And Not a Few Older Ones!
Publisher, Fantastic Books Publishing, run by the inimitable Dan Grubb, hosted an online event for the month of October to launch several new books from his publishing house, and to bring to readers’ attention other books that had not had the coverage they deserved due to the Covid epidemic! MABLE – Massive Autumn Book Launch Event, attracted a good deal of attention, but many readers will have missed it, as it finished on 31st October. You’ll find the activities, interviews, readings, and conversations fascinating, so I’m providing a list of what went on, with links to take you to YouTube interviews, conversations and readings, written interviews I held with each of the featured authors here on the website, features on Medium by Penny Grubb and her alter-ego, Melodie Trudeaux, and reviews of the books on this website and on Goodreads.
The first items featured here are video links, the rest are simple textual links that will take you to the posts associated.
There’s quite a lot here, so you may want to bookmark this post so you can revisit at your leisure. Enjoy!
Rundown of Events:
Welcome Message from Dan:
Spotlight on Kate Russell’s Book, A Bookkeeper’s Guide to Practical Sorcery
Spotlighting Melodie Trudeaux’s Book, Horse of the Same Colour
Launching ‘CON’ by Mark P Henderson – the Explosive Sequel to his Book, Perilaus II
Spotlighting Mark P Henderson’s Book, Perilaus II
Launching the Book, Killing O’Carolan, by Walt Pilcher, the Hilarious Sequel to ‘The Accidental Spurrt’.
Spotlighting Walt Pilcher’s Book, The Accidental Spurrt
Spotlighting Simon and Ramon Marett’s Book, The Star Protocol
Launching the Book, As Long As We Remember, by Kae, a Debut Novel set in the World of Starbound
Introducing Drew Wagar’s Shadeward Series of Books
Introducing James Vigor’s Book, The Reality Exchange
Launching the Book, Fizzy Days and Plastic Monkeys, by Mark Millicent, the Memoir of his Journey to Becoming a Filmmaker
Doctor Who Spotlight: Showcasing Simon Fisher Becker’s Trilogy of Doctor Who Memoirs
Spotlighting Jack Mann’s Book, Gravity’s Arrow
Spotlighting Linda Nicklin’s Book, Storm Girl
Spotlighting Stuart Aken’s Book, An Excess Of…
Spotlighting Meghan Purvis’ Book, The Wages of Dying
Launching Fantastic Books’ Latest Charity Anthology, Dread Cold, a Chilling Set of 25 Horror Tales. Featuring Readings, Interviews with the Authors, and an Introduction to the Chapel-en-le-Frith Writers’ Group and the Banbury Writers’ Café
Author Interviews on this website:
Stuart Aken
Kate Russell
Penny Grubb
Mark P. Henderson
Walt Pilcher
Simon and Ramon Marett
Kae Longnaker
Drew Wagar
James Vigor
Mark Millicent
Jack Mann
Linda Nicklin
Meghan Purvis
On Night Beats Extended Universe:
Dread Cold
Penny Ponders on Medium:
Mac and the Medic
A Beekeeper’s Guide to Practical Sorcery
Gravity’s Arrow
The Reality Exchange
The World of Shadeward
Con and Perilaus II
As Long as We Remember
Killing O’Carolan and The Accidental Spurrt
Fizzy Days and Plastic Monkeys
Storm Girl
An Excess Of…
The Wages of Dying
Horse of the Same Colour
Dread Cold
Other featured authors
Melodie Muses on Medium:
The Star Protocol
The Accidental Spurrt
Killing O’Carolan
Con
As Long as We Remember
A Bookkeeper’s Guide to Sorcery
The Reality Exchange
Gravity’s Arrow
Shadeward
Storm Girl
An Excess Of…
Perilaus II
The Wages of Dying
Book Review Links:
An Excess Of…, Stuart Aken (author of this site) on Goodreads
Perilaus II, Mark P. Henderson, on this website; on Goodreads.
Con, Mark P. Henderson, on this website; on Goodreads.
The Star Protocol, Simon and Ramon Marett, on this website; on Goodreads.
Shadeward Book 1 – Emanation, Drew Wagar, on this website; on Goodreads.
Shadeward Book 2 – Exoneration, Drew Wagar, on this website; on Goodreads.
Shadeward Book 3 – Enervation, Drew Wagar, on this website; on Goodreads.
Shadeward Book 4 – Expiation, Drew Wagar, on this website; on Goodreads.
Gravity’s Arrow, Jack Mann, on this website; on Goodreads.
Storm Girl, Linda Nicklin, on this website; on Goodreads.
Horse of a Different Colour, Melodie Trudeaux, on this website; on Goodreads.
Horse of the Same Colour, Melodie Trudeaux, on this website; on Goodreads.
A Bookkeepers Guide to Practical Sorcery, Kate Russell, on this website; on Goodreads.
The Reality Exchange, James Vigor, on this website; on Goodreads.
The Accidental Spurrt, Walt Pilcher, on this website; on Goodreads.
Killing O’Carolan, Walt Pilcher, on this website; on Goodreads.
The Wages of Dying, Meghan Purvis, on this website; on Goodreads.
Fizzy Days and Plastic Monkeys, Mark Millicent, on this website; on Goodreads.
As Long As We Remember, Kae, on this website; on Goodreads.
Dread Cold, Fantastic Books Publishing, on this website; on Goodreads.
Stuart Aken 
What a brilliant resource! Thanks for doing this, BTW the links work for me. It’s been great collaborating with you.
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Thanks, Linda. Enjoyed working with you and Drew, too.
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Wow! That was a lot of work, Stuart! Thanks for introducing those interesting authors. Cheers.
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Thanks, Lynette. Hopefully there’s something there to catch your eye as a future read.
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Wow! This is some great piece of work, Stuart! MABLE was a massive effort, and so was yours here in pulling all this together. Thank you! I will be sharing it.
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Thanks, Walt. Shares are always appreciated.
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You’ve done a huge amount of work for the benefit of the rest of us, Stuart. Many thanks indeed.
The “Penny Ponders” link for Perilaus II and Con wouldn’t open on my PC; likewise the “Melody Muses” link for Con (though the Perilaus II one was fine). Each of the failures gave me a “500” error and an apology; it’s more than likely to be a problem with my computer rather than the wider world.
All the other links to my two books worked.
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Thanks, Mark. The links all work for me, so I guess it’s something on your own computer, though it’s hard to know what would prevent you accessing a public site like Medium that invites readers. One of those wonders of modern technology, no doubt!
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