Spotlight & Excerpt: Godfell + Giveaway

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the GODFELL: The Complete Series by Chris Sebela & Ben Hennessy Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

Title: GODFELL: The Complete Series

Authors: Chris Sebela & Ben Hennessy (Illustrator)

Pub. Date: March 19, 2024

Publisher: Vault Comics

Formats:  Paperback, eBook

Pages: 192

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XENA Warrior Princess meets The Lord of the Rings in GODFELL: The Complete Series, where the sudden appearance of a dead god who falls to Earth sets off a chain reaction of events for control of the world in this woman warrior-led, high fantasy adventure.

God is dead. Who’s next?

One sunny day in the land of Kerethim, God falls dead from the sky. The impact sends out shockwaves that draw in royal families at war, shadowy creatures of the dark, and armies of the dispossessed, all coming to lay claim to parts of God’s body. Into this power struggle wanders Zanzi Vuiline, a soldier and berserker trying to get home from a years-long war. Forced to fight her way through the strange landscapes in and on God’s corpse, from the soles of its feet through the top of its head, Zanzi will acquire a mysterious traveling companion on her own pilgrimage.

GODFELL: The Complete Series tells the story of a fierce warrior woman tired of war and her traveling companion with her own reasons for war weariness – and revenge. These two forces of nature are on a journey to find their way back home – and to themselves. Written by Eisner Award-nominated author Chris Sebela and illustrations by rising star artist Ben Hennessy.

For fans of: Xena: Warrior Princess, Monstress (Liu/Takeda), Red Sonja, Barbaric (Moreci/Gooden), Queen of Swords (Moreci/Howell/Gooden), Briar, Step By Bloody Step, The Witcher, Rat Queens, The Many Deaths of Laila Starr, Die, Coda, Seven to Eternity, Isola, and Elf Quest.


Praise:

Godfell is a big, savage blast of legendary warrior fiction. It has a brilliant premise, striking artwork and fascinating protagonists.” – Eoin Colfer (New York Times bestselling author of: Artemis Fowl, The Supernaturalist, The Wish List, The Fowl Twins, Highfire, Illegal, W.A.R.P., Ironman: The Gauntlet, Doctor Who: A Big Hand for the Doctor, and more! )

Godfell is that rare idea that makes me upset I didn’t hatch it myself: an axe-swinging yet soulful journey into the mysteries of the physical realm — and beyond.” — Daniel Kraus (New York Times bestselling author of: The Shape of Water, Whalefall, The Teddies Saga, The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, Trollhunters, THE AUTUMNAL (Vault Comics), THE CEMETERIANS (Vault Comics), and more!)

Godfell is completely sweeping me away with its Odysseus-like journey home through beautiful landscapes, with a rich lore and compelling characters. It holds mysteries I can’t wait to see resolved but I’ll enjoy the path as patiently as I can. A brilliant work by the creators!” – Nora Twomey (award-winning animator, director, screenwriter, producer and voice actress. Known for: Wolfwalkers, My Father’s Dragon, The Breadwinner, The Secret of Kells)

“Fantasy doesn’t get more epic than this! The mother of all quests begins here!” –Cavan Scott (New York Times bestselling author and screenwriter: Star Wars: The High Republic, Shadow Service, Doctor Who, Sherlock Holmes, 2000 A.D.)

Godfell ushers in an exciting new fantasy comic that is electrifying and dynamic with a magnetic woman warrior on a mysterious journey. Sebela takes well-worn genre beats and makes it his own. Wonderfully illustrated and eloquently written, Godfell is a godsend. 10/10– Lotusland Comics

“… recommend picking this up if you’re a fan of fantasy adventures in weird worlds such as The Last Airbender.” – Sequential Planet


Illustration 2 


 

About Chris Sebela:

Christopher Sebela is a four time Eisner-nominated writer who has co-created over twenty comics titles such as GODFELL and TEST (Vault Comics), Blink, .Self, Crowded, Shanghai Red, Dirtbag Rapture, Heartthrob, We(l)come Back and others. He also writes journalism, prose fiction and assembles zines about a variety of subject — including having once lived in a clown-themed motel for 30 days. He lives in Portland, Oregon with the best dog in the world and is currently dreaming of one day living on a boat.
He is based in Portland, OR

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About Ben Hennessy:

Ben Hennessy is an Irish-based illustrator and podcaster. He has primarily worked as a storyboard artist in the animation industry and he has worked on shows for RTE jr, Cbeebies, Nickelodeon, PBS and Adult Swim. He co-hosts THE ODDS POD, a podcast where he discusses all things apocalyptic with guests from the film and comic book industries. His comic book titles include The ODDS and the fantasy epic GODFELL.

