Zombies! Run! To get Patient Z - back on sale in the backlist bonanza

The king of the zombies is back! If you never got to read my post-apocalypse m/m romance, Patient Z before, it's back out now as part of the backlist bonanza. It's available right now on JMS books and Amazon, and will appear on more retailers over the coming days.

Watch this space for news of the re-release of the sequel - Assumed Dead. Coming soon!

Patient Z

Two years ago the zombie apocalypse wiped out the world police officer Mitch Kennedy had a role in. But he’s found a way to continue doing his duty, serving as guardian of a small community of survivors, living in the safest place they can find. When the group takes in Cal Richardson, Mitch can’t help but be attracted to the first available—and incidentally, gorgeous—man to cross his path in months.

Mitch and Cal can’t resist each other physically, but each man tries to hold back his emotions. Though he’s strong on the outside, Mitch is too badly hurt inside to risk more pain. Cal’s very sure he won’t stay for long. He’s been a drifter all his life and it came naturally to him to survive alone after civilization fell. He’s sure this is a temporary stopover for him. He has no intention of becoming emotionally involved with a cop who is certain to despise Cal when he learns the truth about him.

The longer Cal stays the stronger his urge to run grows, but the harder it becomes to give up the safety of the community and his new friends. The harder it becomes to give up Mitch.

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Backlist Bonanza Release Day - Chrysalis Cage

Out now from JMS Books and coming to all good ebook retailers over the next few days. Watch this space for more news of backlist releases.

Chrysalis Cage

Freedom fighter Jarrett Blake’s escaping from prison after months of torture and solitary confinement, but his bid for freedom ends when his stolen ship crashes into a remote moon. He wakes to find himself with two broken legs and helpless in the care of Marc Satie, a technician stationed alone at an isolated monitoring station. Marc saved Jarrett’s life, but was it an act of mercy or does he want to claim the reward on Jarrett’s head? It’s a big reward—as Jarrett’s the galaxy’s most wanted terrorist.

Jarrett gradually recovers under Marc’s care and seduces him, hoping Marc will never turn his lover over to the authorities. As time passes. Jarrett begins to think of it as more than a seduction. Marc is beautiful, gentle and kind and Jarrett’s had none of those things in his life for a long time.

But Marc has a secret and the exposure of it will show Jarrett he’s been in more danger than he ever realized. Marc is not the man Jarrett thought he was. After the truth comes out, Marc proposes a daring plan. If it succeeds they can walk away together as free men. But they have very different ideas about where they’re walking to.

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Release day again - short and wide

It's a double date today! I've got a release and a re-release and news of the next re-release. It's all go around here!

New!

I have a short story in the charitable anthology Love is Free from JMS Books. All proceeds go to the American Civil Liberties Union

Embedded

Lucy, a young lesbian woman, is visiting her married uncles, Mike and Baz, once radical queer activists. About to start university, she wants to learn about how to fight for LGBTQ+ rights, as they did for so long. But Mike and Baz seem so domestic now. So settled into the life of a quiet village. Have the two former radicals sold out and given up the fight?

To get Embedded and new stories from 50 other authors, (FIFTY!) check out the links below. 

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Backlist Bonanza

Ganymede Tilt: Now on wide release

Union man Sean Morgan and mining company executive Alex Jackson already know how good they are together, after a few casual encounters. But when they find themselves facing each other across a negotiating table they know their relationship must become strictly professional.

It’s no big deal, they think – until they try it. It’s only after they stop seeing each other that they realize they had started something deeper and have stronger feelings than either has admitted. But giving in to temptation now can only lead to trouble. Alex fears involvement with Sean will cause him to repeat a mistake that almost cost him his career. For Sean it may destroy the dreams he’s already waited too long to pursue.

When they lose the battle with temptation they must try their best to leave Morgan and Jackson outside the door, and just be Alex and Sean. But the outside world can’t be kept at bay forever.

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Chrysalis Cage - coming 8th February, straight to wide release

Freedom fighter Jarrett Blake’s escaping from prison after months of torture and solitary confinement, but his bid for freedom ends when his stolen ship crashes into a remote moon. He wakes to find himself with two broken legs and helpless in the care of Marc Satie, a technician stationed alone at an isolated monitoring station. Marc saved Jarrett’s life, but was it an act of mercy or does he want to claim the reward on Jarrett’s head? It’s a big reward—as Jarrett’s the galaxy’s most wanted terrorist.

Jarrett gradually recovers under Marc’s care and seduces him, hoping Marc will never turn his lover over to the authorities. As time passes. Jarrett begins to think of it as more than a seduction. Marc is beautiful, gentle and kind and Jarrett’s had none of those things in his life for a long time.

But Marc has a secret and the exposure of it will show Jarrett he’s been in more danger than he ever realized. Marc is not the man Jarrett thought he was. After the truth comes out, Marc proposes a daring plan. If it succeeds they can walk away together as free men. But they have very different ideas about where they’re walking to.

Release Day and coming soon!

A new year, a new release day. Yay!

My new release, Memory's Ghosts is a bit of a surprise follow up to Palace Ghosts - which was intended as a standalone and now has this sequel and a third one in the works. This (and the third one) focus on different characters, but there are guest appearances from the characters from Palace Ghosts.

Memory's Ghosts (Ghosts Book 2)

Months after the liberation of the Red Palace, freed prisoner Max Murphy is still there, hoping for the return of his stolen ship and trying to forget the day he lost everything. Meanwhile, ex-Li pilot Jiang Tai is keeping his head down and wishing he could forget the secrets he carries. Or just forget anything at all. When the station is blockaded Max and Tai are sent off on a desperate mission to end the siege.

Spending weeks on an awkwardly small ship with a weird, sleep-obsessed, former pirate of the most fanatical sort is not Max’s idea of a good time—even if Tai is kind of cute. Tai never reckoned on a long trip with a hot mess like Max, who doesn’t even maintain a regular bed time. But the time they spend together helps both of them start to put their bad memories in the past. In the end they’ll lay the ghosts of their memories by doing something worth remembering together.

M/M Science Fiction Novella
Available Now from JMS Books

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Coming Soon!

Yes, there's more! Next week, I will have a short story in a charity anthology, Love is Free, from JMS Books. And my backlist title Ganymede Tilt will be released to all retailers after initial release on Kindle Unlimited.

There's been a bit of a pause on the backlist bonanza, but normal service should now resume. Chrysalis Cage, the last of the Travellers series should be out in February, and will go wide to all retailers straight away. Watch this space for the rest of the backlist books over the next few months. 

Guess who’s bock? Bock again.

Looks like goat’s back on the menu, boys! Goaty McGoatface returns for another GoatWatch.

Wot? 

Okay, a primer.

The Gävle Goat is a 13 meter straw Yule Goat erected every year in the town of Gävle in Sweden, in the run up to Christmas. And sometimes it’s burned down or otherwise destroyed. Security has become tighter around the goat every year, especially in these days of live streaming - and clout chasing.

Read more about the goat:

Gävlebocken | Visit Gävle - includes a live feed of the goat.

Gävle goat - Wikipedia

I first heard about it on the Hypnogoria podcast, and back in December 2022 I started keeping an eye on the goat, as I got a bit emotionally invested in it surviving to Christmas without burning down. I blogged about that here. The next year I began doing the same in December, and what a strange year for the goat it was! It didn’t burn, but due to there being an unusual amount of seed still in the goat’s straw, it was gradually eaten by local birds over the month.

So this year I’ll be doing GoatWatch again on my Mastodon account either until 31st of December, or until the goat burns down, whichever comes first! I usually just post a quick toot in the morning with a screen grab of the live feed to show if the goat remains unburned. If you’re on Masto, feel free to follow the #GoatWatch2024 hashtag. If you’re still on the hellsite, the goat itself has an X account you can keep tabs on.

It’s the first day of Advent today and the goat has been up a couple of days, but will be officially inaugurated today, with a concert and other fun winter and Christmas themed events. Gävle loves their goat.

May he be safe this year from fire and birds!

My own homemade crochet Julbock, who I call Lumpy.

Release Day - Entanglement

 Happy release days to me! Out now, Entanglement, m/m sci-fi romance novella. 

Entanglement

Two-hundred years ago the captain of a plague-ravaged spaceship set course for deep space. Elliot Stoll, an ambitious pilot, with a ship equipped with a hyperspace Tangle drive, is assigned to secure the derelict Iredoi, only to find salvager Kass Tyczkowski has reached it first. Arguments about authority and legitimate salvage are interrupted by an attack by rival salvagers, which ends with Kass rescuing Elliot from his destroyed ship, and jumping away with the Iredoi in tow, back to his home base - the Tumble. Elliot soon learns he’s landed in the middle of a family feud, but now the stakes are higher than the salvage value of an old derelict. A flotilla of pirate ships is heading for the Tumble to snatch the Iredoi, and whatever secrets it holds about the deadly virus that wiped out its crew.

Kass’s mother Dominika—the boss of the salvage company and the station—assigns Kass to guard Elliot, telling him that if he’s going to bring strays home, he has to take care of them. Even if it means the stray has to sleep in his quarters. Despite the stark differences between the button-down and disciplined Elliot and the scofflaw, hedonistic Kass, they make a good team as they prepare for a battle, explore the derelict Iredoi, and then give in to the intense attraction they’ve come to feel for each other. After exploring the Iredoi, Elliot becomes determined to destroy it to keep it from being taken by the pirates. But Kass has his orders too, and Elliot knows his work is cut out if he wants to persuade Kass to defy his mother and help Elliot to do the right thing.

Out now at JMS Books and will show up on all good ebook retailers over the next few days. Find more buy links here: Books2Read