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US e-book sale: Jodi Taylor's Just One Damn Thing After Another is on sale for 99 cents. Taylor is one of the December authors for the British Author Challenge.
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Humble Bundle is got a large collection, include several I've read, some I've reread, called Fierce Women of Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror
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Free ebook: Kit de Waal's Sweet Pea (UK title The Best of Everything) is available on NetGalley. You'll need to create an account to access it. De Waal is one of the April authors for the British Author Challenge.
https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/751245
https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/751245
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StoryBundle:
The Magic Noir Bundle - Curated by Simon Kewin
What happens when the bad guy that lurks in the shadows of the street actually is one of the shadows?
Welcome to a collection of works that fall under the magic noir umbrella: gritty worlds full of supernatural danger and mystery. And rain. Quite a bit of rain. These are stories about investigators solving mysteries, uncovering dark truths and facing impossible odds. Here you'll find worlds where magic works, but where it isn't always the sparkly, easy sort of sorcery that sets everything conveniently right. You'll find fascinating, twisted worlds aplenty – such as the gloriously dark and gritty Mushroom Blues with its unique and cool world-building.
Quite a few of these books contain cynical and world-weary magic-wielders, or investigators who fear the very powers they wield. They're cynical or wisecracking characters, battling demons that are sometimes in their heads – but which are sometimes, you know, demons. For them, magic can be as destructive to the spell-worker as its target. You'll find characters who operate in the grey areas between right and wrong – and whose idea of right and wrong may itself be debatable. Quite often, like Mennik Thorn in Shadow of a Dead God, our hero has a heart of gold, but somehow things never seem to work out as intended.
Some of the worlds these characters inhabit will be familiar, because they're our world: the towns we live in, or familiar cities set in different times, places whose history isn't at all what we thought it was – for example in Resurrection Men, set in 19th century Glasgow, or New York Minute set in an alternate vision of that city. Some books involve present-day supernatural investigative organisations – such as those found in The Dark Elf Dynasty or The Eye Collectors.
Other books, meanwhile, are set firmly in a fantasy world, where the rules of magic might be different, and the world may be full of wonder, but where the challenges and dangers the characters face are just as terrifying. Maybe more terrifying. And some of the books are set in worlds that may or may not be our own, where everything we thought we understood turns out to be misguided delusion – such as the deliciously dark Madame Antic's Hotel Grotesque .
We have grimdark works – The Hallows or Legacy of Brightwash – and steampunk worlds, such as those found in Dexter and Sinister: Detecting Agents – but there are glimmers of light in the darkness, too, for example with the more light-hearted Duckett & Dyer: Dicks for Hire.
Whatever your tastes, you're sure to find something to relish and intrigue in this fantastic collection of magic noir. – Simon Kewin
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For StoryBundle, you decide what price you want to pay. For $5 (or more, if you're feeling generous), you'll get the basic bundle of three books in .epub format—WORLDWIDE.
The Inside Story of the British Bureau for the Arcane by Phil Parker
Resurrection Men by David Craig
Dexter & Sinister by Keith W. Dickinson
If you pay at least the bonus price of just $25, you get all three of the regular books, plus ELEVEN more books, for a total of 14!
Mushroom Blues by Adrian M. Gibson
Kalanon's Rising by Darian Smith
Duckett & Dyer - Dicks for Hire by G.M. Nair
The Hallows by H.L. Tinsley
Legacy of the Brightwash by Krystle Matar
Poison and Power by M. Patrick Duggan
Madame Antic's Hotel Grotesque by Milo James Fowler
Shadow of a Dead God by Patrick Samphire
Kept From Cages by Phil Williams
The Eye Collectors by Simon Kewin
New York Minute by Stephen Aryan
This bundle is available only for a limited time via http://www.storybundle.com. It allows easy reading on computers, smartphones, and tablets as well as Kindle and other ereaders via file transfer, email, and other methods. You get a DRM-free .epub for all books!
Read more.
– Jason
The Magic Noir Bundle - Curated by Simon Kewin
What happens when the bad guy that lurks in the shadows of the street actually is one of the shadows?
Welcome to a collection of works that fall under the magic noir umbrella: gritty worlds full of supernatural danger and mystery. And rain. Quite a bit of rain. These are stories about investigators solving mysteries, uncovering dark truths and facing impossible odds. Here you'll find worlds where magic works, but where it isn't always the sparkly, easy sort of sorcery that sets everything conveniently right. You'll find fascinating, twisted worlds aplenty – such as the gloriously dark and gritty Mushroom Blues with its unique and cool world-building.
