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A grounded wuxia novel where martial artists become dangerous through training, observation, timing, leverage, balance, and real combat experience — not cultivation levels, magic pills, or stat screens.

Originally written in Chinese by a Hong Kong indie author, Black Hawk Chamber is my attempt to bring old-school jianghu to modern readers outside the Chinese-speaking world.

Blurb:
In the jianghu, martial sects, hidden organizations, wandering fighters, and imperial power exist uneasily beside one another.

Behind that fragile balance moves the Black Hawk Chamber — a secretive organization whose reach extends far beyond any single school or region.

As old grudges, political schemes, betrayals, and martial rivalries begin to collide, fighters from very different backgrounds are drawn into a struggle larger than themselves. Survival depends not on suddenly unlocking greater power, but on experience, judgment, technique, and understanding what an opponent will do before they do it.

Black Hawk Chamber: The Shadow of the Empire is a traditional wuxia novel inspired by the jianghu stories I grew up reading, with an emphasis on grounded martial arts, historical atmosphere, and characters who improve by actually learning how to fight.

Tropes / Elements:

• Traditional wuxia / jianghu
• Martial sects and rival schools
• Secret organizations
• Imperial intrigue
• Wandering martial artists
• Master-and-student relationships
• Rivalries and old grudges
• Grounded martial-arts progression
• Training and combat experience
• Betrayal and shifting alliances

Trigger Warnings:
Martial-arts violence, blood, injury, death, murder, and violence.

Book:
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Yesterday I published Dumpster Fire Desserts — 50 easy, single-serving microwave treats for surviving late-stage capitalism. This is a great little cook book for singles, college students, or anyone that just wants a warm treat fast. Please feel free to take a look and share with anyone that you think would laugh along!
Available on Amazon! https://a.co/d/0a3ugPQf

Hi! I am simply here to share my experiences as a writer. This is a brief overview of this year, highlighting the amount of work I produced while working full time to support myself.

I wrote three books, years ago.
I stopped writing and read countless books. Book after book. I even read the entire encyclopedia.

For a while I hadn’t thought much about getting back into writing.

Then it happened.
On January 13th.
One asinine joke from a coworker led into a creation of a short story of his death which spiraled into me writing short stories killing off each of my coworkers individually. In retrospect, it was an incredible bonding experience. I created a book of the short stories I written. Ending the book with my own death tale. I self published on Feb 25. I then proceeded to revise the cover images of my first three books. Resurrected an old piece of work that I had been working on for years and finally completed Planet Genia, publishing it on April 20th. At that time, I thought I’d take a break but I couldn’t. Then, I wrote Herstory Rewritten: Mary Todd Lincoln. A fictional biography of a first lady. I loved writing a positive story for this woman for the world to understand how misunderstood she truly was. I finished on July 4th and thought I would take a break then. But I couldn’t… I brought an idea to life that I concocted years ago and created Father Knows Best, about a narcissistic man who winds up unexpectedly pregnant. My first book with my main character being male. I finished this one on August 25 before my 32nd birthday.

It’s been two months since. I entered Planet Genia and Father Knows Best into a couple contests. Received some feedback. Then was notified that Father Knows Best won third place in the horror category while Planet Genia received an honorable mention in the science fiction category both in this year’s Fall Book Fest 2026 Awards.

I still never took a break.

I have been actively putting together my memoir, a screenplay, and I have Grace Kelly in line for the second book in what will be a series eventually for HerStory Rewritten.

I entered a few short stories into a Writers Digest contest this season as well and will be notified in the upcoming months of the results.

My extensive journey has led to a busy year. My muse has been on fire and I am letting the flames ride out.

My books have made their way into bookstores in Indiana and Illinois as well as Little Free Libraries in 34 states by sending many supportive people complimentary copies of my books! I have participated as a vendor at a few craft shows where I met a lot of wonderful readers.

I have connected with fellow readers and fellow writers and have received incredible feedback from many people on my work. I feel the true encouragement to continue on my journey. Continue to write. Continue to submit my work into contests. And hope for the best that one day my dream becomes a career. Until then, I will enjoy bringing the imagination from my mind into the stories I create. Until then, I will value the feedback from anyone who has taken the time out of their day to read any of my work as well as reading this message and if you ever pick up one of my books, I would love to hear from you too!

Can you truly trust your own mind—or the evidence presented in a courtroom?

This e-book challenges everything we take for granted about judicial truth, exposing the hidden friction between legal theory, psychological vulnerability, and the strict laws of forensic physics.

Catastrophic investigative failures rarely happen due to malicious intent. Instead, they are engineered by systemic blind spots and deeply ingrained cognitive traps. From the courtroom to the corporate boardroom, the institutional rush for finality routinely transforms quiet observations into definitive illusions.

