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An Extract from This Month's Release: Climbing 'Til Dawn

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  I've decided to celebrate each release with a series of extracts that run for the month it's released in. This month saw the second edition of 366 Days of Flash Fiction released. Links to the collection can be found at Books2Read at: https://books2read.com/u/b6MrN0 . Today's extract is: Climbing ’Til Dawn Written on October 17, 2015, for the March 5 entry of 3 66 Days of Flash Fiction, this piece looks at how trolls might fit into the urban landscape. The skyscrapers cast long shadows, the canyons between them as black as black. That didn’t matter so much to those of us who were climbing to the moonlit upper floors. What mattered were the swarming shadows following in our wake. Every now and then one of us would look down into the seething darkness, and catch a glimpse of glittering teeth or claws, or the shine of light reflected from blue-black eyes. Every time we did, we’d climb faster. “How long til sunup?” the nearest climber asked. I risked a glance...

An Extract from This Month's Release: A Meeting of Wolves

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I've decided to celebrate each release with a series of extracts that run for the month it's released in. This month saw the second edition of 366 Days of Flash Fiction released. Links to the collection can be found at Books2Read at: https://books2read.com/u/b6MrN0  A Meeting of Wolves   Written on October 17, 2015, for the March 4 entry of 366 Days of Flash Fiction , this science fiction piece returns to the theme of werewolves in space. Moonlight touched the silver grass, tainting it with orange fire. Refracted light danced along each glimmering blade, and the glitter wolves crept through the stems. Each strand of fur shone silver and orange. Each eye gleamed. Tonight, the humans would die… or they would surrender what was not theirs to own. Above them, in the trees, the humans watched. While they bore the wolves no ill will, the creatures were asking them the impossible. Once the wolves had moved far enough, they dropped down from the trees, activating interlocking...

The Unwilling is in a Science Fiction Bundle on Sale until March 21, 2022

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They say this bundle is packed so full of science fiction they had to assemble it in orbit...and while you might have some doubts about that - I am, after all, still planetside - you can be sure that this bundle contains some good quality reading. So, Where's it From? Over fifteen authors have joined the International Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors (IASFA) in a massive book bundle to warp the space-time of readers everywhere. And Exactly What Is an IASFA Book Bundle? IASFA Book Bundles are a way for people to discover quality books written by popular authors. You know how it's always hard to find something good to read? IASFA can help solve that with monthly free book promotions as well as through a massive Book Bundle like this.  Where can I Find this Bundle?  Well, this bundle can be found at THIS LINK : https://20bookpacks.com/IASFA-SF2022 So, Tell Me: What's in this Bundle? This bundle contains titles from over fifteen authors, telling storie...