Highlights of Upcoming Titles:
Adult Fiction and Non-Fiction
Young Adult and YA-YA
(Young Adults Writing for Young Adults)
LONDON BOOK FAIR
APRIL 8th-10th, 2014
RECENT
SALES
FICTION
Kelli A.
Wilkins, The Viking’s Witch, Alpress,
Czech Republic
Edited by
Chuck Palahniuk, Richard Thomas and Dennis Widmyer, Burnt Tongues: An Anthology of Transgressive Short Stories, AST
Publishers, Russia
D.P.
Lyle, Stress Fracture and Hot Lights, Cold Steel, Bastei Lubbe,
Germany
Ronald
Malfi, Cradle Lake, Voodoo Press,
Germany
D.P.
Lyle, Stress Fracture, Alpress, Czech
Republic
Hope
Tarr, Enslaved and Untamed, Libros de Seda, Spain (World
Spanish Language)
Hope Tarr, Vanquished,
Libros de Seda, Spain (World Spanish Language)
TJ Bennett, The
Legacy, Circulo de Lectores, Book Club Edition (published in Spain by
Ediciones B.S.A.)
Hope Tarr, Vanquished,
Enslaved, Untamed, Leo-Commerce D.O.O., Croatia
TJ Bennett, The
Promise, J’ai Lu, France
D.P. Lyle, Hot
Lights, Cold Steel, Alpress, Czech Republic
Ronald Malfi, The
Ascent, Grey Oak, India
William Jablonsky, The Clockwork Man, Grey Oak, India
Ronald Malfi, The
Ascent, Skorpion Publishing, Croatia
William Jablonsky, The Clockwork Man, Skorpion Publishing, Croatia
Gregory Lamberson, Desperate Souls, Skorpion Publishing, Croatia
Shannon Drake, Emerald
Embrace, Ast Publishers, Russia
Shannon Drake (Award-Winning Author Heather Graham
Writing As…), Emerald Embrace,
Domino, Czech Republic
Shannon Drake, Emerald
Embrace, Fusosha Publisher, Inc., Japan
Gregory Lamberson, Desperate Souls, Kirpi Publisher, Turkey
Gregory Lamberson, Personal Demons, Kirpi Publisher, Turkey
Ronald Malfi, Floating Staircase,
Voodoo Press, Germany
TJ
Bennett, The Legacy, J’ai Lu, France
Hope Tarr, Vanquished,
Enslaved, Untamed, J’ai Lu, France
Hope Tarr, Vanquished,
Enslaved, Untamed, Mondadori, Italy
TJ Bennett, The
Legacy, Ediciones B.S.A., Spain.
Helen Rosburg, Call
of the Trumpet, Alpress, Czech Republic
Catherine Kean, A Knight’s
Vengeance, Alpress, Czech Republic.
NON-FICTION
Debi
Tibbles, Ollie Tibbles: The Boy Who
Became a Train, Beijing Hanbook Publishing, China (simplified characters)
D.P. Lyle, More
Forensics and Fiction, Changsha Senxin Culture
Dissemination Limited Company, China (simplified characters)
D.P. Lyle, More
Forensics and Fiction, Rye Field Publication, Taiwan (traditional
characters)
Joe “Animal” Laurinaitis with Andrew William
Wright, The Road Warriors: Danger, Death,
And The Rush Of Wrestling, Toho Publishing Co., Ltd., Japan
YOUNG ADULT
Rusty Fischer, Zombies
Don’t Forgive, Unitas Publishing Co. Ltd., Taipei (traditional characters)
Rusty Fischer, Zombies
Don’t Cry, A Living Dead Love Story,
BAAM! an imprint of J’ai Lu, France
Rusty Fischer, Zombies
Don’t Cry, A Living Dead Love Story, Unitas Publishing Co. Ltd., Taipei (traditional characters)
Rusty Fischer, Zombies
Don’t Cry, A Living Dead Love Story, Giunti, Italy
Rusty Fischer, Zombies
Don’t Cry, A Living Dead Love Story, Egmont, UK and Commonwealth for their
Electric Monkey imprint
Rusty Fischer, Zombies
Don’t Cry, A Living Dead Love Story, Dolmen Editorial, Spain
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
RECENT SALES
2
Thriller - Ronald Malfi, DECEMBER PARK 5
Horror - The Julian Year 7
Historical
Fiction - Kelli
A. Wilkins, DANGEROUS INDENTURE 8
Non-Fiction -
Bud
DeYoung, IT’S A WILD LIFE: HOW MY LIFE BECAME A ZOO 10
Literary
Fiction - Nancy
Crocker, SEEING AMERICA 13
Literary
Fiction - Edited
by Chuck Palahniuk, Richard Thomas and Dennis Widmyer;
BURNT TONGUES: An Anthology of
Transgressive Short Stories 15
YA-YA - James Bartholomeusz, THE
GREY STAR 16
YA-YA - S.R. Savell, PAPER HEARTS 20
Young Adult -
Rusty
Fischer, ZOMBIES DON’T SURRENDER 22
Young Adult -
Stephen L.
Duncan, THE REVELATION OF GABRIEL ADAM 24
Previously Published Titles 26
Foreign
Rights Representation 31
THRILLER
DECEMBER PARK
In the fall of 1993, a dark shadow fell over Harting Farms, and
what began as a pledge between five boys, turned into a journey into darkness .
. .
Newspapers
call him the Piper, because he has come to take the children away. But there are darker names for him too….
Advance Reviews
“Malfi is a man of many voices, a sort of literary version of Mel
Blanc (the “man of a thousand voices”), but all of his voices are captivating,
though none of them quite the same. Horror and crime fans will find much to
like here.” ~ David Pitt, Booklist
"First book to hit my best books of 2014 list! It's going to
be too hard to top this one. This was the best book to kick off the New Year
with." ~Haunted Bookcase
“The plot was immediately engrossing,
the characters and their dialogue effortlessly realistic. (And at times quite
funny. I found myself laughing out loud at some of the conversations and antics
of the protagonists.) Ronald Malfi is an exceptional author and I’m genuinely
enthusiastic about hunting down his earlier books.” ~Reagan Kendera,
LibraryThing
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n the
quiet suburb of Harting Farms, the weekly crime blotter usually consists of
graffiti or the occasional bout of mailbox baseball. But in the fall of 1993,
children begin vanishing and one is found dead. Newspapers call him the Piper
because he has come to take the children away. But there are darker names for
him, too . . .
Vowing to
stop the Piper’s reign of terror, five boys take up the search. Their teenage
pledge turns into a journey of self-discovery . . . and a journey into the
darkness of their own hometown. On the twilit streets of Harting Farms,
everyone is a suspect. And any of the boys might be the Piper’s next victim.
TIME
PERIOD: 1993-1994
MAIN
LOCATION(S) WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE: Harting Farms, Maryland—a medium-sized
town on the cusp of the Chesapeake Bay, containing both rural and industrial
sections. Much of the story takes place
in the eponymous December Park, a great sweeping park sunken below the streets
and surrounded on three sides by a vast woodland.
Author bio:
Ronald Malfi is the award-winning author of the novels The
Ascent, Snow, Passenger, Floating Staircase and many others. In 2009,
he received an IPPY Award for his novel Shamrock Alley, a thriller based
on the true exploits of his father, a retired Secret Service agent. His
novel Floating Staircase won the gold IPPY Award for the best
horror novel, 2011. Most
recognized for his haunting, literary style and memorable characters, Malfi's
dark fiction has gained acceptance among readers of all genres. He currently
lives in Maryland with his family where he is working on his next book. He can be found online at www.ronmalfi.com and takes great pleasure in reading emails
from fans.
May 2014
Trade Paperback
Page count: approx. 654
World Rights Available
Film Rights Available
Other Malfi titles:
Cradle Lake (sold to Voodoo Press, Germany)
Floating Staircase (sold to Voodoo Press, Germany)
The Ascent (sold to Skorpion Publishing, Croatia &
Grey Oak, India)
Shamrock Alley
HORROR
Gregory Lamberson
THE JULIAN YEAR
20 Million People Around the World are becoming
homicidal maniacs!
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n The Julian year one of the main characters, Julian Weizak, an
obituary writer in New York, celebrates his birthday alone in a bar on New
Year’s Eve. At the stroke of midnight, scores of homicides break out on the
East Coast.
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A
young woman murders her boyfriend moments after accepting his marriage
proposal.
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A
man hides from his eight-year-old-daughter after she murders his wife.
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A
radio host murders his cohost while on the air.
In all, twenty thousand murders are
committed that night in New York alone, with the epidemic spreading across the
country and the world, time zone by time zone. Julian makes a startling
discovery: the crisis day was every single murderer’s birthday. At midnight
each day thereafter, nearly twenty million people around the world become
homicidal maniacs, contributing to the biggest killing spree in history. It
looks as if the chaos can lead to only one end: the extinction of humankind.
Author Bio:
Gregory Lamberson, dubbed “the hardest-working man in horror” by Fangoria magazine,
is the creator of Medallion Press’s supernatural action series The Jake Helman Files, the werewolf
series The Frenzy Cycle. The prolific author is also an award-winning
filmmaker with such cult films as Slime City and Slime
City Massacre (coproduced by Medallion Movies) under his
belt.
February 2014
ebook exclusive
HISTORICAL ROMANCE WITH
MYSTERY/SUSPENSE
Kelli A. Wilkins
DANGEROUS
INDENTURE
The 2013 Independent Publishers Book Award Gold winner for Best
Romance E-book
for The Viking’s Witch
Set in Colonial times, the heroine is a feisty indentured servant with a
secret past. The story combines romance and mystery with some humor and sensual
love scenes.
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ager to
escape her past in Ireland, Shauna Farrow signs on to become an indentured
servant. Sent to a dark and reputedly haunted home in Pennsylvania Colony,
Shauna soon discovers why no other servants will work for the strange Stewart
family.
Faced
with five years of drudgery, her hopes for starting over and creating a better
life for herself are shattered—until she meets her master’s roguish son,
Ashton.
Brought
home in disgrace, Ashton must prove his worthiness to his dominating father, or
live with a reputation as a drunken failure. He is drawn to Shauna, and with
her help, he turns his life around.
Shauna
fights her growing attraction to Ashton and is torn between acting proper and
acting on her emotions. Respectable girls don’t do the things she fantasizes
about…yet she’s far from the innocent Ashton believes her to be. Can she trust
that Ashton’s feelings are real? Or is she just another passing fancy to him?
When
another servant goes missing in the middle of the night, Shauna is convinced
that a member of the family is responsible. Her investigation leads her into
danger, and when she gets too close to the truth it’s up to Ashton to save
her—if he can—before time runs out.
The main
characters are:
NAME:
Shauna Farrow
SEX: F. AGE:
19
HEIGHT: 5
foot 5
WEIGHT:
thin/scrappy. HAIR COLOR: chestnut brown
EYE
COLOR: brown/tea-colored
RACE:
Caucasian
ATTITUDE:
feisty, headstrong, not afraid to tell someone off—no matter who it is
SIMILAR
TO: Evangeline Lily from LOST
CLOTHING:
plain. Wears a white mop cap & simple blue or green dress with apron; long
hair often falling out of cap.
OUTSTANDING
FEATURES: has a round face & perky lips, small nose, smooth skin,
well-built.
NAME:
Ashton Bailey
SEX: M. AGE: 20-23
HEIGHT: 5
foot 9
WEIGHT:
125-135. HAIR COLOR: honey-blond
EYE
COLOR: green
RACE:
Caucasian
ATTITUDE:
easy-going, makes lots of jokes
SIMILAR
TO: John Barrowman from Dr. Who/Torchwood,
but blond
CLOTHING:
breeches, white ruffled shirt, vest—wealthy, so clothes look fancy on him.
(Sort of like Tom Cruise’s “Lestat” wardrobe from Interview with a Vampire.)
OUTSTANDING
FEATURES: wavy hair, longish (to shoulders) tied back in a ribbon.
MAIN
LOCATION(S) WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE: inside the main house, outside in the
garden, could also set cover in the study or kitchen. TIME PERIOD:
Colonial Pennsylvania, 1723.
BUILDINGS,
LANDSCAPES, OBJECTS, AND ITEMS IMPORTANT TO THE STORY: can show the house: a
colonial fieldstone building, 2 stories, looks ominous, with windows facing out
the front. Interiors could be kitchen, study, and/or bedrooms—most of the story
is inside the house. Also garden out back—lots of flowers.
Author bio: Kelli A. Wilkins developed a love of reading and writing
while growing up in a small upstate New York town. Kelli enjoys writing
in different genres, and her speculative fiction has appeared in numerous
publications, including The Sun, The Best of the First Line, What If?
and Weird Tales. Kelli is a member of Romance Writers of America and has
published several historical/fantasy romances with Amber Quill Press. She
currently lives in New Jersey with her husband.
May 2014
Ebook exclusive
Page count: approx 215
World Rights Available - Film Rights Available
NON-FICTION INSPIRATIONAL MEMOIR
Bud DeYoung
with Cindy Matrinusen Coloma
IT’S A WILD LIFE: HOW MY LIFE BECAME A ZOO
Dreams take
work and dedication.
For one man
that meant turning his house into a zoo.
Welcome to the fascinating,
heartwarming journey of one man, one woman, and an amazing cast of critters,
whose stories will warm your soul. Welcome to the wild life of the DeYoung
Family Zoo.
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ursuing
your passion includes a whole lot of crap—for Bud DeYoung that’s about two
hundred pounds a day. Bud, his fiancée Carrie, their 400 animals and 50,000
visitors a year think that passion is well worth every shovel-full.
It’s a Wild Life: How My Life Became a Zoo is a zoo
like no other. It is nestled in the wilderness of the beautiful Upper Peninsula
of Michigan. It is set amongst a natural setting filled with amazing animals
from around the world. Bud DeYoung and Carrie Cramer are the owners of the zoo.
They were featured on a television show called MY LIFE IS A ZOO on National
Geographic Wild cable station. This book will be a collection of their
experiences with the animals and the trials and tribulations of running a small
zoo.
Since childhood, Bud DeYoung has had a passion for animals. As
an adult, that passion led to a bear named Honey Bear and then more animals
crowding for space in and around his house. Eventually Bud had built an entire
private zoo.
Bud’s journey has been filled with challenges and triumphs. His
fiancée, Carrie Cramer, who shares his love for animals, joined him in his
daily work at the zoo. Today they educate the public about animal conservation,
battle harsh winters and blazing summers, and daily dole out compassion to the
hundreds of animals in their care.
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At the DeYoung Family Zoo, facing
tough questions is a part of daily life.
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What kind of enclosure will keep
Wallace the hippo in an 85-degree environment
through the blasting winters of the Upper Peninsula?
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How much intervention is appropriate
when the wolf pack’s alpha female injures
another female?
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What should be done with the
abandoned and injured animals left at the doorstep?
It’s through Bud and Carrie’s daily devotion that animals find
rescue, people are inspired, and they themselves experience the fulfillment of
living and building upon their dreams.
Within
the remarkable, humorous and enchanting stories of dozens of animals (both
exotic and rescued) are found two fascinating people who have dedicated
themselves to what it means to truly live out their passion.
Author Bios:
Bud DeYoung. Since childhood, Bud
DeYoung had a passion for animals. At the young age of eight,
he brought kids home from school to see his little zoo. When Bud was fifteen,
he traded the family beagle for a monkey. This was the beginning.
Today on
his own property in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Bud runs a zoo that has been
open to the public since 1988 and is featured in a television series called My Life Is a Zoo on Nat Geo WILD and the
2012 independent film Zooman. Along
with “Big Cat” Carrie, Bud cares for over two hundred happy critters, from
Bengal tigers to arctic wolves to a very hungry hippo named Wallace. Together Bud and Carrie educate the public
about animal conservation, battle harsh winters and blazing summers, and daily
dole out love to the hundreds of animals in their care.
Cindy Martinusen Coloma is a best-selling author
and has written 12 novels including Beautiful (2010 Christy Award Finalist and
2011 Revolve Book of the Year), The Salt Garden (Library Journal's Best Books
2004) Orchid House (2008 ECPA bestseller) and Winter Passing (2001 Christy
Award Finalist), as well as several non-fiction books and over 100 published
articles. Cindy lives in Redding, California with her husband and four
children.
June 2014
Hardcover
Page count: approx. 350
World Rights Available
Film Rights Available
Sample Interior Images:
(80-100 images to be included in color/black and white tip-in)
LITERARY / HISTORICAL FICTION
Nancy Crocker
SEEING AMERICA
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or anyone
who likes historical fiction, coming of age fiction, early 20th
century US history; anyone interested in
Ford Model T’s will be interested in this exciting story. The issues in this
novel cover racism, blindness, coming of age, the changing of American culture
to one of automobiles rather than horses.
This is a
story about three young men (17, 18, and 19), one of them blind, who set out in
a brand new Model T Ford from a tiny town in 1910 Missouri to “see America”.
It’s a road trip, it’s a story about forging friendships, it’s about coming of
age and deciding what to do with one’s life. The backdrop for the boys’ story
is the build-up to the July 4, 1910 championship boxing match between Jack
Johnson and Jim Jeffries, which proved to be the biggest divisive racial event
in the U.S. since the Civil War.
In 1910 Missouri, three young men (17, 18, and 19), one of them blind,
set off for Yellowstone Park in a Model T Ford … John
Hartmann is graduating high school under the critical eye of his father and has
no idea what future options lie beyond the family farm and the small town of
Wakenda, where “at any gathering, you could see the past, present, and future
in one sweep.” When Paul Bricken, 19 and blind, buys a brand new Model T Ford
and suggests John drive him to Yellowstone National Park, he jumps at the
chance. He’s less enthusiastic about inviting Henry Brotherton, who’s loud,
crude, and a 17-year-old bigot—but Henry’s available both as a second driver
and a tough guy who might be helpful in a tight spot.
As the
three young men set off on their tumultuous journey, America is preparing for
“The Fight of the Century” between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries and is headed
for the biggest racial upheaval since the Civil War. With Yellowstone drawing
ever closer and tensions rising, Paul, John, and Henry will soon learn that
there is a great deal they did not know about the fledgling American Midwest –
and about each other.
Racial
tensions were running high and were personified by the July 4, 1910,
heavyweight boxing championship fight between Jack Johnson (“The Black Man’s
Colossus”) and Jim Jeffries (“The Great White Hope”). There was no need for
speed limits, and a legal drinking age had not yet been legislated. America was
between wars; it was a time when such an adventure was possible for young men.
TIME PERIOD: mid-April, 1910-July 7, 1910. MAIN LOCATION(S)
WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE: On the road between Wakenda, MO (about 80 miles
east of Kansas City) and Yellowstone National Park. Kansas City, Topeka,
Denver, Cheyenne, and various small towns in between.
BUILDINGS, LANDSCAPES, OBJECTS, AND ITEMS IMPORTANT
TO THE STORY: 1910 Model T Ford (a very specific model. Kansas flatland, Rocky
Mountains, the high desert, the heavyweight bout between Jack Johnson and Jim
Jeffries, Old Faithful.
The main
characters are:
John Hartmann is the
first-person narrator. He’s an 18-year-old Everyman with a great sense of humor
and a relatable befuddled state regarding adulthood and his place in it. An
audience will empathize with him because he’s got a good heart and he’s kind of
like a puppy with really big feet; you know he’ll grow into them, but he’s not
there yet.
Paul Bricken is 19
years old and has been blind from birth. He’s the most intelligent and best
educated of the group, a year out of The Missouri School for the Blind in St.
Louis. His parents are cold and remote and, when the story begins, Paul is
stuck with them in a tiny town and seemingly without a future. Who couldn’t
root for him?
Henry Brotherton is 17.
His mother died when he was four, his father got serious about his drinking
soon after, and he’s “lived like a stray dog most of his life.” He’s crass and
very much a troublemaker, but he’s also the one who makes the largest leap in
spirit and heart as the trip progresses.
Author Bio:
Nancy Crocker grew up in Wakenda, Missouri—a town so small it no longer exists. Nancy started her
career as a singer and appeared with Loretta Lynn at age thirteen. She
graduated from Columbia College and since then has been acting and writing. Her
work has appeared in the American Heritage Anthology, and she is the author
of the picture book Betty Lou Blue, published by Dial. Seeing America is her first novel. Nancy
lives with her husband and son near a lake in Minneapolis, where they enjoy
fishing.
July 2014
Trade Paperback
Page count: approx. 400
World Rights Available
LITERARY FICTION
Stories
edited by Chuck Palahniuk,
Richard Thomas and Dennis Widmyer
With an introduction by Chuck Palahniuk
BURNT TONGUES:
AN ANTHOLOGY OF
TRANSGRESSIVE SHORT STORIES
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ransgressive
fiction authors write stories some are afraid to tell. Stories with taboo
subjects, unique voices, shocking images—nothing safe or dry. Burnt Tongues
is a collection of transgressive stories selected by a rigorous nomination and
vetting process and hand-selected by Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club,
as the best of The Cult Workshop, his official fan website. These stories run
the gamut from horrific and fantastic to humorous and touching, but each leaves
a lasting impression…Some may say even a scar.
Author Bios:
Chuck Palahniuk, editor, is the best-selling author of 15
novels, and his writing has appeared in Playboy,
Los Angeles Times, and VICE. The
movie adaptation of Fight Club has
become a cult classic and his book tours draw large crowds.
Richard Thomas, editor, is the author of three books—Transubstantiate, Herniated Roots, and Staring Into the Abyss. He has published over 75 stories, including
work in Shivers VI with Stephen King
and Peter Straub, PANK, Midwestern
Gothic, Arcadia, Gargoyle and Weird
Fiction Review. In his spare time he is Editor-in-Chief at Dark House
Books, a columnist at LitReactor, and a book critic at The Nervous Breakdown. His
literary agent is Paula Munier.
Dennis
Widmyer,
Dennis Widmyer is the cofounder of
ChuckPalahniuk.net, the official website of Chuck Palahniuk, as well as
LitReactor.com, an online magazine, workshop, and educational program. He is
also a Los Angeles–based filmmaker with three feature films to his name and a
number of shorts, videos, and festival bumpers.
August 2014
Trade Paperback
Page count: approx. 400
World Rights Available excluding Russia, AST
Film Rights Available
YA-YA (YOUNG ADULTS WRITING FOR YOUNG ADULTS)
THE
GREY STAR
Book 3 in the Seven Stars Trilogy
"This was an action-packed continuing saga that built
well on the previous books. . . .You get great characters, action, drama, and
much more all wrapped into a book that will keep you engaged from beginning to
end." ~Dad of Divas
“James Bartholomeusz writes with clear,
evocative prose that pulls the reader into the story. His descriptions of the
magic, settings and characters paint a vivid picture in the reader's mind
without great, long descriptions that weigh the story down. His prose is fast
and sharp, and the story reads quickly. THE
GREY STAR is an excellent fantasy with unique characters who struggle not
only to save the world but with the everyday choices of life. Filled with
adventure, love, hope, and some really cool magic, I recommend THE GREY STAR by James Bartholomeusz for
intrepid fantasy readers ten and up.” ~Fresh
Fiction
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he Cult is thwarted and Nexus is
destroyed, but the Apollonians must find the remaining Shards of the Risa Star.
