Strong Women Strange Worlds

First Friday QuickReads, April 5, 2024

Featuring
Jennifer Allis Provost author of Oleander
Eli tried to leave the supernatural life behind. Problem is, it won't
let her go.
http://authorjenniferallisprovost.com

Shelly Jones author of “L.” from If There’s Anyone Left, Vol. 4

What can you bury? What won't remain buried? Trigger warnings
for this piece include death and deadnaming.
https://shellyjonesphd.wordpress.com/

P.A. Cornell author of Lost Cargo

A disparate group of strangers is stranded on a wild, uninhabited
moon. They must race against time and navigate the dangerous
alien landscape before their slim chance at rescue’s gone forever.
Leading them is Parker – but she has her own priorities, and
survival may not be one of them.
https://www.pacornell.com/

Tiffany Michelle Brown author of “The Price of Motherhood”

from How Lovely To Be a Woman
Equal parts heartbreaking and grotesque, How Lovely To Be a
Woman: Stories and Poems explores the everyday horrors of
womanhood and delights in the monstrous ways women adapt,
evolve, fight back, and survive.
tmbwrites.com

Caitlin Marceau author of “New Year, New Me”

With her time running out, Marie wants to spend the night with
her husband and child. Unfortunately, she's stuck alone while
finishing a project that fills her with terror instead. As the evening
rushes to a close, she reflects on the importance of marriage,
motherhood, and what makes Marie Marie.
caitlinmarceau.ca

Sam Ledel author of Heart of Stone

Princess Keeva Glantor meets Maeve, a gorgon forced to live alone
thanks to a decades-old lie. Together the two women battle forces
they formerly thought to be good in the hopes of leading lives
they can finally call their own.
www.samledel.com
In addition to the authors who read today, please check out the organizers of the
Strong Women•Strange Worlds Group Author Reading Series
Terri Bruce writes hard-to-classify Anne E.G. Nydam makes relief
fantasy and science fiction stories block prints and writes poetry,
that explore the supernatural side short stories, and books for all
of everyday things. She is the ages about adventure, magic, and
author of the “Afterlife” series, wonder. Her most recent book is
the short story collection SOULS, On the Virtues of Beasts of the
and numerous short stories in Realms of Imagination. www.NydamPrints.com
anthologies and magazines. www.terribruce.net
Claudia Blood blends her science
Patricia Correll is the author of and IT background with a life-long
fantasy and horror novels, novellas passion for Dungeons and Dragons
and short stories, as well as daily to pen award-winning Sci-fi and
to-do lists. Thief, archer, and food fantasy novels.
for fire ants, she lives in Alabama https://claudiablood.com
with her family.
twitter.com/Author_PCorrell

Kathryn Sullivan writes stories

where girls are the explorers, the
wizards, and the ones who solve
problems and rescue people. Her
books include The Crystal Throne
and Agents, Adepts, & Apprentices.
www.kathrynsullivan.com
Sarah Smith's Agatha winning
mysteries and SF are published in
14 languages and have become
bestsellers here and abroad. Her
latest mystery is Crimes and
Survivors. www.sarahsmith.com
FB & Twitter @sarahwriter
Kate Pope is the "token non-
author" on the organizing
committee. She is a reader
extraordinaire, and a tie-dye artist.
Plus, these events would not be possible
without the generous efforts of a team of
additional volunteers including
TODAY’S HOST: Elaine Isaak
http://rocinantebooks.com
Ef Deal https://www.efdeal.net
Lindsay Macannon
Amanda Huskisson
Lisa Fox
Clare Macannon
Cindy O’Quinn
Cari Lyn Jones https://carilynjones.com
N.D. Jones https://www.ndjonesparanormalpleasure.com
Christina Delia Instagram @christinadelia_writer
D.C. Gomez https://dcgomez-author.com
JF Garrard https://jfgarrard.com
Joanne Nundy
Angela Yuriko Smith https://angelaysmith.com

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