4.30.2015

A to Z Challenge: Z is for DZubenko


We've reached the end of another A to Z Blogging Challenge! 
Congratulations and well done to all who participated. 

Here at Untethered Realms, we've been taking on the Challenge as a group. Each day, one of us has shared a teaser from one of our books. 

And now here we are at Z day!

Z is for DZubenko
(Yes, I cheated a little bit with this name. But the D is silent, I swear!) 



Thanks to everyone who stopped by here and visited us during the Challenge. It's been a great April! 

4.29.2015

The A to Z Challenge: Y is for Yellow Party


In Dorianna, my YA horror - paranormal novel, a twist on Dorian Gray, she has a series of meetup parties that go increasingly bad. The first, her Yellow Party is the most innocent with only hints of the dark terror to come. Here is her online party evite:


What was the most disastrous party you went to and why?


For more peeks at Dorianna visit my website!
Beware Internet Obsession. Mwah ha ha!
Cheers, Catherine Stine

4.28.2015

The A to Z Challenge - X is for Xan


The A to Z Blogging Challenge is almost done!
If you haven't heard of it, check out the A to Z blog and join in the fun.
Here at Untethered Realms, we're taking on the Challenge as a group. Each day, one of us will be sharing with you a teaser from one of our books.

X has never been easier on the eyes.


4.27.2015

A to Z Challenge: W is for Witchcraft


The A to Z Blogging Challenge is underway!
If you haven't heard of it, check out the A to Z blog and join in the fun.
Here at Untethered Realms, we're taking on the Challenge as a group. Each day, one of us will be sharing with you a teaser from one of our books.

Today is W day!

W is for Witchcraft...




From Polar Day by Julie Flanders

4.25.2015

A to Z Challenge - V is for Vampire


The A to Z Blogging Challenge is nearing the final week. Where has the time gone?
If you haven't heard of it, check out the A to Z blog and join in the fun.
Here at Untethered Realms, we're taking on the challenge as a group. Each day, one of us will be sharing with you a teaser from one of our books.

Today is V day!

V for Vampire



4.24.2015

A to Z Challenge: U is for Underground


The A to Z Blogging Challenge is underway!
If you haven't heard of it, check out the A to Z blog and join in the fun.
Here at Untethered Realms, we're taking on the Challenge as a group. Each day, one of us will be sharing with you a teaser from one of our books.

Today is U day!

U is for Underground...


From Last Request: A Victorian Gothic by Jeff Chapman

4.23.2015

A to Z Challenge - T is for Tremble


Today is T day!
If you haven't heard of it, check out the A to Z blog and join in the fun.
Here at Untethered Realms, we're taking on the Challenge as a group. Each day, one of us will be sharing with you a teaser from one of our books.


Check out Untethered Realms Fantasy Uprising collection! Nine fantastic stories, including The Fall of Shaylar.

4.22.2015

A to Z Challenge: S is for Saddest


Today is S day!
If you haven't heard of it, check out the A to Z blog and join in the fun.
Here at Untethered Realms, we're taking on the Challenge as a group. Each day, one of us will be sharing with you a teaser from one of our books.

S is for Saddest

"Why do you think something is bothering me?"
"Because you're the saddest girl here."
This teaser is from Cherie Reich's Reborn.

And don't forget to check out Untethered Realms' Fantasy Uprising! Nine fantastic stories, including Reborn. The collection is $0.99 until the end of April, so be sure to grab your copy of this fabulous fantasy collection before the price goes up!

4.21.2015

A to Z Challenge - R is for...


If you haven't heard of it, check out the A to Z blog and join in the fun.
Here at Untethered Realms, we're taking on the Challenge as a group. Each day, one of us will be sharing with you a teaser from one of our books...except that today has a peculiar twist to it.

Welcome to the A to Z special edition of Tuesday Tea!


What's in a word? More than meets the eye if Jezebel's in charge! It's R day and our mischievous vixen wanted to challenge each of the Untethered Realms members - after they've imbibed some of her special blend of punch, of course. The R words below were given to her victims for definition with, uh, unique results. And the actual definitions? See for yourself how well our lovely contestants did. Not too well, I'd say, but they look like they're having fun over at the bar!

