Sunday, January 5, 2014

Press Release: Village Book Store Invites Sci Fi Fans to its Sunday Author Series


LITTLETON – Space aliens. Deep-sea phenomena. Wormhole creatures.  Visitors to 81 Main Street on Sunday, January 12, will have the chance to meet an outpouring of imagination when the Village Book Store and Corner Café host writers of Live Free or Sci Fi. The program starts at 3 pm.

This latest anthology from Plaidswede Publishing, Concord, is a witty spoof of the science fiction genre and is thoroughly grounded in the lore and locations of the Granite State. It is the brainchild of Rick Broussard, editor of New Hampshire Magazine.  Broussard is also behind other genre-busting titles set in New Hampshire that re-appropriate the state’s famous motto: Live Free or Die, Die, Die and Life Free or Undead.

Joining Broussard will be several contributors whose short stories were chosen from hundreds of submissions. Expected to read excerpts from their wry writings are:  Gregory Norris, of Berlin, who wrote “The Moth”; Clay Wirestone, Concord, “First in the Galaxy”; Alex Caldwell, Tilton, “The Wormhole of Wilson, NH”; Jeff DeRego, Derry, “Mighty”; Elaine Isaak, Bedford, “Merge”, and S.J. Cahill, of East Burke VT, who wrote “Touchdown”.

Getting into the sci-fi spirit, the Village Book Store is running a contest the day of the event. A free, and signed, copy of , Live Free or Sci Fi will be given  to the most original, sci-fi-inspired head gear or face mask worn by a bookstore patron during this Sunday afternoon reading and book signing.  Who’s ready to raid the kitchen cabinets for inspiration?

“We’re thrilled Rick and his sci-fi writers are coming to the Village Book Store to heat things up in January,” said Helen Pike, event organizer. Pike launched the Sunday afternoon series in October with a public reading by memoir writers she had coached at the Corner Café. The Sunday series follows the popular flash-fiction contest Pike designed for the bookstore’s participation in the Second Friday Art Night series held this past summer.

On February 9, the bookstore hosts artist, sculptor, and inventor Mary Boone Wellington, of Whitefield, who will share her passion and perspective on coffee, chocolate, and wine that she explores in her new book, Radical IndulgenceJust in time for Valentine’s Day. Check out Mary’s other title available here at the Village Bookstore, Hope I Don’t Die Before I Get Old.

On March 16, sugar sovereign Doreen Lyon comes to dish about cooking with everyone’s favorite amber elixir. Recipes From a Maple Queen features 81 pages of mouthwatering instructions for such delights as Maple Divinity, Bourbon Maple Flank Steak, Anadama Bread Rolls, and even covers how to use syrup as a substitute for granulated sugar. She promises to bring a taster’s plate of yummy goodness. 

All programs start at 3 pm. To reserve a signed copy of any title, please call the bookstore: 603-444-5263. 

In the event of snow, please call to find out if a winter event has been rescheduled for the following Sunday. http://www.nhbooksellers.com/#!product/prd1/1124057651/live-free-or-sci-fi

Friday, January 3, 2014

The Reflections of Queen Snow White by David Meredith

What happens when "happily ever after" has come and gone?

On the eve of her only daughter, Princess Raven's wedding, an aging Snow White finds it impossible to share in the joyous spirit of the occasion. The ceremony itself promises to be the most glamorous social event of the decade. Snow White’s castle has been meticulously scrubbed, polished and opulently decorated for the celebration. It is already nearly bursting with jubilant guests and merry well-wishers. Prince Edel, Raven's fiancé, is a fine man from a neighboring kingdom and Snow White's own domain is prosperous and at peace. Things could not be better, in fact, except for one thing:
The king is dead.
The queen has been in a moribund state of hopeless depression for over a year with no end in sight. It is only when, in a fit of bitter despair, she seeks solitude in the vastness of her own sprawling castle and climbs a long disused and forgotten tower stair that she comes face to face with herself in the very same magic mirror used by her stepmother of old.
It promises her respite in its shimmering depths, but can Snow White trust a device that was so precious to a woman who sought to cause her such irreparable harm? Can she confront the demons of her own difficult past to discover a better future for herself and her family? And finally, can she release her soul-crushing grief and suffocating loneliness to once again discover what "happily ever after" really means?
Only time will tell as she wrestles with her past and is forced to confront The Reflections of Queen Snow White.
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