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October 2020 ~ Roster

We're into spooky season, stormers! Check out the contest book for our Halloween prompts and to find the master Halloween Vault 3D book on the CommunityHub profile! Prompts every day! :D

And a warm welcome back to lepus_leporis! <3

Here's our October Roster! (Just a quick note, I'm horribly behind on critiques so I've pulled myself ((Emily)) from the roster for now to catch up.)

Author Username: Di_Rossi

TGC: 101

Book Title: Charlotte Wynthorpe and The Case of the Disappearing Diamonds

Rating: PG-13

Description: London 1923. Charlotte Wynthorpe's socialite circle is being plagued by a rash of diamond burglaries during their wild, drunken parties. Sensing some terrible fun to be had, Charlotte decides on the spur of the moment to investigate. But what she discovers turns out to be anything other than fun and games.

This is a classic Agatha Christie-style mystery novella set in the English upper classes with humorous touches à la PG Wodehouse (Jeeves & Wooster / 1930s comedy). It contains LGBT+ themes accurate to the time period. Many characters originally appeared in my historical novel "Aftermath," making this somewhat a fan fiction off of my own work. (Is that allowed? Can you fan fic yourself? ) Chapter 1 brings those readers new to the world up to speed.

Critique Preferences: Anything you think will improve the story.

Book Title: Inclement Weather

Rating: PG-13 leaning towards R. (rather a lot of murder and some sex jokes, a little bit of language)

Description: A themed short story collection containing 8 stories inspired by different adverse weather patterns (Fog, Ice, Hail, Snow, Tornado, Torrential Rain, Electrical Storm, Gale Force Winds). The word count ranges from 2.5k to 4.5k. Each story is a different genre, so you can pick and choose whatever tickles your fancy. They can be read in any order. The genres are listed in the blurb, but some of them are: Courtroom Drama, Biblical Comedy, Historical Detective and Ghost story.

Critique Preference: Tell me what you thought worked, and what didn't. Be tough, I can take it. But, tell me your overall impression of the story and how well you thought the weather theme was done in a final comment, please.

Book TItle: The Song of Fafnir

Rating: PG (for violence)

Description: This novella is a retelling of the Siegfried and the Dragon story, but from the POV of the "dragon" -- who isn't really a dragon, but a Mountain Dwarf. It stays true to the original Nibelungen story from Germanic mythology, but reinterprets some of the action to cast certain characters in a totally different light. You don't have to know the original story to enjoy this, as there's an short intro and the first chapter sort of recaps the idea. Although this is straight mythology, it's NOT non-stop action. It's the recollections of a 300-year old Dwarf who speaks in longer, Norse-sounding sentences. If short and peppy is for you, then this isn't. But, if you like mythological fantasy, then it probably is.