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About JM Landels

JM Landels, writer and illustrator of the Allaigna's Song trilogy and co-founder of Pulp Literature wears far too many hats. The strange mix of a degree in Mediaeval English Literature, a misspent youth fronting alternative punk bands Mad Seraphim and Stiff Bunnies, and a career as a childbirth educator and doula informs her work. These days, when she isn't writing, editing or drawing, she can be found heading up the Mounted Combat Program for Academie Duello in Vancouver BC where she swings swords and rides horses for fun and profit.

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Pulp Literature Winter 2020: Issue 25 Jan 1, 2020

by A.M. Dellamonica , JM Landels , Mel Anastasiou , Wallace Cleaves , Graham Scott , Akem , Rebecca Gould , Susan Pieters , Allison Bannister , Frances Rowat

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Step backstage with AM Dellamonica, enter the realms of myth with Graham Robert Scott and Wallace Cleaves, meet very different genies with Akem and Susan Pieters, and explore love, grief, guilt, and forgiveness with Rebecca Ruth Gould, Allison Bannister and Frances Rowat. All this plus a new Frankie Ray novella, an Irdaign story that prequels Allaigna’s Song, poetry from Matthew Walsh, David Troupes, and Nicholas Alti, and the winners of the Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize.

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Pulp Literature Autumn 2019: Issue 24 Oct 19, 2019

by JJ Lee , JM Landels , Mel Anastasiou , Susan Pieters , Tyner Gillies , F.J. Bergmann , Chuck Lim , Adam Fout , K.T. Wagner , Robin Malcolm

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Prepare for another visit from The Man in the Long Black Coat courtesy of JJ Lee and join Frankie Ray on the road in the next episode of The Extra by Mel Anastasiou. Susan Pieters draws us a map of a new world and Robin Malcom and JM Landels take us to different eras of the old world. We explore both the darker and lighter colours of fiction with KT Wagner, Adam Fout, FJ Bergmann, Chuck Lim, and Tyner Gillies, and uncover the sparkly treasures of the Magpie Award for Poetry.

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Allaigna's Song: Overture Jul 15, 2017

by JM Landels

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You can’t hide from magic when it’s in your blood …
When Allaigna was seven she almost sang her baby brother to sleep — forever. She may be heir to neither her mother’s titles nor her secrets, but she has inherited her grandmother’s dangerous talent for singing music into magic. As her education proceeds from nursery to weapons ground to the rank of royal page, it becomes increasingly hard to keep her heritage and abilities hidden.

Secrets, it seems, are stock-in-trade for her family, and as Allaigna works to keep her own, she uncovers two that will affect both her life and the unstable peace of the Ilmar nations. One is the fate of her grandmother, who married a prince, turning the gift of the Sight into a double-edged weapon of state. The other is the truth behind her mother’s two-week disappearance following an ambush by outlaws en route to her wedding.
As she discovers who she is, Allaigna must decide what to become: the skilled courtier her mother wants her to be, the political chess piece her father bargained on, or the hero her grandmother foresaw.

Allaigna’s Song: Overture is a love story, a family saga, and a coming-of-age novel that braids together the stories of daughter, mother, and grandmother into a rich and deftly woven narrative.
Readers are saying

“Beautiful writing and gripping storytelling throughout.”
“Allaigna, Lauresa, and Irdaign are tough, flawed, and appealing heroines.”
“Great tension, big world, perfect pacing, intriguing politics and lovely magic.”
“Magically unputdownable!”

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Pulp Literature Summer 2020: Issue 27 Aug 15, 2020

by Tomson Highway , Kris Sayer , R Daniel Lester , Hannah van Didden , Kim Harbridge , NRM Roshak , Jakob Drud , Dave Gregory , Mel Anastasiou , JM Landels

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In this issue: Savoury short fiction from Tomson Highway, Jakob Drud, Kim Harbridge, Hannah Van Didden, Dave Gregory, NRM Roshak and R Daniel Lester. Poetry from Erin Kirsh and Peter Norman. Further adventures of Frankie Ray in The Extra from Mel Anastasiou and a brand new Allaigna novella from JM Landels. Plus the winners of the Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest and the SiWC runner up, capped off with a chilling tale from Kris Sayer.

