My friend A. G. Carpenter and the great people at Falstaff Books have released ‘Of Shade and Soul’, the second novella in her Southern gothic ‘Touch’ trilogy. Delaney Green might be dead, but she don’t mean to stay that way. As she searches for a way back to the realm of the living, and the…
Read More Of Shade and Soul: A Touch Trilogy NovellaDelaney Green is one of them that don’t burn. Possessed of the Touch – with the ability to not only see the future but manipulate it – she’s been kept in an institution for most of her life. When the Salesman, a murderous entity with a connection to Delaney’s past, starts burning girls to death,…
Read More ‘Of Lips And Tongue’ by A.G. CarpenterMy fiendishly talented friend and beta-reader AG Carpenter has a new story out in the self-published wilds: Legacy. Blurb: When a skin-changer looking for passage to Lake Ponchartrain collapses at her feet, Willa Arch finds herself drawn into a conflict between the iron-willed Queen Elsbett of Brittania and Queen of the Dead, Marie Laveau. But survival…
Read More Legacy, by A. G. CarpenterI occasionally make digital art covers for other people, when I have time and my intermittent art abilities function properly. Here’s one, with text layout by A. G. herself. I think we did okay, for a creepy little spec-fic steampunky-sort-of-story. It’s only 28 pages, and under $2 on Kobo and Itunes. Go check it out. Blurb: Milton Jones…
Read More The Collections Agent, by A. G. CarpenterBack in this post, I blogged about Brass Stars, the debut science-fiction/western novella release from my friend A. G. Carpenter. I’ve also been privileged behind the scenes to watch some great new developments in her writing career. One of which I can now share: A. G. Carpenter is now represented by literary agent Bob Mecoy, of Creative…
Read More A. G. Carpenter newsDisclaimer: I was provided with an electronic copy of this work, in exchange for an honest review. I promised A.G. this one a month ago, and I’ll post it over on Goodreads, too. (But I’m watchin’ ya, Goodreads, which is why I’m archiving my GR reviews somewhere else as well.) Non-spoiler review: A gritty revenge novella…
Read More Brass Stars review (adult language advisory)Updated 6-19-2017: Brass Stars has been revised and expanded, and A. G. Carpenter now has the dark and gory (and gorgeous) results here. Her new cover isn’t shabby, either. *** A fun debut today for my friend A. G. Carpenter, who is a far better (and more prolific) writer than I am. Remember the name,…
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