IFWG Publishing is happy to announce the creation of a new web site, which incorporates blog posts.
The consequence of this restructure is that this site is no longer used for IFWG blogs, but it will be retained for a number of years as an archive site.
We ask that all of you who enjoy following our blogs and sites visit the following:
http://ifwgpublishing.com for US, International catalogues, news and blogs
http://ifwgaustralia.com for Australian imprint specific catalogues, news and blogs
(or both!!!)
Thank you so much for being part of us in this blog site - we look forward to seeing you in the new, improved sites.
IFWG Publishing Team
IFWG Publishing
Small press speculative fiction traditional publisher for writers, run by writers.
Thursday, 28 November 2013
Sunday, 10 November 2013
New Title: Blood Sabers by M F Burbaugh
We are extremely pleased to announce the publishing of M F Burbaugh's second instalment of his We Were Legends series, Blood Sabers.
We expect the book to be available in Amazon within the week, and to all good online stores over a period of weeks thereafter. The same goes for the ebook version.
Congratulations to Merle. He is our most prolific author and are proud to add to his collection in our imprint today.
This time he must first take over control of the corrupt government of the famed EMM (Earth, Moon, and Mars coalition) to provide the support needed for a war against the headhunting Blood Sabers who have but one mission, exterminate all humans when and where found to cleanse the universe of the plague called man, for their goddess.
With his army Jake comes head to head with the murderous Sabers on their home worlds.
While you wait a week or so, consider reading M F Burbaugh's first book in the series, the classic We Were Legends:
We expect the book to be available in Amazon within the week, and to all good online stores over a period of weeks thereafter. The same goes for the ebook version.
Congratulations to Merle. He is our most prolific author and are proud to add to his collection in our imprint today.
Jake Spoonbill, once a NASA pilot, later King and savior of a planet called Camelot, has once again been called back to life through a rather bizarre set of circumstances. Joining him is his army of sword-wielding wives, including his first love, Aawasa, and the woman called the Bronze Goddess. He must once more battle against evil forces in the universe.
This time he must first take over control of the corrupt government of the famed EMM (Earth, Moon, and Mars coalition) to provide the support needed for a war against the headhunting Blood Sabers who have but one mission, exterminate all humans when and where found to cleanse the universe of the plague called man, for their goddess.
With his army Jake comes head to head with the murderous Sabers on their home worlds.
While you wait a week or so, consider reading M F Burbaugh's first book in the series, the classic We Were Legends:
Wednesday, 6 November 2013
Notes From the Editor November 2013
Taken from IFWG Publishing's November 2013 Newsletter.
Sorry about
the late newsletter - have been very busy editing and publishing new titles -
we in IFWG Publishing definitely have some momentum.
First, new
titles.
From the
previous newsletter we have published Paper
Magic, a wonderful children's book with strong messages about overcoming
disabilities, and friendship. Jeffery E Doherty, the writer and wonderful
illustrator, had his formal Launch last month in his home town in Australia and
it was extremely successful - it was in a school hall with general community
attendance, including one of the local bookstores. Over 140 people attended.
Well done, Jeffery! I truly wish I could have been there.
Brumbies in the Mist, the third of five books in the Brumbies series, was released in
October with a new-look cover - spectacular work by Elizabeth Lang, who is a
prolific author of ours, but also a book cover designer. Stay tuned, as we are
going to 'retrofit' the first two books of the series (Brumbies and Brumbies in the
Snow) into the same look and feel as Brumbies
in the Mist. They will be released over the coming four or five weeks.
It is with
great pleasure to announce that we have released Loria, book one of the Tower
series, by Canadian author Jesse McMinn. This is a unique epic fantasy,
with a parallel Earth backdrop, written by a young man who is still in College.
One of the wonderful things about being a small, independent publisher, is the
opportunity to give new writers leg-ups, and it is more pleasurable indeed when
it is someone who is young and talented. The cover is spectacular, a great
scene from the book by artist Jeffery Doherty.
Finally, I
would like to put a good word in for SQ
Mag. Since earlier this year it has become a paying market, and with a more
attractive system in place for prospective writers, and a lot of very hard
work by the SQ Mag team, the quality and production has been recently
outstanding. The covers are out-and-out professional, as is the spread of
fiction, book reviews, and smattering of articles. To top it all off, IFWG
Publishing Australia released the first of SQ
Mag's best fiction annuals, Star
Quake 1, with great cover (yes, again Jeffery Doherty) and 19 outstanding
work of short fiction.
