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Smoke City Paper Back Release & Giveaway

To celebrate the 3.26.19 release of the paperback edition of Smoke City by Keith Rosson, we’re giving everyone a chance to win a little bling! Prizes include one Smoke City t-shirt, 1 Smoke City hardcover, and 5 ebook copies of his first novel, shortlisted for the Bram Stoker Award, The Mercy of the Tide. Enter by 11:59 pm EDT on 3/24/19 for a chance to win 1 of these awesome prizes!
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Now in Paperback!
2019 IPPY Award Silver Medalist
2019 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Silver Winner
Powell's Books Best Fiction of 2018
Marvin Deitz has some serious problems. His mob-connected landlord is strong-arming him out of his storefront. His therapist has concerns about his stability. He’s compelled to volunteer at the local Children’s Hospital even though it breaks his heart every week. Oh, and he’s also the guilt-ridden reincarnation of Geoffroy Thérage, the French executioner who lit Joan of Arc’s pyre in 1431.
Recent Press
- State of Wonder, OPB – “Take A Weird Road Trip In Keith Rosson’s Latest Novel, ‘Smoke City'” – Taped Interview
- Powell’s Best Fiction of 2018 – “”Rosson tackles the big life questions in this book, picking apart themes of purpose, redemption, suffering, forgiveness, addiction, passion, talent, guilt, the unknowable nature of life and death, the ways in which we help each other and the ways in which we hinder, the joy of living and the anticipation of death, and the absolute necessity of an examined life. His talent is staggering, his craft is meticulous, and his story is one of the quirkiest but most heartfelt I have ever read. He will clench your heart and drag you through his landscape of horror and bliss. You’ll be so utterly grateful for it.” – Full Article
- Foreword Reviews (starred review) – “A brilliantly haunting tale of forgiveness and redemption even in the face of abject failure . . . Depravity and grace meet in a powerful, profound, and lavish banquet for the soul.” – Full Review
- Linda Hepworth, Nudge-Book Magazine – “[A] story about hope, about love and about the essential decency of people . . . hugely satisfying . . . the literary quality of Keith Rosson’s writing is truly remarkable and, at times, quite breathtakingly beautiful.” – Full Review
- Kirkus Reviews – “A surreal road novel about misfits on a journey to Southern California … An offbeat, strangely satisfying adventure through a land full of (literal) ghosts.” – Full Review
- New York Journal of Books – “Keith Rosson has a remarkable talent. He’s created an enjoyable story, an offbeat, occasionally absurd but haunting tale of life, death, heartbreak, and ultimately, redemption—if not in the way expected.” – Full Review
- Andromeda Spaceways Magazine (4.5 stars) – “Keith Rosson is making a name for himself as a genre-defying author, and this book fits that description. Perhaps magical realism would be the best label for his work. I enjoyed his blend of literary drama and the supernatural, and I’ll be looking out for more of his work.”
- Indiepicks Magazine – “Rosson creates a fantasy where a very real world of human relationships filled with common concerns such as forgiveness or guilt mixes with fantastic elements in a seemingly matter-of-fact way, similar to the slipstream style of writers such as Kelly Link, Ted Chiang, or Jonathan Lethem. Smoke City is an involving and engrossing blend of fantasy and the everyday, and is highly recommended to anyone looking for the sort of book that allow a reader to get lost within its pages.”
- Razorcake Magazine – “Rosson is a gifted writer. Throughout Smoke City, he maintains distinct narrative voices, incorporating media reports and journal entries to add heft and credibility to a story that in lesser hands might not pack as much punch, or sound remotely feasible. Beyond the stylistic elements, though, what Rosson does here is create a cast of cantankerous, difficult characters—then he brings readers around to liking them.” – Full Review
- Dianah Hughley, Bookseller, Powell’s (5 stars) – “Rosson’s talent is staggering, his craft is meticulous, and his story is one of the quirkiest, but most heartfelt I have ever read.” – Full Review
- NWBookLovers.org – “Study the Executioner” – Full Article
- Ditrie Marie Bowie (5 stars) – “A gritty urban fantasy read with elements of magical realism.” – Full Review
- Metaphors & Moonlight (4 stars) – “This was one of those books that called to me as soon as I read the blurb. And fortunately, this book was exactly what I was hoping it would be—strange, quirky, and offbeat, but also touching. The characters had depth and unique voices. The writing was rich.” – Full Review
- TRL Reviews – “The way in which the different stories come together to form a cohesive and beautifully absurd plot keeps the reader turning page after page. This was by no means a mystery but I found myself in a state of delightful suspense during many parts of the book. ” – Full Review
- Infinite Typewriters – “This book is mad. And I mean that in the best way. I don’t think I’ve read anything this imaginative or unpredictable in a long time.” – Full Review
- JD Dehart Reading & Lit Resources – “Smoke City was a super cool read that worked for me in a fashion similar to JG Ballard (whose work I greatly enjoy). It’s a blend of realism and fantasy that flows off the page quite nicely.” – Full Review
Dominique Hecq
Speculate Blog Tour & Giveaway

