Strike Three: You’re in Love

Why love the game when you can love the 'opposition' instead?

 

Strike Three: You’re in Love

by Anna Denisch

Genre: LGBTQ Sports Romance

Why love the game when you can love the 'opposition' instead?

Cody never wanted to play Baseball in the first place, but when his coworker keeps pestering, he agrees to join his company's league team. El only started playing for his company's team to get ahead in his career, and now he's stuck still playing a few years later. When the two meet for the first time on the field, it's an instant connection. With a low-stakes league taken way to seriously by the rest of their teams, Cody and El must work to build a safe bubble for themselves both in the games and in their personal lives.

 

Strike Three: You're in Love, is a cozy sports romance about two guys who don't like Baseball. This low-stakes book is all about romantic vibes, silly dates, steamy nights, and people getting way too invested in a game without any actual prize to win.

 

 EXCERPT

"You have a very nice butt,” he said.

The hitter stalled and missed the first throw completely.

“STRIKE!” Rafael called. A little too loud, El thought.

The batter turned his scowl back to him. “Did you hear what he said to me?”

Rafael shrugged. “Yeah? So?”

The batter huffed in exasperation. “He can’t say stuff like that.”

“Nothing against it in the rules,” El said.

“It’s a compliment,” Rafael agreed.

The hitter grumbled and knocked the dirt from his shoes. “Exactly who’s side are you on here?”

“Oh, whichever side gets the most veins to pop out of the most heads,” Rafael said with a laugh. El wasn’t too big to admit that he didn’t fight Rafael much on most things, as he did let El get away with quite a lot.

Although, in this case, he hadn’t even been trying to get away with anything. He just genuinely thought this guy had a nice butt.

The batter shook his head and took a calming breath before readying again. His hit was just a few inches off, the ball sailing right under him.

“Strike two!” Rafael announced.

“Yeah, no shit.”

“Hey, don’t make me red flag you,” Rafael said.

“That’s soccer,” El said.

“I’m the ump. If I wanna red flag someone, I’ll red flag them.”

El chuckled softly and got ready for the next pitch. He could see the hitter’s eyes squint, his body tightening up as he prepared. He was clearly riled up, which might serve well for El’s team, at least.

Michelle made the next pitch, a curveball to the left, that the hitter swung at expertly. Unfortunately, his expert swing didn’t make a connection. The batter growled and glared down at the ball in El’s mitt. El could see him practically start to fume when Rafael yelled, “Strike three, you’re out!”

“Good try,” El said. Because it had been a really good swing. And then the batter turned his glare to El before he walked back to the dugout

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Anna Denisch was born and raised just outside of Baltimore City, but she has never called it home. When not traveling around the world or daydreaming about dragons, she spends her time looking at books she wants to read without actually touching them. She received her M.F.A in Creative and Professional Writing from Western Connecticut State University and considers daily if she is just insane enough to take her family’s sometime suggestion of getting a PhD.

 

 

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The Pumpkin King’s Bride

Enter a world where autumn never dies

 

 The Pumpkin King’s Bride

by Rae Lori

Genre: Gothic Fantasy Romance

 Enter a world where autumn never dies

In a village shadowed by tales of the fearsome Pumpkin King, Anna Everglen carries the weight of grief and loneliness. Seeking an end to her pain, she volunteers to face the dreaded monarch of the shadowy forest.

But the castle of eternal autumn holds more than just fallen leaves and glowing pumpkins. There, Anna discovers a world of enchantment, mystery, and unexpected secrets.

Is the fearsome Pumpkin King really what the villagers and the myths say he is? Or was everything told to her a lie?

For fans of Beauty and the Beast inspired tales.

 EXCERPT

As the dark shroud of night enveloped the land, Anna couldn’t banish the haunting voice from her dreams. The same one that echoed through the forest earlier.

She huddled closer to the warmth of the hearth as the chill of night crept in.