I ask you all
to put good words in for Star Quake and
SQ Mag - it is a worthwhile journal
that supports new talent, as well as a major marketing wing for IFWG
Publishing's work, as it is the major sponsor. SQ Mag is free to the public, but relies heavily on donations, and
on sales of Star Quake.
Stay tuned
next month, because, yes, there will be further releases!
Gerry Huntman
Chief Editor
IFWG
Publishing Manager, IFWG Publishing Australia
Monday, 4 November 2013
News: Status of 2013 Story Quest Short Story Contest
We at IFWG Publishing and SQ Mag are ecstatic at the turnout of submissions for this year's contest. It settled on 114 submission, many of which were of very high quality...or better.
Round 1 is complete, which is in many ways the toughest - we culled the submissions to 29 - and it was tough. Real tough. I believe a number that were rejected would have been strong candidates for SQ Mag's general submission, but this is a contest. We have to remind ourselves every moment.
Round 2 and the final Round 3 are always handled in rapid succession - Round 2 we draw the field down to around 5 to 7, and Round 3 we choose 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
We should have the short list and winners published close to 15 November 2013.
The stories (without authors' names) that made Round 2 are as follows:
Round 1 is complete, which is in many ways the toughest - we culled the submissions to 29 - and it was tough. Real tough. I believe a number that were rejected would have been strong candidates for SQ Mag's general submission, but this is a contest. We have to remind ourselves every moment.
Round 2 and the final Round 3 are always handled in rapid succession - Round 2 we draw the field down to around 5 to 7, and Round 3 we choose 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
We should have the short list and winners published close to 15 November 2013.
The stories (without authors' names) that made Round 2 are as follows:
A Very
Special Ride
|
Anomoly
|
Arabesque
|
Black
Smoker Hero
|
Capuchin
|
Cremation
|
David's
Muse
|
Exponential
Growth
|
Fog
|
Good Luck
Charm
|
Hand of
Glory
|
Hand to
Mouth
|
Inside
Ferndale
|
It's Only
Going to End Badly
|
Jun
Nakamura's Dead Girlfriend
|
Keeping an
Open Mind
|
Mother's
Days
|
Prey
|
Semantikinetic
|
So Long,
The Dark
|
The Baby
|
The
Captain's Last Bath
|
The Color
of Mars
|
The
Dispatch Officer's Son
|
The Hoodoo
Nigger
|
The
Matchbox Sign
|
The
Working Strife of Red O'Leary
|
Vermin
|
Webs
|
There were no double-ups of titles, so if your story is listed here, you know it is in Round 2. If you haven't received a rejection email and your story is not in this list, please double check your entry in Submittable. If there is still uncertainty, please contact us by emailing: submissions@ifwgpublishing.com.
Good luck to all!
Story Quest Contest Team
Monday, 28 October 2013
New Release: Loria by Jesse McMinn
It is with great pleasure to announce the release of Loria, book 1 of the Tower series. This exciting heroic fantasy novel is set in a strange, alternate Earth. We had great fun publishing this work and we are sure readers will enjoy this debut novel by Jesse McMinn.
Kyle’s life had reached a standstill. He had no job, no friends and no interest in acquiring either. All he wanted was an escape from his problems… to be alone. So it was on a whim that he bought his ticket aboard the SS Caribia, a small, cheap cruise ship headed nowhere. He never could have foreseen what would soon take place—the fierce storm, the accident that threw him to the waves.
Now he finds himself in a strange new world, one he doesn’t understand. A world where inhuman creatures live and study the secrets of magic, and golden ships sail the skies. Where armor-clad adventurers travel the world and battle monsters in search of fortune and glory.
Loria.
With the help of his newfound friends, Kyle must come to terms with this fantastic world, unravelling the mystery surrounding his arrival and learning of his own newly awakened abilities. But he isn’t alone. There are others, powerful enemies who somehow know of his origin, and who are willing to do anything to capture him. He needs to find a way home—and fast. But does he even want to?
Now he finds himself in a strange new world, one he doesn’t understand. A world where inhuman creatures live and study the secrets of magic, and golden ships sail the skies. Where armor-clad adventurers travel the world and battle monsters in search of fortune and glory.
Loria.
With the help of his newfound friends, Kyle must come to terms with this fantastic world, unravelling the mystery surrounding his arrival and learning of his own newly awakened abilities. But he isn’t alone. There are others, powerful enemies who somehow know of his origin, and who are willing to do anything to capture him. He needs to find a way home—and fast. But does he even want to?
This book will be shortly available in all good online bookstores worldwide. Right now it is available at:
Wednesday, 11 September 2013
Notes from the Editor: Sept 2013 IFWG Newsletter
Things are happening again in IFWG
Publishing.
