Fiction

Here’s a slide show of vintage covers to Science Fiction paperback novels of the 50’s-70’s. The music is by Man or Astro-Man from their brilliant “EEVIAC” album. Enjoy!
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THE BLIND SIDE: Evolution of a Game focuses on a young man who will one day be among the most highly paid athletes in the NFL. When we first meet him, he is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or [...]

Creepy episode of the Hammer series from 1984.
A family awakens to find themselves trapped in their own home, all windows and doors sealed by impenetrable walls. Now they are faced with a bitter sequence of paranormal events forces that have taken over their lives…
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Tri Omega Mates – A Erotic, Paranormal, Werewolf M/M/M Menage Romance Series by Stormy Glenn.
Secret Desires, Forbidden Desires, Hidden Desires. For more inofrmation on this series and others, excerpts, reviews, and more…www.stormyglenn.com
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Les Paul, legendary guitarist and inventor of the Gibson that bears his name, passed away at age 94, and Slash and Joe Satriani recall and pay respects to their friend.
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The amount of detail used? Being able to identify with the characters? Real emotions? Creative wording?
I don’t mean what makes a story interesting (though many could say that the writing makes the story, and that’s true, for the most part.) I mean the actual writing. What do you look for, and consider good writing and [...]

I have written to Barnes & Noble and Borders bookstores and asked them to persuade publishers to use post-consumer, recycled paper or alternative fiber (such as kenaf or hemp) to print their books on. I also asked if they could sell used books.
Do you think this is a good idea? I also plan to e-mail [...]

I’m a huge sci-fi/fantasy reader and one trouble I’ve had for a while is finding books with griffins in them. Other mythological creatures like dragons are everywhere in fantasy but griffins not so much. Anyone know of any good books with griffins featured heavily in them? Anything from Young Adult and up is fine, but [...]

You see, I’m writing a science fiction novel; a trilogy, actually. But it’s also a romance trilogy. So women, would you read such a thing? Elaborate, if at all possible.
If it helps, the women to whom I’ve shown it so far have all said that they really like it, clarifying that they don’t even like [...]

Hello. Check out the Preditors & Editors website. They keep a fairly current list of agents, both good ones and bad ones. Obviously, you want to avoid the ones they say are not recommended.
The sad truth is, it is VERY hard to find a good literary agent these days unless you are already published. Chicken [...]