Angela Brown
Racemiferous – “An amorous race of tree elves bent on turning all humans into their sex slaves."
Actual definition: bearing clusters or bunches

Gwen Gardner
Ramentum – “When your momentum is so great that you just have to ram into the back of someone.”
Actual definitionchaffy scale on plants

River Fairchild
Rifacimento – “A magical pepper commonly substituted for the Pimento pepper in Underworld recipes. A favorite ingredient in Jezebel’s concoctions. Not recommended for human digestive systems. Produces severe side effects, both physical and mental.”
Actual definition: recasting of a literary or musical work

Jeff Chapman
Rittmaster – “Derives from the Old High German writtershreckermeister, the master of the writtershrecker. A writtershrecker is an extinct creature with the head of a rat, the body of a squirrel, and the tail of a beaver. Chiefly nocturnal, it lived a semi-aquatic life in castle moats, preying on anyone drunk or stupid enough to fall in. Its origin is unknown, assumed to be the work of a witch or alchemist. Hunters specializing in exterminating the beasts were known as writtershreckermeisters. The modern term now applies to rat exterminators.”
Actual definition: a captain of cavalry

Ellie Garratt
Roborant – “When a robot has lost its temper and tells anyone within earshot or receiving range why it's angry. A human can be also be described as having a roborant when they become annoyed or frustrated with an automated appliance such as a food replicator.”
Actual definition: strengthening drug or tonic

Cherie Reich
Rooirhebok“The battle cry the ice giants give before fighting in Ragnarok. In their language, it means "Down with humans."
Actual definition: reddish South African antelope

M. Pax
Roup – “Is a seal performance. That's seal with a small s not a capital one. When they bark and clap their fins, that's a roup.”
Actual definition: poultry disease

Christine Rains
Ructation – 1. “The art of painting your truck with either your dog's likeness or in a style your dog enjoys.” 2. “Taking dictation from a dominatrix, and you must get it perfect no matter what she's doing to you at the time or else you're punished further.”
Actual definition: the act of belching

Graeme Ing
Rummer – “a clan of moonshining goblins that spend their days brewing rum, smuggling it to other races and laughing when its 250 proof liquor puts them under the table. The act of this hyena-like laughter is colloquially known as rumming. Waking up in a ditch with a hangover is referred to as being rummed."
Actual definition: large drinking-glass

Catherine Stine
Rutilant – “Rutilant describes the angular digging activity of the long-clawed native ice dragons that live in the perma-frost of Europa. Discovered in 2127, they were named after Russian born biologist, Astronaut Antony Rutilant in Earth’s second global mission to that planet.”
Actual definition: shining; glowing ruddily

T. F. Walsh
Rabulous – “Rabulous is when someone describes something so amazing, it puts people in an animated state whereby they froth at the mouth with excitement. People who don’t froth at the mouth during such an event are referred to as “rab.””
Actual definition: scurrilous


Word definitions courtesy of Phrontistery

The virtual punch bowl is flowing! Have a glass or two...after you've signed the standard waivers, of course.







4.20.2015

A to Z Challenge - Q is for Quiet


The A to Z Blogging Challenge is going strong!
If you haven't heard of it, check out the A to Z blog and join in the fun.
Here at Untethered Realms, we're taking on the Challenge as a group. Each day, one of us will share a teaser from one of our books.

Today is Q day!


From They All Fall Down by Angela Brown

4.18.2015

A to Z Challenge - P is for Price and Precipice


The A to Z Blogging Challenge is underway!
If you haven't heard of it, check out the A to Z blog and join in the fun.
Here at Untethered Realms, we're taking on the Challenge as a group. Each day, one of us will be sharing with you a teaser from one of our books.




Precipice, Backworlds Book 6 by M. Pax. Coming May 11th.

The publisher of Boing Boing gives The Backworlds 5 stars. "This is a fun, fast paced novel that reminded me a bit of early Heinlein."


4.17.2015

A to Z Challenge - O is for Odious


The A to Z Blogging Challenge is underway!
If you haven't heard of it, check out the A to Z blog and join in the fun.
Here at Untethered Realms, we're taking on the Challenge as a group. Each day, one of us will be sharing with you a teaser from one of our books.

Today is O day!

O is for Odious...

And a view from the outside... 



Join us for #SpecFicChat today:
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4.16.2015

A to Z Challenge - N is For Netherworld



The A to Z Blogging Challenge is underway!
If you haven't heard of it, check out the A to Z blog and join in the fun.
Here at Untethered Realms, we're taking on the Challenge as a group. Each day, one of us will be sharing with you a teaser from one of our books.

Today is N day!

N is for Netherworld...



Join us for #SpecFicChat:
What happened to the future? The flying cars & time machines? Next #SpecFicChat Fri. April 17th, Noon EDT. Hosted by @UnRealms & @EllieMGarratt

4.15.2015

A to Z Challenge: M is for Murder


Today is M day!
If you haven't heard of it, check out the A to Z blog and join in the fun.
Here at Untethered Realms, we're taking on the Challenge as a group. Each day, one of us will be sharing with you a teaser from one of our books.

M is for Murder


I'd hoped to have Once upon a Nightmare: A Collection out by today, but it's forthcoming very soon.

