Felicia Fredlund

Writer. Editor. Reader.

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A Flying Santa has been Released on the World

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In other words, another story in the Shadow Courier series is out, along with a companion story set in the same world.

Santa Delivery Plus Book CoverHere is the description:

When Christmas comes to the City of Shadows, fun and love won’t be at the top of the agenda for everyone. Two stories show two different but similar faces of this city.

In Santa Delivery, Courier Kora Leon wakes up in the middle of the night because she gets a message from “Santa” to deliver some “presents” for him. Except the recipients don’t know Santa’s coming. Kora needs to break and enter Santa-style and she doesn’t know how dangerous the owners will be.

Discovery is not an option.

In Christmas and Family and Favors, Maura put together a great family Christmas dinner, but her only brother hasn’t arrived yet. When she hears from him, she learns he left home at the time he should have arrived.

With Christmas traffic to navigate he’ll be late, but how late?

You can buy it here as an ebook. But you might have read the stories a few years ago when they were available in an Advent calendar. I’m very happy to have them available again.

No Reader Report for November I’m afraid. I didn’t read much since I was so busy enjoying the fall season in Japan. I’ll pick it up again in January most likely, but before then comes rethinking and planing time, which the New Year always makes me in the mood for.

Happy Holidays!

The Blood is on the Wall Finally Out as Stand Alone

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With halloween in only a couple of days, I’m happy to tell you that The Blood is on the Wall is now out as a stand alone ebook. A short military horror read for a scary holiday.

Here is the description:

The Blood is on the Wall coverThe vampires needs humans for only one thing: blood. Any human they capture either becomes their cattle or vampires themselves. Food or killer. The vampires, stronger and faster than humans, decided to stop hiding and take over the world.

UN soldiers try to stop them. One UN soldier, Rox, fights to protect her two sisters. She needs them, and for them she fights to protect the whole world.

But the vampires captures Rox.

Is everything lost or can Rox somehow get out on top?

You can buy it here as an ebook. Of course, it is also still available in two different anthologies, Fiction River: Editor’s Choice and Nightly Bites Volume 2.

Next month there is a couple of more season stories being released. Christmas ones. And then the releases will be quiet until 2020, when some very exciting stories will come out. I’ll talk more about that when they’re out.

Have a great halloween! Scary, happy, fun? Whichever you want most!

A Story About a Book in a Book

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The Game of Time cover imageThe Book of Time records the God and Goddess’ moves on the eternal Game of Time, deciding the fate of humans and their world.

Every day, the God and Goddess play and the Book of Time records. It is only a matter of time until someone makes a mistake and the magic of the Gods goes haywire.

The Game of Time, a fantasy story about gods and their book, is finally out stand alone.

You can buy it here as an ebook. I hope you enjoy this book in a book in a book in a book. ^_~

If you are wondering if this story is any good, Tangent Online reviewed it as a part of the anthology Fiction River: No Humans Allowed, and this is what they said about my story:

“The story is interesting and well written…”
—Tangent Online

That was all about this month’s release. This summer have been full of them.

Coming up is the first picture from my first month in Japan during this one year+ stay. I also hope you like the changes to my monthly entertainment review posts.

There are so much great content to experience, both on screens, on paper (books), and out there in the quote/unquote real world.

I hope my additions to it (books and recommendations) brightens your day.

New Options for Reading My Stories AND a New One

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I have a lot to tell you all about today, so I won’t be including all the descriptions because that would make it loooong. But I’ll be linking to the book pages on here so you can get the full info, easy peasy.

Cover image for Angels Demise by Felicia FredlundLet’s start with the new:

Angel’s Demise, a dark urban fantasy short story is now available as ebook that you can buy here.

Tamari Shadow-Wing, guardian angel, watches over and guides Nick Corn. His life took a turn for the worse and he leaned into it.

She tries desperately to convince him to stop his downward spiral, but he isn’t listening.

Can she make him listen or will he become another lost soul?

And from here, I’ll go to Magic and Sacrifice which is finally available as a stand alone short story instead of only in the anthologies Fiction River: Last Stand that I co-edited with Dean Wesley Smith (to find out more about his fiction, go here instead) and Fiction River Presents: Writers Without Borders.

