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...

Announcing a SHORTS Anthology

The Novel Fox SHORTS is happy to announce the signing of seven fantasy and science fiction short stories for an upcoming anthology to be released in early 2015. The short stories are:

Clean, Like Water From a Winter's Thaw, by Shawn Scarber

Paying Old Debts, by Gerri Leen

Washout, by Dominic Dulley

Where's the King's Head?, by T.D. Edge

A Wand's Tale, by Ernesto Pavan

Subsidence, by Peter White

Grant My Powder Be Dry and My Aim Be True, by Shane Halbach

The Shadowless, by Rati Mehrotra

Science Fiction Genre

Our creative team tackled one of our favorite genres--science fiction! Have the crustaceans of a far off planet evolved into a nefarious space going race? Let's hope we never find out!

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Enjoy your Labor Day everyone!