Join us for #SpecFicChat on Twitter:
What happened to the future? The flying cars and time machines?
Next #SpecFicChat Fri. April 17th, Noon EDT.
Hosted by @UnRealms and @EllieMGarratt

4.14.2015

A to Z Challenge 2015 - L is for Love Triangle


The A to Z Challenge is going strong! To check out the A to Z blogfest deets click here, and feel free to join in the fun. At Untethered Realms we're doing A to Z as a team. Each day, one of us is sharing a teaser from our books. My L is Love Triangle. The teaser is from my sci-fi thriller, Ruby's Fire, where Ruby is caught in a love triangle with Blane and Armonk.
Sounds flattering, but Ruby is pretty tortured by it ... until she finally makes a decision. Who will she choose?



4.13.2015

A to Z Challenge: K is for Kitchen


The A to Z Blogging Challenge is underway!
If you haven't heard of it, check out the A to Z blog and join in the fun.
Here at Untethered Realms, we're taking on the Challenge as a group. Each day, one of us will be sharing with you a teaser from one of our books.

Today is K day!

K is for Kitchen...


From Sixpence and Rye and a Snake in a Pie: A Fractured Nursery Rhyme by Jeff Chapman


Join us for #SpecFicChat:
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4.11.2015

The A to Z Challenge - J is for Jumbled



The A to Z Blogging Challenge is going strong!
If you haven't heard of it, check out the A to Z blog and join in the fun.
Here at Untethered Realms, we're taking on the Challenge as a group. Each day, one of us will be sharing with you a teaser from one of our books.

J is for jumbled.





Join us for #SpecFicChat:
What happened to the future? The flying cars & time machines? Next #SpecFicChat Fri. April 17th, Noon EDT. Hosted by @UnRealms & @EllieMGarratt

4.10.2015

The A to Z Challenge 2015 - I is for Instincts


The A to Z Blogging Challenge is underway!
If you haven't heard of it, check out the A to Z blog and join in the fun.
Here at Untethered Realms, we're taking on the Challenge as a group. Each day, one of us will be sharing with you a teaser from one of our books.



Join us for #SpecFicChat:
What happened to the future? The flying cars & time machines? Next #SpecFicChat Fri. April 17th, Noon EDT. Hosted by @UnRealms & @EllieMGarratt

4.09.2015

A to Z Challenge - H is for Hardship


Today is H day!
If you haven't heard of it, check out the A to Z blog and join in the fun.
Here at Untethered Realms, we're taking on the Challenge as a group. Each day, one of us will be sharing with you a teaser from one of our books.


Check out Untethered Realms Fantasy Uprising collection! Nine fantastic stories, including Diamonds & Dust.


Join us for #SpecFicChat:
What happened to the future? It's not Star Trek or 2001. Next #SpecFicChat Fri. April 17th, Noon EDT. Hosted by @UnRealms & @EllieMGarratt 

4.08.2015

A to Z Challenge - G is for Gangsta Ghost.


The A to Z Blogging Challenge is underway!
If you haven't heard of it, check out the A to Z blog and join in the fun.
Here at Untethered Realms, we're taking on the Challenge as a group. Each day, one of us will be sharing with you a teaser from one of our books.

George "Haw Shot" Hawley is a ghost with a lot of attitude.


The Rifters by M. Pax


5 Star Review from CHOOSE YOUR OWN END: "The Wild West meets Ghostbusters with some Stargate and a bit of Steampunk thrown in. Even though everything seems a bit familiar, it’s not, which is what makes The Rifters compelling"


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4.07.2015

A to Z Challenge: F is for Flames


The A to Z Blogging Challenge is underway!
If you haven't heard of it, check out the A to Z blog and join in the fun.
Here at Untethered Realms, we're taking on the Challenge as a group. Each day, one of us will be sharing with you a teaser from one of our books.

Today is F day!

F is for Flames...




From Polar Day by Julie Flanders


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4.06.2015

A to Z Challenge - E is for Enre



The A to Z Blogging Challenge is heating up!
If you haven't heard of it, check out the A to Z blog and join in the fun.
Here at Untethered Realms, we're taking on the Challenge as a group. Each day, one of us will be sharing with you a teaser from one of our books.

E is for smokin' hot Enre.





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4.04.2015

A to Z Challenge - D is for Dead


The A to Z Blogging Challenge is passing time.
If you haven't heard of it, check out the A to Z blog and join in the fun.
Here at Untethered Realms, we're taking on the challenge as a group. Each day, one of us will be sharing with you a teaser from one of our books.

Today is D day!

D is for Dead




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4.03.2015

A to Z Challenge - C is for Cloaked



The A to Z Blogging Challenge is heating up!
If you haven't heard of it, check out the A to Z blog and join in the fun.
Here at Untethered Realms, we're taking on the Challenge as a group. Each day, one of us will be sharing with you a teaser from one of our books.

C is for Cloaked





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4.02.2015

A to Z Challenge - B is for Broken


The A to Z Blogging Challenge is chugging along!
If you haven't heard of it, check out the A to Z blog and join in the fun.
Here at Untethered Realms, we're taking on the Challenge as a group. Each day, one of us will be sharing a teaser from one of our books. Today's is from They All Fall Down.



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