THE WOODLOCK by Steve Shilstone
The Bekka Chronicles: Book FourIn the 4th story of The Bekka Chronicles, a time-traveling shapeshiftress sends Bekka of Thorns 1000 years into the past to perform a task.
What task? The frustrated Bekka is unsure and blames the shapeshiftress for failing to give her enough instruction. Adventuring for the first time without her best friend Kar, Bekka is left to stumble all alone in the Woods Beyond the Wood. She is forced to rely solely on her thorough knowledge of historical lore to determine the unknown task she believes must be performed to keep the future as she knows it and likes it. She encounters and recognizes from ancient tales a shy woodlock and twin water wizards. Seeing no other option, Bekka assumes her task is somehow tied to the trio, and she proceeds to take action on that assumption.
Is she right? She’ll never know until she returns to her own time and finds it changed...or not.
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THE FLIGHT OF THE SORCERESS by Barry S. Willdorf
As the Roman Empire crumbles, the Catholic Church fills the power vacuum by launching attacks on classical culture. Books are burned. Women are restricted from traditional occupations. The lives of pagans and Jews are imperiled. The Dark Ages loom. But two women, Glenys, a Celtic herbalist and healer, and Hypatia, teacher, philosopher, mathematician and the last librarian of the great library at Alexandria, resist. Though one is branded a sorceress and the other an idolator, they refuse to submit to the demands of the state-sanctioned religious leaders. Their struggle culminates in the cataclysmic events of Lenten week in 415 A.D.
Can anything be preserved?
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Good morning Steve and Barry - welcome to your Cyber Launch Party and congrats on your new releases at Wild Child Publishing!
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Wild Child Publishing, stop by and let us know what you offer readers and, if you're currently taking submissions from authors, what kind of genres are you looking for.
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Congrats on the new release.These two books sound good.
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Hi congrats on the new books. Do you have anything new in terms of genres that you are planning?
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Posting is tough, but I somehow fell through a wall and got here. Thanks so much for the launch. THE WOODLOCK, #4 in The Bekka Chronicles series, is a complete story in itself and features some characters found in other tales, similar to L. Frank Baum's practice in writing his Oz books. I like writing short chapters, all the better to be read as a series of bedtime stories, my dear. I invite you to come and visit my children's fantasies support site at http://bekkaofthorns.com.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds great! Congratulations on your new release.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your releases! Both books sound interesting! Where did you get your book ideas? Thank you for sharing!
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