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Twilight Times Books is a royalty paying small press print publisher. Due to an exceptional front list of books, all with four star reviews, the print division of Twilight Times Books launched twenty-one titles in trade paperback in 2004. We average 14 new titles each year and currently have over 90 books in print.
Our books are distributed internationally. Members of the media, booksellers and retailers can download catalogs, flyers, sell sheets, reviews and chapter excerpts from our media room.
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Twilight Times Books is listed in the Writer's Digest 2012 Top 100 Markets for Book & Magazine Writers.
Advance Reader's Copy
Aegis of the Dragon, fantasy short stories by Patrick Welch
Announcements
Twilight Times Books is offering PDF ARCs of several upcoming releases:
Divided
Monstropocalypse, Opus IV, post Apocalypse by Mark Spitzer.
Murder Here, Murder There, mystery anthology (American Crime Writers League) by R. Barri Flowers and Jan Grape, Editors.
Shadows of Kings, epic fantasy by Jack Whitsel (debut novel). The first novel in the Dragon Rising series.
Splintered Light, SF by Lee Denning. Book 3 Nova Sapiens series.
The Coal Elf, YA fantasy by Maria DeVivo (debut novel).
The Case of the Cosmological Killer: The Rendlesham Incident, SF mystery by Stephanie Osborn.
The Nameless Prince, urban fantasy by Dominick Domingo (debut novel).
The Patriot Spy, military historical novel by S. W. O'Connell (debut novel). The first novel in the Yankee Doodle Spies series.
The above titles are available for purchase now as pdf arcs.
Congrats to all our Global eBook Award Finalists!
Caves, Cannons and Crinolines by Beverly Stowe McClure in Teen Literature Fiction
Abithica, a debut novel by Susan Goldsmith won silver among finalists in the supernatural fiction category for the 2011 Reader's Favorite Awards.
Caves, Cannons and Crinolines by Beverly Stowe McClure is a finalist in the Novella category of the 2011 Next Generation Indie Book Awards and a finalist in the 2012 Eric Hoffer Book Award in the category Young Adult.
Equity of Evil by Rudy Mazzocchi is the winner of the Gold Medal for the Mystery/Suspense/Thriller category in the 2011 eLIT Awards and is a finalist in the Suspense/Thriller category of the 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Awards.
Extraction Point! by Travis S. Taylor and Stephanie Osborn and The Immortality Virus by Christine Amsden have been submitted for the 2011 Philip K. Dick Award.
For the Birds by Aaron Paul Lazar is a finalist in the 2011 ForeWord Book of the Year Award in the category of Mystery.
Gaea by Robina Williams is a finalist in the 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards in Fantasy.
Griffin Rising, a debut novel by Darby Karchut is the winner of the 2011 Sharp Writ Book Award for YA Novel and also won fourth place (Honorable Mention) in the YA category for the 2011 Readers Favorite Awards.
Healey's Cave by Aaron Paul Lazar is the winner of the Commercial Fiction category for the 2011 Eric Hoffer award, winner in the Paranormal category of the 2012 EPIC eBook Awards and a finalist in the category of Mystery Suspense in the 2011 Global eBook Awards.
Rue the Day by Ralph Freedman is the winner of the 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Award in Historical Fiction.
Touch of Fate by Christine Amsden is a finalist and won Honorable Mention in the Legacy Fiction category for the 2011 Eric Hoffer award.
Sonora Wind by Florence Weinberg is a finalist in the 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards in Historical Fiction. Sonora Wind is a winner in the 2010 New Mexico Book Awards in Historical Fiction and a finalist in the category of Mystery/Suspense.
The Immortality Virus by Christine Amsden is the winner in the Science Fiction category of the 2012 EPIC eBook Awards.
Publishing Notes
Bill Swears has placed his SF adventure, Zook Country with Twilight Times Books. Born in Great Falls, MT to an Air Force family, he averaged less than a year living anyplace until his late teens. He's lived in England, Iran, Germany, and nine states. He flew military helicopters for twenty-two years, seven for the Army, and fifteen for the Coast Guard. Zook Country: Zooks are victims of Metamorphic Plague, a fatal disease that causes victims to behave like rabid apes who move so quickly that a normal person can't track them by eye. Entire cities have been devastated, and nobody knows which way the fight to survive will go.
