This summer stands a good chance of being declared the hottest summer on record (at least here in the Northern Hemisphere). Even if it doesn’t hit that mark, it’s certainly breaking a lot of records. [link to ]
That certainly comes as no surprise to me. I suffered from heat illness myself this summer while in Las Vegas during the July heat wave. That’s something I haven’t experienced since Madrid in ’92. Years of living on the Oregon Coast have made me more susceptible to heat because we don’t get much of it here.
For example, although we are under an excessive heat warning all of next week, the predicted high temperature where I live will range from 70 to 79 degrees. Supposedly. If the marine layer doesn’t get sucked in by triple-digit heat in the Valley. Then, we’ll be lucky to get out of the 50s.
High temps in the 70s doesn’t sound high, but it actually is for here. We usually don’t break out of the 60s in the summer. And no one here has air conditioning. So, 79 can get rather warm, especially when you don’t expect it.
I certainly didn’t expect to suffer from heat illness while I was in Las Vegas. I knew to be careful, since Vegas was having record-setting heat (it was 115 degrees the day I fell ill). But I never expected five minutes on a sidewalk to take me out.
Still, nothing like some parts of the world are dealing with—which pairs record-breaking temperatures with high humidity. That’s a brutal kind of heat.
Here at WMG, we prefer to heat things up on the page instead. No chance of heat stroke there!
If that kind of heat sparks your interest, look no further than Summer Sizzles.
In this fourth Fiction River Special Edition, bestselling romance author and editor Kristine Grayson takes readers into the world of romantic suspense. These nine breathtaking stories—from military romance to love in the criminal underworld, from a highly unusual shipboard romance to a modern gothic novella set on an idyllic island—make a perfect beginning to summer reading. The heat of attraction, the sparks of passion, and the frisson of suspense all thread their way through every story in this spectacular volume.
Includes
“Night Moves” by Katie Pressa
“Safe Like Cedar” by Lisa Silverthorne
“Flying Above the Hindu Kush” by M.L. Buchman
“Love on the Run” by Kelly Washington
“Need to Know” by Sabrina Chase
“Bribing Ghosts” by Leah Cutter
“Come Summer, Come Winter, I’ll Come for You” by Rei Rosenquist
“Totality” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
“That Summer on Blue Heron Island” by Dayle A. Dermatis
Intrigued? Of course you are. Buy the ebook now here. It’s a great choice for any summer reading list.
Allyson Longueira is publisher of WMG Publishing. She is an award-winning writer, editor and designer, working mother, and brain tumor survivor.
You can save 30% on books, 10% (plus free shipping) on merchandise, and 50% on everything we offer on WMG’s Teachable site.
That 30% off on books goes for every ebook we have for sale at pulphousemagazine.com and wmgbooks.com. (Right now, we only have ebooks available direct, but later this year we plan to add paper books and some audiobooks, as well.)
Every previously published issue of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine since our launch in 2018 is available on our Pulphouse store site, as well as all of our Pulphouse books, and, of course, subscriptions(but please note that subscriptions are not included in the grand opening sale).
Plus, not only do we have the Pulphouse merchandise we included in the 2023 Pulphouse Fiction Magazine Subscription Drive on Kickstarter—which ended on Thursday…thank you so much to all who supported it!—but we also have lots of new merchandise available for sale (at a 10% discount!).
Last but certainly not least is the 50% off on our WMG Teachable site. That discount also applies to the recently launched Indie Writer’s Products Classes (where you can learn how to turn your series into merchandise) and the just announced Down in the Details classes.
To learn more about the new class and to read more about the Teachable part of the grand-opening sale, click here. (https://deanwesleysmith.com/grand-opening-sale/)
As you can see from our grand-opening sale, we are very excited about our new stores! Having the capability to do storewide sales on all of our available inventory is something we could never do with our retail partners. And while we’ll continue to offer our books through those venues, we will be focusing more and more on our own stores so that we can offer our readers the best deals possible.
And as my husband can attest, I sure do love a good sale!
Allyson Longueira is publisher of WMG Publishing. She is an award-winning writer, editor and designer, working mother, and brain tumor survivor.
