5 New SSP Anthologies: One Amazing Virtual Tour

Beginning tomorrow and running late into June, the SSP Anthology Extravaganza is going to be your introduction to five fantastic new anthologies from Seventh Star Press:  Southern Haunts (paranormal), The End Was Not the End (fantasy), Vampires Don't Sparkle (horror), Perfect Flaw (dystopian) and Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy (writing advice/speculative fiction theme).

You will get to meet all kinds of wonderful authors and editors, with guest posts from many of the writers featured in these books, interviews, reviews, and more.

Here is a list of all the activities on the calendar as of today!  Get ready for a big month of activity!

(Schedule shows name of blog, type of activity, and the book being featured for that day)

Full Tour Schedule:  

May 16     Jay Wilburn Blog          Guest Post       (Southern Haunts)

May 16  MikesFilmTalk       Guest Post   (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)

May 16    Armand Rosamilla, Horror Author     Guest Post (Perfect Flaw)

May 17     Laurie's Paranormal Thoughts and Reviews     Interview    (Southern Haunts)

May 17    Laurie’s Thoughts and Reviews     Interview   (Perfect Flaw)

May 17    Come Selahway With Me    Guest Post  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)

May 17    The Dan O’Brien Project   Guest Post  (The End Was Not the End)

May 18     The Dan O’Brien Project     Promo-Spotlight  (Southern Haunts)

May 18   A Girl and Her Kindle   Review (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)

May 18   Ian’s Realm   Guest Post   (The End Was Not the End)

May 19   Angela Meadon Blog    Guest Post   (Perfect Flaw)

May 19   Strange Amusements    Review  (The End Was Not the End)

May 20     Book in the Bag          Review   (Southern Haunts)

May 20     The FlipSide of Julianne     Guest Post   (Guest Post)

May 20  Laurie’s Paranormal Thoughts and Reviews   Interview  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)

May 21     Spellbound by Books     Excerpt  (Southern Haunts)

May 21  The Dan O’Brien Project   Guest Post  (Perfect Flaw)

May 21   Kentucky Geek Girl   Interview  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)

May 22     Darlene’s Book Nook         Guest Post  (Southern Haunts)

May 22 Strange Amusements   Promo/Spotlight  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)

May 22   Bookishly Me   Guest Post  (The End Was Not the End)
May 22   Ian's Realm  Guest Post  (Perfect Flaw)

May 23    Workaday Reads   Guest Post  (Perfect Flaw)

May 23  Book Den  Guest Post  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)

May 23  Laurie’s Thoughts and Reviews    Interview  (The End Was Not the End)

May 24   Books, Owls and Tea    Guest Post  (Perfect Flaw)

May 24  Beagle Book Space  Promo/Spotlight  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)

May 24  I Read a Book Once   Review  (The End Was Not the End)

May 26     Kentucky Geek Girl     Interview  (Southern Haunts)

May 26 Armand Rosamilla, Horror Author   Review  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)

May 27  Bookishly Me    Review  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)

May 28  Spellbindings   Guest Post  (Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy)

May 28  A Haunted Head  Interview (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)

May 29 Darlene’s Book Nook   Guest Post  (The End Was Not the End)

May 29   Book in the Bag    Interview  (Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy)

May 30    Darlene’s Book Nook      Guest Post  (Perfect Flaw)

May 30  The Cabin Goddess Review  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)

May 31  WTF Are You Reading?   Review  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)

May 31  Literary Meanderings   Interview (Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy)

June 1      Babs Book Bistro     Excerpt  (Southern Haunts)

June 1  Readings Sunshine    Review  (Perfect Flaw)

June 1   The Witchy Contessa   Review  (The End Was Not the End)

June 1  Laurie’s Thoughts and Reviews   Interview  (Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy)

June 2     Beagle Book Space  Promo-Spotlight  (Southern Haunts)

June 2  Kentucky Geek Girl   Promo-Spotlight  (Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy)

June 3     Reading Away the Days   Review  (Southern Haunts) 

June 3  Book in the Bag   Review  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)

June 3  Spellbindings       Guest Post   (The End Was Not the End)

June 3   The Witchy Contessa   Review  (Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy)

June 4  Jess Resides Here    Guest Post   (Perfect Flaw)

June 4  The Dan O’Brien Project  Guest Post  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)

June 5  Book Reviews and More    Review   (Perfect Flaw)

June 5  Once Upon a Time   Guest Post  (The End Was Not the End)

June 5  The Cabin Goddess   Excerpt (Southern Haunts)

