Recent releases from Nomadic Delirium Press and Alban Lake Publishing

Here you will find the last three month's of Nomadic Delirium and Alban Lake releases.

June

Drabbler Special Edition #2
Theme: Alien Cusine.
What do beings on other worlds eat? How do they prepare their food? Are some things best eaten live? And where do you go to learn how to prepare bliknax?
In this volume you'll learn the secrets of some of the galaxy's master chefs. You'll discover the favorite foods of various interstellar species, and find out what it is about Earth cuisine that attracts them. Is it the seasoned mucus? Is it the wine that goes with borsch? Or could it be curiosity, as hordes of antennaed pentapods visit the Paris McDonald's to find out why pommes frites so closely resemble French fries?
All this, and more, awaits you within this cover.
U.S. Orders: $6.00 + $2.50 S&H

The Breathless Stars by Tyree Campbell
By the 25th century, faster-than-light travel will make it easier than ever to enslave people. Interstellar corporations, publicly disavowing slavery, make extensive use of it privately to supply the workers needed to develop other worlds. The corporations' dirty little secret is about to be exposed. But can slavery be stopped?
Five people are going to try.
Cooter Hayes, a reclusive expatriate who lives on the fringe world of Sapierre. With a dubious past, Hayes is a man for hire for almost any project. But a simple assignment turns out to be far more than he had bargained for . . . and far deadlier.
Tyronza Joiner, called Teej, a young black woman who barely escapes a raid in which the town's population is abducted and taken to another world as corporate laborers. Saved by Hayes, she soon discovers that he means more to her than just her rescuer. But can she save him from his past?
Marie Lepanto, a TransCorp admin assistant hoping to cash in on a stolen data ball that contains a suspicious cargo manifest. Attempting to get away from her world, she finds herself abducted and sold.
Putty Garsong, a diminutive crime lord and old comrade of Hayes, and his new personal assistant Elin Dovan, who has a secret agenda with regard to Garsong.
Opposing these five are the corporations and their resources . . . and their hired killers. How can Hayes and Teej and their allies possibly win?
U.S. ORDERS: $13.00 + $5.00 S&H

10 Reasons To Cross The Moat edited by Sylvan Bree Baker
So why would you cross an alligator-infested, algae-ridden moat? To get to the princess? To get away from the princess? To steal a treasure? To go out and seek a treasure? Or perhaps the moat is a metaphor for a barrier one must cross or circumvent in order to achieve one's goals or dreams.
In keeping with the title of this anthology, we have selected ten fantasy and science fiction tales [actually eleven, but who's counting?]. You'll meet kings and princesses, waitresses and wizards, malcontents and chickens, and demons and nightmares and angels. You'll find castles and cliffs, highways and roads and, yes, moats. Come find out why folks cross them.
U.S. ORDERS: $10.00 + $4.00 S&H

Disturbed

This is a quarterly digest. You'll find some bent and tilted tales in the genres of dark fantasy, horror, and even some science fiction.

One year subscription
U.S. Orders: $32.00 + $8.00 S&H

Two year subscription
U.S. Orders: $58.00 + $12.00 S&H

Issue 1
You'll find some bent and tilted tales in the genres of dark fantasy, horror, and even some science fiction. Australian Steve Cameron's "Best Served Cold" is a don't-miss story. Other authors include Derek Muk, Adam Millard, David Gallay, James S. Dorr, and Marge Simon. And don't miss the evocative "Cold War" by E. P. Fisher. So come get your spine tingled.
U.S. Orders: $9.00 + $4.00 S&H

Harps Upon Willows by Shelly Bryant
There's a reason Shelly Bryant is one of the best-selling science fiction and fantasy poets on the planet Earth, and you can find out what it is in her latest collection, "Harps Upon Willows." Or, if you want advance notice, here's a passage from the introduction by Sun Li, an English instructor in Shanghai:
"In a time rippled with troubled, frustrated souls, it is no surprise to see a poetry collection entitled Harps upon Willows come out, touching the nerves of loss, exile, sorrow, and hence, resignation, as is suggested in “Lament for Babylon” and “exiles’ mourning”.
"And yet, in places where negativity seems to prevail, the idea of potentiality spans and stretches, blooming across and between the lines. With the experimentation of form , the reader is invited – even compelled – to look into the negative space between words and letters to spot the flow of the stream, of Babylon, of the underworld and of consciousness, to see what is latent in erasure and lamentation. In various forms, the focus is unfailingly on what stays constant in a world of inconstancy.
"It is nothing alien to us, believers or not, to see the point in the verses: “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened” (Matthew 7: 7 – 8). But do we? When hanging our harps upon willows, do we hear the sound of silence? If not, do we learn to listen and wait?"
U.S. Orders: $6.00 + $2.50 S&H

The Fifth Di...

