“Chain Reactions” finds elderly scientist Nora Lindstrom forced, in the face her own mortality, into contacting her long-estranged family. Her great-niece, Diana, convinced her aunt has been dead for twenty years, nevertheless responds to the plea from Nora’s lawyer and visits her beloved aunt, Diana’s inspiration for becoming a scientist and so much more. Shocked […]
Set some unknown time in the future a city state has become a virtual dictatorship due to the power wielded by the head of the IdA, a murky quasi police force that has the power to take away your identity if you cross it. 51308 was convinced to give up her baby and become a […]
We are delighted to announce that The Velvet Anthology is now available to pre-order from the Stone Soup website! This will be available as an ebook and paperback from Amazon, and we will have plenty of copies at the GCLS Conference in Vegas – so if you are coming you can buy your copy there and collect […]
I am truly honoured to say that the wonderful Ann McMan agreed to do the jacket for the new anthology. No words. How stunning is this? Got to be worth the price just for the jacket. And for those who are impatient with my slow reveal… pre-orders for the paperback direct from Stone Soup will […]
Ann Bannon Popular Choice 57 Nominees | 9 finalists* | 1 winner (9 finalists due to a tie at 8th place after Round 1 voting) Title Author Publisher Buy Book An Outsider Inside R J Samuel Self-Published buy Edge of Glory Rachel Spangler Bywater Books buy Goldenrod Ann McMan Bywater Books buy Our Happy Hours, […]
It really doesn’t look good when you are a relationship therapist and your fiancée leaves you just before the wedding, and it is even worse when you are trying to establish your name by publishing a self-help book titled “The Art of the Lasting Relationship”. For Claire, OCD, neat freak psychologist with ambitions to run […]
Arden is a gardener at the local park, following in her grandad’s footsteps. She has a creative spark but resists adding her own design to the landscaping despite her obvious skills. Lithia Park is the home to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s open-air performances, with which she has a love hate relationship; she adores Shakespeare and […]
How to Write Reviews and What they mean on Amazon – Velvet Lounger and Darla Baker, GCLS Con Chicago IL 2017
29TH ANNUAL LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALISTS Jacqueline Woodson and Jeanette Winterson were also honored for their lifetime achievements. Lesbian sections – winners in bold Lesbian Fiction A Thin Bright Line, Lucy Jane Bledsoe, University of Wisconsin Press Another Brooklyn, Jacqueline Woodson, Amistad Bull & Other Stories, Kathy Anderson, Autumn House Press The Day After Death, Lynn […]
Thrown together in school when Courtney arrives mid semester and sits next to Maggie in History class, these two polar opposites form a strong friendship that deepens into more. But time and life have a way of forcing hard decisions and not all is well in paradise. Jump forward and Margaret is a successful realtor […]