Natalie Roers has placed her urban fantasy, Lucid with Twilight Times Books. A veteran writer, voice artist, and on-air personality, Natalie Roers has been the host of hit radio and television shows in just about every region of the United States. Lucid: Disfigured at birth and ostracized at school, Travis Hunter dreams of acceptance and secretly yearns for the affection of a beautiful young woman named Corrine. When a mysterious doctor promises to help Travis through something called lucid dreaming, Travis gets more than he ever bargained for and soon finds himself learning the secrets of love and life in a fantastic unconscious world.
Maria DeVivo has placed her YA fantasy, The Coal Elf with Twilight Times Books. Maria is represented by Carolyn Jenks Agency. The Coal Elf: Ember Skye is not another spell casting wizard or vampire groupie. She is a fed up teenage Coal Elf with a big ashy chip on her shoulder. After six years of obedient service in the coal mines, her possession of the fabled "Naughty List" sets into motion a chain of events that will see her take on her demonic boss, a mysterious Council and the head of the North Pole himself: Santa Claus!
That's right. Santa Claus is real. But this is not your little sister’s Christmas tale!
Ralph Freedman has placed the final (and revised) version of Divided with Twilight Times Books. Divided won the Lewis and Clark literary award in 1947 and was published by Dutton in 1948. Ralph wrote, "As the author at two moments of my life: ages 28 and 92, I hope to speak to both ends of my generation in helping to explain the world we now live in."
Rudy A. Mazzocchi has placed his medical thriller Equity of Evil with Twilight Times Books. Rudy is represented by Erica Spellman Silverman of Trident Media Group, LLC. Based on true events, this bold novel involves one of the world’s oldest and most emotional controversies. It addresses a fundamental question: can life-terminating procedures be intentionally redesigned to enable a new and growing life-giving industry? Pro-Life or Pro-Choice, prepare to be dragged right down the middle of raw and brutal reality.
Mark Spitzer has placed his quirky novel, Monstropocalypse Opus IV with Twilight Times Books. In the post-Apocalypse, teenage Finn finds himself drifting through a wasteland of genetic freaks, mad scientists and kidnappers. Along the way he meets a sarcastic hottie named Cat. Together they liberate the brainwashed slaves, confront a paranormal threat, and establish a democracy in a world gone to hell and back.
Travis "Doc" Taylor has placed a science fiction thriller Extraction Point with Twilight Times Books. Extraction Point, with Stephanie Osborn as co-author, is the start of an exciting new hard science fiction action-packed thriller series. Ray Brady leads an ultra-secret DHS team guarding against extraterrestrials and time-travelers. When they confront a mysterious man in NYC, he leaps from a ten-story building - vanishing in mid-air. Soon, researchers, gold, nuclear fuel, and other valuable commodities disappear world-wide. Who – or what – is this man? Can he be stopped?
Jack Whitsel has placed his epic fantasy Shades of Virtue with Twilight Times Books. Shades of Virtue is the second book in the Dragon Rising series.
Attention academics and librarians
The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing by Mayra Calvania and Anne K. Edwards (revised 2010) has been selected by a professor at Loyola College for a course there. The reason we know is because the professor wrote to ask "where are my books? ...the semester begins soon."
Hudson Lake by Laura Mazzuca Toops was chosen as a textbook in
an honors class at the University of Kentucky.
An English professor at Pfeiffer University in NC has selected Mazurka by Aaron Paul Lazar for a creative writing class.
A professor at George Washington University is planning to use The Solomon Scandals as required reading for his course.
Professors at William and Mary, Marquette University and Swansea University U.K. have expressed an interest in teaching
The New Bedford Samurai by Anca Vlasopolos in undergrad classes.
Academics, do consider adding a few of our books to the Summer reading program at your college or university. Librarians, do consider adding our books to your collections.
Newest releases
Abithica, urban fantasy by Susan Goldsmith (debut novel).
