Siren Bridge

Oleander Jones knew the rules for successful lady adventurers, and she broke them all..

Now she’s got a reward on her head bigger than the Logressan national debt. The New Dominion Territorial Militia, the full detecting might of Falchion Apprehension Services, and every no-good one-eyed snake who could read a wanted poster are on her tail. And there’s only one way to get where she needs to go—through the killing ground of the biggest, meanest, man-eating, avian monster Roche County has ever seen. Dead across Siren Bridge.

Strudel, anyone?

“A caper story that’s a perfect blend of steampunk, magic, action, adventure, and a bit of romance.”

Gini Koch—The Alien/Katherine “Kitty” Katt series

“Satisfying and delicious.”

Gail Z. Martin—Chronicles of the Necromancer series

“Oleander Jones is a character that every reader will love, and every writer will envy.”

Clay and Susan Griffith—Shadow and Key series

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The Eye of Argon and the Further Adventures of Grignr the Barbarian

The story that wouldn’t die.

By all rights, “The Eye of Argon” should have languished, forgotten and ignored, a high school student’s Conan knock-off published in a fanzine a half century ago. But it didn’t. Somehow, the story transcended its lowly origins and gained an underground cult following at science fiction conventions. Then it grew. The rituals involved in sharing the story grew as well. Now it has attained near-legendary status, the “Casey at the Bat” of nerd culture. Some would be embarrassed to call it a classic. We’re not. Instead Fantastic Books has republished the ultimate edition of the original story by Jim Theis with new contributions to the mythos by Keith R.A. DeCandido, Genevieve Iseult Eldredge, Daniel M. Kimmel, Peter Prellwitz, Hildy Silverman, Ian Randal Strock, Michael A. Ventrella, and Jean Marie Ward, with an introduction by Jody Lynn Nye and art by Monica Marier.

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The Modern Deity’s Guide to Surviving Humanity

The old gods are still with us.

The world is constantly changing, evolving, growing. In order to stay relevant, deities must change with the times as well. In this anthology, fifteen science fiction and fantasy authors tackle how gods and goddesses have adapted to the surge in technology and the mercurial beliefs of humanity. So sit back and watch Hera try her hand at marriage counseling, while Macuilxochitl conquers the world of online gaming. Buy a ticket to Anubis’ magic act or roam the back tents at the local carnival and catch Doc Saturday’s medicine show. Take a sip of wine at Dionysus’ winery or grab some potato pancakes at Baba Yaga’s café. Whatever your taste, here you will find interesting twists on how deities have found their way in our modern world from Crystal Sarakas, Juliet E. McKenna, Tanya Huff, Edward Willett, Daniel Roman, Jennifer Dunne, Jean Marie Ward, Mike Marcus, A.L. Tompkins, Daryl Marcus, Alma Alexander, Kari Sperring, A.J. Cunder, Irene Radford, and N.R. Lambert.

And remember to beware. You never know who…or what…you will meet next.

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Strategy Strikes Back

How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict.

The most successful film franchise of all time, Star Wars thrillingly depicts an epic multigenerational conflict fought a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. But the Star Wars saga has as much to say about successful strategies and real-life warfare waged in our own time and place. Strategy Strikes Back brings together over thirty of today’s top military and strategic experts, including generals, policy advisors, seasoned diplomats, counterinsurgency strategists, science fiction writers, war journalists, and ground‑level military officers, to explain the strategy and the art of war by way of the Star Wars films.

“This may be the most innovative and interesting book on military strategy ever published. While this may seem like an exaggeration, Max Brooks, bestselling author of World War Z and a fellow at both West Point’s Modern War Institute and the Atlantic Council’s Art of Future War project has done the seemingly impossible—made the esoteric subject of military strategy simultaneously fun and educational to the masses.”

Jerry Lenaburg for New York Review of Books

Read an excerpt from “Jean Marie Ward’s “Jedi Mind Tricks: From the Reel to the Real”. Available from One More Page Books & More, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Potomac Books.  

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