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Announcements

Rue the Day by Ralph Freedman is the winner in the 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards in Historical Fiction.

Sonora Wind by Florence Weinberg is a finalist in the 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards in Historical Fiction.

Gaea by Robina Williams is a finalist in the 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards in Fantasy.

Advance Reader's Copy
Twilight Times Books is offering a sneak preview of several upcoming releases:
By Way of the Rose, historical by Cynthia Ward Weil
Healey's Cave, paranormal mystery by Aaron Paul LAzar.
How to Turn Your Book Club into a Spectacular Event, YA reference by Mayra Calvani.
Quillen's Fun Guide to East Tennessee, Dining out on a Budget by Lida E. Quillen.
The Soapmaster's Apprentice by Geoff Geauterre

The above titles are available for purchase now as pdf arcs.

The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing by Mayra Calvania and Anne K. Edwards (June 2008 release) has been selected by a professor at Loyola College for a course there. The reason we know is because the professor wrote to ask "where are my books? ...the semester begins soon."

Hudson Lake by Laura Mazzuca Toops was chosen as a textbook in an honors class at the University of Kentucky.
http://www.geocities.com/engjlg2003/chicago.html

An English professor at Pfeiffer University in NC has selected Mazurka by Aaron Paul Lazar for a creative writing class.

A professor at George Washington University is planning to use The Solomon Scandals as required reading for his course.

Professors at William and Mary, Marquette University and Swansea University U.K. have expressed an interest in teaching The New Bedford Samurai by Anca Vlasopolos in undergrad classes.

Academics, do consider adding a few of our books to the Summer reading program at your college or university. Librarians, do consider adding our books to your collections.
 

Gaea has been selected as the Science Fiction/Paranormal Feature Book of the Month on AllBooks Review.

The Y Factor by Darrell Bain and Stephanie Osborn is a finalist for the 2009 EPPIE award in the category of science fiction. The Y Factor is the sequel to Human by Choice.

Human by Choice by Travis S. Taylor and Darrell Bain is the 2008 Dream Realm award winner in the category of science fiction.

Infinite Space, Infinite God is a Summer Reading 2008 book pick for the National Catholic Register.

The New Bedford Samurai by Anca Vlasopolos is a finalist in the category of historical fiction in the ForeWord Magazine 2007 Book of the Year Award. The New Bedford Samurai has also been accorded the LiFE Award: Literature For Environment and has been submitted for the Pulitzer Prize in fiction, the PEN/Faulkner Foundation Award for fiction as well as the Kiriyama Prize in fiction.

Valley of the Raven by Ken Ramirez has been accorded the LiFE Award: Literature For Environment.

"Doc" Taylor has placed a science fiction thriller Extraction Point with Twilight Times Books.

Extraction Point, with Stephanie Osborn as co-author, is the start of an exciting new hard science fiction action-packed thriller series from "Doc" Travis S. Taylor, author of the Warp Speed series, co-author of the Amazon bestseller Von Neumann's War (with John Ringo), and co-author of the #1 Amazon nonfiction bestseller An Introduction to Planetary Defense: A Study of Modern Warfare Applied to Extra-Terrestrial Invasion.
 

Guys
Awkward Grace
Bigfoot Crazy
Fire Owl
Medics Wild
No Place for Gods
Postwar Dinosaur Blues

Historical
Apache Lance, Franciscan Cross
Hudson Lake
Seven Cities of Mud
Sonora Moonlight
Sonora Wind
The New Bedford Samurai
The Storks of La Caridad

Humor
Doggie Biscuit
Life on Santa Claus Lane

Literary Fantasy
Angelos
Jerome and the Seraph
The Elixir
The Moon Child

Mainstream
Bobby Becomes Bob
(for goodness' sake)
Rue the Day
The Real Reason the Queen Hated Snow
The Solomon Scandals

Mystery/Suspense
Death on Delivery
Death to the Centurion
Gate to Nowhere
Healey's Cave
Mazurka
Murder in the Pit
Murder Past, Murder Present
Shadows Over Paradise
The Casebook of Doakes and Haig
The Golden Crusader
The Storks of La Caridad
The Vandenberg Diamonds
Touch of Fate
Tremolo

Non-Fiction
Dog: Pure Awareness
Learning to Write the Easy Way
Out of the Psychic Closet
The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing

SF/F
Alien Infection
Behold the Eyes of Light
Burnout
Cynnador
Gaea
Hiding Hand
Human by Choice
Infinite Space, Infinite God
Monkey Trap
Savage Survival
Shadow Worlds
Strange Valley
The Eden Prophecy
The Last Protector
The Melanin Apocalypse