Quite a few of these books contain cynical and world-weary magic-wielders, or investigators who fear the very powers they wield. They're cynical or wisecracking characters, battling demons that are sometimes in their heads – but which are sometimes, you know, demons. For them, magic can be as destructive to the spell-worker as its target. You'll find characters who operate in the grey areas between right and wrong – and whose idea of right and wrong may itself be debatable. Quite often, like Mennik Thorn in Shadow of a Dead God, our hero has a heart of gold, but somehow things never seem to work out as intended.
Some of the worlds these characters inhabit will be familiar, because they're our world: the towns we live in, or familiar cities set in different times, places whose history isn't at all what we thought it was – for example in Resurrection Men, set in 19th century Glasgow, or New York Minute set in an alternate vision of that city. Some books involve present-day supernatural investigative organisations – such as those found in The Dark Elf Dynasty or The Eye Collectors.
Other books, meanwhile, are set firmly in a fantasy world, where the rules of magic might be different, and the world may be full of wonder, but where the challenges and dangers the characters face are just as terrifying. Maybe more terrifying. And some of the books are set in worlds that may or may not be our own, where everything we thought we understood turns out to be misguided delusion – such as the deliciously dark Madame Antic's Hotel Grotesque .
We have grimdark works – The Hallows or Legacy of Brightwash – and steampunk worlds, such as those found in Dexter and Sinister: Detecting Agents – but there are glimmers of light in the darkness, too, for example with the more light-hearted Duckett & Dyer: Dicks for Hire.
Whatever your tastes, you're sure to find something to relish and intrigue in this fantastic collection of magic noir. – Simon Kewin
* * *
For StoryBundle, you decide what price you want to pay. For $5 (or more, if you're feeling generous), you'll get the basic bundle of three books in .epub format—WORLDWIDE.
The Inside Story of the British Bureau for the Arcane by Phil Parker
Resurrection Men by David Craig
Dexter & Sinister by Keith W. Dickinson
If you pay at least the bonus price of just $25, you get all three of the regular books, plus ELEVEN more books, for a total of 14!
Mushroom Blues by Adrian M. Gibson
Kalanon's Rising by Darian Smith
Duckett & Dyer - Dicks for Hire by G.M. Nair
The Hallows by H.L. Tinsley
Legacy of the Brightwash by Krystle Matar
Poison and Power by M. Patrick Duggan
Madame Antic's Hotel Grotesque by Milo James Fowler
Shadow of a Dead God by Patrick Samphire
Kept From Cages by Phil Williams
The Eye Collectors by Simon Kewin
New York Minute by Stephen Aryan
This bundle is available only for a limited time via http://www.storybundle.com. It allows easy reading on computers, smartphones, and tablets as well as Kindle and other ereaders via file transfer, email, and other methods. You get a DRM-free .epub for all books!
Read more.
– Jason
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US ebook sale: A Second Chance by Jodi Taylor is on sale for 99 cents.
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US ebook sale: A bunch of JRR Tolkien books are on sale. Looks like the sale is available from all the major retailers.
Tolkien is one of the December authors for the British Author Challenge.
Tolkien is one of the December authors for the British Author Challenge.
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US ebook sale: Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes is on sale for $1.99. Haynes is one of the July authors for the British Author Challenge.
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/stone-blind-natalie-haynes?variant=404243...
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/stone-blind-natalie-haynes?variant=404243...
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Entrada Publishing has free ARCs by Cassidy Berg and Cassie Croft.
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StoryBundle:
The 2026 Pride Bundle - curated by Catherine Lundoff and Melissa Scott
It's Pride again, and time for another queer-themed bundle! At a time when the community is once again under threat, we felt it was more important than ever to showcase the work and the writers that celebrate us. We looked for books that show queerness in all its complexity, with stories that range from pure adventure to profoundly serious, and from across the range of identities that make up our whole. We looked for stories that showcased that many and complex forms that queerness takes — the many ways that we have chosen to be. We looked for stories that engage with threats to the queer world, and for stories that imagine what we might be without threats, for stories that celebrate our joy and our resilience.
