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  • About Us
  • Review Policy/Contact
  • Book Reviews
  • Author Spotlight
    • Author Interviews
    • Cover Reveals
    • Guest Posts
    • Pride Nights at Queen’s
  • Features
    • Party with the Stars
    • To Be Continued…
    • The Questioning
    • Tales from the Asylum
    • What the Hungarian?!
  • All Things Bookish
    • A Week In My Head
    • Monthly Wrap Up
    • Sneak Peek
    • Storytellers on Tour Gigs
    • Advent Book Calendar
      • Advent Book Calendar 2019
      • Advent Book Calendar 2018
    • Armed With A Bingo
    • Release Radar
    • The Sound of Madness 2022
      • Listen & Read
  • SPFBO
    • SPFBO 8 Phase 1
    • SPFBO 6 Finals
      • SPFBO 6 Phase 1
    • SPFBO 5 Finals
      • SPFBO 5 Phase 1
    • SPFBO 4
      • SPFBO 4 Phase 1
  • SPSFC
  • Music Corner
    • Music Monday
    • Music Diggin’ Friday
  • Pride Nights at Queen’s: Matt Doyle — Ailuros: Writing in an Experimental Format

    July 14, 2021 /
    Matt Doyle author spotlight

    Today we welcome Matt Doyle to the blog, speaking on out-of-the-box, mixed media writing formats. If you love peeking behind the curtain of a writer's mind as much as we do, then get comfortable and read the fascinating details about Ailuros, Matt's upcoming book.

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    Beyond the Rail and Other Nightmares by Ichabod Ebenezer Cover Reveal

    Cover Reveal: Beyond the Rail and Other Nightmares by Ichabod Ebenezer

    May 28, 2021
    The Ordshaw Vignettes by Phil Williams

    The Violent Fae Blog Tour: The Ordshaw Vignettes by Phil Williams

    October 31, 2019
    Cover Reveal

    Cover Reveal: Amethyst by Jesse Nolan Bailey

    September 24, 2020
  • Pride Nights at Queen’s: Krystle Matar — Out

    June 16, 2021 /
    Krystle Matar guest post

    There's only one universal truth about Pride: it's not the same for everyone. It can be joyful, terrifying, messy, none, both, all of the above. Most of all, whatever Pride is to you, it's yours. And whatever yours is, it's got a place in the community. Day 5 of Pride Nights at Queen's is proud to celebrate that, proud to celebrate the people who make our community something immense, something ours. Read what guest Krystle Matar has to share, and don't forget to check out her awesome new release, Legacy of the Brightwash!

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    Book Blitz: A Sea of Pearls & Leaves by Rosalyn Briar

    February 12, 2021
    Author Spotlight

    Author Spotlight: So You Want To Be An Author? by Keith McArdle – Guest Post + Excerpt

    August 15, 2018

    Book Blitz: Shadow of the City by R. Morgan

    August 23, 2021
  • Pride Nights at Queen’s: C.M. Caplan — Spectrums

    June 15, 2021 /
    C.M. Caplan guest post

    Pride was never about labels nor an obligation to define oneself. In the age of the internet, where everything and everyone is connected and boundaries are more often than not violently trespassed, it is sometimes easy to let ourselves forget that. I hope today's Pride Nights at Queen's post, written by author C.M. Caplan, helps you realize the vastness of the queer experience, and somehow inspires you, whether you relate to it or not, to uphold the tenets of Pride: multitude, acceptance —especially— of the unfamiliar, respect.

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    Karen Heenan interview

    Pride Nights at Queen’s: An Interview with Karen Heenan

    June 7, 2021
    Jaimie N. Shock interview

    Pride Nights at Queen’s: Jaimie N. Shock interview

    July 19, 2021
    Lyra Wolf author spotlight

    Pride Nights at Queen’s: Lyra Wolf — Loki in Fishnets

    July 1, 2021
  • Pride Nights at Queen’s: Marian L Thorpe & Bjørn Larssen — Borrowing Courage

    June 3, 2021 /
    Marian L Thorpe and Bjørn Larssen

    Today we welcome our first guest authors in the Asylum for PRIDE NIGHTS AT QUEEN'S, Marian L Thorpe and Bjørn Larssen, to talk about writing queer people, courage, but most importantly, the multitude represented by this one word.

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    The Sound of Madness Reading Challenge

    The Sound of Madness Reading Challenge 2022

    January 3, 2022
    10 Books Set in an Asylum

    10 Books Set in an Asylum

    October 8, 2021
    Timy's Top 10 Reads of 2020

    Timy’s Top 10 Reads of 2020

    January 14, 2021
  • Guest Post: Modern Fantasy Trending Away From Fictitious Races by Ross Hughes

    October 10, 2019 /
    Author Spotlight

    Today I bring you a guest post by Ross Hughes, who wrote an article about how modern fantasy is trending away from fictitious races and what he thinks where fantasy is headed these days.

