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SRL Publishing
yesterday
Based in the UK, SRL Publishing's strapline is Breaking the Silence, and they aim to do just that.
SRL are all too familiar with the issues in today’s society …
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The Broken Spine
14 August
The Broken Spine is a poetry press and arts collective based on the coast of North-West England.
It was set up in 2019 by Alan Parry and Paul Robert Mullen …
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Nantucket Lit
13 August
Nantucket Lit™ is a free and open-source platform created by Nicholas Bernhard that allows writers to create and share high-quality ebooks.
Ebooks can be read directly in a web browser without …
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Anni K. Comics
13 August
Anni K. (she/her) is a Finnish comics artist.
They were born and raised in lapland, but are currently living in Tampere. They cherish their Northern roots, but love Tampere, this …
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Rien Gray
13 August
Rien Gray is an agender, intersex, and butch writer of F/F and F/NB romance, erotica, suspense, and horror.
They love reworking classic tropes in new ways and adding a splash …
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Indie Bites
13 August
Indie Bites is a quarterly indie fantasy anthology, created to promote the work of indie authors.
It features short fantasy fiction (prose and poetry) from self-published, hybrid and unpublished authors, …
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Aimée Maroux
13 August
Aimée Maroux (the creator of Erotic Mythology) writes mythology erotica, sometimes sweet, sometimes spicy.
Meet lustmad gods and goddesses, nubile nymphs, salacious satyrs, hunky heroes and mere mortals.
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Keezy Young
13 August
Keezy Young is an award-winning and Eisner and Ignatz-nominated cartoonist and illustrator who writes and draws comics and graphic novels.
They enjoy writing mystery, horror, love stories, and ghosts, and …
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Freddie A. Clark
13 August
Freddie A. Clark writes Science Fiction, Grimdark and Horror with a Cyberpunk and biomech twist.
Based in Milan, Clark lives with three cats, their partner, and a massive collection of …
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Six Centuries of Type & Printing
13 August
Six Centuries of Type & Printing by Glenn Fleishman tells the story of the evolution of type and printing.
It starts in Asia, before Johann Gutenberg, then takes you generation by …
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Cure: Book One in the Strandville Zombie Series

Recommended by
weaver
I admit this was my first time reading a zombie book. The zombie genre hasn't always been my favorite in film and television, so I wasn't keen on reading a zombie book. But Frisch has a medical background and that made this book very interesting, as it revolved around a hospital. Very enjoyable, my only regret was that I didn't immediately read the next book so now I have to re-read it. :)

The Hellsblood Bride

Recommended by
kevin
There's weird fiction, then there's Chuck Wendig weird fiction.
In this sequel to The Blue Blazes, our gangland enforcer with a heart of gold, Mookie Pearl, must save his daughter and the whole world from the schemes of demons, demi-gods and more weird stuff before it all ends.
Call it a Chuckpocalypse, or even Wendigeddon!
Loads of fun and a must read for any Chuck Wendig fan.

Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2019

Recommended by
sohkamyung
An above average issue, containing a tale connecting past and present by G.V. Anderson and light fantasy tales by Andrej Kokoulin (translated by Alex Shvartsman) and Molly Gloss. Cassandra Khaw and Alex Irvine start and end the issue, respectively, with tales related to the cover.

The Midwife and the Lindworm

Recommended by
kevin
What a fantastic, quick, witty, deep, and deeply promising tale!
Promising a world of wonder in longer books to follow.
Can't wait to read more by the author.

A Taste of Honey

Recommended by
sakina
Beautiful prose, evocative story, clever book that threw me back on my haunches and made me want to re-read it immediately.

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Sept/Oct 2021

Recommended by
sohkamyung
An interesting issue, with good stories by Brian Trent, Matthew Hughes, Nuzo Onoh, E. A. Bourland and Carl Taylor.
My full review at [ https://bookwyrm.social/user/sohkamyung/review/54843 ]

Saga #1

Recommended by
kevin
Created by writer Brian K. Vaughan and artist Fiona Staples, Saga is a beautifully intimate space opera.
It touches on race, religion, conflict, family and love, with a deft hand and imagery that is just sublime.
Proof that Image Comics' creator-owned approach really works. These are the kinds of stories that comics were made for.

The Healers' Home

Recommended by
kevin
Another beautiful read by S.E. Robertson!
I'm really enjoying this slice-of-life fantasy genre I've only just learned about. The Healers' Home gives us a more stable setting, some new drama as past-acquaintances re-appear, and work to do as Agna and Keifon try and fit in to their new lives.
Family expectations, awkward commitments and trying relationships flesh out this wonderful book.

Nonplayer #2

Recommended by
kevin
As wonderful and entrancing as the first issue.
This beautifully illustrated second comic from Nate Simpson, opens up the world, broadens the scope and sets up some interesting conflict.
I can't wait for the third in the series. This is a story to get lost in.
Well done Nate and Image Comics.

Babylon Steel

Recommended by
kevin
Gaie Sebold has created such a rich universe of worlds and characters in her Babylon Steel novels, that you can't help finding something to enjoy.
For me the two books have been a complete blast and I can't wait for the third... when it arrives.
They are FUN! That's not to say there's no emotion, pathos, danger and risk in them. Not at all.
An absolute riot of multi-world fantasy fiction.

The Lost Steersman

Recommended by
kevin
A very different book to the previous two in the series.
The Lost Steersman takes a different turn about half-way through, where the scope and scale of the world and its inhabitants undergoes another astonishing twist.
I got a definite Jane Goodall vibe from this book. Our understanding of the steerswomen grows in this wonderful instalment in a fantastic and surprising series. Loved it!

Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 199

Recommended by
sohkamyung
An average issue, with interesting stories by L Chan, Andrea Kriz, Shi Heiyao and Rajan Khanna.
Full review at [ https://sohkamyung.github.io/reviews/magazines/Clarkesworld/20230406-Clarkesworld199.html ]

Amazon is removing another way to download your Kindle ebooks
In another move to block reading your Kindle ebooks the way you want, Amazon are updating their Android app requirements.

Store your Kindle AZW3 ebooks with Libreture
Have you downloaded all your Kindle ebooks and are wondering where and how to keep them safe? Libreture now supports your Kindle AZW3 ebook files!

Update on the new Collections feature
Collections are coming soon! A neat new way to organise all your digital reading and display your library just the way you want.

Amazon is removing your ability to download and keep your ebooks
Say goodbye to sideloading your Kindle ebooks! If you haven't downloaded your Kindle ebooks by the 26th of February, you'll never be able to use them on another device again.

DRM-free Bookshop of the Month from The Digital Reader
Discover Libreture's collection of DRM-free bookshops with the help of Ofori, the Digital Reader.

DC comes to GlobalComix
Huge news for comic fans, as one of the largest comic publishers, DC, bring their titles to the digital comic distribution platform, GlobalComix.