Today's Giveaway #22 - Connections

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Giveaway: 22nd Jul 2012 BST
Day 22: Connections

by
Natasha Duncan-Drake 

This Title Has Adult Content Not Suitable for Minors.

Commodore Prim Williamson commands a space station in the back end of nowhere thanks to falling out with the Admiralty. Nothing interesting ever happens there, not until an unknown space ship turns up with an Ambassador from a completely new race. Prim is trained for first contact, but the academy never mentioned sex.

Part of The Wittegen Press Giveaway Games July 2012

Genre: Science Fiction, Erotica (F/M/M)

Today's Giveaway #21 - Girl In The Mirror

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Giveaway for 21st Jul 2012 BST
Day 21: Girl In The Mirror

by
Sophie Duncan

Penelope Beverly is an orphan who grew up working for a washer woman, Ma Meg, on the streets of Victorian London. When Meg dies, Penelope searches for a new position and cannot believe her good fortune when she finds employment as a lady's companion to Miss Verinace. However, she discovers that the lonely country can be far more dangerous than the big city.

Part of The Wittegen Press Giveaway Games July 2012

Genre: Paranormal, Adventure

Today's Giveaway #20 - All That Glitters

This one is m/m erotic romance and is me playing with clichés :)

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Giveaway: 20th Jul 2012 BST
Day 20: All That Glitters

by
Natasha Duncan-Drake

This Title Has Adult Content Not Suitable for Minors.

Being dumped and then getting drunk had seemed like a good idea at the time. Ending up in a back street being mugged made it seem less so. Luckily for Simon there is a good Samaritan to save the day and quite distinctly turn his life on its head. He never thought he'd meet someone like Philip and, now he has, he doesn't want to let go.

Part if The Wittegen Press Giveaway Games July 2012

Genre: Erotica, Romance

Today's Giveaway #19 - Just One Day

We have a dark one for you today as Soph stretches her horror muscles :).

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Giveaway: 19th Jul 2012 BST
Day 19: Just One Day

by
Sophie Duncan

Georgie and Xav fall in love with their dream home, it's big, it's gothic and it's in their price bracket. There's just one problem, for one day of the year, it is haunted. When Xav has to go away suddenly on a business trip, Georgie is left alone in the house for the 24 hours in question. She has promised Xav, a firm believer in the supernatural, that she will stay with friends, but Georgie is too busy choosing wallpaper to bother with superstition.

Warning: This title contains graphic scenes of violence and is unsuitable for a young audience.

Part of the Wittegen Press Giveaway Games July 2012


Genre: Horror

Today's Giveaway #18 - God of Love

Okay, so this is one of mine and it's very much m/m erotica. I basically asked myself how I could base a story totally on sex and still have an inkling of a plot and this is it :). Enjoy.

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Giveaway: 18th Jul 2012 BST
Day 18: God of Love

by
Natasha Duncan-Drake

This Title Has Adult Content Not Suitable for Minors.

Brought up in the temple and kept closeted and innocent, as he comes of age, Dran's only purpose is to sacrifice his virginity to his god. He knows nothing about sex, but he's not an idiot and he has a very active imagination. Little does he know that his 'sacrifice' is going to surpass even his wildest dreams. (m/m)

Part of The Wittegen Press Giveaway Games July 2012

Genre: Erotica, Fantasy

Today's Giveaway #17 - The End of The Journey Part 2 of 2

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Giveaway: 17th Jul 2012 BST
Day 17: The End of The Journey - Part 2

by
Sophie Duncan

Confused and sedated, Zac Kithrall wakes up on the run and in the care of his worst enemy, Damon Wulfres. Zac is a demon-seer, he's one of the good guys: he helps stop demon-raisers from doing their worst in The Demon War that has run for centuries behind the normal world's back. Damon is a demon-raiser, the son of the most ruthless, Harold Wulfres. Yet, Zac's instincts tell him to trust Damon.
He does not know why.
Part 2 (if you missed part 1, drop us a note at publications@wittegenpress.com)
Part of the Wittegen Press Giveaway Games July 2012
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary Fantasy

