure we know what paperbook reading should feel like; we’ve been reading paper books all our lives. (Maybe the last generation to do so? But that’s another blog.) As
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The Branchpoint Chronicles, Short Story Prequel: The Spark of Magic And so it begins: In this exciting prequel to the sci fi/fantasy series, The Branchpoint Chronicles, an act of mercy plunges three friends into a world of magic, danger and life-changing discoveries. Not only their lives but the future of their world hangs in the balance. The Branchpoint Chronicles,
Paralyzed in 2010 and told the independence he cherished would be a thing of the past, Grant Korgan, in his new book, Two Feet Back, shares his remarkable journey of spinal cord injury recovery, fueled by love and an unbreakable spirit. On March 5, 2010, Grant Korgan, a nanomechanical engineer, professional athlete and husband, was
by Cindie Geddes. An ebook is more than a digital representation of a print book. Let me take that back; an ebook CAN be more than a digital representation of a print book. Sure, you can take the same file you’re going to use for your print book, run it through any of a number
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