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|  | | Deviations: Appetite
Volume 2 of the Deviations series, sequel to Covenant. Available for free download from Elissa's website, Manybooks.net, and Smashwords.com.
font size="3" face="Times New Roman">The Covenant has been destroyed and Crossroads' way of life along with it. The Masari face starvation in the depth of winter. Without Crossroads' tithes, the Basc Yata are equally helpless. In the midst of famine, Promontory and Destiny Farm prepare to conquer the valley. br />
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A secret and uneasy alliance remains the only option. Unwillingly thrust into power, HigherBrook must now trust Gria, the very person who had led the massacre of Crossroads' hunters. br />
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Another partnership proves even more disturbing. As Gria and TripStone | |  | | Deviations: Bloodlines
Fourth volume in the Deviations Series
font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Destiny Farm has fallen. Promontory's people must hunt down the escaped "Farm Yata" or starve, but they must also integrate with the Skedge Yata or their industries will fail. Their very independence relies on dangerous compromises. br />
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Enter Jirado, a Skedge Yata and valued employee of the now-destroyed Destiny factory. Her kin, captured by the Farm before its fall, might yet be alive. But they are at risk unless she can destroy Promontory's hunters. The drive toward integration gives her an opening she cannot resist, and h | |  | | Deviations: Covenant
What if you killed your gods to survive and then the gods fought back?
Volume 1 of the Deviations series. Available for free download from Elissa's website, Manybooks.net, and Smashwords.com.
TripStone hates to kill her gods but she must feed her people. An accomplished hunter in the Masari village of Crossroads, she is charged with the ritual slaying of the sacred Yata. br />
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Her comrade Ghost tries to end Masari dependence on Yata meat by performing experiments punishable by death. His jeopardy increases when he shelters a teenage runaway sickened by fasting.br />
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Their worldview shatters when they harbor a Yata woman raised to be livestock instead of a god. But Crossroads itself is imperiled. Hidden in the far woods, a secret Yata m | |  | | Deviations: Covenant, e-book edition
What if you killed your gods to survive and then the gods fought back?
TripStone hates to kill her gods but she must feed her people. An accomplished hunter in the Masari village of Crossroads, she is charged with the ritual slaying of the sacred Yata. br />
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Her comrade Ghost tries to end Masari dependence on Yata meat by performing experiments punishable by death. His jeopardy increases when he shelters a teenage runaway sickened by fasting.br />
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Their worldview shatters when they harbor a Yata woman raised to be livestock instead of a god. But Crossroads itself is imperiled. Hidden in the far woods, a secret Yata m | |  | | Deviations: Destiny
Volume 3 of the Deviations series. Available for free download from Elissa's website, Manybooks.net, and Smashwords.com.
font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Unrest simmers in the region. Repeated acts of sabotage threaten Promontory's Destiny supply, while Crossroads teeters on the brink of bankruptcy. br />
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Bent on destroying Destiny Farm, TripStone arrives in Promontory as an advance scout for Gria's forces. But the more she learns about that city and its history, the more she doubts her mission. And the more she learns about BrushBurn, the more her feelings for him tear her apart. br />
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Unaware of the mission, Ghost fears TripStone dead as he struggles to protect his new family. The v | |  | | Poem Neighbors in Vampyr Verse
Edited by Lester Smith, Vampyr Verse contains 79 poems and a short story. Contributors in addition to Elissa Malcohn include Elizabeth Barrette, Joyce Becker Lee, Jeannie Bergmann, Robert Borski, Sue Burke, Jamie Chambers, Denis M. Garrison, Kat Heckenbach, J. Robert King, David C. Kopaska-Merkel, Michael Kriesel, Patrick T. Randolph, Marge Simon, and Noel Sloboda.
Come spend the night with twice thirteen vampyr poets. Let their verses tickle your ribs, penetrate your heart, and even leave you bleeding. All they ask in return is a little immortality. Vampyr Verse contains 79 poems, plus a short story, all devoted to that mysterious figure-the vampyr! These selections run the gamut from pensive haiku to whimsical limericks to deadly serious free verse, and everything between. At 86 pages, the book makes an excellent gift for anyone aged 13 or older. | |  | | Story Arachne in anthology Riffing on Strings
My story "Arachne" appears in this anthology, which includes fiction, poetry, essays, artwork, and a play inspired by cosmic string theory.
From the Scriblerus Press website:
"em>Riffing on Strings/em> is a unique collection of creative writing that explores the cosmic and cultural resonances of string theory. Inside you’ll find thought-provoking essays, short stories, poems, and a play from over 40 acclaimed authors, including Nobel Laureate Sheldon Glashow, Michio Kaku, Peter Woit, Adam Roberts, Colette Inez, Brenda Hillman, Joseph Radke, and Bruce Holland Rogers, among others."
| |  | | Story Memento Mori in Unspeakable Horror: From the Shadows of the Closet
Short story in horror/GLBT anthology
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How far are you willing to go for love, especially when your beloved is more true to herself and more vulnerable dead than alive? "Memento Mori" chronicles a brief encounter between two women on opposite sides of the great divide. They must answer that question for themselves in a world where love, carelessly expressed, can destroy them both.
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From the ghosts of dead lovers and malevolent queer faeries to devious doppelgangers and twisted psychopaths, an eclectic lineup of award-winning writers from the hor | |  | | Story Moments of Clarity in anthology Full Spectrum
My story "Moments of Clarity" appears in the Full Spectrum anthology. "Moments of Clarity" reached the preliminary ballot for a Nebula Award and was nominated for a Locus Award.
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Modern Mythology
by Jay Dubya
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 Modern Mythology is a collection of fifteen imaginative stories having mythological themes and also possessing interesting mythological allusions and characters.
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