News: More Free Stories

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We’ve got a lot of free content on the site now, and it’s only growing. Reach out if you’d like to send us a story. Currently, I can offer token pay.

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Hi, everyone. I’ve been messing around with our “free reads” page, and I think I reconfigured it to be a bit more user friendly. Stories will no longer appear on the blog, but will rather be uploaded as static pages. Keep an eye on the “free reads” page for new stories, but I will also post the occasional update here.

Since here at OMAM we emphasize shared fantasy universes, I’ve separated all our free stories by which setting they take place in. Some of these, such as the OMAM CORE stories, are supplemental material to develop the worlds of our novels. And today, I’ve also added two new stories under the heading “Stories of the Sun Tribe.”

What do you think of those two quick and dirty covers I made? These two related stories are ones that I had published in other anthologies, long ago. Actually, they are probably two…

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OMAM: Announcing Our First Giveaway!

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We actually have two giveaways going on right now. One is hidden in our first couple newsletters. Great chance for free books!

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Of Metal and Magic Publishing has been running for little over a month now, and we’ve already received a huge positive response. To give back to our supporters and followers, we’re delighted to announce our first book giveaway! And we thought we’d start with a big one. Some of our absolute favourite books, written by the father of fantasy, JRR Tolkien.

Enter Our First Ever Giveaway!

The Lord of the Rings series has perhaps inspired every fantasy writer in one way or another. For some writers, like us, it was what captured our hearts and minds. For others, it serves as inspiration for the creation of new and unique forms of fantasy.

Whatever your relationship with the Lord of the Rings, the books are still incredible. We also adore The Hobbit too, a book that captured many of our imaginations back when we were kids.

So we couldn’t think of…

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OMAM NEWS: Full Valley of Magic Series on Sale

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My full Valley of Magic series is now all in one place on Amazon. I’ll be working on paperbacks next month for the novel and novella. If you’d like a paperback of The Adventures of Iric, contact me. I’ve got a few of the previous editions still lying around.

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Just in time for the new year!

With the republication of IN THE VALLEY OF MAGIC, my debut novel from a couple years back, you can now purchase the entire “Valley of Magic” series on Amazon. The whole package now includes a flash fiction collection, a flash-based novella, and a short story novel.

As I’ve mentioned in the past, I came up as a writer doing short fiction, and continued with that format when I started writing professionally. All the books in the Valley of Magic series are composed of, or inspired by, short fiction. And you can get them all now on Amazon.

For a brief synopsis of the novel and cornerstone of the series, IN THE VALLEY OF MAGIC, I’ll refer you to one of the review comments from the first edition:

“JM Williams has written what he calls a short-story-novel. There is no single, main…

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NEWS: OMAM Year One Compendium Now Available (For Free)

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If you’re looking for a risk-free option to see what my indie press has going on, this is your chance! Even free on Amazon! That took some work on my part, I’ll tell you.

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Here at Of Metal and Magic Publishing, we’ve hit the ground running in our first month of operation. We’ve already got four books for sale, with at least one more coming by the end of the month–the re-release of my short story novel In the Valley of Magic under the OMAM branding. We’ve also got several stories you can read for free, right here on the site.

Adding to that free content, I am happy to announce that we have published a free sampler of the CORE novels we are releasing next year. This book contains the first chapters (or episodes, as we call them in our CORE books) of six upcoming novels, including:

  • Call of the Guardian, by JM Williams
  • Pariah’s Lament, by Richie Billing
  • Scion of the Oracle, by E.A. Robins
  • To Wield the Stars, by Douglas W. T. Smith
  • The…

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REBLOG: A New Name in Fantasy

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Further detail on this whole indie press thing.

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“To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.” – Erica Jong

I have traveled to galaxies, far, far away, and visited strange flat worlds, gliding through space on the back of giant turtles. I have visited hobbits in their little holes, elves in their great trees, and dwarves in their deep caves. I have confronted dragons, gods of war, and even The Nothing.

As a child, I took up my sword and recited the Knight’s Code.

“A knight is sworn to valor…”
Come on, you know the rest.

But my thirst for adventure could never be sated. To fill that ever-growing need for magic and wonder, I began creating my own stories. At first, I borrowed and stole from my favorite tales, but eventually, and with much encouragement, I started to craft my own worlds.

Afterall, isn’t that what fantasy is all about—discovering new…

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