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Fantasy Freebies for December

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 For your holiday enjoyment, Fantasy Freebies offered by Book Funnel, available Dec. 1 to 8 Fantasy Freebies My contribution is "Alan-a-Dale and the Harp of Elandrielle". Don't let this freebie opportunity slip by.

Celebrate the First Novel!

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  Here's the best post of all: about my first book Summer Sieges All of her life, Beren has taken orders to the defend the castlekeep, first from her father and then from Lady Treasach. Then the Watrani Horde with their Gitane Witches came and broke the siege. To save a magical crystal, Lady Treasach orders Beren to gather a small party and they flee through the under-veil to the mountains. But the Gitane Witches continue to track them. With the help of a disenchanted Prica, the warrior Storr, can Beren protect the lady and her magical crystal? Or will she fall to the Gitane and the Watrani? Fetch it here. --- --- --- --- --- I dared myself to enter self-publishing, and I did it with this book. That may be part of the reason that I like it so much. It's not the first novel I completed. Not even the second or third. It's not the first fantasy. It is a story that I struggled with until I understood exactly what I was doing with the character of Beren, showing someone who fol...

Outlaws of Wild Sherwood ~ five short stories coming this month!

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 First up, Dav the Wrestler, a friend of Robin Hood and his men. A Twist of Faerie Magic Twist after twist reveals the true heart. Dav spent months earning prizes for wrestling, all to raise enough coins to marry his love Edrys. On his return to Nottingham, however, he discovers Edrys married another man during his absence. When he sees bruises on her, he threatens her husband. Then the man is found dead, and Dav is accused. How can a twist of Faerie magic reveal the true culprit? ~ ~ ~ “A Twist of Faerie Magic” is the sixth story in the  Wild Sherwood   series. Find it here: https://books2read.com/u/bo2RMa https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B8B9KHCV Alan-a-Dale, “A Faerie Song for a Feast” Masks, Mummers, and a Faerie Song When a corrupt abbot double-charges the rents of simple farmers, Robin Hood and his men decide to intervene.  Alan-a-Dale risks playing a song learned in the land of Faeries to help Robin Hood and his men. Yet the Faerie Elandrielle warne...

Into Wild Sherwood ~ anthology available now!

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  Into Wild Sherwood Dangerous Faeries Lurk in the Forest Pursued by the Sheriff of Nottingham and his guards, five people take refuge in the wilds of Sherwood Forest ~ only to encounter the Faeries of British legend. View the Trailer LINKS ~ ebook in wide distribution, paperback and ebook a t the Zon ~ ~ ~ “Tod the Fox and the Faeries in the Ring” Never enter a Faerie Ring. The Faeries like to play. How can Tod escape them? ~ ~ ~ “The Poisoner and the Faerie Huntsman” Never reveal weakness to a Faerie. Melly and her hound encounter strange black hounds. Then the Huntsman of the Wild Hunt arrives. Has she fallen into greater trouble? ~ ~ ~ “Three Yule Feasts for Faeries” Will the cook become the final dish? A Faerie sentinel tempts Ellen to cook three dinners. For each, she’ll receive three purses, copper and silver and gold. But what does the Faerie mean by final feast? ~ ~ ~ “Friar Tuck and the Faerie at the Pool” Beauty is terrifyingly dangero...

Fuse Faeries with the legends of Robin Hood

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 What do you get? The Wild Sherwood stories. First up, "Tod the Fox and the Faeries in the Ring" Never enter a Faerie Ring. The Faeries like to play. Tod was the tumbler in his family’s minstrel troupe. Then one market day in Nottingham, the guards arrested Pa. Everything fell apart. With the guards now after him, Tod escapes to wild Sherwood Forest. There he meets the dangerous Faeries in the Ring. Faeries play with their catch, whether in the Ring or on the Wild Hunt. How can he escape them? Available at Online Distributors everywhere.  This short story is just 99 cents. Online Everywhere:   https://books2read.com/u/mYyOAx Available also at Amazon:  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09TPSD8ZD Second Story: "The Poisoner and the Faerie Huntsman" Never reveal weakness to a Faerie. Escaping a false accusation of poisoning, Melly and her hound seek refuge in Sherwood Forest ~ yet the Nottingham guard who accused her is on her trail. That night, she encounter...

Once Upon a Time ~ 66 Writers Work Together!

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    Once Upon a Time: from classical myth to the Robin Hood legends, folklore and more: #fantasy and #sciencefiction AVAILABLE NOW. 66 writers offer 66 stories for you. Use this link:       https://books.bookfunnel.com/mythfantasy/tmztiazczh   My contribution with Edie Roones is "The Poisoner and the Faerie Huntsman", which fuses a bit of the Robin Hood legend with the dangerous Faeries of British myth.   Never reveal weakness to a Faerie. Melly and her hound encounter strange black hounds. Then the Huntsman of the Wild Hunt arrives. Has she fallen into greater trouble?   Both M.A. Lee and I love to mix fantasy with history. Our newest endeavor combines the legends of Robin Hood with Faeries of British myth. If you love the historical legends surrounding Robin Hood and you’re intrigued by perilous Faeries, then explore the world of Wild Sherwood.

New Year, New Reads!

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 Just what you need in mid-January, lots of fantasy and science fiction to read! Click Here!