Kate MacLeod

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I’m in Mythic Delirium!

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(emerging from between books brain fog)

I have a couple of stories that will be trickling out into the world over the next few weeks. The first is called “Sword and Tattoo”, which is what happens in my brain when I discuss “A Rose For Emily” with my son for his English class while also rewatching Sons of Anarchy, and I threw it into a fantasy setting because of course I did. It’s one of my favorites of late and I’m super geeked it got selected for the 20th anniversary issue of MYTHIC DELIRIUM. Please do check it out. (Personally I buy every magazine I can through Weightless Books, because I like to support the more indie stuff as much as I can, but you can also get it through Amazon.)

https://mythicdelirium.com/7000

(going back to the brain fog; I have two more Scout Shannon books to write)

Who likes audiobooks?

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I’ve been working on audiobook versions of my novels for a few months now. It’s been such a fun experience, hearing professional narrators read my dialogue giving each character a distinct voice; I’m in awe of their talent. MITWA and THE WHOLE WORLD FOR EACH are available (links below), with UNDER FALLING SKIES beginning the slow trickle out into the markets now. THE MARS OF MALCONTENTS is about to start production, with IN QUAKING HILLS the next up. If you like audiobooks, here are links to where you can pick these up:

Amazon:
Audible:
Audiobooks.com:
LibroFM:
eStories:
Scribd:
Nook:

These are also available in other venues that I can’t give links to, like Apple/iBooks for instance. And my distributor also works with public libraries, so your local library can get a copy for you to check out if you request it (the same is true of all my electronic books and also of the print versions of my novels and 10-story collections).

This week only: a free novel and a free novella!

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I’m just dropping you all a quick note to let you know I’m part of the Read an EBook Week celebration over at Smashwords. From now until March 10 you can pick up a free copy of Under Falling Skies or my novella I Rise into a Daybreak, and because it’s Smashwords you will get it in any format for any reader. There are a ton of other books either on discount or for free in all sorts of genres so be sure to check it out!

Publication day for In Quaking Hills!

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Today is publication day for IN QUAKING HILLS, the sequel to UNDER FALLING SKIES and the second in the TRAVELS OF SCOUT SHANNON series. (I just finished up book 3 and have a sense of what book 4 will be, with a strong inkling there will be a book 5). It’s out in print and eBook pretty much everywhere. Here is the back of book copy:

After spending the last four days of her life hiding out from a deadly solar particle storm in an underground bunker, trapped with six treacherous women and a trio of girl assassins, Scout Shannon just wants to find the man who conned her mentor and leave her home world for good.
Alas, the long-threatened war draws nearer and Scout finds herself caught in the middle, surrounded by rebels and bandits. Worse, she carries a pocketful of dangerous secrets with no one to entrust them to.
And the hills keep shaking. Something lurks deep underground. Something massive. Something world-destroying. Scout leaves in three days. If she lives that long.
“In Quaking Hills”, the sequel to “Under Falling Skies” and the second book in “The Travels of Scout Shannon” series, a young adult science fiction novel for fans of plucky heroines, complicated boys, and loyal dog sidekicks.

It was awesome to wake up to a bunch of sales already from people who clicked preordered their copy – thanks so much you guys! And the end of this book has a sample from the opening of book 3, which will be about in mid March. These books are so fun to write, and it’s always a kick to see my dogs on the cover.

 

 

Story Bundle: Sword Wielders

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Sword Wielders

 

My short story “In the Waste Places” is in a story bundle featuring all tales of swords and sword wielders. Cool! There are a lot of terrific writers in this collection, be sure to check it out.

Here’s the back copy description for my contribution, “In the Waste Places”:

Ku-Aya drives her goats towards home, but danger follows close at their heels. Hungry hyenas desperate for food, sure, but something worse that drives the hyenas on.

The fog. It rolls in from the mountains at sunset. The cities built walls to protect them, but Ku-Aya’s village lies bare, only standing stones marking the graves of her ancestors keep her safe. If she reaches them in time.

A stranger fights the hyenas but stands in motionless terror at the fog. Ku-Aya knows a citydweller when she sees one, but why so far from the cities?

“In the Waste Places”, a high fantasy set in the “Goddess-Bereft World”, continues the story of Enanatuma from the story “Oil Fire”.

Check it out here!