Monthly Archives: February 2014

Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month: February 2014

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Cora

It’s that time of the month again, time for “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”. So what is “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”? It’s a round-up of speculative fiction by indie authors (plus one small press book) newly published … Continue reading →

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Three Pulpy Bestsellers

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Cora

Three of the Silencer adventures, Countdown to Death, The Spiked Death and Elevator of Doom, have both hit the pulp thriller subcategory bestseller list at Amazon.com at the same time and are sitting right next to each other, too: Amazon … Continue reading →

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Bloody Valentine Sale at DriveThruFiction

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Cora

The good folks over at DriveThruFiction are running a Bloody Valentine sale this weekend and offer 25% off e-books that fall under the “dark romance” umbrella. Lots of good stories on offer, including a couple of mine. Send to Kindle

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The Eight Hour Fiction Challenge Revisited

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Cora

You’ll probably remember the Eight Hour Fiction Challenge from my last post. Well, it seems that the eight hour fiction challenge will be an ongoing thing. Writer Scott Gordon lays down the rules in this post and also links to … Continue reading →

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The Iron Border and the Eight Hour E-Book Challenge

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Cora

You may remember the eight-hour e-book challenge from last summer, when a couple of us decided to write, proof, format and publish an e-book within a period of eight hours, inspired by J.A. Konrath. Now Donald Rump, one of the … Continue reading →

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Interview with Science Fiction Writer Matthew Alan Thyer

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Cora

It’s time for our irregular series “Interviews with international indie writers” again. Today I welcome science fiction author Matthew Alan Thyer to my blog. Matthew has been kind enough to answer some questions for me. 1. Tell us a bit … Continue reading →

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More Anti-Amazon reporting, this time from Austria

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Cora

I’m a regular viewer of the Austrian TV program Kulturmontag (Cultural Monday), though I watch the 3sat repeat entitled lebensart (Way of Life), probably because the repeat is broadcast on a Saturday rather than Monday. But whatever the title, Kulturmontag/lebensart … Continue reading →

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