Risingshadow: March 2016 Edition

Risingshadow has the honour of publishing an article by Duncan McGeary. Duncan McGeary's Wild Pig Apocalypse series (Tuskers, Tuskers II: Day of the Long Pig and Tuskers III: The Omnivore Wars) is published by Ragnarok Publications. He recently self published The Manic Pixie Dream Girl Murders: Blood of the Succubus (February 2016). Click here to visit his official website. Click here to visit his official blog. AN ARTICLE BY DUNCAN MCGEARY: A LOVELY FANTASY [read more]

Martha Wells' The Edge of Worlds will be published by Night Shade Books in April 2016. 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 World and Emilie and the Sky World), two Stargate ... [read more]

The Brendan Connell and Quentin S. Crisp giveaway has ended. One lucky winner from New Zealand has been selected randomly among all the participants. He will soon be contacted by e-mail and a package containing Jottings from a Far Away Place by Brendan Connell and Blue on Blue by Quentin S. Crisp will be sent to him. Thank you for all the participants and congratulations to the winner! [read more]

Aickman's Heirs (edited by Simon Strantzas) was published by Undertow Publications in May 2015. Information about Simon Strantzas: Simon Strantzas is the author of the story collections Beneath the Surface (2008), Cold to the Touch (2009), Nightingale Songs (2011), and Burnt Black Suns (2014). His stories have appeared in The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, the Black Wings series, and elsewhere. He resides in Toronto, Canada. Click here to visit ... [read more]

Joe R. Lansdale's Hap and Leonard will be published by Tachyon Publications in March 2016. Information about Joe R. Lansdale: Joe R. Lansdale is the internationally-bestselling author of over forty novels, including twelve books featuring the popular Hap and Leonard. Many of his cult classics have been adapted for television and film, most famously Bubba Ho-Tep, starring Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis. Lansdale has written numerous screenplays and teleplays, including for the iconic Batman ... [read more]

Risingshadow has had the honour of interviewing Clifford Beal about his latest fantasy novel, The Guns of Ivrea. Information about Clifford Beal: Clifford Beal is a former journalist and the author of Gideon’s Angel and Raven's Banquet by Solaris Books. Following a swashbuckling past where he trained in 16th-17th century rapier combat, he now leads a more sedentary life but daydreams of returning to fighting trim. When not imbibing endless mugs of tea and writing, he can usually be ... [read more]

Vaughn Entwistle's The Revenant of Thraxton Hall was published by Minotaur Books and Titan Books in 2014. It's the first novel in The Paranormal Casebooks of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle series. Information about Vaughn Entwistle: Vaughn Entwistle is a British novelist based in the Mendip Hills of North Somerset, an area of outstanding natural beauty. For most of his life he has rattled about between England and the United States. He lived for over ten years in Seattle where, when not pursuing a ... [read more]

Justin Isis' Divorce Procedures for the Hairdressers of a Metallic and Inconstant Goddess will be published by Snuggly Books in February 2016. Information about Justin Isis: Justin Isis has worked as a model, consultant, rapper and visual artist and currently heads the Tokyo Black Lodge occult group. His previous works include I Wonder What Human Flesh Tastes Like (Chomu Press, 2011) and Welcome to the Arms Race (Chomu Press, 2015). He also co-edited Chomu’s Dadaoism anthology ... [read more]

Michael W. Garza's Tribes of Decay was published by Severed Press in January 2016. Information about Michael W. Garza: Michael W. Garza often finds himself wondering where his inspiration will come from next and in what form his imagination will bring it to life. The outcomes regularly surprise him and it's always his ambition to amaze those curious enough to follow him and take in those results. He encourages readers to peek at his latest work as well as the material he's published in the ... [read more]

(The Powder Mage (short fiction))

A novella. Taniel Two-Shot is a powder mage with the Tristan Ghost Irregulars, a band of volunteers who have made a name for themselves fighting in the Fatrastan Revolution. They range through the swamps of the frontier, cutting off enemy supplies and raiding towns while Taniel hunts the Privileged sorcerers that make the Kez armies so powerful. When a desperate call for help comes from the nearby city of Planth, the Irregulars aren't the only ones to answer and Taniel must deal ... [read more]

