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30/04/2012

New Release May 10, 2012: “Silence Is Multi-Colored In My World” Edited by Red Haircrow

From Flying With Red Haircrow:

Description: “This is an imaginative collection of memories and observations written from the perspective of a young man who was orphaned early, who was gay, deaf and Russian. He was simple and complex, light-hearted and serious, whimsical and infinitely strong, and when he loved, he loved with all his heart and soul.

A former sex worker and later a husband, he was an amateur activist and philosopher, a startlingly intelligent, passionate individual able to intensely appreciate even the small wonders of the world and the people for whom he cared.

Part diary, part dialogue, part rhetoric, “Silence Is Multi-colored in My World” is based on actual experiences and is a literary portrait of a man with nothing to hide and everything to reveal. It is a slice into the willing veins of a mental and emotional free bleeder.”

Genre: Biography, Memoir, GLBTIIQ

Publishing: May 10, 2012

Publisher: Flying With Red Haircrow

ISBN: 9781476164861

Availability: Smashwords, OmniLit, Rainbow Ebooks,  and other online distributors.

Introduction:

Who am I?

I am G.Y.S., a profoundly deaf man. I have blue eyes and red hair, which I wear long. I am gay and Russian, and was born in 1978 in the Ukraine, but I moved myself to Germany when I was fourteen. You’ll learn how and why later.

My words are a mélange of impressions, memories and observations for I love many things and am distressed by many things. I have wandered to a number of countries and enjoy meeting people and getting to know new ideas and perspectives. I find the world both a fascinating and terrible place.

Photography, Nature, Overcoming Disabilities, Inter-societal Understanding, and Love are some of the topics that interest, concern and keep my attention. In writing about me I wish I could have said something clever, unique or witty, but this is simply me: sometimes I’m silly, sometimes I’m angry, sometimes you may find me annoying or overly sad but I’m always honest and sincere.

Flash bits about me? I have a beautiful pink “Grecian” style nightgown I love to wear. I once blew up a vacuum cleaner (not on purpose!). I prefer to sleep during the day but I’m not a vampire. Sometimes I hate being bothered to eat because chewing is usually necessary but can be so very boring.

Other works from Flying With Red Haircrow:

Night Shift

Katrdeshtr’s Redemption

The House of Doom, Dreams and Desire

The Coat: Secrets of a Hatcheck Boy

The Angel of Berlin

Enigma,Enigma Book 1

Fighting The Man, Enigma Book 2 (Released May 9th)

Non-fiction:

Songs of the Universal Vagabond

CORE: A Poetry Collection (Upcoming release)

About Red Haircrow:

“Red Haircrow is a writer of poetry, fiction and non-fiction, private chef, reviewer and former law enforcement officer of Native American (Chiricahua Apache/Cherokee) descent who lives in Berlin. Red is also completing a degree in Psychology, and operates the indie publishing label “Flying With Red Haircrow”, which opened on 31 October 2010.

Both traditionally and independently published, Red chooses to inject realism into their fictional work and happily ever after is not always in the mix though love and strong characters always are. Like life, there’s a bittersweet mixture of laughter and tears, and Red imbues their writing with the power, passion and range of emotions they’ve experienced.

Non-fiction articles are direct, willing to ask the hard questions yet considering of open-minded discussion. You can view Red’s non-fiction memories and articles at their website and others. Among other things, Red loves photography, traveling, learning languages, and spending time with friends. The two-spirit author is active in Native American affairs, and can also be found playing RPGs, browsing 2nd hand shops and savoring the meditative Zen of archery with the medieval Longbow.”

Links:

Website/Blog: Songs of the Universal Vagabond

Flying With Red Haircrow Review/Interview site

Red Haircrow on Twitter

Facebook Fanpage: The Redhaired Crow

LinkedIn Profile for Red Haircrow

Goodreads Author’s Profile Page

Amazon Author’s Page

Redhaired Crow’s YouTube Channel

Interviews with Red Haircrow:

By Lisa At Top 2 Bottom Reviews

At The Indie SpotlightAuthor Spotlight

At 1PlaceForRomance

By Sally Sapphire, At Bibrary Book Lust

By Sarah Black, At Romance on the Lunatic Fringe

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26/04/2012

New Release May 9, 2012: “Fighting The Man” by Nephylim, Book 2 in the Enigma Series

Now available at Flying With Red Haircrow:

Fighting the Man, Book #2 of Enigma

ISBN: 9781476469577

Available at Smashwords, All Romance Ebooks,

and soon other online distributors

Description:

“Silver has been freed from sexual slavery and settled down with River, his lover and former patient, yet cracks begin to form when it becomes increasingly obvious that the stress of constantly having to care for Silver, begin to tell on River. When River’s parents die, leaving him to care for his 12 year old brother it, at first, seems that the introduction of the lively twelve year old into the mix was going to do them all the world of good. However, when spiteful relatives involve Social Services, the previous flaws nearly rip them all apart.