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Pulp Literature Summer 2018: Issue 19 Jul 2, 2018

by Michael Kamakana , JM Landels , Mel Anastasiou , Susan Pieters , Sylvia Stopforth , Richard O'Brien , Charity Tahmaseb , RS Wynn , Alex Abbott , Jasmin Nyack

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Beneath the eerie, arid cover by Tais Teng you’ll find an exciting pre-release peek at Advent by Michael Kamakana; transformative short fiction from Sylvia Stopforth, Richard J O’Brien, and Susan Pieters; aliens and insects from Jasmin Nyack and Charity Tahmaseb; poetry from James Norcliffe and Maria Pascualy; Spencer Stevens in the age of steam; runaway-turned-fugitive Allaigna in Aria; a return visit to Nine Isles with Joseph Stilwell and Hugh Henderson; and the winner of the Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest.

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Pulp Literature Autumn 2014: Issue 4 Oct 15, 2014

by Susanna Kearsley , JM Landels , Susan Pieters , Ace Baker , Karlo Yeager , Richard E Gropp , KG McAbee , KL Mabbs , Kimberleigh Roseblade , Mel Anastasiou

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Mulit-genre short stories, comics, poetry, artwork and novel excerpts, including
- A tale of William Wallace’s Scotland … and the undead … from Susanna Kearsley in ‘Soldier, Wake’.
- An adult twist on the gingerbread man in “Dough Boy Lovers and the Appetites of Desire” by Karlo Yeager.
- “Blackthorne & Rose: Agents of DIRE”, by KG McAbee, a steampunk romp through undead-infested London with Burton, Poe, Verne, Babbage, Lister and Faraday.
- The beautiful blend of poetry and story in “Victory Girl” by Ace Baker.
- Time travel in the streets of Vancouver with “The Death of Me” by Keith Mabbs
- Alien encounters with a twist in “Things to Live For” by Richard E Gropp
- Under-the-skin horror in Susan Pieters' "Below the Knee"
- A sequential art adaptation of slam poet Kimberleigh Roseblade’s “The Wolf” by JM Landels
- Winners of the Inaugural Magpie Award for Poetry
- the next installment of Alliaigna's Song: Overture
- “The Fall of the Ego”, a haunting cover by the extraordinary Spanish artist Arantzazu Martinez.

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Pulp Literature Autumn 2020: Issue 28 Nov 30, 2020

by Renee Saklikar , JM Landels , Mel Anastasiou , Susan Pieters , Dawn Lo , AJ Lee , David Milne , James Dorr , Charlene Kwiatkowski , Weiwei Xu

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Under the watchful gaze of Ashley Rose Goentoro’s Faery Godmother, memories are writ large in short fiction from Renée Sarojini Saklikar, Dawn Lo, Weiwei Xu, and Soramimi Hanarejima, and stars and moons illuminate stories by James Dorr and David Milne. Poetry comes from the Magpie Award winners Charlene Kwiatkowski, Maria Ford, and Cara Waterfall, a puzzle from SiWC contest winner Cameron MacDonald, and humour from Susan Pieters, while heroines Toinette and Frankie Ray return us to 17th century France and 1930s Hollywood with JM Landels and Mel Anastasiou.

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Pulp Literature Spring 2020: Issue 26 Apr 15, 2020

by Matthew Hughes , Mel Anastasiou , JM Landels , Sarah Summerson , Melisa Gregorio , Christi Nogle , Rina Piccolo , Patti Jeane Pangborn , Michael Donoghue , MFC Feeley

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In this Issue:

The stunning Queen of Swords by cover artist Tais Teng guards the gates to this issue’s brave new worlds and words.

In ‘The Bicolour Spiral’ by Matthew Hughes, the ever-popular Erm Kaslo explores hostile planets, tracks treasure hunters, and seeks stolen fortune. Matt’s futuristic Sam Spade leaves no bloodstained stone unturned in this space opera of mystery and murder.

Life itself spirals with being and absence in ‘Watershakers’ by Christi Nogle and ‘The Birthday Party’ by Melisa Gregorio as children witness the ephemeral made real — and the real made memory.

And words themselves whirl and twirl — and crack open secrets — as poets Patti Pangborn and Sarah Summerson explore the hidden spaces of family life.

Mike Carson, runner-up for the SiWC Storyteller Award, continues the exploration of memory and family in ‘Deep Water’, considering the limits of responsibility in fragile relationships.

Meanwhile, Rina Piccolo, in ‘Double Flush’, reminds us that being human sometimes just means looking out for number one.

It’s buyer beware in ‘Life4Sale’, an epistolary tale for the digital age by Raven Short Story Contest winner Michael Donoghue. And threads of desire and longing stitch lives together in ‘Dannemora Sewing Class’ by runner-up MFC Feeley.

