Welcome to the spring newsletter for fiction. We're hoping that with the coming of spring the sun will be shining enough for you to be able to get outside and enjoy reading. We have lots of great new and recently published fiction across our imprints Roundfire Books, Cosmic Egg Books, Top Hat Books and Perfect Edge.
Our authors have been keeping busy with events, interviews and awards.
Author Guy Weishaar's first fiction book Dark of the Center Line, uses the area of Central Illinois as the backdrop for the murder mystery. He discusses this in a Herald & Revue article.
And Cultured Vultures report in their recent review of the book, "My advice: read this book, and then read it
again and again. Read between the lines; read beyond the lines - there's a lot to be learned from a text as perceptive as this. Don't miss it."
Dark of the Center LineAbraham Jaconsen is misfit for this world, cursed with a past he cannot escape, burdened with dream he cannot explain.
Congratulations go to British author J.M. Harrison, author of The Soul Whisperer who was winner in the category of Visionary Fiction in The FOURTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL Beverly Hills International Book Awards® of 2016.
The Soul Whisperer: A Tale of Hidden Truths and Unspoken Possibilities.Mystical relics, extra-terrestrial objects and incredible secrets, propel your holiday bliss into a fight for survival of body and soul.
Meanwhile Kim Kayer launched her book No Fire Escape in Hell at McNally Robinson Booksellers and read a segment on Radio Wildfire which can be listened to on a loop. Kim also talked to The Mississauga News about how, at first blush, her latest novel doesn’t exactly sound like a rib tickler.
No Fire Escape in HellEscaping an abusive marriage, Maddy, a singing telegram performer, is forced to live in her car while trying to raise 100 grand to pay her husband to go away
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Recommended Reading
N.E. David's novel The Burden is a pleasure to read, a witty and moving portrayal of the innocence of childhood, the responsibility we feel for our family, and the secrets that they keep from us. Every page is filled with evocative prose and fascinating characters that will tug at your heartstrings and make you smile. ~ Rob, Amazon
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Burden, The
A Family Saga
by N.E. David
Frank is a reformed alcoholic. He lives at home with his mother, Elisabeth – at least, he did until she went into a nursing home suffering from dementia. He is devoted to her and conversely hates his estranged father, Geoffrey. So when elder sister Pat calls to tell him Dad is dying and wants to meet him, Frank is forced to face up to his demons. But what are they? And how did he acquire them? Every family has its secrets and Frank's is no exception. As much as he tries to forget, something happened a long time ago that has coloured his life ever since - and he can't live in peace until he confronts it. Seen from the perspective of four separate family members, The Burden examines an individual's contrasting relationships and the different emotions they inspire.
THE BURDEN is my second novel. It’s completely unlike the first except that as with Michael Blake in BIRDS OF THE NILE, it attempts to portray a character. Frank Johnson is, I suspect, not a particularly likeable person, although I like to think he has at least one redeeming feature in the love he bears his mother. To find out why this is so, we must visit three members of his close family and hear their stories as well as his own. Hopefully we will then understand what formed him and why he turned out as he did. I’ve always known that my father abandoned my mother and that I spent part of my early childhood living in a caravan. More recently I was shocked to discover it was for a period of four years. So did Frank. He became an alcoholic. Fortunately, I did not. There, but for the Grace of God, go us all. ~ N.E.David (An Introduction From The Author )
N.E.David is the pen name of York writer Nick David. His debut novel, Birds of the Nile, was published by Roundfire in 2013. His second book, The Burden, came out in April. York North Yorkshire United Kingdom
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Recently PublishedROUNDFIREExecutive Action
by Jac Simensen
Appalled with US policy in the Middle-East,a billionaire defense contractor and a retired major general decide to mount their own Executive Action in the region. They build a small dirty bomb, and brutally brainwash a simple, garbage-truck driver, whose wife was mistakenly killed by terrorists, into exploding the device in the Grand Mosque in Mecca during the Hajj, with the intention of sparking a war between Shia and Sunni nations. As the time ticks away, can anybody stop them... Hugely pertinent and thoughtful, Executive Action asks about the world we live in and questions who really is pulling the strings on the global stage.
Jac Simensen is an American, but has spent most of his adult life in the UK, Asia, Europe and the Middle-East, where he has worked with technology and intelligence corporations and agencies. Following an early retirement, he has returned to his first love of writing suspense novels and thrillers. Punta Gorda Florida United StatesBuy Paperback: AMAZON US AMAZON UK INDIEBOUNDBuy eBook: AMAZON US AMAZON UK HIVE INDIEBOUNDROUNDFIRE
High in the Streets
by Matthew Binder
One day Lou Brown decided to kill himself. But when he sat down to craft a suicide letter, the simple act of committing words to the page was like opening up a window to his mind, allowing the whole world to shine. His book went on to become a runaway bestseller, making him a literary icon, earning him all the trappings of the American Dream. It’s now five years later and the obligations that come along with great success have robbed him of the freedom he values above all else. When Lou suspects his fiancé of an infidelity, he moves into the Frontier Motel, setting himself up for a week-long adventure where he’ll once again learn to buck convention, indulge in his honest appetites, and follow his uninhibited instincts.
