The Bodhisattva

Just wanted to apologize , I’ve been spending the most of my time on the new site and getting it set-up, I have several excerpts, contests and a couple of reviews and an interview ready to go that will go up soon but at the moment we are focusing on getting the new platform up.
It’s [...]

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A couple days ago I announced the two winners of signed copies of the collection of stories edited by Mike Allen, Clockwork Phoenix from Norilana books that features all kinds of talented writers.
Check out to see if you were one of the two!
Congrats to the winners and thanks to all who participated
I want to thank [...]

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I just put up another exclusive for you at FBS/BSC!  This is the first chapter of the forthcoming After the Downfall by Harry Turtledove. After the Downfall will be published by Night Shade Books in September.
CHECK IT OUT!
I want to thank Night Shade Books for bringing samples of their line for us to present.
Enjoy and [...]

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I just wanted to let people know the winner of our contest for a signed copy of The Night Sessions by Ken MacLeod was recently revealed!
Thanks to all who participated and congrats to the winner!
SEE WHO WON!
Thanks to Orbit UK and Mr. MacLeod!
More contests being announced all the time, and remember we have one current [...]

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Damon doing interviews (or something like an interview) and me pulling excerpts, no wonder why we aren’t done with the new site! Today I have another exclusive excerpt,  a chapter from Ekaterina Sedia’s The Secret History of Moscow, a chapter she described as being as nice a sample as you can find being a bit [...]

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It’s weird how this Damon has time to do author interviews while I’m slaving over here trying to bring the new site to you guy but he gets away with it by bringing newa to Brown Coats with this bit from Brust:
“Firefly” is the only TV science fiction I’ve ever enjoyed;”
I don’t even know if [...]

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Taking a break from the grunt part of the our forthcoming new redesign and no rest for me, instead I take 5 and announce a new contest for you lovers of short fiction.  Two winners will be walking away with a copy of Clockwork Phoenix edited by Mike Allen that includes stories from people like [...]

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*opens window for fresh air as Mockra always gives him a headache*
Alright peeps, it’s that time again to take a look at the week of bookspot that was!  I’m going to be a little ghost this week and next here as we work on the new site design. We are in the grunt stages of [...]

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Okay fellas, got another hot exclusive for you. This is an exclusive excerpt from Unclean Spirits by M.L.N. Hanover, the first book in The Black Sun’s Daughter sequence. Most of you know the author better as Daniel Abraham, author of the sweet epic fantasy series from Tor, The Long Price Quartet (which we also have [...]

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You get to a point where you’ve read enough Robert E. Howard (which is usually not much or enough - and I feel many times feels like a claim more than fact considering how various works are described in passing) that you feel you need to move on as, even beyond the standard view of [...]

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