Jack Lawson and the others face unexpected challenges: a desert fortress more
inhabited than it first appeared, a once prosperous city-state slipping into
totalitarianism, and old enemies rising from the shadows to leave their fatal
marks. Meanwhile, something stirs on the edge of sight. The pieces move into place,
the trap is laid, and Jack must confront a truth that will tear the world
apart.
Author Bio:
James Bartholomeusz was born in 1992 in southeast London. He grew
up in Hertfordshire and went to school in St. Albans. In the sixth form, he
began penning his first novel for young adults, The White Fox, book one of The Seven
Stars Trilogy. It was published by Medallion Press during his second year at
university. The sequel, The Black
Rose, was published in December 2012, and The Grey Star is the concluding part of the series.
Reviews
“Existential questions in the midst of grand conflicts, all
peppered with elves, goblins, and otherworldly creatures, could be enough to
weigh most projects down, but Bartholomeusz juggles these diverse elements
well. He strikes a balance between Lev Grossman and Philip Pullman, and The
Grey Star should enthrall readers of all ages. An impressive and certainly
satisfying conclusion to a trilogy which should stand out in its genre.” ~Michelle Anne Schingler, Foreword Reviews
“Bartholomeusz’s wild imagination and ability to pen swift
action sequences may spark the interests of dedicated sci-fi and fantasy
readers. With experience . . . this author could be big.” ~Kirkus
Reviews
“In this memorable novel, we see how ancient misconceptions
can lead to present-day hatreds that can, in turn, fuel dreadful conflicts. . .
. Readers who enjoy fantasies and adventure-filled tales are going to
enjoy this unique title.” ~ Marya
Jansen-Gruber, Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Review
December 2013
Trade Paperback
Page count: approx. 350
Page count: approx. 350
Age 12+
World Rights Available
Film Rights Available
Other titles by James Bartholomeusz:
Book One in the Seven Stars Trilogy:
By all accounts, Jack Lawson was a normal British
teenager. He had few friends, no love life, and a horde of embittered teachers
who seemed to be after his blood on a regular basis. In his Birchford home, a
centuries old overflow prison–turned–orphanage, life was excruciatingly
mundane.
Then came the Cult of Dionysus, a sect of sorcerers at the
head of an encroaching Darkness.
Then an old friend back from the dead…And then the white
fox.
Suddenly life wasn’t so mundane anymore
Reviews
“A story written by a teenager for a teenage audience, this
work encourages readers to reconsider their assumptions about the fantasy genre
while deciphering the book’s parallels with real-world mythology and
philosophy.” ~ Dad Of
Divas
“In the tradition of Christopher Paolini, Garth Nix, and Jonathan
Stroud, Bartholomeusz—a teen at the time of writing—builds an epic adventure
that includes a somewhat disaffected contemporary British teen boy, Jack; an
engaging white fox who provides something between guidance and companionship;
and an intricate plane inhabited by mythic creatures ranging from elves to demigods. The
writing is polished and the scenes are vivid. . . . Fantasy-saga devotees
will want to give Jack a try as he wends way, gaining and losing friends,
encountering potential romantic interests, and fighting for peace of mind about
his future safety.”~ Francisca Goldsmith, Booklist
"British university student Bartholomeusz capably executes a familiar premise in his strong debut, first in a planned trilogy and the launch title from Medallion’s YA-YA imprint, offering books for teens written by teens. Bartholomeusz assembles his likably prickly cast and prepares them for adventure amid echoes of Tolkien, Lewis, and Rick Riordan." ~ Publishers Weekly
“I rate this book a five out of five. The White Fox is very suspenseful, keeping me on the edge of my seat almost every second. I found it difficult to put the book down. . . . The story is also outstanding.”
~ Book Trends
World Rights Available
Book Two in the Seven Stars Trilogy
Having pledged themselves to the Apollonians’ humanitarian
cause, Jack and Lucy continue their search for the Risa Star. Their journey
takes them to worlds alien to them yet uncannily paralleling their own: an
arctic mountain range, a city in the throes of industrialization, and a forest
whose inhabitants are literally a part of their environment.
But they’re not the only ones looking. The Cult of
Dionysus draws ever closer to the completion of its superweapon, threatening to
wreak havoc on an unprecedented scale. Meanwhile, Alex remains the emperor’s
prisoner, struggling against the increasingly inviting pull of the Darkness.
A white fox, a black rose, and gray smoke shrouding
something just out of sight . . . What
does it all mean?
REVIEWS
“This book continued the great saga started with The White Fox. In this book you again
are transported into a world different than your own. This being said though,
the author has done a great job at helping people to make the connections and
providing an overall story that was fun and engaging. Also, the characters were
well developed and through Jack and Lucy's journey you are taken on an
adventure that you (and they) will never forget!” ~ Dad of Divas Reviews, October
2012
“Evil cultists, magic shards, goblins and elves. Book
2 of The Seven Stars Trilogy follows British student Jack Lawson and his band
of fellow peacekeeping Apollonians in a race against time Just as in the first
installment of the trilogy, this is full of references to heroic literature,
time travel, excitement and danger. Bartholomeusz, a teenager at the time
of publication of the first book, pens a fast-paced page turner. . . . An
author worth watching.” (Fantasy 12 & Up) ~Kirkus Reviews
“The Black Rose is a fun little fantasy story with the typical slew of
goblins, elves, and dwarves. I think the genre has grown in popularity lately
and I can't complain about that. I think we can expect good things from
Bartholomeuz in the future once he finds his voice and begins to expand his
style. This book is typical beginner fantasy.” ~OpenBookSociety.com
World Rights Available
Film Rights Available
YA-YA (YOUNG ADULTS WRITING FOR YOUNG ADULTS)
REALISTIC CONTEMPORARY FICTION
S.R. Savell
PAPER HEARTS
Debut novel
Advance Review
“Part of a new line of teen-written novels, Paper Hearts is penned by an eighteen year-old
author who writes teen angst with authenticity and power. The novel is an
impressive achievement for a debut writer.” The
Story Sanctuary
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aper Hearts deals with a myriad of issues including escapism
through music, emotional trauma, rape, bullying, abuse, and spousal infidelity.
Each element has a distinct purpose, and many of them come from a very personal
place. It’s about coming to terms with your past and overcoming your present.
Meet
Michelle, a social reject with a piss poor attitude and a low tolerance for
stupid. Not to say she’s totally at fault. A Barbie counselor, neglectful
mother, and a dead daddy have seriously jacked her life’s view. Her one joy?
Music and the peace it brings.
A pushy counselor, school bullies,
have ruined seventeen-year-old high school senior Michelle Pearce’s perspective
on life. A social reject living in self-imposed exile, Michelle has little use
for anything or anyone—until Nathaniel comes along, a sweet
and meek man in a Cyclops body. A high school
dropout who works three jobs to care for his dying grandmother, he’s all but convinced
Michelle that there is some good left in humanity.
And then humanity proves him wrong.
The unforgivable happens, destroying Michelle’s newfound faith in life and
threatening to unravel a love in the making.
TIME PERIOD:
Set in the 21st century in an
unmentioned city (the equivalent of Houston, TX).
MAIN LOCATION(S) WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE:
A convenience store called the Gas-N-Go, a
hospital, and Michelle’s home.
Author
Bio:
S.R.
Savell is a new writer in
pursuit of her MFA. She was born somewhere over the
rainbow, approximately 20 years ago. She attended Blinn College where she began
production on her first and only novel to date, Paper Hearts. She
loves pancakes, the occasional romp in the dirt, and her four fur
children. She loves buying used
books, lucid dreaming. This is her first novel.
April 2014
Trade paperback
Page count: approx. 312
Age: 14+
World Rights Available
Film Rights Available
From Chapter 1
Day 12 of Convenience Store Hell.
Nineteen customers, two terrified civilians, no fatalities.
I jot this in my worn notebook, bound
in stains and tears, cindered from too many stubbed-out cigarettes. Dusky light
feels along its surface, spotlighting empty pages and an equally empty mind.
From the display case of cigarette lighters
I take the yellow one, swiping it through the dying light seeped into the
countertop. Two green eyes disappear and reappear in the veneer of the metallic
casing, warping the irises like a Halloween house of mirrors. The room blossoms
fire with the flick of a gear, right as the remaining thread of light
evaporates into the dim.
YOUNG ADULT PARANORMAL
Rusty Fischer
ZOMBIES DON’T SURRENDER
Book three in the Living Dead Love Series
From the author of Zombies Don’t
Cry and Zombies Don’t Forgive
Old enemies. New Allies. A Final showdown. What could go wrong?
This book is, ultimately, about
friendship. It’s about the bonds of friendship, in life and in death and even
beyond. It’s about what happens when friends grow together, grow apart and,
ultimately, decide to move on from one another.
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s the final volume in the Living
Dead Love Story series opens, Maddy, Dane and Stamp are still together, though
barely, nestled safe inside the walls of Sentinel City, a stronghold designed
to keep Zerkers out—and zombies in.
Maddy
trains night and day, hoping to join Vera as a Keeper. Dane is a Sentinel now,
and has been given “Sentinel Support” in the form a busty blond named Courtney.
And what of Stamp? Although Maddy’s Dad has worked hard to rehabilitate Stamp
after his Zerker bite, he’s still not all … there.
When Dr.
Swift inadvertently allows the zombie’s arch nemesis Val to escape from
Sentinel City, Maddy’s world turns upside down. She and Stamp are “Vanished,”
expelled from the safety of Sentinel City, no better than common Zerkers. Dane,
a Sentinel now, escapes punishment and is instead assigned to ensure that his
old friends never return.
Maddy and
Stamp must face the world alone, only to discover that Val is not quite through
with them yet. As they stray further and further from the safety of Sentinel
City, danger mounts… and not just for Maddy and Stamp. For Val has taken up
residence in another seaside town, and enrolled as a student in another
“Normal” high school. To outwit her, and save Seagull Shores from all-out
zombie Armageddon, Maddy must face her arch enemy one last time.
Only this
time, she’s all alone.
TIME
PERIOD: Present Day. MAIN LOCATION(S) WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE: Mainly in
Florida, in a little beachside town called Seagull Shores.
Author bio: Rusty Fischer, a former high school
teacher, has worked for the best-selling educational magazines The Mailbox,
Learning, and Bookbag. A full-time freelance writer, he is the
author of the YA novels Zombies Don’t Cry and Vamplayers. A proud
native Floridian, Rusty resides in Cape Canaveral.
April 2014
Trade Paperback
Page count: approx. 340 - Age: 12+
World Rights Available
Film Rights Available
Other
titles by Rusty Fischer:
Zombies
Don’t Cry
Zombies
Don’t Forgive
Vamplayers
Look out for Rusty Fischer’s next title coming
Spring/Summer 2015:
Vampire Book of the Month Club
YOUNG ADULT FANTASY
Stephen L. Duncan
THE REVELATION OF GABRIEL ADAM
Revelation Saga: Book One
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he Revelation Saga is a retelling of the adventures that occurred
during the war between Heaven and Hell, found in non-canonical text and made
modern for today’s audience. Drawing from ancient scrolls such as The Book of Enoch, The Testament of Solomon,
and Jubilees, Gabriel’s story seeks to respect the mythology while telling
an original tale.
A sweeping high-YA adventure, The Revelation Saga mixes
End of Days with elements of Harry Potter and Raiders of the Lost Ark to
create a winning stew of action and teen self-discovery. It
is about a boy who is an archangel born human who was sent to Earth to stop the
second war between Heaven and Hell.
Gabriel Adam is used to moving a lot with his minister father,
Joseph. But when the mysterious assassin called Septis burns Gabe’s current
home in New York City to the ground and leaves Joseph’s assistant murdered in a
style not witnessed in centuries, Gabriel’s father reveals the truth of why
they are always on the move: Gabriel is one of four Archangels, born human and
sent to stop Armageddon. Now, Gabe must set aside dreams of attending NYU to
fulfill a prophecy kept secret by the Essenes, a phantom religious sect charged
with the pre-biblical traditions of the End of Days. With Septis in pursuit,
Gabe and his father travel to the English university town of Durham, hoping
that the last Essene can guide them.
Joined there by Micah (the Archangel Michael born as a girl),
Gabe must learn to have faith in himself and accept his role in the coming war,
before facing Septis in a showdown on the ancient Biblical plains of Ethiopia.
TIME PERIOD: Present. MAIN LOCATION(S) WHERE THE STORY
TAKES PLACE: New York, NY; Durham, England; Axum, Ethiopia.
The main characters are:
NAME: Gabriel Adam
SEX: Male. AGE: 17
HEIGHT: 5’9”. WEIGHT: 145
HAIR COLOR: Black. EYE COLOR: Hazel
RACE: Perceived white but with hints of a
multi-cultural background
ATTITUDE:
Intelligent, curious, somewhat athletic, but lacking self-confidence.
SIMILAR TO: An older Harry Potter. A younger Indiana Jones
CLOTHING: Disheveled, casual
OUTSTANDING FEATURES: Gabriel has a birthmark in
the shape of an ancient rune, marking the sign of the Archangel Gabriel. He is
remarkably knowledgeable about biblical history, given his father’s efforts to
educate him.
NAME: Joseph Adam
SEX: Male. AGE: 51
HEIGHT: 5’10”. WEIGHT: 175
HAIR COLOR: Dark Brown / Black. EYE COLOR: Blue
RACE: White. ATTITUDE: A bit of a bore, but also a
taskmaster. He’s intelligent and driven. SIMILAR TO: A more serious Hugh Grant.
CLOTHING:
Conservative, perhaps a bit awkward
OUTSTANDING
FEATURES: Joseph has Welsh features, with black hair, blue eyes, and olive
skin. He keeps tidy, though his hair is on the longer side of kempt. You might
find him in a tweed jacket matched with white tennis shoes.
NAME: Micah Pari
SEX: Female. AGE:
17
HEIGHT: 5’6”. WEIGHT: 105
HAIR COLOR: Black. EYE COLOR: Brown
RACE: Persian. ATTITUDE: Fundamentally strong.
Exudes a confidence and a fun-loving personality that, in part, masks her fear
of what Carlyle has revealed.
SIMILAR TO: She’s the polar opposite of Bella Swan
CLOTHING: Modern European. Nothing that would
offend her religion. OUTSTANDING FEATURES: Micah’s natural beauty is only
matched by her inner strength. She can be abrasive and assertive, flirty and
confident. She wears her hair long and takes pride in her appearance.
Author
bio:
Stephen
L. Duncan writes Young Adult novels inspired by his travels
around the world and the characters he’s met. He’s interested in finding those
unique connections between stories and places, people and circumstance. When
he’s not writing, Stephen plays guitar and soccer, loves to cook, and spends
time taking horribly framed pictures. You can find him blogging at INKROCK.com.
August 2014
Trade Paperback
Page count: approx. 430
Age: 14+ - World Rights Available
A SELECTION OF PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED TITLES
Andrew
Post
KNUCKLEDUSTER
SCI-FI
After an
injury in the military, blind vigilante Brody Calhoun tempers his rage with
brass knuckles—but is he really in control?
Forty years in the future, Brody “Knuckleduster” Calhoun spends
his life in a cycle of violence and probation. To strangers, he looks like a
junkie with orange-stained eyes. To the police, he’s a well-known criminal
who’s racked up eleven harassment charges and seventeen cases of aggravated
assault, all with a deadly weapon: his brass knuckles.
Andrew
Post
FABRICK
YOUNG ADULT FANTASY
Fabrick is the first in the Fabrick series, with every
installment following the first will have a different title (like Brian
Jacque’s Redwall series). It’s all at once a science-fiction story, a high
fantasy, a horror tale, a love story… It’s the front lawn of an
obsessive-compulsive retiree around Christmas. “What’s better than a lot?
More.”
Gregory
Lamberson
STORM
DEMON
HORROR
From an
award winning author comes Book 5 in the Jake Helman Files
As with
the previous Jake Helman books, Storm
Demon combines the supernatural with another genre, in this case, the
disaster epic. It blends the supernatural, action, and noir—and satirizes the
romance industry.
Personal Demons – Book 1 in the Jake
Helman Files – Horror
Desperate Souls – Book 2 in the Jake
Helman Files – Horror
Cosmic Forces – Book 3 in the Jake
Helman Files – Horror
Nominated by the Horror Writers Association for the Bram
Stoker Award for Best Novel of 2011
Tortured
Spirits – Book 4 in the Jake Helman Files - Horror
Rachele
Alpine
CANARY
YOUNG
ADULT
CANARY is unique in the fact that it’s told in a mix of
prose and verse, as Kate narrates the story and documents her life in blog
postings full of poetry. It’s a story about finding self-worth and the social
struggles that young people are faced with in today’s times. A story of finding
your voice in tough times even though the consequences could mean turning your
world upside down. The majority of the story is told in first person
by Kate, the main character, and at the beginning of each chapter there is a
blog post from her. Canary has a strong
message for teens.
Simon
West-Bulford
THE
BEASTS OF UPTON PUDDLE
Book 1 of
the Pyronesian Chronicles
YOUNG
ADULT FANTASY
Born from
a childhood obsession with monsters and folklore, The Beasts of Upton Puddle is aimed at young adults with a hunger
for fantasy. An abundance of mythical creatures, flights of imagination and an
elaborate plot all tempered by a light-hearted prose, will keep the reader
hooked right up until the feel-good finale.
Simon West-Bulford
THE SOUL CONSORTIUM
SCIENCE FICTION
Science-fiction horror set in the
far distant future…at the end of the universe, the beginning of terror…Human
kind is all but gone, lost in the aeons of time, preserved as memories within a
vast archive. Only Salem Ben remains…
Traci E. Hall
THE QUEEN’S GUARD: PEONY
Book 2 of the Queen’s Guards Series
MEDIEVAL ROMANCE
Escape from reality with romance and
intrigue, mixed with history.
Winter, 1147. The French army waits
in Nicea for word from King Louis, who remains in Constantinople with Emperor
Manuel as the Byzantine ruler attempts yet another delay. Frustrated, Queen Eleanor must wait until the
king is ready to continue their holy journey toward Edessa.
Traci E. Hall
THE QUEEN’S
GUARD: VIOLET
Book 1 in
the Queen’s Guards Series
MEDIEVAL ROMANCE
Traci E. Hall's The Queen's
Guard: Violet has all the elements that make for a fantastic and sexy
historical read. As always, Ms. Hall manages to beautifully convey real
characters—and the human emotion that rules us through all time. I love her
work! ~ Heather Graham, New York
Times best-selling author of Bride of the Night
Kelli Wilkins
THE VIKING’S WITCH
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
The 2013 Independent Publishers Book Award Gold winner for Best
Romance E-book
for The Viking’s Witch
About to be burned at the stake by her fellow villagers,
Odaria does what any betrayed witch facing certain death would do. She calls
down a curse. Within seconds, rampaging Norsemen raid the village, capturing everyone
except her.
THE CIRCLE OF A PROMISE
HISTORICAL TIME TRAVEL ROMANCE
Once upon a time, a knight and the
daughter of one of Henry III’s barons fell in love. Stephen of Bellingham and
Amarantha of Ullswater were thrown together in a desperate bid to escape the
madness of Baldwin, Earl of Cumbria. The taste of their first kiss still on his
lips, Stephen made a vow: to love Mara forever and keep her safe. But in a battle
to save their lives and love, she died in his arms. Today Steve Bellingham
wakes up, sees again what happened so long before, and knows only one thing can
make his life whole. He will reach into the past and fulfill his vow. He will
complete the circle of a promise.
Ronald
Malfi
FLOATING
STAIRCASE
SUSPENSE/THRILLER/HORROR
Gold
Medal winner in the 2012 Independent Publisher IPPY Awards for the Horror genre
Nominated
by the Horror Writers Association for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel of
2011. A classic ghost story with a modern, meta-fictional
twist …It looked like a great house. They were wrong …At
first the picturesque house in an idyllic small town seemed perfect for Travis
and Jodie, the surrounding woods and lake like a postcard. But soon after they
move in, things begin to . . . change. Strange noises wake Travis at night. His
dreams are plagued by ghosts. Barely glimpsed shapes flit through the darkened
hallways—shapes bearing a frightening resemblance to a little boy. Footprints
appear. Strangest of all are the wooden stairs rising cryptically from the
lake.
Ronald Malfi
CRADLE LAKE
HORROR
From the award-winning author of Floating Staircase comes another
spine-chilling story. Cradle Lake blends
modern genre horror with actual Cherokee legend. It also turns the “happy ending” on its head
with a final chapter that is both horrifying and memorable.
Phil Brody
THE HOLDEN AGE OF
HOLLYWOOD
MAINSTREAM
Phil Brody’s The
Holden Age of Hollywood is at once a detective novel, an
unexpected love story, and a provocative exposé of a broken industry. With dark
humor and incisive commentary, the novel immerses readers in a neo-noir quest
to attain the Hollywood dream, integrity intact.
Booker
T. Huffman with Andrew William Wright
FROM
PRISON TO PROMISE
NON-FICTION
MEMOIR
As a
six-time world champion, TV commentator, and holder of over thirty-five major
titles in WWE, WCW, and TNA, Booker T. Huffman knows what it means to fight. He
learned long before he entered the ring, when daily survival was a fierce battle.
Hope Tarr’s
THE MEN OF ROXBURY HOUSE TRILOGY
VANQUISHED
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
2006 Buried Treasure by All about Romance
Second place winner in the 2007 Laurel Wreath Contest
Received an Honorable Mention in the General Fiction category
for the 2009 San Francisco Book Festival
A devil’s bargain.
“The
photograph must be damning, indisputably so. I mean to see Caledonia Rivers not
only ruined but vanquished. Vanquished, St. Claire, I’ll settle for nothing
less.”
Known as
The Maid of Mayfair for her unassailable virtue, unwavering resolve, and quiet
dignity, suffragette leader, Caledonia ~ Callie — Rivers is the perfect counter
for detractors’ portrayal of the women as rabble rousers, lunatics, even
whores. But a high~ranking enemy within the government will stop at nothing to
ensure that the Parliamentary bill to grant the vote to females dies in the
Commons — including ruining the reputation of the Movement’s chief spokeswoman
ENSLAVED
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
Daisy Lake is only a memory to successful barrister Gavin
Carmichael. But a memory he cannot forget. “Through thick and thin, forever and
ever, come what may, we’ll stay together…” is the pact the young orphans made
over a decade ago, before the wide-eyed little girl was torn from his arms.
Only a precious, painful memory … until Gavin walks into an East End supper
club where the headlining act is the infamous nightingale of the Montmartre
music halls, Delilah du Lac.
UNTAMED
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
They were friends—brothers—the Men of Roxbury, their young lives
spent in an orphanage together. Now they are men grown. Two have found
happiness. But the third?
Patrick O’Rourke is a rough and ready Scotsman, and a “verra”
successful businessman. Lady Katherine Lindsey is a beautiful English spinster,
a gentlewoman. At least, so she seems on the surface. But when she finds
herself blackmailed into accepting a marriage of convenience with the handsome
Scot, she lets Rourke see another side of her.
