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This month we have two new titles unleashed on the world, <em>A Heart for Hounds</em> and <em>More Hearts for Hounds</em>.</strong> <strong>Both are edited by Danielle Ackley-McPhail</strong>. <strong>These titles are the newest additions to our Library for a Cause collection.</strong> <strong>All profits from these two books go directly to dog rescues. We hope you’ll check them out.</strong></p> 629 630 631 632<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>You can learn more about these titles by clicking the below links, and we very much hope you will!</strong></p> 633 634 635 636<hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity" /> 637 638 639 640<h4 class="wp-block-heading">eSpec Books – August 1, 2026</h4> 641 642 643 644<div data-carousel-extra='{"blog_id":78177302,"permalink":"https://especbooks.com/2026/08/01/august-new-releases/"}' class="wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular"><div class=""><div class="tiled-gallery__gallery"><div class="tiled-gallery__row"><div class="tiled-gallery__col" style="flex-basis:50.00000%"><figure class="tiled-gallery__item"><img data-attachment-id="10159" data-permalink="https://especbooks.com/2026/05/15/cover-reveal-a-heart-for-hounds/proof-ver3-hound/" data-orig-file="https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/proof-ver3-hound.png" data-orig-size="1800,2700" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-title="Proof-ver3-Hound" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/proof-ver3-hound.png?w=640" role="button" tabindex="0" aria-label="Open image 1 of 2 in full-screen" srcset="https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/proof-ver3-hound.png?strip=info&w=600 600w,https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/proof-ver3-hound.png?strip=info&w=900 900w,https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/proof-ver3-hound.png?strip=info&w=1200 1200w,https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/proof-ver3-hound.png?strip=info&w=1500 1500w,https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/proof-ver3-hound.png?strip=info&w=1800 1800w" alt="" data-height="2700" data-id="10159" data-link="https://especbooks.com/2026/05/15/cover-reveal-a-heart-for-hounds/proof-ver3-hound/" data-url="https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/proof-ver3-hound.png?w=640" data-width="1800" src="https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/proof-ver3-hound.png" /></figure></div><div class="tiled-gallery__col" style="flex-basis:50.00000%"><figure class="tiled-gallery__item"><img data-attachment-id="10173" data-permalink="https://especbooks.com/2026/05/25/cover-reveal-more-hearts-for-hounds/mcp-proof-hounds2/" data-orig-file="https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/mcp-proof-hounds2-e1785622533520.jpg" data-orig-size="600,9
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Predators, territorial battles, and lack of basic necessities like food, shelter, and medical care take their toll and shorten lives. But there are those out there that envision a better future for strays, and we aim to help them the best we can.</strong></p> 666 667 668 669<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>This charity anthology of speculative fiction stories and real-life accounts has been organized and contributed to by those with a heart for these hard-luck cases. All profits from sales will be donated to dog rescue organizations dedicated to finding home for these pups and help them avoid a future caged in a shelter, or worseâ¦</strong></p> 670 671 672 673<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Can you help us, help them?</strong></p> 674 675 676 677<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Featuring stories donated by Sherri Cook Woosley, Lawrence M. Schoen, Christopher J. Burke, Aaron Rosenberg, Jessica Delahanty, Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Carol Gyzander, Kris Katzen, Andrew M. Seddon, Taluna Wise, John L. French, Jonathan Maberry, Kevin Wetmore, Brenda Cooper, Marie Vibbert, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Eric V. Hardenbrook, Bernie Mojzes, Susan Staneslow Olesen, Jennifer R. Povey, Danny Birt, Charles Barouch, Jeff Young, and Jean Marie Ward.</strong></p> 678 679 680 681<p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p> 682 683 684 685<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>About the Author</strong></p> 686 687 688 689<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Award-winning author, editor, and publisher Danielle Ackley-McPhail has worked both sides of the publishing industry for longer than she cares to admit. In 2014 she joined forces with Mike McPhail and Greg Schauer to form eSpec Books.