Third Person Press Launches Unearthed

UnearthedThird Person Press recently launched its new anthology, Unearthed, the third volume in the Speculative Elements series. Following in the elemental footsteps of the first two volumes, Undercurrents and Airborne, Unearthed features twenty-one stories revolving around the theme of earth, including stories by SFC members Peter Andrew Smith and Sherry D. Ramsey.

From the back cover:

Earth–the ground of our being, the dust from which we come, and to which we will return. Imagine what might arise from and disappear into the soil…what grows, what is buried, what teems unseen. This collection, exploring the ends of the Earth and beyond, offers tales from the depths of darkness: zombies, vampires, murky unknowable worlds, underground prisons, malevolent spirits–to the lightest heights: earthen magic, little people, buried treasure and fantastical creatures! Dig in. These twenty-one stories will thrill, scare, surprise and delight.

Unearthed is available to order from Third Person Press in print and electronic formats, and from other online retailers.

SF Canada Awards $500 to Éric Gauthier

montreelAt the 29th Boréal Convention in Quebec City on May 6, 2012, Éric Gauthier was awarded the Prix Aurora-Boréal for his fantasy novel, Montréel (Alire), accompanied by the SF Canada Award of $500. For over 30 years, Canadian fans of speculative fiction have been voting on the Aurora and Boréal awards to acknowledge the best of Canadian professional and fan activity in both official languages.

Gauthier, a seasoned storyteller who captures the attention of his readers by offering a Montreal almost unrecognizable in a world of magic and ghosts, was also awarded the Prix Jacques-Brossard for the same work.

http://ericgauthier.net/

Shadowborn (Alison Sinclair) released in paperback

On May 1, ROC (Penguin) released the mass market paperback of SFCanada member Alison Sinclair’s Shadowborn, third book in the trilogy that began with Darkborn (2009) and continued with Lightborn (2010). Shadowborn was first published in trade paperback June 2011.

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For the Darkborn, the touch of sunlight kills, while darkness is lethal for the Lightborn. For centuries, the two have lived in an uneasy peace, sharing the same city but never meeting. Now, with the rise of the Shadowborn, everything is about to change…

Condemned to death by the Darkborn for practicing sorcery, Lady Telmaine Hearne escaped her fate and is now bound with her mageborn allies for the Borders—and the war brewing there.

Also on the frontlines of the battle between Darkborn and Shadowborn is the assassin Floria White Hand, desperately maneuvering between allies and enemies to bring her Lightborn prince home safe.

The fragile alliance between Lightborn and Darkborn, between mage and non-mage, is endangered. The mage Tammorn is forced to become ambassador to the enemy. And a lifetime fighting the Shadowborn has not prepared Ishmael di Studier for what he will find when he follows the Call from the Shadowlands—and meets the woman behind it…

Read the opening chapter of Shadowborn.

 

Bloodlight Chronicles in Audiobook

bloodlightThe Bloodlight Chronicles: Reconciliation by Steve Stanton is now available from Audible.com narrated by Kyle Munley. “Set in a future where economic transactions are tied into virtual gaming, this elegantly written sf series features believable characters and powerful situations.” (Library Journal) “Fans of James Gunn’s The Immortals (1962) will find many familiar elements.” (Publishers Weekly)

The print edition of this debut novel is currently on sale at 60% off here, and the ebook bundle along with the sequel, Retribution, is now on sale at 50% off at Google eBooks. Discover other titles by Steve Stanton at stevestanton.ca.