Free Fiction Friday July 23 (a little late)

Free Short Story

Mages: Magic & Mayhem

Join Dante, a rising actor, as he is suddenly thrust into a world of magic while taking a much-needed break from the pressures of his career. Unprepared for the dangers and secrets that come with it, he is faced with a mage in his debt and newfound knowledge he does not know how to deal with.

Dante must navigate a turbulent underworld full of power and possibility. Will Dante be able to survive in a world where magic is now part of his life and more powerful than ever?

Free to all the subscribers of my newsletter (no spam, I promise), in fact, at the moment, mostly just the free fiction emails 🥰.

Go here to sign up and the details of how to get your free copy are in the final welcome email.

If you would just like to pick up a copy it is 99c and available from:

Smashwords & Amazon

(more coming soon)

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• 🎤Micro stories as YouTube Shorts Monday - Sunday- for fun quick viewing
• 🕮The occasional longer story perfect for story time, over coffee or before going to bed

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It's Free Fiction Friday!

Greetings Lovelies!

Every month, usually the last Friday, I give away an original short story/novelette to all the members of my newsletter.

This month we have a paranormal romance with psychics and vampires and a rock band.

If you're not a member of the newsletter, don't worry, all the details of how to get your hands on the book are included in the final welcome email once you sign up, and the coupon is valid until 01-May-23.

Save a Cat, Bag a Boyfriend: Of Psychics & Vampires

Maisie is psychic. This is often a pain in her behind, but no matter how innocuous her visions may seem, they always have a reason. When the universe sees fit to guide her to rescuing a cat, it leads her into a situation that not only might gain her a boyfriend, but one which has a rock band and vampires as well. Romance and excitement await but so does danger. (Het with a gay side pairing)

For those just wishing to pick up a copy, here are the book site links:

Amazon | Smashwords | Apple | Kobo

If you would like to see a narrated, snapshot, very condensed version of this story, check it out on my YouTube channel, Tales with Tasha as a series of shorts (1min vids). The first one is below:

Many thanks for checking it out.💖

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Tales with Tasha

Each week we have a theme and so there will be something for all tastes.

• 🎤Micro stories as YouTube Shorts Monday - Thursday - for fun quick viewing
• 🕮A longer story every Friday - for story time, over coffee or before going to bed

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Free Fiction Friday - The Cop, The Vampire, and National Security by Natasha Duncan-Drake

Free Fiction Friday

The Cop, The Vampire, and National Security by Natasha Duncan-Drake

It is the first Friday in July which can mean only one thing - Free Fiction Friday!

Every month we offer our subscribers a free short story for them to download at their leisure. We upload it in the following formats, so there is something for everyone:

• PDF
• ePub
• Mobi
• AZW3

The links are also placed in the final welcome email to our newsletter, so anyone who joins up after the monthly email has gone out still gets a copy of this month's story.

So sign up now for you monthly free short story as well as 2 Free eBooks.

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This Month's Story

The Cop, The Vampire, and National Security
by Natasha Duncan-Drake

Matt Plumber was a detective with the Met, but his career is functionally over. Breaking an international drug ring with ties inside the Met and the Foreign Office has cost him his partner and his reputation. However, while in hospital suffering from a gunshot wound, he has a rather unusual supporter in the form of Sister Bashir who is far older than she looks. 

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Sexy Stories 13

The Manor s01e12 - Balance of Power: Magical Connections

This week also saw the exciting finale for season 1 of The Manor - the paranormal series from Virginia Waytes (my alter ego) for a more adult audience.

Josh is back at The Manor, but is he safe? There is still the magic bound inside him to deal with and there is the question of where his uncle's dark witch disappeared to and what she will do next. Danger still looms.

Happy Beginning of the Halloween Season - Free Fiction Friday!

Happy Beginning of the Halloween Season - Free Fiction Friday!

🎃It's October and that means ghosts and goblins and long legged beasties!🎃

Okay, so we may be getting a little bit ahead of ourselves, but it's Free Fiction Friday and we wanted to get everyone in the mood for the end of the month. This month's free short story is a ghostly one. Scroll down to check out the details.

