Anthologies, Michael Knost

Cover Reveal for Dark Splinters, a New Anthology From Bram Stoker Award-winning Editor Michael Knost!

Today, we are sharing a cover reveal for Dark Splinters, a brand new anthology from Bram Stoker Award-winning Michael Knost featuring 15 rising voices in speculative fiction that will be released this Friday in print and eBook as part of an exciting group of three Halloween weekend releases from Seventh Star Press!

Synopsis of Dark Splinters: Bram Stoker Award-winning editor Michael Knost brings you an exciting collection of short stories from an extraordinary group of writers who were challenged to write speculative fiction tales from their hearts within a specific set of guidelines.  No themes or particular genres to adhere to.

The result is a showcase in storytelling spanning many genres including paranormal and dark fiction, horror, weird mythology, and much, much more! 

Now go experience the Dark Splinters these rising voices in fiction created and enjoy them!

Authors featured in Dark Splinters:

Lee E. E. Stone

LRH Rendell-Hayes

Helena Younger

Robert L. Gibson

Marsha Blevins

Marty Young

Kaelyn Harding

Bruce Blake

Kellyann Conway

Faith Dincolo

Heather Noble

Kathryn M. Hopkins

Heather Colley

Angie Adkins

Bethany Furrow

About Michael Knost:

Michael Knost is a Bram Stoker Award®-winning editor and author of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and supernatural thrillers. He has written in various genres and helmed several anthologies.

His Writers Workshop of Horror won the 2009 Bram Stoker Award® in England for superior achievement in non-fiction. His critically acclaimed Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy is an Amazon #1 bestseller. His novel, Return of the Mothman was a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award® for superior achievement in first novel. His Author’s Guide to Marketing with Teeth was a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award® for superior achievement in non-fiction.

Michael has taught writing classes and workshops at several colleges, conventions, and online, and currently resides in Chapmanville, West Virginia with his wife, daughter, and a zombie goldfish. To find out more, visit www.MichaelKnost.com.

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Seventh Star Press ANNOUNCES THE ACCEPTANCE OF PAYMENTS IN POPULAR CRYPTOCURRENCIES THROUGH PARTNERSHIP WITH INDUSTRY LEADER BITPAY!

Seventh Star Press proudly announces the acceptance of payments in popular cryptocurrencies such as DogeCoin, BitCoin, Ethereum, and Ripple through partnership with payment processing industry Leader BitPay! As the first independent press in the nation to accept cryptocurrency payments, the coming weeks will see the introduction of a new webstore for releases from Seventh Star Press and its imprints that integrates the new BitPay buttons for customers wishing to use cryptocurrencies.

On June 14th, the 8th year convention that Seventh Star Press hosts, The Imaginarium Convention (taking place July 9-11 in Louisville, Kentucky, with both virtual and in-person events), became the first convention for professional writers and creatives in the United States to allow attendees to purchase event tickets, expo space, awards banquet tickets, sponsorships, and more using these alternative payment methods.

BitPay is the cryptocurrency processor for a fast-growing number of major companies, retailers, and organizations in many industries, including large sports franchises such as the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA and Oakland A’s of MLB, computer component retailer New Egg, precious metals exchange APMEX, Microsoft, social media platform Twitch, and numerous others!

Seventh Star Press looks forward to working with BitPay and the cryptocurrency community, as it represents great new developments in transactions and technology that empowers creative individuals.

For further information on the Imaginarium Convention, please visit www.entertheimaginarium.com

Rayden Valkyrie, Rayden Valkyrie Tales, Stephen Zimmer

The Rayden Valkyrie Tales, Volume II, by Stephen Zimmer, Now Available in Print!

The Rayden Valkyrie Tales, Volume II, by Stephen Zimmer, is available today in print! For readers of heroic fantasy and sword and sorcery, this brand new compendium contains three full novellas!

Pick up a copy today using the links here!

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The Rayden Valkyrie Tales, Volume II, contains three novellas previously released in the collection individually on eBook formats.  These novellas include Across Desert Plains, Prowling the Darkness, and Darkness Enthroned.

The novellas in the Rayden Valkyrie Tales collection will continue to be released and made available individually on eBook formats and the compendium is only being released in a print edition for readers who do not have eReaders or prefer print formats.

Here are the synopsis of the three novellas included in this exciting new compendium!