Firstly, on the Australian imprint front, Kings of Under-Castle (Michael B Fletcher)
is only days away from print publishing, followed soon after by Paper Magic (Jeffery Doherty) and Brumbies in the Mist (Paula Boer and
illustrator, Rowena Evans) - both in print and ebook formats. Moving forward,
we will also be publishing The Adventures
of Teddy and Karl (Rolf Svensen, illustrated by Jeffery Doherty) and Sealskin Coast (Rowena Evans). A busy
period ahead for us down-under.
In the US we will very shortly be publishing
Unlikely Hero in print format
(Geraldine Fitzsimmons) and soon after M F Burbaugh's The Bounty Hunter in print format. While we have a long list of
titles to catch up to after these two, we are expecting to work with Jennifer
Resetar's Whirlwind series (including
a name change), Ian Douglas' juvenile work, The
Infinity Trap, and Jesse McMinn's Loria.
There are others, and we'll see how this goes, but some patience is still
required from our authors.
In the short fiction camp we are currently
running the 2013 Story Quest Short Story Contest, and many submissions are
coming in - this will be a great year, and we are fortunate to have the
excellent Tonia Brown as guest judge (horror, weird western, steampunk author).
We are expecting to publish the 'best of' SQ Mag 2012 very soon, probably
through the Australian imprint.
SQ
Mag is growing in readership in leaps and bounds,
and is getting a reputation for excellence - we are grateful for editor Sophie
Yorkston's wonderful leadership.
Yes, things are happening.
Gerry Huntman
Chief Editor IFWG Publishing
Monday, 15 July 2013
5-Star Review of Louis K. Lowy's Die Laughing
The following paragraphs are taken from a great review of Louis K Lowy's Die Laughing by Bex'n'Books.
Die Laughing is a dark comedy sci-fi story set in Las Vegas in 50s America and centres around a stand up comedian called Sam. E Lakeside. Sam has just got the break he's been waiting for, a chance to leave the seedy bars and comedy clubs behind for a booking on the Steve Allen Show. Finally, he's going make it big; that is until a mobster puts a contract out on him for messing with his girlfriend. Just as Sam is digging his own shallow grave in the Nevada desert with a gun aimed at him, the unimaginable happens. Sam, and the would be assassin, Francis, and his tough sexy girlfriend, Cricket, are all abducted by aliens...
Die Laughing is not normally the type of story I go for, but I'm so glad I did. The plot is very well written as are the characters. Each of them very individual and each with their own inner demons. The story moves at a fast pace and has many jokes and quips peppered all the way through it. There are many references to 50s American TV some of which I wasn't familiar with, but that aside, this was a very enjoyable book with underlying messages scattered throughout. Its not often that I comment on book covers, but this one is brilliant! Bright, eye catching and retro, it demands attention; it's one you cannot ignore.
I would definitely recommend Die Laughing; it's fresh and different and a fantastic change to my normal reading list. I was pleasantly surprised with it, and I look forward to reading more from Mr Lowy. I give Die Laughing 5 fantastic Bexstars! A job well done.
The eBook can be bought via our consolidated list of available ebook formats
The print version can be bought via Amazon or Barnes and Noble (or many other online book stores).
Die Laughing is a dark comedy sci-fi story set in Las Vegas in 50s America and centres around a stand up comedian called Sam. E Lakeside. Sam has just got the break he's been waiting for, a chance to leave the seedy bars and comedy clubs behind for a booking on the Steve Allen Show. Finally, he's going make it big; that is until a mobster puts a contract out on him for messing with his girlfriend. Just as Sam is digging his own shallow grave in the Nevada desert with a gun aimed at him, the unimaginable happens. Sam, and the would be assassin, Francis, and his tough sexy girlfriend, Cricket, are all abducted by aliens...
Die Laughing is not normally the type of story I go for, but I'm so glad I did. The plot is very well written as are the characters. Each of them very individual and each with their own inner demons. The story moves at a fast pace and has many jokes and quips peppered all the way through it. There are many references to 50s American TV some of which I wasn't familiar with, but that aside, this was a very enjoyable book with underlying messages scattered throughout. Its not often that I comment on book covers, but this one is brilliant! Bright, eye catching and retro, it demands attention; it's one you cannot ignore.
I would definitely recommend Die Laughing; it's fresh and different and a fantastic change to my normal reading list. I was pleasantly surprised with it, and I look forward to reading more from Mr Lowy. I give Die Laughing 5 fantastic Bexstars! A job well done.
The eBook can be bought via our consolidated list of available ebook formats
The print version can be bought via Amazon or Barnes and Noble (or many other online book stores).
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