</strong></p> 690 691 692 693<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Her published works include eight novels, <em>Yesterdayâs Dreams, Tomorrowâs Memories, Todayâs Promise, The Halflingâs Court, The Redcapsâ Queen, Daireâs Devils, The Play of Light</em>, and <em>Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn</em>, written with Day Al-Mohamed. She is also the author of the solo collections <em>Eternal Wanderings, A Legacy of Stars, Consigned to the Sea, Flash in the Can, Transcendence, The Kindly Ones, Dawns a New Day, The Foxâs Fire, Between Darkness and Light, Echoes of the Divine</em>, and the non-fiction writersâ guides <em>The Literary Handyman, More Tips from the Handyman,</em> and <em>LH: Build-A-Book Workshop</em>. She is the senior editor of the <em>Bad-Ass Faeries</em> anthology series, <em>No Longer Dreams, Heroes of the Realm,</em> <em>Clockwork Chaos,</em> <em>Gaslight & Grimm, Grimm Machinations, A Cast of Crows, A Cry of Hounds, Other Aether, The Chaos Clock, Grease Monkeys, Side of Good/Side of Evil, After Punk</em>, and <em>Footprints in the Stars.</em> Her short stories are included in numerous other anthologies and collections. She is a full member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association.</strong></p> 694 695 696 697<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>In addition to her literary acclaim, she crafts and sells original costume horns under the moniker The Hornie Lady Custom Costume Horns, and homemade flavor-infused candied ginger under the brand of Ginger KICK! at literary conventions, on commission, and wholesale.</strong></p> 698 699 700 701<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Danielle lives in New Jersey with husband and fellow writer, Mike McPhail and four extremely spoiled cats.</strong></p> 702 703 704 705<hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity" /> 706</div></div> 707<div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-rating-enabled sd-like-en
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If so, great! If no, it is free to sign up for, and once you have one, you can request all kinds of books to review, some of them before theyâve even been released! From large publishing houses and small. Hereâs a link for <a href="https://www.librarything.com/ner/settings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LibraryThing</a>, in case you want to sign up.</strong></p> 738<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>This month eSpec has three LibraryThing listings, one of them particularly special! They are: <em>The Mirror of Yu-Huang</em> by Christine Norris, <em>The Mists of Cairn Gorm</em> by Jennifer R. Povey, and… available nowhere else… <em>The StokerCon 2026 Souvenir Anthology</em> edited by Danielle Ackley-McPhail. </strong></p> 739<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>To learn about this month’s offerings, see below. Once you do, we hope you will click the links to head over to their Early Reviewer pages and request your copy.</strong></p> 740<hr /> 741<h2>The Mirror of Yu-Huang</h2> 742<p><strong>Christine Norris</strong></p> 743<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>Request on <a href="https://www.librarything.com/ner/detail/57685/The-Mirror-of-Yu-Huang" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LibraryThing</a> </strong></p> 744<p><img data-attachment-id="10194" data-permalink="https://especbooks.com/2026/07/04/july-new-releases-3/la-the-mirror-of-yu-huang-6-x-9/" data-orig-file="https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/la-the-mirror-of-yu-huang-6-x-9.jpg" data-orig-size="1800,2700" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-title="LA &#8211; The Mirror of Yu-Huang 6 x 9" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/la-the-mirror-of-yu-huang-6-x-9.jpg?w=640" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-10194 aligncenter" src="https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/la-the-mirror-of-yu-huang-6-x-9.jpg?w=640" alt="" width="500" height="750" srcset="https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/la-the-mirror-of-yu-huang-6-x-9.jpg?w=
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756w, 500px" /></p> 757<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>There are creatures lurking in our world. Obscure creatures long relegated to myth and legend. They have been sighted by a luckyâor unluckyâfew, some have even been photographed, but their existence remains unproven and unrecognized by the scientific community.</strong></p> 758<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>These creatures, long thought gone, have somehow survived; creatures from our nightmares haunting the dark places. They swim in our lakes and bays, they soar the night skies, they hunt in the woods. Some are from our past, some from other worlds, and others have always been with usâwatching us, fearing us, hunting us.</strong></p> 759<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>These are the cryptids, and Systema Paradoxa tells their tales.