Marta Moran Bishop walks in the shoes of her characters and weaves the tapestry of their lives with the threads of her dreams.

Her first book, Wee Three: A Mothers Love In Verse, a children’s poetry book, illustrated by Hazel Mitchell, was a collaborative effort and a labor of love. She took the short, sweet verses her grandmother wrote in the nineteen thirties for her children and expanded those and added additional verses of her own.

Ms. Bishop, is a prolific and versatile writer, writing in multiple genres, while continuing to stretch herself and her craft.

Her series The Divide: Darkness Descend (book 1) and The Between Times (book 2) tell the story of a bleak world, where society consists of the poor and the rich and the poor live in squalor, with only a prophecy for hope of a better future. It has a touch of paranormal within its pages. She is currently working on Book 3 in the series.

She has written three adult poetry books and a variety of fantasy and paranormal stories. A few of them are stories that her mother wrote over forty years ago and she finished while others are new and vibrant stories.

Her novel Dinky: The Nurse Mare's Foal won an award at the EQUUS Film Festival, it is written first person horse, and is the story of the first year of her rescue foals' life. She also wrote the story of Dinky's mother's plight, and what a nurse mares' life is like, and what they usually end up facing, when they are no longer able to breed, and be rented to nurse another's foal.

Ms. Bishop has taken many of the stories her mother, and sister wrote and finishing them.

She currently lives on a small farm in New England with her husband, three horses, cats and a conure parrot named Jack. They help her remember to view the world through a child's innocence and keep her young and imaginative.

I write Heroic Fantasy, Space Opera, Sword & Planet Sci-Fi, Sword and Sorcery Fantasy, Horror, and Children's Books. Here's a little bit more about me.

MAD SHADOWS - BOOK 1: THE WEIRD TALES OF DORGO THE DOWSER, is my first novel, now published in a brand-new, revised third edition by Pulp. It's epic Sword & Sorcery - Heroic Fantasy with a film noir edge. It can be purchased in paperback from Amazon.com. (Winner of the 2017 Golden Books Reader's Choice Award for Best Fantasy.)

MAD SHADOWS - BOOK 2:THE ORDER OF THE SERPENT, my fourth novel, was a semifinalist for the 2017 Golden Quill Award for Best Fantasy. It's another Heroic Fantasy with a film noir twist, with more magic, murder, mystery and mayhem all brought to you courtesy of Dorgo the Dowser.

MAD SHADOWS-BOOK 3: THE HEROES OF ECHO GATE. Filled with action, magic, monsters, mystery and mayhem — and an unforgettable cast of characters, The Heroes of Echo Gate is an epic of Heroic Fantasy, a perilous journey of discovery, and an adventure unlike anything Dorgo has ever known.

THREE AGAINST THE STARS is my second novel, an old-fashioned space opera published by Airship 27 Productions. It's available now from Amazon.com, in both paperback and Kindle editions.

THE MECHMEN OF CANIS-9 is my seventh novel. This is the long-awaited sequel to my "Three Against The Stars." It's an action-packed interplanetary adventure that pays tribute to every sea- and space-faring story that inspired it.

WATERS OF DARKNESS, co-authored with David C. Smith, (Dark Muse, Call of Shadows, Fall of the First World Trilogy), is a swashbuckling pirate adventure of swords, sorcery, and Lovecraftian horror. It's now available in both paperback and Kindle editions thru Amazon.com

THREE GHOSTS IN A BLACK PUMPKIN is my first collaboration with acclaimed author and illustrator, Erika M Szabo. This is also my first children's book, appropriate for ages 6 - 14, and adults may enjoy it, too. This is fantasy about two cousins, Nikki and Jack, who find a talking wind chime in the shape of a silver skeleton named Wishbone Jones, and a black pumpkin in which the ghosts of the three good Wishmothers have been imprisoned. To free them, Nikki Jack travel to the magical world of Creepy Hollow, where they face all sorts of dangers and tests, and along the way, learn a few lessons about life and growing up. (Winner of the 2017 Golden Books Judge's Choice Award for Best Children's Fantasy.)

