Risingshadow: August 2015 Edition

Rebecca Lloyd's Mercy and Other Stories was published by Tartarus Press in March 2014. Information about Rebecca Lloyd: Winning the 2008 Bristol Short Story Prize for her story 'The River', Rebecca Lloyd, a writer and editor from Bristol, UK, was shortlisted in the 2010 Dundee International Book Prize and was a semi-finalist in the Hudson Prize for a short story collection in the same year. Her novel Halfling was published by Walker Books in 2011, and in the following year she was co-editor ... [read more]

Risingshadow has the honour of publishing a guest post by Weston Ochse. Weston Ochse is the award-winning author of more than twenty novels, including the groundbreaking Task Force OMBRA series for Solaris. A military veteran with over thirty years of service who began writing professionally in 1997, Wes has seen his work published in magazines, comics and anthologies. He lives in the Arizona desert, a stone's throw away from Mexico. Click here to visit the author's official website. Grunt ... [read more]

Risingshadow has had the honour of interviewing Edward M. Erdelac. Edward M. Erdelac is the author of several novels (including the acclaimed weird western series Merkabah Rider) and dozens of short stories. He is an independent filmmaker, award winning screenwriter, and sometime Star Wars contributor. Born in Indiana, educated in Chicago, he resides in the Los Angeles area with his wife and a bona fide slew of children and cats. Click here to visit the author's blog. Click here to visit the author's Twitter page. AN INTERVIEW WITH EDWARD M. ERDELAC [read more]

Tim Marquitz's Influx was published by Ragnarok Publications is June 2015.Information about Tim Marquitz: Tim Marquitz is the author of the Demon Squad series, the Blood War Trilogy, co-author of the Dead West series, as well as several standalone books, and numerous anthology appearances including Triumph Over Tragedy, Corrupts Absolutely?, That Hoodoo Voodoo that You Do, Widowmakers, At Hell's Gates 1&3, Neverland's Library, Blackguards, and the forthcoming SNAFU Survival of the Fittest ... [read more]

Martha Wells' Stories of the Raksura: Volume Two: The Dead City & The Dark Earth Below was published by Night Shade Books in June 2015. Information about Martha Wells: Martha Wells is the author of five Ile-Rien novels (The Element of Fire, The Death of the Necromancer, The Wizard Hunters, The Ships of Air and The Gate of Gods), Books of the Raksura trilogy (The Cloud Roads, The Serpent Sea and The Siren Depths), City of Bones, Wheel of the Infinite, the Emilie series (Emilie and the Hollow ... [read more]

Risingshadow has had the honour of interviewing Alistair Cross. Since his first publication with Damnation Books in 2012, Alistair has authored the successful serial novel, The Ghosts of Ravencrest, as well as the Amazon Best Seller, The Cliffhouse Haunting with international bestselling author, Tamara Thorne. Together, they host the popular Horror, Urban Fantasy, and Paranormal themed radio show, Thorne & Cross Haunted Nights LIVE!, which has included such guests as Chelsea Quinn Yarbro of ... [read more]

Kelley Armstrong's short story collection Led Astray: The Best of Kelley Armstrong will be published by Tachyon Publications in September 2015. Information about Kelley Armstrong: Kelley Armstrong is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of the thirteen-novel urban-fantasy series Otherworld (Bitten, Broken, Dime Store Magic), the six-book YA series Darkest Powers (The Summoning, The Awakening), and the Nadia Stafford crime series (Exit Strategy). Click here to visit the author's ... [read more]

KG Johansson's Googolplex will be published by Affront Publishing in September 2015. Information about KG Johansson: Swedish author KG Johansson was born in the fifties, grew up with rock music and became a musician. Today he plays and writes full-time - science fiction and young adult novels, film scripts, opera libretti and music books - and is one of the foremost authors of speculative fiction in Scandinavia. Click here to visit the author's official website (in Swedish). Information ... [read more]

