Cedar Sanderson has a new book out with a series of short stories- A Garden of Stars

As always, click on the cover for the Amazon link!

The blurb-

A collection of short stories, which range from fantasy, to science fiction, and some which defy specification. Two brand new stories never seen anywhere else!

Family, cats, chickens, gardens, little old ladies… these are a few of my favorite things, and you will find them here. There are young people finding their way in the world, and learning that independence doesn’t mean you can’t rely on friends, like in the story of the Long Commute. The humor of The Great Chicken Escape is followed by its prequel of sorts which is a philosophical treatise on why space exploration – with gardens and roosters – is so very important in Gardener to the Stars. I’ve been wanting to write cozy stories recently. Not a lot of drama and conflict. The world is still a dark place at times – you’ll catch a reference to the Armenian Genocide in Rubber Duckie if you look hard enough, and Mouse Office is surely not anything beside a warning to the young and overconfident.

I won’t go over all of the stories you’ll find in here. I hope I have intrigued you to read onward. Please, step into my whimsical world, and enjoy your journey!

Next up is my friend Ben English with the second in his Templar family series- ¡Cristeros!

The blurb-

At sixty years old, Gideon Hood Templar rides into Mexico on his final adventure. In doing so a rediscovery occurs involving redemption, faith and honorable enemies who become more honorable friends.

Making their way across the Estado de Chihuahua and into Texas through the unpredictable fog of rebellion, Gideon and his little band of refugees pit themselves against an unforgiving desert, bandits, the American army and a special Mexican cavalry unit tasked with the capture of those he is responsible for.

Along the way a bond is formed between old antagonists now sharing an unwavering belief in their common mission. Men, as well as women, who together struggle for something far larger than themselves, and against an insidious evil attempting to eradicate God from the collective conscience of a nation.

From a blood soaked land where there is no Bill of Rights, no freedom of speech or religion, or peaceful assembly, they seek a new life in the final act of a revolution that was never quite over to begin with.

This is their story, the story of ¡Cristeros!

Much like Louis L’Amour, if Ben describes a location in the book, he has visited it and walked that land. I highly recommend not only both books, but the other books both these folks have written!!!