Women
A Dreamer's Escape
Antonia's Daring Deception
Awkward Grace
Gate to Nowhere
Harry's Agatha
Hotline to Heaven
Lady Runaway
Mary's Child
Prophecy: The Awakening
Return to Nowhere
Sometimes There's a Dove
Unraveled

Young Adults
Awkward Grace
Caves, Cannons and Crinolines
Dragon's Moon
Krona: Dragons of Nistala
Listen to the Ghost
Nine Lives and Three Wishes
Rebel in Blue Jeans
Saga of Rim
The Wolfman, the Shrink and the Eighth-Grade Election
Valley of the Raven
You, Me, Naideen and a Bee

Children
Jeremy and the Dragon - ebook
Ocean Fairies - ebook
The Dog Who Thought He was a Cat - ebook
The Tail of the Sea Witch - ebook

Caves, Cannons and Crinolines, YA historical by Beverly Stowe McClure
Gaea by Robina Williams
Healey's Cave by Aaron Paul Lazar
Human by Choice by Travis S. Taylor and Darrell Bain
Krona: Dragons of Nistala by Bent Lorentzen
Lady Runaway by Ginger Hanson
Mazurka by Aaron Paul Lazar
Murder in the Pit by Erica Miner
Murder Past, Murder Present ACWL mystery anthology. R. Barri Flowers and Jan Grape, editors
Return to Nowhere by Leanna Sain
Shadows Over Paradise, suspense by Anne K. Edwards
Sonora Wind by Florence Byham Weinberg
The Eden Prophecy by Gerald Mills
The Y Factor by Darrell Bain and Stephanie Osborn
You, Me, Naideen and a Bee by Ken Ramirez

Non-Fiction
Dog: Pure Awareness by Margot Lasher.
Learning to Write the Easy Way by Dorothy Ann Skarles.
Out of the Psychic Closet by Toby Fesler Heathcotte.
The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing by Mayra Calvani and Anne K. Edwards.

Fiction
Awkward Grace, inspirational by Jeff McCord.
Bigfoot Crazy, adventure by Darrell Bain.
Bobby Becomes Bob, literary by Bob Boan.
Burnout, SF suspense by Stephanie Osborn.
Hiding Hand, SF suspense by Lee Denning.
Krona: the Dragons of Nistala, fantasy by Bent Lorentzen.
Lady Runaway, Regency romance by Ginger Hanson.
Mazurka, mystery by Aaron Lazar.
Murder in the Pit by Erica Miner.
Murder Past, Murder Present, mystery anthology (American Crime Writers League), R. Barri Flowers and Jan Grape, Editors.
Return to Nowhere, time travel mystery by Leanna Sain.
Rue the Day, literary by Ralph Freedman.
Sonora Moonlight, historical by Dr. Florence Byham Weinberg.
Sonora Wind, historical by Dr. Florence Byham Weinberg.
The Solomon Scandals, suspense by David Rothman.
The Thirteenth Magician, dark fantasy by Patrick Welch.
You, Me, Naideen and a Bee, YA fantasy by Ken Ramirez.

Fantasy series
Jerome and the Seraph by Robina Williams. book 1.
Angelos by Robina Williams. book 2.
Gaea by Robina Williams. book 3.

Science Fiction series
Human by Choice by Travis S. Taylor and Darrell Bain. book 1.
The Y Factor by Darrell Bain and Stephanie Osborn. book 2.
The Cresperian Alliance by Stephanie Osborn and Darrell Bain. book 3.

Suspense series
Three books in the series of James Foster adventures. Author’s preferred version.
No Place for Gods by Gerry Mills. book 1. [formerly Then is the Power]
The Mudslinger Sanction by Gerry Mills. book 2.
Fire Owl by Gerry Mills. book 3.
The Eden Prophecy by Gerry Mills. book 4.
http://twilighttimesbooks.com/suspense.html

Recent ebook releases

Fiction

Bainstorming: Volume I, non-fiction by Darrell Bain.
Bigfoot Crazy by Darrell Bain
Bobby Becomes Bob by Bob Boan
Gaea by Robina Williams
Krona: Dragons of Nistala by Bent Lorentzen
Lady Runaway by Ginger Hanson
Mazurka by Aaron Paul Lazar
Murder Past, Murder Present ACWL mystery anthology. R. Barri Flowers and Jan Grape, editors.
Return to Nowhere by Leanna Sain
Sonora Wind by Florence Byham Weinberg
The Eden Prophecy by Gerald Mills
The Last to Fall, dystopia by Anne K. Edwards.
Usurper, paranormal suspense by Patrick Welch.
You, Me, Naideen and a Bee by Ken Ramirez

Fantasy series
Behold the Eyes of Light by Geoff Geauterre. book 1.
Far Come the Eyes of Light by Geoff Geauterre. book 2.
Within the Eyes of Light by Geoff Geauterre. book 3.
Beyond the Eyes of Light by Geoff Geauterre. book 4.

