The audiobook for my anthology, The Moon Panther, is finally available everywhere.

Today, we’re returning to the first and shortest novella, The Conquest of Qongqor Caine. Femme fatale Josephine, a minor character in my epic The Hounds of Harujin, is sent on a daring mission to assassinate a villain in Auckland, timezones away from home, limited reconnaissance, and all under the watchful gaze of a prince's royal security.

This one was originally recorded by my friend Andrew Bunton back in 2015,and it was played in full all the way back in episodes 8 and 9. That recording is not the best—it was, in fact, the first time I’d ever edited audio, and I’ve tried to clean it up a few times, and I’m just not satisfied with it. So, I’ve gone ahead and re-recorded it (this new recording is the one now for sale on Audible and elsewhere) and today we’re playing it in full. No previews here, you’re getting the full thing.

With one catch. Today’s episode has been altered. from the Audible and Spotify version We’re having some fun with this. Several of the major characters have been excised from this, and been replaced with characters from elsewhere in my oeuvre. Some of their characteristics have bled over as well. Josephine, my lead, for example, has been replaced by Jean Chou, the half-Scottish one-time girlfriend of Olive Yang, who has appeared in Tiger Blues, Taming the Laser Leopard, and the forthcoming Pattaya Gambit.

90% of the novella remains unaltered. I’ve gone back and rerecorded to change the names. In some instances, accents have changed. Flourishes have been added to tie in with the replacement characters. Otherwise, these new characters have largely just been inserted in, resulting in some rough transitions. Things are a bit less serious in this version, and this is a story about a vigilante assassin. So you may prefer it in its original form, links are here:

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EricaJurus is an author of urban fantasy whose work plays at theintersection of science fiction, horror, and, with her newestrelease, romance. Erica's fourth book, The Summer Door, has just comeout, and it is a horromance novel set in the extended universe thatbegan with her Chaos Roads trilogy. Erica was on back in episode 57 discussing Chaos Roads, but the Summer Door can be read entirelyindependently from that, following a minor character from ChaosRoads, and veering into new genres. The Summer door starts a newseries in that wider universe, the Llithfaen universe, though, unlikeChaos Roads, each entry in the Magic in your Bones series is beingdesigned as a standalone.

Wediscuss playing with genre, the benefits of first-person writing, howthe fictional town of Llithfaen fits perfectly into rural Ontario,and what it is like veering into romance.

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Crystal Quast has now released thefourth volume in her Serenity Acres series. The series focuses on afictional picturesque suburban neighbourhood where all of thecharacters, despite their pretentions of keeping up with the Joneses,have reams of problems ranging from infidelity to embezzlement tomurder. This fourth volume, called Influenced, focuses on a toxicmother trying to craft her daughters into social media influencers,and what happens when the daughter says no more.

Crystal was previously on in episode 54discussing the first two volumes, and episode 78, where MatthewGabrielson, Ryan David Gerrard and I held a launch party for volume3. If you have not been following along with the series, be aware youdon’t need to read the previous books to pick up and enjoyInfluenced. Here, we talk about Crystal’s snappy prose, what it’slike to be nearing the end of a five-book series, and how socialmedia is effecting us as authors.

Crystal and I do a reading at timestamp56:30

Crystal's website: http://serenityacressecrets.com/

Goodreads:https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/55082710.Crystal_Quast

IG: https://www.instagram.com/dinkedserenity/

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Thisisn't a fairytale. It's fire and blood. Ruin. Survival.

Whenthe mountain burned it did not simply devour a forest: it scorchedthe only sanctuaries of the now orphaned children Finn and Serah.

Sefira'sGloom is a dark fantasy novel that delves into the horrifyingexperiences and sufferings of Finn and Serah as their divergent pathsthrough enslavement, corruption, addiction, and avarice, force themto see a world they never imagined in their worst nightmares actuallyexisted, and discover a truth to what lies beneath the mountain thatwas once their home.

This is the premise of Alex Tilley’snewest novel, Sefira’s Gloom. Sefira’s Gloom came out on October10th. Here, we talk about Alex’s foray into fantasy,what dark fantasy is, how his beta-reading campaign went, and howAlex considers this his straightforward “marketing book”.

Alex has also read my anthology TheMoon Panther, and we discuss that a bit as well.

We have a mild spoiler section attimestamp ??

Alex played the character of Liam Pellyin my newest novel, Taming the Laser Leopard, presented in full forepisode 100.

Alex’swebsite: alextilleyauthor.com

Alex’sIG: @alexander_tilley

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Chandler Starr is new to the publishinggame, but not new to the author world. As Shawn Stinson, she is theorganizer behind Book Bazaar Canada, a book show organization whichwill be hosting the Peterborough Book Bazaar at the end of the month,and is also the cohost of the podcast Plot Twist, It’s Spicy. TheDairy is her first book, a milking-themed smut novella centred onbio-engineering where her female protagonist is transformed by theindustrial dairy she’s trying to investigate. Chandler and Idiscuss what it is like to write sex scenes, how she’s learning onthe job with regards to POV and tense, and we talk a little about herpodcast.

I don’t think we have any naughtywords in this one, but still safe to assume it’s not safe for work.

Chandler does a reading from The Dairyat timestamp 1:02:20

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Peterborough Bookish Market Oct 24-25

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The Moon Panther is a 2019 anthology of 4 novellas, by Jason Shannon. After much delay, the audiobook is now available.

The four novellas are:

The Conquest of Qongqor Caine

One Night in Ikh Khulan

The Pirate's Lass

The Moon Panther

To pick up any of the novellas individually, see third-party sellers like Audible, Spotify, Kobo, etc. To pick up the entire anthology, including the introduction, the bonus scene One Night in Telfer, and the preview of the book Destiny of the Damned, visit www.jasonmshannon.com/store. Use coupon code AYBARS at checkout for $15 off the list price - limited time only.

This is an extended preview of the novella The Moon Panther, the fourth novella in the anthology, consisting of chapters 2-5. For chapter 1, see Episode 23 of this podcast. For an extended preview of One Night in Ikh Khulan, see episode 28.

Audiobook performed by the author.

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Steve Bernardi is a Canadian author ofspooky fiction, who has authored 2 books: a novel called How toSucceed in the Skeleton Business, and a collection of short storiescalled Whisper Falls. Steve and I chat about Whisper Falls, how itencapsulates the spirit of Halloween, how he came to write thesestories year after year, and more.

Steve’s IGhttps://www.instagram.com/somethingshinycreations/(@somethingshinycreations )

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Hannah Manders is a Canadian indieauthor of science fiction and fantasy, who has just published hersecond novel, Death and Rest, a novel that pits a pirate with apriest as an unlikely duo in a fantasy world. Previously, Hannah wason back in Episode 76 discussing her first book, Time Swords andBlood, which is connected to DNR, but can be read independently. InSeptember, Hannah did an in-person book launch for Death and Rest,which I was privileged to attend. At that event, Hannah did a30+-minute reading, consisting of the prologue and first chapter,which she shared with us here, and will be played after ourconversation, at timestamp 56:11

If you can’t get enough of Hannah,she also played a major part in Taming the Laser Leopard, episode100—that of the hinterlands brigand The Ponytailed Bandit, which wereference here as well.

High-Jinks on the High Seas (Zheng Yi Sao short story) -https://www.jasonmshannon.com/highjinksonthehighseas

Hannah’s Website: https://hannahmanders.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hannah_manders/

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Upcomingevents:

Can*Con,October 16-18

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