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Cover Reveal for Hellscapes, Volume III by Stephen Zimmer! A Special Halloween Weekend Release!

Today, we are excited to share the cover reveal for Hellscapes, Volume III, from award-winning author Stephen Zimmer! The cover artist for Hellscapes, Volume III was Fatima Azhar! Hellscapes, Volume III 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 Hellscapes III:

Descend into the infernal realms with eight new tales of doomed souls awakening to an unending nightmare filled with unfathomable horror!

The wicked may find a way to evade punishment here on Earth, often using their power, wealth, and influence to do so, but not even death spares them from the Hellscapes that await! Explore the shadows, fear, and madness of these worlds, and heed the warnings in this third volume of Hellscapes tales from award-winning author Stephen Zimmer!

Included in Hellscapes, Volume III:
The Ruins
The World is Your Tomb
The Serpent’s Kiss
Coming Home to Roost
The Greater Good
Wicked Majesty
The Oak Tree
Behemoths

About the Author:

Stephen Zimmer is an award-winning writer, filmmaker, and broadcaster based out of Lexington Kentucky. His published works include the Rayden Valkyrie Tales (Sword and Sorcery), The Ragnar Stormbringer 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 Faraway Saga (YA Dystopian/Cross-Genre).


Stephen is a co-host of The Star Chamber Show, a weekly live podcast spotlighting creative individuals in all genres and mediums. He is also a principle member of Seventh Star Press, an award-winning small press based out of Lexington, Kentucky, and the founder of The Imaginarium Convention, an 8th year convention for creatives of all genres with both a virtual event and an in-person event in Louisville, Kentucky.


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


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

You can connect with Stephen online via the following platforms:
Website: www.stephenzimmer.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/stephenzimmer7
Twitter: @sgzimmer
Instagram: @stephenzimmer7

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Cover Reveal for Brick Marlin’s Ozarium, A Special Halloween Weekend Release!

Today, we are excited to share the cover reveal for a new edition of  Ozarium, the second title in the Transitional Delusions Series by highly acclaimed horror and dark fiction author Brick Marlin! The cover artist for this edition of Ozarium was award-winning artist Enggar Adirasa! Ozarium 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 Ozarium: Welcome to the genesis of a new world which begins with the colony of Ozarium. Follow along with an older woman who finds out surviving the apocalypse isn’t such a good thing. Briefly meet a killer robot clown. Take a trip with Fred, a ghost attempting to figure out life as an apparition. Then find out what happens when a child wins the lottery, something strongly forbidden in Ozarium…until now.  

Ozarium is the second book in the Transitional Delusions Series, following Shadow Out Of The Sky, but it can be read as a stand-alone novel!

About Brick Marlin: Brick Marlin is the author of over 10 books and 30 short stories. You can find his works at Goodreads.com, read shorts on his blog, Brain Squirts (brickmarlin.blogspot.com), and if you wish to be added to his newsletter, please email him at brickmarlin@gmail.com

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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 Reveal for The Awakening, A New Ragnar Stormbringer Tale Award-Winning Author Stephen Zimmer!

Today we have a cover reveal for The Awakening, a new Ragnar Stormbringer Tale from award-winning author Stephen Zimmer. The novella will be released in eBook formats on Wednesday, February 17th!

The cover design for The Awakening was created by Oliva Design, and the novella represents the fifth stand-alone release in the Ragnar Stormbringer Tales.

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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Cover Reveal for Ritual of Blood, the First Wizards of the Vatican Novel by Penny Pearson!

Seventh Star Press is proud to reveal the cover art for Ritual of Blood, the first Wizards of the Vatican Novel by Penny Pearson! A paranormal fantasy and supernatural thriller, Ritual of Blood will be released in print and all eBook formats on March 11, and a Kindle Pre-order window is now open!

Pre-order the Kindle Version Today at the Link Below!

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Synopsis of Ritual of Blood:

Stumbling across a ritual murder, Zoe Hunt finds herself snared in the web of a necromancer. Danger lurks around every corner, and she must determine who is out to help and who is out to hurt her. With the necromancer in pursuit, she must rely on the help of a mysterious stranger with guarded secrets, Erik Vardan.

