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The Myths and Legends Fantasy Storybundle



Kevin J. Anderson (of Dunefame, among many others) has curated a new superpack of fantasy ebooks over on storybundle, and he's invited me to take part!

These thirteen books cover a range of classic fantasy types, from epic quests, to modern retellings of classic myths, to humorous encounters with Little Folk, to lit-RPG adventures, to sea monsters, ancient curses, and saving the world. These indie-published authors include Cat Rambo, Kevin J. Anderson, Rebecca Moesta, Jody Lynn Nye, M.L. Buchman, J.T. Evans, Christopher Katava, Stefon Mears, Alex Singer, Meyari McFarland, Linda Nagata, and, yes, J. D. Brink!  There’s also the Undercurrents anthology edited by Lisa Mangum, stories of “what lies beneath” (proceeds from this anthology benefit the Don Hodge Memorial Scholarship Fund for the Superstars Writing Seminar).

If you’re not familiar with how Storybundle works, you name your own price and get the whole batch instantly delivered to your e-reader. For as little as $5 you get the base bundle of five novels, or for $15 or more you will receive all 13 books, enough to keep your reading life filled with magic all through the summer and beyond.

As always with storybundle, a portion of the proceeds goes directly to benefit a charity, in this case the Challenger Learning Centers for Space Science Education. When you pick up a copy of the Myths and Legends storybundle, you’ll receive a lot of great books for around a dollar apiece, you’ll support indie authors, and contribute to a very worthwhile cause. Everybody wins!

But this bundle will be available for only a limited time. In 8 days, it goes away.

Go to https://storybundle.com/fantasy to grab this fantastic deal while it lasts!

Sexy Superhero 5-Day Freebie

Need a date for Valentine’s Day?

Well, I can’t really help you there.  But you could curl up with a free ebook featuring a femme fatale superheroine in high-heeled boots and a corset!

Friday, February 10^th through Tuesday, February 14^th, Silk Spider: Behind the Eight-Ball will be free to download on Amazon, no strings (or webs) attached.

Click here to go there right now.

Urban Fantasy Giveaway: One-Eyed Jacks are Wild

Click this very line to enter an Amazon giveaway!

I've got TEN ebook copies of One-Eyed Jacks lined up to go.  Simply follow the link, click the button to follow me on Amazon (meaning you'll get an email from Amazon when I have new releases, stuff like that), and then sit back and relax.

Ten winners will be drawn from all entrants on February 1st.  And then, well... if you're one of the lucky ten, you'll have yourself a free ebook.  Easy as that!

Clock's ticking.  Draw your lucky card right now.  You've got nothing to lose!

BTW, anyone notice this blog doesn't do much anymore?  That's 'cuz I've move all the action to another place: new website here!

Black Friday: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, & Superhero EBooks

I considered calling this the "Blackest Friday" sale, just to put some over-the-top dramatic spin on it, but decided that was too much.  (We get enough exaggerated crap fed to us as it is, don't we?)  But I do keep changing the name of this sale.

That's because it's good for all seasons!  Election building, victories and woes, and now Christmas shopping season.  Which itself gets more and more exaggerated and out of control every year.  Now they say Black Friday is leaking into Thursday, Wednesday, all over the damn place.  Pretty soon it'll be Black November!  And the All-Hallows-Eve Discount Zombie-a-Thon!  And then Non-Denominational Shopping Frenzy September!

Makes me tired just thinking about it.  But the point is:

For a limited time

(and already there, you don't have to wait till Friday),

EVERY J. D. BRINK TITLE IS $0.99. 

(Unless it’s free, and some of them are!)

You can find them all on Amazon and anywhere else you find books!  Try these links, and if you’re fave spot is not one of these big ones, try the Fugitive Fiction button farm or your favorite web-dimension directly.  (Be aware that some websites may be slower to catch up to the price change than others.)

Amazon

B&N

iBooks

Kobo

Smashwords

Fugitive Fiction button farm

Treat them like Christmas presents: grab as many as you can, then forget about half of them by New Years!