And we're pleased to say that we have found those stories, and more. If anything, the hardest part of curating this bundle was narrowing down the field: there are so many writers out there creating intelligent, nuanced, queer science fiction and fantasy that it's incredibly hard to choose among them. This is not to claim that this is a definitive LGBTQIA+ collection — given the ever-growing amount of stellar queer writing being published, we're not sure that's even possible. Instead, we thought of the bundle as a sampler, or perhaps a tasting menu. It includes novels, novellas, single author collections, and anthologies; the genres range from fantasy mysteries to cyberpunk to far future to post-apocalyptic fantasy. There are newer works and writers, and some older work you may have missed when it first appeared. It's your chance to read work by some of the best writers working today.
StoryBundle has always allowed its patrons to donate part of the payment to a related charity, and this year we're once again supporting Rainbow Railroad, a NGO that helps LGBT+ people escape state-sponsored persecution and violence worldwide. Their work is needed now more than ever, and if you choose, you can donate part of the bundle's purchase price to them — a gift that can save a life. – Catherine Lundoff and Melissa Scott
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For StoryBundle, you decide what price you want to pay. For $5 (or more, if you're feeling generous), you'll get the basic bundle of three books in .epub format—WORLDWIDE.
Silver Moon by Catherine Lundoff
Finding Echoes by Foz Meadows
Office of the Lost by J. Scott Coatsworth and Kim Fielding
If you pay at least the bonus price of just $30, you get all three of the regular books, plus THIRTEEN more books, for a total of 16!
Of the Emperor's Kindness by Chaz Brenchley
Yoke of Stars by R. B. Lemberg
Worldburner by J. Warren
Blood Moon by Catherine Lundoff
Running Dry by M. Christian
We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2024 edited by Ryka Aoki and series editor Charles Payseur
Embodied Exegesis: Transfeminine Cyberpunk Futures edited by Ann LeBlanc
The Master of Samar by Melissa Scott
The Rosewood Penny by J.S. Fields
Was by Geoff Ryman
I Want That Twink Obliterated! edited by Trip Galey, Robert Berg and C.L. McCartney
Reclaimed by Seth Haddon
Wolf's Path by Joyce Chng
This bundle is available only for a limited time via http://www.storybundle.com. It allows easy reading on computers, smartphones, and tablets as well as Kindle and other ereaders via file transfer, email, and other methods. You get a DRM-free .epub for all books!
Read more.
– Jason
The 2026 Pride Bundle - curated by Catherine Lundoff and Melissa Scott
It's Pride again, and time for another queer-themed bundle! At a time when the community is once again under threat, we felt it was more important than ever to showcase the work and the writers that celebrate us. We looked for books that show queerness in all its complexity, with stories that range from pure adventure to profoundly serious, and from across the range of identities that make up our whole. We looked for stories that showcased that many and complex forms that queerness takes — the many ways that we have chosen to be. We looked for stories that engage with threats to the queer world, and for stories that imagine what we might be without threats, for stories that celebrate our joy and our resilience.
And we're pleased to say that we have found those stories, and more. If anything, the hardest part of curating this bundle was narrowing down the field: there are so many writers out there creating intelligent, nuanced, queer science fiction and fantasy that it's incredibly hard to choose among them. This is not to claim that this is a definitive LGBTQIA+ collection — given the ever-growing amount of stellar queer writing being published, we're not sure that's even possible. Instead, we thought of the bundle as a sampler, or perhaps a tasting menu. It includes novels, novellas, single author collections, and anthologies; the genres range from fantasy mysteries to cyberpunk to far future to post-apocalyptic fantasy. There are newer works and writers, and some older work you may have missed when it first appeared. It's your chance to read work by some of the best writers working today.
StoryBundle has always allowed its patrons to donate part of the payment to a related charity, and this year we're once again supporting Rainbow Railroad, a NGO that helps LGBT+ people escape state-sponsored persecution and violence worldwide. Their work is needed now more than ever, and if you choose, you can donate part of the bundle's purchase price to them — a gift that can save a life. – Catherine Lundoff and Melissa Scott
* * *
For StoryBundle, you decide what price you want to pay. For $5 (or more, if you're feeling generous), you'll get the basic bundle of three books in .epub format—WORLDWIDE.
Silver Moon by Catherine Lundoff
Finding Echoes by Foz Meadows
Office of the Lost by J. Scott Coatsworth and Kim Fielding
If you pay at least the bonus price of just $30, you get all three of the regular books, plus THIRTEEN more books, for a total of 16!