What this e-book uncovers:

How human memory turns into a contaminated and unreliable exhibit.

The physics of secondary DNA transfer and overinterpreted micro-traces.

The psychological pressure cooker and tactics behind false confessions.

Institutional blind spots in corporate jurisprudence and tech.

Available now on Amazon Kindle Unlimited:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJ5XH9CK

I would be deeply grateful for your support, and if you dive into it, I’d love to hear your thoughts or read your reviews!

Hey all, my dark fantasy novel, Wherever Ink Flows is $0.99 on US Kindle this week (Oct 24–31, normally $3.99). It's also on Kindle Unlimited.

In Ironhold, toxic Ink harvested from Inkwood trees powers magical tattoos, artifacts, and enchanted playing cards... and poisons everyone who touches it. A devout acolyte uncovers her church's secret use of forbidden Ink tattoos to create monstrous weapons, and must decide whether saving her city is worth destroying her faith. Found family, a heist crew, slow-burn romance, religious conspiracy, and magic that always costs something.

If you liked The Devils by Joe Abercrombie or The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett, this might be your thing. ~110,000 words, standalone with series potential.

It's been a dream of mine to publish my writing and on October 8th, I did it. Branding His Heart is a spicy contemporary romance novella. For those who like age gap, nsfw, mom's boss and quick reads, This book might be for you. It is available on Kindle Plus.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HMM1LJ6X

If you're going to read, an honest review would be appreciated.

I finish writing my second novel and am getting set to release it this month. It was heavily inspired by the Jack Reacher character and several of the books. I took inspiration from Persuader and Gone Tomorrow, and I would love to give the readers of this series another book to read. It is titled Ryan Blake: Bloodshed.

If you are interested in checking it out, here is the premise. I have also attached a link where you can read the first 3 chapters for free!

Four years into his career as a covert operative, Ryan Blake is thrown into chaos when FBI headquarters is ambushed by a group of highly trained assailants. With Deputy Director Joshua Paulding and JTTF agent Tommy Jordan seriously wounded, Ryan is determined to uncover why the Bureau was targeted—and bring those responsible to justice.

But the deeper Ryan digs, the more dangerous the conspiracy becomes. His investigation leads him into a world of ex-military operatives, weapons dealers, and a deadly plan that reaches as far as the Oval Office.

With enemies closing in and the body count rising, Ryan must use every skill he has to stop those responsible before the bloodshed claims even more lives.

But uncovering the truth may be easier than surviving it.

Read preview: LINK TO PREVIEW

My Book Release Halloween Party was a great success... I feel celebrated & accomplished! So grateful to have so many friends & family cheer me on after working on it for 12 years, really focusing the last 5.

Now I have done all the Big Things to send my debut novel into the world. What a moment in time 🌊🌬️🌀

Long after collapse, an introverted scholar-empath leads a tarot-themed quest across ravaged ruins of the former US to retrieve a rumored key to peace and save her people from destruction.

Using the power of intuitive meditation, archaic tech, and ancient survival skills, this magical, contemplative, and dangerous odyssey offers humanity a way forward in a world desperately in need of change.

www.lightafterthefall.com

Review from a reader posted on Amazon. "If you can remember the movies from the 1980s and 1990s, Blue-Collar Hollywood is the book for you. Chuck Roseberry takes you on a chronological journey behind the scenes of several Hollywood gems and stinkers. His storytelling style is delightfully honest, self-deprecating, and insightful. It’s a great read about all those people you see in the credits at the end of the movie. Highly recommended."

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJWWMLMF

https://imgur.com/a/vcmId2Q

CSI meets Jacques Cousteau

If you love Clive Cussler books but wish Dirk Pitt was a marine biologist, this book is for you.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H7K6XLM4 or https://books2read.com/u/3Gyzy8

What’s worse than a zombie apocalypse? Trying to survive one while working customer service.

Set in local Hertfordshire, The Outbreak Resort follows an ordinary group of people trying to navigate dead-end jobs, British bureaucracy, and a sudden outbreak of the undead. If you like fast-paced survival, dark British humour, and Shaun of the Dead vibes, this one's for you.

The Outbreak Resort is currently sitting at #6 on Amazon's Bestseller list and is 100% FREE on Kindle through October 30th! https://www.amazon.co.uk/OutBreak-Resort-intent-delight-Outbreak-ebook/dp/B0FQ38F6XV/ref=zg_bs_g_4542717031_d_sccl_14/258-0782313-8118437?psc=1

So… after about 8 years of taking pictures of cocktails, researching recipes and generally going way too deep down the cocktail rabbit hole, I finally made a book. 😄

It’s called Cocktail Icons and it has 148 classic and modern cocktails across 388 pages.