Non-Fiction
Fiction
Fantasy series
Science Fiction series
Suspense series
Fiction
Bobby Becomes Bob by Bob Boan
Doggie Biscuit! by Darrell Bain in Animals/Pets Non-Fiction
Healey's Cave by Aaron Paul Lazar in Mystery Suspense
Out of the Psychic Closet: the quest to trust my true nature by Toby Fesler Heathcotte in Self-Help Non-Fiction
The Golden Crusader by Linda Langwith in Mystery General
The Immortality Virus by Christine Amsden in Speculative Fiction SF CATEGORY WINNER
The Last Protector by Daniel Starr in Speculative Fiction SF
The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing by Mayra Calvani and Anne K. Edwards in Reference Non-Fiction CATEGORY WINNER
Tremolo: cry of the loon by Aaron Paul Lazar in Historical Fiction Contemporary
Our books are appearing in college classes as well as winning literary awards. This shows you the quality of the books we are publishing.
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Caves, Cannons and Crinolines, YA historical by Beverly Stowe McClure.
Double Forte', mystery by Aaron Paul Lazar.
El jesuita y el brujo
El jesuita y la tormenta
El jesuita y La Caridad, novela histórica by F. B. Weinberg.
Embraced by the Shadows, paranormal by Mayra Calvani.
Equity of Evil, medical thriller by Rudy A. Mazzocchi (debut novel). eBook. [graphic violence]
Essentially Yours, mystery by Aaron Paul Lazar.
Extraction Point, SF by Travis S. Tayor and Stephanie Osborn.
FireSong, mystery by Aaron Paul Lazar.
For the Birds, mystery by Aaron Paul Lazar.
Gaea, fantasy by Robina Williams.
Griffin's Fire, urban fantasy by Darby Karchut.
Human by Choice, SF suspense by Travis S. Taylor and Darrell Bain.
Infinite Space, Infinite God II, SF by Karina and Robert Fabian, Editors.
Magic for Your Writing, writing advice by Gerald W. Mills.
Shadows Over Paradise, suspense by Anne K. Edwards.
The Adventures of a Squirrel Named Peanut, picture-prose by Patricia Lieb.
The Case of the Displaced Detective: The Arrival, SF mystery by Stephanie Osborn.
The Case of the Displaced Detective: At Speed, SF mystery by Stephanie Osborn.
The Immortality Virus, SF by Christine Amdsden.
The Soapmaster's Apprentice, SF/F by Geoff Geauterre.
Terror Comes Knocking, mystery by Aaron Paul Lazar.
Unrest in Eden, historical mystery by Florence Byham Weinberg.
When the Bullet Hits Your Funny Bone: the Essence of a Navy SEAL, humor by Billy Allmon.
Zook Country, post Apocalypse by Bill Swears (debut novel). eBook
Recent paperback releases
Dog: Pure Awareness by Margot Lasher.
How I Wrote My First Book: the story behind the story. writing advice. Anne K. Edwards and Lida E. Quillen, Editors
How to Turn Your Book Club into a Spectacular Event, YA reference by Mayra Calvani
Learning to Write the Easy Way by Dorothy Ann Skarles.
Out of the Psychic Closet by Toby Fesler Heathcotte.
The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing by Mayra Calvani and Anne K. Edwards.
When the Bullet Hits Your Funny Bone: the Essence of a Navy SEAL, humor by Billy Allmon.
Awkward Grace, inspirational by Jeff McCord.
Bigfoot Crazy, adventure by Darrell Bain.
Bobby Becomes Bob, literary by Bob Boan.
Burnout, SF suspense by Stephanie Osborn.
By Way of the Rose, historical by Cynthia Ward Weil
Corruptor, SF suspense by Jason Cordova
Enchanted Hunt, paranormal suspense by Dorothy Ann Skarles.
Griffin Rising, urban fantasy by Darby Karchut (debut novel).
Healey's Cave, mystery by Aaron Paul Lazar
Hiding Hand, SF suspense by Lee Denning.
Infinite Space, Infinite God II, SF anthology edited by Karina and Robert Fabian.
Krona: the Dragons of Nistala, fantasy by Bent Lorentzen.
Lady Runaway, Regency romance by Ginger Hanson.
