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Patrick Samphire
1 April
Patrick Samphire is a fantasy author who now lives in Wales with his wife, the awesome writer Stephanie Burgis, their son and daughter, and their cat, Pebbles.
He has lived …
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Goats Flying Press
1 April
Goats Flying Press is an independent comic book publisher located in Brooklyn, NY.
Founder and Publisher Sebastian Girner has worked in comics, both as an editor and writer since 2008, …
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Eve Greenwood
1 April
Eve Greenwood (they/he), a queer Scot who is passionate about languages, real and fake.
They write, draw, edit, letter, promote, and publish comics of all kinds through various projects, including …
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Ashe Armstrong
1 April
Weird Western / Fantasy author Ashe Armstrong grew up on a steady diet of late 80s and early 90s cartoons, Star Trek, Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, Goosebumps, and the …
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Black Coat Press
1 April
Black Coat Press was founded in 2003 by Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier as a logical development in their desire to bring out the best of French popular culture into the …
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Metatron Press
1 April
Metatron Press is a multi-award-winning literary publisher based in Montréal, Quebec that specializes in publishing unique and captivating books of poetry, fiction, and hybrid texts by rising authors as well …
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Devyn Kenndy
1 April
Devyn Kenndy is a nonbinary author and chef.
They write sci-fi, fantasy, and horror that focus on queer characters, community, and how our past haunts and affects us.
Devyn's books …
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Wild Hunt Books
1 April
Wild Hunt Books is an independent publisher founded in South London in 2020.
Wild Hunt focus on books by new and emerging writers, alongside established authors. Their mission is to …
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Tab Creations
1 April
Tab Creations is a developer and publisher of roleplaying and card games.
Their work includes the award-winning Shadows Over Sol, Age of Ambition, Against the Dark Yogi and …
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Toby Fox
1 April
Toby Fox is an artist living and working on the South Coast of the UK.
Toby illustratrates elves, and is an educator of artists. His book, Intro to Digital Painting: …
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B-Mecha

Recommended by
kevin
This isn't your propaganda-and-trope filled flag-waver. B-Mecha is fully aware of its place in Mech vs. Kaiju lore, and up-ends it in glorious West Yorkshire fashion.
We're given a concise yet comprehensive view of the lay-of-the-land, and the personal toll when Michael receives very little thanks for the dangerous work he does.
Love it!

INTERZONE #282 (JUL-AUG 2019)

Recommended by
sohkamyung
A better than average issue filled with fascinating stories. The best of the good stories are by Storm Humbert, Erica L. Satifka and Gregor Hartmann.

Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 198

Recommended by
sohkamyung
A better than average issue, with good stories by Bo Balder, Angela Liu, Fiona Moore, Shih-Li Kow and Isabel J. Kim.
Full review at [ https://sohkamyung.github.io/reviews/magazines/Clarkesworld/20230309-Clarkesworld198.html ]

Fantasy & Science Fiction, November/December 2018

Recommended by
sohkamyung
This is an above average issue with interesting stories by Y.M. Pang, Hanuš Seiner (translated by Julie Novakova), Nina Kiriki Hoffman and Bo Balder.

Jiwe

Recommended by
kevin
A fantastic and fantastical short tale that provides a much-needed respite from medieval-styled Western fantasy.
Written in a mythological format, Jiwe gives us a world of magic, gods, and the usual evils of man. Curses intended to redress balance and strong women working to save broken lives.
Kiko Enjani's work is sublime, and I can't wait to read her longer stories.

The World Turned Upside Down

Recommended by
Ree
Classic scifi short stories. Even if you're familiar with the tales, it's worth reading the many forewords and afterwords the editors provide, where they examine their own relationships to these stories. (My personal fave: "Shambleau" by C. L. Moore.)
This book is available on several Baen CDs and downloadable free and legally from various sites.

Under the Skin

Recommended by
sakina
A light, fun read with a barrel full of creep

Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 207

Recommended by
sohkamyung
A better than average issue, with interesting stories by Fiona Moore, Ng Yi-Sheng and Fu Qiang.
Full review at my website [ https://sohkamyung.github.io/reviews/magazines/Clarkesworld/20231206-Clarkesworld207.html ].

Sinful Folk

Recommended by
kevin
I'm always intrigued by novels that are inspired by tiny snippets of historical events.
A sliver of history taken as a seed, with enough facts to place it in a believable context, can be a rich seam for a skilled author. Ned Hayes has recreated a dark period of British history and, taking little-known facts, has wrapped them in a heart-wrenching tale of loss, vengeance, treachery, and grief.

Coeur d'Alene Waters

Recommended by
kevin
Filled with flawed characters, a corrupt police force, bought and manipulated by a wealthy local family; it's a rich background to the main tale of redemption, coming to terms and moving on.
Slow in parts, it is however, a worthwhile read in itself, serving as an insight into the mining communities of the region and their demise as a local industry and employer.

Fermi's Progress: Planet of the Apiaries

Recommended by
kevin
The Fermi crew is a mess, but in Planet of the Apiaries, they're starting to come together. Starting to discover their roles, and what each of them means to the others... even if they can't remember them all.
The sci-fi references come thick and fast, but are never exclusionary. This fantastic third instalment ups the ante and drops a bombshell in its final line!
Must read sci-fi!

Becoming Crone (The Crone Wars)

Recommended by
kevin
Fans of urban fantasy looking for a protagonist who is a little more... mature, will love Becoming Crone.
Claire has seen it all, or so she thinks. Her world-weariness, her highly-developed lack of trust, and her not-unexpected ability to expect things to go wrong make her the perfect character to introduce us to a world of witches, gargoyles, werewolves, and witches, plenty of witches.

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.

Do we really own our ebooks?
A recent video by author and editor Kristin McTiernan about her experience of switching from a Kindle to a Kobo ereader caught a lot of attention, and highlighted why buying DRM-free ebooks is so important.