The Fifth Di... has been one of the longest running speculative fiction e-zines on the web. Featuring some of the best science fiction and fantasy being published by the small presses, this magazine is now being published by Nomadic Delirium Press.

June 2013 issue
This is an e-book that will be delivered via e-mail within 48 hours of ordering to your provided e-mail address.
The Fifth Di... has been one of the longest running speculative fiction e-zines on the web. Featuring some of the best science fiction and fantasy being published by the small presses, this issue marks the first issue released by Nomadic Delirium Press. In this issue, you'll find fiction from Robert Hansen, Milo James Fowler, and Kellee Kranendonk. You'll also find poetry from John Grey, Shelly Bryant, Leonard Roller, and WC Roberts.
U.S. ORDERS: $2.00

May

Illumen

Issue 18
Featured poet is Christopher Hivner. Reviews by Lauren McBride and Shelly Bryant
U.S. Orders: $8.00 + $2.50 S&H

Scifaikuest

Scifaikuest is an illustrated quarterly magazine that publishes scifaiku, haibun, senryu, and tanka, and articles about these and other poetic art forms. It is published on the first day of February, May, August, and November. So order a copy of this issue today...or better yet, order a subscription.

Issue 40
Featured poet is Milo James Fowler. There's also an article by Robert E. Porter titled Launchpad and Destination.
U.S. Orders: $6.00 + $2.00 S&H

Spaceports & Spidersilk

Spaceports & Spidersilk April 2013 edited by Marcie Tentchoff
This is an e-book that will be delivered via e-mail within 48 hours of ordering to your provided e-mail address.
Spaceports & Spidersilk specializes in science fiction and fantasy for children of all ages. This issue features works from Marge Simon, Lauren McBride, Guy Belleranti and many more.
U.S. ORDERS: $2.00

Ephemeris Omnibus 2013 by J Alan Erwine with Joshua Kviz and Ian Brazee-Cannon
This is an e-book that will be delivered via e-mail within 48 hours of ordering to your provided e-mail address.
The Ephemeris Omnibus 2013 features the Ephemeris core rulebook (with some rule changes, including mutli-classing), and all of the rule supplements that have been released as of the end of 2012. All of the species and class supplements have been blended into the core rulebook to create a massive (over 200,000 words) rulebook that will allow you to play the most extensive Ephemeris game you'd ever want to play.
U.S. ORDERS: $39.95

Scifaikuest

Scifaikuest is an illustrated quarterly magazine that publishes scifaiku, haibun, senryu, and tanka, and articles about these and other poetic art forms. It is published on the first day of February, May, August, and November. So order a copy of this issue today...or better yet, order a subscription.

Issue 39
Featured poet is Denny Marshall. Plus familiar and fresh voices!
U.S. Orders: $6.00 + $2.00 S&H

'Dinary Thumb and the Purple Danger by Gilda A. Herrera
Darby Dawson, eleven, searches for a kidnapped boy, has his school overrun by seemingly crazed insects, deals with an evil substitute teacher who arrived in his hometown through a portal from another dimension, receives amazing and helpful gadgets from an unknown source, and learns of a distant relative, ’Dinary Thumb, who disappeared years ago. The elusive ’Dinary may very well be a true-life super hero with extraordinary powers and abilities, some of which Darby himself appears to be developing as he deals with the problems in this book.
U.S. Orders: $12.00 + $5.00 S&H