Magnolia Blossoms, time travel by Leanna Sain
Murder in the Pit, mystery by Erica Miner
Mazurka, mystery by Aaron Lazar.
Murder in the Pit by Erica Miner.
Murder Past, Murder Present, mystery anthology (American Crime Writers League), R. Barri Flowers and Jan Grape, Editors.
Return to Nowhere, time travel mystery by Leanna Sain.
Rue the Day, literary by Ralph Freedman.
Sonora Moonlight, historical by Dr. Florence Byham Weinberg.
Sonora Wind, historical by Dr. Florence Byham Weinberg.
The Solomon Scandals, suspense by David Rothman.
The Cresperian Alliance, SF by Stephanie Osborn and Darrell Bain.
The Soapmaster's Apprentice, SF/F by Geoff Geauterre.
The Thirteenth Magician, dark fantasy by Patrick Welch.
Warp Point, SF by Darrell Bain.
You, Me, Naideen and a Bee, YA fantasy by Ken Ramirez.
Jerome and the Seraph by Robina Williams. book 1.
Angelos by Robina Williams. book 2.
Gaea by Robina Williams. book 3.
Human by Choice by Travis S. Taylor and Darrell Bain. book 1.
The Y Factor by Darrell Bain and Stephanie Osborn. book 2.
The Cresperian Alliance by Stephanie Osborn and Darrell Bain. book 3.
Three books in the series of James Foster adventures. Author’s preferred version.
No Place for Gods by Gerry Mills. book 1. [formerly Then is the Power]
The Mudslinger Sanction by Gerry Mills. book 2.
Fire Owl by Gerry Mills. book 3.
The Eden Prophecy by Gerry Mills. book 4.
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Recent ebook releases
By Way of the Rose, historical by Cynthia Ward Weil
Corruptor, SF by Jason Cordova
Equity of Evil, medical thriller by Rudy A. Mazzocchi (debut novel)
Gaea by Robina Williams
Healey's Cave
Infinite Space, Infinite God II, SF anthology edited by Karina and Robert Fabian, editors
Krona: Dragons of Nistala by Bent Lorentzen
Lady Runaway by Ginger Hanson
Mazurka by Aaron Paul Lazar
Murder Past, Murder Present ACWL mystery anthology. R. Barri Flowers and Jan Grape, editors
Return to Nowhere by Leanna Sain
Sonora Wind by Florence Byham Weinberg
The Cresperian Alliance, SF by Stephanie Osborn and Darrell Bain
The Eden Prophecy by Gerald Mills
The Last to Fall, dystopia by Anne K. Edwards
The Y Factor, SF/F by Darrell Bain and Stephanie Osborn
Usurper, paranormal suspense by Patrick Welch
You, Me, Naideen and a Bee, fantasy by Ken Ramirez
Zook Country, SF adventure by Bill Swears (debut novel)
Fantasy series
Behold the Eyes of Light by Geoff Geauterre. book 1.
Far Come the Eyes of Light by Geoff Geauterre. book 2.
Within the Eyes of Light by Geoff Geauterre. book 3.
Beyond the Eyes of Light by Geoff Geauterre. book 4.
Most of our titles are currently available via Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Digital, eReader.com, Fictionwise.com and the Sony eBookstore. Titles also go up each month at the Apple iBookstore, ARe, Kobo Books, OmniLit, etc.
Non-Fiction
When the Bullet Hits Your Funny Bone: the Essence of a Navy SEAL, humor by Billy Allmon. Trade paperback.
Fiction
May/June
Aegis of the Dragon, fantasy collection by Patrick Welch. eBook.
July/August/September
A Nightful of Mages, fantasy by Geoff Geauterre. Trade paperback.
Author booksignings and interviews.
Rudy Mazzocchi, author of medical thriller, Equity of Evil, will launch a two-month virtual book tour starting the first week in March to coincide with the release of his debut novel. Check out his tour schedule
Erica Miner, author of Murder in the Pit, has several author events in the San Diego CA area. Erica will also be giving the workshop 'Solving the Mystery of Mystery Writing' at the Write on the Sound Conference in Edmonds (Seattle), WA.
