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    Launch celebration: Giveaway of Shadow of the City and these books!

    Giveaway: to celebrate the launch of my new book Shadow of the City, by R. Morgan, I’m giving away 3 grand prizes, winner’s choice, of these books in ebook format: Fugitive Telemetry (PREORDER) by Martha Wells (out April 27)Winter’s Orbit by Everina MaxwellThe Midnight Bargain by C.L. PolkORMaster of Djinn (PREORDER) by P.D. Clark (out May 11) + Shadow of the City by R. Morgan — Detectives Rocío Díaz Rossi and Hala Haddad Sosa have investigated many crimes together, and Rocío’s intuition and Hala’s logic make them ideal partners. But this time they’re baffled by a newly discovered crypt in the subway, a missing choreographer, and reports of impossible magic.…

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    Living abroad is full of surprises

    I’m a New Yorker living in Bangkok, Thailand, and I’ve been here for almost 4 years but the sights, sounds and people are continually a surprise. I thought I’d share some of them with you this week. This was our taxi to the ferry boat to the regular taxi to the airport to return to Bangkok from an island in the Gulf of Thailand. This is a Thai spirit house, which is a shrine to the protective spirits of the land in a particular place like a house. Normally food and flower offerings would go on this platform in front of it, but on this day a cat was nursing…