For those who have no idea what I'm talking about, Free Fiction Friday happens once a month, every month where Soph and I give our Wittegen Press Newsletter subscribers a free short story on the first Friday. These stories range from ghost to vampires with fantasy and even the odd bit of science fiction thrown in.

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Our Newsletter is usually very low traffic with one or two messages a month. We only ever send something out when we have something important to tell our subscribers, like new releases, competitions, freebies and, of course, Free Fiction Friday. No spam, and we're with Mailchimp, so your details are securely stored and won't be shared with anyone else.

For new members the link to this month's short story are included in the final welcome email when you sign up.

This Month's Free Story

The Storm by Natasha Duncan-Drake

Genre: ghost story
Description:
A lonely figure stands on the battlements of a castle watching an approaching storm, remembering loss. Can love reach beyond death?

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If you have any questions about Free Fiction Friday, the Newsletter or the story, do drop me a comment. I love to chat.

New Imprint, New Podcast and Free Fiction Friday

New Imprint, New Podcast and Free Fiction Friday

Firstly, apologies - this should have been out yesterday, but our power flipped out several times and meant I was racing to get the eBook for Free Fiction Friday formatted properly because I kept losing work. Everything else had to go on a back burner. Rob is going to connect my PC to the UPS we have for the server, in case it happens again.

So, on to the exciting news!

Soph and I are setting up a new imprint of Wittegen Press called Wittegen Eros:

For a while we've been looking at our titles and thinking that some just don't fit with the others and we want to make it easier for our readers. We also decided that we have enough titles to do it now. So Wittegen Eros was born - an imprint for all our exclusively adult titles.

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This will not affect any of our existing readers - eBooks will be getting a makeover for the new branding, but if you have updates enabled, you'll get the new version automatically.

However, new and exciting things are also coming.

We're launching a podcast - Sexy Stories with Virginia Waytes - who will be narrating the naughty bits from a new paranormal series called The Manor. The Manor being a supernatural hot-bed and  adult-only, exclusive members club in the middle of the English countryside.

The Manor will be episodic, with the first season being 12 episodes long and each episode consisting of:

•  the podcast with introductions and narration of the naughty scenes by Virginia
• an eBook to enrich the story and universe as well as including the sexy parts from the podcast.

More details on this will be coming soon!

However, if you would like a taster of the world of The Manor this month's Free Fiction Friday is the first chapter of episode 1. No naughty bits in this one, you'll have to wait for those 😎, but we get to meet Lucy, the proprietress of The Manor and several of her friends and colleagues.

Lamb in Wolf's Clothing - Free Fiction Friday version

The Manor is a sanctuary for many supernaturals and a new face means new mysteries to solve and new danger to come.
This story has adult concepts, but no explicit content.

To acquire your copy of Lamb in Wolf's Clothing, subscribe to The Wittegen Press Newsletter. News, updates and a free short story every month. Links for this month's free short story are in the final welcome email when you sign up for those who miss the Newsletter mail shot.

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Monsters! #FreeFictionFriday Exclusive Free Short Story

Monsters! #FreeFictionFriday Exclusive Free Short Story

It's Friday and we're not in July, which means it's Free Fiction Friday.

This month's story is a short about vampires and secret agents.

Monsters 

by Natasha Duncan-Drake

Marc, codename Redhawk, is a hardened agent for I2, a global intelligence agency. Even in his weird world vampires don't exist, that's just a fact, until he wakes up dying in the arms of one.

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New Free Exclusive Short Story - #FreeFictionFriday

It's that time of the month again, and by that I mean Free Fiction Friday!

Every month we, over at Wittegen Press, have a free short story for the wonderful subscribers of our Wittegen Press Newsletter. Never fear, if you are not yet a subscriber, it is easy to join and the links to this month's story are in the final welcome email.

The stories rang in genre and length and we try to mix it up so that everyone has something they enjoy.

Join here via our landing page at Mailchimp.