High in the Streets is by turns hilarious, moving, and raw. A gritty tour de force that takes the best aspects of James Salter, Norman Mailer, and Bret Easton Ellis to heart, Binder's novel is an accomplished debut by a writer with a singular, animated voice, attuned to the strange rhythms and desperation of latter-day Los Angeles and the people who live there. ~ Michael Abolafia, New York Review BooksMatthew Binder is a former wastrel of the highest order. His work has drawn comparisons to Bret Easton Ellis, Norman Mailer, and James Salter. HIGH IN THE STREETS is his first novel. Albuquerque New Mexico United StatesBuy Paperback: AMAZON US AMAZON UK INDIEBOUNDBuy eBook: AMAZON US AMAZON UK HIVE INDIEBOUND
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The Art and Science of Intergalactic Warmongery
by Field Marshal S. Myrston
As a young cadet, Private Myrston led troops against the Victoriana rebellion where he earned a reputation as a fearless soldier and cunning tactician. His meteoric rise to Emperor of the Molagrian Empire was paved with sound battle strategies, a winning smile and clever assassinations of several superior officers. As emperor, he sought out and engaged in countless conflicts with a multitude of sentient lifeforms during his reign. It was during this period that he mastered several forms of invasion, administration and religious manipulation for profit. In this text, Myrston has plagiarized wildly from Molagrian and Nebraxian classic texts infinitely better than this one to provide a concise set of tenets guaranteeing intergalactic success. Learn how to take control of the planet, establish a government that suits your needs and then seek out and annihilate exotic, intelligent lifeforms throughout the galaxy.
Myrston, a recent immigrant to Earth, has taken human form and now consults for several despots where his skills in planning and executing invasions has helped them in some of their more recent endeavors. In his spare time he enjoys reading human military history, brewing and drinking coffee and rutting with cheap prostitutes. He is the author of the highly unsuccessful: Why your children are going to kill and eat you; and the autobiographical love story that helped to reintroduce spontaneous book burnings in several countries: Crumbs from Mereika’s Table. Port Elizabeth Eastern Cape South AfricaBuy Paperback: AMAZON US AMAZON UK HIVE INDIEBOUNDBuy eBook: AMAZON US AMAZON UK HIVE INDIEBOUNDTOP HAT BOOKS
The Chinese Magus
by Richard Yeo
Xiang Li is a cultured, rational Chinese Mandarin, Governor of Xinjiang Province. He sees a sign in the skies and falls under a compulsion to travel to the west in the depth of winter. Nothing is clear but that he must hurry. His journey takes him through the snow-choked passes of the Tian Shan mountains and the searing heat of the Syrian Desert, through ambush by evil tribesmen and the deadly court of King Herod, while ahead of him rises a light in the night sky...
The Chinese Magus is a compelling evocation of the journey to Bethlehem. Richard Yeo has the gift of taking you right inside the story; the characters are vividly real and come alive in front of your eyes. I felt as if I was taking the journey with them, and was changed by the experience. This is a very special book. ~ Wendy Berg, author of Red Tree, White Tree: Fairies and Humans in PartnershipRichard lives on the east coast of southern Scotland. A naval officer for most of his career, he became a successful thatcher on retirement. History and esoteric study are two of his life's themes and he is a choral singer. Eyemouth Scottish Borders United KingdomBuy Paperback: AMAZON US AMAZON UK HIVE INDIEBOUNDBuy eBook: AMAZON US AMAZON UK HIVE INDIEBOUNDROUNDFIRE
Dark of the Center Line
by Schuy R. Weishaar
Abraham Jacobsen is misfit for this world. His peculiar gifts have cursed him with a past of good deeds he cannot escape, with dreams and visions he cannot explain, with a future as stone-set as the etchings on a grave marker. Now, just as he has found a suitable place to loose his haunted thoughts in the outer blanks of rural Illinois, Abraham finds himself the prime suspect in the murder of a local girl. He is edged in upon by a priest who wants to see him canonized, an ancient vigilante group with ties to the county’s founding fathers, the dead girl’s farmer father, and local law enforcement. In his roving, Abraham has burned up the road of life in both directions, scorching and scarring as many as he has helped or healed. And the journey has only taken him deeper within the dark of the center line, into a country nothing-world of fields, farms, and roads, a place that seems peopled with his own inner demons and bad memories. But does the dark of the center line lead somewhere too?