Men of Roxbury House
Historical Romance Trilogy
by Hope Tarr
Hope Tarr is the award-winning author of multiple historical and
contemporary romance novels. Whether set in the past or modern-day, Hope's
books feature opulent backdrops, intelligent characters, and sizzling
sensuality.
FOREIGN REPRESENTATION
Brazil
Flavia Sala flaviasala@uol.com.br
Cristina Purchio cristina@uol.com.br
International Editors’ Co.
Bulgaria
Anna Droumeva anna@anas-bg.com
Andrew Nurnberg Associates Sofia, Ltd.
Czech Republic and Slovakia
Kristin Olson Literary Agency S.R.O
China (Taiwan, Mainland China, Malaysia)
Wendy King wendy-king@bigapple1-china.com
Vincent Lin vincent-lin@bigapple1-taipei.com
Big-Apple Agency, Inc.
France
Corinne Marotte cmarotte@lautreagence.eu
L’Autre Agence
Germany
Klaus Groner klaus.groener@erzaehlperspektive.de
Michaela Gröner Michaela.groener@erzaehlperspektive.de
erzahl:perspective Literary Agency
Greece
Michael Avramides homer@otenet.gr
O.A. Literary Agency
Hungary
Peter Bolza peter@kataibolza.hu
Katai & Bolza Literary Agents
India
Mita Kapur Mita.kapur@gmail.com
Siyahi Literary Agency
Italy
Stefania Fietta fietta@aglettiniternazionale.it
Agenzia Letteraria Internazionale Srl
Japan
Hamish Macaskill Hamish@eaj.co.jp
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Korea
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Poland
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Associates Warsaw
Russia
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Andrew Nurnberg Literary Agency
Serbia
Highlights of Upcoming Titles:
Adult Fiction and Non-Fiction
Young Adult and YA-YA
(Young Adults Writing for Young Adults)
LONDON BOOK FAIR
APRIL 8th-10th, 2014
RECENT
SALES
FICTION
Kelli A.
Wilkins, The Viking’s Witch, Alpress,
Czech Republic
Edited by
Chuck Palahniuk, Richard Thomas and Dennis Widmyer, Burnt Tongues: An Anthology of Transgressive Short Stories, AST
Publishers, Russia
D.P.
Lyle, Stress Fracture and Hot Lights, Cold Steel, Bastei Lubbe,
Germany
Ronald
Malfi, Cradle Lake, Voodoo Press,
Germany
D.P.
Lyle, Stress Fracture, Alpress, Czech
Republic
Hope
Tarr, Enslaved and Untamed, Libros de Seda, Spain (World
Spanish Language)
Hope Tarr, Vanquished,
Libros de Seda, Spain (World Spanish Language)
TJ Bennett, The
Legacy, Circulo de Lectores, Book Club Edition (published in Spain by
Ediciones B.S.A.)
Hope Tarr, Vanquished,
Enslaved, Untamed, Leo-Commerce D.O.O., Croatia
TJ Bennett, The
Promise, J’ai Lu, France
D.P. Lyle, Hot
Lights, Cold Steel, Alpress, Czech Republic
Ronald Malfi, The
Ascent, Grey Oak, India
William Jablonsky, The Clockwork Man, Grey Oak, India
Ronald Malfi, The
Ascent, Skorpion Publishing, Croatia
William Jablonsky, The Clockwork Man, Skorpion Publishing, Croatia
Gregory Lamberson, Desperate Souls, Skorpion Publishing, Croatia
Shannon Drake, Emerald
Embrace, Ast Publishers, Russia
Shannon Drake (Award-Winning Author Heather Graham
Writing As…), Emerald Embrace,
Domino, Czech Republic
Shannon Drake, Emerald
Embrace, Fusosha Publisher, Inc., Japan
Gregory Lamberson, Desperate Souls, Kirpi Publisher, Turkey
Gregory Lamberson, Personal Demons, Kirpi Publisher, Turkey
Ronald Malfi, Floating Staircase,
Voodoo Press, Germany
TJ
Bennett, The Legacy, J’ai Lu, France
Hope Tarr, Vanquished,
Enslaved, Untamed, J’ai Lu, France
Hope Tarr, Vanquished,
Enslaved, Untamed, Mondadori, Italy
TJ Bennett, The
Legacy, Ediciones B.S.A., Spain.
Helen Rosburg, Call
of the Trumpet, Alpress, Czech Republic
Catherine Kean, A Knight’s
Vengeance, Alpress, Czech Republic.
NON-FICTION
Debi
Tibbles, Ollie Tibbles: The Boy Who
Became a Train, Beijing Hanbook Publishing, China (simplified characters)
D.P. Lyle, More
Forensics and Fiction, Changsha Senxin Culture
Dissemination Limited Company, China (simplified characters)
D.P. Lyle, More
Forensics and Fiction, Rye Field Publication, Taiwan (traditional
characters)
Joe “Animal” Laurinaitis with Andrew William
Wright, The Road Warriors: Danger, Death,
And The Rush Of Wrestling, Toho Publishing Co., Ltd., Japan
YOUNG ADULT
Rusty Fischer, Zombies
Don’t Forgive, Unitas Publishing Co. Ltd., Taipei (traditional characters)
Rusty Fischer, Zombies
Don’t Cry, A Living Dead Love Story,
BAAM! an imprint of J’ai Lu, France
Rusty Fischer, Zombies
Don’t Cry, A Living Dead Love Story, Unitas Publishing Co. Ltd., Taipei (traditional characters)
Rusty Fischer, Zombies
Don’t Cry, A Living Dead Love Story, Giunti, Italy
Rusty Fischer, Zombies
Don’t Cry, A Living Dead Love Story, Egmont, UK and Commonwealth for their
Electric Monkey imprint
Rusty Fischer, Zombies
Don’t Cry, A Living Dead Love Story, Dolmen Editorial, Spain
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
RECENT SALES
2
Thriller - Ronald Malfi, DECEMBER PARK 5
Horror - The Julian Year 7
Historical
Fiction - Kelli
A. Wilkins, DANGEROUS INDENTURE 8
Non-Fiction -
Bud
DeYoung, IT’S A WILD LIFE: HOW MY LIFE BECAME A ZOO 10
Literary
Fiction - Nancy
Crocker, SEEING AMERICA 13
Literary
Fiction - Edited
by Chuck Palahniuk, Richard Thomas and Dennis Widmyer;
BURNT TONGUES: An Anthology of
Transgressive Short Stories 15
YA-YA - James Bartholomeusz, THE
GREY STAR 16
YA-YA - S.R. Savell, PAPER HEARTS 20
Young Adult -
Rusty
Fischer, ZOMBIES DON’T SURRENDER 22
Young Adult -
Stephen L.
Duncan, THE REVELATION OF GABRIEL ADAM 24
Previously Published Titles 26
Foreign
Rights Representation 31
THRILLER
DECEMBER PARK
In the fall of 1993, a dark shadow fell over Harting Farms, and
what began as a pledge between five boys, turned into a journey into darkness .
. .
Newspapers
call him the Piper, because he has come to take the children away. But there are darker names for him too….
Advance Reviews
“Malfi is a man of many voices, a sort of literary version of Mel
Blanc (the “man of a thousand voices”), but all of his voices are captivating,
though none of them quite the same. Horror and crime fans will find much to
like here.” ~ David Pitt, Booklist
"First book to hit my best books of 2014 list! It's going to
be too hard to top this one. This was the best book to kick off the New Year
with." ~Haunted Bookcase
“The plot was immediately engrossing,
the characters and their dialogue effortlessly realistic. (And at times quite
funny. I found myself laughing out loud at some of the conversations and antics
of the protagonists.) Ronald Malfi is an exceptional author and I’m genuinely
enthusiastic about hunting down his earlier books.” ~Reagan Kendera,
LibraryThing
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n the
quiet suburb of Harting Farms, the weekly crime blotter usually consists of
graffiti or the occasional bout of mailbox baseball. But in the fall of 1993,
children begin vanishing and one is found dead. Newspapers call him the Piper
because he has come to take the children away. But there are darker names for
him, too . . .
Vowing to
stop the Piper’s reign of terror, five boys take up the search. Their teenage
pledge turns into a journey of self-discovery . . . and a journey into the
darkness of their own hometown. On the twilit streets of Harting Farms,
everyone is a suspect. And any of the boys might be the Piper’s next victim.
TIME
PERIOD: 1993-1994
MAIN
LOCATION(S) WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE: Harting Farms, Maryland—a medium-sized
town on the cusp of the Chesapeake Bay, containing both rural and industrial
sections. Much of the story takes place
in the eponymous December Park, a great sweeping park sunken below the streets
and surrounded on three sides by a vast woodland.
Author bio:
Ronald Malfi is the award-winning author of the novels The
Ascent, Snow, Passenger, Floating Staircase and many others. In 2009,
he received an IPPY Award for his novel Shamrock Alley, a thriller based
on the true exploits of his father, a retired Secret Service agent. His
novel Floating Staircase won the gold IPPY Award for the best
horror novel, 2011. Most
recognized for his haunting, literary style and memorable characters, Malfi's
dark fiction has gained acceptance among readers of all genres. He currently
lives in Maryland with his family where he is working on his next book. He can be found online at www.ronmalfi.com and takes great pleasure in reading emails
from fans.
May 2014
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Page count: approx. 654
World Rights Available
Film Rights Available
Other Malfi titles:
Cradle Lake (sold to Voodoo Press, Germany)
Floating Staircase (sold to Voodoo Press, Germany)
The Ascent (sold to Skorpion Publishing, Croatia &
Grey Oak, India)
Shamrock Alley
HORROR
Gregory Lamberson
THE JULIAN YEAR
20 Million People Around the World are becoming
homicidal maniacs!
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n The Julian year one of the main characters, Julian Weizak, an
obituary writer in New York, celebrates his birthday alone in a bar on New
Year’s Eve. At the stroke of midnight, scores of homicides break out on the
East Coast.
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A
young woman murders her boyfriend moments after accepting his marriage
proposal.
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A
man hides from his eight-year-old-daughter after she murders his wife.
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A
radio host murders his cohost while on the air.
In all, twenty thousand murders are
committed that night in New York alone, with the epidemic spreading across the
country and the world, time zone by time zone. Julian makes a startling
discovery: the crisis day was every single murderer’s birthday. At midnight
each day thereafter, nearly twenty million people around the world become
homicidal maniacs, contributing to the biggest killing spree in history. It
looks as if the chaos can lead to only one end: the extinction of humankind.
Author Bio:
Gregory Lamberson, dubbed “the hardest-working man in horror” by Fangoria magazine,
is the creator of Medallion Press’s supernatural action series The Jake Helman Files, the werewolf
series The Frenzy Cycle. The prolific author is also an award-winning
filmmaker with such cult films as Slime City and Slime
City Massacre (coproduced by Medallion Movies) under his
belt.
February 2014
ebook exclusive
HISTORICAL ROMANCE WITH
MYSTERY/SUSPENSE
Kelli A. Wilkins
DANGEROUS
INDENTURE
The 2013 Independent Publishers Book Award Gold winner for Best
Romance E-book
for The Viking’s Witch
Set in Colonial times, the heroine is a feisty indentured servant with a
secret past. The story combines romance and mystery with some humor and sensual
love scenes.
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ager to
escape her past in Ireland, Shauna Farrow signs on to become an indentured
servant. Sent to a dark and reputedly haunted home in Pennsylvania Colony,
Shauna soon discovers why no other servants will work for the strange Stewart
family.
Faced
with five years of drudgery, her hopes for starting over and creating a better
life for herself are shattered—until she meets her master’s roguish son,
Ashton.
Brought
home in disgrace, Ashton must prove his worthiness to his dominating father, or
live with a reputation as a drunken failure. He is drawn to Shauna, and with
her help, he turns his life around.
Shauna
fights her growing attraction to Ashton and is torn between acting proper and
acting on her emotions. Respectable girls don’t do the things she fantasizes
about…yet she’s far from the innocent Ashton believes her to be. Can she trust
that Ashton’s feelings are real? Or is she just another passing fancy to him?
When
another servant goes missing in the middle of the night, Shauna is convinced
that a member of the family is responsible. Her investigation leads her into
danger, and when she gets too close to the truth it’s up to Ashton to save
her—if he can—before time runs out.
The main
characters are:
NAME:
Shauna Farrow
SEX: F. AGE:
19
HEIGHT: 5
foot 5
WEIGHT:
thin/scrappy. HAIR COLOR: chestnut brown
EYE
COLOR: brown/tea-colored
RACE:
Caucasian
ATTITUDE:
feisty, headstrong, not afraid to tell someone off—no matter who it is
SIMILAR
TO: Evangeline Lily from LOST
CLOTHING:
plain. Wears a white mop cap & simple blue or green dress with apron; long
hair often falling out of cap.
OUTSTANDING
FEATURES: has a round face & perky lips, small nose, smooth skin,
well-built.
NAME:
Ashton Bailey
SEX: M. AGE: 20-23
HEIGHT: 5
foot 9
WEIGHT:
125-135. HAIR COLOR: honey-blond
EYE
COLOR: green
RACE:
Caucasian
ATTITUDE:
easy-going, makes lots of jokes
SIMILAR
TO: John Barrowman from Dr. Who/Torchwood,
but blond
CLOTHING:
breeches, white ruffled shirt, vest—wealthy, so clothes look fancy on him.
(Sort of like Tom Cruise’s “Lestat” wardrobe from Interview with a Vampire.)
OUTSTANDING
FEATURES: wavy hair, longish (to shoulders) tied back in a ribbon.
MAIN
LOCATION(S) WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE: inside the main house, outside in the
garden, could also set cover in the study or kitchen. TIME PERIOD:
Colonial Pennsylvania, 1723.
BUILDINGS,
LANDSCAPES, OBJECTS, AND ITEMS IMPORTANT TO THE STORY: can show the house: a
colonial fieldstone building, 2 stories, looks ominous, with windows facing out
the front. Interiors could be kitchen, study, and/or bedrooms—most of the story
is inside the house. Also garden out back—lots of flowers.
Author bio: Kelli A. Wilkins developed a love of reading and writing
while growing up in a small upstate New York town. Kelli enjoys writing
in different genres, and her speculative fiction has appeared in numerous
publications, including The Sun, The Best of the First Line, What If?
and Weird Tales. Kelli is a member of Romance Writers of America and has
published several historical/fantasy romances with Amber Quill Press. She
currently lives in New Jersey with her husband.
May 2014
Ebook exclusive
Page count: approx 215
World Rights Available - Film Rights Available
NON-FICTION INSPIRATIONAL MEMOIR
Bud DeYoung
with Cindy Matrinusen Coloma
IT’S A WILD LIFE: HOW MY LIFE BECAME A ZOO
Dreams take
work and dedication.
For one man
that meant turning his house into a zoo.
Welcome to the fascinating,
heartwarming journey of one man, one woman, and an amazing cast of critters,
whose stories will warm your soul. Welcome to the wild life of the DeYoung
Family Zoo.
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your passion includes a whole lot of crap—for Bud DeYoung that’s about two
hundred pounds a day. Bud, his fiancée Carrie, their 400 animals and 50,000
visitors a year think that passion is well worth every shovel-full.
It’s a Wild Life: How My Life Became a Zoo is a zoo
like no other. It is nestled in the wilderness of the beautiful Upper Peninsula
of Michigan. It is set amongst a natural setting filled with amazing animals
from around the world. Bud DeYoung and Carrie Cramer are the owners of the zoo.
They were featured on a television show called MY LIFE IS A ZOO on National
Geographic Wild cable station. This book will be a collection of their
experiences with the animals and the trials and tribulations of running a small
zoo.
Since childhood, Bud DeYoung has had a passion for animals. As
an adult, that passion led to a bear named Honey Bear and then more animals
crowding for space in and around his house. Eventually Bud had built an entire
private zoo.
Bud’s journey has been filled with challenges and triumphs. His
fiancée, Carrie Cramer, who shares his love for animals, joined him in his
daily work at the zoo. Today they educate the public about animal conservation,
battle harsh winters and blazing summers, and daily dole out compassion to the
hundreds of animals in their care.
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At the DeYoung Family Zoo, facing
tough questions is a part of daily life.
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What kind of enclosure will keep
Wallace the hippo in an 85-degree environment
through the blasting winters of the Upper Peninsula?
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How much intervention is appropriate
when the wolf pack’s alpha female injures
another female?
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What should be done with the
abandoned and injured animals left at the doorstep?
It’s through Bud and Carrie’s daily devotion that animals find
rescue, people are inspired, and they themselves experience the fulfillment of
living and building upon their dreams.
Within
the remarkable, humorous and enchanting stories of dozens of animals (both
exotic and rescued) are found two fascinating people who have dedicated
themselves to what it means to truly live out their passion.
Author Bios:
Bud DeYoung. Since childhood, Bud
DeYoung had a passion for animals. At the young age of eight,
he brought kids home from school to see his little zoo. When Bud was fifteen,
he traded the family beagle for a monkey. This was the beginning.
Today on
his own property in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Bud runs a zoo that has been
open to the public since 1988 and is featured in a television series called My Life Is a Zoo on Nat Geo WILD and the
2012 independent film Zooman. Along
with “Big Cat” Carrie, Bud cares for over two hundred happy critters, from
Bengal tigers to arctic wolves to a very hungry hippo named Wallace. Together Bud and Carrie educate the public
about animal conservation, battle harsh winters and blazing summers, and daily
dole out love to the hundreds of animals in their care.
Cindy Martinusen Coloma is a best-selling author
and has written 12 novels including Beautiful (2010 Christy Award Finalist and
2011 Revolve Book of the Year), The Salt Garden (Library Journal's Best Books
2004) Orchid House (2008 ECPA bestseller) and Winter Passing (2001 Christy
Award Finalist), as well as several non-fiction books and over 100 published
articles. Cindy lives in Redding, California with her husband and four
children.
June 2014
Hardcover
Page count: approx. 350
World Rights Available
Film Rights Available
Sample Interior Images:
(80-100 images to be included in color/black and white tip-in)
LITERARY / HISTORICAL FICTION
Nancy Crocker
SEEING AMERICA
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or anyone
who likes historical fiction, coming of age fiction, early 20th
century US history; anyone interested in
Ford Model T’s will be interested in this exciting story. The issues in this
novel cover racism, blindness, coming of age, the changing of American culture
to one of automobiles rather than horses.
This is a
story about three young men (17, 18, and 19), one of them blind, who set out in
a brand new Model T Ford from a tiny town in 1910 Missouri to “see America”.
It’s a road trip, it’s a story about forging friendships, it’s about coming of
age and deciding what to do with one’s life. The backdrop for the boys’ story
is the build-up to the July 4, 1910 championship boxing match between Jack
Johnson and Jim Jeffries, which proved to be the biggest divisive racial event
in the U.S. since the Civil War.
In 1910 Missouri, three young men (17, 18, and 19), one of them blind,
set off for Yellowstone Park in a Model T Ford … John
Hartmann is graduating high school under the critical eye of his father and has
no idea what future options lie beyond the family farm and the small town of
Wakenda, where “at any gathering, you could see the past, present, and future
in one sweep.” When Paul Bricken, 19 and blind, buys a brand new Model T Ford
and suggests John drive him to Yellowstone National Park, he jumps at the
chance. He’s less enthusiastic about inviting Henry Brotherton, who’s loud,
crude, and a 17-year-old bigot—but Henry’s available both as a second driver
and a tough guy who might be helpful in a tight spot.
As the
three young men set off on their tumultuous journey, America is preparing for
“The Fight of the Century” between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries and is headed
for the biggest racial upheaval since the Civil War. With Yellowstone drawing
ever closer and tensions rising, Paul, John, and Henry will soon learn that
there is a great deal they did not know about the fledgling American Midwest –
and about each other.
Racial
tensions were running high and were personified by the July 4, 1910,
heavyweight boxing championship fight between Jack Johnson (“The Black Man’s
Colossus”) and Jim Jeffries (“The Great White Hope”). There was no need for
speed limits, and a legal drinking age had not yet been legislated. America was
between wars; it was a time when such an adventure was possible for young men.
TIME PERIOD: mid-April, 1910-July 7, 1910. MAIN LOCATION(S)
WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE: On the road between Wakenda, MO (about 80 miles
east of Kansas City) and Yellowstone National Park. Kansas City, Topeka,
Denver, Cheyenne, and various small towns in between.
BUILDINGS, LANDSCAPES, OBJECTS, AND ITEMS IMPORTANT
TO THE STORY: 1910 Model T Ford (a very specific model. Kansas flatland, Rocky
Mountains, the high desert, the heavyweight bout between Jack Johnson and Jim
Jeffries, Old Faithful.
The main
characters are:
John Hartmann is the
first-person narrator. He’s an 18-year-old Everyman with a great sense of humor
and a relatable befuddled state regarding adulthood and his place in it. An
audience will empathize with him because he’s got a good heart and he’s kind of
like a puppy with really big feet; you know he’ll grow into them, but he’s not
there yet.
Paul Bricken is 19
years old and has been blind from birth. He’s the most intelligent and best
educated of the group, a year out of The Missouri School for the Blind in St.
Louis. His parents are cold and remote and, when the story begins, Paul is
stuck with them in a tiny town and seemingly without a future. Who couldn’t
root for him?
Henry Brotherton is 17.
His mother died when he was four, his father got serious about his drinking
soon after, and he’s “lived like a stray dog most of his life.” He’s crass and
very much a troublemaker, but he’s also the one who makes the largest leap in
spirit and heart as the trip progresses.
Author Bio:
Nancy Crocker grew up in Wakenda, Missouri—a town so small it no longer exists. Nancy started her
career as a singer and appeared with Loretta Lynn at age thirteen. She
graduated from Columbia College and since then has been acting and writing. Her
work has appeared in the American Heritage Anthology, and she is the author
of the picture book Betty Lou Blue, published by Dial. Seeing America is her first novel. Nancy
lives with her husband and son near a lake in Minneapolis, where they enjoy
fishing.
July 2014
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LITERARY FICTION
Stories
edited by Chuck Palahniuk,
Richard Thomas and Dennis Widmyer
With an introduction by Chuck Palahniuk
BURNT TONGUES:
AN ANTHOLOGY OF
TRANSGRESSIVE SHORT STORIES
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ransgressive
fiction authors write stories some are afraid to tell. Stories with taboo
subjects, unique voices, shocking images—nothing safe or dry. Burnt Tongues
is a collection of transgressive stories selected by a rigorous nomination and
vetting process and hand-selected by Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club,
as the best of The Cult Workshop, his official fan website. These stories run
the gamut from horrific and fantastic to humorous and touching, but each leaves
a lasting impression…Some may say even a scar.
Author Bios:
Chuck Palahniuk, editor, is the best-selling author of 15
novels, and his writing has appeared in Playboy,
Los Angeles Times, and VICE. The
movie adaptation of Fight Club has
become a cult classic and his book tours draw large crowds.
Richard Thomas, editor, is the author of three books—Transubstantiate, Herniated Roots, and Staring Into the Abyss. He has published over 75 stories, including
work in Shivers VI with Stephen King
and Peter Straub, PANK, Midwestern
Gothic, Arcadia, Gargoyle and Weird
Fiction Review. In his spare time he is Editor-in-Chief at Dark House
Books, a columnist at LitReactor, and a book critic at The Nervous Breakdown. His
literary agent is Paula Munier.