Brendan Connell's Cannibals of West Papua will be published by Zagawa in July 2015. According to the publisher's website, the shipping of this novel will start towards the end of July 2015. Information about Brendan Connell: Brendan Connell was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1970. He has had fiction published in numerous places, including McSweeney's, Adbusters, and the World Fantasy Award winning anthologies Leviathan 3 (The Ministry of Whimsy 2002), and Strange Tales (Tartarus Press ... [read more]

Strange Tales V (edited by Rosalie Parker) was published by Tartarus Press in April 2015. Information about Rosalie Parker: Rosalie Parker was born and grew up on a farm in Buckinghamshire, but has lived subsequently in Stockholm, Oxford, Dorset, Somerset, Sheffield and Sussex. She took degrees in English Literature and History, and Archaeology, working as an archaeologist before returning to her first love of books. Rosalie is co-proprietor and editor of the independent publishing house, ... [read more]

Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen's novella Where the Trains Turn (Tor.com, November 2014) has been nominated for a World Fantasy Award. This year's nominees include: - The Goblin Emperor, Katherine Addison (Tor)- City of Stairs, Robert Jackson Bennett (Broadway; Jo Fletcher)- The Bone Clocks, David Mitchell (Random House; Sceptre)- Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy, Jeff VanderMeer (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)- My Real Children, Jo Walton (Tor; Corsair) [book_48971_quote]   [read more]

C. T. Phipps is a lifelong student of horror, science fiction, and fantasy. An avid tabletop gamer, he discovered this passion led him to write and turned him into a lifelong geek. He is a regular blogger, reviewer for The Bookie Monster, and recently signed a deal with Ragnarok Publications to produce the urban fantasy series, The Red Room. C. T. Phipps is also the author of The Supervillainy Saga, the first book of which, The Rules of Supervillainy, was released in June 2015. C. T. Phipps' ... [read more]

Risingshadow has had the honour of interviewing Rhys Hughes. Rhys Hughes was born in 1966 and began writing from an early age. His first short story was published in 1991 and his first book, the now legendary Worming the Harpy, followed four years later. Since then he has published more than thirty books, his work has been translated into ten languages and he is currently one of the most prolific and successful authors in Wales. Mostly known for absurdist works, his range in fact encompasses ... [read more]

Risingshadow has the honour of publishing a guest post Eric Brown. Eric Brown reviews for the Guardian and has written over fifty books. His latest novels are Jani and the Greater Game and, with Una McCormack, The Baba Yaga, the third book in the Weird Space series. (The press release for The Baba Yaga can be found below the guest post.) Click here to visit the author's official website. GUEST POST: Research by Eric Brown [read more]

(Keeper of the Lost Cities #3)

Sophie uncovers shocking secrets — and faces treacherous new enemies — in this electrifying third book in the Keeper of the Lost Cities series. Sophie Foster is ready to fight back. Her talents are getting stronger, and with the elusive Black Swan group ignoring her calls for help, she’s determined to find her kidnappers — before they come after her again. But a daring mistake leaves her world teetering on the edge of war, and causes many to fear that she has finally gone ... [read more]

FantasyYoung Adult

(A Shade of Vampire #16)

The thrilling finale of Rose & Caleb's series! Thanks to Mona's discovery, the residents of The Shade finally understand their enemies' ultimate weakness. But this knowledge will soon be worthless if they lose the race against the black witches. Starting out on what seems like an impossible journey, the Novaks and their closest companions must solve the mystery that is Magnus... and hope to not lose themselves in the process. Twists, turns, danger and secrets. Are you ready for an epic return to The Shade? [read more]

FantasyRomanceParanormal Romance

(Serafina #1)

“Never go into the deep parts of the forest, for there are many dangers there, and they will ensnare your soul.” Serafina has never had a reason to disobey her pa and venture beyond the grounds of the Biltmore estate. There’s plenty to explore in her grand home, although she must take care to never be seen. None of the rich folk upstairs know that Serafina exists; she and her pa, the estate’s maintenance man, have secretly lived in the basement for as long as Serafina can ... [read more]

FantasyYoung Adult

(Time Salvager #1)

