Author Spotlight with Shane Halbach

Shane Halbach lives in Chicago with his wife and two kids, where he writes software by day and avoids writing stories by night. He has been accused of obsession with pirates, bacon, zombies, and his kids (not necessarily in that order). He’s a knitter, guitar player, and budding accordionista, and his fiction has appeared on Escape Pod, Redstone SF, Daily Science Fiction, and elsewhere. He has been blogging regularly at shanehalbach.com since 2004, and can be found on Twitter @shanehalbach.

Grant My Powder Be Dry and My Aim Be True by Shane Halbach can be found in Anthology I: A Collection of 8 Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Stories. It's a fantasy story about a man discovering himself, and challenging a god in the process.

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Author Spotlight with Peter White

Peter White spends his time, when he isn’t writing, teaching and performing music, working out, and keeping abreast of the stock market and current affairs. He lives in Abbeyfeale in County Limerick, Ireland.

Subsidence by Peter White can be found in Anthology I: A Collection of 8 Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Stories. It's a fantasy story about two friends and their unfortunate discovery of a danger neither would have believed was real.

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Author Spotlight with Ernesto Pavan

Ernesto Pavan is a fiction translator, a writer and an Italian who loves curries and sushi. He sold a couple short stories on various magazines and is currently editing his first novel, a horror/slice of life story with lesbian snarky zombies (no kidding). When he’s not working or writing, you can find him playing online games or reading a good book. He lives with his girlfriend and a puppy dog, who’s either the smartest pet alive or possessed by the Devil. More on Twitter @ErnestoPavan and www.indiebooktranslations.com.

A Wand's Tale by Ernesto Pavan can be found in Anthology I: A Collection of 8 Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Stories. It's a fantasy story about the brief life of a magic wand, and the powerful impact it has on the life of the troubled girl who comes to wield it.

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More information about A Wand's Tale and Anthology I, including e-bookstore links and samples, can be found here...

Author Spotlight with Shawn Scarber

Shawn Scarber creates web applications for a major telecom company by day, but in his off hours he writes about strange worlds and characters. He lives in North Texas with his daughter and a cat. His work has appeared in The Best of Abyss & Apex, M-Brane SF, Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, and he recently released his teenage zombie novella, Restless. He is a Clarion West 2006 graduate and a member of the Future Classics DFW Speculative Fiction Writing Group. More at www.shawnscarber.com.

Clean, Like Water From A Winter's Thaw by Shawn Scarber can be found in Anthology I: A Collection of 8 Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Stories. It's a fantasy story about stolen family, the death of a partner, and a new home born of forgiveness.

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More information about Clean, Like Water From A Winter's Thaw and Anthology I, including e-bookstore links and samples, can be found here...

Author Spotlight with Rati Mehrotra

Rati Mehrotra is a science fiction and fantasy writer who currently makes her home in Toronto, Canada. When not working on her magnum opus—a series of fantasy novels based in a fictional version of Asia—she writes short fiction. Her short stories have been published at Apex Magazine, AE—The Canadian Science Fiction Review, Abyss & Apex, and more. Find out more about her at www.ratiwrites.com.

The Shadowless, by Rati Mehrotra can be found in Anthology I: A Collection of 8 Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Stories. It's a science fiction story about a young girl and the sacrifices she's willing to make so that she may make her own choices.

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More information about The Shadowless and Anthology I, including e-bookstore links and samples, can be found here...

Author Spotlight with T.D. Edge

T.D. Edge ran away from home to travel around Britain, becoming a street theatre performer, props maker for the Welsh Opera, sign writer, schools caretaker, soft toys salesman, and professional palm-reader at Pink Floyd gigs. This gave him plenty of stuff to write about. His children’s novels have been published by Random House, Scholastic, Hutchinson and others. His adult short fiction has appeared in places such as Flash Fiction Online, Penumbra, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and Realms of Fantasy. In 2012, he won the New Scientist/Arc Magazine SF short fiction competition. Terry is also a creative writing teacher, working with groups and individuals, also tutoring with government departments and Denman College. More at www.td-edge.com.

Where's the King's Head, by T.D. Edge can be found in Anthology I: A Collection of 8 Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Stories. It's a science fiction story about a young girl and her father, and the dangerous secret that drove them into hiding.

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More information about Where's the King's Head? and Anthology I, including e-bookstore links and samples, can be found here...

Author Spotlight with Gerri Leen

Gerri Leen lives in Northern Virginia and originally hails from Seattle. She has stories and poems published or accepted in: Escape Pod, Grimdark, Spellbound, Sword and Sorceress XXIII, Spinetinglers, and She Nailed a Stake Through His Head: Tales of Biblical Terror, among others. When she’s not writing, she volunteers at a local animal rescue and is editing an anthology, A Quiet Shelter There, which will benefit homeless animals and is due out in 2015 from Hadley Rille Books. See more at www.gerrileen.com.

Paying Old Debts, by Gerri Leen can be found in Anthology I: A Collection of 8 Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Stories. It's a science fiction story exploring the fascinating interplay between a sex robot assassin's sentience and programming.

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More information about Paying Old Debts and Anthology I, including e-bookstore links and samples, can be found here...

Author Spotlight with Dominic Dulley

Dominic Dulley lives with his wife and two children in the shadow of Warwick Castle, where he is losing a war of attrition with his ‘to be read’ pile. When he isn’t writing or editing short stories and novels, he can be found reading about writing, planning what to write next, or browsing Pinterest and deviantART for inspiration. His fiction has recently appeared in Bastion Science Fiction Magazine, with more to come in Stupefying Stories and Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine. He is an active member of the British Science Fiction Association and Critters.org, has a masters degree in computer science and a private pilot’s licence, and enjoys his guitar playing far more than anyone unfortunate enough to be listening. You can enjoy his deep and insightful tweets about writing and other nonsense by following @DBDulley.

Washout, by Dominic Dulley can be found in Anthology I: A Collection of 8 Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Stories. It's a science fiction story about the powerful bond between a girl and her spacecraft, and how she copes with the unexpected.

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More information about Washout and Anthology I, including e-bookstore links and samples, can be found here...