Hi All,
Our winners have been randomly chosen by Rafflecopter. Their first names follow and they are being contacted for their information so they can receive their prizes.
First is Nancy, Second is Mona, Third is Cassandra!
Thank you everyone for participating.
To celebrate the release of the first book in our new series, which is also our fourth co-written novel, we’re having a contest. There are three prizes and the rules for entry are below:
PRIZES:
First Prize – Douglas Topaz Dragon This is a beautiful golden plush dragon. Her belly, wing backs and trim, horns, ears, tops of her feet and nostrils are made from
a shiny silvery, gold fabric. The remainder of the wings are gold cloth with sparkles. She’s fierce cuddly fun for dragon lovers of all ages. 7″ Tall, 15″ long with tail
Second Prize – Seaglass Dragon’s Egg. This one of a kind dragon’s egg was craft
ed by Shelley Griffin Van Camp of Mother Creatures Den on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MotherCreature/). The egg is made of baked polymer clay and hand painted in seaglass with highlights of purple, green, and a near-navy blue. It is approximately 4 inches long. It is extremely light and far less breakable than glass or similar materials.
Third Prize – Sea Green Dragon’s Egg. This one of a kind dragon’s egg was crafted by Shelley Griffin Van Camp of Mother Creature’s Den on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MotherCreature/). The egg is made of baked polymer clay and hand painted in teal green and with varying shades of greens as high- and low-lights. It is light-weight and less breakable than eggs constructed of other materials.
RULES: You must follow the link below to enter.
You may enter as many times as you like, but you can only win one of the prizes. An entry happens when you use any of the options on rafflecopter. Rafflecopter draw the three winners randomly. We’ll contact you via email if you have won and send your prize to you via United States Postal Service. Sorry, due to the cost of mailing Internationally, only people with continental United States addresses can win.
To celebrate the release of the first book in our new series, which is also our fourth co-written novel, we’re having a contest. There are three prizes and the rules for entry are below.
Contest will go live on June 1st!
First Prize – Douglas Topaz Dragon This is a beautiful golden plush dragon. Her belly, wing backs and trim, horns, ears, tops of her feet and nostrils are made from a shiny silvery, gold fabric. The remainder of the wings are gold cloth with sparkles. She’s fierce cuddly fun for dragon lovers of all ages. 7″ Tall, 15″ long with tail.
Second Prize – Seaglass Dragon’s Egg. This one of a kind dragon’s egg was crafted by Shelley Griffin Van Camp of Mother Creatures Den on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MotherCreature/). The egg is made of baked polymer clay and hand painted in seaglass with highlights of purple, green, and a near-navy blue. It is approximately 4 inches long. It is extremely light and far less breakable than glass or similar materials.
Third Prize – Sea Green Dragon’s Egg. This one of a kind dragon’s egg was crafted by Shelley Griffin Van Camp of Mother Creature’s Den on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MotherCreature/). The egg is made of baked polymer clay and hand painted in teal green and with varying shades of greens as high- and low-lights. It is light-weight and less breakable than eggs constructed of other materials.
RULES: Link will be available on June 1st.
You may enter as many times as you like, but you can only win one of the prizes. An entry happens when you use any of the options on rafflecopter. Rafflecopter draw the three winners randomly. We’ll contact you via email if you have won and send your prize to you via United States Postal Service. Sorry, due to the cost of mailing Internationally, only people with continental United States addresses can win.
Join the Macrow cousins on their latest adventure with some new friends.
The small town of Neutral and Boring is anything but when the necromancer cousins Elise and Hagatha are in town. Especially when they are trying to teach their Fae friend, Melanie, how to use her magical abilities without burning the forest down around them.
To everyone’s relief, a mission from the Justicariate Magus council orders them on a strange mission far from home. Desperate to prove themselves to the council, Elise and Hagatha set off with their friend for distant shores—only to be plunged directly into magical mayhem. Welcome to the world of the Justicariate Magus Files.