Ben works and lives at home with his family in Wexford, the sunny south east of Ireland. When you can’t find him there, you can find him online as @Bennessy. He is based in Wexford, Ireland.

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Giveaway Details:

2 winnerswill receive finished copies of GODFELL: The Complete Series, US Only.

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Ends April 9th, midnight EST.


Tour Schedule:

Week One:

3/11/2024

Comic Book Yeti

Guest Post/IG Post

3/12/2024

@darkfantasyreviews

Blog Spotlight/IG Post

3/13/2024

Two Chicks on Books

Guest Post/IG Post

3/14/2024

#BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog

Blog Spotlight/IG Post

3/15/2024

The Momma Spot

Guest Post

3/16/2024

Kountry Girl Bookaholic

Guest Post/IG Post

Week Two:

3/17/2024

A Dream Within A Dream

Guest Post

3/18/2024

jlreadstoperpetuity

IG Post/TikTok Post

3/19/2024

Sadie’s Spotlight

Excerpt/IG Post

3/20/2024

Fire and Ice Reads

Excerpt/IG Post

3/21/2024

Lifestyle of Me

Review

3/22/2024

Country Mamas With Kids

Review/IG Post

3/23/2024

Callisto’s calling

IG Review

Week Three:

3/24/2024

Kim’s Book Reviews and Writing Aha’s

Review/IG Post

3/25/2024

@sparks_books

IG Review

3/26/2024

GryffindorBookishnerd

IG Review

3/27/2024

A Blue Box Full of Books

IG Review/TikTok Post

3/28/2024

Two Points of Interest

Review/IG Post

3/29/2024

The Book Critic

Review/IG Post

3/30/2024

@enthuse_reader

IG Review/TikTok Post

Week Four:

3/31/2024

nerdophiles

Review

4/1/2024

Rajiv’s Reviews

Review/IG Post

4/2/2024

@dana.loves.books

IG Review/TikTok Post

4/3/2024

@evergirl200

IG Review

4/4/2024

@enjoyingbooksagain

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4/5/2024

@paperwitches

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Spotlight & Excerpt – Vampire: The Masquerade + Giveaway

VAMPIRE OF THE MASQUERADE

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE-THE COMPLETE SERIES by Tim Seeley, Jim Zub, Tini Howard, Blake Howard, Danny Lore, & Dev Pramanik, Nathan C. Gooden, Julius Ohta Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

Title: VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE-THE COMPLETE SERIES

Authors: Tim Seeley, Jim Zub, Tini Howard, Blake Howard, Danny Lore, & Dev Pramanik, Nathan C. Gooden, Julius Ohta (Illustrators)

Pub. Date: January 23, 2024

Publisher: Vault Comics

Formats:  Paperback, eBook

Pages: 448

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Global best-selling World of Darkness RPG phenomena, VAMPIRE: The Masquerade and WEREWOLF: The Apocalypse are captured together for the first time in a complete series omnibus edition, featuring VAMPIRE: The Masquerade Winter’s Teeth issues #1-#10 and the crossover Vampire: The Masquerade and World of Darkness: CRIMSON THAW event series, issues #1-#3!

UNSEEN EVIL LURKS EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD OF DARKNESS

VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE The Complete Series collects all 10 issues of Vampire: The Masquerade: Winter’s Teeth and all 3 issues of the never before-collected vampire/werewolf crossover World of Darkness: Crimson Thaw, plus more than 30 pages of original roleplaying supplements, including lore sheets for playable characters featured in the series!!

Vampire: The Masquerade: Winter’s Teeth
A tale of two vampires in the Twin Cities…
When Cecily Bain, an enforcer for the Twin Cities’ vampiric elite, takes a mysterious new vampire, Alejandra, under her wing, she’s dragged into an insidious conspiracy. After learning a disturbing fact about her fake childe’s past, Cecily must keep her secrets close, and Ali at arm’s length. As she searches the streets of the Twin Cities for answers, a terrifying possibility surfaces: perhaps Ali has learned the ways of the Kindred better than Cecily herself. Meanwhile, on the outskirts of the cities, Colleen Pendergrass, embraced by her husband against her will, and a rebellious found-family of vampire cast-outs investigates a vicious killing.

As the unlives of the Kindred twine together and betrayals are unearthed, will Cecily be able to escape and save what’s left of her family, or will she be yet another pawn sacrificed to maintain the age-old secret: that vampires exist among the living?

World of Darkness: Crimson Thaw
There’s worse living in the shadows than vampires … something with even
bigger teeth.

