Category Archives: Hero’s Best Friend

Another friend of our heroes

I just came across a great story-by-story review of Hero’s Best Friend over at Dogwatch Press, done back in May. Awesome to see that my tale is a favourite of the reviewer. Click here to check it out.


First Amazon UK review for Hero’s Best Friend antho

I’m extremely pleased that my samurai/akita story “The Masterless” is cited as one of two standout stories in the anthology’s first review at amazon.co.uk.

Click here to check out the review.


Goodreads reviews of Hero’s Best Friend/”The Masterless”

It’s gratifying that two of the three readers who’ve reviewed Hero’s Best Friend over at Goodreads have cited “The Masterless” as a favourite/stand out story.


Hero’s Best Friend Roundtable Interview, with myself and 3 of the other authors

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3a401-final-herosbestfriendToday at the table are SH Roddey, Steven S. Long, Steven Grassie, and Laura Anne Ewald. Enjoy! J

Introductions

I’m Susan H. Roddey. I write various forms of speculative fiction as S.H. Roddey, and I also write romance as Siobhan Kinkade. Most days I can be found lurking on Facebook both as Susan H. Roddey and also on my author page at www.fb.com/AuthorSHRoddey. I’m on Twitter as @draickinphoenix and @SiobhanKinkade, and can always be found at www.SHRoddey.com, creepyauthorgirl.wordpress.com, and siobhankinkade.wordpress.com.

I’m Steven S. Long, a writer and game designer. I’ve worked primarily in the tabletop roleplaying game field for the past twenty years, during which time I’ve written or co-written nearly 200 books. I’m probably best known for my work with Champions and the HERO System, but I’ve worked for many other RPG companies including Last Unicorn Games, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Decipher, and White Wolf.

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Interview with Hero’s Best Friend Editor Scott M. Sandridge

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Here is an interview of Scott M. Sandridge done by HeroicFantasyWriters.com. The editor of Hero’s Best Friend (which features my tale “The Masterless”) talks about the ‘animal companions’ anthology, its publisher, and a little bit about his good self…


Hero’s Best Friend is hot off the (digital) press!

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My novelette, “The Masterless”, is set in feudal Japan and abounds with samurai warriors of both the human and canine kind…

US readers can find the anthology here for Kindle and here for Nook.

UK readers, here for Kindle.

Also available on Kobo, and the iBookstore version will follow very soon. The print edition should be released within a few weeks.


Hero’s Best Friend Cover Reveal

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Here is the beautiful cover for Hero’s Best Friend, which will feature my novelette “The Masterless”.

The publisher says: “Featuring 20 tales, from 21 authors, the new anthology features a spectrum of sub-genres in speculative fiction, but all of them contain the common element of a focus upon animal companions. Hero’s Best Friend will be available in eBook format at the end of the first week of February, with the print version to follow one week afterward.”


“The Masterless” – Story acceptance

It is with great delight that I announce my novelette “The Masterless” will be included in Hero’s Best Friend: An Anthology of Animal Companions (Seventh Star Press). The book should be out later in the year, in both print and ebook versions. I’ll keep you posted on release dates etc.