Prowling the Darkness:

Dark rumors and whisperings of unholy sorcery bring Rayden Valkyrie to the remote city of Sereth-Naga.

There she finds a populace cowering in fear of the city’s ruthless, mysterious rulers, who remain behind the high walls of their citadel.

An even greater mystery surrounds the city.

Something is prowling the darkness.

Something that has kept the enigmatic rulers for centuries from escaping Sereth-Naga to spread their wickedness to other lands.

Prowling the Darkness is a stand-alone novella that is part of the Rayden Valkyrie Tales.

Across Desert Plains:

Only the foolish deem the desolate places of the world truly abandoned.

Journeying to the Kingdom of Thrakkia, Rayden Valkyrie encounters a large contingent of nomadic Barradans. Knowing the routes through the great desert expanses and the numerous dangers encountered within them, the rugged tribal people are also hospitable to strangers and they welcome her among them.

Heading westward to avoid becoming swept up in the ambitions of a bloodthirsty desert warlord, the Barradans have only one other individual among them who is not a member of their tribe; an enigmatic Hebrennan elder.

Mysteries soon unfold, and Rayden’s own life will teeter on the edge of an abyss.

Where no man or woman dwells, things with darker intentions and ravenous hungers can set root, grow, and cast a deepening shadow across desert plains.

Across Desert Plains is a stand-alone novella that is part of the Rayden Valkyrie Tales.

Darkness Enthroned:

In the heart of a frigid northern winter, Rayden Valkyrie takes refuge in the lands of the Sarvan people when a mounted column of Attun warriors is seen passing along the outskirts of their territory heading west.

Far from their steppe domain in the east, the Attun warriors are journeying into a remote, unpopulated wilderness, drawing great alarm from the Sarvans about their purpose. Learning of the situation, Rayden joins with a band of warriors from the area’s villages to investigate.

Following the tracks of the Attun warriors, they are led to the base of an enormous, ancient burial mound, where the trail vanishes abruptly. A mystery looms, and Rayden seeks to discover the nature of the burial mound and the reason why the Attuns have traveled so far from their homelands to enter it.

Darkness Enthroned is a stand-alone adventure that is part of the Rayden Valkyrie Tales.

Don’t have The Rayden Valkyrie Tales, Volume I yet? Pick up a copy today!

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About the Author: Stephen Zimmer is an award-winning author and filmmaker based out of Lexington Kentucky. His works include the Rayden Valkyrie Tales (Sword and Sorcery), the Rising Dawn Saga (Cross Genre), the Fires in Eden Series (Epic Fantasy), the Hellscapes short story collections (Horror), the Chronicles of Ave short story collections (Fantasy), the Harvey and Solomon Tales (Steampunk), and the forthcoming Faraway Saga (YA Dystopian/Cross-Genre).

Stephen’s visual work includes the feature film Shadows Light, shorts films such as The Sirens and Swordbearer, and the forthcoming Rayden Valkyrie: Saga of a Lionheart TV Pilot.

Stephen is a proud Kentucky Colonel who also enjoys the realms of music, martial arts, good bourbons, and spending time with family.

Website: www.stephenzimmer.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/stephenzimmer7
Twitter: @sgzimmer
Instagram: @stephenzimmer7

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Night Reich, Tales of the Decoverse Vol. 1, from John B. Pyka, Available Today in eBook Formats!

Night Reich, Tales of the Decoverse Vol. 1, from John B. Pyka, is available today in eBook formats from Seventh Star Press! A thrilling blend of diesel punk, superhero fiction, and noir, Night Reich has a storyline that readers of many genres will love!

Direct purchase links are below the cover art!

Direct purchase links! Pick up a copy today!

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Synopsis of Night Reich:

In the final days of WWII, Adolph Hitler made a pact with Dracula to create an army of vampire Nazis. Only the combined might of Earth’s heroes can save the planet from an apocalyptic nightmare!

Join the Blue Phantom, Maxwell Marvel, Kotah the Black Lion and assembled heroes of the Decoverse for a two-fisted showdown of epic proportions!

About John B. Pyka:

For over 20 years John Pyka has set himself apart as an entertainer with his patented fusion of magic, music, and larger than life characters!