Charged with hunting necromancers around the world and eliminating their threats to innocents, Erik works in a secret department of the Vatican.  The ritual murder bringing him together with the impulsive and fearless Zoe soon sets his organized world to chaos.

Can Zoe and Erik unravel the mystery that surrounds them in time?

Ritual of Blood is the first book in the Wizards of the Vatican series.

Penny Pearson lives in southern Indiana with her husband, young daughter, two quarter horses, two rescued dogs, and two barn cats. She graduated with an equestrian degree which she used at some point in her life… for a while. Forced into an air-conditioned career, she loves to create stories of unusual characters placing themselves in danger and falling in love.

Loathe to commit to one genre, she likes to call her works paranormal adventures. No subject is unchartered (well, except fairies) as she has written about vampires, wizards, half-angels, demigods, and immortals. She’s also been known to throw a dinosaur or two in her stories!

Penny has signed a 3-book contract with Seventh Star Press for her Wizards of the Vatican series with book one to be released early 2020. Penny is also signed with Stardust Romance Publications for, A Girl’s Guide to Time Travel. She also has an Immortal vampire series available on Amazon.com. She is currently working on another installment of A Girl’s Guide series (Quinn gets to experience the Bermuda Triangle).

Penny loves to hear from her readers! You can visit he

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Cover Reveal for Homecoming to Murder, the First Nathan Perry Mystery from Carol Preflatish! Kindle Pre-orders Open!

Seventh StarShadow is proud to reveal the cover art for Homecoming to Murder, the first Nathan Perry Mystery from Carol Preflatish that begins an exciting new series! A Kindle pre-order window has been opened for Homecoming to Murder, which will be released on Friday, March 6th in print and all eBook formats!

Pre-order the Kindle Version at the Link Below!

Homecoming to Murder Pre-Order Link on Kindle

Synopsis of Homecoming to Murder:

Military veteran Nathan Perry moves back to his hometown of Mystic, Massachusetts when he is hired as their new police detective. Reacquainting himself with a few old friends, he finds that his high school sweetheart, Dana Tyler, is now the lead reporter for the local newspaper.

Before his new job is made permanent, he must find who is breaking into homes on Mano Island, an affluent community in Mystic, including the murderer of one of the homeowners.

With a killer loose on the streets, the Mayor Robert Newcomb and Police Chief Paul Cabot expect Nathan to solve the murder fast. He doesn’t like politics, but soon discovers he may have to play the game to earn his job permanently.

Homecoming to Murder is the first Nathan Perry Mystery!

About Carol Preflatish: Carol Preflatish’s interest in writing began in high school when she worked as a reporter, photographer, and sport’s editor for the school newspaper. Publishing credits include several romantic suspense novels, two non-fiction books, and her new police procedural murder mystery series. An avid photographer, she has had many photos published in her local newspaper, as well as in Golf Journal, the official publication of the United States Golf Association. Carol is a member of the Sisters in Crime organization and Kentuckiana Authors.

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Cover Reveal For Victim’s Tell, From Award-Winning Author Daniel Dark!

Seventh Star Press is proud to reveal the cover for Victim’s Tell, from award-winning author Daniel Dark! The followup to Knife’s Tell will be available in print and eBook formats on Wednesday, January 29th! Cover design for Victim’s Tell was done by Stephen Zimmer.

Pre-Order the Kindle version now at this link:

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Synopsis of Victim’s Tell:

In the wake of murder, a victim’s tale rarely makes it back to the surface.

Until now.

The story behind the blade that terrorized London in 1888 has already been told, but the time has arrived to see through the eyes of those who fell victim to the knife in the shadows of Victorian England. 

A rare opportunity awaits you to learn the final stories, from their perspective, of several men and women who encountered one of the most notorious serial killers in history.

Experience the fear, pain, and seduction of the knife in the pages of Victim’s Tell, the thrilling follow-up to the award-winning Knife’s Tell from Daniel Dark!

About Daniel Dark: Daniel Dark, a native of Nashville, Tennessee, grew up with homicide every day. Having a homicide detective as a father, he was able to learn about those that were brought to justice, and the ones that were not.