This month's free story:

The Journey Home by Sophie Duncan

genre: high fantasy

Morgan has been betrayed, attacked by assassins and magic that could only have come from one of her own. Now she must learn what it means to trust and love so she may heal.


We offer each short story for download in PDF, ePub, Mobi and AZW3.

Thought by Natasha Duncan-Drake #FreeFictionFriday

Free Fiction Friday - May 2019

It's the first Friday in the month, which means Free Fiction Friday at Wittegen Press. Every month we give the little gift of an exclusive free short story to all the subscribers of our newsletter. This month we have a contemporary fantasy tale.

Our newsletter is run on Mailchimp, so it’s secure and reliable, as well as being easy to join and we promise there is no spam. Fill in the form on our landing page at Mailchimp and you're done. The links for this month's free short story are in the final welcome email.

We provide the short story in mobi, awz3, ePub and PDF to cater for all needs.

Thought – by Natasha Duncan-Drake

Genre: contemporary fantasy

A head injury leaves James with more than just a bump on his skull. He’s hearing voices.

Author’s Note:
This is a story I have had in my concepts folder for a few years now and it was a joy to finally be able to flesh it out. It was originally designed to be much longer, but that will have to wait for other projects to be finished. I hope you enjoy it.

Vitalis by Natasha Duncan-Drake #FreeFictionFriday

Free Fiction Friday for March 2019

Welcome to Free Fiction Friday for March 2019. Every month at Wittegen Press we give our subscribers a free short story written by one of our authors (that would be me of my twin Sophie :)).

Our newsletter is really easy to join and we are very strict on our no spam rule and the privacy of our members. Just fill in the form on our Landing Page at Mailchimp and the links to this month’s story files will be in the welcome email.

Vitalis – by Natasha Duncan-Drake

Genre: horror, sci-fi
Hannah won tickets for her and five of her friends to attend the pre-opening, exclusive event for the new Vitalis theme park, the latest enterprise from the phenomenon that is the Vitalis corporation. She is incredibly excited until she gets there and finds it all just a little weird.

Author’s Note:
This story was inspired by my recent trip to a certain theme park near Paris that I shall not name. We had a wonderful time, but it was too tempting not to twist it up for a short horror story :).

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My Patreon is live! & Free Fiction Friday

My Patreon is Finally Live!

So after all my posts about the trials and tribulations of setting up my Patreon, it is finally live. I have pushed the go button.

Tasha's Patreon

I have my about section, my tiers and my intro vid all done and they are now there for the world to see.

It was very nerve wracking hitting launch, but I managed to make myself do it.

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This is worse than publishing my first book - I feel like my child has just gone on stage or something!

Anyway, please go check out my Patreon - LMK what you think.

There are lots of options and thank you in advance for any pledges. 

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Free Fiction Friday

It's that time of the month again as well - no, I'm not about to go all furry and grow fangs and howl at the moon, I mean it's Free Fiction Friday.

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Light and Shade

by Natasha Duncan-Drake

Genre: epic fantasy
Length: 8.8k words
Description:
Timon's home suffers under the rule of the magical, despotic Queen and her son, the Dark Prince. But Timon has power of his own and an unusual advantage: he looks almost identical to the prince. He and his friends have plans to use this and end the tyranny under which they all endure.

Free Fiction Friday for January - 2 Exclusive Free Short Stories

Free Fiction Friday for January 2019

It's that time of the month again, the first Friday, which means free fiction! Yay. And this month we have 2 free short stories for our readers, one of which is a little bit naughty.

In case this is your first visit and you have no idea what Free Fiction Friday is, every month at Wittegen Press we put out a new short story exclusively for the members of our Newsletter. We chose the first Friday because we're writers and we like alliteration ;)

If you're not a member, don't worry, the password and link for the current month are also in the final welcome email for new sign-ups, so you won't miss it.