June 6  A Book Vacation     Guest Post  Perfect Flaw)

June 6    Beauty in Ruins   Review  (The End Was Not the End)

June 6  Come Selahway With Me   Interview  (Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy)

June 6  A Haunted Head   Guest Post (Southern Haunts)

June 7     Word to Dream s    Review  (Perfect Flaw)

June 7  Bee’s Knees Reviews   Review  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)

June 7   I Read a Book Once  Review  (Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy)

June 8   The Witchy Contessa   Review  (Perfect Flaw)

June 10   Spellbindings   Guest Post (Southern Haunts) 

June 10  WTF Are You Reading    Review  (Perfect Flaw)

June 10  Ali’s Bookshelf  Author Interview (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)

June 11 Darlene’s Book Nook  Guest Post  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)

June 11 Juniper Grove  Interview  (Southern Haunts)

June 12    Celticlady’s Reviews   Promo-Spotlight  (Southern Haunts) 

June 12  Bookishly Me    Review  (Perfect Flaw)

June 12  Library Girl Reads and Reviews   Guest Post  (The End Was Not the End)

June 13    The Witchy Contessa    Review  (Southern Haunts) 

June 13  Book Den  Guest Post  (Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy)

June 14   Urban Fantasy Reviews  Promo-Spotlight (Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy)

June 14     Word to Dreams     Guest Post  (Southern Haunts) 

June 14  Sweet Southern Home  Guest Post  (Perfect Flaw)

June 15  Bee’s Knees Reviews   Review  (The End Was Not the End)

June 15  The Dan O’Brien Project   Promo-Spotlight  (Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy)

June 16    I Smell Sheep    Guest Post  (Southern Haunts) 

June 16   SpecMusicMuse    Review and Interview  (Perfect Flaw)

June 16  Jess Resides Here   Top Ten’s List  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)

June 16  Once Upon a Time   Promo-Spotlight   (Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy)

June 17     Bookishly Me     Review  (Southern Haunts) 

June 17  Spellbindings   Guest Post   (Perfect Flaw)

June 17  The Witchy Contessa   Review  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)

June 18  Recent Reads    Review  (Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy)

June 19     Recent Reads     Review  (Southern Haunts) 

June 19  My Seryniti   Review  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)

June 19   Come Selahway With Me   Guest Post  (The End Was Not the End)

SSP Proudly Announces Cover Reveal of The End Was Not the End Anthology

For Immediate Release
March 28, 2013

SSP Proudly Announces Cover Reveal of The End Was Not the End Anthology

Seventh Star Press is proud to unveil the brand new cover art by the award-winning Bonnie Wasson for The End Was Not the End: Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy Tales, a fantasy-themed anthology from editor Joshua H. Leet.

In regards to the theme of The End Was Not the End: Post Apocalyptic Fantasy Tales:

Heroes prevail… usually.

You sit close to a campfire, depending on its faint, flickering light to ward off the darkness. Yet the fire cannot hold back dark memories, thoughts of your fallen kingdom, of monsters across the land, of magic gone awry. Around fires like yours are seated other travelers, refugees from catastrophes none dare mention. Kings and queens huddle shoulder to shoulder with peasants, wizards share scraps with slaves, and each wishes only to be saved. Some will be lucky, for heroes yet remain in their lands. For others, hope was not among the provisions stuffed into a pack when fleeing home.

Eventually the silence of the night grows too heavy, and someone speaks. They tell a tale of loss, of foolish pride and tragic mistake. With bravery stoked by company, others speak up, each sharing their own sorrows.  Before long, there are enough tales to fill a volume. The conversations continue through the night, and by the time dawn has filtered through the gnarled tree limbs, journeys must continue, and one by one, the strangers trudge away. Their worlds may have ended, but they have survived another night. They will continue on, seeking to rebuild upon the ruins of great dreams. Their stories linger upon the air, drifting into time like the smoke from their extinguished fires, fed only by faint embers.

This book contains eleven stories set in worlds where an apocalypse has already come, but the characters you’ll read about aren’t quite ready for the end.

