So I know those of you in the Southern Hemisphere are rolling into spring instead of autumn, but up my way, we have autumn right on the doorstep and that means SPOOKY SEASON!!
I might already be celebrating with spooky movies and spooky reading and the occasional pumpkin thingy (but to be fair, I have pumpkin food/drink throughout the year. And I'm a terrible sucker for orange and black seasonal food.)
SPOOKY SEASON FUN
Because it's the first year, and this is an experiment, I'm going to being doing a thing every other day throughout October over at the store. Giving away short stories, advanced excerpts, discount codes, that kind of thing. Sixteen (16) surprises, starting on October 1st and culminating with a Halloween treat.
This is still in the planning stages, and it is an experiment (in other words, there might be some bugs I'll have to work out). But I hope it'll be fun. So for those of you who want to play along and have a bit of fun for Halloween, I hope you'll join me! (And let me know what else would make this kind of thing fun for you! If it's successful, I could always make this an annual thing.)
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FOR SEPTEMBER
I have a couple of standalone eBooks releasing that were also in HAUNTS AND HOWLS AND DRAGON TALES. And I have the preorder link for the next Haunts and Howls Collection. Which is HAUNTS AND HOWLS THROUGH GHOSTLY VEILS and it is so well suited for this time of year!! I'm very excited about this one. It's a little different for a Haunts and Howls collection for reasons I'll explain next month, but definitely fun. And spppppoooooookkkkkyyyyy. (ha!)
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RELEASES
Travel, adventure, danger…and cats.
Erica Randal’s destiny requires a lot of balance. Time
learning the roll of destined guardian of a temple protecting deadly knowledge.
Time learning her way around a sword before inheriting her aunt’s magical
sword. Time adapting to her clowder of guardian shapeshifting cats and their
leader Galahad living in her home.
And time off from work to travel. To distant parts of the
multiverse. With pink sands and mile high cliffs. And a purple sea topped by
glowing, seaweed-scented waves so huge they make her heart hammer.
But the waves prove the least of Erica’s worries. What hides
beneath that alien ocean threatens the very fabric of reality. And even the
most terrifying ally might not be enough to prevent disaster. Erica, her aunt,
and the Destiny Cats must stop their ancient enemy. Or risk the destruction of
everything.
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For those of you who enjoy the Destiny Cats stories, a little heads up that there will be a new one in the October Haunts and Howls Collection, too!
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She must face a dangerous legacy, or watch her brother die…
Tanith waits beside the river where she knows they’ll find
her. Skipping rocks. Tasting the honey spiced crispness of the autumn air.
Trying not to think. Her brother warned her not to come here. Not to seek them
out. But no other choice remains. Hamish will die without their knowledge.
To save her brother, to reclaim their lives, Tanith must
risk everything.
Find them. Face them. And try not to die.
Her only hope lies with the dragons. Of some kind.
In this mesmerizing, richly woven contemporary fantasy from
Kat Simons, fall into a world that runs parallel to our own, a mythic world
with deadly stakes. Where a young woman must face terrifying creatures to save her
only family.
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And finally, the preorder for HAUNTS AND HOWLS THROUGH GHOSTLY VEILS is up now! I'll have more about this book next month, but if you'd like to make sure to pick it up, consider preordering it now.
This book will be out in eBook, Trade Paperback, and Large Print editions on October 13th (auspicious date for a spooky season story in my humble opinion LOL). And is a perfect book for this time of year, I am not exaggerating. I mean...ghosts! Ghosts!
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THE CAFE
This is your monthly reminder to check out the free reading over at The Cafe at KatSimonsBooks! The current story, ZELDA AT THE CAFE, is a good one for rolling into the season, because... Well, I don't want to give it away. You can read it for free until October 1st!
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Until next month, I hope you have a lot of fun spooky reading and movies in your life! And the appropriate-to-you level of pumpkin products.
~Kat