John Pyka is best known for his work onstage as a new vintage variety artist, fusing music and magic with comedy and dance in a 1920s – 1940s style in what is described as “Dieselpunk.” He can be seen performing in theaters, at festivals and conventions around the country.

He is also the author of 4 books on magic, including the best-seller Theatrical Magic. His first novel, Tales From the Flip-Side is published by Pro Se Press and available wherever books are sold – also available as an audiobook!

John is also the producer and host of the Dieselpunk Podcast, THE Voice of Dieselpunk on iTunes and Stitcher, which consistently is ranked in the top 10 performing arts podcasts. He is also the producer and host of the YouTube channel BDC TV!

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Cover Reveal and Release Announcement for John B. Pyka’s Night Reich, Tales of the Decoverse Vol. 1!

Today is the cover reveal for Night Reich, Tales of the Decoverse Vol. 1, from John B. Pyka! Night Reich will be available in eBook formats this Friday, April 9th from Seventh Star Press! Night Reich begins an exciting new series that blends Diesel Punk, Noir, and Superhero Fiction into a storyline that readers of many genres will love!

Synopsis of Night Reich:

In the final days of WWII, Adolph Hitler made a pact with Dracula to create an army of vampire Nazis. Only the combined might of Earth’s heroes can save the planet from an apocalyptic nightmare!

Join the Blue Phantom, Maxwell Marvel, Kotah the Black Lion and assembled heroes of the Decoverse for a two-fisted showdown of epic proportions!

About John B. Pyka:

For over 20 years John Pyka has set himself apart as an entertainer with his patented fusion of magic, music, and larger than life characters!

John Pyka is best known for his work onstage as a new vintage variety artist, fusing music and magic with comedy and dance in a 1920s – 1940s style in what is described as “Dieselpunk.” He can be seen performing in theaters, at festivals and conventions around the country.

He is also the author of 4 books on magic, including the best-seller Theatrical Magic.

John is also the producer and host of the Dieselpunk Podcast, THE Voice of Dieselpunk on iTunes and Stitcher, which consistently is ranked in the top 10 performing arts podcasts. He is also the producer and host of the YouTube channel BDC TV!

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Cover Art Reveal and Release Announcement for The Rayden Valkyrie Tales, Volume II, by Stephen Zimmer!

Announcing the reveal of the cover art by Olivia Pro Design for a new print-only release, The Rayden Valkyrie Tales, Volume II, by Stephen Zimmer! For readers of heroic fantasy and sword and sorcery, this new compendium containing three full novellas will be available on April 21st!

The Rayden Valkyrie Tales, Volume II, will contain three novellas previously released in the collection invididually on eBook formats.  These novellas include Across Desert Plains, Prowling the Darkness, and Darkness Enthroned.

The novellas in the Rayden Valkyrie Tales collection will continue to be released and made available individually on eBook formats and the compendium is only being released in a print edition for readers who do not have eReaders or prefer print formats.

Here are the synopsis of the three novellas included in this exciting new compendium!

Prowling the Darkness:

Dark rumors and whisperings of unholy sorcery bring Rayden Valkyrie to the remote city of Sereth-Naga.

There she finds a populace cowering in fear of the city’s ruthless, mysterious rulers, who remain behind the high walls of their citadel.

An even greater mystery surrounds the city.

Something is prowling the darkness.

Something that has kept the enigmatic rulers for centuries from escaping Sereth-Naga to spread their wickedness to other lands.

Prowling the Darkness is a stand-alone novella that is part of the Rayden Valkyrie Tales.

Across Desert Plains:

Only the foolish deem the desolate places of the world truly abandoned.

Journeying to the Kingdom of Thrakkia, Rayden Valkyrie encounters a large contingent of nomadic Barradans. Knowing the routes through the great desert expanses and the numerous dangers encountered within them, the rugged tribal people are also hospitable to strangers and they welcome her among them.

Heading westward to avoid becoming swept up in the ambitions of a bloodthirsty desert warlord, the Barradans have only one other individual among them who is not a member of their tribe; an enigmatic Hebrennan elder.

Mysteries soon unfold, and Rayden’s own life will teeter on the edge of an abyss.

Where no man or woman dwells, things with darker intentions and ravenous hungers can set root, grow, and cast a deepening shadow across desert plains.

Across Desert Plains is a stand-alone novella that is part of the Rayden Valkyrie Tales.

