Where are you from? I was manufactured in the Humanoid Alliance’s vats. I now fight wherever the cruel humans send me. What is your main purpose in life? I was bred for two purposes—breeding and fighting. My goal is to kill all of the humans on my battle station and escape to the Homeland, a…
Category: Excerpts
Blog Tour – Night Life: Night Terrors
Interview with Matthew Quinn Martin Tell us about your most recent book. Nightlife: Night Terrors is an omnibus edition that collects my first novel, Nightlife, as well as the full sequel, As The Worm Turns, and a related novella, Hazardous Material. Who is the villain or antagonist in your story and what is he/she like?…
Blog Tour – White Death
Title: White Death Author: Ted Bell Genre: Thrillers Alex Hawke is tracking one of the world’s most powerful villains high in the Swiss Alps. A powerful Swiss banker is found dead, frozen at the base of a soaring Alp. When a second man, the head of a rival banking empire, is found dead deep inside…
Interview with Irene Vartanoff
Tell us about your most recent book. Temporary Superheroine is a superhero adventure with more than a dash of romance. Chloe Cole is a struggling young webcomics artist who has recurring dreams about being a superheroine and fighting a supervillain. She soon discovers that she’s right in the middle of a major struggle between two…
Zombie Week: Character Interview with Anson from Bring Me To Life by August Kert
How did you become a zombie? I’m not…sure. When you’re turned, you…lose your memories. What is the most difficult thing about being a zombie? Most would say…hunger, but I think…loneliness and not…knowing who I…am. How do you feel about humans? I’m torn with…them. They taste so…good, but they are…fascinating. They can…talk and laugh. They…love. They…
Blog Tour: Gristle & Bone
Title: Gristle & Bone Author: Duncan Ralston Genre: Horror, Short Story Collection Short and novella-length dark fiction from the twisted imagination of Duncan Ralston. BABY TEETH After doctors tell her she can’t be pregnant, Candace learns that not every child is a gift. BEWARE OF DOG Disgraced soldier Dean Vogel returns to his hometown and…
Interview with Irene Vartanoff
Tell us about your most recent book. Captive of the Cattle Baron is an abduction story done right. In this sweet contemporary romance, the hero, Baron Selkirk, wants to help Addie Jelleff overcome what he suspects is a bad involvement with drugs. He takes Addie to his huge, isolated ranch and refuses to let her…
Excerpt from Immortal Relations by G. D. Ogan
Immortal Relations by G. D. Ogan Blurb: When Gary Logan discovers an old black-and-white photograph of his father in Prague with a woman’s handwriting on the back, he flies there to investigate where his father had worked, only to meet and fall in love with a beautiful lady who he believes to be a vampire….
Interview with Malak from The Incubus Saga
What is your main purpose in life? Same as everyone else: to accomplish my goals. Which in so many words is to reshape this unfortunate earth of yours into something more pleasing, more…orderly. I’ve had chances in the past to accomplish this, and have always been thwarted, but this time…this time I am going to…
Interview with JJ DiBenedetto
Tell us a bit about yourself. I’m the author of the Dream Series, which kind of straddles the line between suspense, romance and paranormal. I’m also a marketing professional (which you’d think would make it easier for me to sell books, but it hasn’t worked out that way yet!), a native New Yorker and the…
Character Profile: Jake Hennessey
Name: Jake Hennessey Nickname: Jake Antihero, Antagonist or Villain? Antihero Title: The Marquesa’s Necklace, Her Ladyship’s Ring Author: P.J. MacLayne Species: Human Hair Color: Light Brown, worn short Eye Color:: Brown Height: 6 ft Build: Moderately muscular Special Characteristics: Smooth talker, Rock-steady nerves Special Powers or Skills: Real estate mogul, Master jewelry thief—or is he?…
Villain Excerpt from Love’s Enduring Flame by Ruth Axtell
Love’s Enduring Flame by Ruth Axtell Krysia Milos comes of age at the height of the Romantic era, when poets, musicians and writers influenced the course of nations. Krysia, raised in Poland by an influential uncle and his unorthodox sister, joins those struggling for independence under Russian rule. When she comes to Warsaw for her…