Keep up with Stephanie Osborn, author of Burnout: the mystery of Space Shuttle STS-281, and co-author of Extraction Point! on Sector Five Radio, where she is the Science and Technology Consultant "Extraordinaire"! Saturday nights at 8 PM on KTKK 630AM in Salt Lake City.
"Rocket City Rednecks" is a new show on the National Geographic channel featuring Travis S. Taylor, co-author of Extraction Point! and co-author of Human by Choice.
Apache Lance, Franciscan Cross by Florence Byham Weinberg has been selected as the featured book for the Las Misiones Capital Campaign. A portion of the proceeds from the sales of Apache Lance, Franciscan Cross will be donated to the restoration and preservation of San Antonio's five historical Franciscan missions (established between 1718 and 1731). For more information, or to make a donation, please visit http://www.lasmisiones.com/.
Beverly Stowe McClure, author of YA Historical novel Caves, Cannons and Crinolines, YA suspense novel Listen to the Ghost and YA novel Rebel in Blue Jeans will be giving talks on the world of publishing in Wichita Falls, Texas. Readers, writers, young people and grown-ups are invited.
Any member of the press may request a review copy, on-line chat appearance,
or interview.
What people are saying about Twilight Times Books:
"Angelos belongs in most fantasy, Christian fantasy, or New Age collections."
"...if you appreciate a fine historical novel built on absolutely faultless research, Apache Lance, Franciscan Cross will draw you in."
"EQUITY of EVIL is a shocking indictment of the pernicious role of greed in the medical world. A powerful read!"
[Hudson Lake] "captures the intoxicating mix of energy and danger that defined the early days of jazz."
[Infinite Space, Infinite God] "What a great book! ...stories that are well crafted, compelling, and fun!"
[Jerome and the Seraph is an] "entertaining book that ironically connects complex topics (the afterlife, mythology, and quantum physics) into a wonderful fantasy."
[Monkey Trap is a] "sf adventure that combines hard science, mysticism, and alien contact."
[No Place for Gods] "...superbly-crafted novel of international confrontation, where atomic arsenals count for nothing in a power struggle of a different kind."
[Savage Survival] "...a cautionary tale that blows open the standard concepts of strength and power."
"Root's first novel [The Elixir] tells a tale that both entertains and uplifts in its depiction of an engaging pair and the love that asserts itself as the true miracle."
[The Focus Factor] "is another of those books I've read lately that should be required reading for everyone of voting age. Kudos to all for a job well done."
[The Melanin Apocalypse] "Darrell Bain has given us another winner. The science fiction community is lucky to have him."
[The Storks of La Caridad is] "...beautifully written, as well as meticulously researched. ...Perhaps this is the art of historical mystery writing at its best."
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Upcoming Releases
2012
Divided, historical by Ralph Freedman. Trade paperback.
For Keeps, mystery by Aaron Paul Lazar. Trade paperback.
Murder Here, Murder There, mystery anthology R. Barri Flowers and Jan Grape, editors. Trade paperback.
Don't Let the Wind Catch You, mystery by Aaron Paul Lazar. Trade paperback.
Don't Tell Brenda, literary by Bob Boan. Trade paperback.
Gift of the Ancient Grove, fantasy by Ken Ramirez. Trade paperback.
Monstropocalypse Opus IV, post-apocalyptic novel by Mark Spitzer. Trade paperback.
Shadows of Kings, fantasy by Jack Whitsel (debut novel). Trade paperback.
Splintered Light, SF by Lee Denning (Nova Sapiens Book III). Trade paperback.
The Case of the Cosmological Killer: The Rendlesham Incident, SF mystery by Stephanie Osborn. Trade paperback.
The Coal Elf, fantasy by Maria DeVivo (debut novel). Trade paperback.
The Nameless Prince, urban fantasy by Dominick Domingo (debut novel). Trade paperback.
The Patriot Spy, military historical by S. W. O'Connell (debut novel). Trade paperback.
Upstaged, mystery by Aaron Paul Lazar. Trade paperback.
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Uri Geller, internationally known author and psychic
Kate Douglas, author of Wolf Tales
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Barry R. Hunter for Baryon
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