SFFS 31/08/2013

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Partnership Announcement

SFFS now has a partner website, Zhurrat Reviews. This website reviews Science Fiction, Space Opera, Science Fiction Romance and Fantasy short stories, novellas and novels.

Featured Publication: Tales from the SFR Brigade

Several SFFS authors are members of the SFR Brigade. This group recently published an anthology to showcase some of the author talent available in the genre. Several of us were involved in the process, and author Pippa Jay had a short story that made it into the final publication.

Tales from the SFR Brigade - JC Cassels (Editor)

Experience love and adventure among the stars in TALES FROM THE SFR BRIGADE, a free digital anthology of eight Science Fiction Romance stories.

* A space captain discovers the cyborg she loves just might be her greatest enemy.

* A mind-wiped prostitute risks all when she recruits a dangerous stranger to help her escape a terrible fate.

* A prisoner-of-war confronts the comrade who loved her, then left her for dead.

* A space-obsessed physics teacher is kidnapped by a far-too-charming alien.

* An apocalypse survivor battles the biomech-enhanced hunter who seeks to capture her.

* A young artist must choose between her comfortable life on Earth or a war-torn space colony with her beloved.

* A daring thief is on the run from the alien law man who is determined to bring her to justice.

* A widowed rebel leader tries to save the last remnants of humanity, one stranger at a time.

From Earth to the furthest reaches of the galaxy, explore the worlds of Science Fiction Romance with stories from Linnea Sinclair, Marcella Burnard, Erica Hayes, Liana Brooks, Pippa Jay, Berinn Rae, Amy Laurens, and Kyndra Hatch.

A science fiction romance anthology. Availability is listed on the Tales from the SFR Brigade Anthology website.

SFFS 24/08/2013

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Featured Publication: Gethyon

Gethyon - Pippa Jay

Abandoned by his mother after his father’s death, Gethyon Rees feels at odds with his world and longs to travel the stars. But discovering he has the power to do so leaves him scarred for life. Worse, it alerts the Siah-dhu—a dark entity that seeks his kind for their special abilities—to his existence, and sets a bounty hunter on his trail.

When those same alien powers lead Gethyon to commit a terrible act, they also aid his escape. Marooned on the sea-world of Ulto Marinos, Gethyon and his twin sister must work off their debt to the Seagrafter captain who rescued them while Gethyon puzzles over their transportation. How has he done this? And what more is he capable of?

Before he can learn any answers, the Wardens arrive to arrest him for his crime. Can his powers save him now? And where will he end up next?

A science fiction novel, available from Amazon and B&N.

Further information about Pippa Jay can be found here.

SFFS 17/08/2013

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Featured Publication: Horizon Shift

Horizon Shift - Lyndi Alexander

When Captain Temms Rogers of the Confederation spaceship Doubtful disobeys orders to attack innocent civilians, he and his crew become hunted rebels. In the midst of a desperate space battle, they risk using an experimental alien device that opens a wormhole which hurls them into a new universe.

A science fiction novel, available from Amazon and B&N.

Further information about Lyndi Alexander can be found here.