And once you've read these books, if you don't mind, spend a couple of minutes tracing back where you found it and leave a quick review.  Or you could drop one on Goodreads.  Good or bad, a review is great for your fellow readers, and for your author too!

Thanks and Happy Holidays!

The End of Circus Sale: 99-Cent Ebooks

I originally (just days ago) called this the "End of Civilization" sale, before the actual election results.  

Now, in the aftermath of the election, you may or may not think that first title is appropriate.  Either way, I prefer not to offend anyone's political sensibilities.  

But we can all agree that no matter who you voted for, we're all just really damn glad the Most Ridiculous Show on Earth is finally over!  So I'm changing the name, but not the deal.

From now until the end of the year,

EVERY J. D. BRINK TITLE WILL BE $0.99. 

(Unless it’s already free, and a few are!)

You can find them all on Amazon and anywhere else you find books!  Try these links, and if you’re fave spot is not one of these big ones, try the Fugitive Fiction button farm or your favorite web-dimension directly.  (Be aware that some websites may be slower to catch up to the price change than others.)

Amazon

B&N

iBooks

Kobo

Smashwords

Fugitive Fiction button farm

Treat them like Pokemon: collect them all while they're cheap!  And once you've read them, if you don't mind, spend a couple of minutes tracing back where you found it and leave a quick review.  Or you could drop one on Goodreads.  Good or bad, a review is great for your fellow readers, and for the author too! 

End of Civilization Sale!

With the election finally (finally!) coming around the bend, we can see Armageddon closing fast.  As such, I figured it was time to throw an End of Civilization Sale! 

From now until the end of the year (and life as we know it),

EVERY J. D. BRINK TITLE WILL BE $0.99. 

(Unless it’s already free, and a few are!)

You can find them all on Amazon and anywhere else you find books!  Try these links, and if you’re fave spot is not one of these big ones, try the Fugitive Fiction button farm or your favorite web-dimension directly.  (Be aware that some websites may be slower to catch up to the price change than others.)

Amazon

B&N

iBooks

Kobo

Smashwords

Fugitive Fiction button farm

All I ask in return is that you get out there and vote!  (Notice I haven’t said anything about which candidate—the way this thing is going, we’re doomed either way…)

Well, I might also ask that once you’ve read one of my books or stories, that you stop back where you found it, or on Goodreads, and leave a quick review.  Good or bad, a review would really help me out!  And other readers, too.

Sci-Fi Boxed Set Still Available on a Planet Near You

The Out of This World science fiction bundle is still out there!  It may have run out of time on Bundle Rabbit, but now it's a little closer to the planets you visit most often: namely, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Apple, and Kobo!

You get 16 ebooks for less than ten bucks!  You can't beat that deal with a Klingon stun baton!  (Do Klingons use stun batons?  Probably not.)

Here are your links.  Get it while you can, before this super deal goes supernova!

Amazon

B&N

iBooks

Kobo 

BTW, this is one of the LAST POSTS coming to this blog.  I've moved over to a new site, BrinksChaosTheory.com.  Come join me there to keep abreast of deals like these, up coming book releases, and more.

Superheroes, Space Opera, and Pulp Fiction

Science fiction and horror writer Rebecca M. Senese is spotlighting all the books and authors in the Out of This World Bundle over at her place.  

Why not check out what she's got cooking?  (Just click here.)

And while you're at it, check out the bundle! 

TWO GREAT DEALS ON SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY: BUNDLING AND KICKSTARTER

Beginning August 15th, you can get 16 exciting science fiction titles worth $69 for as little as $9.99!  I’m talking about the “Out of This World” ebook bundle on Bundle Rabbit.

Bundled books include works from best-selling authors Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith, Douglas Smith, Blaze Ward, and even me!  You can choose your own price and donate some to charity.  It’s win-win!

Stock up on your fall reading right now for less, because this amazing deal will only be around for a limited time.

Click here to find its home on Bundle Rabbit and here to find its page on Facebook.