Dennis
Widmyer,
Dennis Widmyer is the cofounder of
ChuckPalahniuk.net, the official website of Chuck Palahniuk, as well as
LitReactor.com, an online magazine, workshop, and educational program. He is
also a Los Angeles–based filmmaker with three feature films to his name and a
number of shorts, videos, and festival bumpers.
August 2014
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World Rights Available excluding Russia, AST
Film Rights Available
YA-YA (YOUNG ADULTS WRITING FOR YOUNG ADULTS)
THE
GREY STAR
Book 3 in the Seven Stars Trilogy
"This was an action-packed continuing saga that built
well on the previous books. . . .You get great characters, action, drama, and
much more all wrapped into a book that will keep you engaged from beginning to
end." ~Dad of Divas
“James Bartholomeusz writes with clear,
evocative prose that pulls the reader into the story. His descriptions of the
magic, settings and characters paint a vivid picture in the reader's mind
without great, long descriptions that weigh the story down. His prose is fast
and sharp, and the story reads quickly. THE
GREY STAR is an excellent fantasy with unique characters who struggle not
only to save the world but with the everyday choices of life. Filled with
adventure, love, hope, and some really cool magic, I recommend THE GREY STAR by James Bartholomeusz for
intrepid fantasy readers ten and up.” ~Fresh
Fiction
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destroyed, but the Apollonians must find the remaining Shards of the Risa Star.
Jack Lawson and the others face unexpected challenges: a desert fortress more
inhabited than it first appeared, a once prosperous city-state slipping into
totalitarianism, and old enemies rising from the shadows to leave their fatal
marks. Meanwhile, something stirs on the edge of sight. The pieces move into place,
the trap is laid, and Jack must confront a truth that will tear the world
apart.
Author Bio:
James Bartholomeusz was born in 1992 in southeast London. He grew
up in Hertfordshire and went to school in St. Albans. In the sixth form, he
began penning his first novel for young adults, The White Fox, book one of The Seven
Stars Trilogy. It was published by Medallion Press during his second year at
university. The sequel, The Black
Rose, was published in December 2012, and The Grey Star is the concluding part of the series.
Reviews
“Existential questions in the midst of grand conflicts, all
peppered with elves, goblins, and otherworldly creatures, could be enough to
weigh most projects down, but Bartholomeusz juggles these diverse elements
well. He strikes a balance between Lev Grossman and Philip Pullman, and The
Grey Star should enthrall readers of all ages. An impressive and certainly
satisfying conclusion to a trilogy which should stand out in its genre.” ~Michelle Anne Schingler, Foreword Reviews
“Bartholomeusz’s wild imagination and ability to pen swift
action sequences may spark the interests of dedicated sci-fi and fantasy
readers. With experience . . . this author could be big.” ~Kirkus
Reviews
“In this memorable novel, we see how ancient misconceptions
can lead to present-day hatreds that can, in turn, fuel dreadful conflicts. . .
. Readers who enjoy fantasies and adventure-filled tales are going to
enjoy this unique title.” ~ Marya
Jansen-Gruber, Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Review
December 2013
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Page count: approx. 350
Age 12+
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Other titles by James Bartholomeusz:
Book One in the Seven Stars Trilogy:
By all accounts, Jack Lawson was a normal British
teenager. He had few friends, no love life, and a horde of embittered teachers
who seemed to be after his blood on a regular basis. In his Birchford home, a
centuries old overflow prison–turned–orphanage, life was excruciatingly
mundane.
Then came the Cult of Dionysus, a sect of sorcerers at the
head of an encroaching Darkness.
Then an old friend back from the dead…And then the white
fox.
Suddenly life wasn’t so mundane anymore
Reviews
“A story written by a teenager for a teenage audience, this
work encourages readers to reconsider their assumptions about the fantasy genre
while deciphering the book’s parallels with real-world mythology and
philosophy.” ~ Dad Of
Divas
“In the tradition of Christopher Paolini, Garth Nix, and Jonathan
Stroud, Bartholomeusz—a teen at the time of writing—builds an epic adventure
that includes a somewhat disaffected contemporary British teen boy, Jack; an
engaging white fox who provides something between guidance and companionship;
and an intricate plane inhabited by mythic creatures ranging from elves to demigods. The
writing is polished and the scenes are vivid. . . . Fantasy-saga devotees
will want to give Jack a try as he wends way, gaining and losing friends,
encountering potential romantic interests, and fighting for peace of mind about
his future safety.”~ Francisca Goldsmith, Booklist
"British university student Bartholomeusz capably executes a familiar premise in his strong debut, first in a planned trilogy and the launch title from Medallion’s YA-YA imprint, offering books for teens written by teens. Bartholomeusz assembles his likably prickly cast and prepares them for adventure amid echoes of Tolkien, Lewis, and Rick Riordan." ~ Publishers Weekly
“I rate this book a five out of five. The White Fox is very suspenseful, keeping me on the edge of my seat almost every second. I found it difficult to put the book down. . . . The story is also outstanding.”
~ Book Trends
World Rights Available
Book Two in the Seven Stars Trilogy
Having pledged themselves to the Apollonians’ humanitarian
cause, Jack and Lucy continue their search for the Risa Star. Their journey
takes them to worlds alien to them yet uncannily paralleling their own: an
arctic mountain range, a city in the throes of industrialization, and a forest
whose inhabitants are literally a part of their environment.
But they’re not the only ones looking. The Cult of
Dionysus draws ever closer to the completion of its superweapon, threatening to
wreak havoc on an unprecedented scale. Meanwhile, Alex remains the emperor’s
prisoner, struggling against the increasingly inviting pull of the Darkness.
A white fox, a black rose, and gray smoke shrouding
something just out of sight . . . What
does it all mean?
REVIEWS
“This book continued the great saga started with The White Fox. In this book you again
are transported into a world different than your own. This being said though,
the author has done a great job at helping people to make the connections and
providing an overall story that was fun and engaging. Also, the characters were
well developed and through Jack and Lucy's journey you are taken on an
adventure that you (and they) will never forget!” ~ Dad of Divas Reviews, October
2012
“Evil cultists, magic shards, goblins and elves. Book
2 of The Seven Stars Trilogy follows British student Jack Lawson and his band
of fellow peacekeeping Apollonians in a race against time Just as in the first
installment of the trilogy, this is full of references to heroic literature,
time travel, excitement and danger. Bartholomeusz, a teenager at the time
of publication of the first book, pens a fast-paced page turner. . . . An
author worth watching.” (Fantasy 12 & Up) ~Kirkus Reviews
“The Black Rose is a fun little fantasy story with the typical slew of
goblins, elves, and dwarves. I think the genre has grown in popularity lately
and I can't complain about that. I think we can expect good things from
Bartholomeuz in the future once he finds his voice and begins to expand his
style. This book is typical beginner fantasy.” ~OpenBookSociety.com
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YA-YA (YOUNG ADULTS WRITING FOR YOUNG ADULTS)
REALISTIC CONTEMPORARY FICTION
S.R. Savell
PAPER HEARTS
Debut novel
Advance Review
“Part of a new line of teen-written novels, Paper Hearts is penned by an eighteen year-old
author who writes teen angst with authenticity and power. The novel is an
impressive achievement for a debut writer.” The
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through music, emotional trauma, rape, bullying, abuse, and spousal infidelity.
Each element has a distinct purpose, and many of them come from a very personal
place. It’s about coming to terms with your past and overcoming your present.
Meet
Michelle, a social reject with a piss poor attitude and a low tolerance for
stupid. Not to say she’s totally at fault. A Barbie counselor, neglectful
mother, and a dead daddy have seriously jacked her life’s view. Her one joy?
Music and the peace it brings.
A pushy counselor, school bullies,
have ruined seventeen-year-old high school senior Michelle Pearce’s perspective
on life. A social reject living in self-imposed exile, Michelle has little use
for anything or anyone—until Nathaniel comes along, a sweet
and meek man in a Cyclops body. A high school
dropout who works three jobs to care for his dying grandmother, he’s all but convinced
Michelle that there is some good left in humanity.
And then humanity proves him wrong.
The unforgivable happens, destroying Michelle’s newfound faith in life and
threatening to unravel a love in the making.
TIME PERIOD:
Set in the 21st century in an
unmentioned city (the equivalent of Houston, TX).
MAIN LOCATION(S) WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE:
A convenience store called the Gas-N-Go, a
hospital, and Michelle’s home.
Author
Bio:
S.R.
Savell is a new writer in
pursuit of her MFA. She was born somewhere over the
rainbow, approximately 20 years ago. She attended Blinn College where she began
production on her first and only novel to date, Paper Hearts. She
loves pancakes, the occasional romp in the dirt, and her four fur
children. She loves buying used
books, lucid dreaming. This is her first novel.
April 2014
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Age: 14+
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From Chapter 1
Day 12 of Convenience Store Hell.
Nineteen customers, two terrified civilians, no fatalities.
I jot this in my worn notebook, bound
in stains and tears, cindered from too many stubbed-out cigarettes. Dusky light
feels along its surface, spotlighting empty pages and an equally empty mind.
From the display case of cigarette lighters
I take the yellow one, swiping it through the dying light seeped into the
countertop. Two green eyes disappear and reappear in the veneer of the metallic
casing, warping the irises like a Halloween house of mirrors. The room blossoms
fire with the flick of a gear, right as the remaining thread of light
evaporates into the dim.
YOUNG ADULT PARANORMAL
Rusty Fischer
ZOMBIES DON’T SURRENDER
Book three in the Living Dead Love Series
From the author of Zombies Don’t
Cry and Zombies Don’t Forgive
Old enemies. New Allies. A Final showdown. What could go wrong?
This book is, ultimately, about
friendship. It’s about the bonds of friendship, in life and in death and even
beyond. It’s about what happens when friends grow together, grow apart and,
ultimately, decide to move on from one another.
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Dead Love Story series opens, Maddy, Dane and Stamp are still together, though
barely, nestled safe inside the walls of Sentinel City, a stronghold designed
to keep Zerkers out—and zombies in.
Maddy
trains night and day, hoping to join Vera as a Keeper. Dane is a Sentinel now,
and has been given “Sentinel Support” in the form a busty blond named Courtney.
And what of Stamp? Although Maddy’s Dad has worked hard to rehabilitate Stamp
after his Zerker bite, he’s still not all … there.
When Dr.
Swift inadvertently allows the zombie’s arch nemesis Val to escape from
Sentinel City, Maddy’s world turns upside down. She and Stamp are “Vanished,”
expelled from the safety of Sentinel City, no better than common Zerkers. Dane,
a Sentinel now, escapes punishment and is instead assigned to ensure that his
old friends never return.
Maddy and
Stamp must face the world alone, only to discover that Val is not quite through
with them yet. As they stray further and further from the safety of Sentinel
City, danger mounts… and not just for Maddy and Stamp. For Val has taken up
residence in another seaside town, and enrolled as a student in another
“Normal” high school. To outwit her, and save Seagull Shores from all-out
zombie Armageddon, Maddy must face her arch enemy one last time.
Only this
time, she’s all alone.
TIME
PERIOD: Present Day. MAIN LOCATION(S) WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE: Mainly in
Florida, in a little beachside town called Seagull Shores.
Author bio: Rusty Fischer, a former high school
teacher, has worked for the best-selling educational magazines The Mailbox,
Learning, and Bookbag. A full-time freelance writer, he is the
author of the YA novels Zombies Don’t Cry and Vamplayers. A proud
native Floridian, Rusty resides in Cape Canaveral.
April 2014
Trade Paperback
Page count: approx. 340 - Age: 12+
World Rights Available
Film Rights Available
Other
titles by Rusty Fischer:
Zombies
Don’t Cry
Zombies
Don’t Forgive
Vamplayers
Look out for Rusty Fischer’s next title coming
Spring/Summer 2015:
Vampire Book of the Month Club
YOUNG ADULT FANTASY
Stephen L. Duncan
THE REVELATION OF GABRIEL ADAM
Revelation Saga: Book One
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he Revelation Saga is a retelling of the adventures that occurred
during the war between Heaven and Hell, found in non-canonical text and made
modern for today’s audience. Drawing from ancient scrolls such as The Book of Enoch, The Testament of Solomon,
and Jubilees, Gabriel’s story seeks to respect the mythology while telling
an original tale.
A sweeping high-YA adventure, The Revelation Saga mixes
End of Days with elements of Harry Potter and Raiders of the Lost Ark to
create a winning stew of action and teen self-discovery. It
is about a boy who is an archangel born human who was sent to Earth to stop the
second war between Heaven and Hell.
Gabriel Adam is used to moving a lot with his minister father,
Joseph. But when the mysterious assassin called Septis burns Gabe’s current
home in New York City to the ground and leaves Joseph’s assistant murdered in a
style not witnessed in centuries, Gabriel’s father reveals the truth of why
they are always on the move: Gabriel is one of four Archangels, born human and
sent to stop Armageddon. Now, Gabe must set aside dreams of attending NYU to
fulfill a prophecy kept secret by the Essenes, a phantom religious sect charged
with the pre-biblical traditions of the End of Days. With Septis in pursuit,
Gabe and his father travel to the English university town of Durham, hoping
that the last Essene can guide them.
Joined there by Micah (the Archangel Michael born as a girl),
Gabe must learn to have faith in himself and accept his role in the coming war,
before facing Septis in a showdown on the ancient Biblical plains of Ethiopia.
TIME PERIOD: Present. MAIN LOCATION(S) WHERE THE STORY
TAKES PLACE: New York, NY; Durham, England; Axum, Ethiopia.
The main characters are:
NAME: Gabriel Adam
SEX: Male. AGE: 17
HEIGHT: 5’9”. WEIGHT: 145
HAIR COLOR: Black. EYE COLOR: Hazel
RACE: Perceived white but with hints of a
multi-cultural background
ATTITUDE:
Intelligent, curious, somewhat athletic, but lacking self-confidence.
SIMILAR TO: An older Harry Potter. A younger Indiana Jones
CLOTHING: Disheveled, casual
OUTSTANDING FEATURES: Gabriel has a birthmark in
the shape of an ancient rune, marking the sign of the Archangel Gabriel. He is
remarkably knowledgeable about biblical history, given his father’s efforts to
educate him.
NAME: Joseph Adam
SEX: Male. AGE: 51
HEIGHT: 5’10”. WEIGHT: 175
HAIR COLOR: Dark Brown / Black. EYE COLOR: Blue
RACE: White. ATTITUDE: A bit of a bore, but also a
taskmaster. He’s intelligent and driven. SIMILAR TO: A more serious Hugh Grant.
CLOTHING:
Conservative, perhaps a bit awkward
OUTSTANDING
FEATURES: Joseph has Welsh features, with black hair, blue eyes, and olive
skin. He keeps tidy, though his hair is on the longer side of kempt. You might
find him in a tweed jacket matched with white tennis shoes.
NAME: Micah Pari
SEX: Female. AGE:
17
HEIGHT: 5’6”. WEIGHT: 105
HAIR COLOR: Black. EYE COLOR: Brown
RACE: Persian. ATTITUDE: Fundamentally strong.
Exudes a confidence and a fun-loving personality that, in part, masks her fear
of what Carlyle has revealed.
SIMILAR TO: She’s the polar opposite of Bella Swan
CLOTHING: Modern European. Nothing that would
offend her religion. OUTSTANDING FEATURES: Micah’s natural beauty is only
matched by her inner strength. She can be abrasive and assertive, flirty and
confident. She wears her hair long and takes pride in her appearance.
Author
bio:
Stephen
L. Duncan writes Young Adult novels inspired by his travels
around the world and the characters he’s met. He’s interested in finding those
unique connections between stories and places, people and circumstance. When
he’s not writing, Stephen plays guitar and soccer, loves to cook, and spends
time taking horribly framed pictures. You can find him blogging at INKROCK.com.
August 2014
Trade Paperback
Page count: approx. 430
Age: 14+ - World Rights Available
A SELECTION OF PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED TITLES
Andrew
Post
KNUCKLEDUSTER
SCI-FI
After an
injury in the military, blind vigilante Brody Calhoun tempers his rage with
brass knuckles—but is he really in control?
Forty years in the future, Brody “Knuckleduster” Calhoun spends
his life in a cycle of violence and probation. To strangers, he looks like a
junkie with orange-stained eyes. To the police, he’s a well-known criminal
who’s racked up eleven harassment charges and seventeen cases of aggravated
assault, all with a deadly weapon: his brass knuckles.
Andrew
Post
FABRICK
YOUNG ADULT FANTASY
Fabrick is the first in the Fabrick series, with every
installment following the first will have a different title (like Brian
Jacque’s Redwall series). It’s all at once a science-fiction story, a high
fantasy, a horror tale, a love story… It’s the front lawn of an
obsessive-compulsive retiree around Christmas. “What’s better than a lot?
More.”
Gregory
Lamberson
STORM
DEMON
HORROR
From an
award winning author comes Book 5 in the Jake Helman Files
As with
the previous Jake Helman books, Storm
Demon combines the supernatural with another genre, in this case, the
disaster epic. It blends the supernatural, action, and noir—and satirizes the
romance industry.
Personal Demons – Book 1 in the Jake
Helman Files – Horror
Desperate Souls – Book 2 in the Jake
Helman Files – Horror
Cosmic Forces – Book 3 in the Jake
Helman Files – Horror
Nominated by the Horror Writers Association for the Bram
Stoker Award for Best Novel of 2011
Tortured
Spirits – Book 4 in the Jake Helman Files - Horror
Rachele
Alpine
CANARY
YOUNG
ADULT
CANARY is unique in the fact that it’s told in a mix of
prose and verse, as Kate narrates the story and documents her life in blog
postings full of poetry. It’s a story about finding self-worth and the social
struggles that young people are faced with in today’s times. A story of finding
your voice in tough times even though the consequences could mean turning your
world upside down. The majority of the story is told in first person
by Kate, the main character, and at the beginning of each chapter there is a
blog post from her. Canary has a strong
message for teens.
Simon
West-Bulford
THE
BEASTS OF UPTON PUDDLE
Book 1 of
the Pyronesian Chronicles
YOUNG
ADULT FANTASY
Born from
a childhood obsession with monsters and folklore, The Beasts of Upton Puddle is aimed at young adults with a hunger
for fantasy. An abundance of mythical creatures, flights of imagination and an
elaborate plot all tempered by a light-hearted prose, will keep the reader
hooked right up until the feel-good finale.
Simon West-Bulford
THE SOUL CONSORTIUM
SCIENCE FICTION
Science-fiction horror set in the
far distant future…at the end of the universe, the beginning of terror…Human
kind is all but gone, lost in the aeons of time, preserved as memories within a
vast archive. Only Salem Ben remains…
Traci E. Hall
THE QUEEN’S GUARD: PEONY
Book 2 of the Queen’s Guards Series
MEDIEVAL ROMANCE
Escape from reality with romance and
intrigue, mixed with history.
Winter, 1147. The French army waits
in Nicea for word from King Louis, who remains in Constantinople with Emperor
Manuel as the Byzantine ruler attempts yet another delay. Frustrated, Queen Eleanor must wait until the
king is ready to continue their holy journey toward Edessa.
Traci E. Hall
THE QUEEN’S
GUARD: VIOLET
Book 1 in
the Queen’s Guards Series
MEDIEVAL ROMANCE
Traci E. Hall's The Queen's
Guard: Violet has all the elements that make for a fantastic and sexy
historical read. As always, Ms. Hall manages to beautifully convey real
characters—and the human emotion that rules us through all time. I love her
work! ~ Heather Graham, New York
Times best-selling author of Bride of the Night
Kelli Wilkins
THE VIKING’S WITCH
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
The 2013 Independent Publishers Book Award Gold winner for Best
Romance E-book
for The Viking’s Witch
About to be burned at the stake by her fellow villagers,
Odaria does what any betrayed witch facing certain death would do. She calls
down a curse. Within seconds, rampaging Norsemen raid the village, capturing everyone
except her.
THE CIRCLE OF A PROMISE
HISTORICAL TIME TRAVEL ROMANCE
Once upon a time, a knight and the
daughter of one of Henry III’s barons fell in love. Stephen of Bellingham and
Amarantha of Ullswater were thrown together in a desperate bid to escape the
madness of Baldwin, Earl of Cumbria. The taste of their first kiss still on his
lips, Stephen made a vow: to love Mara forever and keep her safe. But in a battle
to save their lives and love, she died in his arms. Today Steve Bellingham
wakes up, sees again what happened so long before, and knows only one thing can
make his life whole. He will reach into the past and fulfill his vow. He will
complete the circle of a promise.
Ronald
Malfi
FLOATING
STAIRCASE
SUSPENSE/THRILLER/HORROR
Gold
Medal winner in the 2012 Independent Publisher IPPY Awards for the Horror genre
Nominated
by the Horror Writers Association for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel of
2011. A classic ghost story with a modern, meta-fictional
twist …It looked like a great house. They were wrong …At
first the picturesque house in an idyllic small town seemed perfect for Travis
and Jodie, the surrounding woods and lake like a postcard. But soon after they
move in, things begin to . . . change. Strange noises wake Travis at night. His
dreams are plagued by ghosts. Barely glimpsed shapes flit through the darkened
hallways—shapes bearing a frightening resemblance to a little boy. Footprints
appear. Strangest of all are the wooden stairs rising cryptically from the
lake.
Ronald Malfi
CRADLE LAKE
HORROR
From the award-winning author of Floating Staircase comes another
spine-chilling story. Cradle Lake blends
modern genre horror with actual Cherokee legend. It also turns the “happy ending” on its head
with a final chapter that is both horrifying and memorable.
Phil Brody
THE HOLDEN AGE OF
HOLLYWOOD
MAINSTREAM
Phil Brody’s The
Holden Age of Hollywood is at once a detective novel, an
unexpected love story, and a provocative exposé of a broken industry. With dark
humor and incisive commentary, the novel immerses readers in a neo-noir quest
to attain the Hollywood dream, integrity intact.
Booker
T. Huffman with Andrew William Wright
FROM
PRISON TO PROMISE
NON-FICTION
MEMOIR
As a
six-time world champion, TV commentator, and holder of over thirty-five major
titles in WWE, WCW, and TNA, Booker T. Huffman knows what it means to fight. He
learned long before he entered the ring, when daily survival was a fierce battle.
Hope Tarr’s
THE MEN OF ROXBURY HOUSE TRILOGY
VANQUISHED
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
2006 Buried Treasure by All about Romance
Second place winner in the 2007 Laurel Wreath Contest
Received an Honorable Mention in the General Fiction category
for the 2009 San Francisco Book Festival
A devil’s bargain.
“The
photograph must be damning, indisputably so. I mean to see Caledonia Rivers not
only ruined but vanquished. Vanquished, St. Claire, I’ll settle for nothing
less.”
