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Science fiction and fantasy novels by Kayelle Allen

Other Worldly News from Spec Fic Writers @SpecFicWriters members include Paul Martz @PaulSkewMatrix Lynde Iozzo @LyndeIozzo + Review Adar @realjosephmawle #Adar #TROP #SpecFic #SciFi

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Other Worldly News from Spec Fic Writers @SpecFicWriters members include Paul Martz @PaulSkewMatrix Lynde Iozzo @LyndeIozzo + Review Adar #Adar #TROP #SpecFic #SciFi

Available online—The winter issue of "Other Worldly News" from Speculative Fiction Writers. Access is free and contains news about members of the group, speculative fiction writers and books, and opportunities for writers and readers. Our members who publish in many of the speculative fiction sub-genres including: science fiction, fantasy, horror, dystopian, weird west, fairy tales and more.

This month's highlights:

Meet Our Member: Lynde Iozzo teaches at-risk youth in an alternative high school. A teacher 17 years but a writer since childhood, for her reading and writing were escapes from troubles at school and elsewhere. "In your head, you know there's a better world" where she could envision that improvement.

Four Steps to Revising My Opening with a Critiki Bar Hangover: Paul Martz introduces us to an overview of a productive critique session combined with cocktails.

Other Worldly News from Spec Fic Writers @SpecFicWriters members include Paul Martz @PaulSkewMatrix Lynde Iozzo @LyndeIozzo + Review Adar @realjosephmawle #Adar #TROP #SpecFic #SciFi

Well-Loved Bits, Books, Videos—Kayelle Allen reviews the character Adar from the Amazon Original series, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

Flash Fiction, "A Diabolical Memory": A special holiday gift for spec fic enthusiasts (Fred Lanigan).

What is speculative fiction?

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Tell me about Six and Pietas

Watch Your Six by Kayelle Allen #SciFi #SpaceOpera

 

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Bringer of Chaos series
New book – never before published
Genre: Scifi
Rating: PG13

 

Pietas leads the immortal Ultras, a people untouched by death. Like them, he is invulnerable. Unbreakable.

Until he makes a mortal friend.

At his side stands Six, once a deadly foe, now the brother-in-arms Pietas trusts more than any person on the planet. Enemies had transformed Six from human into a quasi-immortal Ultra-killer.

Fate united them.

Six's metamorphosis is not permanent. Before long, he'll revert to what he was before they changed him. Dead.

Ultras revive after death.

Six won't.

Six will linger before succumbing to a painful end.

Pietas cannot lose his shield brother. Not like this.

But to save his friend, Pietas must abandon his people and engage in a sin he swore he would never again commit. What's worse--he must violate a vow made in his darkest hour...

Bringer of Chaos

Click covers for the buy link. Click text for the website page and excerpts.

#SciFi #SpaceOpera

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You'll find these characters mentioned in many books in my story universe.
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~ Copyright ©2024 Kayelle Allen. All rights reserved ~ Kayelle Allen participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates program, an affiliate advertising program which provides the means for sites to earn fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com. If you purchase an item listed on the site from Amazon.com, Kayelle will earn a small commission. Other sites might be affiliate links as well. These will not result in higher prices for you. Thank you for your support!

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Who wants a drab holiday? Not these two droids #SciFi #Humor #MFRWhooks @SpecFicWriters Anthologies

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Joy to the Worlds #SciFi #Speculative #Holiday 11 authors

NOTE: This book will be out of print after Dec 31, 2022.
It is available in eBook and print.

 

Joy to the Worlds

A Speculative Fiction Holiday Anthology
Genre: Scifi, Space Opera, Holiday

Includes imaginative holiday flash fiction from:

Andrew Abarca – Kayelle Allen – RC Beckett
Matthew Cushing – LV Ditchkus – Cheryl Fallin
RD Henry – Paul Martz – Bruce I Schindler
JK Washer – Samone Yuen

Drab Droids by Kayelle Allen

When a worker droid gets decked out for Christmas by his humans, his robot peer struggles to make sense of the "unauthorized" peripheral.

 

Excerpt (very short but this is a short story) ^_^

Vf-7 rolled into the hall outside his department. Upon viewing his droid colleague, 2-Xs, Vf-7 halted.

2-Xs lifted one clawed appendage toward strands of silver fluttering atop his head and turned in a slow circle. "Do you like it?"

"I see no reason to like or dislike it. What manner of peripheral is this?" Vf-7 rolled all the way around 2-Xs, eye-stalks set to capture. He shot the image through his recognition patterns, but no data matched the slender contours. "This item is not recognized."

"My humans gave it to me." 2-Xs turned around again.

What did these circular movements indicate? Vf-7 queried the company's intranet but found no data.

"Well? What do you think?"

Vf-7 snapped all his appendages into place. "I was not created to think independently."

About the Anthology

Take your pick of maniacal Christmas bots, unexpected visitors from other worlds, omnipotent in-laws over for dinner, or a time travel mission gone terribly wrong.

Or perhaps you prefer festive androids, an unusual champion of might, genetic breakthroughs, or a celebration of a traditional nativity on a future colony.