Cecily Bain has become everything she never wanted as The Prince of the Twin Cities. But her rule over a fractured, backbiting vampire court is interrupted by an intruder: something big, hairy and full of teeth. For over a century, werewolves of the Twin Cities have protected their blessed places from threats both physical and spiritual. When vampires under Cecily’s rule move in on one of these precious sites, it’s a declaration of war, one that Tyrell ‘the Stainless’ Stinar and his ferocious pack will avenge at any cost, even if that includes slaying one of their own.The immortal enmity between the Kindred and the Garou comes to a head on the streets of the Twin Cities!

VAMPIRE: The Masquerade – The Complete Series Includes more than 30 pages of EXCLUSIVE canonical roleplaying supplements enabling readers to play characters, locations, and scenarios from the comics in their Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition campaigns, including lore sheets for playable characters featured in the series.

For fans of VAMPIRE: The Masquerade RPG, WEREWOLF: The Apocalypse RPGThe World of DarknessAmerican VampireKilladelphiaSomething is Killing the ChildrenInterview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat/The Vampire ChroniclesSookie Stackhouse/Southern Vampire Mysteries/True BloodCertain Dark Things, Underworld, and vampire/werewolf/monster graphic novels, tabletop/RPGs, books, movies, video games, and series!


Praise:

“This is a fresh take on vampires, mixing it with crime, thrillers, and a pinch of romance all with a vein of horror running through it.” — Horror DNA

“… strongly recommend this book to both fans of the franchise and newcomers.” – Grimdark Magazine

“I’m absolutely in love with what a badass Cecily is…” – The Wandering Nerd Girl

“Vampire: the Masquerade … is an enjoyable read even if you’re not familiar with the RPG… like the real world, but with hotter outfits, blood, and fangs. – Graphic Policy

“This is the horror thriller we all need.” – Horror DNA

“… strong … with wildly expansive world building, but there is also an underlying heart to the story that will help to pull you in to their uniquely dark struggle.” – Comic Watch

“ … a story with blood and intrigue … a must-buy for horror fans.” – But Why Tho?

Vampire: The Masquerade … exciting … with remarkable depth and a focus on character-driven drama. It’s a great start for newcomers and longtime fans alike to sink their teeth into. – Comic Watch

“It blends real world horror with the supernatural in a seamless fashion.” – Horror DNA

“Vampire: The Masquerade … is perfect for both newcomers and old fans alike, a blood-fueled and beautiful story.” — Comics Bookcase

World of Darkness: Crimson Thaw … thrills, terrifies and ups the stakes.” – Comic Watch

“World of Darkness: Crimson Thaw #1 thrills, terrifies and ups the stakes. Plus, it is delivering the fruits of some fantastic character work and design into a visually enchanting issue.” – Comic Watch

World of Darkness: Crimson Thaw … blood-curdling chaos.” – Comic Watch


Sample page:Illustration 4


About the crew:

About Tim Seeley:

TIM SEELEY is one of those “slash” people…a writer-slash-artist. He has drawn a number of different comic book series including G.I JOE, HALLOWEEN, WILDCATS and ANT-MAN & WASP. His writing work include NIGHTWING, MONEY SHOT , INJUSTICE v. MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE ,the critically acclaimed REVIVAL, and the NY TIMES bestselling HACK/SLASH. He resides in Chicago, Illinois with his wife, daughter and 80s action figure collection. 

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About Jim Zub:

Jim Zub is a writer, artist and art instructor based in Toronto, Canada. Over the past twenty years he’s worked for a diverse array of publishing, movie and video game clients including Marvel, DC Comics, Disney, Capcom, Hasbro, Cartoon Network, Vault Comics, BOOM! Studios, Image Comics, Dark Horse, and Bandai-Namco.

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About Tini Howard:

Tini Howard is a writer and swamp witch from the Carolina Wilds. Currently, she writes Vampire: the Masquerade: Winter’s Teeth from Vault Comics, Euthanauts, Assassinistas (with Gilbert Hernandez) and Hack/Slash: Resurrection, with occasional stories for two of her favorite things: Rick and Morty and WWE. She lives with her husband, Blake, and her sons, Orlando and General Hugs, who are cats.

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About Blake Howard:

Blake Howard is an American comic book writer for Vault, known for his work on Vampire: The Masquerade. He is the husband of Tini Howard.