Known as
The Maid of Mayfair for her unassailable virtue, unwavering resolve, and quiet
dignity, suffragette leader, Caledonia ~ Callie — Rivers is the perfect counter
for detractors’ portrayal of the women as rabble rousers, lunatics, even
whores. But a high~ranking enemy within the government will stop at nothing to
ensure that the Parliamentary bill to grant the vote to females dies in the
Commons — including ruining the reputation of the Movement’s chief spokeswoman
ENSLAVED
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
Daisy Lake is only a memory to successful barrister Gavin
Carmichael. But a memory he cannot forget. “Through thick and thin, forever and
ever, come what may, we’ll stay together…” is the pact the young orphans made
over a decade ago, before the wide-eyed little girl was torn from his arms.
Only a precious, painful memory … until Gavin walks into an East End supper
club where the headlining act is the infamous nightingale of the Montmartre
music halls, Delilah du Lac.
UNTAMED
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
They were friends—brothers—the Men of Roxbury, their young lives
spent in an orphanage together. Now they are men grown. Two have found
happiness. But the third?
Patrick O’Rourke is a rough and ready Scotsman, and a “verra”
successful businessman. Lady Katherine Lindsey is a beautiful English spinster,
a gentlewoman. At least, so she seems on the surface. But when she finds
herself blackmailed into accepting a marriage of convenience with the handsome
Scot, she lets Rourke see another side of her.
Men of Roxbury House
Historical Romance Trilogy
by Hope Tarr
Hope Tarr is the award-winning author of multiple historical and
contemporary romance novels. Whether set in the past or modern-day, Hope's
books feature opulent backdrops, intelligent characters, and sizzling
sensuality.
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Highlights of Upcoming Titles:
Adult Fiction and Non-Fiction
Young Adult and YA-YA
(Young Adults Writing for Young Adults)
LONDON BOOK FAIR
APRIL 8th-10th, 2014
RECENT
SALES
FICTION
Kelli A.
Wilkins, The Viking’s Witch, Alpress,
Czech Republic
Edited by
Chuck Palahniuk, Richard Thomas and Dennis Widmyer, Burnt Tongues: An Anthology of Transgressive Short Stories, AST
Publishers, Russia
D.P.
Lyle, Stress Fracture and Hot Lights, Cold Steel, Bastei Lubbe,
Germany
Ronald
Malfi, Cradle Lake, Voodoo Press,
Germany
D.P.
Lyle, Stress Fracture, Alpress, Czech
Republic
Hope
Tarr, Enslaved and Untamed, Libros de Seda, Spain (World
Spanish Language)
Hope Tarr, Vanquished,
Libros de Seda, Spain (World Spanish Language)
TJ Bennett, The
Legacy, Circulo de Lectores, Book Club Edition (published in Spain by
Ediciones B.S.A.)
Hope Tarr, Vanquished,
Enslaved, Untamed, Leo-Commerce D.O.O., Croatia
TJ Bennett, The
Promise, J’ai Lu, France
D.P. Lyle, Hot
Lights, Cold Steel, Alpress, Czech Republic
Ronald Malfi, The
Ascent, Grey Oak, India
William Jablonsky, The Clockwork Man, Grey Oak, India
Ronald Malfi, The
Ascent, Skorpion Publishing, Croatia
William Jablonsky, The Clockwork Man, Skorpion Publishing, Croatia
Gregory Lamberson, Desperate Souls, Skorpion Publishing, Croatia
Shannon Drake, Emerald
Embrace, Ast Publishers, Russia
Shannon Drake (Award-Winning Author Heather Graham
Writing As…), Emerald Embrace,
Domino, Czech Republic
Shannon Drake, Emerald
Embrace, Fusosha Publisher, Inc., Japan
Gregory Lamberson, Desperate Souls, Kirpi Publisher, Turkey
Gregory Lamberson, Personal Demons, Kirpi Publisher, Turkey
Ronald Malfi, Floating Staircase,
Voodoo Press, Germany
TJ
Bennett, The Legacy, J’ai Lu, France
Hope Tarr, Vanquished,
Enslaved, Untamed, J’ai Lu, France
Hope Tarr, Vanquished,
Enslaved, Untamed, Mondadori, Italy
TJ Bennett, The
Legacy, Ediciones B.S.A., Spain.
Helen Rosburg, Call
of the Trumpet, Alpress, Czech Republic
Catherine Kean, A Knight’s
Vengeance, Alpress, Czech Republic.
NON-FICTION
Debi
Tibbles, Ollie Tibbles: The Boy Who
Became a Train, Beijing Hanbook Publishing, China (simplified characters)
D.P. Lyle, More
Forensics and Fiction, Changsha Senxin Culture
Dissemination Limited Company, China (simplified characters)
D.P. Lyle, More
Forensics and Fiction, Rye Field Publication, Taiwan (traditional
characters)
Joe “Animal” Laurinaitis with Andrew William
Wright, The Road Warriors: Danger, Death,
And The Rush Of Wrestling, Toho Publishing Co., Ltd., Japan
YOUNG ADULT
Rusty Fischer, Zombies
Don’t Forgive, Unitas Publishing Co. Ltd., Taipei (traditional characters)
Rusty Fischer, Zombies
Don’t Cry, A Living Dead Love Story,
BAAM! an imprint of J’ai Lu, France
Rusty Fischer, Zombies
Don’t Cry, A Living Dead Love Story, Unitas Publishing Co. Ltd., Taipei (traditional characters)
Rusty Fischer, Zombies
Don’t Cry, A Living Dead Love Story, Giunti, Italy
Rusty Fischer, Zombies
Don’t Cry, A Living Dead Love Story, Egmont, UK and Commonwealth for their
Electric Monkey imprint
Rusty Fischer, Zombies
Don’t Cry, A Living Dead Love Story, Dolmen Editorial, Spain
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
RECENT SALES
2
Thriller - Ronald Malfi, DECEMBER PARK 5
Horror - The Julian Year 7
Historical
Fiction - Kelli
A. Wilkins, DANGEROUS INDENTURE 8
Non-Fiction -
Bud
DeYoung, IT’S A WILD LIFE: HOW MY LIFE BECAME A ZOO 10
Literary
Fiction - Nancy
Crocker, SEEING AMERICA 13
Literary
Fiction - Edited
by Chuck Palahniuk, Richard Thomas and Dennis Widmyer;
BURNT TONGUES: An Anthology of
Transgressive Short Stories 15
YA-YA - James Bartholomeusz, THE
GREY STAR 16
YA-YA - S.R. Savell, PAPER HEARTS 20
Young Adult -
Rusty
Fischer, ZOMBIES DON’T SURRENDER 22
Young Adult -
Stephen L.
Duncan, THE REVELATION OF GABRIEL ADAM 24
Previously Published Titles 26
Foreign
Rights Representation 31
THRILLER
DECEMBER PARK
In the fall of 1993, a dark shadow fell over Harting Farms, and
what began as a pledge between five boys, turned into a journey into darkness .
. .
Newspapers
call him the Piper, because he has come to take the children away. But there are darker names for him too….
Advance Reviews
“Malfi is a man of many voices, a sort of literary version of Mel
Blanc (the “man of a thousand voices”), but all of his voices are captivating,
though none of them quite the same. Horror and crime fans will find much to
like here.” ~ David Pitt, Booklist
"First book to hit my best books of 2014 list! It's going to
be too hard to top this one. This was the best book to kick off the New Year
with." ~Haunted Bookcase
“The plot was immediately engrossing,
the characters and their dialogue effortlessly realistic. (And at times quite
funny. I found myself laughing out loud at some of the conversations and antics
of the protagonists.) Ronald Malfi is an exceptional author and I’m genuinely
enthusiastic about hunting down his earlier books.” ~Reagan Kendera,
LibraryThing
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n the
quiet suburb of Harting Farms, the weekly crime blotter usually consists of
graffiti or the occasional bout of mailbox baseball. But in the fall of 1993,
children begin vanishing and one is found dead. Newspapers call him the Piper
because he has come to take the children away. But there are darker names for
him, too . . .
Vowing to
stop the Piper’s reign of terror, five boys take up the search. Their teenage
pledge turns into a journey of self-discovery . . . and a journey into the
darkness of their own hometown. On the twilit streets of Harting Farms,
everyone is a suspect. And any of the boys might be the Piper’s next victim.
TIME
PERIOD: 1993-1994
MAIN
LOCATION(S) WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE: Harting Farms, Maryland—a medium-sized
town on the cusp of the Chesapeake Bay, containing both rural and industrial
sections. Much of the story takes place
in the eponymous December Park, a great sweeping park sunken below the streets
and surrounded on three sides by a vast woodland.
Author bio:
Ronald Malfi is the award-winning author of the novels The
Ascent, Snow, Passenger, Floating Staircase and many others. In 2009,
he received an IPPY Award for his novel Shamrock Alley, a thriller based
on the true exploits of his father, a retired Secret Service agent. His
novel Floating Staircase won the gold IPPY Award for the best
horror novel, 2011. Most
recognized for his haunting, literary style and memorable characters, Malfi's
dark fiction has gained acceptance among readers of all genres. He currently
lives in Maryland with his family where he is working on his next book. He can be found online at www.ronmalfi.com and takes great pleasure in reading emails
from fans.
May 2014
Trade Paperback
Page count: approx. 654
World Rights Available
Film Rights Available
Other Malfi titles:
Cradle Lake (sold to Voodoo Press, Germany)
Floating Staircase (sold to Voodoo Press, Germany)
The Ascent (sold to Skorpion Publishing, Croatia &
Grey Oak, India)
Shamrock Alley
HORROR
Gregory Lamberson
THE JULIAN YEAR
20 Million People Around the World are becoming
homicidal maniacs!
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n The Julian year one of the main characters, Julian Weizak, an
obituary writer in New York, celebrates his birthday alone in a bar on New
Year’s Eve. At the stroke of midnight, scores of homicides break out on the
East Coast.
·
A
young woman murders her boyfriend moments after accepting his marriage
proposal.
·
A
man hides from his eight-year-old-daughter after she murders his wife.
·
A
radio host murders his cohost while on the air.
In all, twenty thousand murders are
committed that night in New York alone, with the epidemic spreading across the
country and the world, time zone by time zone. Julian makes a startling
discovery: the crisis day was every single murderer’s birthday. At midnight
each day thereafter, nearly twenty million people around the world become
homicidal maniacs, contributing to the biggest killing spree in history. It
looks as if the chaos can lead to only one end: the extinction of humankind.
Author Bio:
Gregory Lamberson, dubbed “the hardest-working man in horror” by Fangoria magazine,
is the creator of Medallion Press’s supernatural action series The Jake Helman Files, the werewolf
series The Frenzy Cycle. The prolific author is also an award-winning
filmmaker with such cult films as Slime City and Slime
City Massacre (coproduced by Medallion Movies) under his
belt.
February 2014
ebook exclusive
HISTORICAL ROMANCE WITH
MYSTERY/SUSPENSE
Kelli A. Wilkins
DANGEROUS
INDENTURE
The 2013 Independent Publishers Book Award Gold winner for Best
Romance E-book
for The Viking’s Witch
Set in Colonial times, the heroine is a feisty indentured servant with a
secret past. The story combines romance and mystery with some humor and sensual
love scenes.
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ager to
escape her past in Ireland, Shauna Farrow signs on to become an indentured
servant. Sent to a dark and reputedly haunted home in Pennsylvania Colony,
Shauna soon discovers why no other servants will work for the strange Stewart
family.
Faced
with five years of drudgery, her hopes for starting over and creating a better
life for herself are shattered—until she meets her master’s roguish son,
Ashton.
Brought
home in disgrace, Ashton must prove his worthiness to his dominating father, or
live with a reputation as a drunken failure. He is drawn to Shauna, and with
her help, he turns his life around.
Shauna
fights her growing attraction to Ashton and is torn between acting proper and
acting on her emotions. Respectable girls don’t do the things she fantasizes
about…yet she’s far from the innocent Ashton believes her to be. Can she trust
that Ashton’s feelings are real? Or is she just another passing fancy to him?
When
another servant goes missing in the middle of the night, Shauna is convinced
that a member of the family is responsible. Her investigation leads her into
danger, and when she gets too close to the truth it’s up to Ashton to save
her—if he can—before time runs out.
The main
characters are:
NAME:
Shauna Farrow
SEX: F. AGE:
19
HEIGHT: 5
foot 5
WEIGHT:
thin/scrappy. HAIR COLOR: chestnut brown
EYE
COLOR: brown/tea-colored
RACE:
Caucasian
ATTITUDE:
feisty, headstrong, not afraid to tell someone off—no matter who it is
SIMILAR
TO: Evangeline Lily from LOST
CLOTHING:
plain. Wears a white mop cap & simple blue or green dress with apron; long
hair often falling out of cap.
OUTSTANDING
FEATURES: has a round face & perky lips, small nose, smooth skin,
well-built.
NAME:
Ashton Bailey
SEX: M. AGE: 20-23
HEIGHT: 5
foot 9
WEIGHT:
125-135. HAIR COLOR: honey-blond
EYE
COLOR: green
RACE:
Caucasian
ATTITUDE:
easy-going, makes lots of jokes
SIMILAR
TO: John Barrowman from Dr. Who/Torchwood,
but blond
CLOTHING:
breeches, white ruffled shirt, vest—wealthy, so clothes look fancy on him.
(Sort of like Tom Cruise’s “Lestat” wardrobe from Interview with a Vampire.)
OUTSTANDING
FEATURES: wavy hair, longish (to shoulders) tied back in a ribbon.
MAIN
LOCATION(S) WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE: inside the main house, outside in the
garden, could also set cover in the study or kitchen. TIME PERIOD:
Colonial Pennsylvania, 1723.
BUILDINGS,
LANDSCAPES, OBJECTS, AND ITEMS IMPORTANT TO THE STORY: can show the house: a
colonial fieldstone building, 2 stories, looks ominous, with windows facing out
the front. Interiors could be kitchen, study, and/or bedrooms—most of the story
is inside the house. Also garden out back—lots of flowers.
Author bio: Kelli A. Wilkins developed a love of reading and writing
while growing up in a small upstate New York town. Kelli enjoys writing
in different genres, and her speculative fiction has appeared in numerous
publications, including The Sun, The Best of the First Line, What If?
and Weird Tales. Kelli is a member of Romance Writers of America and has
published several historical/fantasy romances with Amber Quill Press. She
currently lives in New Jersey with her husband.
May 2014
Ebook exclusive
Page count: approx 215
World Rights Available - Film Rights Available
NON-FICTION INSPIRATIONAL MEMOIR
Bud DeYoung
with Cindy Matrinusen Coloma
IT’S A WILD LIFE: HOW MY LIFE BECAME A ZOO
Dreams take
work and dedication.
For one man
that meant turning his house into a zoo.
Welcome to the fascinating,
heartwarming journey of one man, one woman, and an amazing cast of critters,
whose stories will warm your soul. Welcome to the wild life of the DeYoung
Family Zoo.
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your passion includes a whole lot of crap—for Bud DeYoung that’s about two
hundred pounds a day. Bud, his fiancée Carrie, their 400 animals and 50,000
visitors a year think that passion is well worth every shovel-full.
It’s a Wild Life: How My Life Became a Zoo is a zoo
like no other. It is nestled in the wilderness of the beautiful Upper Peninsula
of Michigan. It is set amongst a natural setting filled with amazing animals
from around the world. Bud DeYoung and Carrie Cramer are the owners of the zoo.
They were featured on a television show called MY LIFE IS A ZOO on National
Geographic Wild cable station. This book will be a collection of their
experiences with the animals and the trials and tribulations of running a small
zoo.
Since childhood, Bud DeYoung has had a passion for animals. As
an adult, that passion led to a bear named Honey Bear and then more animals
crowding for space in and around his house. Eventually Bud had built an entire
private zoo.
Bud’s journey has been filled with challenges and triumphs. His
fiancée, Carrie Cramer, who shares his love for animals, joined him in his
daily work at the zoo. Today they educate the public about animal conservation,
battle harsh winters and blazing summers, and daily dole out compassion to the
hundreds of animals in their care.
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At the DeYoung Family Zoo, facing
tough questions is a part of daily life.
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What kind of enclosure will keep
Wallace the hippo in an 85-degree environment
through the blasting winters of the Upper Peninsula?
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How much intervention is appropriate
when the wolf pack’s alpha female injures
another female?
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What should be done with the
abandoned and injured animals left at the doorstep?
It’s through Bud and Carrie’s daily devotion that animals find
rescue, people are inspired, and they themselves experience the fulfillment of
living and building upon their dreams.
Within
the remarkable, humorous and enchanting stories of dozens of animals (both
exotic and rescued) are found two fascinating people who have dedicated
themselves to what it means to truly live out their passion.
Author Bios:
Bud DeYoung. Since childhood, Bud
DeYoung had a passion for animals. At the young age of eight,
he brought kids home from school to see his little zoo. When Bud was fifteen,
he traded the family beagle for a monkey. This was the beginning.
Today on
his own property in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Bud runs a zoo that has been
open to the public since 1988 and is featured in a television series called My Life Is a Zoo on Nat Geo WILD and the
2012 independent film Zooman. Along
with “Big Cat” Carrie, Bud cares for over two hundred happy critters, from
Bengal tigers to arctic wolves to a very hungry hippo named Wallace. Together Bud and Carrie educate the public
about animal conservation, battle harsh winters and blazing summers, and daily
dole out love to the hundreds of animals in their care.
Cindy Martinusen Coloma is a best-selling author
and has written 12 novels including Beautiful (2010 Christy Award Finalist and
2011 Revolve Book of the Year), The Salt Garden (Library Journal's Best Books
2004) Orchid House (2008 ECPA bestseller) and Winter Passing (2001 Christy
Award Finalist), as well as several non-fiction books and over 100 published
articles. Cindy lives in Redding, California with her husband and four
children.
June 2014
Hardcover
Page count: approx. 350
World Rights Available
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Sample Interior Images:
(80-100 images to be included in color/black and white tip-in)
LITERARY / HISTORICAL FICTION
Nancy Crocker
SEEING AMERICA
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or anyone
who likes historical fiction, coming of age fiction, early 20th
century US history; anyone interested in
Ford Model T’s will be interested in this exciting story. The issues in this
novel cover racism, blindness, coming of age, the changing of American culture
to one of automobiles rather than horses.
This is a
story about three young men (17, 18, and 19), one of them blind, who set out in
a brand new Model T Ford from a tiny town in 1910 Missouri to “see America”.
It’s a road trip, it’s a story about forging friendships, it’s about coming of
age and deciding what to do with one’s life. The backdrop for the boys’ story
is the build-up to the July 4, 1910 championship boxing match between Jack
Johnson and Jim Jeffries, which proved to be the biggest divisive racial event
in the U.S. since the Civil War.
In 1910 Missouri, three young men (17, 18, and 19), one of them blind,
set off for Yellowstone Park in a Model T Ford … John
Hartmann is graduating high school under the critical eye of his father and has
no idea what future options lie beyond the family farm and the small town of
Wakenda, where “at any gathering, you could see the past, present, and future
in one sweep.” When Paul Bricken, 19 and blind, buys a brand new Model T Ford
and suggests John drive him to Yellowstone National Park, he jumps at the
chance. He’s less enthusiastic about inviting Henry Brotherton, who’s loud,
crude, and a 17-year-old bigot—but Henry’s available both as a second driver
and a tough guy who might be helpful in a tight spot.
As the
three young men set off on their tumultuous journey, America is preparing for
“The Fight of the Century” between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries and is headed
for the biggest racial upheaval since the Civil War. With Yellowstone drawing
ever closer and tensions rising, Paul, John, and Henry will soon learn that
there is a great deal they did not know about the fledgling American Midwest –
and about each other.
Racial
tensions were running high and were personified by the July 4, 1910,
heavyweight boxing championship fight between Jack Johnson (“The Black Man’s
Colossus”) and Jim Jeffries (“The Great White Hope”). There was no need for
speed limits, and a legal drinking age had not yet been legislated. America was
between wars; it was a time when such an adventure was possible for young men.
TIME PERIOD: mid-April, 1910-July 7, 1910. MAIN LOCATION(S)
WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE: On the road between Wakenda, MO (about 80 miles
east of Kansas City) and Yellowstone National Park. Kansas City, Topeka,
Denver, Cheyenne, and various small towns in between.
BUILDINGS, LANDSCAPES, OBJECTS, AND ITEMS IMPORTANT
TO THE STORY: 1910 Model T Ford (a very specific model. Kansas flatland, Rocky
Mountains, the high desert, the heavyweight bout between Jack Johnson and Jim
Jeffries, Old Faithful.
The main
characters are:
John Hartmann is the
first-person narrator. He’s an 18-year-old Everyman with a great sense of humor
and a relatable befuddled state regarding adulthood and his place in it. An
audience will empathize with him because he’s got a good heart and he’s kind of
like a puppy with really big feet; you know he’ll grow into them, but he’s not
there yet.
Paul Bricken is 19
years old and has been blind from birth. He’s the most intelligent and best
educated of the group, a year out of The Missouri School for the Blind in St.
Louis. His parents are cold and remote and, when the story begins, Paul is
stuck with them in a tiny town and seemingly without a future. Who couldn’t
root for him?
Henry Brotherton is 17.
His mother died when he was four, his father got serious about his drinking
soon after, and he’s “lived like a stray dog most of his life.” He’s crass and
very much a troublemaker, but he’s also the one who makes the largest leap in
spirit and heart as the trip progresses.
Author Bio:
Nancy Crocker grew up in Wakenda, Missouri—a town so small it no longer exists. Nancy started her
career as a singer and appeared with Loretta Lynn at age thirteen. She
graduated from Columbia College and since then has been acting and writing. Her
work has appeared in the American Heritage Anthology, and she is the author
of the picture book Betty Lou Blue, published by Dial. Seeing America is her first novel. Nancy
lives with her husband and son near a lake in Minneapolis, where they enjoy
fishing.
July 2014
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LITERARY FICTION
Stories
edited by Chuck Palahniuk,
Richard Thomas and Dennis Widmyer
With an introduction by Chuck Palahniuk
BURNT TONGUES:
AN ANTHOLOGY OF
TRANSGRESSIVE SHORT STORIES
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fiction authors write stories some are afraid to tell. Stories with taboo
subjects, unique voices, shocking images—nothing safe or dry. Burnt Tongues
is a collection of transgressive stories selected by a rigorous nomination and
vetting process and hand-selected by Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club,
as the best of The Cult Workshop, his official fan website. These stories run
the gamut from horrific and fantastic to humorous and touching, but each leaves
a lasting impression…Some may say even a scar.
Author Bios:
Chuck Palahniuk, editor, is the best-selling author of 15
novels, and his writing has appeared in Playboy,
Los Angeles Times, and VICE. The
movie adaptation of Fight Club has
become a cult classic and his book tours draw large crowds.
Richard Thomas, editor, is the author of three books—Transubstantiate, Herniated Roots, and Staring Into the Abyss. He has published over 75 stories, including
work in Shivers VI with Stephen King
and Peter Straub, PANK, Midwestern
Gothic, Arcadia, Gargoyle and Weird
Fiction Review. In his spare time he is Editor-in-Chief at Dark House
Books, a columnist at LitReactor, and a book critic at The Nervous Breakdown. His
literary agent is Paula Munier.
Dennis
Widmyer,
Dennis Widmyer is the cofounder of
ChuckPalahniuk.net, the official website of Chuck Palahniuk, as well as
LitReactor.com, an online magazine, workshop, and educational program. He is
also a Los Angeles–based filmmaker with three feature films to his name and a
number of shorts, videos, and festival bumpers.