A fast-paced time travel adventure from the award-winning author of of The Lives of Tao In a future when Earth is a toxic, abandoned world and humanity has spread into the outer solar system to survive, the tightly controlled use of time travel holds the key maintaining a fragile existence among the other planets and their moons. James Griffin-Mars is a chronman — a convicted criminal recruited for his unique psychological makeup to undertake the most dangerous job there is: ... [read more]

Science Fiction

(The Dark Elements #3)

Some loves will last 'til your dying breath  Every choice has consequences — but seventeen-year-old Layla faces tougher choices than most. Light or darkness. Wickedly sexy demon prince Roth, or Zayne, the gorgeous, protective Warden she never thought could be hers. Hardest of all, Layla has to decide which side of herself to trust.  Layla has a new problem, too. A Lilin — the deadliest of demons — has been unleashed, wreaking havoc on those around her... including her ... [read more]

FantasyYoung Adult

(A Shade of Vampire #15)

"A timeless barrier has been broken. Things will never be the same for the human world again..." A new dawn has risen over The Shade. No longer one of weakness, but of strength. Desperate, the black witches are on a blood hunt more pernicious than ever before. Now it's no longer the island's inhabitants who are in jeopardy. It's the world around them. [read more]

FantasyRomanceParanormal Romance

(The Watchmaker of Filigree Street #1)

An enchanting new literary historical fantasy with the spark and wit of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street plunges readers into a magical past. In 1884, Thaniel Steepleton returns home to his London apartment to find a new watch on his pillow. But he has bigger things to worry about than generous burglars; he is a telegraphist at the Home Office, where he has just received a bomb threat. Six months later, the watch saves his life, warning him of a blast that ... [read more]

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(Afterlife Saga #6)

As Keira and Draven reunite, it is but a bitter sweet moment as it is time they must put their loyalty on the line in the ultimate test of trust in order to seek the truth. But making it through the gates of Hell and back in one piece isn’t something they can expect or take lightly. As for one of our destined lovers, a fight for the other’s survival is something they will have to face alone. Will Draven release Hell on Earth for the sake of the woman he loves or let her go? Is one love ... [read more]

FantasyRomanceParanormal RomanceVampires

(The Demon Prince of Momochi House #1)

On her sixteenth birthday, orphan Himari Momochi inherits her ancestral estate that she's never seen. Momochi House exists on the barrier between the human and spiritual realms, and Himari is meant to act as guardian between the two worlds. But on the day she moves in, she finds three handsome squatters already living in the house, and one seems to have already taken over her role! [read more]

FantasyRomanceYoung AdultMangaYōkai

A compelling story of alien contact, mystery, and murder:  "Intellectually daring, brilliantly imagined, strongly felt. This one's a winner." — Ursula K. Le Guin Reports of a strange new habitable planet have reached the Twenty Planets of human civilization. When a team of scientists is assembled to investigate this new world, exoethnologist Sara Callicot is recruited to keep an eye on an unstable crew-mate. Thora was once a member of the interplanetary elite, but since her ... [read more]

Science Fiction

(Twisted Tales #1)

Welcome to a new YA series that reimagines classic Disney stories in surprising new ways. Each book asks the question: What if one key moment from a familiar Disney film was changed? This dark and daring version of Aladdin twists the original story with the question: What if Jafar was the first one to summon the Genie? When Jafar steals the Genie’s lamp, he uses his first two wishes to become sultan and the most powerful sorcerer in the world. Agrabah lives in fear, waiting for his third and ... [read more]

FantasyYoung AdultRetellingsFairy Tale RetellingsDisney

(The Blood Dragon Empire #1)

Five noble war heroes of Vagandrak get drunk one night and sign a contract – to journey to the Karamakkos in search of the Five Havens where, it is written, there is untold, abandoned wealth and, more importantly, the three Dragon Heads – jewels claimed to give unspeakable power and everlasting life to those who wield them. But the Dragon Heads aren’t what they think, and the world has not encountered their like in generations! Think Smaug was fierce? You ain’t seen nothing! [read more]