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    Shadow Debt by William Ray Cover Reveal

    Cover Reveal: Shadow Debt by William Ray

    September 8, 2020

    Book Blitz: Shadow of the City by R. Morgan

    August 23, 2021
    Author Spotlight

    Author Spotlight: Soundtracks by A.M. Justice – Guest Post

    July 11, 2018
  • Guest Post: Behind the Walls of Ioth by D.P. Woolliscroft

    May 22, 2019 /
    Author Spotlight

    This is book 2 of the Wildifre Cycle and continues the story from both Kingshold and Tales of Kingshold (two books before book 2, what? I know but you can read here if you want to know more). 95% of Kingshold took place in the titular city and I tried really hard to make it come alive in the story, but also tried to do that in a couple of other ways too. There is the great landscape of the city of Kingshold that was made by Jeff Brown and there was the map of the city. It’s these things that I am here to talk about today. Maps! And…

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    Book Blitz: Little White Hands by Mark Cushen

    November 11, 2021
    Travels in the Dark by Jordan Loyal Short cover reveal

    Cover Reveal: Travels in the Dark by Jordan Loyal Short

    October 28, 2021
    Author Spotlight

    Author Spotlight: So You Want To Be An Author? by Keith McArdle – Guest Post + Excerpt

    August 15, 2018
  • Author Spotlight: So You Want To Be An Author? by Keith McArdle – Guest Post + Excerpt

    August 15, 2018 /
    Author Spotlight

    So you want to be an author? Awesome! Keith McArdle, author of SPFBO4 entrant Fallen Empire, the first book of the Ironstone Saga - find an excerpt at the bottom of this article - and a few other books besides has some advice for you!

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    Cover Reveal

    Cover Reveal: The Echoed Realm by A. J. Vrana

    November 12, 2020
    The Well of Shadows by S.A. Klopfenstein cover reveal

    Cover Reveal: The Well of Shadows by S.A. Klopfenstein

    January 21, 2021
    The Seventh Cadence by Jim Wilbourne Cover Reveal

    Cover Reveal: The Seventh Cadence by Jim Wilbourne

    August 30, 2021
  • Author Spotlight: My Four Favorite Fantasy Anti-Stereotypes by Andy Peloquin – Guest Post

    August 7, 2018 /
    Author Spotlight

    All of us got pet peeves, aren't we? My newest guest, Andy Peloquin decided to write up an article about anti-stereotypes he enjoys reading about. Let's face it, we all like to turn our back on stereotypes and find something new and fresh wich twists these tropes we know too well.

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    Book Blitz: Black as Night by Anthea Sharp

    September 16, 2021
    Moon Rising by Daniel Weisbeck cover reveal

    Cover Reveal: Moon Rising by Daniel Weisbeck

    September 27, 2021
    Author Spotlight

    SPFBO Author Spotlight: Dragonshade by Aderyn Wood – Excerpt

    October 23, 2018
  • Author Spotlight: Soundtracks by A.M. Justice – Guest Post

    July 11, 2018 /
    Author Spotlight

    Amanda, like a hawk sensing its prey, swept in and took the opportunity. Which made me pretty happy, because, well, you know, I'm a music addict, so finally someone combined my two love: books and music! Amanda gives us a glimpse how she uses music during her story. This article is rather interesting, so hopefully you'll like it as much as I do!

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    Finding Your Harpy Place Cover Reveal

    Cover Reveal: Finding Your Harpy Place by D.H. Willison

    October 8, 2020
    Burn the Skies by K.A. Wiggins cover reveal

    Cover Reveal: Burn the Skies by K.A. Wiggins

    June 16, 2021
    The Warrior by Stephen Aryan Cover Reveal

    Cover Reveal: The Warrior by Stephen Aryan

    February 7, 2022
  • Author Spotlight: Waiting for the Sun to Go Down by Jesse Teller – Guest Post

    June 20, 2018 /
    Author Spotlight

    Today I'm hosting Jesse Teller on my blog, with a short story about music and life.

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    A Girl from Forever by Yolanda McCarthy Cover Reveal

    Cover Reveal: A Girl from Forever by Yolanda McCarthy

    July 29, 2021
    Dyer Street Punk Witches by Phil Williams Cover Reveal

    Cover Reveal: Dyer Street Punk Witches by Phil Williams

    January 26, 2022
    Conqueror's Blood by Zamil Akhtar cover reveal

    Cover Reveal: Conqueror’s Blood by Zamil Akhtar

    April 9, 2021

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