August 2014
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Film Rights Available
YA-YA (YOUNG ADULTS WRITING FOR YOUNG ADULTS)
THE
GREY STAR
Book 3 in the Seven Stars Trilogy
"This was an action-packed continuing saga that built
well on the previous books. . . .You get great characters, action, drama, and
much more all wrapped into a book that will keep you engaged from beginning to
end." ~Dad of Divas
“James Bartholomeusz writes with clear,
evocative prose that pulls the reader into the story. His descriptions of the
magic, settings and characters paint a vivid picture in the reader's mind
without great, long descriptions that weigh the story down. His prose is fast
and sharp, and the story reads quickly. THE
GREY STAR is an excellent fantasy with unique characters who struggle not
only to save the world but with the everyday choices of life. Filled with
adventure, love, hope, and some really cool magic, I recommend THE GREY STAR by James Bartholomeusz for
intrepid fantasy readers ten and up.” ~Fresh
Fiction
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destroyed, but the Apollonians must find the remaining Shards of the Risa Star.
Jack Lawson and the others face unexpected challenges: a desert fortress more
inhabited than it first appeared, a once prosperous city-state slipping into
totalitarianism, and old enemies rising from the shadows to leave their fatal
marks. Meanwhile, something stirs on the edge of sight. The pieces move into place,
the trap is laid, and Jack must confront a truth that will tear the world
apart.
Author Bio:
James Bartholomeusz was born in 1992 in southeast London. He grew
up in Hertfordshire and went to school in St. Albans. In the sixth form, he
began penning his first novel for young adults, The White Fox, book one of The Seven
Stars Trilogy. It was published by Medallion Press during his second year at
university. The sequel, The Black
Rose, was published in December 2012, and The Grey Star is the concluding part of the series.
Reviews
“Existential questions in the midst of grand conflicts, all
peppered with elves, goblins, and otherworldly creatures, could be enough to
weigh most projects down, but Bartholomeusz juggles these diverse elements
well. He strikes a balance between Lev Grossman and Philip Pullman, and The
Grey Star should enthrall readers of all ages. An impressive and certainly
satisfying conclusion to a trilogy which should stand out in its genre.” ~Michelle Anne Schingler, Foreword Reviews
“Bartholomeusz’s wild imagination and ability to pen swift
action sequences may spark the interests of dedicated sci-fi and fantasy
readers. With experience . . . this author could be big.” ~Kirkus
Reviews
“In this memorable novel, we see how ancient misconceptions
can lead to present-day hatreds that can, in turn, fuel dreadful conflicts. . .
. Readers who enjoy fantasies and adventure-filled tales are going to
enjoy this unique title.” ~ Marya
Jansen-Gruber, Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Review
December 2013
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Age 12+
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Other titles by James Bartholomeusz:
Book One in the Seven Stars Trilogy:
By all accounts, Jack Lawson was a normal British
teenager. He had few friends, no love life, and a horde of embittered teachers
who seemed to be after his blood on a regular basis. In his Birchford home, a
centuries old overflow prison–turned–orphanage, life was excruciatingly
mundane.
Then came the Cult of Dionysus, a sect of sorcerers at the
head of an encroaching Darkness.
Then an old friend back from the dead…And then the white
fox.
Suddenly life wasn’t so mundane anymore
Reviews
“A story written by a teenager for a teenage audience, this
work encourages readers to reconsider their assumptions about the fantasy genre
while deciphering the book’s parallels with real-world mythology and
philosophy.” ~ Dad Of
Divas
“In the tradition of Christopher Paolini, Garth Nix, and Jonathan
Stroud, Bartholomeusz—a teen at the time of writing—builds an epic adventure
that includes a somewhat disaffected contemporary British teen boy, Jack; an
engaging white fox who provides something between guidance and companionship;
and an intricate plane inhabited by mythic creatures ranging from elves to demigods. The
writing is polished and the scenes are vivid. . . . Fantasy-saga devotees
will want to give Jack a try as he wends way, gaining and losing friends,
encountering potential romantic interests, and fighting for peace of mind about
his future safety.”~ Francisca Goldsmith, Booklist
"British university student Bartholomeusz capably executes a familiar premise in his strong debut, first in a planned trilogy and the launch title from Medallion’s YA-YA imprint, offering books for teens written by teens. Bartholomeusz assembles his likably prickly cast and prepares them for adventure amid echoes of Tolkien, Lewis, and Rick Riordan." ~ Publishers Weekly
“I rate this book a five out of five. The White Fox is very suspenseful, keeping me on the edge of my seat almost every second. I found it difficult to put the book down. . . . The story is also outstanding.”
~ Book Trends
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Book Two in the Seven Stars Trilogy
Having pledged themselves to the Apollonians’ humanitarian
cause, Jack and Lucy continue their search for the Risa Star. Their journey
takes them to worlds alien to them yet uncannily paralleling their own: an
arctic mountain range, a city in the throes of industrialization, and a forest
whose inhabitants are literally a part of their environment.
But they’re not the only ones looking. The Cult of
Dionysus draws ever closer to the completion of its superweapon, threatening to
wreak havoc on an unprecedented scale. Meanwhile, Alex remains the emperor’s
prisoner, struggling against the increasingly inviting pull of the Darkness.
A white fox, a black rose, and gray smoke shrouding
something just out of sight . . . What
does it all mean?
REVIEWS
“This book continued the great saga started with The White Fox. In this book you again
are transported into a world different than your own. This being said though,
the author has done a great job at helping people to make the connections and
providing an overall story that was fun and engaging. Also, the characters were
well developed and through Jack and Lucy's journey you are taken on an
adventure that you (and they) will never forget!” ~ Dad of Divas Reviews, October
2012
“Evil cultists, magic shards, goblins and elves. Book
2 of The Seven Stars Trilogy follows British student Jack Lawson and his band
of fellow peacekeeping Apollonians in a race against time Just as in the first
installment of the trilogy, this is full of references to heroic literature,
time travel, excitement and danger. Bartholomeusz, a teenager at the time
of publication of the first book, pens a fast-paced page turner. . . . An
author worth watching.” (Fantasy 12 & Up) ~Kirkus Reviews
“The Black Rose is a fun little fantasy story with the typical slew of
goblins, elves, and dwarves. I think the genre has grown in popularity lately
and I can't complain about that. I think we can expect good things from
Bartholomeuz in the future once he finds his voice and begins to expand his
style. This book is typical beginner fantasy.” ~OpenBookSociety.com
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YA-YA (YOUNG ADULTS WRITING FOR YOUNG ADULTS)
REALISTIC CONTEMPORARY FICTION
S.R. Savell
PAPER HEARTS
Debut novel
Advance Review
“Part of a new line of teen-written novels, Paper Hearts is penned by an eighteen year-old
author who writes teen angst with authenticity and power. The novel is an
impressive achievement for a debut writer.” The
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aper Hearts deals with a myriad of issues including escapism
through music, emotional trauma, rape, bullying, abuse, and spousal infidelity.
Each element has a distinct purpose, and many of them come from a very personal
place. It’s about coming to terms with your past and overcoming your present.
Meet
Michelle, a social reject with a piss poor attitude and a low tolerance for
stupid. Not to say she’s totally at fault. A Barbie counselor, neglectful
mother, and a dead daddy have seriously jacked her life’s view. Her one joy?
Music and the peace it brings.
A pushy counselor, school bullies,
have ruined seventeen-year-old high school senior Michelle Pearce’s perspective
on life. A social reject living in self-imposed exile, Michelle has little use
for anything or anyone—until Nathaniel comes along, a sweet
and meek man in a Cyclops body. A high school
dropout who works three jobs to care for his dying grandmother, he’s all but convinced
Michelle that there is some good left in humanity.
And then humanity proves him wrong.
The unforgivable happens, destroying Michelle’s newfound faith in life and
threatening to unravel a love in the making.
TIME PERIOD:
Set in the 21st century in an
unmentioned city (the equivalent of Houston, TX).
MAIN LOCATION(S) WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE:
A convenience store called the Gas-N-Go, a
hospital, and Michelle’s home.
Author
Bio:
S.R.
Savell is a new writer in
pursuit of her MFA. She was born somewhere over the
rainbow, approximately 20 years ago. She attended Blinn College where she began
production on her first and only novel to date, Paper Hearts. She
loves pancakes, the occasional romp in the dirt, and her four fur
children. She loves buying used
books, lucid dreaming. This is her first novel.
April 2014
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Age: 14+
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From Chapter 1
Day 12 of Convenience Store Hell.
Nineteen customers, two terrified civilians, no fatalities.
I jot this in my worn notebook, bound
in stains and tears, cindered from too many stubbed-out cigarettes. Dusky light
feels along its surface, spotlighting empty pages and an equally empty mind.
From the display case of cigarette lighters
I take the yellow one, swiping it through the dying light seeped into the
countertop. Two green eyes disappear and reappear in the veneer of the metallic
casing, warping the irises like a Halloween house of mirrors. The room blossoms
fire with the flick of a gear, right as the remaining thread of light
evaporates into the dim.
YOUNG ADULT PARANORMAL
Rusty Fischer
ZOMBIES DON’T SURRENDER
Book three in the Living Dead Love Series
From the author of Zombies Don’t
Cry and Zombies Don’t Forgive
Old enemies. New Allies. A Final showdown. What could go wrong?
This book is, ultimately, about
friendship. It’s about the bonds of friendship, in life and in death and even
beyond. It’s about what happens when friends grow together, grow apart and,
ultimately, decide to move on from one another.
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Dead Love Story series opens, Maddy, Dane and Stamp are still together, though
barely, nestled safe inside the walls of Sentinel City, a stronghold designed
to keep Zerkers out—and zombies in.
Maddy
trains night and day, hoping to join Vera as a Keeper. Dane is a Sentinel now,
and has been given “Sentinel Support” in the form a busty blond named Courtney.
And what of Stamp? Although Maddy’s Dad has worked hard to rehabilitate Stamp
after his Zerker bite, he’s still not all … there.
When Dr.
Swift inadvertently allows the zombie’s arch nemesis Val to escape from
Sentinel City, Maddy’s world turns upside down. She and Stamp are “Vanished,”
expelled from the safety of Sentinel City, no better than common Zerkers. Dane,
a Sentinel now, escapes punishment and is instead assigned to ensure that his
old friends never return.
Maddy and
Stamp must face the world alone, only to discover that Val is not quite through
with them yet. As they stray further and further from the safety of Sentinel
City, danger mounts… and not just for Maddy and Stamp. For Val has taken up
residence in another seaside town, and enrolled as a student in another
“Normal” high school. To outwit her, and save Seagull Shores from all-out
zombie Armageddon, Maddy must face her arch enemy one last time.
Only this
time, she’s all alone.
TIME
PERIOD: Present Day. MAIN LOCATION(S) WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE: Mainly in
Florida, in a little beachside town called Seagull Shores.
Author bio: Rusty Fischer, a former high school
teacher, has worked for the best-selling educational magazines The Mailbox,
Learning, and Bookbag. A full-time freelance writer, he is the
author of the YA novels Zombies Don’t Cry and Vamplayers. A proud
native Floridian, Rusty resides in Cape Canaveral.
April 2014
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Other
titles by Rusty Fischer:
Zombies
Don’t Cry
Zombies
Don’t Forgive
Vamplayers
Look out for Rusty Fischer’s next title coming
Spring/Summer 2015:
Vampire Book of the Month Club
YOUNG ADULT FANTASY
Stephen L. Duncan
THE REVELATION OF GABRIEL ADAM
Revelation Saga: Book One
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during the war between Heaven and Hell, found in non-canonical text and made
modern for today’s audience. Drawing from ancient scrolls such as The Book of Enoch, The Testament of Solomon,
and Jubilees, Gabriel’s story seeks to respect the mythology while telling
an original tale.
A sweeping high-YA adventure, The Revelation Saga mixes
End of Days with elements of Harry Potter and Raiders of the Lost Ark to
create a winning stew of action and teen self-discovery. It
is about a boy who is an archangel born human who was sent to Earth to stop the
second war between Heaven and Hell.
Gabriel Adam is used to moving a lot with his minister father,
Joseph. But when the mysterious assassin called Septis burns Gabe’s current
home in New York City to the ground and leaves Joseph’s assistant murdered in a
style not witnessed in centuries, Gabriel’s father reveals the truth of why
they are always on the move: Gabriel is one of four Archangels, born human and
sent to stop Armageddon. Now, Gabe must set aside dreams of attending NYU to
fulfill a prophecy kept secret by the Essenes, a phantom religious sect charged
with the pre-biblical traditions of the End of Days. With Septis in pursuit,
Gabe and his father travel to the English university town of Durham, hoping
that the last Essene can guide them.
Joined there by Micah (the Archangel Michael born as a girl),
Gabe must learn to have faith in himself and accept his role in the coming war,
before facing Septis in a showdown on the ancient Biblical plains of Ethiopia.
TIME PERIOD: Present. MAIN LOCATION(S) WHERE THE STORY
TAKES PLACE: New York, NY; Durham, England; Axum, Ethiopia.
The main characters are:
NAME: Gabriel Adam
SEX: Male. AGE: 17
HEIGHT: 5’9”. WEIGHT: 145
HAIR COLOR: Black. EYE COLOR: Hazel
RACE: Perceived white but with hints of a
multi-cultural background
ATTITUDE:
Intelligent, curious, somewhat athletic, but lacking self-confidence.
SIMILAR TO: An older Harry Potter. A younger Indiana Jones
CLOTHING: Disheveled, casual
OUTSTANDING FEATURES: Gabriel has a birthmark in
the shape of an ancient rune, marking the sign of the Archangel Gabriel. He is
remarkably knowledgeable about biblical history, given his father’s efforts to
educate him.
NAME: Joseph Adam
SEX: Male. AGE: 51
HEIGHT: 5’10”. WEIGHT: 175
HAIR COLOR: Dark Brown / Black. EYE COLOR: Blue
RACE: White. ATTITUDE: A bit of a bore, but also a
taskmaster. He’s intelligent and driven. SIMILAR TO: A more serious Hugh Grant.
CLOTHING:
Conservative, perhaps a bit awkward
OUTSTANDING
FEATURES: Joseph has Welsh features, with black hair, blue eyes, and olive
skin. He keeps tidy, though his hair is on the longer side of kempt. You might
find him in a tweed jacket matched with white tennis shoes.
NAME: Micah Pari
SEX: Female. AGE:
17
HEIGHT: 5’6”. WEIGHT: 105
HAIR COLOR: Black. EYE COLOR: Brown
RACE: Persian. ATTITUDE: Fundamentally strong.
Exudes a confidence and a fun-loving personality that, in part, masks her fear
of what Carlyle has revealed.
SIMILAR TO: She’s the polar opposite of Bella Swan
CLOTHING: Modern European. Nothing that would
offend her religion. OUTSTANDING FEATURES: Micah’s natural beauty is only
matched by her inner strength. She can be abrasive and assertive, flirty and
confident. She wears her hair long and takes pride in her appearance.
Author
bio:
Stephen
L. Duncan writes Young Adult novels inspired by his travels
around the world and the characters he’s met. He’s interested in finding those
unique connections between stories and places, people and circumstance. When
he’s not writing, Stephen plays guitar and soccer, loves to cook, and spends
time taking horribly framed pictures. You can find him blogging at INKROCK.com.
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A SELECTION OF PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED TITLES
Andrew
Post
KNUCKLEDUSTER
SCI-FI
After an
injury in the military, blind vigilante Brody Calhoun tempers his rage with
brass knuckles—but is he really in control?
Forty years in the future, Brody “Knuckleduster” Calhoun spends
his life in a cycle of violence and probation. To strangers, he looks like a
junkie with orange-stained eyes. To the police, he’s a well-known criminal
who’s racked up eleven harassment charges and seventeen cases of aggravated
assault, all with a deadly weapon: his brass knuckles.
Andrew
Post
FABRICK
YOUNG ADULT FANTASY
Fabrick is the first in the Fabrick series, with every
installment following the first will have a different title (like Brian
Jacque’s Redwall series). It’s all at once a science-fiction story, a high
fantasy, a horror tale, a love story… It’s the front lawn of an
obsessive-compulsive retiree around Christmas. “What’s better than a lot?
More.”
Gregory
Lamberson
STORM
DEMON
HORROR
From an
award winning author comes Book 5 in the Jake Helman Files
As with
the previous Jake Helman books, Storm
Demon combines the supernatural with another genre, in this case, the
disaster epic. It blends the supernatural, action, and noir—and satirizes the
romance industry.
Personal Demons – Book 1 in the Jake
Helman Files – Horror
Desperate Souls – Book 2 in the Jake
Helman Files – Horror
Cosmic Forces – Book 3 in the Jake
Helman Files – Horror
Nominated by the Horror Writers Association for the Bram
Stoker Award for Best Novel of 2011
Tortured
Spirits – Book 4 in the Jake Helman Files - Horror
Rachele
Alpine
CANARY
YOUNG
ADULT
CANARY is unique in the fact that it’s told in a mix of
prose and verse, as Kate narrates the story and documents her life in blog
postings full of poetry. It’s a story about finding self-worth and the social
struggles that young people are faced with in today’s times. A story of finding
your voice in tough times even though the consequences could mean turning your
world upside down. The majority of the story is told in first person
by Kate, the main character, and at the beginning of each chapter there is a
blog post from her. Canary has a strong
message for teens.
Simon
West-Bulford
THE
BEASTS OF UPTON PUDDLE
Book 1 of
the Pyronesian Chronicles
YOUNG
ADULT FANTASY
Born from
a childhood obsession with monsters and folklore, The Beasts of Upton Puddle is aimed at young adults with a hunger
for fantasy. An abundance of mythical creatures, flights of imagination and an
elaborate plot all tempered by a light-hearted prose, will keep the reader
hooked right up until the feel-good finale.
Simon West-Bulford
THE SOUL CONSORTIUM
SCIENCE FICTION
Science-fiction horror set in the
far distant future…at the end of the universe, the beginning of terror…Human
kind is all but gone, lost in the aeons of time, preserved as memories within a
vast archive. Only Salem Ben remains…
Traci E. Hall
THE QUEEN’S GUARD: PEONY
Book 2 of the Queen’s Guards Series
MEDIEVAL ROMANCE
Escape from reality with romance and
intrigue, mixed with history.
Winter, 1147. The French army waits
in Nicea for word from King Louis, who remains in Constantinople with Emperor
Manuel as the Byzantine ruler attempts yet another delay. Frustrated, Queen Eleanor must wait until the
king is ready to continue their holy journey toward Edessa.
Traci E. Hall
THE QUEEN’S
GUARD: VIOLET
Book 1 in
the Queen’s Guards Series
MEDIEVAL ROMANCE
Traci E. Hall's The Queen's
Guard: Violet has all the elements that make for a fantastic and sexy
historical read. As always, Ms. Hall manages to beautifully convey real
characters—and the human emotion that rules us through all time. I love her
work! ~ Heather Graham, New York
Times best-selling author of Bride of the Night
Kelli Wilkins
THE VIKING’S WITCH
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
The 2013 Independent Publishers Book Award Gold winner for Best
Romance E-book
for The Viking’s Witch
About to be burned at the stake by her fellow villagers,
Odaria does what any betrayed witch facing certain death would do. She calls
down a curse. Within seconds, rampaging Norsemen raid the village, capturing everyone
except her.
THE CIRCLE OF A PROMISE
HISTORICAL TIME TRAVEL ROMANCE
Once upon a time, a knight and the
daughter of one of Henry III’s barons fell in love. Stephen of Bellingham and
Amarantha of Ullswater were thrown together in a desperate bid to escape the
madness of Baldwin, Earl of Cumbria. The taste of their first kiss still on his
lips, Stephen made a vow: to love Mara forever and keep her safe. But in a battle
to save their lives and love, she died in his arms. Today Steve Bellingham
wakes up, sees again what happened so long before, and knows only one thing can
make his life whole. He will reach into the past and fulfill his vow. He will
complete the circle of a promise.
Ronald
Malfi
FLOATING
STAIRCASE
SUSPENSE/THRILLER/HORROR
Gold
Medal winner in the 2012 Independent Publisher IPPY Awards for the Horror genre
Nominated
by the Horror Writers Association for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel of
2011. A classic ghost story with a modern, meta-fictional
twist …It looked like a great house. They were wrong …At
first the picturesque house in an idyllic small town seemed perfect for Travis
and Jodie, the surrounding woods and lake like a postcard. But soon after they
move in, things begin to . . . change. Strange noises wake Travis at night. His
dreams are plagued by ghosts. Barely glimpsed shapes flit through the darkened
hallways—shapes bearing a frightening resemblance to a little boy. Footprints
appear. Strangest of all are the wooden stairs rising cryptically from the
lake.
Ronald Malfi
CRADLE LAKE
HORROR
From the award-winning author of Floating Staircase comes another
spine-chilling story. Cradle Lake blends
modern genre horror with actual Cherokee legend. It also turns the “happy ending” on its head
with a final chapter that is both horrifying and memorable.
Phil Brody
THE HOLDEN AGE OF
HOLLYWOOD
MAINSTREAM
Phil Brody’s The
Holden Age of Hollywood is at once a detective novel, an
unexpected love story, and a provocative exposé of a broken industry. With dark
humor and incisive commentary, the novel immerses readers in a neo-noir quest
to attain the Hollywood dream, integrity intact.
Booker
T. Huffman with Andrew William Wright
FROM
PRISON TO PROMISE
NON-FICTION
MEMOIR
As a
six-time world champion, TV commentator, and holder of over thirty-five major
titles in WWE, WCW, and TNA, Booker T. Huffman knows what it means to fight. He
learned long before he entered the ring, when daily survival was a fierce battle.
Hope Tarr’s
THE MEN OF ROXBURY HOUSE TRILOGY
VANQUISHED
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
2006 Buried Treasure by All about Romance
Second place winner in the 2007 Laurel Wreath Contest
Received an Honorable Mention in the General Fiction category
for the 2009 San Francisco Book Festival
A devil’s bargain.
“The
photograph must be damning, indisputably so. I mean to see Caledonia Rivers not
only ruined but vanquished. Vanquished, St. Claire, I’ll settle for nothing
less.”
Known as
The Maid of Mayfair for her unassailable virtue, unwavering resolve, and quiet
dignity, suffragette leader, Caledonia ~ Callie — Rivers is the perfect counter
for detractors’ portrayal of the women as rabble rousers, lunatics, even
whores. But a high~ranking enemy within the government will stop at nothing to
ensure that the Parliamentary bill to grant the vote to females dies in the
Commons — including ruining the reputation of the Movement’s chief spokeswoman
ENSLAVED
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
Daisy Lake is only a memory to successful barrister Gavin
Carmichael. But a memory he cannot forget. “Through thick and thin, forever and
ever, come what may, we’ll stay together…” is the pact the young orphans made
over a decade ago, before the wide-eyed little girl was torn from his arms.
Only a precious, painful memory … until Gavin walks into an East End supper
club where the headlining act is the infamous nightingale of the Montmartre
music halls, Delilah du Lac.
