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The Vampire's New Clothes: Double "New Cover" Reveal

7/28/2016

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Sometimes, a vampire just needs some new clothes. Or a vampire book just needs a new cover. We're thrilled to debut the new design for A.E. Decker's YA Fantasy The Falling of the Moon, about a half-vampire named Ascot who leaves Shadowvale in search of her prince charming, alongside the new design for Margo Bond Collins's Urban Fantasy Legally Undead, about a reluctant vampire hunter, stalking New York City as only a scorned bride can.

Special thanks to Cary Vandever for the original illustration featured on The Falling of the Moon (yep, that's a bat-winged cat—his name is Moony), and to Freebird Designs for the Legally Undead design (yep, she's holding chopsticks—don't you want to find out why?).
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These awesome new covers will be gracing both the ebook and paperback versions (see below). You can pick up a paperback at Amazon or at the World Weaver Press online store. Please note, though, that the ebook version of Legally Undead will be taking a turn in Amazon's exclusive Kindle Unlimited program soon, so if you need a copy for your NOOK, Kobo, or iPad, then you better snag that this week.
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But here's the best news: the sequel to The Falling of the Moon is coming soon! The Meddlers of Moonshine will be available from World Weaver Press this fall. Want to be one of the first to see that cover? Join our cover reveal team here. All you need is a blog or active social media.

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Goodreads Giveaway: Murder in the Generative Kitchen

7/25/2016

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Win one of five paperback advanced review copies of the fun new science fiction novella MURDER IN THE GENERATIVE KITCHEN by Meg Pontecorvo, out September 27, 2016. The giveaway ends August 8, 2016.

See what early readers are saying about MURDER IN THE GENERATIVE KITCHEN:
An intriguing take on the legal and moral issues arising from our ever-increasing, ever-more-ubiquitous technology.
—Julie Frost, author of PACK DYNAMICS
 Now and again, you read a story that strings you along. You periodically sniff with self-importance and make clever little mental judgements about how it’ll end and anticipate the characters’ actions. Then, you reach the last page and in a groaning moment of “oh snap” you recognize that the author has led you the whole way; your deductions were exactly what they intended; and, in short, you were stupidly easy to misdirect into focusing on the wrong things entirely...Well played, Ms. Pontecorvo. Well played.
—Wendy Sparrow, author of PAST MY DEFENSES

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Murder in the Generative Kitchen by Meg Pontecorvo

Murder in the Generative Kitchen

by Meg Pontecorvo

Giveaway ends August 08, 2016.

See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

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With the Vacation Jury Duty system, jurors can lounge on a comfortable beach while watching the trial via virtual reality. Julio is loving the beach, as well as the views of a curvy fellow juror with a rainbow-lacquered skin modification who seems to be the exact opposite of his recent ex-girlfriend back in Chicago. Because of jury sequestration rules, they can’t talk to each other at all, or else they’ll have to pay full price for this Acapulco vacation. Still, Julio is desperate to catch her attention. But while he struts and tries to catch her eye, he also becomes fascinated by the trial at hand.
 
At first it seemed a foregone conclusion that the woman on trial used a high-tech generative kitchen to feed her husband a poisonous meal, but the more evidence mounts, the more Julio starts to suspect the kitchen may have made the decision on its own.
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Win a Free Copy of SPECULATIVE STORY BITES

7/17/2016

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Fifteen bite-sized stories, offering a sampler platter of fantasy, science fiction, and paranormal horror. Within these pages, you’ll find flower fairies, alien brothels, were-bears, and sentient houses. Step inside a museum where all the displays are haunted, follow a siren into the underworld as she searches for Persephone, and discover the doors that lie, literally, behind the heart.

Featuring stories by Shannon Phillips, Adam Gaylord, Rebecca Roland, Dianne M. Williams, M.T. Reiten, Larry Hodges, Anya J. Davis, Jamie Lackey, Megan Neumann, Kristina Wojtaszek, Gregory Scheckler, Sandi Leibowitz, Nora Mulligan, Tom Howard, and A.E. Decker.
Want a free copy before you can buy it on August 9th? This new anthology, compiled and edited by WWP editor-in-chief Sarena Ulibarri, will only be available in ebook, and you can win one of three free copies if you enter by July 25, 2016. Ebook is available in either .mobi (for Kindle) or .epub (for most other ereaders).