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The Kickstarter for Cirsova issues #3 and #4 is up and accepting all comers!  There are rewards to be had for both meager and generous contributions, not the least of which is knowing that you’re supporting a quarterly indie magazine and the authors who publish within its pages.

I myself, Captain Leonidas Hawksblood, am one such author.  Or rather, one such lively buccaneer of the Vast Empty Sea.  Join me and my crew—Mister Pug, Soot, Pidgeon, Spleen, and Comely John—aboard the Lion’s Share as we venture off for daring-do across the black canvas of stars.  Assuming The Lion’s engines don’t fail us and torpedo tubes can spit for all their worth.

Rewards via Kickstarter are greater than those without, so don’t delay!  You can’t get a better piece of the pie without stealing it, and then you’ll be running for the rest of your days.  Trust me, I’d know!

Click here to go to the Kickstarter Page.

An Out of This World Ebook Bundle

Beginning August 15th, you can get 16 exciting science fiction titles worth $69 for as little as $9.99!  I’m talking about the “Out of This World” ebook bundle on Bundle Rabbit.

Bundled books include works from best-selling authors Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith, Douglas Smith, Blaze Ward, and even me!  You can choose your own price and donate some to charity.  It’s win-win!

Stock up on your fall reading right now for less, because this amazing deal will only be around for a limited time.

Click here to find its home on Bundle Rabbit and here to find its page on Facebook.

**Note that this is one of the LAST POSTINGS on this blog.  Everything is moving to my new site (just remove the "blogspot" from the address):  http://brinkschaostheory.com  

Please join me there for further adventures!

Sci-Fi Fantasy Kickstarter: Pirates, Pulp Fiction, and Planetary Adventures

The Kickstarter for Cirsova issues #3 and #4 is up and accepting all comers!  There are rewards to be had for both meager and generous contributions, not the least of which is knowing that you’re supporting a quarterly indie magazine and the authors who publish within its pages.

I myself, Captain Leonidas Hawksblood, am one such author.  Or rather, one such lively buccaneer of the Vast Empty Sea.  Join me and my crew—Mister Pug, Soot, Pidgeon, Spleen, and Comely John—aboard the Lion’s Share as we venture off for daring-do across the black canvas of stars.  Assuming The Lion’s engines don’t fail us and torpedo tubes can spit for all their worth.

Rewards via Kickstarter are greater than those without, so don’t delay!  You can’t get a better piece of the pie without stealing it, and then you’ll be running for the rest of your days.  Trust me, I’d know!

Click here to go to the Kickstarter Page.

**Note that this is one of the LAST POSTINGS on this blog.  Everything is moving to my new site (just remove the "blogspot" from the address):  http://brinkschaostheory.com  

Please join me there for further adventures!

LAST CHANCE for Big Savings on Fantasy Ebooks

In addition to the massive saving on all my books at Smashwords right now, my 5^th Edition Dungeons and Dragons ebooks are also now available on the Dungeons Masters Guild at “Pay What You Want” for a limited time. 

I still think my D&D PDFs are a steal at $1.99 for the amount of work I put into them.  But I also thought a summer time price option might coincide well with the big Summer/Winter Sale that thousands of Smashwords books are enjoying right now. 

(That sale, by the way, ends on July 31^st!  Click here to check out the skinny on my What’s New page, or click here to go straight to my Smashwords profile, where you can find all my books listed at the bottom.  You can also navigate from there to browse literally thousands of other ebooks by thousands of other authors, all on sale for up to 100% off through the end of the month.)

Now, exactly what’s the deal on the D&D books I’m talking about?  Glad you asked…

One is a “creative companion” with optional rules, new feats, and 10 pre-made characters to give you new ideas.  The other is a complete adventure of cultists, dark magic, and other obscenities.  The third (free) book is basically an excerpt from the first.

(I really should get around to unifying the look of the three different covers someday too.  But today isn't the day.)

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Contained herein are more than 40 pages featuring customized game rules, a new, story-based experience system that does away with tracking math, and 17 powerful feats for players.  But that’s not all.

