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Spec Pub Kickstarter – LOADING…THE MACHINE CHILD by TT Madden
It’s a hard time to publish indie but Spec Pub is running our second ever kickstarter to fund our second novella of utter speculation. This book is fun, weird, deep and, I think, rather important. LOADING…THE MACHINE CHILD is written by a frequent contributor to Spec Pub, TT Madden. Read more
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Join us for a Vampire Weekend! VAMPIRE hUNTERS release celebration at Vampa museum
VAMPIRE HUNTERS: AN INCOMPLETE RECORD OF PERSONAL ACCOUNTS is our biggest anthology yet and so it only makes sense for us to throw the biggest release party we’ve ever attempted. With the help of the very cool people at Vampa: Vampire and Paranormal Museum in Doylestown we are vamping out for a whole day, with… Read more
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New Reviews of Lady
I’m a weirdo who likes reading reviews of my books. Even the bad ones. When you’ve workshopped as long as I have you learn that not every book is for every person and someone can dislike a story for very valid reasons without that story being “bad.” Read more
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Being an Indie Publisher
Indie presses always have a bit of an uphill battle. Both lauded as fresh, new, exciting, a place for new ideas and authors and disparaged as out there, cheap, poor quality, a place for weird shit and authors. They are, of course, all those things Read more
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Award Eligible Books 2024
It’s that time of year and this year has been a weird one. I haven’t put out many of my own short stories recently, although I hope I have a few in the pipeline for next year. This year I put out some work that I’m really proud of, with Speculation Publication and of my Read more
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Halloween Horror Book Recs
I’ve read so many AMAZING books this year so here’s my short list of recs. Read more
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Interview for the Historical Novel Society
“I think most women have been in a situation, not necessarily of their own making, where all the options are bad, but it’s up to them to choose which bad option to act on.” Launch: LCW Allingham’s Lady INTERVIEW BY NANCY TABER Nancy Taber asked me some really great questions about LADY for the Historical Read more
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Some points that stuck from my workshop
some of the big points we hit that can help you get writing, stay writing, and make what you’ve written shine. Read more
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Grimm Retold
Grimm Retold is a collection of Grimm Brother’s fairy tales, re-imagined as horror stories. The poems stories are powerful, dark, beautiful, painful and poignant. They are frightening in a way that settles into your bones and spins through your mind on sleepless nights. Read more
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LADY is a Love Story, Not a Romance
What’s the difference? Well, quite a bit actually. But let me start by telling you why I think this needs to be clarified. As you may know, I don’t write in straight lines, but a queer feminist historical love story about a lady knight who comes to find out who she truly is, while not… Read more
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