Of the Emperor's Kindness by Chaz Brenchley
Yoke of Stars by R. B. Lemberg
Worldburner by J. Warren
Blood Moon by Catherine Lundoff
Running Dry by M. Christian
We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2024 edited by Ryka Aoki and series editor Charles Payseur
Embodied Exegesis: Transfeminine Cyberpunk Futures edited by Ann LeBlanc
The Master of Samar by Melissa Scott
The Rosewood Penny by J.S. Fields
Was by Geoff Ryman
I Want That Twink Obliterated! edited by Trip Galey, Robert Berg and C.L. McCartney
Reclaimed by Seth Haddon
Wolf's Path by Joyce Chng
This bundle is available only for a limited time via http://www.storybundle.com. It allows easy reading on computers, smartphones, and tablets as well as Kindle and other ereaders via file transfer, email, and other methods. You get a DRM-free .epub for all books!
Read more.
– Jason
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StoryBundle:
The Seriously Funny Bundle - curated Alex Shvartsman
Comedy may be hard, but finding good funny books to read should be easy.
Some years ago I realized that there wasn't nearly enough science fiction and fantasy humorous short stories being published out there. A typical anthology might include a humor story or two, usually at the end of the book. Sometimes a humorous themed anthology would pop up, but so many stories trying hard to be funny on theme could get a bit tiresome, reducing the enjoyment of it all. So, I decided to do something about out, and Unidentified Funny Objects was born.
The idea was to collect funny SF/F stories without a specific subject or theme. Rather, I wanted to feature as many different kinds of humor as possible, from satire and slapstick to puns and parody, and everything in-between. The anthology was a success. It sold over 100,000 copies to date, and is still going strong. Over the following fifteen years I've edited a total of ten UFO volumes, as well as the spinoffs of Funny Science Fiction, Funny Fantasy, and Funny Horror. We continue to feature grandmasters of the genre alongside new authors—many of our early contributors have since gone on to become giants of the field.
Likewise, there are only a handful of humorous genre novels are published every year. So, given the opportunity to curate a bundle, I wanted to do for novels what I've been doing for short stories – offer you, kind reader, a wide-ranging selection of all kinds of funny, amusing, and downright hilarious books for a very low price. And yes, of course there are several anthologies thrown in, including the latest UFO book which was only published last month. – Alex Shvartsman
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For StoryBundle, you decide what price you want to pay. For $5 (or more, if you're feeling generous), you'll get the basic bundle of three books in .epub format—WORLDWIDE.
Unidentified Funny Objects 9 edited by Alex Shvartsman
Geekomancy by Michael R. Underwood
Touched by an Alien by Gini Koch
If you pay at least the bonus price of just $30, you get all three of the regular books, plus TWELVE more books, for a total of 15!
Funny Fantasy by Alex Shvartsman
Unidentified Funny Objects 10 edited by Alex Shvartsman
The Hex Is In by Mike Resnick
The Runes of Engagement by Tobias S. Buckell and Dave Klecha
If Wishes Were Retail by Auston Habershaw
Tune In Tomorrow by Randee Dawn
Big Stick by Michael A. Ventrella
Goblin Quest by Jim C. Hines
The Plutonium Blonde by John Zakour & Lawrence Ganem
BadAsstronauts by Grady Hendrix
Middling Affliction by Alex Shvartsman
The View From the Imperium by Jody Lynn Nye
This bundle is available only for a limited time via http://www.storybundle.com. It allows easy reading on computers, smartphones, and tablets as well as Kindle and other ereaders via file transfer, email, and other methods. You get a DRM-free .epub for all books!
It's also super easy to give the gift of reading with StoryBundle, thanks to our gift cards – which allow you to send someone a code that they can redeem for any future StoryBundle bundle – and timed delivery, which allows you to control exactly when your recipient will get the gift of StoryBundle.
Why StoryBundle? Here are just a few benefits StoryBundle provides.
Get quality reads: We've chosen works from excellent authors to bundle together in one convenient package.
Pay what you want (minimum $5): You decide how much these fantastic books are worth. If you can only spare a little, that's fine! You'll still get access to a batch of exceptional titles.
Support authors who support DRM-free books: StoryBundle is a platform for authors to get exposure for their works, both for the titles featured in the bundle and for the rest of their catalog. Supporting authors who let you read their books on any device you want—restriction free—will show everyone there's nothing wrong with ditching DRM.
Give to worthy causes: Bundle buyers have a chance to donate a portion of their proceeds to Mighty Writers and Girls Write Now!
Receive extra books: If you beat the bonus price, you'll get the bonus books!