Presented for your inspiration are 10 complete characters created from new takes on existing classes, all forged via enhanced creation rules that favor player characters.  Each hero features stats, background stories, and character-building decisions spelled out to give you new ideas for your PCs and NPCs.  Examples include an archetype-defying Cthulhu warlock, steampunk mage, Shinto samurai, rogue spymaster, and Thor, godling of thunder.

Fantasy author J. D. Brink first discovered Dungeons & Dragons more thirty years ago.  Finally, with the advent of the Dungeon Masters’ Guild, he can now share some of his own ideas and game innovations with fellow players of the world’s greatest roleplaying game.  The 5eCC works in conjunction with your own imagination to develop exciting new worlds and the heroes needed to save them!

 A cup of coffee costs four bucks.  Endless possibilities for your games: half as much.

Find it only at the Dungeon Masters Guild.

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The simple townsfolk of Jersey Shore generally keep to themselves.  Neighbors might describe them as quiet cow herders, able fishermen, and pious church-goers.  If they had neighbors.  In fact, no one who visits Jersey Shore ever has anything to say.  Because visitors never leave.

This adventure is for early level player characters (levels 2-4), and will require one or two play sessions to complete.  Slip it into your campaign as an unfortunate pit stop in any D&D realm and enjoy an evening chock full of action, monsters, mystery, and humor.

Fantasy/SF writer J. D. Brink ran this adventure with his own D&D players based on just a few scribbled notes.  Now after weeks of further development, it’s ready for your team of D&D heroes.  Are they up to the challenge?

A cup of coffee costs four bucks.  An evening full of adventure: half as much.

Find it only at the Dungeon Masters Guild.

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Jansen is an intelligent, quiet young man.  A bit of an odd duck, especially in a noble family.  Quite like his uncle Hadspen.  When Hadspen mysteriously passes away in far-away Dunwich, Jansen makes it his business to find out more.  What he discovers there is a treasure-trove of strange artifacts, an other-worldly patron, and new destiny of darkness and adventure.

Three inspirational player characters to give new perspective on existing character classes:

- a mysterious Cthulhu warlock

- a gifted Tielfing knight

- a crafty steampunk mage

Each features an extensive backstory and commentary on how they were built.

The Player Characters are the heroes of your story.  Each should have their own backstory and stand out as unique in the Realms.  This free DMG title is a sample taken from the Fifth Edition Creative Companion and is intended to encourage players and DMs to take the road less traveled to enhance their tales of adventure.

Find it only at the Dungeon Masters Guild.

NOTE: This post is being simul-cast on my NEW Chaos Theory website, which will soon be my ONLY ongoing website and blog.  Please take a moment to go there by clicking here.  You can subscribe by opening the triangle tab at the bottom of the page.

Smashwords’s Massive Summer/Winter Ebook Sale

Smashwords.com, one of the oldest ebook publishing and distribution sites, is having their annual “summer/winter” sale.  The “summer/winter” bit refers to their global reach: it’s summer for us in the northern hemisphere and winter for those in the southern. 

And this sale is massive.  Literally thousands of authors and publishers (including myself) are offering huge discounts on books found on on the site throughout the month of July. 

You read that correctly: Thousands.  Huge discounts.  July only.

All you have to do is go to a book’s home on Smashwords and look at the price box on the right side of the screen.  Under the regular price and the yellow and green purchase buttons, you’ll see mention of a coupon code. 

It’s right there on the screen, already spelled out for you. 

When you go to check out, just type in that coupon code and you’ll get 25%, 50%, 75%, or even 100% off the book. 

Take advantage while you can.  Stock up.  Try out something you were iffy about before. 

Hunt down specific authors or titles, or just browse and see what they’ve got.

What have I got up for sale?  Glad you asked…

Actually, almost everything of mine on has a coupon code, from 50% to 100% off.  It’s easier just to let you look for yourself.  Click here (or any of those hyperlinks above) to go my profile page.  Scroll down to see all my books and click on one you like.  Chances are, it’s got a coupon code attached.  (If not, there’s probably a reason.  Just try another.)

