Book Trailer Drop: Gunsmoke & Dragonfire Book Trailer #6!

Happy Friday! Here’s the sixth book trailer for Gunsmoke & Dragonfire! It’s the last one you’ll see before the special February pre-order price at Amazon ends. On March 1, we go up to full price. So get it here now!

This time we’re focusing on sci-fi westerns: “Red Tide Rising” by Sara Codair, “Orcus Express, Derailed” by Russell Hemmell, and “Rollo’s Herd” by Claire Ryan!

Watch the full list of book trailers so far HERE.

Check out the playlist of all the Kickstarter videos, including book trailers and author interviews, HERE.

Interview with Sara Codair

M.D. Neu interviewed Gunsmoke & Dragonfire author Sara Codair for his blog this week! They talk about Sara’s debut novel, Power Surge, which is included in some of our Kickstarter reward packages. But they also talked about Gunsmoke & Dragonfire. Read the whole article at M.D. Neu’s website.

Three Great Things About Fantasy

I found this lovely video of Gunsmoke & Dragonfire author Carrie Gessner sharing three things that she thinks are great about fantasy. I agree! Check it out!

We’re in the home stretch of our Kickstarter, but there’s still time to lend your support! Check out our great rewards! For the last week, we’re offering HANDBOUND COPIES of Gunsmoke & Dragonfire! You would be crazy not to take advantage of this if you love books! And of course, a limited supply of a library of paperback books, plus ebook caches, are still available!

Video Premiere: Interview with Sara Codair

Premiering tomorrow at 9 am PST / 12 pm EST.

Gunsmoke & Dragonfire is an anthology of fantasy western stories. I had the pleasure of interviewing Sara Codair, author of “Red Tide Rising,” one of the stories in the anthology!

Sara is an emerging enby writer whose work has appeared in Broadswords & Blasters, Unnerving Magazine, Vulture Bones, and many other places. They write speculative #ownvoices works on non-binary life, queerness, and mental health, and their debut novel Power Surge was published by NineStar Press in 2018.

Support the Kickstarter here!
Or pre-order the ebook on Kindle for a special February pre-order price!

Sara Codair’s Website: http://www.saracodair.com

Originally aired on Kickstarter Live January 31, 2019

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Diane Morrison

Speculative Fiction Writer

April 2019

LGBTQ+