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Review: Song of Flames – M.D. Grimm

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Genre: Fantasy, Romance Reviewer: Linda, Paranormal Romance Guild Amazon | Universal Buy Link | Liminal Fiction | QueeRomance Ink | Goodreads About The Book She tried to steal treasure from the dragons’ hoard… and stole their hearts instead. To save her sister from a lascivious lord, Venya must steal a piece of treasure from a legendary dragon’s hoard. Dragons haven’t been seen in … Read more

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Writer Fuel: Was There Life Right After the Big Bang?

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Life has found a home on Earth for around 4 billion years. That’s a significant fraction of the universe’s 13.77 billion-year history. Presumably, if life arose here, it could have appeared anywhere. And for sufficiently broad definitions of life, it might even be possible for life to have appeared mere seconds after the Big Bang. … Read more

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Author Spotlight: A.L. MacDonald

A.L. MacDonald

It’s the Daily LFS – Lim Fic Spotlight from the Liminal Fiction website. Today: A.L. MacDonald Sci-Fi A.L. MacDonald is a Canadian sci-fi author. He lives in Ottawa, Canada with his wife and two children. Outside of working as a Mechanical Engineer, he enjoys sailing, reading, dreaming up mad inventions in his workshop or riding … Read more

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Review: A Planet of Wrath and Tears – Colin Alexander

A Planet of Wrath and Tears - Colin Alexander

Genre: Sci Fi, Dystopian, Post-Apocalyptic, First Contact Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book A distant star is calling us. Will it end in tears? Could the first contact between humanity and an intelligent species from outer space come at a worse time? The signal arrives when Earth is only beginning to recover … Read more

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Author Spotlight: JC Rycroft

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It’s the Daily LFS – Lim Fic Spotlight from the Liminal Fiction website. Today: JC Rycroft Fantasy JC Rycroft is a queer fantasy author living and writing on unceded Wadawurrung land in Australia. Their work draws on high and epic fantasy tropes, mixed with a dollop of queer romance, humour and wit, flawed but fabulous … Read more

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Writer Fuel: What is Epigenetics?

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Why do common shrews live for only two years, while bowhead whales survive for two centuries? And could the answer give us hints as to how to extend our own, human life spans? The maximum life span of each species is estimated using the age of its longest-living member, and these vary by orders of … Read more

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Writer Fuel: Why Do Some People Have Perfect Pitch?

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In his book “Musicophilia,” renowned neuroscientist Oliver Sacks described the remarkable ability of Sir Frederick Ouseley, a former music professor at the University of Oxford, to recognize the pitch of everyday sounds. For example, he said it “thundered in G” and the “wind whistled in D.” Ouseley had perfect pitch, also called absolute pitch — … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Jamie Zaccaria

Jamie Zaccaria

It’s the Daily LFS – Lim Fic Spotlight from the Liminal Fiction website. Today: Jamie Zaccaria Horror Jamie Zaccaria is a wildlife biologist by trade and writer by pleasure. She currently works for a wildlife conservation organization and writes fiction in her spare time. She is also a volunteer part-time Staff Writer for The Rational … Read more

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Writer Fuel: Does Mouse Heaven Have Lessons for All of Us?

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Officially, the colony was called the Mortality-Inhibiting Environment for Mice. Unofficially, it was called mouse heaven. Biologist John Calhoun built the colony at the National Institute of Mental Health in Maryland in 1968. It was a large pen—a 4½-foot cube—with everything a mouse could ever desire: plenty of food and water; a perfect climate; reams … Read more

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Review: Yule: Tales for the Winter Solstice

Yule: Tales for the Winter Solstice

Genre: Folklore, Fairy Tale, Holiday, Romance Reviewer: Jay Get It At Amazon | Publisher About The Book During the cold winter months, we mirror the Earth as she lies quiet, waiting for the return of warm days. We gather around yule fires and perform rituals to lure back the sun. Drinking wassail, singing songs and exchanging gifts, … Read more