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Guild of the Cowry Catchers Series
You can:
- Read the first illustrated book for FREE in your browser (via Smashwords).
- View or download the PDF (another way to read in your browser).
- Download the first illustrated book for FREE for Kindle, Nook, or other formats.
- Start listening to the FREE audio books by clicking on the titles below.
- Subscribe to my podcast feed with iTunes or another podcatcher.
Technical stuff: My feed from this site contains (or will contain) the entire series, plus extras like interviews. However, the server can get pretty bogged down. The individual feeds below come from Podiobooks.com, and they contain just the book episodes, without any dated content. You can also find them in iTunes and other podcatchers. If you’re struggling to get material off my feed, please download there.
Stuff that I/we talked about:
Nobilis Erotica Podcast (NSFW)
Geek Love Anthology (Audio version is not yet available for purchase, but the ebook is.)
Sarah (Rah) Cloutier’s Commission Info (Want a custom Silveo tattoo on your buttcheek? Of course you do! Now’s your chance. …Or you could get a fantastic cover for your novel.)
Balticon!
My Balticon Schedule (minus signing)
Saturday
7 pm NM-20 Nurturing Online Communities for Writers & Fans
Sunday
1 pm NM-60 Galley Table Live (Doc Coleman had two slots for authors for his livecast so you’ll be on this with Scott Sigler)
4 pm NM-65 Managing a Large Cast
10 pm NM-56 Podcasters Against Humanity
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Lu is an 18-year-old apothecary, trying to get along as an immigrant in the port city of Seashine. Her closest friend is a young assassin named Silveo. Lu doesn’t like to think about how Silveo makes his living, but she owes him her freedom, and she cares for him deeply. She also happens to be an excellent chemist with a knowledge of dangerous substances. When Silveo asks Lu to formulate a new poison, her involvement brings her into contact with a dangerously attractive pirate captain, as well as thugs and slavers in the belly of Seashine’s underground. As pressures build, Lu makes a mistake which may cost both she and Silveo their lives.
“Chemistry” is an 11,000-word novelette from the world of Panamindorah, related to the Guild of the Cowry Catchers series. The story has some mild sexual references and innuendo. It is not intended for children. “Chemistry” is a stand-alone story that can be enjoyed without reading Cowry Catchers, but the story will have more meaning for fans of the series.
The audio version is $4.99 on Amazon and Smashwords. (It also includes the text.)
Look for the link and password at the end of the ebook.
The text-only version is $2.99 on Amazon and Smashwords.
If you can’t get this episode out of the feed, you can grab it out of Dropbox.
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Attention frustrated listeners who cannot get episodes to download. I have heard thy cries and mirrored the episodes in Dropbox. If you can’t get the feed to cough up the MP3, left click, and download it here.
Artwork by Lyra Benassi
Voice Credits
Norm Sherman
Bryan Lincoln
Rish Outfield
Liz Mierzejewski
Music by Kevin MacLeod
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The paper books are here! They’re on Amazon, and they’ve been linked to the ebook listings. You can toggle between the two versions.
If you want a 25% discount on paper books, sign up for my mailing list. I use it to let people know when I’ve got new stuff. I’ll send out that email sometime in the next few days, and then the coupon will be good for a week.
Attention frustrated listeners who cannot get episodes to download. I have heard thy cries and mirrored the episodes in Dropbox. If you can’t get the feed to cough up the MP3, left click, and download it here.
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EDIT: As of 2/21/13, this book is only available from Amazon. It’ll be there for 3-6 months, and then it will be back on other sites again. The book’s run on Kindle Select will start shortly, so if you have Prime, you could check it out of the lending library for free. 
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Attention frustrated listeners who cannot get episodes to download. I have heard thy cries and mirrored the episodes in Dropbox. If you can’t get the feed to cough up the MP3, left click, and download it here.
Thessalyn is a gifted, blind child from a peasant family. She’s been sent to the prestigious school of Minstrels on the island of Mance, but she feels like an awkward outsider. Things seem to improve when the school loans her a griffin, Chesher, for reading and navigating. However, Chesher has her own handicap—stumps where her wings should be. One day in the library, they find an ancient book in a language that Chesher can’t or won’t read to Thessalyn. Chesher seems frightened by the mysterious book, but hums a bit of the tune at Thessalyn’s request. The haunting melody is the key that will unlock secrets from the past and change the course of both their futures.
“Sky Dance” is a 10,000-word novelette from the world of Panamindorah, related to the Guild of the Cowry Catchers series. “Sky Dance” is a stand-alone story that can be enjoyed without reading Cowry Catchers, but the story will have more meaning for fans of the series.
EDIT: The story is now available in $3 text or $5 audio. The audio cover is square and says “audio.” The text-only version has a rectangular cover and is clearly marked. Here’s text text and audio on Amazon, and here’s text and audio on Smashwords.
Music is Kevin MacLeod – Long Road Ahead Cover art is by Sarah Cloutier. Story, narration, and production are by me (Abigail Hilton).
The story was written as a contest prize for Tibbi, who created a puppet show to celebrate the launch of Book 4. The video is embedded on my Fan Art page.
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There’s the new promo for Book 4 and a link to the fan art page. Both are also available in the list of links to the right.
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Cowry Catchers is a dark, nautical fantasy for people who shop in the grown-up section of the bookstore. It is also illustrated. The eBooks are available in all the usual places, and the podcast (serialized audio book) is free. You can find the podcast in iTunes and elsewhere. New episodes and illustrations appear on Thursdays. Click "Get the Books" below for more information about eBooks.
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