THE POWER OF THE SAPPHIRE WAND is the sequel to Erika M. Szabo's and my children's fantasy, the award-winning "Three Ghosts in a Black Pumpkin." Return with to Creepy Hollow with Nikki and Jack. Join with them and their old friends, Wishbone, Ghoulina and Catman as the race against time to save the ecology and environment of Creepy Hollow from Evila the Grim Witch and her minions, the giant Mutanto and his werewolf henchman, Howler. Find out the truth behind what really happened to Nikki's parents 12 years ago.

"The Blood of the Lion," my first sword and soul heroic fantasy tale, appears in the Sword and Soul Fantasy anthology GRIOTS 2: SISTERS OF THE SPEAR, edited by Charles Saunders and Milton Davis. Available thru Amazon.com in both paperback and Kindle editions.

For Janet Morris' long-running "Heroes in Hell series, I have written: "We The Furious," and "Undertaker's Holiday" (this one in collaboration with Shebat Legion) which appear in POETS IN HELL, volume 18: "Hell On A Technicality" for DOCTORS IN HELL, volume 19; "The Pirates of Penance" for PIRATES IN HELL, volume 20, "Withering Blights," for LOVERS IN HELL, and "The Colossus of Hell," for MYSTICS IN HELL. All are available in paperback and Kindle editions.

My story, "Sinbad and the Golden Fleece" appears in the shared-world anthology, SINBAD: THE NEW VOYAGES, Vol 4, published by Airship 27 Productions. Available in paperback and Kindle editions from Amazon.com.

My story, "The Dragon's Horde" appears in HEROIKA: DRAGON EATERS. This is a brand-new series of all-original Heroic Fantasy tales created and edited by author Janet Morris and published by Perseid Press. Available in paperback and Kindle editions.

My collaboration with Shebat Legion, "Samuel Meant Well versus the Little Black Cloud of the Apocalypse," appears in the shared-world anthology, SHA'DAA TOYS.

My story, "Queen of Toads," appears in the Kindle Bundle Rabbit bundle-pack, HERE BE GHOSTS, a Kindle-only anthology of 12 diverse tales of horror and the supernatural.

My comical short story, "Just Another Day in Heaven" appears in Unbreakable Ink (volume one)

My sword and sorcery short story, "The Vampire Tree," appears in Savage Realms Monthly, for March 2022.

I have poetry, haiku, and a short fable in the anthology, Stand Together: A Collection of Poems and Short Stories for Ukraine.

AS EDITOR:

"Hello, My Name is Max, and I Have Autism: An Insight into the Autistic Mind," written and with drawings by Max Miller. Foreword and Afterword by his Mom, Rebecca Miller. Available from Amazon in paperback and Kindle editions.

"Being Max's Mom," by Rebecca Miller. This is Rebecca's very personal story of bringing her son, Max, into the world, of his being diagnosed with autism at the age of 4, and how she fought to do the best and find the best for her son. Available from Amazon in paperback and Kindle editions.

"Libertine: Awakenings," a wonderful psychosexual drama written by Cat Ravenelle.

"The Kitchen Imps," and "Tales of Erana: The Warrior's Curse," by A.L. Butcher.

"Vampire Therapy: The Chronicles of the Cat's Ass Boutique ~ Seasons and Reasons ~" by Shebat Legion, as well as her children's book, "The Fork Tree."

"MeToo, The Annoying Little Sister," by Erika M. Szabo.

J.C. Fields is a multi-award-winning and Amazon bestselling author. His Sean Kruger Series has won numerous medals in the annual Readers’ Favorite International Book Awards. Plus, his first book in his Michael Wolfe Saga, A Lone Wolf, became a #1 Best Selling audiobook in March of 2020.

As one of the featured authors on the highly successful YouTube podcast, Fear From the Heartland, hosted by Paul J. McSorley, he offers a variety of original short stories penned specifically for its listeners.

He is active in numerous writers' groups and serves on the board of Sleuths’ Ink Mystery Writers. He is also a full member of the Missouri Writers’ Guild.

He lives with his wife, Connie, in Southwest Missouri.