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This Month's Stories

The Wand

by Sophie Duncan

Genre: high fantasy

Length: short story

Description:

Aelwin is a Maker, like her mother before her: she knows this in her heart, but will the fae Match her to her calling? When a hostile Shadow Coat arrives to perform the New Year Matching Ceremony for her and her friends, disaster threatens. Only Aelwin can stop it, but she doesn’t know how.

Mark of the Dragon

by Natasha Duncan-Drake

Genre: contemporary fantasy, lgbtq+

Length: short story

Description:

Luke has always known he has a destiny, after all he has the manifestation of a dragon on his skin that moves around as it pleases and a book in his head that explains all about it. However even dragons can't help with relationships, or can they?

Hope everyone is having a great New Year so far. Do you have anything interesting going on? Any new releases from the writers out there? How about any great finds by readers? I would love to know, do feel free to comment.

P.S. I'm always open to hosting guest posts - details here: https://tashasthinkings.blogspot.com/p/be-guest-blogger.html

Journey to the Babe (Fantasy) - #FreeFictionFriday

Journey to the Babe - Free Fiction Friday

You may have noticed that Free Fiction Friday is a week late this month and I can only apologise - I had the lurgy last week and cold medication is not conducive to constructive thought. However, all germs have been fought back and so it is time for this month's free short story. This month we have a fantasy tale to bring warmth to all hearts, and the underlying theme might be a little bit familiar ;).

As ever the story is exclusive to members of our newsletter at Wittegen Press. We use the newsletter to keep our members up to date about new releases, competitions etc and, of course, Free Fiction Friday every month. There is a password to access the story which is sent out to our newsletter as soon as the story is posted, but never fear, if you are not yet a member it is really easy to become one and the password is also included in the final welcome email when you join up.

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We pride ourselves on never spamming our members and we will never reveal your details to anyone else.

This Month's Free Story

Journey to the Babe
by
Natasha Duncan-Drake
Genre: fantasy
Length: Short Story
Description:
Hekima, Kuimari and Neema are each the last of their race in a world where magic has been all but forgotten, but the cycle of life has turned once more and it is time for magic to be reborn into the world. Together they seek the child through which this will happen.
I hope everyone is fit and healthy and that December is treating you well. Best wishes to all.

Incubus Rising by Natasha Duncan-Drake #FreeFictionFriday

Free Fiction Friday - Incubus Rising

It's that time of the month again - Free Fiction Friday!

Every month Soph or I write a short story exclusively for the subscribers of our Wittegen Press Newsletter. This month is a slightly naughty tale of a hunter infected by an incubus and how he and his partner struggle to resolve the issue as written by me.

Now if you aren't a member of our Newsletter, never fear! It's very easy to sign up:

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The password for access to this month's story is in the final welcome email when you join.

We usually only send out newsletters once or twice a month, so we'll never flood your inbox, or give your email address to anyone else.

Incubus Rising

by Natasha Duncan-Drake

Genre: paranormal, mature, romance

Length: 5.2K words

Link to Incubus Rising

Seb and Carter are paranormal hunters, they've been an effective team for years, but Seb has been infected by an Incubus. There seems to be no way out except death for one of them.

Hope you are having a great October so far and that you have a fun and spooky run up to Halloween.

Flawed Design by Natasha Duncan-Drake #SciFi #FreeFictionFriday

Free Fiction Friday

Flawed Design by Natasha Duncan-Drake

August has been and gone, far too fast in my opinion, but there we are, which means we have reached the first Friday in September. The kids are back at school, the weather is turning just a little bit chilly and it's Free Fiction Friday!

Every month we give away a free short story to all the lovely subscribers of our Wittegen Press Newsletter.

It's very easy to subscribe and it's totally free and spamless - I promise. In fact mostly the emails to the Newsletter are all about Free Fiction Friday, with the odd competition or book launch thrown in for good measure.

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We'll give you 2 free eBooks just for signing up as well as the password for this month's free short story.

This Month's Short Story

Title: Flawed Design

Author: Natasha Duncan-Drake

Genre: Science Fiction

Created in a lab, engineered to be the perfect killing machine, but she has a design flaw. They had no idea what they fashioned when they made her, but they soon found out.

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