portal fantasy

A few quick notes

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A quick note to let you know The Cities Beyond the Signal, my portal fantasy novella, is on sale on Kindle.

UK people – you can pick up a copy for 99p here.

US People – you can pick up a copy for 99c here.

The sale runs until 12 April.

The cover to The Cities Beyond the Signal by Christian Ellingsen. It shows a grey fog, bound street. Old, style street lamps line one side of the street, a building with a pillared front he other. A figure stands looking at the building. The image is distorted by ripples emanating out from the centre.

In other news

While we’re here, a quick update on the things I’m working on.

Tales From Vasini III is sitting patiently in its virtual draw while I do some tidying up on the first draft of The Vasini Chronicles III.

I’m now about 28,000 words into the first draft of the non-Vasini novella I’ve been writing. It’s looking more and more like this will actually be a short novel than a novella.

A thank you and other things

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It’s been a little over two weeks since Beasts of the Wildlands: Tales From Vasini II was released into the wilds. Thank you to any and all who have bought and/or read it. I hope you’ve enjoyed it.

Should you feel inclined to do so, please do leave a review on Amazon or Goodreads. Even a handful of words can help.

If you’ve yet to get your copy, you can find it here (please check your local Amazon store if you’re outside the UK).

The Cities Beyond the Signal sale

In other news, my portal fantasy novella, The Cities Beyond the Signal is on sale on Kindle in the UK and US for the next week.

UK people, you can get it for 99p here.

For US people, it’s 99c and can be found here.

What’s next?

With Beasts of the Wildlands sent out into the wilds, my attention is now turning to the other things.

Ahead of BotW’s release, I’d been editing Tales From Vasini III. However, with the next draft of that complete, it’s been put in a virtual draw, and I’m now tidying up the first draft of The Vasini Chronicles III ahead of me actually working on the next draft proper a little way down the line. So, far it’s mostly been focused on giving certain characters actual names instead of [Lawyer] or XX. There’s some other bits to do, like some little structural changes I thought of while I was writing the original draft.

Writing-wise, I’m now about 12,500 words into a non-Vasini novella. I say novella, I’m suspicious that it actually wants to become a short novel.

A quick note

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Hi all,

Just a quick note to say that the Kindle edition of The Cities Beyond the Signal, my portal fantasy novella, is on sale for the next seven days.

UK people, you can pick it up for 99p here.

US people, you can pick it up for 99c here.

You have until 12am GMT/PST on Monday 7 November.

The Cities Beyond the Signal cover

In other news

Keep an eye out for a new blog post about Beasts of the Wildlands: Tales From Vasini II this Thursday (3 November).

The Cities Beyond the Signal – Goodreads giveaway

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Dear US people,

It’s almost a year since The Cities Beyond the Signal, my portal fantasy novella, was released into the world.

To celebrate, I’m running a Goodreads giveaway. There’s a chance for you to win one of 100 Kindle editions of the novella.

You can enter here.

You have until 8 October.

Good luck.

Out now and coming soon(ish – hopefully)

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The Cities Beyond the Signal is out now on Apple Books

My portal fantasy novella, The Cities Beyond the Signal, is now available on Apple Books. You can find it here if you’re in the UK or on your local Apple Books store.

Have a read and, maybe, if the urge takes you, leave a review on Apple Books or Goodreads (or both).

And coming soon

…ish – hopefully.

The proofreading of The Theatre of Shadows: The Vasini Chronicles II is underway. It will take a little time and, until its complete, I’m not going to risk saying when ToS will actually be out in the world, but we’re in the final stretch. Finally.

And coming later…I finished writing the first draft of the third novella for Tales From Vasini III. There’s a lot of work to do on it, which will have to wait until The Theatre of Shadows is wrapped up and I’ve done some editing on the stories for Tales From Vasini II. Next on the list of things to write is The Vasini Chronicles III. And then, after that, maybe something non-Vasini related.

The Cities Beyond the Signal on Apple Books

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Hi All,

The Cities Beyond the Signal will be available on the Apple Books store from 12 April 2021 and is available to pre-order now.

You can find it in the UK store here.

For those outside of the UK, please try your local Apple Books store.

It has been three years since Alex travelled to the city between the books, that cold, bleak place haunted by the monkey-beast. Three years and it has become a dream, a hidden memory that is easily passed off as make believe.

Now graduated from university, Alex is struggling to find a job. Until she receives an enigmatic email inviting her to an interview, but with no information on who the job is for and what it involves.

Desperate for employment, Alex feels she has to go. After all, what’s the worst that can happen?

But a cryptic radio signal is going to draw her into a new adventure. What started in that cold, bleak city is going to lead Alex on a rescue mission through stranger and more dangerous places.

The Cities Beyond the Signal is a novella-length sequel to the story The City Between the Books.

Theatres, beasts and city treats

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Work on The Theatre of Shadows: The Vasini Chronicles II is going well. I finished the most recent draft last week, getting it that much closer to being out in the world.

With the latest draft on The Theatre of Shadows done and The Cities Beyond the Signal now out in the world (more on that below), I’ve finally had the chance to start editing Tales From Vasini II, currently with a working title of Beasts of the Wildlands. This is an odd one for the Vasini books as the two novellas that it will contain are completely set outside of the city’s walls, dealing in part (as the name suggests) with the twisted beasts found in the Wildlands between the city-states. This will be their first edit after sitting on my laptop since I completed the first draft nearly two years ago (on 21 December 2018 to be precise). This has mainly been down to me concentrating on editing The Theatre of Shadows,

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As an aside, I’m currently making good headway on the first draft of the second novella for Tales From Vasini III. Fingers crossed I can keep up this pace.

For those looking for a deal, my novella The Cities Beyond the Signal is currently 99p on Kindle in the UK and $1.99 on Kindle in the US. Both deals end at 12am (GMT/PST) on 30 November, so go get them now before the deals end.

You can find The Cities Beyond the Signal here in the UK and here in the US.

Thank you

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A quick note to say thank you to everyone who has bought The Cities Beyond the Signal on Kindle or is reading it on Kindle Unlimited. I hope you’re enjoying Alex’s adventures in some strange cities.

If you have the chance, please do write a review on Amazon and/or on Goodreads. It would be very much appreciated and will hopefully help encourage others to take a chance on the book.

For those of you who have yet to have a read, it can be found on Amazon stores here:

UK

US

Canada

Australia

France

Germany

Netherlands

Spain

Italy

It’s here – The Cities Beyond the Signal

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It’s here…The Cities Beyond the Signal, my new novella, has finally appeared in the world on Kindle and Kindle Unlimited.

You can find it here:

UK

US

Canada

Australia

France

Germany

Netherlands

It has been three years since Alex travelled to the city between the books, that cold, bleak place haunted by the monkey-beast. Three years and it has become a dream, a hidden memory that is easily passed off as make believe.

Now graduated from university, Alex is struggling to find a job. Until she receives an enigmatic email inviting her to an interview, but with no information on who the job is for and what it involves.

Desperate for employment, Alex feels she has to go. After all, what’s the worst that can happen?

But a cryptic radio signal is going to draw her into a new adventure. What started in that cold, bleak city is going to lead Alex on a rescue mission through stranger and more dangerous places.

The Cities Beyond the Signal is a novella-length sequel to the story The City Between the Books.