CB Droege is an author and voice actor from the Queen City living in the Millionendorf. His writing influences include Philip K. Dick, Bill Bryson, Isaac Asimov, David Sedaris, and Roger Zelazny. He loves wizards and time-travel, but has an irrational distaste for time-traveling wizards. His latest books are Ichabod Crane and the Magic Lamp and Other Stories and Quantum Age Adventures. Short fiction publications include work in Nature Futures, Science Fiction Daily and dozens of other magazines and anthologies. He also produces a weekly podcast, in which he reads other people's stories: Manawaker Studio's Flash Fiction Podcast.

Learn more at cbdroege.com

I grew up in Maidenhead, UK, before moving to Brazil in 2007 via Portsmouth on England’s south coast. I published my first story in 2016 and have now published ten published novels, two novellas, and two short stories.

I currently live just outside the city of Salvador, Brazil, with Eliene, and our dog, Sophie, and two cats, Tabitha and Jess. By day, I teach English as a foreign language (TEFL) at a local language school.

As well as being a teacher and a writer, I've created and co-host a podcast for short read readers and short read writers called 'Short Is The New Long'.

You can find out more about me and my books at

www.gregkrojac.com

In the words that Robert Heinlein put so evocatively into the mouth of Lazarus Long: 'Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.' Having tried a number of different careers, before settling in the North-East of England with family, three dogs, cats and a small flock of rescued chickens, I now spend a lot of time in private and have very clean hands.

If you enjoy my books, please let me know by leaving a review, it encourages me to keep writing!

I hope you will keep in touch to find out more about future titles in both Fortune's Fools and The Dai and Julia Mysteries through Facebook. Do take the time to enjoy a daily coffee break read with me and my co-author, Jane Jago, at workingtitleblogspot.com. You can also find me on twitter @emswifthook

BOOKS

The Dai and Julia Mysteries (all co-written with Jane Jago) currently available:

Dying to be Roman

Dying to be Friends

Dying for a Poppy

Dying as a Druid

The First Dai and Julia Omnibus

Dying for a Vacation

Dying to be Fathers

Dying on the Mosaics

The Second Dai and Julia Omnibus

Dying on the Streets

Dying to be Innocent

Dying to Find Proof

The Third Dai and Julia Omnibus

Dying for a Present

Dying as a Spy

Dai and Julia short stories:

'Dying to Alter History' in Tales from Alternate Earths III from Inkling's Press

'Dying to be Cured' in 'Gods of Clay' from The SciFi Roundtable

Fortune's Fools books currently available:

Transgressor Trilogy: The Fated Sky, Times of Change, Dues of Blood

Haruspex Trilogy: Trust A Few, Edge of Doom, A Walking Shadow

Iconoclast Trilogy: Mistrust and Treason, Not To Be, A Necessary End

There are also a number of short stories set in the Fortune's Fools universe:

Midwinter Miracle with typographic art by Zora Marie (also available as an audiobook)

'Changeling Child' in 'Tales of Wonder' from Inklings Press

'Tongueless Caverns' in 'Tales from the Underground' from Inklings Press

'Wondrous Strange' in 'The Quantum Soul' from The SciFi Roundtable

'The Invisible Event' in 'Challenge Accepted' a charity anthology.

Brent A. Harris is a two-time alternate history Sidewise Award finalist. He writes of time-traveling astronaut dinosaurs, misunderstood orcs, conflicted AIs, and a universe where Dickens meets steampunk.

When not harried behind a keyboard chugging caffeine, Brent enjoys nerdy stuff like board games, DnD, and arguing why there's still hope for Marvel movies. He holds a Masters in Creative Writing and Film from National University because the school liked his writing enough to pay for his degree.

As part of a military family, he's traveled the world and lived in four different countries yet still can't speak a second language. Heck, the guy can hardly write in English. He currently lives abroad with a broad and a brood in Okinawa, Japan.

Rob Edwards is a British born writer and podcaster, living in Finland. His podcast, StorycastRob, features readings from his short stories and excerpts from longer work. His work can also be found in anthologies from Inklings Press and Rivenstone Press.

His debut novel, the scifi superhero adventure The Ascension Machine launches September 2020.

His greatest geek pride is his entry on wookieepedia, the a result of writing several Star Wars RPG scenarios back in the day.

I live a very quiet life writing novels predominately. My interests include sex, martial arts, Taoism, and cosmology. I have been fortunate to have experienced some rather intense realizations concerning the nature of the universe. I have a family connection with Area 51, as I had found out my father worked there from 1968 to 1988. He never said a word about it to the family, saying that he'd worked up a the Tonopah Test Site. I found out from the FBI that this was a mere cover story. Our whole family had been under a secret FBI protection detail's surveillance the whole time. This finally explained how my folks always knew exactly what we were up to, even when there was seemingly no possible way for them to know.

