June Newsletter | Duane Poncy & Patricia J McLean Summer is about to arrive and we are excited about several new releases coming out over the next few months. August 2nd is the release date for Skyrmion, and Duane is stoked about the great review from Publisher Weekly’s BookLife, which is their Indie Author division. The review will be out in the magazine’s July issue, or you can read it on our website, here: Skyrmion BookLife Review. Later in the month we will release Searching for My Grandfather: A Saint-Pierre Ghost Story. The Kindle novella will include two additional short stories from Ghosts of Saint-Pierre. The novella began life as the original frame story for the novel, but we weren’t satisfied with it in that role. We think it really shines as a stand-alone story. Ghosts of Saint-Pierre is tentatively scheduled for an October release. We’ll let you know! A busy…

“In this immersive, intricately plotted mystery set in a near-future dystopia (Skyrmion), Poncy challenges the concept of reality versus simulation…”…

Books to Read and Other News: Our second newsletter goes out on Mayday, which is not only International Workers’ Day, but our 24th anniversary, as well! We have for you some micro-reviews of books we’ve recently read and recommend. We also have some news about a coming book release for Duane’s new novel, Skyrmion: Book One of the Sweetland Quartet. Happy reading. Oregon Painted Hills. Photograph (cc-by) Duane Poncy & Patricia J McLean Micro-reviews: books we’ve been reading Cuckoo Cloud Land: A Novel by Anthony Doerr This novel is truly amazing. From ancient Constantinople, to modern day Idaho, to far-future generation ship, Doerr ties it all together in a story about story. —reviewed by Duane The Orchardist by Amanda Copland Set in the early 1900s in eastern Washington, this is an extraordinary story of a man who tends his orchard and the memory of his lost sister, whose life is…