It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year !
Five Miles Downrange:
As is tradition in the JES Campbell household, we are celebrating our (well, for me and “E”) our favorite holiday, Halloween. This year, we will be giving away free copies of both Blue Summer and Gruff Ending on Kindle during the month of October. The giveaway for Blue Summer will take place from 21 through 25 October, and for Gruff Ending from the 27th through Halloween ! So, if you want to get your scare on and cuddle up with a good book (of course, I am biased) , take a look at this offering - and don’t forget to leave a rating either with AMAZON (where we currently are enjoying a 5-star rating for Blue Summer) and/or on GOODREADS (where we are rated at 4.4 for Gruff Ending). Remember that if you are into RPGs, specifically Evil Hat Production’s Monster of the Week, both books include a scenario for these games at the end.
…Moving on…
In the literary concept of “moving around the furniture” (i.e. interchangability between horror, sci-fi, and fantasy elements), our Kindle Vella fantasy mystery campaign, Slipping the Gears is now in its 11th episode. The story follows the Elven Cleric Chamylla Adquen and her enigmatic partner, Defender Solwen as they are sent to investigate an Undead incusion in the historically Gnomish town of Ferncombe. Observing the xenophobic nature of the town, despite the Barony’s Spring Festival in full swing, the pair are directed to an outsider, the jeweler and Gnome playboy Nesrick Welemdiass, as the source of the dead rising. Following a series of unfortunate events, the trio are pulled into a Temple-sponsored inquest into the murder of a local widow, with all signs pointing to Nesrick as the culprit. As memories of the events unfold, who can be sure where the truth lies ?
Slipping the Gears is not part of this month’s giveaway, and this is mostly because there is no function with the Vella interface for doing so. In the future, we hope to include this as part of our celebration.
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The Jack-o-lantern as seen on our image was developed by Bobby Dukes Arts (YOUTUBE link here) . His scary pumpkin Pt 1 is linked here. Give him a like (#notsponsored), he is very talented.
Slipping the Gears is set in the fictional town of Ferncombe, but references location and character elements from The Mad Manor of Astabar (link here to RPG DRIVE-Through) by David Dudka (#notsponsored).