I self-published the whole thing, so I also ended up doing the photography, research, design, editing and pretty much everything else myself.

Still feels a bit strange seeing something that started as an Instagram project in 2018 sitting on my desk as an actual book.

Anyway, just wanted to share it with you guys. 🍸

Discover the book

In March 1938 Germany annexes Austria. At the Heldenplatz Hitler speaks to some 200,000 rapturous Viennese. A pogrom follows, and Jewish musicians are expelled from the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

Klaus Lehner plays first violin for the Orchestra and covets the newly vacant position of concertmaster. He is bitter when passed over. Eva, his lover and a virtuoso cellist, urges that they leave Vienna and pursue careers as soloists. Her husband is a committed Nazi.

When he discovers the affair, Klaus is sent to a Mauthausen forced-labor subcamp. He survives, translating his nightmares into a tone poem.

He returns to a war-ravaged Vienna and to Helga, his wife, who has suffered terribly, and Ilse, his daughter. He makes a living busking on the streets while trying to rebuild a family.

When Klaus auditions for the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Eva is backstage, waiting.

Music and love are like waves on an incoming tide and Klaus is being washed ashore.

Trigger warnings: Nazi persecution and antisemitism; forced-labor camp; violence and death; infidelity; sexual content

This is my first book release, and I wanted to share it here.

The Dead Side of the Glass begins with an old mirror that Clara buys almost against her better judgment. Soon afterwards, she begins hearing strange voices at night, and what she initially dismisses as a dream becomes something she can no longer explain.

Her search for answers takes her into the Scottish Highlands, where an ancient castle and its peculiar inhabitants seem to conceal far more than they are willing to admit.

It's an atmospheric Gothic mystery with supernatural occurrences, uneasy relationships, and the sort of secrets that have a habit of surviving the people who kept them.

The complete novel is 104 pages, and I've made the first three chapters available for free.

I'd be very happy if it found a few readers here.

Themes: Gothic mystery, haunted mirrors, isolated castles, family secrets, supernatural suspense, and romance.

Content notes: Violence, death, confinement, and psychological distress.

Book and free preview

Under Mira Hollow I just published five original gentle bedtime stories as a readable/printable PDF. Short enough to finish before eyelids win; no scary beats. Text-only. Link if useful: https://mirahollowstories.gumroad.com/l/csitsd

Would love notes from parents or kidlit folks on what makes a bedtime story land.

Pitch: The book I could not find: a 615-page reference that holds coffee's history and science together, from its origins in Yemen and Ethiopia to roast chemistry, water, extraction, cafe culture, sustainability, and the economics behind a cup.

Blurb: The Complete World of Coffee by Keith E. Lyons. Nonfiction, coffee history, science, and craft. 615 pages, hardcover, released October 1, 2026, Lyons Den Publishing. Five parts: Foundation, Science, Craft, Culture, and Beyond, from coffee's origins in Yemen to roast chemistry, water, extraction variables, cafe culture, sustainability, and the economics behind a cup. Written by a licensed clinical social worker and disabled veteran who self published through his own San Diego press after a successful Kickstarter. Also available as a limited signed edition, and as a paperback Reader's Edition on Amazon. AMA in the comments about the research, the self publishing process, or the coffee science.

Topics: coffee history, plant and processing science, roast chemistry, water, extraction variables, cafe culture, sustainability, economics of the value chain.

Trigger Warnings: None.

Link: keithlyons.org

Two years ago, our family experienced the unimaginable loss of one of our twin daughters.

In the months that followed, I found myself searching for a way to make sense of our grief and, one day, help our surviving twin understand her own story. As part of that journey, I wrote Whispers of a Purple Butterfly.

As a primary school teacher, I’ve seen how difficult it can be for children to understand grief and other big emotions. As a bereaved parent, I’ve lived it. My hope is that this book offers comfort, starts important conversations, and reminds children that even in life’s darkest moments, hope can still be found.

Although written for children, the book has something to offer:
• children experiencing grief or other emotional challenges
• parents, carers and families navigating difficult conversations
• teachers, schools and therapists supporting children’s emotional wellbeing
• football-loving readers
• and any child who enjoys a story filled with magic, mystery and adventure.

If my story resonates with you, I’d be so grateful if you could support this journey by sharing this post, following my writing page @rganjaviwriter on Instagram, or taking a look at Whispers of a Purple Butterfly.

Every share helps this story reach another child or family who may need it, while also helping to keep Bella’s memory alive.

Thank you for your kindness and support. It truly means more than words can say. 💜🦋

📖 Book: https://amzn.eu/d/09U3U39M

📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rganjaviwriter

🏡🔪 THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS PERFECT… UNTIL THE NEIGHBORS STARTED DYING. 😱💀

THE SECRETS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
✍️ By Latisha Hunt

🔍 Every house has a secret. Every neighbor has something to hide. And someone is willing to kill to keep the truth buried.