NOTE: This post is being simul-cast on my NEW Chaos Theory website, which will soon be my ONLY ongoing website and blog.  Please take a moment to go there and subscribe by clicking here.

July 4th Fantasy Fiction for $0.99

For one week only, you can snag Tarnish: Thunderstrike Edition -- two books in one, normally $8.99 -- at deep discounts on Amazon.com.

The price drop begins at just $0.99 on July 4th!  

From there it'll slowly crawl back to it's original price over the next 7 days.  So if you miss it on the Fourth, it's not too late to get a great deal!

Act fast!  Click here to begin!

Epic Coming of Age Fantasy on Kindle Unlimited

For a limited summer engagement, Tarnish: Thunderstrike Edition is now on Kindle Unlimited.  This extended edition includes the 400 page novel and the prequel novella, The Prince of Luster and Decay in one volume.  Click here to find it on Amazon.

Here are the quick-version blurbs:

Tarnish

Billy Cole is the sixteen-springs-old son of Ian the Black.  Being the heir of a legend is a heavy burden to bear, and though he wears it well, it takes more than strength to become a man. And more than a sword to become a hero.  When evil rises from the Blood Marsh, Wil Thunderstrike gets his chance at both.  Epic fantasy on a more personal scale.

The Prince of Luster and Decay

Sergeant Knox leads the Head Knockers, scout-saboteurs in the war against the Dread Duke and his armies.  After an ambush kills half the company, Knox and his boys are sent on a final mission to investigate the possible source.  And though the town appears empty, something waits for them there in the darkness.  And they’ll need both heart and steel to defeat it.

Sci-Fi Fantasy Pulp Fiction Mag on Kickstarter

Cirsova Issue 2 is on pre-order via Kickstarter right now.  It's all set and ready to rock for July, just needs some more pre-orders to make it happen.  You can get a PDF copy for as little as 2 bucks, a PDF and paperback both for only 10 bucks!

Check it out by clicking here.

Last Week for Superhero Bundle Deal!

This is the FINAL WEEK for the teenaged superhero bundle deal!  You can get 13 books for as little as $9.99.  Just click any of this to go there now!

Teen and YA Superheroes: Another EBook Bundle Deal!

Hungry Gods has been invited into a third book bundle this month!  This one is all about teen and young adult aged superheroes!  It also has three tiers of books you can buy for an average of under a buck a piece.

Click here to go there directly. 

Here's the description:

Are you a teen?

Did you used to be a teen?

Are you going to be a teen soon?

Then you know that teenagers are already the most powerful force in the known universe. Which makes teenagers with superpowers pretty much unstoppable!

In this collection of stories featuring super teens, you’ll meet:

• Danny and Breyona, who are caught in the middle of a war between two alien races.
• Conner, Almira, Ricky, and Flower, who release an army of Grim Reapers into the world.
• Riley Jamison, who can change the future with his thoughts.
• Kyle, who discovers that his family has a horrific and violent secret.
• Blue, who hates zombies because, among other reasons, they have scared all the hot girls away.
• Young Jin, transported by accidental magic from the icy streets of Thama to the mysterious desert world of Darha.
• Rick, who wakes up in the hospital reading the thoughts of everyone around him.
• Kelley Strickland, and her twin brother Jeroan, who both accidentally step into an ancient battle between two sorcerers.
• Claire Murray, who inherits a dragon and discovers she’s a faery princess.
• Garrick, a mage’s apprentice, who is soon to be a full-fledged sorcerer.
• Lucy Daz, a teenage orphan, who lives a busker’s life on Damyadi Space Station.
• Spitball, a young speedster, who races into the superhero limelight… and away from flesh-eating zombies.

From authors as diverse as Stefon Mears, Mario Milosevic, Carl S. Plumer, Shantnu Tiwari, J.D. Brink, and Sherry D. Ramsey; in genres covering Fantasy, Science Fiction, the Paranormal, and more! Enjoy tales of wonder, adventure, and excitement — all featuring fearless teenagers of high school and college age.

Enjoy some of the best books featuring teens by some of the best, new authors writing today. All in onesuper deal.