The savory aroma of stew filled her home. As she stirred the pot, she peered into her bubbling dinner. It was almost done. Sinking back into her chair, she pulled the quilt tighter around her shoulders.

A bushel of apples from the Fields sat nearby. She would make them into a pie later this evening. Her last evening.

Anna settled into her straw chair to wait for the stew when a loud knock echoed at the door.

Who could be knocking at this hour?

Setting the ladle on the hearth, she padded toward the door as the floorboards creaked beneath her slippers. She gripped the door handle and froze, standing there for a moment, listening to the wind tremble outside.

Who—or what—was on the other side? It could be Miss Lila coming to check on her. Goodness forbid, it was Gideon Marsh trying to lure her back to his home.

Maybe it was Miss Deena worried about her impulsive decision to leave the town without considering the consequences.

Anna held her head up. It was her decision and hers alone. And she would stand by it even more to protect the remaining ones she cared about.

She swung the door open, ready to say the words when…

There was no one.

Nothing but howling gusts against the dark night.

Anna hugged the worn quilt around her tightly, peering out into the empty darkness. The door was handle cool against her fingertips as she reached for it. Clutching it, she spotted a parchment tucked under a tiny pumpkin at her feet.

A heavy exhale followed by a high-pitched neigh and the clomping of hooves echoed through the stillness of the night. Two magnificent horses emerged from the fog, dragging a lavish

carriage made of gold and velvet. Delicate tinted windows sat on each side of the carriage, too dark for her to see inside.

The door creaked open, and she waited for someone to step out.

But there was no one inside.

Was she dreaming? She had to be. There was no way this was truly happening…

She peered at the note again, spotting the elegant cursive written on the other side of the envelope: Invitation from the Pumpkin King.

A shaky breath escaped her.

She wasn’t dreaming. This was real.

Opening the envelope, she pulled out the parchment paper and read it, trying to decipher the words under the moonlight.

This carriage will bring you to where you seek. You need only board it and whisper your readiness. ~TPK

This was it—her threshold to the beyond.

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Rae Lori is a multi-published, award-winning author and a geek girl at heart. She was first bitten by the writing bug at ten and never stopped loving the written word. Over a twenty-year-plus writing career, she has been published with various zines, journals and publishing companies and taught new writers the craft of novel writing in between her projects. She has won various awards including an Honorable Mention in the 73rd Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition, the 2011 ForeWord Book of the Year Gold Award Winner in Writing (Adult Nonfiction), and Best Romance Novella in SORMAG’s 2009 Reader’s Choice Awards.

Rae can usually be found with her head in the clouds daydreaming of her next story. That is, when she isn’t gaming or watching her fave movies with her fellow geekazoid husband (it’s time for another Aliens rewatch!), crocheting, or has her nose in a book.

 

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A Kingdom of Earth and Devotion

 Forgotten on Earth . A chance to return home. A love she never expected.

 

A Kingdom of Earth and Devotion

Portals of Science and Magic Book 2

By Liz Cain

Genre: Urban Fantasy Adventure Romance

 

Forgotten on Earth . A chance to return home. A love she never expected.

Abandoned on Earth for over a century, Alexy has yearned for a chance to return home. However, her duty to safeguard the fae world's secrets kept her tethered to Earth. Everything changes when she unexpectedly befriends Rebecca, the co-worker of a brilliant physicist who is on the verge of unraveling the secrets of interdimensional portals.

An accident transports a fae from Alexy's homeland to Earth, endangering his kingdom's very existence. Alexy must help her friends return him before his kingdom falls. As unimaginable powers surge through her, Alexy grapples with the truth she has concealed from her friends. With betrayal and peril lurking in every shadow, she finds herself standing at a crossroads.

To preserve everything she holds dear and expose her true self, or doom the two realms. She must decide.

 

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A Kingdom of Air and Duty

Portals of Science and Magic Book 1

A scientist’s assistant. A portal to a new world. A strange male she never should have met.