Hi, I live in London, UK, and I have self-published 17 books. I work as a magazine sub-editor. I love reading, writing, films, the sea, art, animals (especially cats), nature, rock music, Milky Bar and travelling.

Kiwi and the Serpent of the Isle was a finalist in the Children's Books section of the National Indie Excellence Book Awards 2013. I Dream of Zombies was a finalist in the Horror section of the same competition in 2014.

As I edit indie books for a living, you might see other books alongside mine in the UK bookshop when you do a search. The ones I've written have my name as the author.

Books published in 2011:

Kaleidoscope (March) - 119 poems, divided by chapter themes;

Travelling Light - a free book of poetry;

Kiwi in Cat City - the first in a series about a magical cat and her human pals (April);

Kiwi and the Missing Magic (June);

Kiwi and the Living Nightmare (October).

The Kiwi books contain illustrations by Nikki McBroom.

Books published in 2012:

Day of the Living Pizza - a free comedy horror for ages 10 up (May);

Life's Rhythms - a collection of 316 haiku (June);

3 Heads and a Tail - a romantic comedy with walkies, written for NaNoWriMo (June);

Kiwi and the Serpent of the Isle (August);

Day of the Pesky Shadow (book 2 in the Smarts & Dewdrop Mysteries series)(November);

Kiwi in the Realm of Ra (November); and

Kiwi's Christmas Tail (December).

Books published in 2013:

The Sea Inside (Cerulean Songs, book 1); and

I Dream of Zombies (book 1).

Books published in 2014:

Haven (I Dream of Zombies, book 1).

Books published in 2015:

Mind-spinning Rainbows - poetry.

Books published in 2021:

A Poem a Day: Poems from April 2020 to March 2021 - poetry.

Links:

Book trailer for the Kiwi Series: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLjmVgNJcLM&list=FLGOC-BhfpJESSRXcOKzekEA&index=3

Amazon US author page:

www.amazon.com/Vickie-Johnstone/e/B004SZ9TGE

Amazon UK book page:

www.amazon.co.uk/Vickie-Johnstone/e/B004SZ9TGE/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1390142088&sr=1-1

Blog: vickiejohnstone.blogspot.com

Twitter: @vickiejohnstone

Merchandise: www.zazzle.co.uk/kiwiincatcity

Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/author/show/4788773.Vickie_Johnstone

Facebook: www.facebook.com/AuthorVickieJohnstone

www.facebook.com/KiwiinCatCity

www.facebook.com/KaleidoscopePoetry

The Kiwi Series is written for readers aged 9 up. They follow the adventures of a magical cat called Kiwi and her two human friends, Amy and James. With a flick of her tail, Kiwi magically changes the two children into kittens and takes them to her other home, Cat City, and to other new worlds.

British-born A. L. Butcher is an avid reader and creator of worlds, a poet, and a dreamer, a lover of science, natural history, history, and monkeys. Her prose has been described as ‘dark and gritty’ and her poetry as ‘evocative’. She writes with a sure and sometimes erotic sensibility of things that might have been, never were, but could be.

Alex is the author of the Light Beyond the Storm Chronicles and the Tales of Erana lyrical fantasy series. She also has several short stories in the fantasy, fantasy romance genres with occasional forays into gothic style horror, including the Legacy of the Mask series. With a background in politics, classical studies, ancient history and myth, her affinities bring an eclectic and unique flavour in her work, mixing reality and dream in alchemical proportions that bring her characters and worlds to life.

She also curates speculative fiction themed book bundles on BundleRabbit - for the most part the Here Be Series

Alex is also proud to be a writer for Perseid Press where her work features in Heroika: Dragon Eaters, Heroika Skirmishers – where she was editor and cover designer as well as writer; and Lovers in Hell – part of the acclaimed Heroes in Hell series. http://www.theperseidpress.com/

Awards: Outside the Walls, co-written with Diana L. Wicker received a Chill with a Book Reader’s Award in 2017.

NN Light Book Heaven awards:

The Kitchen Imps and Other Dark Tales won best fantasy for 2018

Echoes of a Song - one of her Phantom tales - won best fantasy in 2019