From what began as a dialog between two adventurous writers curious about the shape-shifter called a prose poem comes a stunning collection that is a disruption of language—a provocation. Speculate is a hybrid of speculative poetry and flash fiction, thrumming in a pulse of jouissance and intensity that chases the impossible.
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TOUR SCHEDULE
1/18 – Myweereads – Book Review
1/18 – Qwillery – Excerpt
1/19 – LargeHeartedBoy – Playlist
1/19 – Sadie’s Spotlight – Excerpt
1/19 – Speculative Fiction Showcase – Excerpt
1/20 – Tomes and Tales – Interview
1/20 – Motherofzombiedragons – Book Review
1/21 – b for bookreview – Excerpt
1/22 – forthenovellovers – Book Review
1/25 – Earthy Soulful Things – Book Review
1/25 – Suganya Mohankumar – Book Review
1/26 – T. Kent Writes – Guest Post
1/26 – Big Indie Books – Guest Post
1/27 – All Things Jill-Elizabeth – Book Review
1/28 – Vol.1 Brooklyn – Interview
1/28 – The Next Best Book Club – Guest Post
1/29 – Writing Forums – Interview

Eugen Bacon
The Road to Woop Woop Blog Tour

Eugen Bacon’s work is deemed cheeky with a fierce intelligence in text that’s resplendent, delicious, dark and evocative. NPR called her novel Claiming T-Mo “a confounding mysterious tour de force.” The Road to Woop Woop and Other Stories imbues the same lushness in a writerly language that is Bacon’s own. This peculiar hybrid of the untraditional, the extraordinary within, without and along the borders of normalcy will hypnotize and absorb the reader with tales that refuse to be labelled. The stories in this collection are dirges that cross genres in astounding ways. Over 20 provocative tales, with seven original to this collection, by an award-winning African-Australian author.
Complex, earnest, and striking, Bacon’s impeccable work is sure to blow readers away.
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Tour Schedule
11/30 – Forthenovellovers – Book Review
11/30 – Literary Gadd – Announcement
11/30 – Thistle & Verse – Book Review
12/1 – Have Coffee Need Books – Book Review
12/1 – Speculative Fiction Showcase – Excerpt
12/1 – Largehearted Boy – PlayList
12/1 – 100 Pages A Day – Book Review
12/2 – Pine Enshrined Reviews – Guest Post
12/2 – Vol.1 Brooklyn – Guest Post
12/2 – PaulSemel.com – Interview
12/3 – Myweereads – Guest Post
12/3 – NB Magazine UK – Book Review
12/4 – Tomes and Tales – Interview
12/7 – curiosityboughtthebook – Book Review
12/7 – The Next Best Book Club (TNBBC) – Guest Post
12/7 – Big Indie Books – Guest Post
12/8 – Bookworm for Kids – Book Review
12/8 – Jazzy Book Reviews – Excerpt
12/8 – Shomeret: Masked Reviewer – Book Review
12/9 – The Bookwyrm’s Guide to the Galaxy – Book Review
12/10 – Crystal’s Library – Book Review
12/10 – Literary Quicksand – Book Review
12/10 – A Paper Arrow – Announcement
12/11 – TKentWrites – Guest Post
12/11 – Jessica Belmont – Book Review
12/11 – Shae Riki Reads – Book Review

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Kathe Koja’s The Cipher Blog Tour (the funhole is back!)

Winner of the Bram Stoker Award and Locus Awards, finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award, and named one of io9.com’s “Top 10 Debut Science Fiction Novels That Took the World By Storm.” With a new afterword by Maryse Meijer, author of Heartbreaker and Rag.
“Black. Pure black and the sense of pulsation, especially when you look at it too closely, the sense of something not living but alive.” When a strange hole materializes in a storage room, would-be poet Nicholas and his feral lover Nakota allow their curiosity to lead them into the depths of terror. “Wouldn’t it be wild to go down there?” says Nakota. Nicholas says, “We’re not.” But no one is in control, and their experiments lead to obsession, violence, and a very final transformation for everyone who gets too close to the Funhole.
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Tour Schedule & Other Press
8/20 – Gingernuts of Horror – Book Review
9/14 – Kendall Reviews – Guest Post
9/14 – Largehearted Boy – Playlist
9/14 – curiosityboughtthebook – Book Review
9/15 – Spec Fic Showcase – Excerpt
9/15 – Momfluenster – Excerpt
9/15 – PaulSemel.com – Interview
9/16 – The Faerie Review – Book Review
9/18 – The Lineup – Interview
9/18 – b for bookreview – Interview
9/18 – Big Indie Books – Guest Post
9/21 – The Next Best Book Club – Guest Post
9/21 – Vol. 1 Brooklyn – Guest Post
9/22 – Literary Gadd – Book Review
9/22 – Writing Forums – Interview
9/22 – Hopelessly Devoted Bibliophile – Book Review
9/23 – Immutable Chatter – Guest Post
9/23 – Cheryl’s Book Nook – Excerpt
9/23 – Crystal’s Library – Book Review
9/23 – Willow Writes And Reads – Excerpt
9/24 – Jessica Belmont – Book Review
9/24 – Jazzy Book Reviews – Excerpt
9/25 – Sascha Darlington’s Microcosm Explored – Book Review
9/25 – T. Kent Writes – Guest Post

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