And now for the cover! Created by our talented artist, Shoshana Holl.
Last cover reveal for a while, but I’m going to be chattering about books more. Maybe some other things.
This is a companion collection kind of like the two Tallon collections. Walking on the Weird Side, and It Gets Weirder. This collection fleshes out Ekatarine’s back story a little bit and shares some stories I’ve been wanting to tell for quite some time. Ekatarine makes her appearance in The Cursed Knife, however, if any of you know me well at all, you might be familiar with this character. I developed her, and her world back in early 2000 (before Urban Fantasy was omg popular…lol) and her world melded naturally with this one. I’m excited to share these stories. This collection will be out shortly after The Cursed Knife, so sometime this fall.
Blurb:
From the day she was turned into a vampire, Ekatarine has trained to become the most dangerous thing stalking the night. What began as a quest to ensure she would never be powerless again brings her head-to-head against the council of ancient vampires that murdered her sire. In this collection, Ekatarine faces some of her greatest challenges yet: Human friends, raising children, and finding her own place in the world of the undead.
Cover by Shoshanah Holl
The second book in the Justicariate Magus files should be out in late summer. I really like it. I think you will too.
Blurb:
As far as necromancer Elise Macrow is concerned, her parents are just about the nicest people on the planet. So, she is both shocked and horrified at the news that her father has been kidnapped. With the help of her friend Tallon—a vampire and a detective—and a mysterious elder vampire named Ekatarine, they discover a secret plot to throw the world of mages and vampires into chaos. It’s a race against time to find a dangerous ancient artifact before their war can spill over into the mortal world.
Cover by Shoshanah Holl
Well, it’s been a while since I’ve had a cover to show off. Tentative release date is end of May, early June, but we’ll see how my production schedule goes. The great thing is that the second book in this series is also written, and I’ll be releasing that at the end of summer. There’s also an off shoot story collection that will be out this year. Also with a cover! I have several other projects in the works as well, so after a bit of a hiatus, you’ll be seeing more from me in the coming months.
For those of you who have read the series Rebecca McFarland Kyle and I wrote about Elise and Harmony (who changed her name to Hagatha), cousin necromancers…well, they’re back for more in the adult (still YA friendly though) series, The Justicariate Magus files.
Blurb:
The small town of Neutral and Boring is anything but when the necromancer cousins Elise and Hagatha are in town. Especially when they are trying to teach their Fae friend, Melanie, how to use her magical abilities without burning the forest down around them.
To everyone’s relief, a mission from the Justicariate Magus council orders them on a strange mission far from home. Desperate to prove themselves to the council, Elise and Hagatha set off with their friend for distant shores—only to be plunged directly into magical mayhem. Welcome to the world of the Justicariate Magus Files.
And now for the cover! Created by our talented artist, Shoshana Holl.
Available now! Amazon
In our 14th issue we have robots that are really something else, a woman who thinks God is on her side, a new story with Native America
n gunfighter Lone Crow, some little green men–lots of them actually, and a big scorpion. Plus our dinosaur columnist and we review something new and something old. Featuring stories by Sam Knight, Henry Ram, Joel Jenkins, J. A. Campbell, David Boop and more.
Any of you who are familiar with my stories and novels know I love writing about animals. When I read about Wolfenoot, a new holiday all about celebrating dogs, I had to write a short story about it. If you want to read about the holiday, here’s the website: https://wolfenoot.com/ In short, a family in New Zealand came up with the idea and the world has embraced it.
Here’s my Wolfenoot offering. Feel free to share, please give credit to the author.
A story of Wolfenoot in the Northern Hemisphere
By J. A. Campbell
“Is it time yet?”
“Yeah, is it time?”
“Is it time?” A chorus of puppy voices called out as the youngsters climbed all over their mama.
“Not yet. We have to sleep first,” the patient mama dog said, nudging a pup with her nose.
The small family lay near a warm hearth, where recently a cheerful fire had burned keeping them and their humans warm from the winter storm outside.
