Category: News

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  Last Week in Superhero Fiction (10/12/17)

  Karen Diem revealed the cover for Power, the third book in her Arca series, and it’s sooooo awesome. Daily Camera has a detailed and great review of Transference by Kate Jonuska, if you’ve been thinking about checking that book out. The more reviews of it I read, the better it…

  October 12, 2017
• Book Releases News

  You’re Invited to a Wedding

  Today’s the big day! The Best Man is out on Amazon, and you can download a copy for your Kindle here for only 99 cents. It’s a fun, quick read with super-speed chases, snarky supervillains, and a wedding on the beach. Check it out! Harris Holt has one job: to…

  March 30, 2017
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  Love and Supervillains

  I’m very happy to announce that my short story, “How Lady Nightmare Stole Captain Alpha’s Girlfriend” is the featured story in Issue 29 of Luna Station Quarterly. It was just released today, and you can read the full thing right here. Lady Nightmare made a short cameo in Villainous, so…

  March 1, 2017
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  Around the Web, 1/21/17

  If you’re interested in hearing me gush about gothic romance and explain the inspirations behind Ghost Machine, I’ve got a guest post up at The Silver Petticoat Review about just that. Check it out here. Also, in case you missed it, Hero Status won the shiny 2016 standout award you…

  January 21, 2017
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  2016 Plans

  It’s not too late for new year’s resolutions, right? Right. In 2015, I released Villainous, and wow, that book gave me a lot of trouble. In 2016, I’m planning to be more ambitious. In the first half of the year, I’m going to start releasing Fight Crime! (A Love Story),…

  January 15, 2016
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  Villainous News & Interview

  Villainous has broken into the top 100 in Amazon’s superhero category. (It’s hanging out at #56 at the time of this writing.) Thank you everybody for helping it get there! And the super cool Amberly Smith has an interview with me up on her website here. We talk about Hero…

  October 21, 2015
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  News and Links

  Hero Status has been out for about two months now, and it’s still hanging in there on Amazon’s bestseller list for superhero fiction! This completely blows my mind and smashes my expectations for this book (granted, my expectations were very, very low, but still). Hero Status has also gotten some…

  January 24, 2015
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  Current Projects

  So Hero Status came out last week. (Hooray!) Maybe you’ve bought it, read it, and are currently asking, “What’s next?” The answer to that question is not one, but two different projects. As I mentioned at the end of Hero Status, book 2 in the series will be called Villainous.…

  December 2, 2014
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  Welcome!

  

  Hi. I’m speculative fiction author Kristen Brand. If you like fantasy or sci-fi, then you’re in the right place. Read one of my ebooks, and chances are you’ll find A) fire-forged friends, B) explosive action scenes, and C) kissing. I’m a huge nerd, which is pretty obvious in my writing,…

  November 28, 2014