The authors and stories featured in The End Was Not the End: Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy Tales include:

Deedee Davies - "The Halls of War"
Desmond Reddick - "Blood and Fire"
Scott Sandridge - "Make Way for Utopia"
Jay Wilburn - "Twenty Year Plan"
Mandi M. Lynch - "Nightmares and Dragonscapes"
Magda Knight -  "The Stone-Sword"
William Ransom - "In the Hills Beyond Twilight"
Steven S. Long - "Blade of Fire"
Bill Blume - "Waist Deep"
Darra L. Hofman - "Ben"
Nathen Gallagher - "Story's End"

The End Was Not the End: Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy Tales will be released in the first week of April in Trade Paperback and eBook formats. For further information and updates on The End Was Not the End: Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy Tales, please visit the Seventh Star Press site at www.seventhstarpress.com





Contact: C.C. James
Public Relations, Seventh Star Press
ccjames (at) seventhstarpress.com

Seventh Star Press is a small press publisher of speculative fiction located in Lexington Kentucky

Deadline Extension to August 15th for The End Was Not the End: Post Apocalyptic Fantasy Tales Anthology

We are allowing a deadline extension to August 15th for The End Was Not the End: Post Apocalyptic Fantasy Tales Anthology  with editor Joshua H. Leet.  Full info on our call for submissions page (underneath the information for the Perfect Flaw anthology) Up to 10K on story-size, can be ancient world to medieval, sword and sorcery to epic-scale.
 
http://www.seventhstarpress.com/documents/open_calls_for_submission.html

Happy New Year! Call For Submissions for SSP's First Anthology!

Happy New Year! We're hitting the ground running in 2012 without delay! We are proud to announce our first anthology project, to be edited by Joshua Leet! The window is now open for submissions. Please read the information below for further details.



For Immediate Release
January 1, 2012

Seventh Star Press Announces Call For Submissions For New Fantasy Anthology

Seventh Star Press is proud to announce a call for submissions for an exciting new anthology to be edited by Joshua Leet, entitled The End Was Not the End: Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy Tales.

The stories can be up to 10,000 words in length, and must be set within a setting ranging between ancient worlds, like the Sword and Sorcery Hyborean Age of Robert E. Howard, to medieval settings like those found in many epic fantasy series. Timed appropriately for 2012, the anthology will focus on the aftermath of an apocalypse.

The stories can have any style or feature any Earth culture-inspired background, such as the more commonly encountered european-based knights and wizards, to Viking sagas, Russian folklore, Chinese wuxia, Japanese samurai, and Native American environments, just to name a few. The apocalypse itself can be whatever suits the writer, be it magical catastrophe, plague, monster horde, the death of gods, etc. It can include modern catastrophes that precipitated regression in technological level to a medieval or ancient world type level. The stories should have a serious overall tone, and can range from action-driven to tales with a darker edge.

The concept for the anthology was first pitched by Seventh Star Press author Stephen Zimmer, who writes the Fires in Eden series (epic fantasy) and the Rising Dawn Saga (epic-scale urban fantasy). Joshua Leet expressed a desire to serve as the editor of Seventh Star Press' first anthology project, and worked with Stephen to solidfy the project concept. The project represents Stephen's first as a commissioning editor.

Joshua is currently serving as the editor for Sela, the forthcoming second book in the Leland Dragon Series by Jackie Gamber, as well as the newest Gorias La Gaul adventure from Steven Shrewsbury, titled Overkill. Joshua is not only an editor, but is also an author, whose credits include the recently released historical work Civil War Lexington, Kentucky: Bluegrass Breeding Ground of Power, co-authored with Karen Leet, as well as business projects such as two volumes he co-authored in the Compliance and Ethics field. Joshua's love for the fantasy genre and range of technical literary expertise promises to bring forth a debut anthology of outstanding quality for Seventh Star Press.

Submissions must be in by midnight on July 1, 2012. Provide a cover letter, and use standard manuscript format. RTF or Word Documents preferred for the file format. Communications and submissions should be directed to Joshua by email, using the address Joshua (at) seventhstarpress.com

The agreement on accepted stories will be for first print and digital rights, with exclusivity for one year from date of publication. After this time, authors are free to re-sell their stories in other markets. The stories need to be original works, and no previously published characters or properties will be accepted.

The anthology is planned for release in eBook, limited hardcover, and softcover formats in the 4th quarter of 2012. A royalty pool will be generated on print and eBook sales, at a rate of 10% royalties for print, and a rate of 50% royalties for eBooks, with each included story having an equal share of the royalty pool. Royalty statements and payments will be made biannually. All included authors will receive a complimentary trade paperback copy of the anthology.

Updates and additional information can be obtained at the official site for Seventh Star Press, at www.seventhstarpress.com,

Contact: C.C. James
Public Relations, Seventh Star Press
ccjames@seventhstarpress.com

Seventh Star Press is a small press publisher of speculative fiction located in Lexington Kentucky.