“Mama what do you think the Spirit of the Wolf will bring us?” one pup yipped.
“What do you think the Wolf Spirit will bring our human?” another cried out, tail wagging.
Their momma dropped her jaw in a doggy grin. “Do you know why the Wolf Spirt comes?”
“Because humans are nice to us!”
“Because we keep humans safe.”
“Because humans need us.”
The answers continued all with some truth in them, especially from young pups.
“And why do we protect our humans?” The mamma dog asked.
“Because they need us!”
“Tell us the story, Mama!”
They climbed all over her, begging for their favorite story.
Mama shook off her pups and thumped her tail on the ground. The pups gathered in front of her and settled in for the story.
“Once, a long time ago, before humans and dogs were friends, a wolf mama had a late litter of puppies. She had a snug den, so she wasn’t worried about the weather, but food was scarce. Her mate was a good hunter, but the snows had come early. They were hungry, but she thought they would get by.
One night, when the winds howled most fiercely, Mama and her mate curled up around the pups, tails over snoots, snug in their den. The snow had covered the mouth of their home and everyone slept in the warm air.
Suddenly, a burst of cold air woke the pack. Noses went into the air, and ears perked as a small bit of light filtered into the den.
Moments later a human pup tumbled into their midst. It was nearly frozen and had barely managed to find shelter. It had probably fallen in by sheer luck.
Mama and her mate shared a glance and then they took the human pup into their warm circle. It curled up with them and slept. The next day when the storm abated, Mama wolf’s mate helped the human young leave the den and led it back to the settlement where the humans lived. Two nights later, human hunters brought a deer for the pack. In spring, intrigued by the gifts of deer that sustained them through the winter, two of the pups went to live with the humans. We’ve protected them ever since.
To remember and celebrate the beginning of the partnership between dog and human, the Great Wolf Spirit brings gifts each year for good little puppies and humans.”
“And we will keep protecting our humans!” the one little pup who was still awake whispered before her eyes closed and she drifted off to sleep.
Mama dog looked up when a soft light caught her attention.
“A good retelling,” a glowing figure of a wolf said to her.
She wagged her tail at the Wolf Spirit who stood before her.
“Now sleep, and dream well of sheep and time at your human’s side.”
Mama dog lowered her head and snuggled in with her pups, drifting off to sleep with a sigh. She looked forward to the gifts and the feast of Wolfenoot on the next day.
The End.
About the author: When Julie is not writing she’s often out riding horses, or working sheep with her dogs. She lives in Colorado with a handful of cats, some sheep, Kira and Bran her border collies, her Arabian endurance horses Triska and Cavalier, and her Irish Sailor. She is the author of many Vampire and Ghost-Hunting Dog stories the Tales of the Travelers series, and many other young adult books. her passions include horses, writing about horses, dogs and writing about dogs. She writes fantasy, sci fi, horror, and all related genres. She’s a member of the Horror Writers Association, Science Fiction Writers of America, and the Dog Writers of America Association and the editor for Story Emporium fiction magazine. Find out more at http://www.writerjacampbell.com
The time has come.
Aro and Kei must head to the Were forests to heal the Fey. As always, obstacles stand in their path. This time it is not just others between them and their goal, but themselves.
Kei is a battered and broken shell of who he once was. Aro still struggles with her addiction to riath and dealing with all the losses in her life. Now she needs to find a way save Kei from himself before it’s too late. To face the trials to come and heal her friend, she must to learn to trust and rely on others, even enemies.
She will need to learn and grow stronger to survive the forest. Healing the wild Fey will be dangerous itself never mind the forests which are anything but safe. With relationships that are tenuous at best and the Vor growing in numbers, mistakes are now deadly, especially when everything is falling apart.
To survive, she needs to protect those she loves while protecting her own heart as well. With the help of a broken Fey, a pirate, and a crazy elf, anything is possible…
Writer J. A. Campbell 