The Dark Feminine and Allyship of Male Gatekeepers

By K.W. Taylor I’ve been writing speculative fiction all my life. In the decade and a half that I’ve gotten pieces accepted for publication, I’ve worked primarily in four genres: science fiction, fantasy, literary fiction, and horror. The last may be surprising for folks who primarily know my full-length novels—The Curiosity Killers (2016, Dog Star […]

City Ash and Desert Bones Cover Reveal

Author: Laurel Myler https://twitter.com/victorylaurels Artist: Bradley Sharp http://dogstarbooks.blogspot.com/p/cover-artist.html From the back cover of City Ash and Desert Bones: 300 years in the future the world is run by the Theocracy and the Apostles are their representatives. The tiny, dusty and ironically named town of Big City has never seen Apostles until the newly deputized team, […]

Steel Magic Cover Reveal

Title: Steel Magic Series: Steel Empires Book 2 Author: J.L. Gribble Genre: Urban Fantasy/Alternate History Release Date: July 6, 2016 Pre-order Link: http://amzn.to/1Rc17n2 Synopsis: Funerals are usually the end of the story, not the beginning. Newly graduated warrior-mages Toria Connor and Kane Nalamas find themselves the last remaining mages in the city when a mage […]

Dog Star Authors Appearing at Confluence

Confluence • July 24-26 Confluence is Pittsburgh’s premier Science, Fiction & Horror literary conference and this year it’s at the Doubletree by Hilton Cranberry. Three of our Dog Star authors, J.L. Gribble, Albert Wendland & K. Ceres Wright, will be on hand participating in panels, signing books and even doing their own kaffeeklatsch. Here’s their […]