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Cat Ladies of the Apocalypse

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Available in print and ebook from your favorite online retailers.
www.Books2Read.com/CatLadies

It’s time to turn the “man and his dog wandering through a dystopian world” trope on its head, and tell the stories about cats and their women.

Cat Ladies of the Apocalypse  wanders through broken worlds with twenty-one stories of survival, technology, magic, and sheer determination. But – like their cats – the authors frequently slipped out the upstairs window or knocked things off of countertops, and their stories are stronger for it.

Cat Ladies of the Apocalypse – it’s about time to take them seriously!

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Anthologies, Leigh Saunders, Short Stories, Storybundle

CATS!

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Featuring our very own Cat Ladies of the Apocalypse

While we’ve been alternately teased and called prescient, but when we initially brainstormed Cat Ladies of the Apocalypse in the fall of 2019, we truly had no idea we would be unleashing it in the middle of a pandemic.

Or that the world would be so in need of cats to help relieve their worries.

The CATS! StoryBundle is the written equivalent of cat videos. Only better, longer, and with more plot. You’ll find all kinds of cats – cats who save the world (using magical powers), cats who solve mysteries (simply by being observant), cats who facilitate romance (because that’s what cats do [mostly to keep us from bothering them too much]). Aloof cats, cuddly cats, mysterious cats.

If you need a cat, you’ll find one right here – including the many cats (and their badass women!) in our own Cat Ladies of the Apocalypse!

But don’t wait too long – like the cats we’ve written about, this bundle won’t stick around.
After April 16, the CATS! Storybundle will disappear!
https://storybundle.com/cats

Anthologies, Michele Dean, Romance, Short Stories

Love is Like a Box of Chocolates

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We love sweet romance stories like we love truffles and cordials, toffees and caramels – and when they’re bathed in a decadent coating of rich, creamy chocolate, they’re satisfying, delicious – and we can’t stop with just one!

Love is Like a Box of Chocolates is a collection of sixteen deliciously sweet contemporary romances – stories filled with meet-cutes, nutty quirks, and the unexpected richness hidden beneath the surface of the characters and their developing relationships. And chocolate!

Available in print and ebook from your favorite online retailers.
Visit www.books2read.com/LoveIsLikeChocolate

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Anthologies, Lauryn Christopher, Short Stories

Yearning to Breathe Free

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As writers, we often wonder what we can do to make a difference in the world. Participating in a project like Yearning to Breathe Free is one of those things – putting our pens and keyboards to work for a good cause, and giving both writers and readers an opportunity to act.

In Yearning to Breathe Free, eighteen authors have donated stories and poems reaching across genre borders, touching on themes of family, immigration, hardship, and times of darkness and desperation; but, most important, delivering a sense of hope and shining a light – however small – in the darkness.

All profits from the sale of Yearning to Breathe Free will be donated to RAICES, a non-profit charity who has led the fight in making sure that immigrants in detention centers have access to legal protection, enabling families to call each other on the phone, helping parents to find their children, and ensuring that those detained can gain access to basic goods and services.

Available in print and ebook from your favorite online retailers.
Visit www.books2read.com/BreatheFree

Thank you for your support – and please help spread the word!

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Anthologies, Gothic Romance, Michele Dean, Paranormal Romance, Romance, Short Stories

Love Among the Thorns

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The solitary mansion hiding dark secrets and a lonely heart. A coastal B&B with grief and love permeating its walls and influencing its guests.

Love Among the Thorns presents contemporary Gothic and Paranormal romances with the flavor of the classic Gothics of the 70s and 80s – locations and lives shrouded in solitude and secrecy, mired in mist and mystery, and where the spark of true love grows from the smallest candle flickering in the wind into a fierce light that drives back the darkness.

Available in print and ebook from your favorite online retailers.
Visit www.Books2Read.com/Thorns

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Anthologies, Fantasy, Leigh Saunders, Science Fiction, Short Stories

A Year of the Monkeys

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There is a theory that says if you give typewriters to one hundred monkeys, and let them type for one hundred years, they will eventually reproduce the works of Shakespeare. We decided to put that theory to the test – with a few minor modifications.

We didn’t have one hundred monkeys – but we did have the membership of a League of Utah Writers chapter that calls itself “The Infinite Monkeys.” Most of them didn’t have typewriters, but worked on laptop or desktop computers, smartphones, and tablets. And instead of one hundred years to perfect their prose, we gave them one year to get from blank page to published anthology. So while you won’t find any reproductions of Shakespeare in A Year of the Monkeys, what you will find are thirty-five short stories that will make you laugh, make you cry, make you think, and sometimes make you glad you don’t live in the unsettling worlds of the imagination.

Available in print and ebook from your favorite online retailers.
Visit books2read.com/AYearOfTheMonkeys

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Anthologies, Fantasy, Leigh Saunders, Science Fiction, Short Stories

Mirages and Speculations

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Mirages and Speculations coverAs the moon’s shadow withdrew from the face of the sun after today’s eclipse, allowing the sun to once again shine fully, the spectacle of a unicorn observing a crashed flying saucer appeared in the desert. Was it a mirage? We could speculate… or we could invite you to see for yourself.

Mirages and Speculations, an anthology of science fiction and fantasy stories with desert settings is available in print and ebook from your favorite online retailers. Visit www.books2read.com/mirages

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