Will you suffer holiday misery or enjoy the seasonal festivities? Do the spirits of Christmas bring loneliness and heartache, or cheer and laughter?

Whether you simply endure December or fully celebrate the holidays, this anthology of thirteen yuletide tales is sure to satisfy your speculative fiction craving and make your winter a little brighter.

Available on Amazon

Welcome to Book Hooks!

Book Hooks is a weekly cooperative blog hop hosted by Marketing for Romance Writers as part of the MFRW Authors Blog.
It's a chance each week for you to discover current works in progress or previously published books by possibly new-to-you authors.
Thank you for stopping by.

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Droid art by R Henry

You'll find these characters mentioned in many books in my story universe.
Download a printable book list and check them off as you read.

Characters mentioned on this page might be found in multiple books in my story universe. Download a printable book list and check them off as you read.

~ Copyright ©2024 Kayelle Allen. All rights reserved ~ Kayelle Allen participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates program, an affiliate advertising program which provides the means for sites to earn fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com. If you purchase an item listed on the site from Amazon.com, Kayelle will earn a small commission. Other sites might be affiliate links as well. These will not result in higher prices for you. Thank you for your support!

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#BookFair Read Shadow Game by Caitlin Demaris McKenna #SciFi #SpaceOpera #Speculative

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#BookFair Read Shadow Game by Caitlin Demaris McKenna #SciFi #SpaceOpera #Speculative

Wars make unlikely allies

A tale of serendipity and empowerment set in the thrilling universe of the Expansion series.

When his ship is damaged, retired assassin Gau Shesharrim finds himself stranded on a hostile world.

To repair his ship, he will have to sneak into a jungle spaceport crawling with Terrans and their scaly Urd allies. An impossible task. Until help comes from an unexpected source.

Arkk just wants to evade the Urd hunting him. A chance encounter with Gau offers him temporary refuge, and something more: a way to get justice for his slaughtered paddock. But first they have to get off-planet.

Can Gau and Arkk work together to escape before their enemies catch up to them?

Free from the author

Characters mentioned on this page might be found in multiple books in my story universe. Download a printable book list and check them off as you read.

~ Copyright ©2024 Kayelle Allen. All rights reserved ~ Kayelle Allen participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates program, an affiliate advertising program which provides the means for sites to earn fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com. If you purchase an item listed on the site from Amazon.com, Kayelle will earn a small commission. Other sites might be affiliate links as well. These will not result in higher prices for you. Thank you for your support!

To experience art, sci-fi, romance, and space opera with unstoppable, unshakeable, unforgettable characters so real you'll swear you've met them, join me on Ream Stories!

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He can save mankind. All he has to do is die. Again #SciFi #SpaceOpera #FreeBook

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He can save mankind. All he has to do is die. Again #SciFi #SpaceOpera #FreeBook

Join the Ghost Corps, they said. You'll live forever, they said.

You'll save mankind, they said. They didn't say that to do it, first he had to die.

When Tornahdo signs on the dotted line, he puts his life into the steady hands of the mighty Ghost Corps. Three grisly deaths and three agonizing resurrections later, he's assigned duty on the space station Enderium Six.

He's facing his most dangerous mission yet, the very reason the corps exists.

Do they expect him to win? Fat chance. Tornahdo and his team are already dead and this mission is codenamed "Lights Out." No, there's more to this than he can see.

To discover the truth, he must face an unbeatable, unkillable enemy, and this time--somehow--find a way to keep himself alive...

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Sequel books: Origin of Pietas and Forged in Fire.

Lights Out - Bringer of Chaos series

 

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Distant Gardens: Ten Stories of Exploration, Biodiversity, and Found Family William C Tracy et al. @wctracy #BookFair #SciFi #WriteLGBTQ #KU

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Distant Gardens: Ten Stories of Exploration, Biodiversity, and Found Family William C Tracy et al. @wctracy #BookFair #SciFi #WriteLGBTQ

Rules were made to be broken.

From terraformed outposts to magical realms, journey to worlds where deadly plants, rampant biodiversity, or failed colonies have created irresistible opportunities for those brave enough to seize them.

New worlds, found family, mystical secrets, and deadly science weave together in this lesbian-centric anthology focusing on a very different kind of first time—a first encounter with a world, or being, entirely unlike our own.

If you like diverse stories with lesbian heroines practicing science, magic, and seduction, buy Distant Gardens today!

Characters mentioned on this page might be found in multiple books in my story universe. Download a printable book list and check them off as you read.

~ Copyright ©2024 Kayelle Allen. All rights reserved ~ Kayelle Allen participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates program, an affiliate advertising program which provides the means for sites to earn fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com. If you purchase an item listed on the site from Amazon.com, Kayelle will earn a small commission. Other sites might be affiliate links as well. These will not result in higher prices for you. Thank you for your support!

To experience art, sci-fi, romance, and space opera with unstoppable, unshakeable, unforgettable characters so real you'll swear you've met them, join me on Ream Stories!

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