Darkness Enthroned:

In the heart of a frigid northern winter, Rayden Valkyrie takes refuge in the lands of the Sarvan people when a mounted column of Attun warriors is seen passing along the outskirts of their territory heading west.

Far from their steppe domain in the east, the Attun warriors are journeying into a remote, unpopulated wilderness, drawing great alarm from the Sarvans about their purpose. Learning of the situation, Rayden joins with a band of warriors from the area’s villages to investigate.

Following the tracks of the Attun warriors, they are led to the base of an enormous, ancient burial mound, where the trail vanishes abruptly. A mystery looms, and Rayden seeks to discover the nature of the burial mound and the reason why the Attuns have traveled so far from their homelands to enter it.

Darkness Enthroned is a stand-alone adventure that is part of the Rayden Valkyrie Tales.

Stephen Zimmer is an award-winning author and filmmaker based out of Lexington Kentucky. His works include the Rayden Valkyrie Tales (Sword and Sorcery), the Rising Dawn Saga (Cross Genre), the Fires in Eden Series (Epic Fantasy), the Hellscapes short story collections (Horror), the Chronicles of Ave short story collections (Fantasy), the Harvey and Solomon Tales (Steampunk), and the forthcoming Faraway Saga (YA Dystopian/Cross-Genre).

Stephen’s visual work includes the feature film Shadows Light, shorts films such as The Sirens and Swordbearer, and the forthcoming Rayden Valkyrie: Saga of a Lionheart TV Pilot.

Stephen is a proud Kentucky Colonel who also enjoys the realms of music, martial arts, good bourbons, and spending time with family.

Website: www.stephenzimmer.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/stephenzimmer7
Twitter: @sgzimmer
Instagram: @stephenzimmer7

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New Children’s Book by Dr. Vic, Helpful Tips for Kids-Adjusting to the New Normal, Available Today in print and eBook!

The new children’s book by Dr. Vic, Helpful Tips for Kids-Adjusting to the New Normal, is available today in print and eBook formats from Seventh StarChild! The new book helps kids adjust to the many changes during a time of pandemic in a positive, healthy, and encouraging way!

The second release in the Dr. Vic’s Books for Kids collection, following The Girl Who Grew a Sunflower Taller Than Herself, Helpful Tips for Kids-Adjusting to the New Normal was illustrated by Chad Compton.

The print edition features a larger 8X10 format with full color illustrations and easy to read text.  Pick up a print or eBook copy today at the direct links just below the cover art!

Get Your Copy Today!

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Synopsis of Helpful Tips for Kids: Adjusting to the New Normal:

Helpful Tips for Kids: Adjusting to the New Normal is a book designed to help younger children adjust and cope with the many changes in life that come with a pandemic situation. 

This book offers tips and insights on what a pandemic is, the importance of good hygiene, social distancing, good nutrition, using technology to learn and keep in touch with others, and the need to stay active and exercise.  It also shows that it is very normal for kids to feel many emotions during times like this.

Kids will find this book from Dr. Vic very helpful in dealing with the New Normal. 

About Dr. Vitesh “Victor” Enaker: Vitesh “Victor” Enaker is an author and stock options trader currently residing in Lexington, Kentucky. Dr. Enaker is a writer of adult fiction novellas and the first author to write children’s books for Seventh Star Press. He has previously lived in the cities of Danville and Mt. Sterling.

A proud member of the Big Blue Nation, Vitesh is a graduate of Transylvania University and he holds a masters and doctoral degree from the University of Kentucky.

He has also been published in the American Journal of Health Studies. He enjoys playing Texas hold’em poker and fishing in various locations around the Bluegrass.

Don’t forget to get your copy of The Girl Who Grew a Sunflower Taller Than Herself!

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New Children’s Book from Dr. Vic, Helpful Tips for Kids – Adjusting to the New Normal, Will Be Available March 11 in Print and eBook!

A new children’s book from Dr. Vic, Helpful Tips for Kids – Adjusting to the New Normal, will be available on Thursday, March 11 in print and eBook editions from Seventh StarChild!

The second release by Dr. Vic, following The Girl Who Grew a Sunflower Taller Than Herself, this wonderful new book helps children adjust in a positive and healthy manner to the many challenges present during a pandemic. Helpful Tips for Kids features illustrations by Chad Compton.