Cover image for Magic and Sacrifice by Felicia FredlundI especially recommend Fiction River: Last Stand—it is full of great short stories—but I’m also glad my short story is out by itself for anyone just interested in that story. On that note, here is the description for it:

Two countries at war. Only a magical barrier between them keeps the fighting to one day a year.

Maora and her husband fights on that one day, fighting for the country that creates the barrier every year.

Bloodied and hurt, they barely keep the tide at bay.

Will they fail and doom their country? Is there a way to end the war?

But there is more! Two new bundles came out this spring and I haven’t had a chance to mention them here on the blog.

Cover image for Cat Tales Issue #3 bundleCat Tales Issue #3 included my short story When She Gained Her Soul. As you can probably guess, all stories in this bundle have cats in them. My story happen to be science fiction, but the other stories cover other genres.

So if you are a huge fan of cats (and haven’t picked up my story yet), you can find more info and a buy link here.

Last but not least is the other bundle called Eclectica. It has stories covering a lot of different genres. My story in it is Dear Brother. A mainstream short story about grief.

The best part of this bundle was all the promotion done around it and you can find me showing up in interviews at several places, plus at a virtual potluck put together by Jackie Keswick.

Barbara G. Tarn interviewed me for her author blog. You might recognize her name since she edited the anthology Nightly Bites which I was in.

Cover for Eclectica bundleThen read the interview Sherry D. Ramsey did with me, she had really good questions.

Lastly, the curator of this bundle A. L. Butcher interviewed me for their site Library of Erana.

Full details about Eclectica along with a buy link can be found here.

Before I bid adieu, I’d like to once again thank everyone who voted in the poll about what you enjoy reading on my blog. It really does help me shape what I do here.

I hope you have a lot of nice weather for the rest of your summer (or winter)!

Science Fiction Short Story Released: When She Gained Her Soul

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It is time we headed into space! Or more accurately go to another planet. In my latest release, you’ll be on planet Raun.

Here is the description:

Who’d imagine caring for pets is dangerous?

Sierra lives on the planet Raun where she takes care of a family’s pets. As an Earth human on Raun, she wears googles every day to protect her eyes from the local sun. Much is different on Raun, some a lot more dangerous than on Earth.

Her charges, the Raun version of cats (similar but also not), can make a lot of trouble for her. And why wouldn’t cats do that?

You can buy it here as an ebook.

The next Picture of the Month post will be a day early so I can post about Halloween right on time!

See you on Halloween!

Urban Fantasy Added to the Roster

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My new release this month is an urban fantasy story. I’ve read urban fantasy for many years and love writing it too. And now I get to share it.

Here is the description:

As a valkyrie, Tyra escorts the souls of Swedish soldiers who died in combat to Valhalla. In this twenty-first century, she barely works because Sweden has not been at war for a long, long time.

When taking a soldier’s soul to Valhalla, Tyra unwillingly talks to Loki when he seeks her out. Right then, she feels the call from another soul.

Her turn for another calling should not have come that quickly, but off she goes despite her bad feeling.

You can buy it here as an ebook.

Next month is October, meaning Halloween. Which means horror movies, horror games, and horror books, right?

Except, I think more about the sun leaving, cozy lamps and candles lit in the evening. A chill to the air that livens up my skin. Trees in beautiful fall colors.

I can’t wait!

Dear Brother Out as Ebook

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Dear Brother is one of my first published short stories and it is now out as an ebook. If you’ve ever wanted to pick it up to read on your device of choice, now you can.

For those who don’t know, Dear Brother is a contemporary short story about dealing with grief.

Here is the description:

A cold and wet autumn makes a visit to the graveyard uncomfortable for twenty-something Silas Stone.

Nothing he notices. Not when more important matters are at hand.

His brother had died with things still unresolved between them.

You can buy it here as an ebook. No other kind of version is available yet, but might be in the future.

On to other things, the first “Great X” (where X = type of entertainment) came out a couple of weeks ago; posted in the Reader category.