We’ve hit our third stretch goal, which means that every backer at the $25 reward level and up gets three bonus ebooks: Fiction River Presents: The Unexpected, Fiction River: Universe Between, and a brand-new Pulphouse book that will be created because of this Kickstarter: The Alien Who Ate My Homework and Burped.
That’s on top of six new monthly issues of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine coming your way. And that’s not all!
Now that we’ve hit that third stretch goal, we’ve unlocked that rare opportunity I mentioned last week. One we’ve never offered before in a Kickstarter.
Any writer backing this Kickstarter will now have a chance to submit a story to Pulphouse Fiction Magazine. The magazine is never open for submissions, but for only the month of August, backers of this campaign who would like to try to have a story in the pages of Pulphouse may submit one story. (We pay 6 cents per word if accepted, and guidelines will be sent in an update after the campaign closes.)
And the more stretch goals we hit, the more opportunities writers will have to submit stories. Plus, the more new Pulphouse books readers will get to enjoy.
And don’t forget to check out the new Pulphouse mugs, calendar and pillow we have available as rewards (bundled with a Pulphouse subscription, of course). Our office at WMG headquarters is now decked out with all sorts of Pulphouse merchandise. That wacky little Thumper makes a great mascot not just on the pages of Pulphouse but also on my reading chair in pillow form and on my new coffee mug!
Click hereto check out the Kickstarterso you can read Pulphouse, try your hand at writing for Pulphouse, and spread Pulphouse cheer all over your own house.
Immerse yourself in this innovative magazine. You won’t regret it!
Allyson Longueira is publisher of WMG Publishing. She is an award-winning writer, editor and designer, working mother, and brain tumor survivor.
We’ve hit two stretch goals so far, and the third stretch goal introduces something we’ve never offered before: a chance for writers who support the Kickstarter to submit a story to Pulphouse Fiction Magazine!
You can find more details in the Kickstarter under Stretch Goals, starting at the $10,000 stretch goal.
We also have two very special craft workshops for writers, exclusive to this campaign.
There’s the “Known and Strange Things” Special Workshop, which describes what many Pulphouse stories are at their core: A known thing turned strange (think a lot of Twilight Zone stories) or a strange thing written as if it is known.
Then there’s the “I Can’t Believe I’m Writing This” Special Workshop. It’s that secret sauce that makes a story truly great.
You can buy either workshop individually or you can buy them both together (and get a Pulphouse six-issue subscription as well).
Both workshops are three weeks long, are offered only twice, and the final week’s assignment for both workshops will be to write a short story that editor Dean Wesley Smith will consider for Pulphouse. (Not as submissions, just how Dean will look at the stories and tell you he is interested in seeing it sent back as a submission.)
You have your choice of taking either three-week workshop starting August 15th or starting September 12th.
I’ve got a busy week ahead. First off, I’m in Las Vegas (in the record heat) managing logistics for the Fantasy/Thriller Craft Workshop that Kristine Kathryn Rusch is teaching. I love being on site for these workshops and seeing our writers in person. They’re so much fun! (I mean, hard work, too, but fun!) If you’re a writer, you should consider coming one of these days. You can learn more about them here.
Nola is here with me this time because she’s taking a theater summer camp at the Smith Center this week. So, that’s very cool, too! Las Vegas has a lot of resources that we, obviously, don’t have in little Lincoln City, Oregon, so the fact that this camp coincided with our workshop seemed like it was meant to be.
We have some very cool new stuff in this Kickstarter, including, for the first time, Pulphouse merchandise!
Reward options will include a mug and a pillow featuring the Pulphouse mascot Thumper as well as a calendar featuring some of our favorite cartoons from the pages of Pulphouse.
Here are pics by way of a preview:
Every reward comes with a six-month (six-issue) subscription to Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, as well (existing subscribers can have six issues added to their remaining subscription), so you can see what all the buzz is about. We’re also debuting our new 6×9 trade paperback format!
The Kickstarter launches at noon on Tuesday, but you can sign up here to be notified as soon as it does.
From Thumper to cartoons to tons of cutting-edge short stories, there’s so much to love with Pulphouse!
Allyson Longueira is publisher of WMG Publishing. She is an award-winning writer, editor and designer, working mother, and brain tumor survivor.
