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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Amazing new reads, live author event and an edgy guest post!

Idea City has tons of treats: a book launch for Gears of Brass, a cover reveal for our Fantasy Uprising Untethered Realms holiday Boxed Set, and a heads up for my NYC reading event at KGB hosted by Paragraph on Friday, NOV 14. If you're in the NYC area, stop by KGB!
Plus my Dorianna tour continues with a post over at Vivacious Hobo that gives a few scary glimpses into the dark changes in Dorianna as she's overcome by her beastly side. I'm also on Share My Destiny.
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First, let's give a shout out for Gears of Brass, a steampunk anthology edited by Curiosity Quills!
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Gears of brass giveawayIt's a world like ours, but filled with gears of brass, where the beating heart is fueled by steam and the simplest creation is a complex clockwork device. You’ll find steampunk fairy tale re-tellings, and original stories to get your gears turning. Eleven authors guide you through worlds filled with airships, top hats and corsets.
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Learn about the authors behind Gears of Brass at Curiosity Quills
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TEASERS (each one is from a different tale in the anthology)   “Stealing a few steps backward, I reached for him and brushed my fingertips along his cheek. Static energy crept across my palm. It glowed blue and pulled like taffy, sticking to my fingertips, then snapping back to his skin. My hand jerked back so hard I hit myself in the chest. My eyes traipsed down his neck, his shoulders, finally stopping at his midsection. It was almost as though I could see inside him."    “The guards struggled forward, but failed to move even an inch. Everyone was frozen in place, except the uninvited guest. The man floated toward Lord and Lady Miller. “You see, my lord, your wife made a deal with me that cannot be broken. Your daughter is mine.”    
 “I swiped my hand across my nose, wishing I could smell the green of the trees. Eyes burning, I swallowed hard, feeling the incision in my throat where they’d cut out my sinus enhancer. I would never be able to smell my exotic perfumes again.”    “Anthie watched the lissom liquid slip inside the carrying tube. I could see her inhaling the smell of the lubricating oil. So could Dr. Holmgren. From time to time he looked across at us through his reinforced goggles. They gave him the appearance of a baby owl, at odds with his general nastiness. I knew he was taking everything in. And I knew he had a special eye on Anthie.”    
“In a hidden room deep inside the base of the great clock there was a click, a whir of gears, a valve opened, and the key chamber was flooded with air. Several minutes later, Bella awoke. The girl coughed, choked then screamed as blood began to once again flow through her veins: the first time in a millennium.”   
“Something growled near to her right. The hairs along Redyn’s arms stood up and she held her breath. The sound came again, deep, guttural. Redyn turned her head, her lips parted, her gaze scanning the forest. They’d told her not to wander far from the cottage, but they couldn’t have expected her to play with that hideous excuse for a doll near everyone else. A wolf crept out of the shadows, his gray fur standing on end like hers.”   
 “Three years ago, your father ruined my life. He terminated my family’s reputation.”  “Um…” Amethyst wished she could back up further. Wind pushed at her top hat, so she shoved it up higher to straighten it. “I don’t understand.” “Now, I’ll ruin his life.”   

And now... drum roll, here's the shiny cover reveal for Fantasy Uprising, a boxed set packed with sci-fi, fantasy and magical reads all by Untethered Realms speculative fiction authors. Can I hear a YAY! Read more deets about each novel in the set here. Launching in December!
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17 comments:

  1. Hi Catherine! Glad to see you and I can't wait to read Dorianna.

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    1. Hey, Candy, how cool to see you on my blog! Worlds collide!

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  2. I love paranormal because of all the Otherworldly creatures and awesome imaginative worlds.

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    1. Yes, Ashley, me too! I'm writing a paranormal historical right now, and it's so much fun to spin out the magical elements.

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    1. Alex, yes, the look of it seems almost in your space opera wheelhouse.

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  4. I've read or own about half those titles in Fantasy Uprising. Can't wait to read them all! (Just need to get my time-stopper working.) ;)

    Unleashing the Dreamworld

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  5. Very cool cover for Fantasy Uprising. And what a great title too! :D

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    1. Yes, LG, I love the idea of all of the mutant freakazoids staging an uprising, or just plain acting out!

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  6. Congrats to the authors in Gears of Brass!

    I love our cover for Fantasy Uprising!

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    1. Cherie, yes, it looks so shiny and maliciously charming!

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  7. Thanks for sharing this contest with your FB fans, Catherine.
    I love anthologies. A great deal and allows me to get to know new auhors.

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    1. Hey, Laura D, good to see you stopping on by as well! There are certainly some great authors in Fantasy Uprising... and in Gears of Brass

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  8. Wow! That is an awesome cover collection. Looks and sounds amazing. Thanks so much for sharing in the Gears of Brass release. #squeak

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  9. That Gears of Brass anthology sounds so intriguing. And here's a YAY for Fantasy Uprising! Wishing you the best at your event, Catherine :-)

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