Today's Giveaway #15 - The Vampire Who Loved Me

Secret agents and vampires in today's offering :)

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Giveaway: 15th Jul 2012 BST
Day 15: The Vampire Who Loved Me

by
Natasha Duncan-Drake

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David Frederik is running a dangerous cult and Jack Boddington, undercover investigator for an international problem solving agency, has been sent in to bring the man down. The agency's information is top notch, as always: Frederik is posing as a vampire to make his followers worship him and Jack is playing at being a supplicant. There's only one little problem, Frederik isn't pretending and Jack has no defence against fangs.

Part of the Wittegen Press Giveaway Games July 2012

Genre: Paranormal Romance, Menage (M/M/F)

Today's Giveaway #13 - The Machine Part 2

If you missed part 1 yesterday, please drop us a line at publications@wittegenpress.com and we'll send you the file. In the message please let us know which format you would like.

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Giveaway: 13th Jul 2012 BST
Day 13: The Machine - Part 2

by
Natasha Duncan-Drake

Rafe used to be a world class British figure skater until he hurt his knee, now he reports on the sport. Everything is normal at the special US/Russian/Chinese multi-sport games being held to celebrate the new economic treaty, until Louis Hayes, Rafe's one time rival, turns out to be anything but just the flamboyant skater Rafe thought he was.

Caught in the middle of a game of cat and mouse between sociopathic telepaths with psychokinetic powers and the military, Rafe has to rely on the tentative connection he has with Louis to save his life. That connection might also save Louis' sanity.

Part of The Wittegen Press Giveaway Games July 2012

Genre: Science Fiction

Today's Giveaway #12 - The Machine Part 1

Today's free short is part 1 or 2 because this time it's me who can't seem to write a short story :). Telepathy, telekinesis and ice skaters ... I kid you not. Enjoy :)

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Giveaway: 12th Jul 2012 BST
Day 12: The Machine - Part 1

by
Natasha Duncan-Drake

Rafe used to be a world class British figure skater until he hurt his knee, now he reports on the sport. Everything is normal at the special US/Russian/Chinese multi-sport games being held to celebrate the new economic treaty, until Louis Hayes, Rafe's one time rival, turns out to be anything but just the flamboyant skater Rafe thought he was.

Caught in the middle of a game of cat and mouse between sociopathic telepaths with psychokinetic powers and the military, Rafe has to rely on the tentative connection he has with Louis to save his life. That connection might also save Louis' sanity.

Part of The Wittegen Press Giveaway Games July 2012
Part 1 (Part 2 tomorrow)
Genre: Science Fiction, Adventure, M/M Romance

100Things #12 Stake Land a review

Title: Stake Land
Staring: Connor Paolo, Nick Damici and Kelly McGillis

I'll start with the good things about this movie:

not bad acting,
decent script,
good special effects,
a plot that almost hold together


So you're probably wondering why I'm not raving about it then, correct?

My major problem with this film is that it's not a vampire movie. It's a zombie apocalypse movie masquerading as a vampire movie because the monsters happen to drink blood, dislike sunlight and you can kill them with a stake through the heart.

You can also kill them by a central nervous system disconnect (zombies), they don't think they just attack (zombies) and they've spread like a plague over the planet (zombies). It's Day of the Dead with blood suckers rather than brain eaters.

I like my vampires to have a brain. I don't mind if they are pack like and have a few doing the thinking for the others (e.g. John Carpenter's Vampires) or if they're just independent hunters (e.g. most of the other vampire movies), but just mindless killing machines is rather lacking IMHO.

Now this wouldn't totally put me off, I have been known to enjoy a good zombie movie, but the second problem with this one is it's really boring in the middle. It was a fast forward job when eventually Rob and I just couldn't take it any more. The one plus point is that I did care about Martin, the lead character, enough to actually forward through it to find out what happened. The fact that I predicted the whole climax of the movie probably didn't help me enjoy it.

So yes, this was really not my type of film.