K.A. Wiggins K.A. Wiggins is a Vancouver-born Canadian speculative fiction author, speaker, and creative writing coach known for the award-winning, genre-bending YA speculative fiction series Threads of Dreams. Her fiction explores the tangled webs of society, environment, and identity through intricate, dreamlike tales of monsters and magic. Her short fiction has been published by Enchanted Conversation: Read More
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#Indieaugust Author Spotlight: William C. Tracy
William C. Tracy William C. Tracy writes and publishes queer science fiction and fantasy through his indie press Space Wizard Science Fantasy, which is open to submissions (spacewizardsciencefantasy.com). His largest work is the Dissolutionverse: a space opera with music-based magic, including ten books and an RPG. The first book of his epic space opera is Read More
#Indieaugust Author Spotlight: Chris Gerrib
Chris Gerrib Chris Gerrib has been an avid fan of science fiction and space exploration since he was a child riding his bicycle to his small town’s library where he memorized every book they had on the subject. Since then he spent a tour in the US Navy, got an MBA, and now has a Read More
#Indieaugust Author Spotlight: Raina Nightingale
Raina Nightingale Raina Nightingale is currently considering presenting as the avatar of the fantasy planet, Areaer, a world of dragons, of earthfire, and of storms, and the sister planet of Alaer, a world of dolphins, of moonlight and tides and the Polar Lights. Though ‘sister’ may be a bit of a misnomer, as the planets Read More
#Indieaugust Author Spotlight: Kian N. Ardalan
Kian N. Ardalan An author living in Vienna, Austria. While he sucks at arithmetic and essays, he ain’t half bad at putting pen to paper and creating worlds out of it. Kian is currently working on his latest series inspired by Dark Souls, and the newest book is coming out later this year. He otherwise Read More
#Indieaugust Author Spotlight: JCM Berne
JCM Berne JCM Berne was a geek long before anyone thought it was cool. A youth spent immersed in E.E. Smith, Micronauts, Bruce Lee, and Conan the Barbarian led to a lifelong obsession with martial arts and shonen manga. As an adult he spent more time than was strictly healthy wondering why Luke Cage never Read More
#Indieaugust Author Spotlight: Rory August
Rory August Rory August is a speculative fiction writer, animal lover, nature walker, and all around nerd. When they aren’t writing stories about lonely voyages through space, you can find them playing video games, the guitar, or a myriad of TTRPGs. They live in woodsy New England with their cat and husband. The Last Gifts Read More
#Indieaugust Author Spotlight: Cal Black
Cal Black Cal Black is a Canadian writer based in Ontario who enjoys writing about messy people who make an effort to improve their situation. Cal has a short story published in an anthology, was a semi-finalist in the Writers of the Future contest, and won a Wattpad ‘Watty’ award for Fantasy in 2019. After Read More
#Indieaugust Author Spotlight: Dave Dobson
Dave Dobson A native of Ames, Iowa, Dave loves writing, reading, boardgames, computer games, improv comedy, pizza, barbarian movies, and the cheaper end of the Taco Bell menu. Also, his wife and kids. Dave is the author of Snood, Snoodoku, Snood Towers, and other computer games. Dave first published Snood in 1996, and it became one Read More
#Indieaugust Author Spotlight: Joel Spriggs
Joel Spriggs Joel Spriggs (1982-?) was born and raised in Frankfort, IN. He graduated from Franklin College of Indiana in 2004 with a Bachelor of the Fine Arts in Computer Science and Broadcast Journalism. Joel’s first novel, “Over A God’s Dead Body” was published in June 2018 and is the first in a planned series Read More