These posts won’t always be about books (as the first one), but I hope you’ll enjoy a glimpse into my favorite entertainment and perhaps you’ll even find something you’d like to try.

I’ll see on the first for September’s Picture of the Month!

Announcing Two Releases: a Short Story and an Anthology

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Today I have two announcements to make.

Let’s start with the anthology.

Nightly Bites Volume 2 includes my short story The Blood is on the Wall, its second appearance in an anthology. If you’ve picked up Fiction River: Editor’s Choice, then you already have this short story. If not, I hope you’ll consider picking it up now.

The Blood is on the Wall is about a UN soldier during a vampire apocalypse. A pretty dark tale if I say so myself.

The other 9 stories in the anthology are all vampires stories. So if you enjoy stories with vampires, this anthology is for you; also pick up volume 1 too (I’m not in it, but who can say no to vampires?).

You can pick it up in ebook here. Paperback is also available most places, finding it online is probably easiest and quickest.

My second announcement is a release of a new short story: At the Traffic Lights.

At the Traffic Lights book coverA contemporary tale that I had a great time writing.

The traffic light flashes yellow in an otherwise perfect neighborhood. Model houses, white picket fences, green lawns.

Everything completely normal except for the broken light.

A woman waiting for the car that will change everything.

At the Traffic Lights is only available in ebook as of yet; you can find links to most places it is buyable at here.

That was all for this time. I hope your summer reading is great. Mine have been so far.

Starting next month (or possible September), I will start sharing my favorite entertainment (aka books, games, movies, etc) on the blog. So look for that blogging series to compliment my monthly pictures.

Anthology Galore!

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I’ve been a little slow in my announcement of my publications, so I have several exciting projects to tell you about.

In November last year, Fiction River: Last Stand was released with my story “Magic and Sacrifice”. I co-edited that anthology with Dean Wesley Smith and it turned out extremely well. I am so happy with all the stories; they are all great. They all show case different kinds of last stands.

My story takes a lot of inspiration from the battle at Thermopylae. So few spartans, so many enemies. A classic last stand. I narrowed it down to one woman and one man fighting to save their country from invasion of a neighboring country. A high fantasy tale.

I highly recommend every story in this anthology. Dean and I had a blast putting this together. We had so many quality stories to choose from, a real embarrassment of riches. We get to share it in a volume I’m very proud of.

Buy it here (a link that leads you to many of the places the volume is for sale at).

The second release announcement is also a Fiction River, this time called No Humans Allowed edited by John Helfers. An anthology filled with stories told from the point of view of aliens, animals, things and more, but not one story is told from the point of view of a human.

My story is called “The Game of Time” and it is from the point of view of a book, the Book of Time to be more exact. This is also a high fantasy tale and the start of a new fantasy world. The world/series doesn’t have a name yet, but it will.

The story is about what happens when the Book of Time makes a mistake and all the consequences that follow.

There are some really great stories in this volume (beside my own, of course ^_~). You don’t even have to trust just me. Tangent Online did a review of the volume. This is what they said about my story:

“The story is interesting and well written…”  —Tangent Online

Just like above, I have a universal link where you can find most retailers to buy Fiction River: No Humans Allowed.

The last news for today are about another Fiction River anthology that will release at the end of June (so in a couple of days!). This one is called Editor’s Choice and is edited by Mark Leslie. And because publishing isn’t always straight forward, this is actually the first story I sold to Fiction River.

The story is called “The Blood is on the Wall” and is a military horror story. Quite different in some ways from what I normally write. Although since my fantasy tend towards the darker side, perhaps not that different.

It is about a woman who works as a UN soldier while vampires are trying to take over the world. When the story starts the vampires are precariously close to taking over the city where the soldier’s sisters live.

And once again I’ve read more or less all the stories in this volume too and I can’t recommend it enough. I actually recommend all Fiction River volumes if you enjoy quality short fiction and read widely across all genres. If you mostly read one or two genres, comment which ones below and I’ll tell you which volumes has mostly/only those genres.

Fiction River: Editor’s Choice will be available at all the common book retailers in a couple of days.