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Review of Lacrimore—A Monstrous Mansion

“It feeds on the horrors we commit….” A malevolent, sentient house serves as the lively setting of Lacrimore, a debut Gothic novella by S. J. Costello. The book came out in 2020 and was a winner of the Independent Publishers Book Awards. (more…)

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What happens when you enter the woods everyone warned you stay away from? Enter the magical world from the minds of Molly Likovich and Marcia Ruiz-Olguín. A place where witches are real, where trees hold magic and ancient stories, and Greek scholars dance to worship the old Gods. But there is danger in these woods as well. Sinister figures in the shadows waiting to poison you, an all-knowing Goblin King waiting to trick you. Molly and Mar invite their readers to enter the woods and embark on a journey through the enchanting unknown to uncover the myths and magic that lay in the center of the woods.

Susie, the Keeper of Books

Author Interview When I asked for authors to interview, the lovely Susie reached out to me and I was super happy that she wanted to. But then I found out some very cool information that I can’t wait to share with all of you. I won’t spoil it for you, so read on and find out the special secret that our newest author interviewed offers besides their own books. 1. What sparked your interest in…

A sneak peek from ⚡️THORUNN⚡️ since it's Thor's day😉.

Laine and his uncle have a rather . . . tempestuous relationship, to say the least . . .

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I have a new book coming, Gentle Reader.

May 18, 2019

In the Beginning…

This book started with a strange idea in the middle of the night that became a Tweet the next morning.

I know, I should know much better than that. But I did the Tweet and Twitter was basically like…

GAIL, WRITE THE THING!

Here’s what I can remember of the Tweet… (of course I can’t find it anymore)

I want to write a space station police procedural featuring an adorable alien from a culture with five genders and his human detective crush. And funny. And sexy.

And low, I went to a writing retreat in the Smokey Mountains. And instead of writing whatever it was I ought to, I wrote this book instead. It was a lot of fun, and caused much hilarity among the other authors there. I have blog posts coming that pertain to these shenanigans, but it’s full of spoilers so I’m waiting until after the book releases.

Anyway, here it is… The 5th Gender:

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Blurb

A species that has no word for murder, has a murderer aboard their spaceship.

ALIEN

Tristol lives in exile. But he’s built a life for himself aboard a human space station. He’s even started to understand the complex nuances of human courting rituals.

Detective Hastion is finally flirting back!

MURDER

Except that Tristol’s beloved space station is unexpectedly contacted by the galoi – a xenophobic species with five genders, purple skin, and serious attitude. They need the help of a human detective because there’s a murderer aboard their spaceship. Murder is so rare, the galoi don’t even have a word for it.

Tristol knows this because he is galoi.

ROMANCE

Which means that he and Detective Hastion are on the case… together.

Delicate Sensibilities?

Contains men who love other men in graphic detail, regardless of gender, biology, or skin color… and lots of emotively sexy tentacle hair.

Cover art by the truly amazing Starla.

5th Gender Inception Thoughts

I honestly don’t know what you will think of it. I have no idea it you’ll even bother to follow me into weird sci-fi spaces.

I will say that one of the things that seriously bothers me about sci-fi, particularly hard sci-fi and particularly Golden Age is how authors are perfectly fine aggrandizing and exploring advanced technology but never bother with changing culture. Yet we all know social structures are almost more malleable than scientific ones. The anthropologist in me has always been a bit.. qua? The writer in me has wondered why it has to so very concept driven and so very humorless.

So yeah, this is my opportunity to do character driven, funny sci-fi. As well as write humans from an alien standpoint… AKA we are hilarious. I think you will love Tristol, he might be my most favorite character ever written. He has very firm opinions on cats, the shades of purple, and noodles.

Your Questions Answered

Will there be a print edition?

Yes, I will try and post it as close to the digital release date as possible. It will be the same size and have the same glossy cover as the San Andreas Shifter books.

Will there be an audiobook?

Yes. Producer Bryan is auditioning narrators as I type. Hopefully, it will be a month or so after the print release, but no promises. It depends on the narrator. I’m considering distributing this one a little differently and working with Findaway Voices to try to get it as wide as possible. We shall see how it goes.

Is this the same universe as

Crudrat?

Yes, but there is very little cross over. It’s the same basic galactic premise for colonization/expansion (The Tinkered Stars) as Crudrat but The Wheel is not there, and there are no cross over characters or mentioned tech. They exist completely independent of each other.

Is this a romance or a mystery or a sci-fi?

Yes.

Is it a stand alone?

Yes, it is a complete story. But I am open to writing more mysteries with these characters if this one does well.

What’s the POV?

Swapped POV like the San Andreas books.

Is this YA?

Hell no.

Turns out, if you write about an alien race with 5 genders, people wanna follow them into the bedroom ~ rampant curiosity and all that. Tristol and his love interest, Drey, are also really physically into each other. So yeah, I totally went there. If you read this book, you’ll go there too.

There is a reason I’m publishing this one under the G. L. moniker. It has the same heat level and explicitness as the San Andreas books.

You have been warned.

Yours in purple,

Miss Gail

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