</strong></p> 760<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>***</strong></p> 761<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>Unsure of her future, Dorothy Gordon pits herself against the proverbial mountain over and over, both literally and figuratively, trying to find the right path forward for her life. Claiming summit after summit, she skirts a fine edge between reckless and responsible.</strong></p> 762<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>But when a âtameâ peak pushes back things get serious. Something inexplicable comes at her through the mist, leaving her disoriented and her confidence shaken. Things only get worse when she finds herself back down the slope and her climbing buddy gone missing.</strong></p> 763<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>All, however, is not as it seems, and Dorothy must face her fearsâof life and the mountainâto head off the true threat.</strong></p> 764<hr /> 765<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>About the Author</strong></p> 766<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>Born in Nottingham, England, Jennifer R. Povey (she/her) now lives in Northern Virginia, where she writes everything from heroic fantasy to stories for Analog. She has written a number of novels across multiple sub genres. She is a full member of SFWA. Her interests include horseback riding, Doctor Who and attempting to out-weird her various friends and professional colleagues. Find her on Facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jrpovey/" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/jrpovey/</a>, or Bluesky at @NinjaFingers.</strong></p> 767<hr /> 768<h2>The StokerCon 2026 Souvenir Anthology </h2> 769<p><strong>edited by Danielle Ackley-McPhail</strong></p> 770<p><strong>Request on <a href="https://www.librarything.com/ner/detail/56658/StokerCon-2026-Souvenir-Anthology" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LibraryThing</a></strong></p> 771<p><img data-attachment-id="9996" data-permalink="https://especbooks.com/2026/01/13/cover-reveal-stokercon-2026-souvenir-anthology/final-cover-contrast-6-x-9/" data-orig-file="https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/final-cover-contrast-6-x-9.jpg" data-orig-size="1800,2700" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-title="Final Cover Contrast 6 x 9" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/final-cover-contrast-6-x-9.jpg?w=640" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-9996 aligncenter" src="https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/final-cover-contrast-6-x-9.jpg?w=640" alt="" width="500" height="750" srcset="https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/final-cover-contrast-6-x-9.jpg?w=500 500w, https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/final-cover-contrast-6-x-9.jpg?w=1000 1000w, https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/final-cover-contrast-6-x-9.jpg?w=100 100w, https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/final-cover-contrast-6-x-9.jpg?w=200 200w, https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/final-cover-contrast-6-x-9.jpg?w=768 768w, https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/final-cover-contrast-6-x-9.jpg?w=683 683w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 500px) 100v
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833w, 640px" /></figure> 834</div> 835 836 837<p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p> 838 839 840 841<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://books2read.com/ritualofnames" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Ritual of Names</a></h2> 842 843 844 845<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Bernie Mojzes</strong></p> 846 847 848 849<div class="wp-block-group"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"> 850<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Gentle Reader Be Warnedâ¦</strong></p> 851 852 853 854<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The stories between these pages are brutal and without mercy, raw and unfiltered and unforgiving. Unapologetically dark and grim.</strong></p> 855 856 857 858<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>They shine a light on that which festers deep in the psyche, bringing into sharp focus truths that cannot be denied, only endured.</strong></p> 859 860 861 862<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>These stories are not for the faint of heart.</strong></p> 863 864 865 866<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Read on if you dare.