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A girl discovers she has the ability to inhabit the world of famous paintings, and tries to help a boy trapped behind the canvas. There is a world behind the canvas. Past the paint of the canvas is a realm where art lives, breathes, creates, destroys. Claudia Miravista loves art but only sees what is on the surface, until the Dutch boy Pim appears in her painting. Pim has been trapped in the world behind the canvas for centuries by a power-hungry witch, and now believes that Claudia is his ... [read more]

FantasyYoung Adult

(Monster Musume #8)

A New York Times manga bestseller Monster Musume is an ongoing manga series that presents the classic harem comedy with a fantastical twist: the female cast of characters that tempts our male hero is comprised of exotic and enticing supernatural creatures like lamias, centaurs, and harpies! Monster Musume will appeal to fans of supernatural comedies like Inukami! and harem comedies like Love Hina. Each volume is lavishly illustrated and includes a color insert. What do world ... [read more]

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(The Binders Game #1)

Hired by the thief-master Orly to only capture a slaver rather than kill, the assassin Galen quickly learns his target is more than a simple slaver. Orly has used him. Again. The job takes him deeper into the Eban underworld as he tries to understand how he’s been used, and why his only friend in the city seems to know more than she should. Part 1 of The Binders Game, set in the world of The Dark Ability. [read more]

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(Reign of Shadows #1)

Destiny and darkness collide in this romantic, sweeping new fantasy series from New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan. Seventeen years ago, an eclipse cloaked the kingdom of Relhok in perpetual darkness. In the chaos, an evil chancellor murdered the king and queen and seized their throne. Luna, Relhok’s lost princess, has been hiding in a tower ever since. Luna’s survival depends on the world believing she is dead. But that doesn’t stop Luna from wanting more. When ... [read more]

FantasyYoung Adult

(Harmony Black #1)

Harmony Black is much more than your average FBI special agent. In addition to being a practicing witch, she’s also an operative for Vigilant Lock, an off-the-books program created to battle occult threats — by any means necessary. Despite her dedication to fighting the monsters threatening society, Harmony has become deeply conflicted about her job. Her last investigation resulted in a pile of dead bodies, and she suspects the wrong people are being punished for it. While on ... [read more]

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(A Shade of Vampire #23)

Expect the unexpected... The PENULTIMATE BOOK in Ben and River's story as we move toward the enthralling finale in Book 24. [read more]

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(The Dark Ability #3)

Master of lorcith. Gifted with Sliding. Pawn of the Forgotten. Rsiran now understands that he can use not only the arcane power of lorcith, but also that of heartstone. This ability makes him powerful, perhaps too powerful for some. Others know of his ability, and seek to use him. After Brusus is attacked, Rsiran makes a decision that requires an unlikely ally, and brings him to dangerous Thyr, where the Scholars of Venass offer their aid, but for a price. But the scholars want Rsiran for ... [read more]

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(QQ Sweeper #2)

Supernatural cleaners Kyutaro and Fumi can literally sweep trouble away…but can Kyutaro sweep Fumi off her feet? One day, Kyutaro Horikita, the tall, dark and handsome cleaning expert of Kurokado High, comes across a sleeping maiden named Fumi Nishioka at school… Unfortunately, their meeting is anything but a fairy-tale encounter! It turns out Kyutaro is a “Sweeper” who cleans away negative energy from people’s hearts—and Fumi is about to become his apprentice! Fumi’s image keeps ... [read more]

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The critically acclaimed cult novelist makes visceral the terrors of life in Jim Crow America and its lingering effects in this brilliant and wondrous work of the imagination that melds historical fiction, pulp noir, and Lovecraftian horror and fantasy Chicago, 1954. When his father Montrose goes missing, twenty-two year old Army veteran Atticus Turner embarks on a road trip to New England to find him, accompanied by his Uncle George — publisher of The Safe Negro Travel Guide ... [read more]

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(United States of Japan #1)