UNTAMED
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
They were friends—brothers—the Men of Roxbury, their young lives
spent in an orphanage together. Now they are men grown. Two have found
happiness. But the third?
Patrick O’Rourke is a rough and ready Scotsman, and a “verra”
successful businessman. Lady Katherine Lindsey is a beautiful English spinster,
a gentlewoman. At least, so she seems on the surface. But when she finds
herself blackmailed into accepting a marriage of convenience with the handsome
Scot, she lets Rourke see another side of her.
Men of Roxbury House
Historical Romance Trilogy
by Hope Tarr
Hope Tarr is the award-winning author of multiple historical and
contemporary romance novels. Whether set in the past or modern-day, Hope's
books feature opulent backdrops, intelligent characters, and sizzling
sensuality.
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Highlights of Upcoming Titles:
Adult Fiction and Non-Fiction
Young Adult and YA-YA
(Young Adults Writing for Young Adults)
LONDON BOOK FAIR
APRIL 8th-10th, 2014
RECENT
SALES
FICTION
Kelli A.
Wilkins, The Viking’s Witch, Alpress,
Czech Republic
Edited by
Chuck Palahniuk, Richard Thomas and Dennis Widmyer, Burnt Tongues: An Anthology of Transgressive Short Stories, AST
Publishers, Russia
D.P.
Lyle, Stress Fracture and Hot Lights, Cold Steel, Bastei Lubbe,
Germany
Ronald
Malfi, Cradle Lake, Voodoo Press,
Germany
D.P.
Lyle, Stress Fracture, Alpress, Czech
Republic
Hope
Tarr, Enslaved and Untamed, Libros de Seda, Spain (World
Spanish Language)
Hope Tarr, Vanquished,
Libros de Seda, Spain (World Spanish Language)
TJ Bennett, The
Legacy, Circulo de Lectores, Book Club Edition (published in Spain by
Ediciones B.S.A.)
Hope Tarr, Vanquished,
Enslaved, Untamed, Leo-Commerce D.O.O., Croatia
TJ Bennett, The
Promise, J’ai Lu, France
D.P. Lyle, Hot
Lights, Cold Steel, Alpress, Czech Republic
Ronald Malfi, The
Ascent, Grey Oak, India
William Jablonsky, The Clockwork Man, Grey Oak, India
Ronald Malfi, The
Ascent, Skorpion Publishing, Croatia
William Jablonsky, The Clockwork Man, Skorpion Publishing, Croatia
Gregory Lamberson, Desperate Souls, Skorpion Publishing, Croatia
Shannon Drake, Emerald
Embrace, Ast Publishers, Russia
Shannon Drake (Award-Winning Author Heather Graham
Writing As…), Emerald Embrace,
Domino, Czech Republic
Shannon Drake, Emerald
Embrace, Fusosha Publisher, Inc., Japan
Gregory Lamberson, Desperate Souls, Kirpi Publisher, Turkey
Gregory Lamberson, Personal Demons, Kirpi Publisher, Turkey
Ronald Malfi, Floating Staircase,
Voodoo Press, Germany
TJ
Bennett, The Legacy, J’ai Lu, France
Hope Tarr, Vanquished,
Enslaved, Untamed, J’ai Lu, France
Hope Tarr, Vanquished,
Enslaved, Untamed, Mondadori, Italy
TJ Bennett, The
Legacy, Ediciones B.S.A., Spain.
Helen Rosburg, Call
of the Trumpet, Alpress, Czech Republic
Catherine Kean, A Knight’s
Vengeance, Alpress, Czech Republic.
NON-FICTION
Debi
Tibbles, Ollie Tibbles: The Boy Who
Became a Train, Beijing Hanbook Publishing, China (simplified characters)
D.P. Lyle, More
Forensics and Fiction, Changsha Senxin Culture
Dissemination Limited Company, China (simplified characters)
D.P. Lyle, More
Forensics and Fiction, Rye Field Publication, Taiwan (traditional
characters)
Joe “Animal” Laurinaitis with Andrew William
Wright, The Road Warriors: Danger, Death,
And The Rush Of Wrestling, Toho Publishing Co., Ltd., Japan
YOUNG ADULT
Rusty Fischer, Zombies
Don’t Forgive, Unitas Publishing Co. Ltd., Taipei (traditional characters)
Rusty Fischer, Zombies
Don’t Cry, A Living Dead Love Story,
BAAM! an imprint of J’ai Lu, France
Rusty Fischer, Zombies
Don’t Cry, A Living Dead Love Story, Unitas Publishing Co. Ltd., Taipei (traditional characters)
Rusty Fischer, Zombies
Don’t Cry, A Living Dead Love Story, Giunti, Italy
Rusty Fischer, Zombies
Don’t Cry, A Living Dead Love Story, Egmont, UK and Commonwealth for their
Electric Monkey imprint
Rusty Fischer, Zombies
Don’t Cry, A Living Dead Love Story, Dolmen Editorial, Spain
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
RECENT SALES
2
Thriller - Ronald Malfi, DECEMBER PARK 5
Horror - The Julian Year 7
Historical
Fiction - Kelli
A. Wilkins, DANGEROUS INDENTURE 8
Non-Fiction -
Bud
DeYoung, IT’S A WILD LIFE: HOW MY LIFE BECAME A ZOO 10
Literary
Fiction - Nancy
Crocker, SEEING AMERICA 13
Literary
Fiction - Edited
by Chuck Palahniuk, Richard Thomas and Dennis Widmyer;
BURNT TONGUES: An Anthology of
Transgressive Short Stories 15
YA-YA - James Bartholomeusz, THE
GREY STAR 16
YA-YA - S.R. Savell, PAPER HEARTS 20
Young Adult -
Rusty
Fischer, ZOMBIES DON’T SURRENDER 22
Young Adult -
Stephen L.
Duncan, THE REVELATION OF GABRIEL ADAM 24
Previously Published Titles 26
Foreign
Rights Representation 31
THRILLER
DECEMBER PARK
In the fall of 1993, a dark shadow fell over Harting Farms, and
what began as a pledge between five boys, turned into a journey into darkness .
. .
Newspapers
call him the Piper, because he has come to take the children away. But there are darker names for him too….
Advance Reviews
“Malfi is a man of many voices, a sort of literary version of Mel
Blanc (the “man of a thousand voices”), but all of his voices are captivating,
though none of them quite the same. Horror and crime fans will find much to
like here.” ~ David Pitt, Booklist
"First book to hit my best books of 2014 list! It's going to
be too hard to top this one. This was the best book to kick off the New Year
with." ~Haunted Bookcase
“The plot was immediately engrossing,
the characters and their dialogue effortlessly realistic. (And at times quite
funny. I found myself laughing out loud at some of the conversations and antics
of the protagonists.) Ronald Malfi is an exceptional author and I’m genuinely
enthusiastic about hunting down his earlier books.” ~Reagan Kendera,
LibraryThing
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n the
quiet suburb of Harting Farms, the weekly crime blotter usually consists of
graffiti or the occasional bout of mailbox baseball. But in the fall of 1993,
children begin vanishing and one is found dead. Newspapers call him the Piper
because he has come to take the children away. But there are darker names for
him, too . . .
Vowing to
stop the Piper’s reign of terror, five boys take up the search. Their teenage
pledge turns into a journey of self-discovery . . . and a journey into the
darkness of their own hometown. On the twilit streets of Harting Farms,
everyone is a suspect. And any of the boys might be the Piper’s next victim.
TIME
PERIOD: 1993-1994
MAIN
LOCATION(S) WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE: Harting Farms, Maryland—a medium-sized
town on the cusp of the Chesapeake Bay, containing both rural and industrial
sections. Much of the story takes place
in the eponymous December Park, a great sweeping park sunken below the streets
and surrounded on three sides by a vast woodland.
Author bio:
Ronald Malfi is the award-winning author of the novels The
Ascent, Snow, Passenger, Floating Staircase and many others. In 2009,
he received an IPPY Award for his novel Shamrock Alley, a thriller based
on the true exploits of his father, a retired Secret Service agent. His
novel Floating Staircase won the gold IPPY Award for the best
horror novel, 2011. Most
recognized for his haunting, literary style and memorable characters, Malfi's
dark fiction has gained acceptance among readers of all genres. He currently
lives in Maryland with his family where he is working on his next book. He can be found online at www.ronmalfi.com and takes great pleasure in reading emails
from fans.
May 2014
Trade Paperback
Page count: approx. 654
World Rights Available
Film Rights Available
Other Malfi titles:
Cradle Lake (sold to Voodoo Press, Germany)
Floating Staircase (sold to Voodoo Press, Germany)
The Ascent (sold to Skorpion Publishing, Croatia &
Grey Oak, India)
Shamrock Alley
HORROR
Gregory Lamberson
THE JULIAN YEAR
20 Million People Around the World are becoming
homicidal maniacs!
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n The Julian year one of the main characters, Julian Weizak, an
obituary writer in New York, celebrates his birthday alone in a bar on New
Year’s Eve. At the stroke of midnight, scores of homicides break out on the
East Coast.
·
A
young woman murders her boyfriend moments after accepting his marriage
proposal.
·
A
man hides from his eight-year-old-daughter after she murders his wife.
·
A
radio host murders his cohost while on the air.
In all, twenty thousand murders are
committed that night in New York alone, with the epidemic spreading across the
country and the world, time zone by time zone. Julian makes a startling
discovery: the crisis day was every single murderer’s birthday. At midnight
each day thereafter, nearly twenty million people around the world become
homicidal maniacs, contributing to the biggest killing spree in history. It
looks as if the chaos can lead to only one end: the extinction of humankind.
Author Bio:
Gregory Lamberson, dubbed “the hardest-working man in horror” by Fangoria magazine,
is the creator of Medallion Press’s supernatural action series The Jake Helman Files, the werewolf
series The Frenzy Cycle. The prolific author is also an award-winning
filmmaker with such cult films as Slime City and Slime
City Massacre (coproduced by Medallion Movies) under his
belt.
February 2014
ebook exclusive
HISTORICAL ROMANCE WITH
MYSTERY/SUSPENSE
Kelli A. Wilkins
DANGEROUS
INDENTURE
The 2013 Independent Publishers Book Award Gold winner for Best
Romance E-book
for The Viking’s Witch
Set in Colonial times, the heroine is a feisty indentured servant with a
secret past. The story combines romance and mystery with some humor and sensual
love scenes.
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ager to
escape her past in Ireland, Shauna Farrow signs on to become an indentured
servant. Sent to a dark and reputedly haunted home in Pennsylvania Colony,
Shauna soon discovers why no other servants will work for the strange Stewart
family.
Faced
with five years of drudgery, her hopes for starting over and creating a better
life for herself are shattered—until she meets her master’s roguish son,
Ashton.
Brought
home in disgrace, Ashton must prove his worthiness to his dominating father, or
live with a reputation as a drunken failure. He is drawn to Shauna, and with
her help, he turns his life around.
Shauna
fights her growing attraction to Ashton and is torn between acting proper and
acting on her emotions. Respectable girls don’t do the things she fantasizes
about…yet she’s far from the innocent Ashton believes her to be. Can she trust
that Ashton’s feelings are real? Or is she just another passing fancy to him?
When
another servant goes missing in the middle of the night, Shauna is convinced
that a member of the family is responsible. Her investigation leads her into
danger, and when she gets too close to the truth it’s up to Ashton to save
her—if he can—before time runs out.
The main
characters are:
NAME:
Shauna Farrow
SEX: F. AGE:
19
HEIGHT: 5
foot 5
WEIGHT:
thin/scrappy. HAIR COLOR: chestnut brown
EYE
COLOR: brown/tea-colored
RACE:
Caucasian
ATTITUDE:
feisty, headstrong, not afraid to tell someone off—no matter who it is
SIMILAR
TO: Evangeline Lily from LOST
CLOTHING:
plain. Wears a white mop cap & simple blue or green dress with apron; long
hair often falling out of cap.
OUTSTANDING
FEATURES: has a round face & perky lips, small nose, smooth skin,
well-built.
NAME:
Ashton Bailey
SEX: M. AGE: 20-23
HEIGHT: 5
foot 9
WEIGHT:
125-135. HAIR COLOR: honey-blond
EYE
COLOR: green
RACE:
Caucasian
ATTITUDE:
easy-going, makes lots of jokes
SIMILAR
TO: John Barrowman from Dr. Who/Torchwood,
but blond
CLOTHING:
breeches, white ruffled shirt, vest—wealthy, so clothes look fancy on him.
(Sort of like Tom Cruise’s “Lestat” wardrobe from Interview with a Vampire.)
OUTSTANDING
FEATURES: wavy hair, longish (to shoulders) tied back in a ribbon.
MAIN
LOCATION(S) WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE: inside the main house, outside in the
garden, could also set cover in the study or kitchen. TIME PERIOD:
Colonial Pennsylvania, 1723.
BUILDINGS,
LANDSCAPES, OBJECTS, AND ITEMS IMPORTANT TO THE STORY: can show the house: a
colonial fieldstone building, 2 stories, looks ominous, with windows facing out
the front. Interiors could be kitchen, study, and/or bedrooms—most of the story
is inside the house. Also garden out back—lots of flowers.
Author bio: Kelli A. Wilkins developed a love of reading and writing
while growing up in a small upstate New York town. Kelli enjoys writing
in different genres, and her speculative fiction has appeared in numerous
publications, including The Sun, The Best of the First Line, What If?
and Weird Tales. Kelli is a member of Romance Writers of America and has
published several historical/fantasy romances with Amber Quill Press. She
currently lives in New Jersey with her husband.
May 2014
Ebook exclusive
Page count: approx 215
World Rights Available - Film Rights Available
NON-FICTION INSPIRATIONAL MEMOIR
Bud DeYoung
with Cindy Matrinusen Coloma
IT’S A WILD LIFE: HOW MY LIFE BECAME A ZOO
Dreams take
work and dedication.
For one man
that meant turning his house into a zoo.
Welcome to the fascinating,
heartwarming journey of one man, one woman, and an amazing cast of critters,
whose stories will warm your soul. Welcome to the wild life of the DeYoung
Family Zoo.
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ursuing
your passion includes a whole lot of crap—for Bud DeYoung that’s about two
hundred pounds a day. Bud, his fiancée Carrie, their 400 animals and 50,000
visitors a year think that passion is well worth every shovel-full.
It’s a Wild Life: How My Life Became a Zoo is a zoo
like no other. It is nestled in the wilderness of the beautiful Upper Peninsula
of Michigan. It is set amongst a natural setting filled with amazing animals
from around the world. Bud DeYoung and Carrie Cramer are the owners of the zoo.
They were featured on a television show called MY LIFE IS A ZOO on National
Geographic Wild cable station. This book will be a collection of their
experiences with the animals and the trials and tribulations of running a small
zoo.
Since childhood, Bud DeYoung has had a passion for animals. As
an adult, that passion led to a bear named Honey Bear and then more animals
crowding for space in and around his house. Eventually Bud had built an entire
private zoo.
Bud’s journey has been filled with challenges and triumphs. His
fiancée, Carrie Cramer, who shares his love for animals, joined him in his
daily work at the zoo. Today they educate the public about animal conservation,
battle harsh winters and blazing summers, and daily dole out compassion to the
hundreds of animals in their care.
·
At the DeYoung Family Zoo, facing
tough questions is a part of daily life.
·
What kind of enclosure will keep
Wallace the hippo in an 85-degree environment
through the blasting winters of the Upper Peninsula?
·
How much intervention is appropriate
when the wolf pack’s alpha female injures
another female?
·
What should be done with the
abandoned and injured animals left at the doorstep?
It’s through Bud and Carrie’s daily devotion that animals find
rescue, people are inspired, and they themselves experience the fulfillment of
living and building upon their dreams.
Within
the remarkable, humorous and enchanting stories of dozens of animals (both
exotic and rescued) are found two fascinating people who have dedicated
themselves to what it means to truly live out their passion.
Author Bios:
Bud DeYoung. Since childhood, Bud
DeYoung had a passion for animals. At the young age of eight,
he brought kids home from school to see his little zoo. When Bud was fifteen,
he traded the family beagle for a monkey. This was the beginning.
Today on
his own property in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Bud runs a zoo that has been
open to the public since 1988 and is featured in a television series called My Life Is a Zoo on Nat Geo WILD and the
2012 independent film Zooman. Along
with “Big Cat” Carrie, Bud cares for over two hundred happy critters, from
Bengal tigers to arctic wolves to a very hungry hippo named Wallace. Together Bud and Carrie educate the public
about animal conservation, battle harsh winters and blazing summers, and daily
dole out love to the hundreds of animals in their care.
Cindy Martinusen Coloma is a best-selling author
and has written 12 novels including Beautiful (2010 Christy Award Finalist and
2011 Revolve Book of the Year), The Salt Garden (Library Journal's Best Books
2004) Orchid House (2008 ECPA bestseller) and Winter Passing (2001 Christy
Award Finalist), as well as several non-fiction books and over 100 published
articles. Cindy lives in Redding, California with her husband and four
children.
June 2014
Hardcover
Page count: approx. 350
World Rights Available
Film Rights Available
Sample Interior Images:
(80-100 images to be included in color/black and white tip-in)
LITERARY / HISTORICAL FICTION
Nancy Crocker
SEEING AMERICA
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or anyone
who likes historical fiction, coming of age fiction, early 20th
century US history; anyone interested in
Ford Model T’s will be interested in this exciting story. The issues in this
novel cover racism, blindness, coming of age, the changing of American culture
to one of automobiles rather than horses.
This is a
story about three young men (17, 18, and 19), one of them blind, who set out in
a brand new Model T Ford from a tiny town in 1910 Missouri to “see America”.
It’s a road trip, it’s a story about forging friendships, it’s about coming of
age and deciding what to do with one’s life. The backdrop for the boys’ story
is the build-up to the July 4, 1910 championship boxing match between Jack
Johnson and Jim Jeffries, which proved to be the biggest divisive racial event
in the U.S. since the Civil War.
In 1910 Missouri, three young men (17, 18, and 19), one of them blind,
set off for Yellowstone Park in a Model T Ford … John
Hartmann is graduating high school under the critical eye of his father and has
no idea what future options lie beyond the family farm and the small town of
Wakenda, where “at any gathering, you could see the past, present, and future
in one sweep.” When Paul Bricken, 19 and blind, buys a brand new Model T Ford
and suggests John drive him to Yellowstone National Park, he jumps at the
chance. He’s less enthusiastic about inviting Henry Brotherton, who’s loud,
crude, and a 17-year-old bigot—but Henry’s available both as a second driver
and a tough guy who might be helpful in a tight spot.
As the
three young men set off on their tumultuous journey, America is preparing for
“The Fight of the Century” between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries and is headed
for the biggest racial upheaval since the Civil War. With Yellowstone drawing
ever closer and tensions rising, Paul, John, and Henry will soon learn that
there is a great deal they did not know about the fledgling American Midwest –
and about each other.
Racial
tensions were running high and were personified by the July 4, 1910,
heavyweight boxing championship fight between Jack Johnson (“The Black Man’s
Colossus”) and Jim Jeffries (“The Great White Hope”). There was no need for
speed limits, and a legal drinking age had not yet been legislated. America was
between wars; it was a time when such an adventure was possible for young men.
TIME PERIOD: mid-April, 1910-July 7, 1910. MAIN LOCATION(S)
WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE: On the road between Wakenda, MO (about 80 miles
east of Kansas City) and Yellowstone National Park. Kansas City, Topeka,
Denver, Cheyenne, and various small towns in between.
BUILDINGS, LANDSCAPES, OBJECTS, AND ITEMS IMPORTANT
TO THE STORY: 1910 Model T Ford (a very specific model. Kansas flatland, Rocky
Mountains, the high desert, the heavyweight bout between Jack Johnson and Jim
Jeffries, Old Faithful.
The main
characters are:
John Hartmann is the
first-person narrator. He’s an 18-year-old Everyman with a great sense of humor
and a relatable befuddled state regarding adulthood and his place in it. An
audience will empathize with him because he’s got a good heart and he’s kind of
like a puppy with really big feet; you know he’ll grow into them, but he’s not
there yet.
Paul Bricken is 19
years old and has been blind from birth. He’s the most intelligent and best
educated of the group, a year out of The Missouri School for the Blind in St.
Louis. His parents are cold and remote and, when the story begins, Paul is
stuck with them in a tiny town and seemingly without a future. Who couldn’t
root for him?
Henry Brotherton is 17.
His mother died when he was four, his father got serious about his drinking
soon after, and he’s “lived like a stray dog most of his life.” He’s crass and
very much a troublemaker, but he’s also the one who makes the largest leap in
spirit and heart as the trip progresses.
Author Bio:
Nancy Crocker grew up in Wakenda, Missouri—a town so small it no longer exists. Nancy started her
career as a singer and appeared with Loretta Lynn at age thirteen. She
graduated from Columbia College and since then has been acting and writing. Her
work has appeared in the American Heritage Anthology, and she is the author
of the picture book Betty Lou Blue, published by Dial. Seeing America is her first novel. Nancy
lives with her husband and son near a lake in Minneapolis, where they enjoy
fishing.
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LITERARY FICTION
Stories
edited by Chuck Palahniuk,
Richard Thomas and Dennis Widmyer
With an introduction by Chuck Palahniuk
BURNT TONGUES:
AN ANTHOLOGY OF
TRANSGRESSIVE SHORT STORIES
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fiction authors write stories some are afraid to tell. Stories with taboo
subjects, unique voices, shocking images—nothing safe or dry. Burnt Tongues
is a collection of transgressive stories selected by a rigorous nomination and
vetting process and hand-selected by Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club,
as the best of The Cult Workshop, his official fan website. These stories run
the gamut from horrific and fantastic to humorous and touching, but each leaves
a lasting impression…Some may say even a scar.
Author Bios:
Chuck Palahniuk, editor, is the best-selling author of 15
novels, and his writing has appeared in Playboy,
Los Angeles Times, and VICE. The
movie adaptation of Fight Club has
become a cult classic and his book tours draw large crowds.
Richard Thomas, editor, is the author of three books—Transubstantiate, Herniated Roots, and Staring Into the Abyss. He has published over 75 stories, including
work in Shivers VI with Stephen King
and Peter Straub, PANK, Midwestern
Gothic, Arcadia, Gargoyle and Weird
Fiction Review. In his spare time he is Editor-in-Chief at Dark House
Books, a columnist at LitReactor, and a book critic at The Nervous Breakdown. His
literary agent is Paula Munier.
Dennis
Widmyer,
Dennis Widmyer is the cofounder of
ChuckPalahniuk.net, the official website of Chuck Palahniuk, as well as
LitReactor.com, an online magazine, workshop, and educational program. He is
also a Los Angeles–based filmmaker with three feature films to his name and a
number of shorts, videos, and festival bumpers.