</strong></p> 867</div></div> 868 869 870 871<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>About the Author</strong></p> 872 873 874 875<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Much to his embarrassment, Bernie Mojzes has outlived Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, Janice Joplin, and the Red Baron, without even once having been shot down over Morlancourt Ridge. Having failed to achieve a glorious martyrdom, he has instead turned his hand to the penning of prose, an example of which you currently hold in your hands. Or is perhaps being projected from an electronic device perched atop your stationary bicycle or treadmill as a distraction from such mundane, repetitive tasks. Since undertaking this labor, he has had a small bushel of short stories published in anthologies and various online venues (37 when he stopped counting in 2014), and has himself published the now-defunct online zine, Unlikely Story, and edited two anthologies: <em>Clowns: The Unlikely Coulrophobia Remix</em>, and <em>The Flesh Made Word</em>. 2025 saw the release of two new books, <em>Mistress of Bees</em> and <em>Once Upon a Wintry Krampusnacht Eve</em> (and he does very much hope youâll read them (even though he hasnât managed to put them on his long out-of-date website, <a href="http://www.kappamaki.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.kappamaki.com</a> (which he has been failing to update for many yearsâmaybe someday that will change.)))</strong></p> 876 877 878 879<hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity" /> 880 881 882 883<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Paper Phoenix Press – July 1, 2026</strong></p> 884 885 886<div class="wp-block-image"> 887<figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img data-attachment-id="10194" data-permalink="https://especbooks.com/2026/07/04/july-new-releases-3/la-the-mirror-of-yu-huang-6-x-9/" data-orig-file="https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/la-the-mirror-of-yu-huang-6-x-9.jpg" data-orig-size="1800,2700" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-title="LA &#8211; The Mirror of Yu-Huang 6 x 9" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/la-the-mirror-of-yu-huang-6-x-9.jpg?w=640" loading="lazy" width="640" height="960" src="https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/la-the-mirror-of-yu-huang-6-x-9.jpg?w=640" alt="" class="wp-image-10194" style="width:300px;height:450px" srcset="https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/la-the-mirror-of-yu-huang-6-x-9.jpg?w=640 640w, https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/la-the-mirror-of-yu-huang-6-x-9.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/la-the-mirror-of-yu-huang-6-x-9.jpg?w=100 100w, https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/la-the-mirror-of-yu-huang-6-x-9.jpg?w=200 200w, https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/la-the-mirror-of-yu-huang-6-x-9.jpg?w=768 768w, https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/la-the-mirror-of-yu-huang-6-x-9.jpg?w=683 683w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /></figure> 888</div> 889 890 891<p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p> 892 893 894 895<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://books2read.com/power-of-her-position" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Mirror of Yu-Huang</a></h2> 896 897 898 899<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Christine Norris</strong></p> 900 901 902 903<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The Forbidden City Holds an Ancient Secretâ¦</strong></p> 904 905 906 907<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Already struggling with her responsibilities as Librarian, Megan just canât catch a break. Instead of a quiet winter holiday hanging with her friends, she faces a full-scale invasion of the manor she calls home.</strong></p> 908 909 910 911<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>When the headmistress of her school talks her father into hosting a New Yearâs ball for the Chinese ambassador and his family Megan encounters more than a culture clash. Someone among the entourage knows at least part of her secret, and proves themselves willing to kill to learn more.</strong></p> 912 913 914 915<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Before she can figure out who, the Library is invaded and Megan must follow the culprit into another tome⦠one which she knows little about. Can she solve the tasks with the help of Mei-Li, the ambassadorâs daughter, or will both of them be trapped forever in one of Sir Gregoryâs magic books?</strong></p> 916 917 918 919<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>About the Author</strong></p> 920 921 922 923<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Once Upon a Time, Christine Norris thought she wanted to be an archaeologist, but hates sand and bugs, so instead she became a writer. She is the author of several speculative fiction works for children and adults, including <em>The Library of Athena</em> series,<em> A Series of Curses </em>series<em>, </em>and several short stories in anthologies like <em>Gaslight and Grimm, Grimm Machinations,</em> <em>Other Aether, An Assembly of Monsters, </em>and<em> A Curiosity of Cats</em>. She is kept busy on a daily basis by her day job as a school librarian in New Jersey. She may or may not have a secret library in her basement, and she absolutely believes in fairies.