Spending many hours in Central police headquarters and in his grandfathers hematology lab gave Daniel an unusual childhood and a love for science. Along with this, his great uncle owned the oldest book store in Nashville. His parents took him there regularly, where developed a love of reading and found out about history.

Daniel went on to become an Electrical Engineer and Industrial Maintenance Manager till NAFTA took away his job. A year later he went to culinary school and studied Victorian cooking, after which he opened a Victorian-style restaurant.

He became a heart attack and stroke survivor at fifty years old, where he used writing to rehabilitate his brain. The first book written by Daniel was on Victorian Catsup, which had over two hundred catsup recipes in it from the late 1700’s to 1910, with over sixty different flavors. Daniel used the book to start his 1876 Catsup company as Mr Catsup.

Knife’s Tell represents his debut novel as an author.

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Cover Reveal for Tattered Men, the New City Quartet Novel by Michael Williams! Kindle Pre-orders open too!

Seventh Star Press is proud to reveal the new cover art by Enggar Adirasa for Tattered Men, the final installment in the City Quartet from Michael Williams! A Kindle pre-order window is now open too! Tattered Men will be released in Print and eBook formats on Friday, October 11th

Pre-order the Kindle Version Today at the Link Below!

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Tattered Men is the fourth and final installment in the City Quartet, a group of interrelated novels that can be read in any order. Readers of mythic fiction and magical realism will love this literary gem!

Synopsis of Tattered Men:

When a body washes ashore downstream from the city, the discovery saddens the small neighborhood south of Broadway.  A homeless man, T. Tommy Briscoe,  whose life had intertwined with a bookstore, a bar, and the city’s outdoor theater had touched many lives at an angle.  One was that of Mickey Walsh, a fly-by-night academic and historian, who becomes fascinated with the circumstances surrounding the drowning.

From the beginning there seems to be foul play regarding Briscoe’s death, and, goaded on by his own curiosity and the urging of two old friends, Walsh begins to examine the case when the police give it up.  His journey will take him into the long biography of a man who might have turned out otherwise and glorious, but instead fell into and through the underside of history, finding harsh magic and an even harsher world.  Despite the story of Tommy’s sad and shortened life, Walsh begins to discover curious patterns, ancient and mythic, in its events—patterns that lead him to secrets surrounding the life and death of Tommy Briscoe, and reveal his own mysteries in the searching.

About Michael Williams:

Over the past 25 years, Michael Williams has written a number of strange novels, from the early Weasel’s Luck and Galen Beknighted in the best-selling DRAGONLANCE series to the more recent lyrical and experimental Arcady, singled out for praise by Locus and Asimov’s magazines. In Trajan’s Arch, his eleventh novel, stories fold into stories and a boy grows up with ghostly mentors, and the recently published Vine mingles Greek tragedy and urban legend, as a local dramatic production in a small city goes humorously, then horrifically, awry.

Trajan’s Arch and Vine are two of the books in Williams’s highly anticipated City Quartet, to be joined in 2018 by Dominic’s Ghosts and Tattered Men.

Williams was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and spent much of his childhood in the south central part of the state, the red-dirt gothic home of Appalachian foothills and stories of Confederate guerrillas. Through good luck and a roundabout journey he made his way through through New England, New York, Wisconsin, Britain and Ireland, and has ended up less than thirty miles from where he began. He has a Ph.D. in Humanities, and teaches at the University of Louisville, where he focuses on the he Modern Fantastic in fiction and film. He is married, and has two grown sons.

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Cover Reveal for Anybody Want to Play WAR? by Tommy B. Smith!

Seventh StarShadow is proud to reveal the cover for Tommy B. Smith’s brand new suspense and coming of age novel Anybody Want to Play WAR? The new novel’s cover design was created by by Olivia Pro Design and the book will be available in print and eBook formats on October 18th! A Kindle pre-order window is now open too!

Pre-Order the Kindle edition using the below!

Kindle Pre-Order Link

Synopsis of Anybody Want to Play WAR?:

Brutal injuries can leave scars.

As the teenaged survivor of a savage dog’s rampage, it’s a lesson Bryce Gallo will never forget.