StoryBundle was created to give a platform for independent authors to showcase their work, and a source of quality titles for thirsty readers. StoryBundle works with authors to create bundles of ebooks that can be purchased by readers at their desired price. Before starting StoryBundle, Founder Jason Chen covered technology and software as an editor for Gizmodo.com and Lifehacker.com.
Read more.
– Jason
The Seriously Funny Bundle - curated Alex Shvartsman
Comedy may be hard, but finding good funny books to read should be easy.
Some years ago I realized that there wasn't nearly enough science fiction and fantasy humorous short stories being published out there. A typical anthology might include a humor story or two, usually at the end of the book. Sometimes a humorous themed anthology would pop up, but so many stories trying hard to be funny on theme could get a bit tiresome, reducing the enjoyment of it all. So, I decided to do something about out, and Unidentified Funny Objects was born.
The idea was to collect funny SF/F stories without a specific subject or theme. Rather, I wanted to feature as many different kinds of humor as possible, from satire and slapstick to puns and parody, and everything in-between. The anthology was a success. It sold over 100,000 copies to date, and is still going strong. Over the following fifteen years I've edited a total of ten UFO volumes, as well as the spinoffs of Funny Science Fiction, Funny Fantasy, and Funny Horror. We continue to feature grandmasters of the genre alongside new authors—many of our early contributors have since gone on to become giants of the field.
Likewise, there are only a handful of humorous genre novels are published every year. So, given the opportunity to curate a bundle, I wanted to do for novels what I've been doing for short stories – offer you, kind reader, a wide-ranging selection of all kinds of funny, amusing, and downright hilarious books for a very low price. And yes, of course there are several anthologies thrown in, including the latest UFO book which was only published last month. – Alex Shvartsman
* * *
For StoryBundle, you decide what price you want to pay. For $5 (or more, if you're feeling generous), you'll get the basic bundle of three books in .epub format—WORLDWIDE.
Unidentified Funny Objects 9 edited by Alex Shvartsman
Geekomancy by Michael R. Underwood
Touched by an Alien by Gini Koch
If you pay at least the bonus price of just $30, you get all three of the regular books, plus TWELVE more books, for a total of 15!
Funny Fantasy by Alex Shvartsman
Unidentified Funny Objects 10 edited by Alex Shvartsman
The Hex Is In by Mike Resnick
The Runes of Engagement by Tobias S. Buckell and Dave Klecha
If Wishes Were Retail by Auston Habershaw
Tune In Tomorrow by Randee Dawn
Big Stick by Michael A. Ventrella
Goblin Quest by Jim C. Hines
The Plutonium Blonde by John Zakour & Lawrence Ganem
BadAsstronauts by Grady Hendrix
Middling Affliction by Alex Shvartsman
The View From the Imperium by Jody Lynn Nye
This bundle is available only for a limited time via http://www.storybundle.com. It allows easy reading on computers, smartphones, and tablets as well as Kindle and other ereaders via file transfer, email, and other methods. You get a DRM-free .epub for all books!
It's also super easy to give the gift of reading with StoryBundle, thanks to our gift cards – which allow you to send someone a code that they can redeem for any future StoryBundle bundle – and timed delivery, which allows you to control exactly when your recipient will get the gift of StoryBundle.
Why StoryBundle? Here are just a few benefits StoryBundle provides.
Get quality reads: We've chosen works from excellent authors to bundle together in one convenient package.
Pay what you want (minimum $5): You decide how much these fantastic books are worth. If you can only spare a little, that's fine! You'll still get access to a batch of exceptional titles.
Support authors who support DRM-free books: StoryBundle is a platform for authors to get exposure for their works, both for the titles featured in the bundle and for the rest of their catalog. Supporting authors who let you read their books on any device you want—restriction free—will show everyone there's nothing wrong with ditching DRM.
Give to worthy causes: Bundle buyers have a chance to donate a portion of their proceeds to Mighty Writers and Girls Write Now!
Receive extra books: If you beat the bonus price, you'll get the bonus books!
StoryBundle was created to give a platform for independent authors to showcase their work, and a source of quality titles for thirsty readers. StoryBundle works with authors to create bundles of ebooks that can be purchased by readers at their desired price. Before starting StoryBundle, Founder Jason Chen covered technology and software as an editor for Gizmodo.com and Lifehacker.com.
Read more.
– Jason
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US e-book sale: Adrian Tchaikovsky's Shroud is $2.99 from various retailers today.
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/adrian-tchaikovsky/shroud/9780316579032...
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/adrian-tchaikovsky/shroud/9780316579032...
