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The Sigil Trilogy
If you're looking for an amazing, WOW! science fiction story, check out THE SIGIL TRILOGY. This is — literally — one of the best science fiction novels I've ever read.How to Write SF
The Craft of Writing Science Fiction that Sells by Ben Bova, best-selling author and six-time Hugo Award winner for Best Editor. (This is one of the books your ol' Critter Captain learned from himself, and I highly recommend it.)
(Also via Amazon)
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ReAnimus Acquires Advent!
ReAnimus Press is pleased to announce the acquisition of the legendary Advent Publishers! Advent is now a subsidiary of ReAnimus Press, and we will continue to publish Advent's titles under the Advent name. Advent was founded in 1956 by Earl Kemp and others, and has published the likes of James Blish, Hal Clement, Robert Heinlein, Damon Knight, E.E. "Doc" Smith, and many others. Advent's high quality titles have won and been finalists for several Hugo Awards, such as The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy and Heinlein's Children. Watch this space for ebook and print editions of all of Advent's current titles!
Book Recommendation
THE SIGIL TRILOGY:
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Announcing ReAnimus Press
If you're looking for great stuff to read from bestselling and award-winning authors—look no further! ReAnimus Press was founded by your very own Critter Captain. (And with a 12% Affiliate program.) [More]
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Standings for category: antho
1. Forrest J Ackerman's Anthology of the Living Dead, Black Bed Sheet Books, [link]
2. Toe Tags, New Flesh Books, [link]
3. Buried Tales of Pinebox, Texas, 12 to Midnight, [link]
4. Secrets Volume 27 Untamed Pleasures, Red Sage Publishing, [link]
5. Elements of the Soul, Twin Trinity Media, [link]
6. Bonded by Blood: A Romance in Red, SNM, [link]
7. Northern Roses and Southern Belles, The Wild Rose Press, www.thewildrosepress.com
8. Dead Souls, Morrigan Books, [link]
9. Second Time Around, Highland Press, [link]
10. With Arms Wide Open, Vanilla Heart Publishing, [link]
11. Twisted Fairy Tale Anthology, Unexpected Spark, [link]
12. Attractions of The Heart, loveyoudivine Alterotica, [link]
13. Shadows of the Emerald City, Northern Frights Publishing, [link]
13. The Stories In Between, Fantasist Enterprises, [link]
14. Gaslight Grotesque: Nightmare Tales of Sherlock Holmes, EDGE SF&F, [link]
15. How NOT to Survive the Holidays, DS Publishing, [link]
16. Malpractice: An Anthology of Bedside Terror, Stygian Publications, [link]
17. Grants Pass, Morrigan Books, [link]
17. Vintage Voices: Centi'Anni: May you live 100 years, A Few Little Books, [link]
18. Romance of My Dreams, L & L Dreamspell, [link]
19. A Look Inot the Mirror Darkly, Cinsarea Santiago, [link]
20. Queer Dimensions, Queer Fiction, [link]
21. I DO! An anthology in support of marriage equality, MLR Press, [link]
22. Rage of the Behemoth, Rogue Blades Entertainment, [link]
22. The Zombie Cookbook, Damnation Books, [link]
23. Things We Are Not, M-Brane SF, [link]
24. Old Magic in a New Age, Earlyworks Press, [link]
24. You Don't Know What You've Got, Gryphonwood, [link]
24. Seasons of Love, Whiskey Creek Press, [link]
24. 52 Stitches, Strange Publications, [link]
24. Voices of Survivors, Vanilla Heart Publishing, [link]
25. Sindustry Vol 1, Dreamspinner, [link]
25. Metamorphosis, Aspen Mountain Press, [link]
25. Fantastical Visions IV, Fantasist Enterprises, [link]
26. Sexy Beast VI, Aphrodisia, [link]
26. Tickle My Fantasy, Samhain Publishing, [link]
26. Coming Together: Against The Odds, Phaze, [link]
26. Love's Immortal Pantheon Vol 1, Tease Publishing, LLC, [link]
26. Coming Together: For Her, eXcessica, [link]