A Demon In My View edited by Shelly Bryant
Unlike other collections of speculative poetry, A Demon In My View was assembled in order to present to the non-poetry reader a sort of Whitman's Sampler of what is possible in this aspect of poetry. Speculative poetry deals with the "what-ifs" of concepts only marginally addressed by mainstream poetry. What are some of the possible outcomes of today's more cutting edge enquiries? What if our nightmares became corporeal, able to share a physical existence with us? Such poetry is distinguished not only by the answers they suggest, but also by the questions they raise.
Some might say that poetry, including speculative poetry, is not intended for everyone. But poetry confronts the human experience. The best of it can tell us who we are, who is traveling with us and who is not, and how we can tell the difference. And you're human. This, then, is for you.
U.S. Orders: $6.00 + $2.50 S&H

The Terrarium Dragons by Lorie Calkins
Jason's teacher on Mars has some "bugs" in a terrarium. Jason, a new boy who has no friends, thinks they look like dragons, and "feels" them talking to him. The teacher allows him to feed and care for these "bugs." Soon Jason is befriended by a girl named Clarkia, and together they work with these dragon bugs. Nobody else believes Jason when he says that the dragons sing to him. Meanwhile, school bullies threaten Jason and Clarkia, and want to harm the dragons.
During an air pressure drill there on Mars, the dragons escape from the terrarium and get into the air ducts. The ducts have to be purged, which would kill the dragons, but Jason climbs inside to bring them back. In the process, Jason learns to communicate with the dragons by humming and singing, and the dragons tell him they just want to go home to their own world.
Can Jason save the dragons? Will they reveal their secrets? What will happen to his new friends?
The Terrarium Dragons is a mystery adventure that will take you through to the very last page.
U.S. Orders: $6.00 + $2.50 S&H

Color Me Strange
Welcome to Alban Lake Publishing's very first coloring book of fantasy and science fiction, Color Me Strange. In here you'll find faeries and popfish, uni-corns and robots, astronauts and three-headed hissers, and all manner of strange and wonderful creatures and scenes. Are they real? Perhaps they are real, somewhere...on another world, or in your imagination. But you get to decide what color they are. So...have fun with this--that's most important. Anything in here can be any color you want, because the next 30 pages are yours.
U.S. Orders: $8.00 + $4.00 S&H

"I Feel So Schizophrenic," The Starship's Aft-Brain Said by Kendall Evans
This little book is a concise answer to some fundamental questions, like who are we and who is with us and who isn't, and how do we tell the difference. Who is trudging along the beach beside us and what is just tucked under our belt or in our backpack? Of course "I feel so schizophrenic..." is also a quest within a quest, a thriller, and a lyrical tour of a complex and intriguing future in which questions about humanity take on new dimensions.
This poem works on several levels. First, there are the obvious references to Moses and Exodus * Rachel hiding her baby in the bulrushes and being forced to flee from Egypt (metaphorically speaking). It's not all retelling of ancient religious myths, there are some pop cultural references as well. If you are familiar with the original Star Trek series then you recognize Nomad. Evans also has this whole emerging intelligence-freedom versus slavery-domestic abuse-machines taking over the world thing going with the interactions between the ship's captain, the AI that runs the ship, and the Aft-Brain. And when the AI performed brain surgery on itself because it thought it was going insane it also gave birth to a new being. Its child jumped (figuratively speaking) out of its forehead, fully formed. And then . . . well, that's why you want this book.
U.S. Orders: $6.00 + $2.50 S&H

March

The Battle for Turtle Island: Buffalo Wars Created by J Alan Erwine Nomadic Delirium Press
Imagine it's the 19th century, and the colonization/conquest of the Americas is underway yet again, only this time magic is real, and the Indians have a lot more of it than the colonists. This is the world of The Battle for Turtle Island: Buffalo Wars.
The colonists may have the better weapons, but the Indians nearly double the magic of the colonists. Maybe this time the history of the Americas will be very, very different.
The Battle for Turtle Island: Buffalo Wars is actually two books in one. It has the core rules for The Battle for Turtle Island RPG, which will be a series of books featuring the different parts of the Americas, and it also has the Buffalo Wars supplement which looks at the battles for the plains.
You can choose to be a Cavalry Soldier, an Arapahoe Medicine Man, a Colonist Trapper, an Apache Warrior, or any number of other classes, and your character can choose to change classes as they advance.
This book contains, the character classes, the special abilities for each Indian tribe, the goods, the spells, and much more. The only other thing you'll need to play is some dice and a vivid imagination.
U.S. ORDERS: $19.95 + $5.00 S&H

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