Quests, Curses, & Vengeance Line-Up (+Hit of the Month)

It's the first of the month, so you know what that means.  It's time for May's "Hit of the Month" free story!  Head on over to Martinus Publishing's Hit of the Month page and read Curse of the Bottle by Nye Joell Hardy.  This is the first free sample story from the forthcoming Quests, Curses, & Vengeance anthology.

I am also pleased to announce the Table of Contents for QCV.  The final publishing contracts have come in, so all of these stories are now officially a part of the collection, even though many of them are still in the editing phase:

The Quest:

1:  Burn It Up, Burn It Down –by Philip Overby

2: Quest through the Ages –by J. L. Mo

3: Hooked on Questing –by Gerald Costlow

4: El Dorado –by Mel Obedoza

5:  Project Hellguard –by A.C. Hall

6:  Life or Death –by Stacey Jaine McIntosh

7: Odin's Spear –by Susan A. Royal

8:  A Bridge Too Near –by Martin T. Ingham

9: Ashes to Ashes –by Shawn Cook

10: More Precious than Rubies –by Chris Allinotte

11: All That Glitters –by Edmund Wells

12:  All in a Day's Work –by Karl G. Rich

Curses:

13: Family Curse –by Gerald Costlow

14: Exiled –by Stacey Jaine McIntosh

15: Wipeout –by A. C. Hall

16: Gold Fever –by Bruno Lombardi

17: The Dance of Five Hells –by Philip Overby

18: The Long Night –by Shawn Cook

19: Are You Worthy? –by Edmund Wells

20: Curse of the Bottle –by Nye Joell Hardy

21: Curses May Not Be Returned, Refunded, or Exchanged –by Lauren A. Forry

22: Sometimes You Get the Curse, Sometimes the Curse Gets... –by Karl G. Rich

Vengeance:

23:  Poetic Justice –by Edmund Wells

24   Abducted –by Shawn Cook

25: Morríghan –by Stacey Jaine McIntosh

26: Be Careful What You Wish For... –by Mel Obedoza

27: Ashtown –by A. C. Hall

28: Red Paint –by Philip Overby

29:  Revenge, Inc. –by Nye Joell Hardy

30: But I Know We'll Meet Again Some Sunny Day –by Lauren A. Forry

31: Digging Up The Past –by Gerald Costlow

32: Vengeance Is Mine, Sayeth Me –by Karl G. Rich

As you can see, the book will be partitioned into 3 distinct parts, to fit the three themes.  It will be one thrilling set of stories.

Hit of the Month –February 2013

It's time for some free reading!

As I mentioned last month, Martinus Publishing is launching a "Hit of the Month" page, which will feature a story from one of our authors each month.  For now, these stories will be selections from our anthologies, though in future we may do other things as well.  The tales featured on this page will be a typical sampling of the content from our authors.  They're very talented, and worthy of more praise and adoration than I am capable of giving them.  Maybe when Martinus Publishing rises in the ranks, I'll be able to truly reward them for their greatness.

Our very first selection came in just days ago, and I'm pleased to share it with you now:

February 2013 Hit of the Month:

Doing Time –by Barbara Austin

Here's a bit of bio on this month's author:

Barbara Austin writes suspense novels and short stories.  She grew up in Houston and studied at The University of Texas, but has spent most of her adult life in The Netherlands and the UK.  She is a long-time member of two fiction critique groups in Amsterdam.  A recent story was published in The Amsterdam Quarterly.  She’s looking for an agent for her suspense novel The Wool Comber’s House and is working on a new novel.

Now, head on over to our Hit of the Month page, and read!