Faced with the dilemma of keeping either Ben or Silver at home and sending the other to stay with Sam, a personal friend, River chooses responsibility for his brother over his love and concern for Silver. Things come to a head when a series of misunderstandings lead Silver to believe River doesn’t love him anymore and that everyone is secretly ashamed of him because of his past. After running away, Silver reasons the only place he can fit in is with his own kind and he sets out to search of a new “home.”

At the Theatre de la vie he meets Tony, a club owner with big ideas, who ‘looks after’ a group of young men who dance and “entertain” patrons of the club. There, among others, Silver finds Ariel, an ephemeral little minx with a knack for getting into trouble, Alex, the big hearted mountain of muscle, and Asher. With Asher, a former sex slave like himself, Silver finds a kindred spirit and soon finds himself falling for the beautiful, broken boy.

Together, Ariel and Asher show Silver a whole new way of looking at the world, a transformation echoing the sleeping chrysalis of his soul, and soon his inner self emerges as the beautiful butterfly he was always meant to be. Yet as happy as he is with his new friends, Silver eventually realises he truly misses River and intends to return to his side, but a dark figure from his abusive past returns to threaten both a possible reunion and the very ones who would protect Silver.”

About the Author

Born into a poor but loving mining family in the United Kingdom, Nephylim grew up in the beautiful and history rich South Wales Valleys, becoming the first in her family to attend university. As a lawyer practicing Family Law for several years, the profession allowed Nephylim to learn more about human nature at its worst and best moments, and develop empathy and a view of life not limited by social standing or background.

Tapping into the heritage of her people that throughout Earth’s ages welcomed the wandering bard into the hearts of their villages as keepers of lore, Nephylim trained as a Druid and brings the richness of her Celtic past and spiritual training to enrich and elevate her writing.  Since a child Nephylim has been fascinated with other worlds, which exist within and alongside her own and has reveled in creating worlds and characters for others to enjoy.

Despite lack of family support, Nephylim continued writing privately and eventually found the Gay Authors website. With the positive response and a warm welcome received, she found the confidence to pursue her passion to a greater degree. Feeling gay fiction was a woefully neglected corner of the market where readers were all too often presented with what amounted to erotica, Nephylim strives to write quality gay fiction where sex and sexuality is not the central premise. Instead, concentration is given to character and narrative development through storytelling that goes beyond the physical.

Nephylim still resides in Wales, UK, and enjoys writing, reading, art, and taking part in medieval reenactments.

Links/Contact

http://shadowofthefallen.co.uk/

http://www.gayauthors.org/nephylim/index.html

http://nephylim-author.blogspot.com/

On Goodreads.com.

Book #1 in the Enigma Series:

Description: Troubled residents come and go at the Care House where River Caulfield is a caregiver, working towards fulfilling his dream of becoming a nurse. When Silver arrives, a patient found on a roadside near death after suffering terrible abuse, River finds his previous personal detachment is compromised. Seeking to help the mysterious and enigmatic young man locked inside his own mind and memories, River finds his professionalism slipping as Silver begins to open up and live again.

But as their relationship begins to blossom, the roots of Silver’s past abuse and the abuser who forced him into such a mental state sends forth new shoots of darkness enveloping them in dangers threatening not only Silver’s sanity, but their very lives. With River’s devotion and help, will Silver finally be able to break away from his past? The answer lies in the words of a priest, a painting and a long walk through a churchyard harbouring the secrets of the enigma that is Silver.

Title: Enigma, Book 1 in the Enigma Series

By: Nephylim

Published by: Flying With Red Haircrow

Publication Date: 3 December 2011

ISBN: # 9781465837509

Genre: Gay Suspense, Contemporary Fiction, Romantic Drama

Available at Smashwords, All Romance Ebooks, and other online distributors.