FantasyEpic FantasyHigh Fantasy

Nalo Hopkinson (Brown Girl in the Ring, Skin Folk) has been widely hailed as a highly significant voice in Caribbean and American fiction. She has been dubbed “one of our most important writers,” (Junot Diaz), with “an imagination that most of us would kill for” (Los Angeles Times), and her work has been called “stunning,” (New York Times) “rich in voice, humor, and dazzling imagery” (Kirkus), and “simply triumphant” (Dorothy Allison). Falling in Love with Hominids ... [read more]

FantasyScience FictionShort Stories

(The Long War #3)

ALL THAT WAS DEAD WILL RISE... ALL THAT NOW LIVES WILL FALL... In the halls beyond the world lie roads that no mere man can tread. Vast empires rise and fall, entire races fade from mortal ken, but here their sacrifices are remembered. Alexander Tiris, the last hope of the royal line, can no longer ignore the traitorous actions of his family. Thralled to the envoys of a corrupt new power, they have turned upon their kingdom and their god. [read more]

FantasyEpic FantasyHigh Fantasy

(The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)

March 1895. Hilary Term at Oxford. In the newly built extension to the University Galleries, Professor Quantock has put the finishing touches to a wondrous computational device which, he claims, is capable of analytical thought to rival that of the cleverest men alive. Indeed, his so-called Thinking Engine seems equal to Sherlock Holmes himself in its deductive powers. To prove his point, Quantock programmes his machine to solve a murder in the Jericho area which has been baffling Oxford ... [read more]

Science FictionMysterySteampunkSherlock Holmes

(The Red #2)

In the wake of nuclear terrorism, a squad of elite soldiers must combat artificial intelligence and seek justice in this military political thriller, a sequel to The Red. Lieutenant James Shelley and his squad of US Army soldiers were on a quest for justice when they carried out the unauthorized mission known as First Light. They returned home to America to face a court-martial, determined to expose the corruption in the chain of command that compelled their actions. But in a ... [read more]

Science FictionMilitary Science Fiction

(Alice in the Country of Hearts: White Rabbit and Some Afternoon Tea #1)

THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT It all began on a fateful Sunday afternoon while Alice was in the garden with her sister…or did it? Alice doesn’t know why a white rabbit whisked her off to a land full of wonders, but the lines of reality have blurred, and she thinks she’s in a dream. It must be, since the white rabbit is a handsome man who’s confessed his undying love for her, and his whimsical Country of Hearts is surprisingly vicious. But when faced with this strange rabbit and the depth of ... [read more]

FantasyRomanceManga

(Pram #1)

An exquisite middle grade debut about a girl who befriends ghosts from acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Lauren DeStefano. Pram Bellamy is special — she can talk to ghosts. She doesn’t have too many friends amongst the living, but that’s all right. She has her books, she has her aunts, and she has her best friend, the ghostly Felix. Then Pram meets Clarence, a boy from school who has also lost a parent and is looking for answers. Together they arrive at the door of ... [read more]

FantasyYoung Adult

(The Vampires of Crimson Cove #1)

Welcome to Crimson Cove Sheltered by ancient redwoods, overlooking the California coast, the cozy village of Crimson Cove has it all: sophisticated retreats, fine dining, and a notorious nightclub, The Crimson Corset. It seems like a perfect place to relax and get close to nature. But not everything in Crimson Cove is natural. When Cade Colter moves to town, he expects it to be peaceful to the point of boredom. But he quickly learns that after the sun sets and the fog rolls in, the little ... [read more]

FantasyHorrorUrban FantasyVampires

((R)evolution #3)

The gillungs - waterbreathing, genetically modified humans - are thriving. They've colonised riverbanks and ports long since abandoned to the rising seas and the demand for their high-efficiency technologies is growing fast. But as demand grows, so do fears about their impact on both norm businesses and the natural environment. Then, a biohazard scare at Sinkat, their colony on the Thames, fuels the opposition and threatens to derail the gillungs' progress. But was it an ... [read more]

Science Fiction