Venture into the unknown with Rebecca, the brilliant assistant to renowned physicist Howard Bristol, as they open a portal to the fae realm. When the portal explodes and leaves behind a mystery creature, Rebecca must shelter this unusual being, known as Kaval.

In a race against time, Kaval and Rebecca desperately seek a way to send him back before he attracts dangerous attention. As a malevolent presence hunts the newcomer, threatening their every move, Rebecca finds herself entangled in a battle not only against their adversaries but also against the irresistible pull of this enigmatic stranger. Journey through a spellbinding urban fantasy where the lines between science and magic blur, and the power of friendship and love become the ultimate weapons against the encroaching darkness.

Prepare to be swept away by an epic tale of two beings who should never have met.

 

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Liz Cain is an urban fantasy writer and NHS frontline staff. She was born in East Yorkshire in the UK and grew up near the sea with her parents and two sisters. She moved to the midlands, which was much too far south for her, graduating from Leicester University with a degree in Physics and going on to complete an MSc in Medical and Radiation Physics. She has worked in the NHS since 2008 as a Nuclear Medicine Clinical Scientist, helping with cancer treatment and diagnosis.

She has traveled at every opportunity from Thailand and Australia to touring national parks in North America. Liz has done lots of crazy things for charity, including skydiving, running, swimming, and even cutting off her hair. While out on adventures she finds herself weaving intricate tales in her head which one day she had to write down. 

Liz has loved reading her whole life, growing up with Anne McCaffrey, Mary Stewart, and Terry Goodkind. Becoming an author happened by chance when she jumped at the opportunity to help a friend tell a story that deserved to be told. It inspired her to follow her lifelong dream and now she has published books with her coauthor Anne K. Whelan in the fantasy romance and paranormal romance genre, finally taking that last step and publishing by herself in 2023.

 

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Wanderer of the Wastes

In a world where magic can save or shatter, Kol Mendona must survive lethal secrets—and an even deadlier love—as he discovers he might not be as human as he believed…

 

Wanderer of the Wastes

by Kit Karlsson

Genre: Fantasy Romance

 

Kol Mendona, one of the last humans on the magical continent of Alon, is desperate to escape his dying underground compound. When Alessi, a fierce dragon slayer with silver eyes, arrives, Kol sees a way out. As they journey together through the deadly wastes, an unexpected bond forms between them – one fueled by passion and dangerous magic.

But as Kol’s strange new powers awaken, their bond becomes increasingly unstable. Something within him is changing in ways he doesn’t fully understand, and if Alessi ever discovers the truth, Kol may lose more than her affections…

 

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A Day in the life of Kit Karlsson

Hi, I’m Kit Karlsson, author of Wanderer of the Wastes, coming out on October 29th. I’m a lawyer and a writer, and I’ll walk you through what it’s like to be me for a day.

1. Wake up. You were probably up late writing or working, and your work also means writing. It’s probably 8:00 or 8:30 a.m.

2. Order coffee via mobile app. This is extremely important, and honestly the only thing that gets you out of bed half the time. You’ll get either the same Starbucks refresher you’ve gotten since you were ten years old or, if you’re feeling adventurous, a Dunkin refresher.

3. Get to work. Water all those plants you have in your office and appreciate the clean air they give you.

4. Work. You’ll probably draft and edit contracts, and if you’re not doing that, you’ll probably be reading contracts. Most days, you’ll write or edit 5,000-10,000 words at work.

5. Get home. It’s probably 8:00 p.m. or so. Cuddle with your cats (very cute), make sure their water is clean and that they have food. Watch TV, or maybe work some more. Eat dinner.

6. Write. If you’re not still working, you’ve got three hours before you need to get to sleep, so make use of it. Write guest blogs, do some marketing, annoy your publisher with texts because she’s almost certainly still awake.

7. Bedtime routine – Shower, then read. You’re currently about halfway through Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell. It’s pretty good.