When 25-year-old Aria and her husband, Malcolm, move into the beautiful and wealthy Blackwood Estates, they believe they’re starting a wonderful new chapter in their lives.

The stunning homes, perfectly manicured lawns, and friendly neighbors seem almost too good to be true.

Then the murders begin. 💀

As neighbors turn up dead, Aria becomes determined to uncover the truth.

But the closer she gets to discovering what’s really happening behind those beautiful front doors, the more dangerous her own life becomes.

🚨 Someone knows she’s asking questions.

👀 Someone is watching.

🤫 And someone desperately wants her to stop.

In a neighborhood where everyone has secrets… WHO CAN YOU TRUST?

🔥 Murder. Suspicion. Deadly secrets. Unexpected twists.

📖 Think you can figure out who’s behind the murders?

Get your copy of THE SECRETS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS on Amazon today!

👉 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HP87RGW9

❤️ Like, share, and follow The Book Buzz Lounge for more thrilling reads!

👇 QUESTION FOR READERS: If people in your neighborhood started disappearing, would you investigate or move away?

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With the release of "Los Cuatro Dioses", I have completed the trilogy. These are epic fantasy books inspired by medieval Central Europe. Within them, you will find battle maps, charismatic characters, Gothic cathedrals, strategy, epic moments, magic, and gods. Here's the link where you can find more info: Los Cuatro Dioses

Manson Drewry fakes his evidence for views. The flickering lights, the voices, the "shadow" in the hallway: it's all him. Then he gets caught. To save his channel, he agrees to livestream 30 days alone inside an abandoned asylum. No crew, no tricks, and thousands of people watching his every move.

Somewhere around day 17, the chat stops laughing.

My debut psychological horror novel, Dark Times, came out this week in paperback and Kindle. If you like ghost hunting shows, found-footage horror, or stories where the skeptic finds out the hard way, I think you'll enjoy it.

Tropes: ghost hunting, found footage, abandoned asylum, the skeptic gets proven wrong

Trigger warnings: mentions of child abuse

📖 Get Dark Times on Amazon

I'd love to hear what you think, and I'm happy to answer any questions!

Hi, I'm Roman. I'm from Ukraine.

For several years, I helped evacuate civilians from towns and villages near the front line. I've seen what war does to people, and I think that experience has influenced a lot of what I write.

I'm also a writer.

My novel was first published in Ukrainian under the title Тіні минулого (Shadows of the Past). I've sold around 500 copies in Ukraine.

I know 500 copies might not sound like much, but for me it means a lot. People I didn't know bought the book, read it, and wrote to me about the story. Some of their messages really stayed with me.

Now I've decided to try something new and publish it in English.

The Last Order Was to Live is a novel set during World War II.

It's about Richard, an 18-year-old German soldier who goes to war believing in his country and in what he's been taught.

But the war doesn't turn out the way he imagined. Germany is losing, his father is missing, and Richard begins to question everything he once believed.

There's also Ernst, his closest friend, and Marta, a girl he knew before the war.

I didn't want to write a story that glorifies war or excuses what German soldiers did. I wanted to write about an ordinary young man who makes terrible choices and has to live with them.

Of course, my own experience comes from a completely different war. But I think it's part of why I wanted to tell this story.

I'm not a well-known author, especially outside Ukraine. I just wanted to see whether this book could find readers in other countries too.

Genre: WWII historical fiction, psychological drama

Content warnings: War violence, death, civilian suffering.

The book is available on Kindle and in paperback.

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HP66VZDB

Thanks for reading.

Roman Matsevko

Political power vs. Elemental forces of nature. Who wins?

What if Mother Nature got angry? What if she got angry at all the factories and power plants and other man-made sources of climate change? What if she made it clear just how angry she was?

What if she had help?

Mary Aimsir can control the weather. So can hundreds of women like her around the world. Maybe Mother Nature is just a myth. These women aren’t. They take on the global industrial complex to heal the ravages Gaia has suffered.

“Our Better Nature,” a modern fairy tale for weary yet hopeful adults. On Amazon, B&N, and at Boulder Book Store.

https://www.amazon.com/Our-Better-Nature-James-Porter/dp/B0GJ6QD4QN/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/our-better-nature-james-porter/1150247825

Tropes: Physics that looks like magic.

Triggers: (I had to do this for one book-profile site. They gave me a few hundred to pick from so… The book does not obsess over these things, but they happen…)
* Graphic: Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Self harm, Torture, Violence
* Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness           
*Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Cancer, Cursing, Excrement, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Vomit