Summertime Consequences, Contract Marriages + 3 Serials to Start Today
Serials of the Week #23
Welcome to Issue #23
Trying out the Wednesday slot this week.
The Last Contact by M. Majeris
Sci-Fi
In a dystopian world, ruled by an elite class, weighted by tomes of absurd rules, a disgraced professor’s dull daily life is interrupted by a mysterious object that fell from the sky.
The Thing Itself by Gilded Pleasures
literary fiction
Over the course of their contract marriage, the Conte and Contessa have built something warm, functional, and good. On their fifth anniversary, they decide together: to end it.
Now, what comes after — for the household, the territory, and everyone whose life the arrangement touched.
The Thing Itself is about the difference between a good life and the life you want — and about the people, seen and unseen, who are paying close attention while you work out which is which.
The White Song by Kenn Reff
fantasy | mythic
The White Song is best read without interruption. It unfolds slowly, then all at once—carried by memory, by silence, by what remains after. Set aside a little time. Let it run its course.
The Glimmerstone Enigma - Bryn Norel - Fantasy Author
fantasy | hopepunk
Against a coming darkness unrecognized by the world, an Unexpected Vanguard emerges: two driven survivors and a volatile mix of amateur spies, treasure-hunting thieves, and a ranger more wine merchant than mercenary.
Isolated and underpowered, when steel and sorcery quickly prove insufficient, their perilous quest to unravel the enigma escalates into a high-stakes grift to steal a mysterious prize from an unseen adversary.
Can this unlikely crew rise to the challenge, and what consequences might result from breaking Teffel’s fourth rule of thievery – “Always know who you’re stealing from!”?
Blood don’t tell by Patrick L. Parker
southern gothic
When it’s too hot and three South Mississippi boys have too much time on their hands and no witnesses what could possibly go wrong?
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Thank you so much for the mention.
Ian! Thanks for the boost. As always.