The Halfblood War - One Day Sale
Hi - Happy Wednesday!

My stand-alone epic fantasy The Halfblood War is having a special sale!!  My publisher at WordFire Press let me know the novel is part of their monthly deal for June. It will be offered TODAY ONLY on Amazon for the 1st time ever price of 99 cents. (Amazon US  - I'm unsure if the deal will work outside the US.) It will also be featured on the publisher's website for the month of June. (If you live outside the US, you might try their site first.)

By the way - if you're a newsletter subscriber, I'm also offering link to a mobi or epub version of my award-nominated short story, The Weight of Mountains in today's newsletter. You can sign up anytime here:
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So, if you'd like to make my life 100% more awesome and get an epic fantasy novel for a bargain price, here are the links:

Amazon​
WordFire Press Store

Capclave: Where reading is not extinct

​Capclave begins tomorrow! Washington (DC) Science Fiction Association's con with GOH Troy L. Wiggins plus many returning folks like Ken Liu, Alan Smale, Fran Wilde, Carrie Vaughn, Seanan McGuire, Fonda Lee and so many more for the 20th anniversary of the con.

It's virtual this year, and only $10  www.capclave.org/capclave/capclave20/registration.php

I'll be there as a finalist for the Small Press Award for my short story "The Weight of Mountains" and a couple of programming presentations. Here's my schedule:
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Author reading - Sat 1:30pm EST with fellow finalists Beth Cato and A.T. Greenblatt

Kaffeeklatsch - Sat 4:30pm EST - also with Beth Cato and A. T. Greenblatt

Panel - "Don't Self-Reject" - Sun 1:30pm with Scott H. Andrews, Troy Wiggins, Yosef Lindell, and Juliet Kemp

The Washington Science Fiction Association recently announced the finalists for their WSFA Small Press Award. I am honored to say that my short story, The Weight of Mountains, published last year in DreamForge, issue #2, has been named as one of the finalists. I'm pleased to be sharing a spot in such a strong field of  stories. The winner will be announced at Capclave--the WSFA (Washington, DC) convention--held virtually this year, on Oct 17th &18th.

My publisher made the graphic below from the amazing artwork the story received, and has made the story free to read as the featured story at the DreamForge website. https://bit.ly/weight-of-mountains