Book Review: APOCALYPTIC MONTESSA AND NUCLEAR LULU by Mercedes Yardley

Apocalyptic Montessa and Nuclear Lulu: A Tale of Atomic Love By Mercedes M. Yardley Her mama always said she was special. His daddy called him a demon. But even monsters can fall in love. Montessa Tovar is walking home alone when she is abducted by Lu, a serial killer with unusual talents and a grudge […]

Coffin Hop Web Tour: Top 3 Villains

Now in my third year participating in this favorite of blog tours, you’d think I’d have had a post ready first thing in the morning for you eager coffin hoppers. For horror fans, you sure wake up early ;). Okay, so here’s what we have planned at Adventures in SciFi Publishing: Monday I will post the […]

Reddit: “Ask Me Anything” with Tim Ward

Today’s the day. Head over to http://www.reddit.com/r/sciencefiction/comments/1p22fs/im_tim_ward_ama/ and ask me anything, from podcasting, the publishing industry, being an aspiring author, writing book reviews, moving to South Korea to teach English, why redheads are the most beautiful, etc. For those who haven’t visited reddit before, it is a very fun and informative community. I recommend registering (free) […]

SF Book Releases This Week: Oct. 22, 2013

Welcome to this week’s SF releases. We have a nice mixture of small press and Big Five book releases, many right for the spooky holiday season to come. That creepy guy below us, Cthulu, is the hallmark character of H.P. Lovecraft’s Horror. Fans of his work should check out 01 Publishing’s Lovecraftian anthology, Whispers from the […]

AISFP 235 – Colin F. Barnes, ARTIFICIAL EVIL

Timothy C. Ward interviews Colin F. Barnes, author of the Techxorcist series, Book 1, Artificial Evil, and recently released Book 2, Assembly Code. Get ARTIFICIAL EVIL free by emailing Colin through his contact page, with the email subject: Free Artificial Copy. Offer ends Jan. 1, 2014. Discussed: The Techxorcist world, its everyman character and the […]

SF Book Releases This Week: Oct. 15, 2013

Welcome to another edition of SF Book Releases This Week. As a way of thanks to the publishers who sent me physical books, they get their entry listed with book description as well as listed on our Book Giveaway page. If I missed a title releasing this week (including yours), let me know. After our […]

AISFP 234 – Scott Lynch, THE REPUBLIC OF THIEVES

Brent Bowen and Scott Lynch discussed: (No spoilers for any of his books) How he’s handled his success and his response to people saying his Gentleman Bastard books will stand the test of time. How much work goes into his establishing his literary voice. “The words we choose are our brushstrokes.” – Scott Lynch How […]

Short Story Review: “The Walk Up Nameless Ridge” by Hugh Howey

“The Walk up Nameless Ridge,” a Kindle Single by Hugh Howey Amazon Kindle: $.99 – 18 pages Audible: $.99 (Narrated by Jonathan Davis) – 39 minutes; Whispersync Ready Story Description: On planet Eno, there stands a mountain that has never been summited. Many have tried. All have failed. This climbing season finds three teams making […]

SF Books Releasing This Week: Oct. 8, 2013

Welcome to a new series at Adventures in SciFi Publishing. My goal for this is to make it easier for you, the reader, to find each week’s release of “all” the science fiction and fantasy books (and all sub-genres in between–yeah, I’m talking to you Amish Vampires in Space lovers). I subscribe to most of […]

Book Review: THE MACHINE by James Smythe

My first experience reading James Smythe was discovering his novel, The Explorer, a book which became my Top 3 read of 2012. It hooked me from the first sentence and gave me a story that was never boring, creating strong empathy for the main character’s plight in a fast-paced adventure through time and space, literally. […]