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YA-YA (YOUNG ADULTS WRITING FOR YOUNG ADULTS)
THE
GREY STAR
Book 3 in the Seven Stars Trilogy
"This was an action-packed continuing saga that built
well on the previous books. . . .You get great characters, action, drama, and
much more all wrapped into a book that will keep you engaged from beginning to
end." ~Dad of Divas
“James Bartholomeusz writes with clear,
evocative prose that pulls the reader into the story. His descriptions of the
magic, settings and characters paint a vivid picture in the reader's mind
without great, long descriptions that weigh the story down. His prose is fast
and sharp, and the story reads quickly. THE
GREY STAR is an excellent fantasy with unique characters who struggle not
only to save the world but with the everyday choices of life. Filled with
adventure, love, hope, and some really cool magic, I recommend THE GREY STAR by James Bartholomeusz for
intrepid fantasy readers ten and up.” ~Fresh
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destroyed, but the Apollonians must find the remaining Shards of the Risa Star.
Jack Lawson and the others face unexpected challenges: a desert fortress more
inhabited than it first appeared, a once prosperous city-state slipping into
totalitarianism, and old enemies rising from the shadows to leave their fatal
marks. Meanwhile, something stirs on the edge of sight. The pieces move into place,
the trap is laid, and Jack must confront a truth that will tear the world
apart.
Author Bio:
James Bartholomeusz was born in 1992 in southeast London. He grew
up in Hertfordshire and went to school in St. Albans. In the sixth form, he
began penning his first novel for young adults, The White Fox, book one of The Seven
Stars Trilogy. It was published by Medallion Press during his second year at
university. The sequel, The Black
Rose, was published in December 2012, and The Grey Star is the concluding part of the series.
Reviews
“Existential questions in the midst of grand conflicts, all
peppered with elves, goblins, and otherworldly creatures, could be enough to
weigh most projects down, but Bartholomeusz juggles these diverse elements
well. He strikes a balance between Lev Grossman and Philip Pullman, and The
Grey Star should enthrall readers of all ages. An impressive and certainly
satisfying conclusion to a trilogy which should stand out in its genre.” ~Michelle Anne Schingler, Foreword Reviews
“Bartholomeusz’s wild imagination and ability to pen swift
action sequences may spark the interests of dedicated sci-fi and fantasy
readers. With experience . . . this author could be big.” ~Kirkus
Reviews
“In this memorable novel, we see how ancient misconceptions
can lead to present-day hatreds that can, in turn, fuel dreadful conflicts. . .
. Readers who enjoy fantasies and adventure-filled tales are going to
enjoy this unique title.” ~ Marya
Jansen-Gruber, Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Review
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Other titles by James Bartholomeusz:
Book One in the Seven Stars Trilogy:
By all accounts, Jack Lawson was a normal British
teenager. He had few friends, no love life, and a horde of embittered teachers
who seemed to be after his blood on a regular basis. In his Birchford home, a
centuries old overflow prison–turned–orphanage, life was excruciatingly
mundane.
Then came the Cult of Dionysus, a sect of sorcerers at the
head of an encroaching Darkness.
Then an old friend back from the dead…And then the white
fox.
Suddenly life wasn’t so mundane anymore
Reviews
“A story written by a teenager for a teenage audience, this
work encourages readers to reconsider their assumptions about the fantasy genre
while deciphering the book’s parallels with real-world mythology and
philosophy.” ~ Dad Of
Divas
“In the tradition of Christopher Paolini, Garth Nix, and Jonathan
Stroud, Bartholomeusz—a teen at the time of writing—builds an epic adventure
that includes a somewhat disaffected contemporary British teen boy, Jack; an
engaging white fox who provides something between guidance and companionship;
and an intricate plane inhabited by mythic creatures ranging from elves to demigods. The
writing is polished and the scenes are vivid. . . . Fantasy-saga devotees
will want to give Jack a try as he wends way, gaining and losing friends,
encountering potential romantic interests, and fighting for peace of mind about
his future safety.”~ Francisca Goldsmith, Booklist
"British university student Bartholomeusz capably executes a familiar premise in his strong debut, first in a planned trilogy and the launch title from Medallion’s YA-YA imprint, offering books for teens written by teens. Bartholomeusz assembles his likably prickly cast and prepares them for adventure amid echoes of Tolkien, Lewis, and Rick Riordan." ~ Publishers Weekly
“I rate this book a five out of five. The White Fox is very suspenseful, keeping me on the edge of my seat almost every second. I found it difficult to put the book down. . . . The story is also outstanding.”
~ Book Trends
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Book Two in the Seven Stars Trilogy
Having pledged themselves to the Apollonians’ humanitarian
cause, Jack and Lucy continue their search for the Risa Star. Their journey
takes them to worlds alien to them yet uncannily paralleling their own: an
arctic mountain range, a city in the throes of industrialization, and a forest
whose inhabitants are literally a part of their environment.
But they’re not the only ones looking. The Cult of
Dionysus draws ever closer to the completion of its superweapon, threatening to
wreak havoc on an unprecedented scale. Meanwhile, Alex remains the emperor’s
prisoner, struggling against the increasingly inviting pull of the Darkness.
A white fox, a black rose, and gray smoke shrouding
something just out of sight . . . What
does it all mean?
REVIEWS
“This book continued the great saga started with The White Fox. In this book you again
are transported into a world different than your own. This being said though,
the author has done a great job at helping people to make the connections and
providing an overall story that was fun and engaging. Also, the characters were
well developed and through Jack and Lucy's journey you are taken on an
adventure that you (and they) will never forget!” ~ Dad of Divas Reviews, October
2012
“Evil cultists, magic shards, goblins and elves. Book
2 of The Seven Stars Trilogy follows British student Jack Lawson and his band
of fellow peacekeeping Apollonians in a race against time Just as in the first
installment of the trilogy, this is full of references to heroic literature,
time travel, excitement and danger. Bartholomeusz, a teenager at the time
of publication of the first book, pens a fast-paced page turner. . . . An
author worth watching.” (Fantasy 12 & Up) ~Kirkus Reviews
“The Black Rose is a fun little fantasy story with the typical slew of
goblins, elves, and dwarves. I think the genre has grown in popularity lately
and I can't complain about that. I think we can expect good things from
Bartholomeuz in the future once he finds his voice and begins to expand his
style. This book is typical beginner fantasy.” ~OpenBookSociety.com
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REALISTIC CONTEMPORARY FICTION
S.R. Savell
PAPER HEARTS
Debut novel
Advance Review
“Part of a new line of teen-written novels, Paper Hearts is penned by an eighteen year-old
author who writes teen angst with authenticity and power. The novel is an
impressive achievement for a debut writer.” The
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aper Hearts deals with a myriad of issues including escapism
through music, emotional trauma, rape, bullying, abuse, and spousal infidelity.
Each element has a distinct purpose, and many of them come from a very personal
place. It’s about coming to terms with your past and overcoming your present.
Meet
Michelle, a social reject with a piss poor attitude and a low tolerance for
stupid. Not to say she’s totally at fault. A Barbie counselor, neglectful
mother, and a dead daddy have seriously jacked her life’s view. Her one joy?
Music and the peace it brings.
A pushy counselor, school bullies,
have ruined seventeen-year-old high school senior Michelle Pearce’s perspective
on life. A social reject living in self-imposed exile, Michelle has little use
for anything or anyone—until Nathaniel comes along, a sweet
and meek man in a Cyclops body. A high school
dropout who works three jobs to care for his dying grandmother, he’s all but convinced
Michelle that there is some good left in humanity.
And then humanity proves him wrong.
The unforgivable happens, destroying Michelle’s newfound faith in life and
threatening to unravel a love in the making.
TIME PERIOD:
Set in the 21st century in an
unmentioned city (the equivalent of Houston, TX).
MAIN LOCATION(S) WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE:
A convenience store called the Gas-N-Go, a
hospital, and Michelle’s home.
Author
Bio:
S.R.
Savell is a new writer in
pursuit of her MFA. She was born somewhere over the
rainbow, approximately 20 years ago. She attended Blinn College where she began
production on her first and only novel to date, Paper Hearts. She
loves pancakes, the occasional romp in the dirt, and her four fur
children. She loves buying used
books, lucid dreaming. This is her first novel.
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From Chapter 1
Day 12 of Convenience Store Hell.
Nineteen customers, two terrified civilians, no fatalities.
I jot this in my worn notebook, bound
in stains and tears, cindered from too many stubbed-out cigarettes. Dusky light
feels along its surface, spotlighting empty pages and an equally empty mind.
From the display case of cigarette lighters
I take the yellow one, swiping it through the dying light seeped into the
countertop. Two green eyes disappear and reappear in the veneer of the metallic
casing, warping the irises like a Halloween house of mirrors. The room blossoms
fire with the flick of a gear, right as the remaining thread of light
evaporates into the dim.
YOUNG ADULT PARANORMAL
Rusty Fischer
ZOMBIES DON’T SURRENDER
Book three in the Living Dead Love Series
From the author of Zombies Don’t
Cry and Zombies Don’t Forgive
Old enemies. New Allies. A Final showdown. What could go wrong?
This book is, ultimately, about
friendship. It’s about the bonds of friendship, in life and in death and even
beyond. It’s about what happens when friends grow together, grow apart and,
ultimately, decide to move on from one another.
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Dead Love Story series opens, Maddy, Dane and Stamp are still together, though
barely, nestled safe inside the walls of Sentinel City, a stronghold designed
to keep Zerkers out—and zombies in.
Maddy
trains night and day, hoping to join Vera as a Keeper. Dane is a Sentinel now,
and has been given “Sentinel Support” in the form a busty blond named Courtney.
And what of Stamp? Although Maddy’s Dad has worked hard to rehabilitate Stamp
after his Zerker bite, he’s still not all … there.
When Dr.
Swift inadvertently allows the zombie’s arch nemesis Val to escape from
Sentinel City, Maddy’s world turns upside down. She and Stamp are “Vanished,”
expelled from the safety of Sentinel City, no better than common Zerkers. Dane,
a Sentinel now, escapes punishment and is instead assigned to ensure that his
old friends never return.
Maddy and
Stamp must face the world alone, only to discover that Val is not quite through
with them yet. As they stray further and further from the safety of Sentinel
City, danger mounts… and not just for Maddy and Stamp. For Val has taken up
residence in another seaside town, and enrolled as a student in another
“Normal” high school. To outwit her, and save Seagull Shores from all-out
zombie Armageddon, Maddy must face her arch enemy one last time.
Only this
time, she’s all alone.
TIME
PERIOD: Present Day. MAIN LOCATION(S) WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE: Mainly in
Florida, in a little beachside town called Seagull Shores.
Author bio: Rusty Fischer, a former high school
teacher, has worked for the best-selling educational magazines The Mailbox,
Learning, and Bookbag. A full-time freelance writer, he is the
author of the YA novels Zombies Don’t Cry and Vamplayers. A proud
native Floridian, Rusty resides in Cape Canaveral.
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Other
titles by Rusty Fischer:
Zombies
Don’t Cry
Zombies
Don’t Forgive
Vamplayers
Look out for Rusty Fischer’s next title coming
Spring/Summer 2015:
Vampire Book of the Month Club
YOUNG ADULT FANTASY
Stephen L. Duncan
THE REVELATION OF GABRIEL ADAM
Revelation Saga: Book One
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during the war between Heaven and Hell, found in non-canonical text and made
modern for today’s audience. Drawing from ancient scrolls such as The Book of Enoch, The Testament of Solomon,
and Jubilees, Gabriel’s story seeks to respect the mythology while telling
an original tale.
A sweeping high-YA adventure, The Revelation Saga mixes
End of Days with elements of Harry Potter and Raiders of the Lost Ark to
create a winning stew of action and teen self-discovery. It
is about a boy who is an archangel born human who was sent to Earth to stop the
second war between Heaven and Hell.
Gabriel Adam is used to moving a lot with his minister father,
Joseph. But when the mysterious assassin called Septis burns Gabe’s current
home in New York City to the ground and leaves Joseph’s assistant murdered in a
style not witnessed in centuries, Gabriel’s father reveals the truth of why
they are always on the move: Gabriel is one of four Archangels, born human and
sent to stop Armageddon. Now, Gabe must set aside dreams of attending NYU to
fulfill a prophecy kept secret by the Essenes, a phantom religious sect charged
with the pre-biblical traditions of the End of Days. With Septis in pursuit,
Gabe and his father travel to the English university town of Durham, hoping
that the last Essene can guide them.
Joined there by Micah (the Archangel Michael born as a girl),
Gabe must learn to have faith in himself and accept his role in the coming war,
before facing Septis in a showdown on the ancient Biblical plains of Ethiopia.
TIME PERIOD: Present. MAIN LOCATION(S) WHERE THE STORY
TAKES PLACE: New York, NY; Durham, England; Axum, Ethiopia.
The main characters are:
NAME: Gabriel Adam
SEX: Male. AGE: 17
HEIGHT: 5’9”. WEIGHT: 145
HAIR COLOR: Black. EYE COLOR: Hazel
RACE: Perceived white but with hints of a
multi-cultural background
ATTITUDE:
Intelligent, curious, somewhat athletic, but lacking self-confidence.
SIMILAR TO: An older Harry Potter. A younger Indiana Jones
CLOTHING: Disheveled, casual
OUTSTANDING FEATURES: Gabriel has a birthmark in
the shape of an ancient rune, marking the sign of the Archangel Gabriel. He is
remarkably knowledgeable about biblical history, given his father’s efforts to
educate him.
NAME: Joseph Adam
SEX: Male. AGE: 51
HEIGHT: 5’10”. WEIGHT: 175
HAIR COLOR: Dark Brown / Black. EYE COLOR: Blue
RACE: White. ATTITUDE: A bit of a bore, but also a
taskmaster. He’s intelligent and driven. SIMILAR TO: A more serious Hugh Grant.
CLOTHING:
Conservative, perhaps a bit awkward
OUTSTANDING
FEATURES: Joseph has Welsh features, with black hair, blue eyes, and olive
skin. He keeps tidy, though his hair is on the longer side of kempt. You might
find him in a tweed jacket matched with white tennis shoes.
NAME: Micah Pari
SEX: Female. AGE:
17
HEIGHT: 5’6”. WEIGHT: 105
HAIR COLOR: Black. EYE COLOR: Brown
RACE: Persian. ATTITUDE: Fundamentally strong.
Exudes a confidence and a fun-loving personality that, in part, masks her fear
of what Carlyle has revealed.
SIMILAR TO: She’s the polar opposite of Bella Swan
CLOTHING: Modern European. Nothing that would
offend her religion. OUTSTANDING FEATURES: Micah’s natural beauty is only
matched by her inner strength. She can be abrasive and assertive, flirty and
confident. She wears her hair long and takes pride in her appearance.
Author
bio:
Stephen
L. Duncan writes Young Adult novels inspired by his travels
around the world and the characters he’s met. He’s interested in finding those
unique connections between stories and places, people and circumstance. When
he’s not writing, Stephen plays guitar and soccer, loves to cook, and spends
time taking horribly framed pictures. You can find him blogging at INKROCK.com.
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A SELECTION OF PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED TITLES
Andrew
Post
KNUCKLEDUSTER
SCI-FI
After an
injury in the military, blind vigilante Brody Calhoun tempers his rage with
brass knuckles—but is he really in control?
Forty years in the future, Brody “Knuckleduster” Calhoun spends
his life in a cycle of violence and probation. To strangers, he looks like a
junkie with orange-stained eyes. To the police, he’s a well-known criminal
who’s racked up eleven harassment charges and seventeen cases of aggravated
assault, all with a deadly weapon: his brass knuckles.
Andrew
Post
FABRICK
YOUNG ADULT FANTASY
Fabrick is the first in the Fabrick series, with every
installment following the first will have a different title (like Brian
Jacque’s Redwall series). It’s all at once a science-fiction story, a high
fantasy, a horror tale, a love story… It’s the front lawn of an
obsessive-compulsive retiree around Christmas. “What’s better than a lot?
More.”
Gregory
Lamberson
STORM
DEMON
HORROR
From an
award winning author comes Book 5 in the Jake Helman Files
As with
the previous Jake Helman books, Storm
Demon combines the supernatural with another genre, in this case, the
disaster epic. It blends the supernatural, action, and noir—and satirizes the
romance industry.
Personal Demons – Book 1 in the Jake
Helman Files – Horror
Desperate Souls – Book 2 in the Jake
Helman Files – Horror
Cosmic Forces – Book 3 in the Jake
Helman Files – Horror
Nominated by the Horror Writers Association for the Bram
Stoker Award for Best Novel of 2011
Tortured
Spirits – Book 4 in the Jake Helman Files - Horror
Rachele
Alpine
CANARY
YOUNG
ADULT
CANARY is unique in the fact that it’s told in a mix of
prose and verse, as Kate narrates the story and documents her life in blog
postings full of poetry. It’s a story about finding self-worth and the social
struggles that young people are faced with in today’s times. A story of finding
your voice in tough times even though the consequences could mean turning your
world upside down. The majority of the story is told in first person
by Kate, the main character, and at the beginning of each chapter there is a
blog post from her. Canary has a strong
message for teens.
Simon
West-Bulford
THE
BEASTS OF UPTON PUDDLE
Book 1 of
the Pyronesian Chronicles
YOUNG
ADULT FANTASY
Born from
a childhood obsession with monsters and folklore, The Beasts of Upton Puddle is aimed at young adults with a hunger
for fantasy. An abundance of mythical creatures, flights of imagination and an
elaborate plot all tempered by a light-hearted prose, will keep the reader
hooked right up until the feel-good finale.
Simon West-Bulford
THE SOUL CONSORTIUM
SCIENCE FICTION
Science-fiction horror set in the
far distant future…at the end of the universe, the beginning of terror…Human
kind is all but gone, lost in the aeons of time, preserved as memories within a
vast archive. Only Salem Ben remains…
Traci E. Hall
THE QUEEN’S GUARD: PEONY
Book 2 of the Queen’s Guards Series
MEDIEVAL ROMANCE
Escape from reality with romance and
intrigue, mixed with history.
Winter, 1147. The French army waits
in Nicea for word from King Louis, who remains in Constantinople with Emperor
Manuel as the Byzantine ruler attempts yet another delay. Frustrated, Queen Eleanor must wait until the
king is ready to continue their holy journey toward Edessa.
Traci E. Hall
THE QUEEN’S
GUARD: VIOLET
Book 1 in
the Queen’s Guards Series
MEDIEVAL ROMANCE
Traci E. Hall's The Queen's
Guard: Violet has all the elements that make for a fantastic and sexy
historical read. As always, Ms. Hall manages to beautifully convey real
characters—and the human emotion that rules us through all time. I love her
work! ~ Heather Graham, New York
Times best-selling author of Bride of the Night
Kelli Wilkins
THE VIKING’S WITCH
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
The 2013 Independent Publishers Book Award Gold winner for Best
Romance E-book
for The Viking’s Witch
About to be burned at the stake by her fellow villagers,
Odaria does what any betrayed witch facing certain death would do. She calls
down a curse. Within seconds, rampaging Norsemen raid the village, capturing everyone
except her.
THE CIRCLE OF A PROMISE
HISTORICAL TIME TRAVEL ROMANCE
Once upon a time, a knight and the
daughter of one of Henry III’s barons fell in love. Stephen of Bellingham and
Amarantha of Ullswater were thrown together in a desperate bid to escape the
madness of Baldwin, Earl of Cumbria. The taste of their first kiss still on his
lips, Stephen made a vow: to love Mara forever and keep her safe. But in a battle
to save their lives and love, she died in his arms. Today Steve Bellingham
wakes up, sees again what happened so long before, and knows only one thing can
make his life whole. He will reach into the past and fulfill his vow. He will
complete the circle of a promise.
Ronald
Malfi
FLOATING
STAIRCASE
SUSPENSE/THRILLER/HORROR
Gold
Medal winner in the 2012 Independent Publisher IPPY Awards for the Horror genre
Nominated
by the Horror Writers Association for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel of
2011. A classic ghost story with a modern, meta-fictional
twist …It looked like a great house. They were wrong …At
first the picturesque house in an idyllic small town seemed perfect for Travis
and Jodie, the surrounding woods and lake like a postcard. But soon after they
move in, things begin to . . . change. Strange noises wake Travis at night. His
dreams are plagued by ghosts. Barely glimpsed shapes flit through the darkened
hallways—shapes bearing a frightening resemblance to a little boy. Footprints
appear. Strangest of all are the wooden stairs rising cryptically from the
lake.
Ronald Malfi
CRADLE LAKE
HORROR
From the award-winning author of Floating Staircase comes another
spine-chilling story. Cradle Lake blends
modern genre horror with actual Cherokee legend. It also turns the “happy ending” on its head
with a final chapter that is both horrifying and memorable.
Phil Brody
THE HOLDEN AGE OF
HOLLYWOOD
MAINSTREAM
Phil Brody’s The
Holden Age of Hollywood is at once a detective novel, an
unexpected love story, and a provocative exposé of a broken industry. With dark
humor and incisive commentary, the novel immerses readers in a neo-noir quest
to attain the Hollywood dream, integrity intact.
Booker
T. Huffman with Andrew William Wright
FROM
PRISON TO PROMISE
NON-FICTION
MEMOIR
As a
six-time world champion, TV commentator, and holder of over thirty-five major
titles in WWE, WCW, and TNA, Booker T. Huffman knows what it means to fight. He
learned long before he entered the ring, when daily survival was a fierce battle.
Hope Tarr’s
THE MEN OF ROXBURY HOUSE TRILOGY
VANQUISHED
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
2006 Buried Treasure by All about Romance
Second place winner in the 2007 Laurel Wreath Contest
Received an Honorable Mention in the General Fiction category
for the 2009 San Francisco Book Festival
A devil’s bargain.
“The
photograph must be damning, indisputably so. I mean to see Caledonia Rivers not
only ruined but vanquished. Vanquished, St. Claire, I’ll settle for nothing
less.”
Known as
The Maid of Mayfair for her unassailable virtue, unwavering resolve, and quiet
dignity, suffragette leader, Caledonia ~ Callie — Rivers is the perfect counter
for detractors’ portrayal of the women as rabble rousers, lunatics, even
whores. But a high~ranking enemy within the government will stop at nothing to
ensure that the Parliamentary bill to grant the vote to females dies in the
Commons — including ruining the reputation of the Movement’s chief spokeswoman
ENSLAVED
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
Daisy Lake is only a memory to successful barrister Gavin
Carmichael. But a memory he cannot forget. “Through thick and thin, forever and
ever, come what may, we’ll stay together…” is the pact the young orphans made
over a decade ago, before the wide-eyed little girl was torn from his arms.
Only a precious, painful memory … until Gavin walks into an East End supper
club where the headlining act is the infamous nightingale of the Montmartre
music halls, Delilah du Lac.
UNTAMED
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
They were friends—brothers—the Men of Roxbury, their young lives
spent in an orphanage together. Now they are men grown. Two have found
happiness. But the third?
Patrick O’Rourke is a rough and ready Scotsman, and a “verra”
successful businessman. Lady Katherine Lindsey is a beautiful English spinster,
a gentlewoman. At least, so she seems on the surface. But when she finds
herself blackmailed into accepting a marriage of convenience with the handsome
Scot, she lets Rourke see another side of her.
Men of Roxbury House
Historical Romance Trilogy
by Hope Tarr
Hope Tarr is the award-winning author of multiple historical and
contemporary romance novels. Whether set in the past or modern-day, Hope's
books feature opulent backdrops, intelligent characters, and sizzling
sensuality.
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