Leah Petersen

And I’m in it! I’ve been really excited about announcing the sale of my short story to the upcoming anthology When the Hero Comes Home 2. 

It’s the first hard scifi I’ve sold. And being in When the Villain Comes Home with authors I’ve admired since before I knew I was ever going to share my writing was an amazing experience. So the chance to do it again, to work with Gabrielle Harbowy and Ed Greenwood and see the incredible stories that are going to come from these other authors just tickles me to my toes.

Now I get to be a part of When the Hero Comes Home 2, expected release August 2013.

Here’s the announcement from Co-Editor Gabrielle Harbowy‘s blog:

We have 29 excellent stories lined up for you, 8 of which will be available exclusively in the ebook version of the anthology.

The following listing is in alphabetical order by author.

* denotes ebook-only bonus stories

*Bagabones by Jacquelyn Bartel
Beginning by Jillian Boehme
Bringing Back Raby by Chaz Brenchley
After the Winds by K.T. Bryski
Living Bargains by Suzanne Church
Vasilissa’s Doll by Elaine Cunningham
The Last Perfect Heart by Fanny Valentine Darling
Remnants by Erin M. Evans
*Prince Goldgriffin Rides In by Ed Greenwood
*Closure by Gabrielle Harbowy
Jack Crochety by Larry Kay
Juan Carceres in the Zapatero’s Workshop by Derek Künsken
Safe Within You by Mercedes Lackey
Broken by K.D. McEntire
Narcolepsy by Bob Neilson
The Last of the Unicorn Hunters by Diana Peterfreund
Waiting For You by Leah Petersen
*Blood Runs Thicker by Mary Pletsch
*Come is the Wolf in her Wounding by Dan Rabarts
*The Return of Hobard the Vanquisher by Mike Rimar
The Hero of Abarxia by Deborah J. Ross
*The Stiletto by Maggie Sokoll
A Spray of Bittersweet by Andrea Stewart
Faces of the Revolution by James L. Sutter
A Sword that Heals by Clint Talbert
*Smoke and Feathers by Juliette Wade
Call of the Sky by Cliff Winnig
Faith by Chris Wong Sick Hong
The Clever One by Jamie Wyman

It should be available for pre-order soon. I’ll keep you updated!

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I’m so excited about this I could pop. And there wasn’t any innuendo in that, so you know I’m really excited, cause I didn’t even stop to think up something dirty.

I’ve already gushed about this a bit in other posts, but here’s the full details and the announcement poster the lovely J.M. Frey designed and put together for us. We’re having a CASCADE EFFECT LAUNCH Party Friday, April 5, at Ad Astra Con hosted by Futurecon, Good Times for Good Causes!

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I already told you about how I’m giving away two signed copies of Fighting Gravity as part of the celebration of the release of the sequel, Cascade Effect.

But what fun is one giveaway when you can have two? From now through April 2, you can win one of two autographed copies of Cascade Effect!

Here’s where you go to enter. Get on that!

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WHEN THE VILLAIN COMES HOME, edited by Gabrielle Harbowy and Ed Greenwood, has been nominated for the Foreword 2012 Book Of The Year in the Short Stories (Adult Fiction) category!

Congrats to two incredible editors and all the authors in it! (Congrats, me!)

Heroes can save the world, but villains can CHANGE it.

We’ve assembled a great mix of science fiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction. Come with us while we explore villains of all stripes — sons and daughters, lovers and fighters, minions and masterminds, in this giant volume of thirty great stories by award winners, rising stars, and bold new voices. With masterful tales by: Camille Alexa, Erik Scott de Bie, Chaz Brenchley, Eugie Foster, David Sakmyster, Marie Bilodeau, Richard Lee Byers, K.D. McEntire, Peadar Ó Guilín, Jim C. Hines, Ari Marmell, Karin Lowachee, Jay Lake, Julie Czerneda, J.M. Frey, Clint Talbert, Rachel Swirsky, Tony Pi, Leah Petersen, J.P. Moore, Ryan McFadden, Todd McCaffrey, Erik Buchanan, Gregory A. Wilson, Rosemary Jones, Gabrielle Harbowy, Ed Greenwood, Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon, Chris A. Jackson, Steve Bornstein.

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Do I sound excited? I’m a bit excited.

This one scared me to death on several occasions as delays, life, and just silly things got in the way of bringing Cascade Effect to you at the promised time. Made all the worse by the fact that people seemed to actually WANT this. They’d ask me when they could get one and everything!

Well, it’s almost here. There’s a cover and everything!

Next? Details about the launch party at great folks at Ad Astra Con hosted by the amazing Futurecon folks.

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