Struggling to cope with his damaged appearance, along with a newfound fear of dogs and mounting anxieties at home and school, he flees his suburban home into the moonlit streets of St. Charles.

Along the roads of suburbia and through the shadowed heart of the city, he encounters Wheels, a maintenance worker for a series of apartment buildings; Paloma, known to some by the moniker of Lady Luck; and a woman in a dark house who is, as far as Bryce can fathom, like no one else he has met before.

His new life is not without obstacles or enemies, he learns. The future is a battlefield. Fire and smoke loom on the horizon, and his dangerous course may see the lives of his family and friends forever changed.

About the Author: Tommy B. Smith is a writer of dark fiction, author of The Mourner’s Cradle, Poisonous, and the short story collection Pieces of Chaos, as well as works appearing in numerous magazines and anthologies throughout the years. His presence currently infests Fort Smith, Arkansas, where he resides with his wife and cats. More information can be found on his website at http://www.tommybsmith.com.

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Cover Art Reveal and Announcement for New Print-Only Compendium from Stephen Zimmer, The Rayden Valkyrie Tales, Volume I!

Seventh Star Press is proud to reveal the cover art by Olivia Pro Design for a new print-only release, The Rayden Valkyrie Tales, Volume I, by Stephen Zimmer! This new compendium will be available on November 21st, just in time for the holiday season!

The Rayden Valkyrie Tales, Volume I, will contain the first three novellas previously released in the collection on eBook formats. These novellas include Blood of a Queen, Winds of War, and The Sun’s Caress.

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. Print compendiums are a great way to make the Rayden Valkyrie tales available to readers who do not have eReaders or prefer print formats.

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

Blood of a Queen: Traveling farther east, Rayden Valkyrie comes upon a city shrouded in fear and anger.

A devastating drought has been followed by a nightmarish rash of brutal murders and disappearances that only occur after the sun goes down. A few witnesses speak of terrifying, monstrous wraiths prowling the streets at night.

The ruler of Terith-Ka, Queen Annukeyen, claims that the demonic entities have been summoned through dark magic wielded by sorcerers in the rival city of Rastapur. A war looms and the people clamor for vengeance against the city they believe has caused their suffering.

Rayden suspects something much darker at work underneath the simmering atmosphere of Terith-Ka. When all others have gone inside with the fall of night, Rayden heads into the empty streets of the city to find answers and confront the evil plaguing a frightened populace.

Blood of a Queen is a stand-alone novella that is part of the Rayden Valkyrie Tales.

Winds of War: The winds of war are stirring.

The kings of Thrakkia and Samosia quarrel with each other as a wave of invaders from a powerful empire crashes upon the shores of the nearby Kingdom of Pargemon.

Having finished a harrowing mission aiding the Thrakkians deep in their mountains, Rayden Valkyrie understands the looming, perilous threat from the Astrian Empire. Without unity, none of the Griacan kingdoms stand a chance against the much larger invasion that Rayden knows will follow the conquest of Pargemon.

With time dwindling fast and the kings set on a course to weaken each other in battle, Rayden undertakes a bold mission. The fate of many lands hangs in the balance

Winds of War is a stand-alone novella that is part of the Rayden Valkyrie Tales

The Sun’s Caress: At the edge of the world, far to the east, Rayden has joined with a band of pirates led by Timiko, the young widow of a great warrior revered for showing compassion and generosity to the powerless toiling in the fields and villages on the islands of Yamatainu.

When word arrives that a raiding fleet is approaching under the command of the pirate Fujimara, a man known for extreme cruelty and barbarity, Timiko and Rayden know that the villages throughout their region are in great peril.

Though greatly outnumbered, Timiko’s fleet sets out against all odds to confront Fujimara’s raiders.

The Sun’s Caress is a stand-alone eBook novella that is part of the Rayden Valkyrie Tales.

About the Author: Stephen Zimmer is an award-winning author and filmmaker based out of Lexington Kentucky. His works include the Rayden Valkyrie novels (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.

Find Stephen online at:
Website: www.stephenzimmer.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/stephenzimmer7
Twitter: @sgzimmer
Instagram: @stephenzimmer7

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