Synopsis of Helpful Tips for Kids: Adjusting to the New Normal:

Helpful Tips for Kids: Adjusting to the New Normal is a book designed to help younger children adjust and cope with the many changes in life that come with a pandemic situation. 

This book offers tips and insights on what a pandemic is, the importance of good hygiene, social distancing, good nutrition, using technology to learn and keep in touch with others, and the need to stay active and exercise.  It also shows that it is very normal for kids to feel many emotions during times like this.

Kids will find this book from Dr. Vic very helpful in dealing with the New Normal. 

About Dr. Vitesh “Victor” Enaker: Vitesh “Victor” Enaker is an author and stock options trader currently residing in Lexington, Kentucky. Dr. Enaker is a writer of adult fiction novellas and the first author to write children’s books for Seventh Star Press. He has previously lived in the cities of Danville and Mt. Sterling.

A proud member of the Big Blue Nation, Vitesh is a graduate of Transylvania University and he holds a masters and doctoral degree from the University of Kentucky.

He has also been published in the American Journal of Health Studies. He enjoys playing Texas hold’em poker and fishing in various locations around the Bluegrass.

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The Awakening, The New Ragnar Stormbringer Tale by Stephen Zimmer, Now Available in Ebook Formats!

The Awakening, a new Ragnar Stormbringer Tale from award-winning author Stephen Zimmer, is available today in eBook formats! The Awakening is a stand-alone novella that readers of heroic fantasy, sword and sorcery, and dark-edged, action-driven fantasy will love!

Pick up your copy now at any of the links below!

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Synopsis of The Awakening:

Following the end of a brutal war, Ragnar Stormbringer travels across the sea channel to the west with the warrior Thorsalla to visit her brother’s new settlement in the fertile lands of Ulstara.

Coming upon a scene of total devastation, they find no bodies, but there are a large number of strange tracks heading in one direction and signs of a few survivors in another. 

Ragnar will soon discover that some mysteries are the gateways to even greater ones.

The Awakening is a stand-alone adventure that is part of the Ragnar Stormbringer Tales.

About the Author:

Stephen Zimmer is an award-winning author and filmmaker based out of Lexington Kentucky. His works include the Rayden Valkyrie Tales (Sword and Sorcery), the Rising Dawn Saga (Cross Genre), the Fires in Eden Series (Epic Fantasy), the Hellscapes short story collections (Horror), the Chronicles of Ave short story collections (Fantasy), the Harvey and Solomon Tales (Steampunk), and the forthcoming Faraway Saga (YA Dystopian/Cross-Genre).

Stephen’s visual work includes the feature film Shadows Light, shorts films such as The Sirens and Swordbearer, and the forthcoming Rayden Valkyrie: Saga of a Lionheart TV Pilot.

Stephen is a proud Kentucky Colonel who also enjoys the realms of music, martial arts, good bourbons, and spending time with family.

Website: www.stephenzimmer.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/stephenzimmer7
Twitter: @sgzimmer
Instagram: @stephenzimmer7

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Min Eurozan, by Cathy Jackson, Now Available in Print and eBook formats!

Min Eurozan, by Cathy Jackson, is now available in print and eBook formats from new romance imprint Seventh Starlight! Min Eurozan begins The Elorcuian Chronicles, a visionary new romance series with science fiction elements!

Pick up a copy now at any of the direct links here!

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Synopsis of Min Eurozan:

I am no longer on Earth, nor any other place I know.
I have scant memory of how or why I came to be here.

Time continues to ebb and flow with my memories and the strange, seductive men who inhabit them.

The only constant is Love.

One owns my Body, he equally possesses and protects me.
One holds my Heart, wanting me as his friend and lover.
One challenges my Mind, he’s captured me with his patient intellect.
One completes my Soul, our love is the deepest and most pure.
One heats my Blood, bringing with him fire and need.

I love them all, and I love them as One.

About Cathy Jackson: Cathy Jackson is a Midwestern Christian mother of two twenty-somethings and two teenagers. Reading is a passion of hers, but she adores writing. Some of the best people have been placed in her life to help her publish her books. They are a blessing and mean more to her than they will ever know. She loves writing scenes that uplift and encourage along with making one feel the experience. She wants readers to finish the books feeling hope, love, and happiness. To date, the books she has published are Inspirational (Christian) Romances but they have a Contemporary Romance feel.