Interviews With Nephylim

At Dawn’s Reading Spot

Michael Offutt’s Blog

Rising Up From the Ashes by Phoenix

Upcoming Events:

  • Look forward to free giveaways and contests upcoming on Nephylim’s website and while she participates in the blog hop in May, “Hop Against Homophobia!”
  • On May 10, 2012, Nephylim will be a part of the “Meet the Author” on Love Romances Café, so be sure to join up and drop by from 12pm-6pm Eastern Time Zone, at this Yahoo web group.
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19/02/2012

The Final Chapter to The A-Men Trilogy by John Trevillian launches in March 2012!

“…A futuristic action-lover’s must read!”–Literary R&R

Join us at the official book launch London, UK | 26.03.2012
Book launch details

Description: “The A-Men Trilogy breaks new ground in mixing noir-style sci-fi with mythic fantasy elements, with five first-person viewpoints on the action.

Switching Dead City for the crystal arks of the thirteen corporate colonies, Jack comes face to face with the full extremity of D’Alessandro’s master plan.

With the help of Pure, Dingo the Wonder Dog and the blind, psychic detective Arken Ellis Winterman, Jack is led back to D’Arkadia, his family’s deserted starstation, for a final confrontation with the terrible past he has tried so desperately to escape.”

The Author

John Trevillian is an award-winning British author of neopunk science fiction. Fascinated by the crossover points of technology, religion and myth, Trevillian’s work is informed as much by the roles of magazine editor, technology writer and IT journalist as his training in the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids and Native American Shamanism (Lakota Sioux). He also travels extensively and is founder of the Talliston interior design and art project, both attempts to realise a life full of enchantment, magic and those mysterious forces of story which move the human soul.

Trevillian.com | The A-Men

The A-Men on Amazon.co.uk

The A-Men on Amazon.com

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Book #1: THE A-MEN

Publisher: Matador; 1st edition (29 Mar 2010)

Language English

ISBN-10: 1848763433

ISBN-13: 978-1848763432

Hardcover (UK edition)

Hardcover (US edition)

Kindle (UK edition)

Kindle (US edition)

Unabridged audiobook

Unabridged dramatised podcast

Story blurb:

“Jack is a man with no memory awakening in a dark and dangerous metropolis on the eve of its destruction. The only clue to his former life: a handwritten note in the pages of a book of faerie tales entitled Forevermore.

Marked for death in a peace-keeping force sent to quell the riots, he finds sanctuary and survival with other renegades on the streets of Dead City. Battling to survive they form the infamous A-Men, misfits who have a unifying dream: to be special. Yet that is until their paths cross with Dr Nathaniel Glass and his mysterious experiment locked deep beneath the Phoenix Tower.

Mixing dark future, noir and urban fantasy, join The Nowhereman, Sister Midnight, Pure, D’Alessandro and the 23rdxenturyboy as they fight for their lives on a non-stop ride into a nightmarish world of ultra-violence. If the world’s going to end, pray it doesn’t end like this.”

Quotes/Reviews:

“Wow… just wow!”–UK Arts Council

“Gritty, dark, funny. Mysterious and compelling”–iTunes

“…half Mad Max and half Warhammer 40,000”–Nostalgia For Infinity

 “Ultimately, this is an awesome read, really gritty, full of dark adventure and razor-sharp humour.”–Ruben Lake

“The A-Men works at a level far beyond the capabilities of this humble reviewer”–SFSite

“…action packed and exciting…”–True Science Fiction

“…a punk rock wet dream…”–The New Podler Review of Books

Key subject categories:

Speculative fiction, cult fiction

Dystopian, future noir

Hard-boiled, high tech, intelligent sci-fi

Audience:

Adult science fiction and fantasy reader, video games players and lovers of future noir literature and films.

25 words or less?

Hardboiled science fiction action beginning as fast-paced future noir, yet with a heart of mythic fantasy.

You’ll like this if you loved:

Otherland by Tad Williams

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan

The God Game by Andrew M. Greeley

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Book #2: THE A-MEN RETURN

Publisher: Matador; 1st edition (29 Mar 2011)

Language English

ISBN-10: 1848766198

ISBN-13: 978-1848766198

Hardcover (UK edition)

Hardcover (US edition)

Kindle (UK edition)

Kindle (US edition)

Unabridged audiobook–Coming soon!

Story blurb:

“Four years have passed since the destruction of the Phoenix Tower and with it the infamous A-Men. The once-great Dead City is now a no-go zone; abandoned and forgotten. Living in this nightmarish underworld Jack is a twisted shadow of his former self, a lone survivor in a world of warring ganglords and their crazed disciples.

Yet something is stirring in the sanctuary of the near-space starstations; a realisation that its governing sentience is dying and the one thing that can save civilisation fell to earth a long, long time ago.

