I am really close to being done with Vanished. I am the first to admit that it is a bit messy in the second half. But that is because I hadn’t quite figured out what should happen. In other words: it is a first draft, with room to improvement. The plan is to finish it tomorrow, or on Monday since I don’t think I will have time today.
Anyway, I look forward to let you read it sometime in 2017. Along with something fun that me and my friends are planning. 🙂
As of a coincidence, I have read some really good Urban Fantasy Noir recently. And since they are short, and cheap, I thought I would recommend them to you.
The Hard boiled witch series by KA Laity:
I ought the first short story in this series yesterday. When I went to bed, I had bought all four of them, and devoured them. This is delightfully gritty short stories, around 25 pages, filled with a down to earth witch, who uses down to earth magic. I enjoyed reading about Hecate Sidclaw and Henry. It was interesting to read about their adventures as they solved cases.
The Sylvan Investigations novellas by LA Gilman:
I have made no secret that I love LA Gilman’s books. This is a spin off from the P.U.P.I novels, and they are just as delightful. The first two, Promises to Keep and Miles to Go are available now, and the third novella is coming soon. And the first two is discounted at BVC, which makes this the perfect time to read them.
The Spindle City series by Carlie St George:
When I read the blurb for the first story in this series, I flailed in the “OMG have to read it now” way. I went and pre-ordered it immediately. I am glad I did. I loved it. It more than lived up to my expectations. And the next one is out tomorrow. I think. I hope. And the last one is out soon. If you cannot wait for the third one, the publisher, the eminent Booksmugglers are serialising the last two books.
Anyway. Go forth and read, and buy. You will thank me later. Your family might not, since there is a chance that you ignore all the Thanksgiving cooking, and things like that. But ignore them, they are just jealous.
Since it is Easter, and since all my friends are doing it, here is the first 200 words from the unnamed WIP. With a release date of that I am not announcing yet. This is unedited, so it is filled with typos, but I hope you enjoy it!
I looked up when the doorbell chimed. The greeting on the tip of my tongue died when I saw the man that stood there. Cian. What in the name of the ancestors was he doing here? I blushed when I remembered the hot fling we had had before the mess with Tony happened.
“ Cian? What are you doing here?”
“ I was about to ask you the same question. When I came to visit you the next day, you were gone.”
I winced.
“I had an argument with my brother and decided to leave town for awhile.”
It was the truth, yet it was simplifying things a lot. I was a Portal Justicar, albeit a relatively new one. My brother was a high ranking member of the Rookery, the biggest criminal organisation in this realm, if not all the seven realms. So it wasn’t surprising that when he found out that I worked for the Portal Justicars he was furious. In fact, he had been so angry that my boss had decided that it was best to hide somewhere far away. And this village in the northwestern corner of Kanida was as far away as you could travel. The fact that a group of dwarves had just relocated here was just a co-incidence.