Lyra Shanti is a pen name for Aryl Arthur Shanti. He is a novelist, poet, playwright, and songwriter who lives in Florida with his partner and their two insane cats.

Author of the award-winning science fantasy series, Shiva XIV, Aryl is a dreamer of worlds far away. As a proud trans man, almost all of his books include LGBTQ+ characters. More of his books include The Artist, a wild tale of love, madness, and redemption, The Rainbow Serpent, a re-imagining of Adam and Eve, and Gemstones, a fantasy romance set in China. Look for the 2nd book in the Gemstones series coming soon!

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GD Deckard decided at the age of 17 to write about life and now, six grandchildren later, he hopes to God he's completed the necessary research. "I thought by now we'd know where humans came from and what our destiny is. Since we cannot answer the important questions, science fiction is as true a genre for writing about life as any."

A graduate of Ohio State, the author has lived in Europe and Asia. He currently resides in Naples, Florida. As a founding member of WritersCo-op.com, GD happily helps other writer-members to market their books. Hobbies include way too much time playing Ultima Online, shooting small arms a couple of times a year, collecting knives & coins and a life long love of photography.

Someone once wrote this about me

"Jim Webster is probably still fifty something, his tastes in music are eclectic, and his dress sense is rarely discussed in polite society. In spite of this he has a wife and three daughters.

He has managed to make a living from a mixture of agriculture, consultancy, and freelance writing. Previously he has restricted himself to writing about agricultural and rural issues but including enough Ancient Military history to maintain his own sanity. But seemingly he has felt it necessary to branch out into writing fantasy and Sci-Fi novels."

Now with eight much acclaimed fantasy works and two Sci-Fi to my credit it seems I might be getting into the swing of things.

Ricardo Victoria is a Mexican writer with a Ph.D. in Design –with emphasis in sustainability- from Loughborough University, and a love of fiction, board games, comic books, and action figures. He lives in Toluca, Mexico with his wife and pets, working works as a full-time lecturer and researcher at the local university. He writes mainly science fantasy.

His first novel, Tempest Blades: The Withered King, was released in August 2019 by Shadow Dragon Press, an imprint of Artemesia Publishing. The sequel, Tempest Blades: Cursed Titans is due for publication in August 2021. He has a number of stories published by Inklings Press, and other indie outlets.

His short story Twilight of the Mesozoic Moon, jointly written with Brent A. Harris, was nominated for a Sidewise Award for short form alternative history.

You can find out more at his website, http://ricardovictoriau.com, or follow him on Twitter, @Winged_Leo

Jeanette O’Hagan enjoys writing fiction, poetry, blogging and editing. She is writing her Akrad’s Legacy Series—a Young Adult secondary world fantasy fiction with adventure, courtly intrigue and romantic elements. Her short stories and poems are published in numerous anthologies and her debut novel, Akrad's Children, and Under the Mountain novella series. Akrad's Children is included in the fantastic book bundle On the Horizon.

Jeanette has practised medicine, studied communication, history, theology and, more recently, a Master’s in writing. She loves reading, painting, travel, catching up for coffee with friends, pondering the meaning of life and communicating God’s great love. She lives in Brisbane with her husband and children.

Websites: jeanetteohagan.com/

jennysthread.com/

Facebook: www.facebook.com/JeanetteOHaganAuthorAndSpeaker

Twitter: @JeanetteOHagan

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bythelightof2moons/

Books & anthologies:

Akrad's Legacy series

Akrad's Children

Under the Mountain series

Heart of the Mountain: A short novella (2016)

Blood Crystal: a novella (2017)

Anthologies:

Like a Woman anthology, Mirren Hogan (2017)

The Quantum Soul, SciFi Roundtable (2017)

Tales From the Underground, Inklings Press (2017)

Futurevision, 1231 Press (2017)

Mixed Blessings: As Time Goes By, BOFA Press (2017)

Redemption anthology, Bent Banana Books (2017)

Poetica Christi: Wonderment, PC press (2017)

Crossroads anthology, Bird Catcher Books (2017)

Imagine anthology, Poetica Christi (2016)

Mixed Blessings: Genre-lly Speaking (2016)

Inner Child anthology, Poetica Christi (2015)

Brio anthology (FAWQ) SVS Concepts (2015)

Another Time Another Place anthology, Swinburne Students, (2015)

Let the Sea Roar anthology, By the Light Books, (2015)

Like a Girl anthology, Far Horizons (2015)

Tied in Pink romance anthology, Far Horizons (2014)

Coming soon

On the Horizon Book Bundle - available for pre-order

Ruhanna's Flight and other stories,

Stone of the Sea: a novella - Book 3 of Under the Mountain series

Rasel's Song, Book 2 of Akrad's Legacy series due to be published 2018 by By the Light Books

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Claire Buss is a multi-genre author and poet based in the UK. She wanted to be Lois Lane when she grew up but work experience at her local paper was eye-opening. Instead, Claire went on to work in a variety of admin roles for over a decade but never felt quite at home. An avid reader, baker and Pinterest addict Claire won second place in the Barking and Dagenham Pen to Print writing competition in 2015 with her debut novel, The Gaia Effect, setting her writing career in motion.

