Novel excerpts are so good we had to put 38 of them on our longlist for this contest. Soon, we’ll narrow this list down to fifteen to send to guest Judge Keshe Chow! Reading excerpts from novels in progress each year is always a privilege!
- The Colors and the Pines
- The Girl in the Mirror
- The Penumbra – Chapter 11
- Wheel Man
- Hollow Whispers of the Wind, Chapter One
- Artifact
- Escape from Krow
- Out of Paradise
- Kingdom of the Owl
- The Lake
- RIP: Chapter One
- A House of Pomegranates
- Coyote Vicious
- Salt Water Blood
- A Gentleman Thief in a Floating City
- Blaidd
- Black Rose
- The Offer
- June Plumay, Teenage Curse Inspector
- The Boy in the Half-Light
- Guinness, Bottled [excerpt from Kid Midnight]
- The Side Effects of Snake Oil
- Familiar
- Miss Catastrophe
- The Unicorn
- Godling
- The Pevensie Codicil
- One Final Thing
- Headshots
- Ridley’s Mandolin
- The Virgin Martyrs
- The Cape and Mask Society
- The Moon Tear – Chapter Twenty-Six
- IsCity Chronicles
- Showering With God
- Irus Rain Springs a Trap
- The Guild of Lady Protectors
- Love and Hate at the Edge of Space