26. Cocked & Fully Loaded, Noble Romance Publishing, https://www.nobleromance.com/ItemDisplay.aspx?i=81
27. Immortal Fire, Love You Divine, [link]
27. Queer Wolf, QueeredFiction, [link]
27. Bump in the Night, Drollerie Press, [link]
27. Footprints, Hadley Rille Books, [link]
28. Dreams and Desires 3, Freyas Bower, [link]
28. On The Wild Side, Highland Press, [link]
29. Fool for Love: New Gay Fiction, Cleis Press, [link]
29. Women of the Apocalypse, Absolute XPress, [link]
29. Peep Show: Tales of Voyeurs and Exhibitionists, Cleis Press, [link]
29. Masques, CSfG Publishing, [link]
29. The Care and Feeding of Demons, Torquere Publishing, [link]
29. Silent Hustler, The, Lethe Press, [link]
30. Harvest Hill, Graveside Tales Publishing, [link]
30. SWING! Adventures in Swinging by Today's Top Erotica Writers, Logical-Lust, [link]
30. The Golden Idol and Blood Lust, Celestrial Books, [link]
30. In Bad Dreams 2: Where Death Stalks, Eneit Press, [link]
30. A TIME TO... Volume 3 The Best of the Lorelei Signal 2008, WolfSinger Publications, [link]
30. Finding Their Way Back, The Wild Rose Press, [link]
30. Backless, Strapless & Slit to the Throat, InkSpotter Publishing, [link]
31. The Carpathian Shadows: Volume II, Booksforabuck.com, [link]
31. Dead Worlds:Undead Stories, Living Dead Press, [link]
31. So It Begins, Dark Quest Books, www.darkquestbooks.com
31. My Dark Roasted Valentine, Dark Roast Press, [link]
31. The Book of Tentacles, Sam's Dot Publishing, [link]
31. Nocturnal Illumination, Kerry Morgan, [link]
31. Semaphore Anthology 2009, Marie Hodgkinson, [link]
31. Love Me Dead, MLR Press, [link]
31. Boys of the Bite, Ravenous Romance, [link]
31. Mystic Signals, WolfSinger Publications, [link]
31. The Way Back Home, The Wild Rose Press, [link]
32. The World is Dead, Permuted Press, [link]
32. Vile Things - Extreme Deviations of Horror, Comet Press, [link]
32. Moral Horror, Black Freighter Productions, [link]
32. Hot For The Holidays, Berkley Jove Publishing, [link]
32. Sapphistocated, Phaze, [link]
32. The Further Accounts of the Imaginary Friend, Virtual Tales, [link]
32. Wet Skin, MLR Press, [link]
32. Sha'Daa: Tales of the apocalypse, Altered Dimensions, [link]
32. New Ceres Nights, Twelfth Planet Press, [link]
32. Quarry, Level Best Books, [link]
32. Cern Zoo: Nemonymous 9, Megazanthus Press, [link]
32. Surrender: Tales of Erotic Submission, Phaze Publishing, [link]
32. The Sweetest Kiss: Ravishing Vampire Erotica, Cleis Press, [link]
32. Hidden Conflict, Cheyenne Press, [link]
32. Vermin, Rymfire eBooks, [link]
32. Black Dragon White Dragon, Ricasso Press, [link]
33. Home of the Brave, Stories in Uniform, Press 53, [link]
33. The Middle of Nowhere, Pill Hill Press, [link]
33. Chimeraworld #6 (New World Disorder), Chimericana Books, [link]
33. Robots Beyond, Permuted Press, [link]
33. POW!erful Tales, Peryton Publishing, [link]
33. And Now The Nightmare Begins, BearManor books, [link]
33. Metropolitan Passions Vol 2, Phaze Books, [link]
33. Forbidden Views , Dark Roast Press, [link]
33. Twisted Legends: Urbanized & Unauthorized, Pill Hill Press, [link]
33. Past Shadows, MLR Press, [link]
33. Under The Covers, Kensington Aphrodisia, [link]
33. Dead Bait, Severed Press, [link]
33. Subtropics: Hustlers, Students, and Juicy Fruits Heat Up, eXcessica, [link]
33. Horror Through The Ages, Lame Goat Press, [link]
33. It was a Dark and Stormy Halloween, Whortleberry Press, [link]
33. The Best of Every Day Fiction 2008, Every Day Fiction, [link]
33. Fiction and Truth, Treble Heart Books, [link]
33. Avant Garde for the New Millennium , Raw Dog Screaming Press, [link]
33. Mating Season, Amira Press, [link]
33. Future Perfect - A collection of Fantastic Erotica, Logical-Lust, [link]
33. On A Cold Winter's Night, Highland Press Publishing, [link]
33. Murder Past, Murder Present, Twilight Times Books, [link]
33. Space Cops, Science Fiction Trails Publishing, [link]