</strong></p> 924 925 926 927<hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity" /> 928 929 930 931<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>NeoParadoxa – July 21, 2026</strong></p> 932 933 934<div class="wp-block-image"> 935<figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img data-attachment-id="10094" data-permalink="https://especbooks.com/2026/04/28/cover-reveal-the-mists-of-cairn-gorm/sp-mists-of-cairn-gorm-6-x-9/" data-orig-file="https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/sp-mists-of-cairn-gorm-6-x-9.jpg" data-orig-size="1800,2700" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-title="SP &#8211; Mists of Cairn Gorm 6 x 9" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/sp-mists-of-cairn-gorm-6-x-9.jpg?w=640" loading="lazy" width="640" height="960" src="https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/sp-mists-of-cairn-gorm-6-x-9.jpg?w=640" alt="" class="wp-image-10094" style="width:300px;height:450px" srcset="https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/sp-mists-of-cairn-gorm-6-x-9.jpg?w=640 640w, https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/sp-mists-of-cairn-gorm-6-x-9.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/sp-mists-of-cairn-gorm-6-x-9.jpg?w=100 100w, https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/sp-mists-of-cairn-gorm-6-x-9.jpg?w=200 200w, https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/sp-mists-of-cairn-gorm-6-x-9.jpg?w=768 768w, https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/sp-mists-of-cairn-gorm-6-x-9.jpg?w=683 683w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 640px) 100v
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1143t wait to see you. For those not? Why!? LOL StokerCon is a nomadic convention, meaning it is generally somewhere different each year. Though Pittsburgh is getting a two-year run, so see you again in 2027!</strong></p> 1144 1145 1146<div class="wp-block-image"> 1147<figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img data-attachment-id="9996" data-permalink="https://especbooks.com/2026/01/13/cover-reveal-stokercon-2026-souvenir-anthology/final-cover-contrast-6-x-9/" data-orig-file="https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/final-cover-contrast-6-x-9.jpg" data-orig-size="1800,2700" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-title="Final Cover Contrast 6 x 9" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/final-cover-contrast-6-x-9.jpg?w=640" loading="lazy" width="640" height="960" src="https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/final-cover-contrast-6-x-9.jpg?w=640" alt="" class="wp-image-9996" style="width:305px;height:auto" srcset="https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/final-cover-contrast-6-x-9.jpg?w=640 640w, https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/final-cover-contrast-6-x-9.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/final-cover-contrast-6-x-9.jpg?w=100 100w, https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/final-cover-contrast-6-x-9.jpg?w=200 200w, https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/final-cover-contrast-6-x-9.jpg?w=768 768w, https://especbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/final-cover-contrast-6-x-9.jpg?w=683 683w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /></figure> 1148</div> 1149 1150 1151<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>I had the honor once again to produce the souvenir anthology, StokerCon’s version of a program book, and I cannot tell you how excited I am for everyone to see it! This year happens to be StokerCon’s tenth anniversary and we did some very fun things with that.</strong></p> 1152 1153 1154 1155<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Curious where you can find me when I’m not in the dealer’s room?</strong></p> 1156 1157 1158 1159<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Thursday</h2> 1160 1161 1162 1163<h3 class="wp-block-heading">4:00pm Lawrence</h3> 1164 1165 1166 1167<p class="wp-block-paragraph"> <a href="https://stokercon2026.sched.com/event/2KpIf/author-readings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Author Readings</a> With Peter Rosch and Andrew Robertson</p> 1168 1169 1170 1171<h3 class="wp-block-heading">5:00pm Cambria</h3> 1172 1173 1174 1175<p class="wp-block-paragraph"> <a href="https://stokercon2026.sched.com/event/2NQbD/no-one-wants-to-publish-mr
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