News for June 10th, 2009

Brandon Barr says:
"Digital Dragon is a new Christian sci-fi/fantasy magazine, and I'm pleased to announce that my 1,400 word short story, "The Seeker" is one of the featured stories in their premiere issue."
See Brandon's whole post here.

Fred Warren wrote a new review of Flashpoint by Frank Creed:
"An adrenalin-saturated cyberpunk adventure that grabbed me by the lapels in the first few pages and didn’t let go..."
Read Fred's review here.

This week the CFRB is touring Angel of Wrath by Bill Myers, a supernatural thriller.
Click here to go to the main tour posts with links to all participants.

Eretzel Tour and Dekker Video

This week the CFRB is touring Eretzel by William R. McGrath, Book Two in the Sword of Fire. So far there are two reviews: one by Steve Rice here (with links to other material) and another by Cathi Hassan. Use the buttons at the bottom of those posts to follow the tour through the rest of the week.

Also today we have an interview with Ted Dekker where he talks about Christian horror and his books House, Thr3e and Skin.

Blogs and Breaking News

We at the LGG are very grateful for the highly successful CSFF blog tour of our Guild last week. For the stats on that, check out Cynthia's post. Shout outs to D.G.D. Davidson for igniting one of the longest blog comment threads ever seen in our realms! Great fun was had by all, as they say.

This week, the Christian Fiction Review Blog is touring Seabird by Sherry Thompson. Check out their page for links to participating bloggers and reviews.


Jeremy Robinson continues to post action-packed video blogs, be sure you haven't missed any.

And Terri Main posted her views on the recently inaugurated Lost Genre Guild discussion forum. Her post is a great introduction to this arena for Guild activity. Why not join in?

Breaking News: Forever Richard by Sue Dent hits stores on January 5th. Forever Richard, Sue Dent's much anticipated vampire & werewolf sequel to Never Ceese, is horror, and like Bram Stoker's 1897 Dracula, is written from a subtle Christian wordview. thewriterscafepress.com Autographed copies are available!

Infinite Space Infinite God CFRBlog Tour

Like any Christian Science Fiction, the idea of Catholic SF seems to be a contradiction in terms—perhaps more so given the infamous stands the Catholic Church has taken against against scientific theory all those centuries ago. But, Galileo's trial is ancient history and for the last 1000 years, Catholic scientists (including priest, monks and even some saints) have received encouragement and support from the church. It is no wonder, then, that writers have become fascinated with the concept of how the Catholic church will meet the challenges of the future—and SF is just the vehicle for this.


This 2007 EPPIE award-winning anthology includes SF concepts from time travel to transporter technology, genetic engineering to alien abduction, interstellarcolonization and uncontrolled inter-city violence told from a Catholic world view. All of the ISIG short stories are well-crafted and entertaining—the latter a real surprise for me considering that I do not number among the millions of sci-fi fans in this world. The range of intensity in this volume kept me reading because I couldn't predict what I'd discover when I turned another page. We see the teenager Frankie off to evangelize to alien beings; we sit with Saint Francis of Assisi as he ministers to the needs of a mannaro; we make the pilgrimmage alongside an IRA 'terrorist' as he makes his way through the stations to enlightment. The three described above: "Interstellar Calling," "Canticle of the Wolf," and "A Cruel and Unusual Punishment" were my favourites. I thoroughly enjoyed all of the stories included in Infinite Space Infinite God and liked the fact that they forced me to ponder and question. And one more thing, it is pretty darn refreshing to read good fiction that does not haul out the fictional stereotypes of manical monk or preying priest or nasty nun.

Okay, enough about my opinion (and believe me, there is more where this came from!); why don't you check out these sites on the Christian Fiction Review Blog tour:

CFRBlog cfrblog.blogspot.com

Grace Bridges gracebridges.blogspot.com

Caprice Hockstad shoutlife.com/capricehockstad

Come join editor/ author Karina Fabian as she hosts FabChat Thursdays at 8pm (Eastern). On April 19 she talks about ISIG! Visit karinafabian.tripod.com and ask questions of your own.

For information about
the contributing authors: isigsf.tripod.com
the stories: isigsf.tripod.com
the editors: fabianspace.com
how to purchase: twilighttimesbooks.com

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Infinite Space Infinite God

Editors Karina and Robert Fabian

September 2006: eBook

Summer 2007: Trade paperback

ISBN: 1933353627

Publisher: Twilight Times Books

Infinite Space Infinite God is due out in paperback August 2007.

CFRB Tour of The Chronicles of Soone

SPIRITUAL DARKNESS

A devastating interplanetary war has been raging for decades. The fallen ones have instigated mankind's downfall, waging a sinister campaign leading towards a singular goal, universal domination.

A WARRIOR RACE

Long the ordained guardians of peace, the Barudii, have been reduced to a scattered remnant struggling to survive. All but wiped out by the Vorn clan, they have little hope of stopping the genocide that threatens mankind's survival.

THE LAST HEIR

Young Tiet soone, the only remaining heir to the Barudii throne, returns from exile to avenge his fallen people. He is the final hope for restoration, and the only one that can mediate a peace between the warring clans before its too late...before the dark forces opposing his every effort succeed in enslaving humanity. To claim victory he will do what Barudii warriors do best-fight-to the death if need be.

Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Breakneck Books

Publishing date: (October 31, 2006)
ISBN-13: 978-0978655129

Heir to the King is the first book in James Somers' The Chronicles of Soone trilogy is available at amazon.com

Some reviews:

Jeremy Robinson, bestselling author of Raising the Past and The Didymus Contingency "...an intense, action packed sci-fi story with a heart. A gripping story, not to be missed!"

"The Chronicles of Soone took off at warp speed and didn't dock until the
very last page. I enjoyed it immensely!" —Steven Manchester, Editor,
Sunpiper Media Publishing

For more reviews, check out the author's website, amazon.com, and David Brollier's Christian Fiction Review Blog.

The Author:

I live in Tennessee, and work primarily as a surgical technologist. I am an assistant pastor in my church and of course I am the author of the new sci-fi thriller, The Chronicles of Soone. This is a trilogy series with book 2 and 3 on the way. I am also the author of the christian thriller series, Perditions Gate, that will hopefully be published sometime soon.

In addition to writing, Rev. James Somers currently serves in the ministry as the Assistant Pastor of Martindale Baptist Church. He also works as a Surgical Technologist, specializing in Neuro-Spine surgery and has a family including his wife Christy and five boys. He plays several musical instruments and enjoys being a big kid with his children.

James' blog: www.jamessomers.blogspot.com

James website: www.jamessomersonline.com