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Read more about the article CROOKED V.1 Author Spotlight: Mark Teppo

CROOKED V.1 Author Spotlight: Mark Teppo

This week we're featuring spotlight interviews with authors from CROOKED V.1! Mark Teppo divides his time between Portland and Sumner, and he tends to navigate by local bookstore positioning. He writes historical fiction, fantasy, speculative fiction, and horror, and has published more than a dozen novels. If he’s writing a mystery, he’s pretending to be Harry Bryant. He also runs Underland Press, an independent publishing house. Learn more at markteppo.com. Tell us about your storyI’ve been wrestling with Maisi for most of the year, actually. She started out as a secondary character in a larger ensemble, but I kept coming back…

Read more about the article CROOKED V.1 Author Spotlight: Greg Dragon

CROOKED V.1 Author Spotlight: Greg Dragon

This week we're celebrating the launch of CROOKED V.1 by spotlighting the authors! Greg Dragon brings a fresh perspective to fiction by telling human stories of life, love, and relationships in a science fiction setting. This unconventional author spins his celestial scenes from an imagination nurtured from being an avid reader himself. His exposure to multiple cultures, religions, martial arts, and travel lends a unique dynamic to his stories. You can enjoy excerpts from his work by visiting his website: gregdragon.com Tell us a bit about your story and the story world.In the galaxy of Anstractor, the Vestalian people are…

Read more about the article CROOKED V.1 Author Spotlight — Wade Peterson

CROOKED V.1 Author Spotlight — Wade Peterson

Welcome to CROOKED V.1! In celebration of launch week, I'm featuring some of the authors whose stories appear in the anthology. Today, we're chatting with Wade Peterson (who I've featured here before). Wade Peterson is the author of the Badlands Born series and lives in Dallas, Texas. His stories have received honorable mentions in the Writers of the Future contest and are available online and on his website. When not writing, he's in the back yard trying to master the arcane mysteries of Texas barbecue while also wrangling his over-scheduled teenagers, serving the whims of two passive-aggressive cats, and agreeing…