 

 

About Danny Lore:

Danny Lore (they/them) is a queer black writer/editor raised in Harlem and currently based in the Bronx. They’ve worked in comic and gaming shops since the beginning of time. Most of their writing is contemporary speculative fiction, with the occasional foray into science fiction. They’ve had their short fiction published by FIYAH, Podcastle, Fireside, Nightlight, EFNIKS.com and more. Their comics work includes QUEEN OF BAD DREAMS for Vault Comics, QUARTER KILLER for Comixology, and JAMES BOND for Dynamite Comics in December 2019. They have short comics in DEAD BEATS and THE GOOD FIGHT. They edited THE GOOD FIGHT anthology and THE WILDS (Black Mask comics).

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About Dev Pramanik:

Dev Pramanik is an in-demand artist based out of Kolkata, India

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About Nathan C. Gooden:

Nathan C. Gooden is an award-winning illustrator and sequential artist, as well as the Senior Art Director at Vault Comics. Nathan studied animation at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, and worked in film production, before co-founding Vault Comics. Nathan’s previous works include Brandon Sanderson’s Dark One (Vault), Barbaric (Vault), Zojaqan (Vault), and Killbox (from American Gothic Press). He lives in Southern California, where he plays a lot of basketball and hikes constantly with his wife. 

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About Julius Ohta:

Julius Ohta is an in-demand illustrator based out of São Paulo, Brazil

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Giveaway Details:

2 winners will receive finished copies of VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE-THE COMPLETE SERIES, US Only.

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Ends February 20th, midnight EST.


Tour Schedule:

Week One:

1/22/2024

Comic Book Yeti

Excerpt/IG Post

1/23/2024

Sadie’s Spotlight

Excerpt/IG Post

1/24/2024

The Momma Spot

Excerpt

1/25/2024

Two Chicks on Books

Excerpt/IG Post

1/26/2024

Kountry Girl Bookaholic

Excerpt/IG Post

1/27/2024

@darkfantasyreviews

IG Post

Week Two:

1/28/2024

Lady Hawkeye

Excerpt/IG Post

1/29/2024

#BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog

Excerpt/IG Post

1/30/2024

A Dream Within A Dream

Excerpt

1/31/2024

@fiction._.fuss

Excerpt/IG Post

2/1/2024

Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer

Review/IG Post

2/2/2024

@enthuse_reader

IG Review/TikTok Post

2/3/2024

@enjoyingbooksagain

IG Review

Week Three:

2/4/2024

Books With a Chance

Review/IG Post

2/5/2024

Country Mamas With Kids

Review/IG Post

2/6/2024

Callisto’s calling

IG Review

2/7/2024

jlreadstoperpetuity

IG Review/TikTok Post

2/8/2024

A Blue Box Full of Books

IG Review/LFL Drop Pic/TikTok Post

2/9/2024

Kim’s Book Reviews and Writing Aha’s

Review/IG Post

2/10/2024

@evergirl200

IG Review

Week Four:

2/11/2024

@paperwitches

Review/IG Post

2/12/2024

The Guild

Review

2/13/2024

Books and Zebras

IG Review

2/14/2024

Destiny’s Path

Review/IG Post

2/15/2024

Two Points of Interest

Review

2/16/2024

celiamcmahonreads

IG Post

 

Book Blitz & Excerpt: Beware of a Cursed Forest + Giveaway

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Beware of a Cursed Forest

Misty Falls, Book 3

by Martha Wickham

Contemporary Fantasy Fiction

Date Published: 09-19-2023

 

How long can a magic ring last?

Long enough to get Violet through the worst, then send her through it again. When her new husband and his friends go grave robbing, they dig up a legend. They recover a thousand-year-old ring with a curse. When she finds it she uses it to her advantage like the last ring she owned, and her husband confesses to her how he obtained it. The magic flees from the ring after killing the people it sees deserving, but when it attacks her, Violet knows what she must do. It’s go back to grandma’s, then Misty Falls.

When she goes back her curiosity gets the best of her and she goes with a friend to investigate a murder in the haunted forest. Soon the forest is haunting her, and she is met with the killer, who wants more young blood. Though born on Friday the 13th, she believes in herself. Is she able to escape a streak of bad luck?

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Excerpt

Curtis and his friends split up into three motel rooms ten minutes away from the cemetery they wanted to rob. They couldn’t bring them on the plane, so they had to go to a local store and get a shovel for each of them. The plan was to rob Jessie’s grave first and look for the famous ring that was fashioned in hell. “I want to see this ring,” one of them said. “I hope it doesn’t say made in hell or I will run.” They snickered at his joke except for Curtis. All their rooms were right next to each other. After hitting Jessie’s grave that night they would look through other graves and the mausoleum afterwards because there was no digging with those, then they’d go for the bigger graves, because the families may have had more money to pay for them.

After a quick dinner it was darkening. “Can we go now?” Curtis asked.