8. Sleep. To get to sleep, you’ll probably listen to a paranormal or horror podcast. Your favorites are The Exploring Series’ SCP episodes, or you might listen to a paranormal podcast like Two Girls One Ghost.

That’s it. Most days are similar, but I can’t say they’re bad. Now you’re fully prepared to be Kit Karlsson for a day!

EXCERPT

Excerpt one:

“If you take me with you, I’ll do anything,” he said. To buy Astor some time. To get out of there.

She opened the door and pushed him out, preparing to close it again, but he put his foot in it.

“Anything?” she asked.

“Anything.”

“That’s a dangerous word when there are fates worse than death.” She tilted her head again to the side, an amused look on her face. “You’re a strange man, Kol.” She slammed the door, and he was alone in the darkness.

Excerpt two:

“So, do you work?” Kol wiped his nose, feeling sand grate against his skin. “Do princesses… need to work?”

“Usually, but now I’m a freelancer.” Alessi felt at her hair, tragic and frayed.

“You’re unemployed, you mean?” Kol asked.

“If you must know, I am ‘available for hire’.” She threw her head back. “But money’s money, and business is business.” She had a severe look on her face. “That’s how things are in the witch kingdom.”

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Kit enjoyed writing as a child and rediscovered her passion during the COVID-19 lockdown. She has a degree in finance and recently graduated from law school, where she was the administrative editor of an academic publication. When she’s not writing, you can find her running barefoot, taming stray cats, or listening to paranormal podcasts.

 

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Darkest Delights

Don’t trust what lies within…

They don’t forgive, They destroy

 

Darkest Delights

by K.M Jenkins and Ben Merical

Genre: YA Horror, Dark Fantasy

Welcome to Medge Pond, a town where mischievous children go missing beyond the forest border. Something evil lurks within the forest, and those who enter are never seen again.

There are two rules you must follow: Do NOT enter the forest and never touch the berries. Ever.

If you break them, beware—not even your screams will save you.

 

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Can you, for those who don't know you already, tell something about yourself and how you became an author?

Hi everyone. My name is Katie Jenkins-Merical but I write under the name K.M. Jenkins. I recently got married to Ben Merical after being together for almost 9 years in October. We started dating after meeting online back in December 2015. A lot of our relationship happened backwards. The first was moving in together, then having twin boys named Zeek and Zayne. Our journey had its difficulties but the time to get married never seemed to come. Until now, we have been married almost a month and I would have to say nothing is different.

When Ben and I first met, we both had our hands in the publishing industry. He worked on comic books that he sold at shows. While I did graphic design for authors I met online and tried my hand at writing myself. It got put on hold for both of us when working to make a living took root. Then add the fact we had kids on the way to take care of.

After two years, I needed an outlet that would feed my mind before I went crazy with the kids. I got back into writing in 2018. The start was my epic fantasy short stories in my Tales of Ferrês series. Then I worked on longer works along with short novelettes.

Ben and I tried our hand as a couple to write our own take on a horror story together. It went pretty smoothly, and we enjoyed it. Unfortunately, I have a limited writing schedule, so we write together when we can. If we aren’t doing things to further our career we are spending time with our boys that are seven years old right now.

EXCERPT

"Gracie, you okay?"

Rob waited until I looked him in the eye. My breathing calmed down, and I could start thinking straight. He looked worried.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I thought I saw something at the window. So I ran out here to catch it. But I guess I was only seeing things."

Rob looked at the trees and frowned.

"I've been standing here for about five minutes knocking and saw nothing run into the forest."

"Yeah, but you were walking around the house. This was toward the back of the house."

Rob chuckled and cocked his head. Then he looked over at the trees.

"We could always go in and look around," he said, arching his eyebrow.

Rob looked at me with a dare written on his face. My hands started sweating just thinking about those beady eyes staring at me. And the noise obviously was the same creature from yesterday. But what is it? And what does it want?