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The Place Where Sea and Sky Meet

7/12/2016

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by Rhonda Parrish

I'm writing this on my iPad after a couple glasses of wine. Perhaps that's not the most professional admission to make, but it's true. In my defence I am at a retreat. It's odd, for me, to be away from home during the release of one of my books, but there are a limited number of days in the year and sometimes things overlap. Also, I'm on retreat at a very Siren-y location. Here, on the coast of Northern California, sea and sky meet in some of the most beautiful ways imaginable. I've swum in the (rather chilly) ocean, stared up at the star-filled sky, and listened to the water breathe as the sun slipped below the horizon. It has been rejuvenating. Which I needed because this year has been difficult and the road to the SIRENS release not without more than a few bumps.

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As I send this book out into the world it is with equal parts pride, hope, and relief. I think it's my strongest anthology to date and I'm incredibly proud, not only of all the work I've done on it, but also to have worked with all the amazing authors in it. I hope that, as it makes its way out into the world, it finds a receptive audience that can love it as much as I do. And I'm relieved that it's done. It's out of my hands and into the readers'.

Looking out my window at the horizon, the place where sea and sky meet, I see the next (and final) Magical Menageries title coming toward me, but there's enough time before it reaches me to look back over the SIRENS journey, pour another glass of wine, and smile.

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About the Anthologist:

Rhonda Parrish is driven by the desire to do All The Things. She was the founder and editor-in-chief of Niteblade Magazine, is an Assistant Editor at World Weaver Press, and is the editor of several anthologies including, most recently, Sirens and C is for Chimera. In addition, Rhonda is a writer whose work has been included or is forthcoming in dozens of publications including Tesseracts 17: Speculating Canada from Coast to Coast, Imaginarium: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing (2012 & 2015), and Mythic Delirium. Her website, updated weekly, is at rhondaparrish.com.
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[Out Now]: Sirens, Edited by Rhonda Parrish

7/11/2016

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The day has finally arrived: SIRENS, volume four of Rhonda Parrish's Magical Menageries is now available in ebook and paperback.

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Sirens are beautiful, dangerous, and musical, whether they come from the sea or the sky. Greek sirens were described as part-bird, part-woman, and Roman sirens more like mermaids, but both had a voice that could captivate and destroy the strongest man. The pages of this book contain the stories of the Sirens of old, but also allow for modern re-imaginings, plucking the sirens out of their natural elements and placing them at a high school football game, or in wartime London, or even into outer space.
 
Featuring stories by Kelly Sandoval, Amanda Kespohl, L.S. Johnson, Pat Flewwelling, Gabriel F. Cuellar, Randall G. Arnold, Michael Leonberger, V. F. LeSann, Tamsin Showbrook, Simon Kewin, Cat McDonald, Sandra Wickham, K.T. Ivanrest, Adam L. Bealby, Eliza Chan, and Tabitha Lord, these siren songs will both exemplify and defy your expectations.
See what others are saying about SIRENS:
"Poignant, diverse, and enthralling: this new volume in the Magical Menagerie series evokes the majesty of sirens, from the traditional deep sea variety of Greek mythology to those that entice sailors of deep space to ones who scan modern dating sites with wistful hopes for a good match. I could not stop reading."
—Beth Cato, author of The Clockwork Dagger
 
"Like its titular subject, Sirens drags you in with promises of beauty and mystery and then refuses to let go. You tear yourself away from the pages just long enough to note that it’s two in the morning before deciding to read just one more tale…Sirens is a fantastic voyage that tosses the reader up on many a strange-yet-familiar shore. Listen to the unique voices of each story. They’re worth the risk of drowning."
—Amber E. Scott, author of Chronicle of the Righteous and Siege of Dragonspear
 