You can follow her on Twitter @grasshopper2407, Facebook.com/busswriter and visit her website www.clairebuss.co.uk for more information about Claire and her writing.

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~Writing passionately and hopelessly addicted to cake~

Claire's Books:

**Hopeful Dystopian Trilogy The Gaia Collection**

The Gaia Effect - winner of the 2017 Raven Award for favourite Scifi/Fantasy novel

The Gaia Project

The Gaia Solution

**Humorous Fantasy**

The Rose Thief, Roshaven book 1 - winner of the 2019 Raven Award for favourite Scifi/Fantasy novel

The Silk Thief, Roshaven book 2

The Bone Thief, Roshaven book 3

The Interspecies Poker Tournament, Roshaven novella, Case File 27

Ye Olde Magick Shoppe, Roshaven short story

**Short Story Collections**

Tales from Suburbia

Tales from the Seaside - winner of the 2018 Best Indie Book

The Blue Serpent & other tales

Flashing Here & There

**Anthologies**

'Underground Scratchings', Tales from the Underground

'Patient Data', The Quantum Soul

'A Christmas Badger' co-written with CH Clepitt, Sparkly Badgers' Christmas Anthology

'Dress Like An Animal' + 'Afraid of the Dark', Haunted - The Sparkly Badgers' Anthology

**Poetry**

Little Book of Verse

Little Book of Spring

Little Book of Summer

Spooky Little Book

Little Book of Winter

Little Book of Love

Little Book of Autumn

Little Book of Christmas.

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Darran M. Handshaw is the author of The Engineer and The Dark Heart of Redemption. In addition to writing, Darran works as an R&D Engineer at a technology company. There he invents and designs new products. He holds more than 70 patents in data capture, vision systems, and emergency services. Darran also volunteers as a firefighter and EMT with his local fire department, where he serves as the Chief of Department. Darran hails from Long Island, NY, where he lives with his wife, Stefanie, and son, Corwin, who fill his life with love, wisdom, and endless adventures.

Follow Darran below:

Facebook: fb.me/ActaeonRellios/

Twitter: twitter.com/Engineer7601

Goodreads: goodreads.com/TheEngineer

Dr. Victor Acquista has become a successful multi award-winning international author and speaker following careers as a primary-care physician and medical executive. He is known for "Writing to Raise Consciousness."

He is the creator and narrator/host of a podcast series, Podfobler Productions, and is a featured contributor for Bizcatalyst 360.

His non-fiction and his workshops focus on personal growth and transformation, especially as pertains to health and wellness. His fiction includes social messaging intended to get readers engaged in thought-provoking themes.

His two-book series, "The Saga of Venom and Flame" is a two-time winner in the International Book Awards Competition. The first novel, "Serpent Rising", received Best New Age Fiction in 2021. The second novel, "Revelation", received Best New Age Fiction in 2023. "Revelation" was also a finalist in the 2023 Silver Falchion Award for Best Action-Adventure, and received Best New Age Fiction in the 2024 American Legacy Book Awards. His satire, "The Nihilist's Pocket Survival Guide to Modern Society," written under the pen name Tungyn Cheque, was awarded Best Fiction-Humor in the 2024 Seasonal PenCraft Book Awards.

Dr. Acquista has a longstanding interest in consciousness studies, is a student of Integral Theory, and strives to do his part to make our planet a wee bit better. He lives with his wife in Florida. He is a member of the Authors Guild, Mystery Writers of America, the International Thriller Writers, and the Florida Writers Association.

Cindy Tomamichel is a writer of action adventure romance novels, spanning time travel, sci fi, fantasy, paranormal, and sword and sorcery genres. They all have something in common – sword fights! The heroines don’t wait to be rescued, and the heroes earn that title the hard way.

Her next book, Druid’s Portal: The Second Journey is in progress. An action adventure time travel with a touch of romance set in Roman Britain. Keep up to date via links below.

Contact Cindy on

Website: www.cindytomamichel.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CindyTomamichelAuthor/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CindyTomamichel

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16194822.Cindy_Tomamichel

Google+: https://plus.google.com/+CindyTomamichel