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Dec 17, 2020 7:01 pm
THE DIRTY HOLIDAYS
I have been bugging you a lot lately, haven’t I? I’m sure it’s got something to do with the fact that I have another book coming out soon. Rest easy, Steeleheads. I won’t be sending out another newsletter until December 31 when the ebook for Slab Steele and the Outer Rim Job goes live. I hope you all have plans for a safe and happy holiday season. And for those that celebrate it, I wish you a Happy Solstice on the 21st. With any luck, Solstice Claus will bring you that air fryer or motorcycle or new fishing rod you’ve been dreaming about.
I’ll be off real work for two weeks and the line items on my honey do list are starting to add the flare up. That’s okay, though. It’ll give me plenty of time to work through Scott Sigler’s latest release and the sequel to Earthcore, Mt. Fitz Roy. It’s an Audible exclusive for now but I love his work. It’s also narrated by one of my favorite voices on the planet. If I can find time, I’m going to finish a fun little origin story about Whizz I started back in September. We’ll see. Family comes first. And if it gets cold enough, tackling a little hardwater comes second.
Wondering what to get Ron for Solstice? Preorder a copy of my upcoming book. I know, I know. I’m beating a dead whore here. But… still:
PREORDER HERE
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THE DIRTY LOGO CONTEST
She continues. If you haven’t already, follow my Instagram account sometime between now and December 21, find the Ariel Mermen post, and mention a friend in the comments. Do all of the above and you’re in. I’ll pick a winner at random.
RON'S INSTA BRUHS
I’ll send our Champ a one of a kind hat, t-shirt, or long sleeve. Prize is somewhat negotiable, as long as it doesn’t break the bank. I still need that flaring beer money, okay?
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THE DIRTY PROMO SECTION
Fill your Solstice hose with some reading material for relaxing next to your fission fireplace, bruhs.
December Fantasy and Science Fiction Giveaway
Year's End SciFi and Fantasy Giveaway
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Two featured freebies and a highlight to finish out the year folks. Here’s to 2021 being a whole hell of flare better. Oh! And all more or less in genre this time...
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FREEBIE OF THE FORTNIGHT I
Bad Boys Make Broken Men
by Sam Fires
When life gives you lemons, you make bodies fly....
You know the old saying; when God gives you lemons, you make bodies fly.
It used to be that the salacious sounds of sin of the nightclub were the only things for a bouncer like Cole Denvers to be worried about. But the mean streets of New York had different plans. When his girl Tiffany disappears, Cole will have to grit his teeth and bloody his knuckles to get to her. The only thing standing in his way? All of New York’s criminal underbelly, that’s all. He could do it too if it weren’t for his damn conscience, but all is not what it seems...
Sam J. Fires delivers dark humor with a dash of horror in this exciting prequel to the Madness and Mayhem series.
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FREEBIE OF THE FORTNIGHT II
Dark Nebula: Contact
by Sean Willson
When aliens arrive in Sol, how does humanity react in the first few hours?
After several years of unstable peace throughout Sol, mankind is confronted with the arrival of an unknown alien force. Everyone deals with the unexpected arrivals differently.
Military forces guarding the front lines of a century old conflict struggle to comprehend the alien arrival. Unhealed wounds from past battles stress Inner and Outer Ring soldiers, as a rogue among them takes matters into her own hands.
Hours into the alien arrival, the president endeavors to contain a centuries old subterfuge. She never imagined she’d be the one responsible for guiding mankind in its darkest hour.
A washed up vid-sim sports star turned messiah predicted the alien arrival with uncanny accuracy. How does a world react when his prophecies come true?
Dark Nebula: Contact, is a free novella in a sci-fi series that features unusual aliens, galactic action, surprising plot twists, complex characters, and bad-ass protagonists.
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HIGHLIGHT OF THE FORTNIGHT
The Heisenberg Corollary
by CH Duryea
Cutting-edge science. Bloodthirsty aliens. Can this band of nerdy scientists save the multiverse one dimension at a time?
Brilliant physicist Zeke Travers is on the brink of a scientific breakthrough… and a nervous breakdown. So after the beta test of his interdimensional drive goes off without a hitch, he breathes a sigh of relief. But when an alien warship materializes out of nowhere with guns blazing, Zeke and his team must risk using their invention to jump to a parallel universe.
Uncertain how to return to their native continuum, Zeke’s nerd squad must blind-hop across the omniverse from high-tech galaxies to magic-powered medieval planets. Hunted by ridiculously persistent and savage attackers, Zeke suspects the pursuers are only puppets of a far more shadowy evil. And with every roll of the interstellar dice, he fears they’re falling deeper into its sinister clutches.
Can Zeke uncover the dark force behind the attacks in time to save his crew and avoid interdimensional mayhem?
The Heisenberg Corollary is the first book in the hilarious Slagmaster Cycles, a science fiction fantasy mash-up series with an attitude. If you like quirky characters, non-stop action, and geeky pop-culture references, then you’ll love C. H. Duryea’s snarky, laugh-out-loud page-turner.
CHECK IT OUT
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-Ron-
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