“It’s supposed to be late, but we will all take the rental car and be there in about thirty minutes. It’s getting darker at this point. I don’t think anyone will see us.”

“Have you done this before?” Curtis asked.

“No, I’ve stolen but not from a grave and this will probably be the only time.” By the time everyone was in the car it was darker, and they left. They had shovels and gardening tools in the back.

A red glow of light began to come from over the horizon. “I thought the sunset was over,” one of them in a black leathery jacket said.

“It was,” said the dark blond who appeared to be the leader. He had the most  experience stealing and did not spend one day in jail for anything.

As they got out the red seemed to get bigger. After opening the trunk, they then got out shovels and began looking for the one grave with the ring. There was a large, rounded tombstone straight ahead with some fresh flowers there half dead. The leader went for that one and it read Jessie the name they were looking for. He had died almost ten years ago and there was a card against the stone. It was about how someone missed him so much and how she loved him but never told him enough and it was signed Tess. It was from his girlfriend. The leader left it open and put it back. His friends began to dig but Curtis wandered around looking for graves to start digging. “Go to the mausoleum,” the leader told him, and Curtis went that way glad Violet had no idea where he was.

As the guys dug Curtis tried opening crypts with the shovel but they didn’t come open. When he found an old one with a big crack he decided to try that one. This person had died in the 1920’s. He hit it hard a few times with the shovel and the right side fell off. Sliding the coffin out and peeking in he could not see well but there wasn’t anything buried with him of value. He put it back and tried to find another one. He kept looking for older graves because if they were buried with anything old it could be valuable.

Curtis stepped out of the crypts and saw that most of the sky had turned red accept a circle of black in the middle. They all stared at it. “What makes the sky like that?” One of them asked. No one responded.

“Guys I don’t like this,” Curtis said.

“We are almost there,” the leader said, and he made deep holes with his shovel. “Go look for crypts to steal from.” Just then he smacked into the coffin with his shovel. They dug it out and opened it. Curtis came to see. “There he is.” Exactly, Here lies Jessie just like the tombstone said. Curtis glanced up and the whole sky was red. It seemed like an omen to him but there were still pretty twinkling stars shining through. The leader pulled the ring of his finger. Examining it the design looked like hell fire and he check on the inside. It said made in Hades. He wanted to throw it but pawning it would be a better idea. He put the ring in his pocket, and they began reburying Jessie.

They kept looking around the graveyard for ghosts and zombies coming to get them for revenge, but they didn’t. If anything, Jessie would have been glad the ring was gone and being the good person that he wouldn’t hurt anyone. They finished covering the grave. “Don’t worry. We’ll pawn it as fast as we can,” he told Curtis.

“If and when we find a pawn shop,” one of them said. Curtis was the only one uneasy and they couldn’t drive away fast enough. He would never do this again and was sorry he broke the man’s crypt marble.

The sky had stayed red for the rest of the night. When morning came it seemed like a dream but they needed to find food and a pawn shop. There were still days left in their stay in Michigan to do as they wished after finding what they needed.

After Curtis called Violet the leader wanted to tell them his decision. “I easily found a pawn shop in the phone book, but it’s not close. So, I have decided we have more to steal, and we can pawn that before we go back to Canada where we won’t get caught. Is that ok?” he asked Curtis.

“That’s fine. It’s only a ring and I’m not even staying with it,” he responded.

“Yes, and it must be worth so much. We can split it just tell your little lady back home your business was doing well.” Curtis nodded in agreement. They spent the day looking for places to rob and eat.

While they ate Chinese food in a motel room the leader made his announcement. “We will rob an old mansion. It’s old but they look like they have money. Tomorrow me and Anthony will go and see if there’s an easy way in and what they leave open or unlocked.” All they could do was nod. “Then we’ll come back when they’re gone and get you Sawyer. Curtis we need someone to drive the car. You can get out, but you need to be ready to drive. Hopefully these people are going on summer vacation. How’s that sound?” he asked Curtis.

“Sounds fine. If we go in through the backyard it’s harder for people to see what we are doing,” he suggested.

“Good idea,” the leader Tristan said.

He turned on the TV while they had a beer and relaxed. “It’s funny how rich people like to come out here thinking that it’s nice and peaceful and then get robbed.”


About the Author

Martha has studied writing with Writer’s Digest and has an associate’s degree in Social Services. She has also written poems and songs and even studied screen writing and horror. She still writes and likes getting writing prompts. Her favorite author is VC Andrews. If you purchase and read Martha’s books a review on this web site will be greatly appreciated. She can also be found at www.marthawickham.com. 

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Twitter: @MarthaWickham

 


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