HERE BE NEWS for Monday October 21, 2024

 

 

 Monday October 21, 2024 

Welcome to HERE BE NEWS, where each monday we bring you all the latest from the fantasy romance authors at Here Be Magic:

Thursday October 17, 2024: PG Forte discusses what happens when characters speak for themselves.

Alien Haunts (Pax Galactica Book 3)

Jenny Schwartz

https://www.amazon.com/Alien-Haunts-Pax-Galactica-Book-ebook/dp/B0DJTC48Q6

Alien ruins — avoid or explore?

Madison Cardinal knows some mysteries are best left buried—like her past. But there’s a new multi-species exploration team in town and their proposed expedition is stirring up trouble.

If Madison’s new business as a human pilot in hantu space is to survive, she needs the exploration team to get in, get out, and leave her cargo route intact.

So, she agrees to drop them off.

But when it’s time to collect them, comms are down, the people are missing, and the ruins are…waking up.

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Alien Haunts is a stand-alone novel in the Pax Galactica series. It’s a character-driven space opera with a twisty plot and a guaranteed happy ever after. Alien Haunts is a novel about finding your place in the universe.

Unseen (The Folk, Book 2)

Meg Benjamin

https://www.megbenjamin.com/unseen/

A routine job, but then it turned deadly.

Teran Richter is in Animas, Colorado, to find members of the Folk, a simple task. But the annual Animas Fall Festival brings hordes of tourists and daily celebrations that make it frustrating. Things begin to look up when Teran meets Marika Sager. Marika’s business partner Eva seems to be a member of the Folk, only it’s Marika Teran’s attracted to, particularly after a local witch’s brew sends the two into a memorable night of passion.

But there are sinister forces at work in Animas. Teran’s attacked and his assistant is kidnapped. When Marika also disappears, Teran’s forced to confront the truth: someone is out to sabotage his mission and destroy anyone who tries to help. With an eccentric team of magical allies, Teran must rescue Marika and fight off those who want to destroy both him and the Folk. But can he find a way to confront the shadowy forces while keeping himself and his lover safe from harm?

This Halloween-themed event will run throughout October with posts going up 3 times per week (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday). Included are short stories, flash fiction, poetry and even sample chapters. 

 

The theme of the event is Simply Spooky. So, think ghosts, demons, serial killers, horror, dark fantasy, etc. 

 

Alongside this event, Samantha Gregory will also be doing her own personal challenge of writing 8 short horror stories on the run up to Halloween. She plans on releasing these as a collection during Halloween week.

www.skgauthorservices.com/blog

https://books.bookfunnel.com/halloweenspooky/2oaw6uezjs