Day: July 9, 2014

Get your coat and grab your hat and stuff, because If Ever I Would Leave You: Arthurian Stories for a New Generation comes out tomorrow. Three all new stories inspired by Arthurian mythology, folks. That’s what we’ve been up to:

 Amazon • Smashwords

I’ll be adding the buy links when the book becomes available on Smashwords and Amazon tomorrow. In the meantime, Have some blurbs!

Surfacing
Bronwyn Green

A year after Tabby Nolan’s sister vanished from the Lake Michigan shore with her boyfriend, Liam, Tabby visits the spot where the two were last seen– and finds herself pulled into the crumbling world of Avalon.

Since his disappearance, Liam has been trapped in the mythical land, with no link to the world he knew. Now, their shared memories of Tabby’s missing sister are all they can cling to as Avalon dies around them.

But Tabby doesn’t want to be a replacement for her sister, and her growing attachment to Liam feels like a betrayal. As Avalon fades around them, Liam and Tabby must rely on each other– or be lost with the ancient kingdom forever.

Albion’s Circle: The Deepest Cut
Jessica Jarman

For nineteen years, Anna has been plagued by dreams of lives lived only in legend. Finally free from the family that believed her hopeless and worthless, she’s ready to start her life over—alone.

When Anna meets an enigmatic stranger claiming to be the legendary wizard Merlin, she is forced to question the very reality she’s struggled to accept. With the mythic figures from her dreams intruding on her waking life, Anna learns that she’s been reborn to fight an ancient evil alongside King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.

Caught in an ages old conflict, Anna is the key to stopping a dark magic that will destroy the world—and Merlin wants to make sure that this time, Anna isn’t alone.

A Choice Fit For A Queen
Jenny Trout writing as Abigail Barnette

For perpetual overachiever Madison Lane, a summer studying Arthurian mythology in the Welsh countryside with professor Thomas Evans is a dream come true, and the adventure of a lifetime.

Of course, the enormous crush Madison developed on the professor after a semester of his lectures at U of M has absolutely nothing to do with her desire to learn more about the enduring legend of Camelot. At least, that’s what she’s telling her parents.

When Madison meets local hottie Rhys Crewe, sparks fly, throwing her plans for a wild fling with Professor Evans completely out of whack—as do her unexpectedly complicated feelings for Thomas. With tales of Arthur and Lancelot haunting her every waking moment, Madison has to make the most difficult choice of her life.

So, I guess this week is about having superpowers. To be honest, I’m on the fence about superpowers. On the one hand, if I had, say, the ability to bi-locate, or teleportation, or even just some kind of flying power, that would be pretty rad. But I’m afraid of getting a shitty power, like on Misfits, where the one guy’s power was controlling milk. I mean, he used it to kill people. But I’m not sure murder by dairy is the best super power.

So, I guess if I were going to have a super power, mine would be:

THAT PILL FROM LIMITLESS.

I know that’s technically not a power, and also, I’ve never seen the movie, but in the preview dude writes a bestselling book and shit in a few hours, and get hot chicks, and something in there involved Robert De Niro. Like I said, I don’t know what exactly the plot was, because I was more concerned with the part where he became a super productive and successful novelist, but those movies where people make Faustian bargains always work out, right? There’s no chance of being addicted to super high-powered performance enhancing drugs isn’t going to be a positive for me, right?

Failing that, I would love to have the ability to time travel. Although, I think for something like that you have to have an actual time machine, which is less a superpower and more a Time Lord thing. So forget I mentioned it.

For more talk about superpowers and what we would do with them, visit the other Wednesday bloggers:

 Gwendolyn Cease • Bronwyn Green • Jessica Jarman • Kris Norris • Kellie St. James

Leigh Jones