{"id":4208,"date":"2009-12-31T14:07:15","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T19:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/?p=4208"},"modified":"2009-12-31T14:34:09","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T19:34:09","slug":"astonishing-adventures-magazine-8-free-online-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebookrumors.com\/?p=4208","title":{"rendered":"Astonishing Adventures Magazine #8 – FREE Online Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"

As 2009<\/strong> winds down (by the way, HAPPY NEW YEAR<\/strong>!), we received a release for Astonishing Adventure Magazine’s<\/em> 8th<\/strong> and it looks like ‘final’ issue. I’ve had a look and\u00c2\u00a0it’s a HUGE gathering of exciting stories and excellent illustrations\u00c2\u00a0arriving just in time to ring in the\u00c2\u00a0New Year.\u00c2\u00a0So take the link to your holiday weekend read\u00c2\u00a0online or as downloadable PDF. We talked about their last Issue ‘7’<\/strong> here<\/strong><\/a>\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>in an interview with\u00c2\u00a0editor Katherine Tomlinson<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Press Release for the new issue follows. Enjoy<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

Issue #8<\/strong> of Astonishing Adventures Magazine<\/em><\/strong> is now available for FREE download at two online locations: Issuu<\/a><\/strong> and [as\u00c2\u00a0a PDF]\u00c2\u00a0MediaFire<\/a><\/strong>. A print edition will be available at Amazon.com early in January at a price still to be determined.<\/p>\n

At 172 pages<\/strong>, the magazine is jam-packed with pulptastic content from contributors living in five different countries. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I am particularly pleased by the international flavor of this issue,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said editor Katherine Tomlinson. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We have writers from the US, UK, Canada and Tenerife and artists from the US, the UK and Greece. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s literally something for everyone in issue #8\u00e2\u20ac\u201dfrom the wackiness of Tony Thorne\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Teething Pain\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to the poignant sea story \u00e2\u20ac\u0153A Coral Pillow\u00e2\u20ac\u009d offered by G. Wells <\/a><\/strong>Taylor<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

The mix of content includes new stories in Michael Patrick Sullivan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s<\/a><\/strong> long-running Auslander<\/strong><\/em> series and a new entry in Roger Alford\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s<\/strong> <\/a>adventures of the Black Spectre. Novelist Brian Trent<\/a><\/strong> is back with his two-fisted adventurer Rylan Mathis. Frequent contributor Christian Dabnor<\/strong> provided the cover story, a cat-and-mouse tale about a fox and a bear. AAM\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mainstay Cormac Brown<\/a><\/strong> offers up a noir homage to Dashiell Hammett in \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Tsar\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Treasure\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and also interviews writer Kelli Stanley<\/a><\/strong>. The multi-talented Sarah Vaughn<\/strong> and Joanne Renaud<\/strong><\/a>\u00c2\u00a0both contributed stories and illustrations for this issue with Joanne Renaud doing double duty as the cover artist.<\/p>\n

In addition to the usual suspects (Christine Pope<\/a><\/strong>, Kat Parrish<\/strong>, Blue Jackson<\/strong>, Peter Mark May<\/a><\/strong>, Ron Capshaw<\/strong>, Mark Caldwell<\/a><\/strong>), several promising new writers made their debut in Issue #8\u00e2\u20ac\u201dJ. Jasper\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s<\/strong> politically charged \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Fair and Balanced\u00e2\u20ac\u009d led the way, with brothers V.J.<\/strong> and Justin Boyd<\/strong> contributing a dark fairy tale, Berkeley Hunt offering up a story of sibling hostility and R.C. Barnes<\/strong> providing a tale based on the legend of La Llorona<\/em>, the weeping woman. All that plus editor Tomlinson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s usual \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I Want to Sleep With\u00e2\u20ac\u009d feature, starring Yul Brynner.<\/p>\n

Issue #8 is a special double-issue to mark the magazine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s second anniversary. Publisher John Donald Carlucci<\/strong> has also announced that it will be the quarterly periodical\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s last issue. The founder of Darke Media<\/a><\/strong>, Carlucci is currently producing a web series called \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Fierce Cravings\u00e2\u20ac\u009d now available on YouTube<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As 2009 winds down (by the way, HAPPY NEW YEAR!), we received a release for Astonishing Adventure Magazine’s 8th and it looks like ‘final’ issue. I’ve had a look and\u00c2\u00a0it’s a HUGE gathering of exciting stories and excellent illustrations\u00c2\u00a0arriving just in time to ring in the\u00c2\u00a0New Year.\u00c2\u00a0So take the link to your holiday weekend read\u00c2\u00a0online … <\/p>\n

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