A spiritual sequel to The Man In The High Castle, focusing on the New Japanese Empire, from an acclaimed author and essayist. The Axis won WWII and now, in the late 1980s, the Japanese Empire rules over the western US states, their power assured by technological superiority (giant mecha, etc.) But when a video game emerges that posits a worldwhere the allies won, a game censor and an Imperial Government agent discover truths about the empire that make them question their loyalty. [read more]

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A new hard science fiction novel from multiple Hugo Award winner Allen Steele Written by a highly regarded expert on space travel and exploration, Arkwright features the precision of hard SF with a compelling cast of characters. In the vein of classic authors such as Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and Arthur C. Clarke, Nathan Arkwright is a seminal author of the twentieth century. At the end of his life he becomes reclusive and cantankerous, refusing to appear before or interact with ... [read more]

Science Fiction

Four women, soldier, scholar, poet, and socialite, are caught up on different sides of a violent rebellion. As war erupts and their families are torn apart, they fear they may disappear into the unwritten pages of history. Using the sword and the pen, the body and the voice, they struggle not just to survive, but to make history. [read more]

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(Idol Dreams #2)

To pursue missed chances at love and success, 31-year-old Chikage Deguchi takes an experimental drug that changes her appearance back to how she looked at 15. Chikage has debuted as the teenage idol Akari, but now she must compete with Yuko to have Hibiki produce her CD. Tokita, the only one who knows Chikage’s secret, continues to help her while trying to atone for the past… [read more]

FantasyRomanceManga

A novella. Katya deals in Authenticities and Captures, trading on nostalgia for a past long gone. Her clients are rich and they demand items and experiences with only the finest verifiable provenance. Other people’s lives have value, after all. But when her A.I. suddenly stops whispering in her ear she finds herself cut off from the grid and loses communication with the rest of the world. The man who stepped out of the trees while hunting deer cut her off from the cloud, took ... [read more]

Science Fiction

(Princess Kingdoms #2)

In the kingdom of Amaranyllis there is a legend… Of a prince who crossed the ocean chasing a prophecy. Of a princess traded for a rose. When destiny brings them together it will lead them through a fairy land and across the sea; along a road marked by strife and storms. For even though this destiny has bound their hearts together, it will also tear them apart. Embroiled in the battle between fairy magic and sorcery they will risk the schemes and lies of court and the wrath of rogue ... [read more]

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(Wings of Fire: Winglets #3)

Fans of the New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series won't want to miss this all-new story set in the dangerous world of dragons. Six-Claws is a happy and industrious SandWing, always working hard and loyally for his queen. So when the youngest SandWing princess, Blaze, wanders off during a sandstorm, Six-Claws doesn't think twice before trying to rescue her. But it turns out that loyalty isn't always enough to stay safe in the Sand Kingdom...Before the war of SandWing succession, there ... [read more]

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Lucifer is enjoying his retirement in an obscure corner of Limbo when he learns of a plot by Gabriel, the current ruler of Hell, to use humanity’s greatest weapon against it – Television! Cue the hottest reality game-show ever conceived: Who Wants To Be The Prince Of Darkness? Gabriel orchestrates an “Infernal takeover” of Earth by stealing unwitting mortal souls and sending them to a mostly empty Hell, hoping to reinvigorate the Infernal Realm. Now Lucifer must find a living ... [read more]

Fantasy

(Gargoyles #4)

There is nothing more powerful than a gargoyle — except for the one woman on Earth who can tame him. Kylie Kramer is a woman in search of the truth. Hunting for the true reason her friend was found dead, she's stunned when her digging uncovers the possibility of a global demonic takeover. And when her discovery leads to an attack on her life, she gains the ultimate protector. What she didn't account for was the wild attraction that would draw her to him... A hulking gargoyle, the ... [read more]

FantasyRomanceParanormal RomanceUrban Fantasy

(Monstrous Little Voices #5)

A novella. Anne Hathaway – contented wife of a glovemaker and aletaster, proud mother of three – has her life turned upside down when strangers, oddly familiar, come to her door and whisk her husband away. What is their business, this terrible danger they say we all face? What is the lattice, and what part must her Will play to save it? [read more]

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