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Contemporary Fantasy

Kari Kilgore in a new anthology: Leather Tomes and Spiderwebs!

October 5, 2020 By SpiralPublishing

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We’re tickled to announce SP author Kari Kilgore’s eerie tale “In the Company of Women” is part of the new Leather Tomes and Spiderwebs anthology from Knotted Road Press!

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Anthologies, Contemporary Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Kari Kilgore, Knotted Road Press, Short Stories, Women

Thursday Escapes: Sensing the Storm

October 2, 2020 By SpiralPublishing

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Thursday Escapes: Sensing the Storm

Sensing the Storm, a prequel to Kari Kilgore’s Storms of Future Past series, is available free on this site for one week only!

The Storm Rises

Dr. Sandy Hughes faces several more hours of an endless shift in a Chicago emergency room.

Wrangling baby docs, residents, and med students.

All doing their best to help people yanked out of ordinary life and thrust into medical nightmares.

Then a mysterious boy yanks Sandy out of her own ordinary life. Forever.

Can Sandy figure out his warning before it’s too late?

Check back next week for Jason A. Adams with his soft-boiled detective romance Dirk Knight: The Case of the Rustled Ranch, and happy reading!

Filed Under: News, Thursday Escapes Tagged With: Chicago, Contemporary Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Free Fiction, Illinois, Kari Kilgore, Prequel, Series, Short Stories, Storms of Future Past, The Infinite Bard, Thursday Escapes, Women

Thursday Escapes: The Earworms

September 17, 2020 By SpiralPublishing

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Thursday Escapes: The Earworms

Kari Kilgore’s Appalachian fantasy The Earworms is available free on this site for one week only!

What if your whole town had to face the music?

Estonoa, Virginia. A lovely little town tucked deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Hiking and ATV trails. Kayaking along the scenic Clinch River.

A thriving community focused on the future.

Erin Evans loves her hometown, except for one thing.

The Earworms.

Will Erin find the answer before the music drives her and everyone else crazy?

Check back next week for Jason A. Adams with his historical Moulin Rouge, and happy reading!

Filed Under: News, Thursday Escapes Tagged With: Appalachian Stories, Contemporary Fantasy, Fantasy, Ghosts, Kari Kilgore, Mountains, Music, Small Town, Tales from Appalachia, Thursday Escapes, Virginia, Women

Thursday Escapes: Reflections

August 20, 2020 By SpiralPublishing

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Thursday Escapes: Reflections

Kari Kilgore’s fantasy tale Reflections is available free on this site for one week only!

A beloved family home, abandoned and broken.

A so-called adult life, not much better off.

Jessica’s hopes of finding her joy fade as soon as she steps through the door.

Sometimes fear of staying the same hits harder than fear of the unknown.

Can facing her fears, and her memories, make Jessica’s life right at last?

Check back next week for Malaya by Jason A. Adams, and happy reading!

Filed Under: News, Thursday Escapes Tagged With: Contemporary Fantasy, Fantasy, Free Fiction, Kari Kilgore, Short Stories, Thursday Escapes, Women

Thursday Escapes: The Green Knight

August 13, 2020 By SpiralPublishing

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Thursday Escapes: The Green Knight

Jason A. Adams’ modern take on a very ancient story indeed is available free on this site for one week only!

What if old myths and legends carry a grain of truth?

Gavin Baddock discovers this for himself when a strange client enters his life and changes it forever.

A shyster and a resilient con-man play the world for suckers.

Until the day Gavin learns the old myths and legends err in certain very important ways.

Join Gavin and Carl for a darkly humorous romp through the highs and lows of chicanery.

Just make sure you don’t lose your head…

Check back next week for Reflections by Kari Kilgore, and happy reading!

Filed Under: News, Thursday Escapes Tagged With: Arthurian, Atlanta, Con Man, Contemporary Fantasy, Dark, Fantasy, Free Fiction, Jason A Adams, Lawyer, Legends, Mythology, Short Stories, Thursday Escapes

Thursday Escapes: Little Five

August 6, 2020 By SpiralPublishing

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Thursday Escapes: Little Five

Kari’s fantasy short story Little Five, a follow-up to Terminalia, is available on this website for one week only!

Barry Evans: An oddball in the oddest land of all.

A gray-suited accountant navigating colorful hair, crazy clothing, and questionable businesses.

After three months in Little Five, nothing surprises Barry anymore.

Until the day he meets a true stranger in town.

What happens when numbers meet magic?

Check back next week for another Atlanta-based tale with Jason’s The Green Knight!

Filed Under: News, Thursday Escapes Tagged With: Atlanta, Contemporary Fantasy, Free Fiction, Kari Kilgore, LGBTQ, Series, Thursday Escapes

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