Clean Christian Fantasy Bargains

Through April 2, Mercy's King is free as part of a group effort to get out the word about clean Christian fantasy reads. Check it out at Emily Martha Sorensen's site!

Although it is book 4 in a series of 5, it can be read without reading the first three. Be sure and keep tissue handy! It does end with hope, but you'll want to read the fifth book, Mercy's Joy, to get the happy ending.

Mythical Doorways Author Spotlight: Bokerah Brumley

This is an exciting week! Today marks the release day of Mythical Doorways, the third anthology of fantasy shorts by the Fellowship of Fantasy, a group of authors who write clean fantasy in many subgenres. I'm honored for my story to appear beside that of my friend and fellow Texan, Bokerah Brumley.

Bokerah is a speculative fiction writer making stuff up on a trampoline in West Texas. When she's not playing with the quirky characters in her head, she's addicted to Twitter pitch events, writing contests, and social media in general. She lives on ten permaculture acres with five home-educated children and one husband. In her spare time, she also serves as the blue-haired President of the Cisco Writers Club.

In 2016, she was awarded first place in the FenCon Short Story Contest, third place in the Southern Writers Magazine Short Story Contest, fifth place in the Children's/Young Adult category for the 85th Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition, and selected as a 2016 Pitch Slam! finalist. More recently, she accepted a contract with Clean Reads Press and moonlights as an acquisitions editor for The Crossover Alliance.

Learn more about Bokerah at her website or on Facebook.

Having spent the night at her farm when I came to speak to the Cisco Writers Club last year, I can add that she is a gracious hostess, has a fun family, and is surrounded by a menagerie of farm animals, including peacocks!

Meeting Bokerah May 4, 2017

About Mythical Doorways

Eleven Tales of Magical, Mysterious, Mythical Doorways!

Step through portals and into adventure as the authors of the Fellowship of Fantasy take you on another journey into fantastic worlds. Travel through time, space, and realities to encounter monsters, mechanical foxes, and the Fates themselves. You'll fly with dragons, save implausible beasts, and perhaps find your true home. Choose your path wisely, for dangers lurk in the lands beyond.

In the third anthology from the Fellowship of Fantasy, eleven authors promise you journeys into fairy lands hidden within the modern world, futuristic universities, and lands of ancient myth. So what are you waiting for? Cross through our Doorways for the adventure of a lifetime!

Download the ebook free at your favorite digital store: https://www.books2read.com/u/bxq70e

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39286425-mythical-doorways

Note: Bokerah's story is "Door Number Four." It's testing day for cadet Rase Flannigan and only one magic task stands between him and the chance to join the C.C.C.

The Fellowship of Fantasy and Deep Magic E-Zine have joined forces for an awesome paperback giveaway!

About Mythical Doorways:

Welcome to Mythical Doorways, the third anthology from the Fellowship of Fantasy. We present to you our tales of gateways to marvelous places. These doorways open into adventure, wonder, and even danger.

Within, you will accompany heroes on their way to fairy worlds. Brave the dangers of the past through a portal in time. Eavesdrop at the door of a forbidden workshop. Follow a girl on a search for a better life in her choice between three tempting magical doors. Help a sorcerer close a gateway before an unspeakable horror escapes, and slip through a portal on a quest for delicious chocolate!

There are many perilous journeys ahead of you, but no graphic content. All the stories here fall below a PG-13 rating.

The Fellowship of Fantasy is an online group of writers dedicated to presenting the best in clean fantasy stories of any stripe. Some tackle epic quests to save the world, while others prefer more urban settings. Whether you enjoy contemporary tales, romantic re-tellings, or something else entirely, you're sure to find stories that speak to you.

Thank you for joining us on our trip through these doorways, and may you find adventure and entertainment on the other side!

Click here for your ebook (free to download starting March 27th): https://www.books2read.com/u/bxq70e

About Deep Magic E-Zine

The name Deep Magic pays homage to C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia. Deep Magic is a quarterly e-zine dedicated to creating a safe place for minds to wander in the worlds and universe of SFF. We want all who visit to feel welcome and confident that they will encounter professionally written fiction of the highest quality that is safe for all to read.

Click here for more information: https://deepmagic.co/

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Deep Magic and Fellowship of Fantasy: a winning combination!

About Deep Magic E-zine

The name Deep Magic pays homage to C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia. Deep Magic is a quarterly e-zine dedicated to creating a safe place for minds to wander in the worlds and universe of SFF. We want all who visit to feel welcome and confident that they will encounter professionally written fiction of the highest quality that is safe for all to read.

Deep Magic is hosting a giveaway for the Fellowship of Fantasy's third anthology, to be released on March 27. I'm pleased my story "Dragon's Oath" is included in this collection.

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Monday Review by the Book Dragon: Clever but complicated dystopian fantasy

The Book Dragon has read Shades of Grey (no, not THAT one) by Jasper Fforde and gives it four claws!

My review from Goodreads: "A friend loaned me this book, and it took me awhile to get into it. It's clever but sensory overload at first. I'm not a fan of dystopian fiction, but this one is quite different and worth a read. The last third of the book moves quickly and is un-put-down-able. The end is not the end, and I'm not sure I'll continue, but if I do, I'll have to rest my brain a bit first. Though full of witty satire and poignant sadness, this book is NOT escapist fiction; it makes one THINK."

NOTE: If you're curious about this book, know that there is one F-bomb and one S-bomb for effect, since in this society cursing is a crime punishable by a heavy fine. There is also some crude talk about premarital sex (called "youknow") and one instance when a young woman seduces the young man she plans to marry, but in a "fade to black" kind of way. Also, the sequels have not been published, so if you don't like to be left hanging at the end, you might want to wait and see if Mr. Fforde ever writes the rest of the story!

Love is in the Air! Giveaway from the Fellowship of Fantasy!

Valentine's Day is this week, and the Fellowship of Fantasy, a group of authors who write clean fantasy, have a fun giveaway for readers of fantasy with at least a dash of romance.

For a chance to win these ten great books plus a special prize fantasy lovers will appreciate, enter the rafflecopter!

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Monday Review by the Book Dragon: Fun urban fantasy novella

The Book Dragon has reviewed Emperor's Heir, a novella set in Annie Douglass Lima's fascinating Krillonian Empire and gives it 5 claws!

My review: "4.5 stars for an interesting story in the Krillonian universe. I wanted to read this because I have loved the trilogy with Bensin & company, but when it began with silly teenaged girls, I almost stopped reading. I'm glad I kept going, because the story becomes more and more interesting, and the climax is a fun surprise. There are no life-and-death stakes in this story, as there are in the trilogy, but there is concern for one of the characters that made me feel anxious for her. And poor Meg's bus ride in the big city hit way too close to home. Although this story can be read as a stand alone, it's even more interesting if you have read the trilogy first. Recommended!"

Here's a better image of the beautiful cover: