by Sarah Noffke
“You’re being impulsive again,” Devo warned.
“And you’re being boring again.” Lux lifted the cage of bats off the stack, a smile lighting his face and his long fangs showing. “We have what we came for, and that’s all that matters. Our masters must have what they need to start their coven. Soon vampires will own this city, so who cares if they find a dead man’s body tonight? Let it serve as a warning.” Lux laughed loudly before turning for the exit at the back of the shop, the one that led into a dusty alleyway. The streets of New Egypt would soon be quiet, which would be the perfect time to create new vampires for the coven.
FINIS
Author Notes - Sarah Noffke
10/02/17
Each book in this series gets more fun to write than the last. This one gave me the opportunity to research and introduce some new folklore creatures. As often happens with writing, I’m surprised by how everything comes together. First I find something while researching about Will-o-Wisps. Then I learn about pookas. And then bam! I’m able to tie them together. The kitsune and kelpie were another example of how separate pieces got tied together. You’d think I planned for this kind of stuff, but you’d be wrong.
Let’s talk about Manx, my new favorite character. That fairy can do everything! I loved the opportunity to have this cat-dog-rabbit-fox-raven-horse. After my best friend read the book (she’s always my first reader. I call her First Chair), she told me that she loved pookas. I was like, why didn’t you tell me before and save me from doing all this damn research. Of course, she’d forgotten all about them until she read the book. However, that’s when she informed me that the movie Harvey featured a pooka. I had no idea that’s what the big bunny was considered. An old classic movie that my mother made me watch as a kid. Guess I’m glad she did.
As with all my books, I stuck in many things from my own life. The Pilates studio that Azure and Ever visits is the one I go to often. And the organic store next to it is also a thing. I had to go to my instructor and tell her that I put this all in the book. She kind of laughed about the spin classes, but then gave me a strange look. I guess people don’t like being called out on their illogical behavior. Anyway, just so you know, I don’t partake in the spin classes. I’ve been known to walk on a treadmill though. Actually I wrote six books on a treadmill, but that’s a story for another time.
I really enjoyed this arc, but I’m really looking forward to the next one. Azure and the gang will be traveling off to New Egypt where they will definitely run into some vampires. I’ve never written a vampire book, but I’ve done witches and werewolves, so this just seems overdo at this point. Thanks for reading and supporting me. It’s because of readers that I can do what I love.
Acknowledgements
Sarah Noffke
Thank you to Michael Anderle for giving me this chance. I’m still waiting for the roller coaster you threw me on to slow down.
Thank you to Martha Carr for your amazing support. I love sharing the ideas that have come out of our collaborations. You are a creative soul.
Thank you to the awesome authors who pushed me to do this. Jeff and Sarah I wouldn’t be doing this if it wasn’t for you.
Thank you to Lynne, Steve, Andrew and Jeff for all the work on the books, covers and championing so much of the publishing.
Thank you to my beta team Colleen and Heidi. You two keep me sane… or maybe it’s the other way around.
Thank you to my amazing readers. I asked myself a question the other day and it had a strange answer. I asked if I would still write if trapped on a desert island and no one would ever read the books. The answer was yes, but the feeling connected to it was different. It wouldn’t be as much fun to write if there wasn’t awesome readers to share it with. Thank you.
Thank you to my friends and family for all the support and love.
Author Notes - Martha Carr
October 17, 2017
It’s late at night, at least for me. These days every minute is accounted for because I still work a corporate day job and every other minute is spent building a universe. I take breaks to swim laps or take yoga classes and Lois Lane, wonder dog makes sure we go for plenty of walks and play the occasional game of tag. Some days it doesn’t go as expected. I drove to the gym to swim laps and realized on the way I forgot my towel. Kept going! Then my goggles broke in the locker room. Not giving up! Walked out to the front desk and they let me borrow a pair from lost and found. Then realized I didn’t check the schedule and the high school team was practicing. Waited a minute! Lane opened up and swam my little heart out. That’s kind of how things are going. Small things pop up like a giant whack-a-mole game and I have to go ask for help, figure out an alternative (I sat on my jacket on the way home, dripping wet…), and just hang in there. The swimming was great!
And it’s all worth it.
The enthusiasm fans have already for all things Oriceran is overwhelming, fun, and feels like we’re all in a giant clubhouse! It helps that we’ve even started a private Facebook Group – Oriceran Fans (we let in anyone who plays nice). And, it’s only been 10 weeks since we unleashed the universe on the world. Magic Mike reminds me of that from time to time. So many great series underway – Sarah Noffke is on Book Four with House of Terran! More authors to come and everyone is having a great time! I wonder how I got so lucky to be on this ride with all of you! More adventures to follow.
Publisher Notes - Michael Anderle
October 17, 2017
Thank you for not only reading this story, but also Sarah and Martha’s Author notes and now MINE!
WOOHOO!
As you know, I’m a co-Universe creator and the Publisher (LMBPN) on the Oriceran books and co-author with Martha and potentially my own author / future co-writer with others (who knows, this stuff changes so fluidly.) Either way, I’m jazzed to write THIS publisher note because…
Well…
I actually have Publisher news!
LMBPN went to Frankfurt Germany last week to attend the Frankfurt Book Fair (Largest in the World) and WOW was it huge.
Just the one convention hall was massive. But, each massive building had multiple floors across multiple buildings…
Plus a huge courtyard with temporary buildings (walls of plastic sheeting with windows and doors…It was rather cool.)
There was a lot to learn, and a lot to learn about our ‘little’ company. First, the book business is HUGE. Billions of dollars.
We are the tiny fraction of income compared to the big guys that you lift up the little mat to find our speck underneath.
But, compare us to the small and medium folks and we stand out.
Compare what we do month to month, and we grow even larger.
Here in October of 2017, we will release about 15 books (depending if any push-backs happen). Even if we ‘only’ did 12, that is still a large number of releases. We can afford to do so many, because we don’t have to deal with print right away.
Now, the challenge is print gets you in the bookstores and not the POD (Print On Demand) we do now, but rather print a chunk of books and place them with a distributor. This is something we will be working on, and the Frankfurt Book Fair allowed us to find (in all places) a distributor for our English work… In Germany.
I’d like to find a distributor here in America, but so far it hasn’t happened. I think we might have a name of one I’d like to chase down, but with writing, editing, covers and everything else, it keeps slipping down the priority list.
ORICERAN IS ALREADY HUGE…Ish.
I’d like to think YOU the readers and our Author Collaborators for making Oriceran a ‘big’ Urban Fantasy Universe already!
In less than 90 days, we have gone from one small title with one collaborator, to thirteen titles with five different main authors and many more books coming out!
All of you have purchased a little over 15,000 eBooks, and those in Kindle Unlimited have read a bit over 6,000,000 pages since July 31st.
That is pretty phenomen
al!
This is our first 90 days, in the next 180 days, I suspect we should be about 50 books released in the Universe and multiple audio books.
The world is a changing ;-)
THANK YOU for making this new publishing effort such a ride!
Ad Aeternitatem,
Michael Anderle
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Enjoy the new adventure!
Sarah Noffke and Martha Carr 2017
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About Sarah Noffke
Sarah Noffke, an Amazon Best Seller, writes YA and NA sci-fi fantasy, paranormal and urban fantasy. She is the author of the Lucidites, Reverians, Ren, Vagabond Circus, Olento Research and Soul Stone Mage series. Noffke holds a Masters of Management and teaches college business courses. Most of her students have no idea that she toils away her hours crafting fictional characters. Noffke's books are top rated and best-sellers on Kindle. Currently, she has eighteen novels published. Her books are available in paperback, audio and in Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. http://www.sarahnoffke.com
Check out other work by this author here.
The Lucidites Series:
Awoken, #1:
Around the world humans are hallucinating after sleepless nights.
In a sterile, underground institute the forecasters keep reporting the same events.
And in the backwoods of Texas, a sixteen-year-old girl is about to be caught up in a fierce, ethereal battle.
Meet Roya Stark. She drowns every night in her dreams, spends her hours reading classic literature to avoid her family’s ridicule, and is prone to premonitions—which are becoming more frequent. And now her dreams are filled with strangers offering to reveal what she has always wanted to know: Who is she? That’s the question that haunts her, and she’s about to find out. But will Roya live to regret learning the truth?
Stunned, #2
Revived, #3
The Reverians Series:
Defects, #1:
In the happy, clean community of Austin Valley, everything appears to be perfect. Seventeen-year-old Em Fuller, however, fears something is askew. Em is one of the new generation of Dream Travelers. For some reason, the gods have not seen fit to gift all of them with their expected special abilities. Em is a Defect—one of the unfortunate Dream Travelers not gifted with a psychic power. Desperate to do whatever it takes to earn her gift, she endures painful daily injections along with commands from her overbearing, loveless father. One of the few bright spots in her life is the return of a friend she had thought dead—but with his return comes the knowledge of a shocking, unforgivable truth. The society Em thought was protecting her has actually been betraying her, but she has no idea how to break away from its authority without hurting everyone she loves.
Rebels, #2
Warriors, #3
Vagabond Circus Series:
Suspended, #1:
When a stranger joins the cast of Vagabond Circus—a circus that is run by Dream Travelers and features real magic—mysterious events start happening. The once orderly grounds of the circus become riddled with hidden threats. And the ringmaster realizes not only are his circus and its magic at risk, but also his very life.
Vagabond Circus caters to the skeptics. Without skeptics, it would close its doors. This is because Vagabond Circus runs for two reasons and only two reasons: first and foremost to provide the lost and lonely Dream Travelers a place to be illustrious. And secondly, to show the nonbelievers that there’s still magic in the world. If they believe, then they care, and if they care, then they don’t destroy. They stop the small abuse that day-by-day breaks down humanity’s spirit. If Vagabond Circus makes one skeptic believe in magic, then they halt the cycle, just a little bit. They allow a little more love into this world. That’s Dr. Dave Raydon’s mission. And that’s why this ringmaster recruits. That’s why he directs. That’s why he puts on a show that makes people question their beliefs. He wants the world to believe in magic once again.
Paralyzed, #2
Released, #3
Ren Series:
Ren: The Man Behind the Monster, #1:
Born with the power to control minds, hypnotize others, and read thoughts, Ren Lewis, is certain of one thing: God made a mistake. No one should be born with so much power. A monster awoke in him the same year he received his gifts. At ten years old. A prepubescent boy with the ability to control others might merely abuse his powers, but Ren allowed it to corrupt him. And since he can have and do anything he wants, Ren should be happy. However, his journey teaches him that harboring so much power doesn’t bring happiness, it steals it. Once this realization sets in, Ren makes up his mind to do the one thing that can bring his tortured soul some peace. He must kill the monster.
*Note* This book is NA and has strong language, violence and sexual references.
Ren: God’s Little Monster, #2
Ren: The Monster Inside the Monster, #3
Ren: The Monster’s Adventure, #3.5
Ren: The Monster’s Death
Olento Research Series:
Alpha Wolf, #1:
Twelve men went missing.
Six months later they awake from drug-induced stupors to find themselves locked in a lab.
And on the night of a new moon, eleven of those men, possessed by new—and inhuman—powers, break out of their prison and race through the streets of Los Angeles until they disappear one by one into the night.
Olento Research wants its experiments back. Its CEO, Mika Lenna, will tear every city apart until he has his werewolves imprisoned once again. He didn’t undertake a huge risk just to lose his would-be assassins.
However, the Lucidite Institute’s main mission is to save the world from injustices. Now, it’s Adelaide’s job to find these mutated men and protect them and society, and fast. Already around the nation, wolflike men are being spotted. Attacks on innocent women are happening. And then, Adelaide realizes what her next step must be: She has to find the alpha wolf first. Only once she’s located him can she stop whoever is behind this experiment to create wild beasts out of human beings.
Lone Wolf, #2
Rabid Wolf, #3
Bad Wolf, #4
Books by Martha Carr
The Revelations of Oriceran
The Leira Chronicles
* with Michael Anderle *
Quest for Magic (0)
Waking Magic (1)
Release of Magic (2)
Protection of Magic (3)
Rule of Magic (4)
The Kacy Chronicles
* with A.L. Knorr *
Descendant (1)
Ascendant (2)
The Soul Stone Mage Series
* with Sarah Noffke *
House of Enchanted (1)
The Dark Forest (2)
Mountain of Truth (3)
Land of Terran (4)
The Midwest Magic Chronicles
The Midwest Witch (1)
The Fairhaven Chronicles
* with S.M. Boyce *
GLOW (1)
Michael Anderle
Kurtherian Gambit Series Titles Include:
First Arc
Death Becomes Her (01) - Queen Bitch (02) - Love Lost (03) - Bite This (04)
Never Forsaken (05) - Under My Heel (06) - Kneel Or Die (07)
Second Arc
We Will Build (08) - It’s Hell To Choose (09) - Release The Dogs of War (10)
Sued For Peace (11) - We Have Contact (12) - My Ride is a Bitch (13)
Don’t Cross This Line (14)
Third Arc (2017)
Never Submit (15) - Never Surrender (16) - Forever Defend (17)
Might Makes Right (18) - Ahead Full (19) - Capture Death (20)
Life Goes On (21)
The Second Dark Ages