Schuy R. Weishaar is also author of a monograph on philosophy and film, Masters of the Grotesque: The Cinema of Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, the Coen Brothers, and David Lynch. He is the lyricist and vocalist for the band Manzanita Bones. He teaches writing and literature. Old Hickory Tennessee United StatesBuy Paperback: AMAZON US AMAZON UK HIVE INDIEBOUNDBuy eBook: AMAZON US AMAZON UK HIVE INDIEBOUNDROUNDFIRE
No Fire Escape in Hell
by Kim Cayer
Maddy makes a fine living as a singing-telegram performer and is the proud mother to an over-achiever. The downside? She's in a mentally abusive relationship with her husband that she fears may turn physical at any time. Her husband agrees to leave the marriage, but only if she hands over 100 grand in cash. Determined to make that goal, but unable to live with her unstable spouse any longer, Maddy decides to move out. Her only option, in order to save as much money as possible, is to move into her car... Heartfelt and humorous, No Fire Escape in Hell will have you rooting for Maddy as she encounters the goodness in some folk, the badness in others, and endures sleepless nights avoiding the eye of police as she looks for places to take a nap.
A book about a woman fleeing a bad marriage? ... I was prepared for a sombre and sad read. Instead, as the author did with her last book (Lights! Camera! Dissatisfaction...), Kim Cayer has taken a dark subject and turned it into an entertaining, comedic read. The characters (the tow-truck driver, the daughter's transgendered boyfriend, the husband, among others) are well-written and the dialogue is totally believable. An excellent read for anybody, whether you're married or not! ~ Patricia Andrews, producer and actor, and Artistic Director, The Performing Arts Group Acting School.Kim Cayer is a professional performer and a writer, as well as a mother to three teens. She lives just outside of Toronto, Canada. Mississauga Ontario CanadaBuy Paperback: AMAZON US AMAZON UK INDIEBOUNDBuy eBook: AMAZON US AMAZON UK INDIEBOUNDROUNDFIRE
Red Nocturne
by Bill Mullen
LILLY REBECK finds herself completely alone in the wake of her father’s death in Afghanistan, her mentor’s abandonment, and her mother’s growing detachment, her only solace being her violin. Driven by loneliness, curiosity, and a unique musical connection, Lilly befriends a mysterious Russian tenant upstairs, unaware that her newfound friendship with this woman would plunge her into a world of arson, murder, and fleeing both the FBI and Chechen mafia. When her world collides with Alexei Volkov, a Russian immigrant paying off an old debt to Chechen mafia, and Anna Stern, a tormented and overworked FBI agent, Lilly must decide how much she’s willing to sacrifice for a woman that she has grown to love as a mother, a woman that could be a spy.
Bill Mullen was born in England and holds an MFA from the Bluegrass Writers Studio. He now lives in Kentucky where he teaches literature and composition at Eastern Kentucky University. Red Nocturne is his first novel. Winchester Kentucky United StatesBuy Paperback: AMAZON US AMAZON UK HIVE INDIEBOUNDBuy eBook: AMAZON US AMAZON UK HIVE INDIEBOUNDROUNDFIRE
The Soul Whisperer
A Tale of Hidden Truths and Unspoken Possibilities
by J.M. Harrison
“… reminiscent of a classic Indiana Jones adventure, with the requisite close shaves, Hollywood-style mysticism, and especially villainous villains.” — Kirkus Reviews Following personal tragedies and spiralling financial problems, Londoners Alex and Sara are desperate to find ways to rediscover their zest for life. A free holiday provides the perfect opportunity for a second chance, but not long after arriving in France they discover that all is not what it seems... A series of shocking revelations challenge their understanding of humanity, as they are propelled into a dangerous world governed by a ruthless occult society. Magical relics and extra-terrestrial objects promise to unlock incredible secrets, but what extremes will people go to in order to attain them? In a modern-day spiritual quest, Alex and Sara will be forced to take control of their destiny, facing their own demons along the way as time counts down, for them and the entire human race… The FOURTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL Beverly Hills International Book Awards® of 2016 recognized THE SOUL WHISPERER: A Tale of Hidden Truths
The Soul Whisperer has the potential to be a huge bestseller. In the same spiritual-adventure mold as The Da Vinci Code and The Celestine Prophecy, J. M. Harrison's novel is a rich and riveting read full of 'hidden truths and unspoken possibilities'. ~ Stephen Gawtry, Managing Editor, Watkins Mind Body Spirit magazineJonathan Harrison is an Award Winning Author and Amazon #1 author who writes to support the blossoming of human consciousness. The author lived in France for 15 years with his family - before returning to England to take up his post as the Director of one of the largest retreat and spiritual education centers in the UK. He has several books being released in 2016, and is now writing full-time to support the evolution of human consciousness. www.AuthorJMHarrison.com Blandford Forum Dorset United KingdomBuy Paperback: AMAZON US AMAZON UK HIVE INDIEBOUNDBuy eBook: AMAZON US AMAZON UK HIVE INDIEBOUNDWe look forward to bringing you more great fiction throughout 2016. Sign up for this newsletter on the website.
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