Author Archives : Shara White

Fiction Friday: Nancy O’Toole Meservier’s Red and Black


At Speculative Chic, we feature a lot of authors who share everything from their favorite things to the inspiration for their work. But why not also share their fiction? Welcome to Fiction Friday, where you’ll be able to sample the fiction of a variety of authors, including those who write at Speculative Chic! Today, we’re featuring Nancy O’Toole Meservier, whose…

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Fiction Friday: Danielle Ackley-McPhail’s Eternal Wanderings


At Speculative Chic, we feature a lot of authors who share everything from their favorite things to the inspiration for their work. Welcome to Fiction Friday, where you’ll be able to sample the fiction of a variety of authors, including those who write at Speculative Chic! Today, we’re featuring guest author Danielle Ackley-McPhail and her novella Eternal Wanderings, which is…

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Fiction Friday: Nick Trevano’s Advenae


At Speculative Chic, we feature a lot of authors who share everything from their favorite things to the inspiration for their work. But why not also share their fiction? Welcome to Fiction Friday, where you’ll be able to sample the fiction of a variety of authors, including those who write at Speculative Chic! Today, we’re featuring Nick Trevano, whose name…

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REMINDER: May 2020 Book Club


The Tethered Mage (2017) Written by: Melissa Caruso Genre: Epic Fantasy Host: Lane Robins Discussion Date: 5/29/2020 The Premise: The first book in a spellbinding fantasy trilogy for fans of The Queen of the Tearling and The Red Queen, where two young women — a mage with coveted powers, and the scion of a powerful family — are magically bound…

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Book Club Selections: July Through September


Can you believe that we’re already through the first four months of the Speculative Chic Book Club? One thing we’ve learned is that everyone gets their hands on books a little differently, and as a result, they may need a little more time to do so and finish reading. Between that and social distancing making library lending is a challenge,…

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Fiction Friday: Danielle Ackley-McPhail and Day Al-Mohamed’s Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn


At Speculative Chic, we feature a lot of authors who share everything from their favorite things to the inspiration for their work. But why not also share their fiction? Welcome to Fiction Friday, where you’ll be able to sample the fiction of a variety of authors, including those who write at Speculative Chic! Today, we’re treating you to a sampling…

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REMINDER: April 2020 Book Club


Steel Crow Saga (2019) Written by: Paul Krueger Genre: Epic Fantasy Host: Nancy O’Toole Meservier Discussion Date: 04/24/2020 The Premise: Four destinies collide in a unique fantasy world of war and wonders, where empire is won with enchanted steel and magical animal companions fight alongside their masters in battle. A soldier with a curse Tala lost her family to the…

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The Same But Different: An Approach for Evaluating Originality with Scott H. Andrews


The Odyssey Writing Workshop is a six-week course that takes place every summer on the campus of Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire. Like many contributors at Speculative Chic, I had the privilege of attending, and I graduated in 2005 with today’s guest writer, Scott H. Andrews, the World Fantasy Award-winning editor of Beneath Ceaseless Skies. You may recognize Scott’s…

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