"The call of SIRENS is quite powerful indeed. With a variety of stories, crafted with care, you will delight in the tales that the many authors weave throughout this fantastical anthology. It will lure you in and not let go."
—Tara Platt, author Zartana
 
“The moment Rhonda Parrish announces another anthology--especially Magical Menageries installments--I get grabby hands. She always cultivates an amazing selection, and this group of maligned and misunderstood sirens is my favorite of all her books so far, displacing FAE (which I will continue to heartily recommend)… Get this anthology. Do it now. You won't regret it.”
—S. L. Saboviec, author of Guarding Angel
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[Cover Unveiling]: Murder in the Generative Kitchen by Meg Pontecorvo

7/8/2016

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We are thrilled to show off the cover art for the new science fiction novella MURDER IN THE GENERATIVE KITCHEN by Meg Pontecorvo. This futuristic courtroom drama follows a juror on "Vacation Jury Duty" at an Acapulco resort as he tries to catch the romantic attention of a fellow juror without breaking sequestration rules, while serving on a trial in which a woman is accused of using a high-tech kitchen to poison her husband.

MURDER IN THE GENERATIVE KITCHEN will be available in ebook and paperback September 27, 2016.
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With the Vacation Jury Duty system, jurors can lounge on a comfortable beach while watching the trial via virtual reality. Julio is loving the beach, as well as the views of a curvy fellow juror with a rainbow-lacquered skin modification who seems to be the exact opposite of his recent ex-girlfriend back in Chicago. Because of jury sequestration rules, they can’t talk to each other at all, or else they’ll have to pay full price for this Acapulco vacation. Still, Julio is desperate to catch her attention. But while he struts and tries to catch her eye, he also becomes fascinated by the trial at hand.
 
At first it seemed a foregone conclusion that the woman on trial used a high-tech generative kitchen to feed her husband a poisonous meal, but the more evidence mounts, the more Julio starts to suspect the kitchen may have made the decision on its own.
Pre-order now:
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Add MURDER IN THE GENERATIVE KITCHEN to your Goodreads shelf today!

Murder in the Generative Kitchen
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A writer and artist dedicated to multiple genres, Meg Pontecorvo earned an MFA in Poetry Writing from Washington University in St. Louis and is a 2010 graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop. Meg has published a novelette, “Grounded,” in Asimov’s, and her artwork in collage and pen has been featured in experimental video performances in the Bay Area. A native of Philadelphia, she grew up in the Midwest and now shares a small apartment with her partner and cats in San Francisco, where she cooks in a tech-free kitchen.

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Corvidae and Scarecrow Contributor Interviews

7/7/2016

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Guest Post by Rhonda Parrish

The fourth title in the Magical Menageries anthology series is being released very soon. Before that happens let’s take a quick peek back at the interviews I conducted with the contributors of the last two titles — Corvidae and Scarecrow.
 
Corvidae Contributor Interviews:
 
Angela Slatter — “…they can be sinister and clownish at the same time.” Find out what she’s talking about here.
Kat Otis — Learn what Kat’s favourite shiny thing is in her Corvidae contributor interview.
Jane Yolen —What’s Jane’s favourite corvid? Spoiler: It’s not magpies!
C.S.E. Cooney — “I like birds. I don’t like them as pets. I like them as dinosaurs…” read the rest of that quote and more insights in Claire’s interview.
Mark Rapacz —  Enjoy a sample of the amazing voice in Mark’s Corvidae story.
Megan Fennell — Discover what would make Megan Fennell (who contributed to both Corvidae and Scarecrow) invincible in this awesome interview.
Leslie Van Zwol — “I have a brief surge of courage before I decide courage is a bad idea and dive into a juniper bush…” There’s more to this excerpt, check out the interview to read it.
Adria Laycraft — If she were a corvid, Adria would make her nest from the feathers of her foe… and that’s only one of the interesting revelations in this interview.
Michael S. Pack — The thing about corvids Michael most wanted to highlight was the sound of their wings in flight. This, and more facts are included in his Corvidae interview.
Michael M. Rader — If he were a corvid what thing would Michael include in his nest just to be edgy?
M.L.D. Curelas — What corvid-y books (aside from Corvidae) would Margaret recommend you read?
Mike Allen — Find out what Mike thinks is shinier than a wickedly good story.
Megan Engelhardt — Discover what bird terrorized Megan as a child.
Laura VanArendonk Baugh — How did Laura’s day job as a trainer contribute to her Corvidae story?

