News & Notes – Page 15

A sweet little holiday romance

By DayleDecember 11, 2014Dayle A. Dermatis, Romance, Short Stories, Soul's Road Press

Alone in Glastonbury for the Winter Solstice, American Maggie misses her family, who doesn’t accept her pagan beliefs. Before she can accept herself and be open to love, she’ll have to give up something in the Solstice bonfire. A romantic short story about finding your heart.

“Giving to the Night” is a brand new piece of short romantic fiction, never before published!

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A cure for glossophobia?

By DayleDecember 2, 2014Andrea Dale, Erotica, Short Stories, Soul's Road Press

A devoted dominatrix comes up with a kinky way to cure her submissive husband’s fear of public speaking. A sizzling hot short story from a legendary erotica heavy-hitter! Contains BONUS story “The Heist.”

“Fear Not” originally appeared in Under Her Thumb: Erotic Stories of Female Domination (Cleis Press, 2013). “The Heist” originally appeared in Frenzy: 60 Stories of Sudden Sex (Cleis Press, 2008) and was reprinted in The Mammoth Book of Quick & Dirty Erotica, Running Press, 2013.

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A Little Night Music back in print!

By DayleNovember 22, 2014Andrea Dale, Erotica, Romance, Soul's Road Press

It’s finally back in print! ::tosses Styx confetti everywhere::

At seventeen, Hannah Montgomery tripped down the stairs into the arms of her favorite rock god, Nathaniel Fox. So she kissed him, of course. But Nate reluctantly said she was too young, Hannah swore that one day, she’d have him, just once.

Nine years later, when his career hits rock bottom, Nate needs Hannah’s PR talents and passion to get him back on top of the music world. Their vow of “just once” to get the lust out of their systems spills over into explosive sexual encounters hotter than anything Hannah ever fantasized about.

But Hannah’s job of making Nate a superstar again clashes with the image of a working girl on his arm—and worse, without Hannah by his side, the temptations of the road might send Nate back into a downward spiral.

Will their final song be a ballad of heartbreak or a chart-topping rocker about the power of true love?

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Reviews

“Dale’s story is a strong romance with a bit of angst and some well-executed character development. The characters engage in sexual antics, including consensual bondage and sex toys, and secondary characters help the plot develop.”
—Romantic Times Book Review (4 stars), October 2007

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::tosses more confetti, rocks around the room::

Lost luggage? No problem!

By DayleNovember 11, 2014Andrea Dale, Erotica, Short Stories, Soul's Road Press

Lara’s determined not to let her lost luggage ruin her stay in a Hawaiian paradise. Delectable Evie is determined to help in any way she can. With that kind of attitude, how can they not have a steamy-hot good time? This sexy short story is lesbian erotic romance at its finest!

“Lost & Found” originally appeared in Lesbian Lust: Erotic Stories (Cleis Press, 2010) and was reprinted in Best Lesbian Romance 2011 (Cleis Press, 2011).

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Well, that about sums it up

By DayleNovember 10, 2014Life

I just saw the phrase “wide, carnivorous sky”* and bam! it perfectly summarizes how I feel about cloudless days, particularly hot cloudless days. Sky everywhere, no way to escape from the flaming ball of fire.

By way of contrast, it’s overcast today, and I feel marvelous.

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*I saw it on another author’s blog, looked it up, and it turns out it’s the title of a novel.

Free story! “Desperate Housewitches”

By DayleNovember 3, 2014Dayle A. Dermatis, Fantasy/SF, Free Story!, Short Stories, Soul's Road Press, Uncategorized, Uncollected Anthology

As part of the Uncollected Anthology series project, all the authors will be publishing their stories for free on their websites, each one for two weeks only!

“Desperate Housewitches” appeared in Issue 2, Winter Witches.

Kimberly reigns as the witchy Martha Stewart of her neighborhood coven…until Philippa moves in across the street, with her snooty English pagan heritage and her magical one-upmanship. When the annual Winter Solstice ritual goes horribly wrong, can Kim and Philippa put their differences aside and bring back the sun?

This free story was available for two week only. If you missed this one, click on the links above. And please check out the Uncollected Anthology website (and maybe sign up for the newsletter!) to find out when the next issue will be available!

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Highland inspiration

By DayleOctober 29, 2014Dayle A. Dermatis, Fantasy/SF, Short Stories, Soul's Road Press

“When Glynis Mac Tavish went to find the wind…” So begins this short story of loss and longing, inspired by the Highlands of Scotland and Celtic mythology. Glynis, the last of her clan, asks the personification of wind itself only for what she has lost. But all the wind can do is give her the tools to find within herself what she truly seeks.

Personal note: I don’t always know where my ideas come from, but for this one, it’s clear. This story wrote itself one afternoon while I sat on the back of our motorcycle as we wove our way through the Scottish lowlands into the highlands. The wind on my face, the scraggy fields, the grey-blue sky all came together and gave me this tale. I hope you enjoy it!

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Two older stories, available again

By DayleOctober 22, 2014Dayle A. Dermatis, Fantasy/SF, Short Stories, Soul's Road Press

Spurned by a legendary bard, Eithne begs the King of the Selkies for a singing voice that would fill people with greatest emotion. But every gift comes with a price, one she would pay for generations to come. This haunting short story includes the bonus tale “…Of Human Sacrifice and Parents’ Tears.”

“Bane, She” originally appeared in Haunts, January 1996 (Issue 30) and was reprinted in Vermont Voices III, League of Vermont Writers, 2000. “…Of Human Sacrifice and Parents’ Tears” originally appeared in The Witching Hour, Silver Lake Publishing, 2001.

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Amazing Publisher’s Weekly review!

By DayleOctober 19, 2014Andrea Dale, Reviews

Publisher’s Weekly reviewed Nine-to-Five Fantasies (edited by the extraordinary Alison Tyler), and called my story “California Dreamin'” (written as Andrea Dale) one of the “charismatic stand-outs.”

Jaw. On. Floor.

Here’s a link to the full review.

Now I shall stumble off to seek the smelling salts…

New contemporary fantasy short story: “The Rising”

By DayleOctober 15, 2014Dayle A. Dermatis, Fantasy/SF, Short Stories, Soul's Road Press

The tragedy of 9/11 raises ghosts and insecurities, opens old wounds. Doug Masterson leaves his wife, Deborah, and embarks on a quest to understand his purpose in the world, while Deborah, with the help of the spirit of a woman who once lived in their house, struggles to piece her own shattered life back together. “The Rising” is an uplifting short story about hope and humanity.

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— *I saw it on another author’s blog, looked it up, and it turns out it’s the title of a novel.

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*I saw it on another author’s blog, looked it up, and it turns out it’s the title of a novel.