Many of our ebook titles are now available from Fictionwise with more additions each month. Fictionwise offers our ebooks in several different formats.

Aegis of the Dragon, fantasy collection by Patrick Welch. ebook.
By Way of the Rose, historical by Cynthia Ward. Trade paperback.
Corruptor, SF by Jason Cordova. Trade paperback.
Enchanted Hunt, paranormal suspense by Dorothy Ann Skarles. Trade paperback.
Extraction Point, SF by Travis S. Tayor and Stephanie Osborn. Hardcover.
Far Come the Eyes of Light, epic fantasy by Geoff Geauterre. Book II. Trade paperback.
Healey's Cave, mystery by Aaron Paul Lazar. Trade paperback.
Infinite Space, Infinite God II, SF anthology edited by karina and Robert Fabian. Trade paperback.
Magnolia Blossoms, time travel by Leanna Sain. Book III. Trade paperback.
The Soapmaster's Apprentice, SF/F by Geoff Geauterre. Trade paperback.
Warp Point, SF by Darrell Bain, Trade paperback.

Spring 2011

Fiction
Abithica, SF/F by Susan Goldsmith. Trade paperback.
Don't Tell Brenda, literary by Bob Boan. Trade paperback.
Embraced by the Shadows, paranormal by Mayra Calvani. Trade paperback.
Fire Song, suspense by Aaron Paul Lazar. Trade paperback.
Griffin Rising, YA fantasy by Darby Karchut. Trade paperback.
Scent of Diamonds, suspense by Dorothy Ann Skarles. Trade paperback.
The Immortality Virus, SF by Christine Amsden. Trade paperback.

Current and Upcoming Events

Erica Miner, author of Murder in the Pit, has several author events in the San Diego CA area during August and September.

Stephanie Osborn, author of Burnout, co-author of The Y Factor and The Cresperian Alliance will attend LibertyCon, Chattanooga TN July 9-11, 2010. Stephanie has an announcement on her web site that Burnout will soon become a major motion picture.
http://www.sff.net/people/steph-osborn/

Apache Lance, Franciscan Cross by Florence Byham Weinberg has been selected as the featured book for the Las Misiones Capital Campaign. A portion of the proceeds from the sales of Apache Lance, Franciscan Cross will be donated to the restoration and preservation of San Antonio's five historical Franciscan missions (established between 1718 and 1731). For more information, or to make a donation, please visit http://www.lasmisiones.com/.

Beverly Stowe McClure, author of YA Historical novel Caves, Cannons and Crinolines, YA suspense novel Listen to the Ghost and YA novel Rebel in Blue Jeans will be giving talks on the world of publishing in Wichita Falls, Texas. Readers, writers, young people and grown-ups are invited.

Any member of the press may request a review copy, on-line chat appearance, or interview.

What people are saying about Twilight Times Books:

"Angelos belongs in most fantasy, Christian fantasy, or New Age collections."
Library Journal

"...if you appreciate a fine historical novel built on absolutely faultless research, Apache Lance, Franciscan Cross will draw you in."
The Midwest Book Review

[Hudson Lake] "captures the intoxicating mix of energy and danger that defined the early days of jazz."
Booklist

[Infinite Space, Infinite God] "What a great book! ...stories that are well crafted, compelling, and fun!"
Br. Guy Consolmagno SJ, astronomer at the Vatican Observatory and author of God's Mechanics.

[Jerome and the Seraph is an] "entertaining book that ironically connects complex topics (the afterlife, mythology, and quantum physics) into a wonderful fantasy."
The Midwest Book Review

[Monkey Trap is a] "sf adventure that combines hard science, mysticism, and alien contact."
Library Journal

[No Place for Gods] "...superbly-crafted novel of international confrontation, where atomic arsenals count for nothing in a power struggle of a different kind."
Uri Geller, internationally known author and psychic

[Savage Survival] "...a cautionary tale that blows open the standard concepts of strength and power."
Kate Douglas, author of Wolf Tales

"Root's first novel [The Elixir] tells a tale that both entertains and uplifts in its depiction of an engaging pair and the love that asserts itself as the true miracle."
Library Journal

[The Focus Factor] "is another of those books I've read lately that should be required reading for everyone of voting age. Kudos to all for a job well done."
Barry R. Hunter for Baryon

[The Melanin Apocalypse] "Darrell Bain has given us another winner. The science fiction community is lucky to have him."
Travis S. "Doc" Taylor, author of The Tau Ceti Agenda.

[The Storks of La Caridad is] "...beautifully written, as well as meticulously researched. ...Perhaps this is the art of historical mystery writing at its best."
The Midwest Book Review

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