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Scarecrow Contributor Interviews:
 
Jane Yolen — Find out how Emily Dickinson is (totally tangentially) connected to scarecrows
Virginia Carraway Stark — How did Virginia’s grandmother inspire her Scarecrow story?
Holly Schofield — Holly’s story is on the long list for the Sunburst Award. Learn about how it came to be.
Kristina Wojtaszek — What would Kristina trade being able to move to know? The answer says an awful lot of good things about her.
Scott Burtness — A funny interview that includes burnt pizza, Predator and the human psyche.
Katherine Marzinsky — Find out how The Legend of Zelda is connected to Katherine’s Scarecrow story.
Andrew Bud Adams — What does an owl stuffed with crows have to do with Andrew Bud Adams?
Laura VanArendonk Baugh — What are some of the inanimate objects that annoy Laura the most?
 
Phew! That’s a lot of interviews. Whether you read them all or only click through to the author of your favourite stories, this peek behind the curtain is sure to offer further insight into the incredible tales between the covers of Scarecrow and Corvidae!

About the Anthologist:

Rhonda Parrish is driven by the desire to do All The Things. She was the founder and editor-in-chief of Niteblade Magazine, is an Assistant Editor at World Weaver Press, and is the editor of several anthologies including, most recently, Sirens and C is for Chimera. In addition, Rhonda is a writer whose work has been included or is forthcoming in dozens of publications including Tesseracts 17: Speculating Canada from Coast to Coast, Imaginarium: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing (2012 & 2015), and Mythic Delirium. Her website, updated weekly, is at rhondaparrish.com.
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Have you Pre-ordered Sirens yet?

7/5/2016

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One week from today, the fourth installment of Rhonda Parrish's Magical Menageries anthology series, SIRENS, will be singing and splashing its way into the ereaders and bookshelves of readers all over the world. No, the paperback Amazon page won't be available until July 12th—this is a stumbling block we hope to overcome with future books—but the ebook is up for pre-order at Amazon, B&N, Kobo, iTunes, and OmniLit. And I want to sweeten the deal for those of you that pre-order the SIRENS ebook.

I have a few spare Amazon download codes for FAE, the first of Rhonda Parrish's Magical Menageries, and I want to give them to you. Send me a screenshot that proves you've pre-ordered SIRENS, and I'll enter you into a drawing for one of those FAE Kindle copies.

Send it how? However you like. Tweet or DM it to WorldWeaver_WWP, leave a comment on this blog, leave a comment on a Facebook post, or email it to publisher[at]worldweaverpress[dot]com. The cutoff will be 5:00pm EST on Monday, July 11th, and I'll contact winners that evening to send out your free FAE download code. I have five of these to give away, so tell your friends. Yep, pre-orders at iTunes, Kobo, etc. still qualify, but the FAE ebook will only be redeemable at Amazon.

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Already own FAE? The FAE Amazon download codes I'm giving away are fully transferable, so you can send it to someone else as a gift.

See what others are saying about SIRENS:
"If all anthologies were so well-curated and themed, I would read a lot more short fiction. As it is, I’ve reached the point where I will happily plunk down my money for anything Parrish edits.
 
In short, go out right now and order Sirens!"
—Stephanie Cain, author of the Storms in Amethir series
"The call of SIRENS is quite powerful indeed. With a variety of stories, crafted with care, you will delight in the tales that the many authors weave throughout this fantastical anthology. It will lure you in and not let go."
—Tara Platt, author Zartana

"Sirens is a fantastic voyage that tosses the reader up on many a strange-yet-familiar shore. Listen to the unique voices of each story. They’re worth the risk of drowning."
—Amber E. Scott, author of Chronicle of the Righteous and Siege of Dragonspear
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