And it's not too late to get the previous two book bundle deals, or to throw your name into the ring for the audiobook giveaways for Hungry Gods or Tarnish happening on Audiobook Reviewer.  See the menu bar to the left for links, or scroll down this blog to previous posts to check them out!

Final Days for Urban Fantasy and Horror Book Bundles

Final few days to grab these great book bundles!

The Zombies and Monsters and Gods Bundle

The Zombies and Monsters and Gods Bundle is for those who love zombies, monsters, gods, superheroes, and all things supernatural.

Some of the books have serious themes, some are sardonic, and some make fun of the genre. All of them are action packed and fast moving.

These are the books in the bundle:

I Hate Zombies. by Shantnu Tiwari

Hungry Gods by JD Brink

The Wolf at the End of the World by Douglas Smith

Dragons in Pieces: by Lee French

Afterburn by Karen L. Abrahamson

The Bureau of Substandards Annual Report by Sabrina Chase

Glamour of the God-Touched by Ron Collins

My Girlfriend, the Zombie by Rebecca M. Senese

Caught Between Monsters by Stefon Mears

The Raven and the Dancing Tiger by Leah Cutter

Pay at least $5, and get the first five books.

Pay at least $12, and get all ten books (worth $44!).

The Chills, Thrills, and Spills Bundle:

$62 worth of fantastic fiction for a price you choose.

Novels, novellas and short stories guaranteed to make you feel uncomfortable, create that sense of ‘something-isn’t-right-here’ or just plain scare you. The ‘Chills, Thrills and Spills’ bundle covers horror, thrillers and fantasy and is sure to keep you awake at night. What more do want from a good book? Well, here - for a price you choose - you can have a dozen.

Pay more than $12 and you’ll get access to no less than six additional novels, including a short story anthology featuring Kelley Armstrong, James Alan Gardner and others. Plus a collection from an Aurora winner author. Oh, and a USA best-selling writer in the form of Dean Wesley Smith.

Indulge yourself in the ‘Chills, Thrills and Spills’ bundle and, while you may not sleep tonight, you’ll enjoy every delicious, spine-shivering moment. From zombie-meets-superhero mash-ups to ghost detectives, banshees, psychopaths and vampires, the ‘Chills, Thrills and Spills’ collection is guaranteed to get the adrenaline pumping.

Click the titles above to go check out these great deals and discover some of your new favorite writers.  Both last for a limited time!

I'll be breaking these down more while the sales run.  But you don't have to wait for that.  Just chck them out for yourselves! 

Superhero Season Sale: 5 Days Only

Captain America: Civil War and Batman v Superman have made truly made this summer a Superhero Season.  And I'm feeling festive...

Now through Saturday May 7th, you can score both my superhero e-novels for cheap, exclusively via Smashwords coupon code.  Not a Smashwords member yet?  No problem, it's free and easy to join, and you can get ebooks formatted to Kindle, Nook, PDF, whatever you prefer.

So first up: Invasion.  Click here to go to it's home page and enter this coupon code at purchase: KK67N.  Instead of paying $3.99, you'll get it for $0.99.

Next: Hungry Gods.  Click this line to go to it's SW page and enter JG56E as a coupon code.  You'll get it for $1.99 instead of $5.99.

Five days.  That's it.

And feel free to tell your friends. :)

UPDATE, 15 OCTOBER 2016:
Somehow, for some reason, this post is suddenly very popular.  Unfortunately, it's become popular 5 MONTHS too late.  But there is hope!

I've decided to start giving away one ebook to everyone who subscribes to my Conspiracy Newsletter.  Any book from my library, whichever you want.  My hope is that you'll like it and post a review on Amazon, Goodreads, or some other site.  And that you'll like it enough to tell your friends about it.

To score your free read, just click here (or on the link on the right-hand bar) and sign-up with your email address.  Once you do, I'll write you back and ask what book you'd like and we'll make it happen.

You can also subscribe to my new website at BrinksChaosTheory.com.  (No free book with that, but you'll stay up to date on my work and anything else that comes down the pike.)