My curiosity won out. I turned toward the treeline and motioned for Rob to follow. It didn't take too much persuasion to get him to come along. He had a spark in his eye, making it clear he thought this was some kind of adventure. Little did we know this was the first step to living in a nightmare.

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Ben and Katie tied the knot in September 2024 but not before putting pen to paper. Together they crafted their first horror story together titled: “Darkest Delights,” back in 2022. The loved stories like Goosebumps growing up and decided to create their own campfire story that would leave a little fright for the younger readers to enjoy. They plan to work on more in the future. Make sure to subscribe to K.M. Jenkins’ newsletter to get updates on books when they hit the stores: 

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Upas Street: Shocking Specter

 Do you dare enter Dr. Frankenstein’s la-BOR-uh-tree? 

 

Upas Street: Shocking Specter

The Botanic Hill Detectives Mysteries Book 6

by Sherrill Joseph

Genre: Middle Grade Paranormal Mystery

 

A fearless quartet of teen sleuths, the Botanic Hill detectives, travel to Llanfair, a fictitious Welsh village in present-day California, to solve the mystery of the Shocking Specter.

The green-glowing apparition reportedly roams the countryside, setting fire to buildings and meadows during the new moon. The occurrences began shortly after a motion picture stagehand Scotty Roberts’s accidental death by electrocution in this case inspired by the filming of Universal Pictures 1931 classic horror movie Frankenstein.

Supernatural?

Coincidence?

Or is criminal activity at work?

And why, nearly a century later, has the Shocking Specter returned?

 

Readers will enjoy learning about real-life horror film star Boris Karloff, Frankenstein author Mary Shelley, other key players in the movie’s production, and some early Hollywood cinematic history. Our fabulous four might need to kick some monsters to the curb to solve this challenging mystery!

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Q: You and your detective character, Rani Kumar, have synesthesia. What is synesthesia?

A: Synesthesia is my superpower! Synesthesia is a mental ability, or condition, that two to four percent of the world’s population is born with. Synesthetes have extra connections in their brains between senses that aren’t normally joined. This allows a crossover of the senses to occur, and one sense comes through as another. For example, Rani Kumar and I have lexical-gustatory synesthesia, the rarest form (0.2% of the world’s population). We taste or smell something when we hear a word or name. For example, Rani says her name makes her taste raw green beans. My name Sherrill makes me taste cherry jelly. My last name Joseph makes me taste a Mounds candy bar (coconut and dark chocolate). Not all tastes are pleasant, however, and we can’t control the taste and aroma sensations that occur. Basically, we experience the world in a different way from most people. Research reveals that synesthetes are often creatives, e.g., Billie Eilish, Lorde, Beyonce, Pharrell Williams, Duke Ellington, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, Geoffrey Rush, Leonard Bernstein, Franz Liszt, Richard Feynman, Marilyn Monroe, Vladimir Nabokov, Arthur Rimbaud, Vincent Van Gogh, Wassily Kandinsky, and Aristotle. Synesthesia has enhanced my ability to write more descriptively. It is often hereditary, but I know of no one in my family who had or has it. Sometimes, that makes me feel lonely. Perhaps that’s why I created a character with synesthesia.

Q: Which of your four detectives is the most like you? How do these personal connections enhance the authenticity of your characters and stories?

A: All four detectives are like me to some extent: I have Lanny’s love of reading, words, old movies, and detective stories. Lexi and I are both emotional, “hands-on,” love literature, and try to be positive. I am a twin as are Lanny and Lexi. I have Moki’s dry sense of humor, love of pineapple, and fear of snakes. And Rani and I are both lexical-gustatory synesthetes. But all my detectives have much more courage and poise than I had at their age. I hope my young readers will take after them! I believe that many authors put something of themselves into their characters and stories, which can help create a more authentic experience for the reader since the writing comes from experience and knowledge

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