From unrelentingly visceral to outrageously comic, this is a harsh and poetic twenty-second century noir fable. Yet beneath the hardboiled action is a philosophical journey of one man’s rebirth in a harsh and unforgiving world.”

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Book #3: FOREVER A-MEN

Publisher: Matador; 1st edition (29 Mar 2012)

Language English

ISBN-10: 1780880907

ISBN-13: 978-1780880907

Hardcover (UK edition)

Hardcover (US edition)–Coming soon!

Kindle (UK edition)–Coming soon!

Kindle (US edition)–Coming soon!

Unabridged audiobook–Coming soon!

Story blurb:

“The conclusion to The A-Men trilogy. Switching Dead City for the crystal arks of the thirteen corporate colonies, Jack comes face to face with the full extremity of D’Alessandro’s master plan. Awakening as godking in the fantasy realms of Forevermore, effectively trapped within the pages of his own faerie tale book, he realises his only chance at redemption is to reform the A-Men for one last amazing adventure.

With the help of Pure, Dingo the Wonder Dog and the blind, psychic detective Arken Ellis Winterman, Jack finds his path leads inextricably back to D’Arkadia, his family’s deserted starstation, for a final confrontation with the terrible past he has tried so desperately to escape.

An astonishing final chapter to the A-Men trilogy, this is a story of the realisation that nothing is forever, and of identifying what is important before it is far, far too late.”

The Audio Podcast

The A-Men | John Trevillian

Available:

http://trevillian.libsyn.com/

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-a-men-john-trevillian/id372409870

This is a full and unabridged audio podcast recording of the science fiction novel The A-Men by John Trevillian.

Credits:

The A-Men was written and read by John Trevillian with additional voices by Jack Luceno, Leah Frederick, Katie Dehnart, Lynda Anderson and Joseph Andrade.

Music courtesy of Magnatune, with special thanks to Adam Fielding for the use of From Out Of Nowhere for the title track.

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Contact Details:

www.trevillian.com

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14/01/2012

Press Release! Coming January 16, 2012 Peter Christian Hall’s- “American Fever: A Tale of Romance & Pestilence”

Praise for American Fever from TeleRead’s Court Merrigan:

“By far the best stab at the future of the novel I’ve seen … The story of a flu-obsessed blogger who predicts a flu pandemic and then records its ravages, 
Hall taps into a deep literary vein of paranoia … This novel-as-blog soon had me wiping down every surface in reach with disinfectant …
 You’re missing something if you miss American Fever.”

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Mr. Hall’s revolutionary novel, American Fever: A Tale of Romance & Pestilence (Arterial Witness, 2012) will be published on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012 throughout the English-reading world and in Europe.
American Fever presents an East Village blogger’s view of an H5N1 avian flu pandemic that rocks America and unleashes national repression, even as his personal life explodes with promise.

Synopsis:


“A young libertarian flu fighter huddles at home in New York’s East Village, blogging about a devastating avian flu pandemic as he sells masks, gloves, and goggles over the Internet. An intriguing, vexing woman stalks him while he delves into the mysteries of influenza and serves up colorful commentary on the chaos swirling around—and within—his world.

“When ‘Count Blogula’ gets involved with some lively community flu activists, he collides with a government bent on controlling Americans as if they were viral intruders. With the U.S. staggering through a kind of national Katrina—Chinatown a smoky ruin, Atlanta evacuated, Houston blown up—he must fight both the system and the contagion to save his life and love.”

More about American Fever:


American Fever is presented in blog format, with live links furnished on its website and in ebook versions. The site contains a gallery of art contributed by creative souls around the world.

American Fever’s introduction will get you started. Then please send us your address or e-location and we’ll send a paperback or an ebook for your informed pleasure.

Author Bio:


Peter Christian Hall is a writer and filmmaker who was raised in upstate New York and now lives in New York City. He has written for Rolling Stone, the Village Voice, the New York Times, Reuters.com, and The Big Money and served as executive editor at Financial World.
Hall wrote, produced, and directed Delinquent, a feature film (with an original score from Gang of Four) that the Los Angeles Times called “a highly accomplished work [that] marks a stunning feature debut for writer-director Peter Hall, who never makes a false move as he builds suspense right from the start.”

Hall’s latest article, at Reuters.com, challenges the U.S. government’s efforts to suppress H5N1 avian flu-transmission research.


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For more information, to post one of many potential excerpts from this blog novel, or to schedule an interview with Peter Christian Hall, please contact Patricia Gostyla at gostyla@gmail.com.
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