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Death’s Door   There was that song again, it tapped at my temples with its drowsy tone. Where had I heard it before? I couldn’t remember, I was stuck somewhere between dreaming and reality. On the edge of waking but still holding the hand of a dream. My eyelashes flutter against my face as I try to open my eyes, their lids heavier than normal. I wanted to sleep a little longer, but the blasted song would not stop playing. Dancing in my ears and forcing me to wake before I

Born of steel, fire, and black wind, J.V. Hilliard was raised as a highlander in the foothills of a once-great mountain chain on the...

S V Byrnes currently lives in the southwest. For the longest time, he hated reading and writing. That all changed in college. After a...

"Where secrets abound, trust is not an option—neither is failure." I had the honour of being the first to interview Matthew Dale,...

"The most important thing is, whatever you decide to choose, take it seriously and do your best." - Tom Sturridge The Indie...

Round 3 is underway and the top ten have been revealed! The judges have until May 15th to finish, and then the nail-biting will get...

The first round of books have been read and are now entering round two of the author battle! There was a slight hiccup at the end when one o

Hello everyone! Thanks for joining me. I hope you have a delicious beverage and a snack ready as you get comfy. I'm a person who likes...

If you haven't read part one, well, you're late to the party pal. Run (hop, skip or walk, it's up to you) to my previous ISFAB tagged...

*ISFAB is organized and sponsored by Fallbrandt Press.* Okay, it may not be exactly this type of battle but believe me, to those authors...

Eric Shapiro is a writer and filmmaker. Called "the next Philip K. Dick" by author Kealan Patrick Burke, Shapiro is the author of six...

A part of Stanely was born at the intersection of "once upon a time" and "where no man has gone before." As a result, Stanley found that...

The Manjian Chronicles have characters who are very near and dear to me; I began writing them as a teenager, so their story was easier to sh

The legends of Camelot got it wrong.

A lot of things have happened in 2020 and I want my future writing to be more plugged into the pulse of America.

I would say that the thing that I found most helpful was the mere fact of reading broadly and understanding and identifying what I liked and

I am currently working on a sequel to Where Shadows Lie, that picks off right where it left off. I am also working on a series of Fae Romanc

The Dungeon Alaria series was designed to interact with another story, that interaction is now done so I wanted something to differentiate t

Mark Johnson lives in Auckland, New Zealand, with his coffee machine, his wife, and two children. He traveled, then worked as a high...

Anyone that knows me knows that orcs are my favorite fantasy creature. There has always been something about them that resonated with me.