A handsome man walks into a bar.and can't pick up women. Sounds like a joke. Or a bar bet. Or maybe, just maybe, a bit of magic follows him everywhere. A short, somewhat malicious bit of magic, with a fondness for Piña Coladas."Rusch's short fiction is golden."-Kansas City Star

Say Hello to My Little Friend

Getting a book into readers' hands means achieving that modern marketing buzzword: discoverability. And the simplest way to gain that reader recognition? Branding. Branding helps readers find an author's work. But many authors fail to grasp the concept of creating an effective author brand. Now, New York Times bestselling author and renowned business blogger Kristine Kathryn Rusch expertly tackles the topic in this latest WMG Writer's Guide. In this guide, Rusch teaches the basic concepts of branding and helps authors convert those concepts into useful action to individually brand themselves to maximize reader recognition. "There are lots of books out there about how to market your book. Some of them are good. Some aren't. Discoverability is one of the best."-TeleRead"Kristine Kathryn Rusch's new book Discoverability is by far the best resource I have read to date to help indie authors succeed after the book is written."-Chris Syme, Principal of CKSyme Media Group"Kristine [Kathryn Rusch]'s extensive experience in both traditional and indie publishing shines through in this amazing book. Though written for fiction authors, all writers will benefit from reading this book."-Tim Grahl, "11 Best Book Marketing Books""Discoverability gets my highest recommendation and a must read for writers who want to develop a career and make a living in the Indie Publishing industry."-Marion Hill"[Kristine Kathryn Rusch's blog, ] The Business Rusch.is full of sound advice and analysis about what's going on."-Jeff Baker, The Oregonian

Creating Your Author Brand - WMG Writer's Guides, #15

Jonathan Alexander Nicholas Ashworth the Fourth-called Nico-fears nothing. He lives a life of power, prestige, money. He makes his own way, but when that fails, he uses fixers, the best money can buy. Until FoL begins targeting him. Against FoL, fixers can't help him. Can he help himself? Or will FoL win?A powerful story about truth and consequences."Kristine Kathryn Rusch's crime stories are exceptional, both in plot and in style."-Ed Gorman, Mystery Scene Magazine

Steffie makes her living as a coolhunter-someone who discovers an interesting look and makes it fashion, often overnight. She managed to escape her stifling upbringing, but her sister KD-genetically altered to remain a child-remains trapped. Steffie left KD behind once. But when KD asks Steffie to help her run away from home, Steffie must decide whether to help or to abandon her sister for a second time. A Locus Award finalist, and winner of the Science Fiction Age Reader's Choice Award."This is a fascinating and thought-provoking novella and perfectly exemplifies one of the reasons I enjoy Rusch's writing as much as I do. Her stories often unfold with a breezy, entertaining flow, leading one to expect something fuzzy and warm. Except at its heart, her fiction has a deep emotional edge that, while it might seem at odds with the storytelling style, turns out to be perfectly suited to it, paying off her readers with rich dividends."-Charles de Lint, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

Coolhunting

Shelton believes flowers save people, so Ruth-Anne Grant's demands that he remove her name from his floral delivery list appall him. Because it turns out the roses he spent his morning crafting came from her stalker. Shelton, embarrassed and frightened for her, gives her the stalker's name, thinking his involvement will end there. Only it doesn't. The police show up at his flower shop two days later, and they don't care about a stalker. They want to catch a murderer. And they need Shelton's help."Kristine Kathryn Rusch's crime stories are exceptional, both in plot and in style."-Mystery Scene Magazine

Thorns

A Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy ISSUE 32: May 2018Mike Resnick, EditorTaylor Morris, CopyeditorShahid Mahmud, PublisherStories: Effie Seiberg, Alex Shvartsman, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Laurence Raphael Brothers, Karlo Yeager Rodríguez, Gardner Dozois, Walter Dinjos, Leah Cypess, Kij Johnson, Brian K. Lowe, Brian Trent,  Joe Haldeman, Barry N. MalzbergSerialization: Daughter of Elysium by Joan SlonczewskiColumns by: Robert J. Sawyer, Gregory BenfordRecommended Books: Bill Fawcett and Jody Lynn NyeInterview: Joy Ward interviews Catherine AsaroGalaxy's Edge is a Hugo-nominated bi-monthly magazine published by Phoenix Pick, the science fiction and fantasy imprint of Arc Manor, an award winning independent press based in Maryland. Each issue of the magazine has a mix of new and old stories, a serialization of a novel, columns by Robert J. Sawyer and Gregory Benford, book recommendations by Bill Fawcett and Jody Lynn Nye and an interview conducted by Joy Ward.

Galaxy’s Edge Magazine: Issue 32, May 2018 - Galaxy's Edge, #32

Ernie wants to forget. His short life marred by pain he struggles to understand, he hopes the sirens will blast the thoughts of his mother, his father, of life and death from his brain. Thoughts too serious for someone so young. Thoughts that can scar deeper than flames.  A searing short story about family, betrayal, and murder."Like early Ray Bradbury, Rusch has the ability to switch on a universal dark."-The Times (London)

Fumes

RT Book Reviews Reviewers Award Choice Nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel of the Year. When she arrives home from school on Callisto, Talia Shindo finds two strange men in her house. They terrorize her, and kidnap her mother. The men leave Talia behind. She's thirteen, brilliant, and determined to find her missing mother. Retrieval Artist Miles Flint works a seemingly unrelated case, digging into files left him by his mentor. Only he finds a connection to the Shindo kidnapping, a connection that shatters everything he ever knew. The two cases collide, changing Flint, changing Talia, and changing the universe around them-forever."Rusch continues her provocative interplanetary detective series with healthy doses of planet-hopping intrigue, heady legal dilemmas and well-drawn characters."-Publishers Weekly"This high-tech detective story, part of the Retrieval Artist series, has hard science fiction, a complex whodunit and a fascinating look at alien bureaucracy.  All the elements for an entertaining story are here: well-drawn, believable characters with frailties and flaws, credible scientific theory, and authentic-feeling settings."-RT Book Reviews"Enjoy [Recovery Man] for the multilevel page-turner that it is."-Locus"A nifty series cooks on."-Booklist

Recovery Man: A Retrieval Artist Novel - Retrieval Artist, #6

Punishments for elven crimes vary. So, when Rolf finds himself serving time as a toy on a mantel during the Christmas season, Rolf figures he got off easy. But when a lonely child asks him to deliver a message to Santa, he realizes his rehabilitation comes with a price-one he might not be prepared to pay. The masterful Kristine Kathryn Rusch puts her trademark twist on this heart-warming Christmas tale."Rusch's short fiction is golden."-The Kansas City Star

Say Hello to My Little Friend

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