Two historical heroines return as we rejoin Toinette — ‘La Bergere’ — at the gates of seventeenth-century Paris in part two of The Shepherdess by JM Landels, and Frankie Ray and her chum Connie brave the no-less-imposing gates of Monument Studios in part four of Mel Anastasiou’s The Extra.

Abandon the humdrum and enter these realms of wonder and adventure if you dare …

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Allaigna's Song: Aria Apr 13, 2020

by JM Landels

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The long-awaited sequel to the bestselling fantasy ALLAIGNA'S SONG: OVERTURE!

Allaigna has discovered that her family has lied to about her parentage all her life. Fueled by anger and spurred by her betrothal to a neighbouring lord, Allaigna has packed her saddle bags and stolen away in the night. The perils of the road provide more than a distraction from her fury, and test her ability to sing music into magic to its limit. Unlikely allies, subterfuge, captivity, and assault conspire to change Allaigna’s status from mere runaway to fugitive.

While Allaigna charts her dangerous course, the quieter tales of her mother and grandmother unfold in tender, poignant, and heartbreaking vignettes that underscore the political and family tensions of the richly rendered world of the Ilmar.

Praise for the Allaigna's Song trilogy:
“Magically unputdownable! JM Landels not only knows her magic, music, and swords, she knows how to weave all these elements into an exciting, enchanting, and uplifting tale. More please!” – CC Humphreys, award-winning author of Smoke in the Glass and Shakespeare’s Rebel.

“Elegantly constructed, boasting a subtle and well-thought out magic system based on music, on top of everything else. I’d highly recommend checking it out.” - Brandon Crilly, BlackGate.com

“Author Landels knows her stuff. Whether it's horses, sword-fighting, or midwifery, the details and descriptions are well-chosen and convincing. And she makes magic out of music ... or music out of magic. Either way, it works.” - Sylvia Stopforth, author of Dragon Rock.

“This beautifully-written high fantasy weaves together the tale of three generations of women - grandmother, mother, and daughter - all of whom make very different life choices. It's rare to find a fantasy novel that focuses on female characters and their relationships, and even rarer to find one that does it so well. Magic and knights and swords and horses, yes, all of that is here, but this is definitely not your grandfather's old-school fantasy series. The story and the relatable characters will hook you right from the beginning, and leave you wanting to know more. I can't wait for the next book in the series!” - 5-star review on Amazon.com

“From the very first page, JM Landels draws me into Allaigna’s brilliantly observed world, a land rich in conflict and magic. Landels is gifted with storytelling abilities and gives her readers those greatest of rewards, surprise turns and great character growth and transformation. Subtle and powerful, her writing always pleases.” – Mel Anastasiou, author of Stella Ryman and the Fairmount Manor Mysteries.

“I love the characters and [their] stories. I want to read them again and again.” – Cathy Levinson.

“I very much liked what I read, finding Allaigna, whom I very much want to revisit, possessed of strong voice and character.” – Fletcher Vredenburgh, BlackGate.com

“Allaigna by JM Landels is satisfying fantasy with the emotional grit and depth that could only be written by a mother of girls. It’s part romance, part step-family dynamics, part magical coming-of age story, braided together in narratives that have distinct yet overlapping points of view.” – Susan Pieters

“The compelling plot kept me hooked for hours! It was addictive.” - Nabila Fairuz, author of The Chronicles of Captain Shelly Manhar.

“Loved, no, LOVED it. Superb.” – Donna J Saunders

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Pulp Literature Winter 2018: Issue 17 Dec 20, 2017

by JJ Lee , JM Landels , Mel Anastasiou , Susan Pieters , AJ Odasso , Soramimi Hanarejima , Misha Handman , Erin Slaughter , Mikayla Fawcett , Gabriel Craven

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In this issue: A chilly cover from Britt-Lise Newstead envelopes JJ Lee’s Christmas ghost story, ‘Desdemone’, while Misha Handman keeps us warm through the dark night. AJ Odasso constructs a Frankenstein tale for the new world; Spencer Stevens returns in the Seven Swans Mysteries, and Allaigna’s Song continues; plus fiction from Anat Rabkin, Soramimi Hanarajimi, and Susan Pieters, along with the winners of the 2017 Hummingbird Prize for Flash Fiction

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Pulp Literature Summer 2017: Issue 15 Jul 15, 2017

by Brenda Carre , Kris Sayer , Mel Anastasiou , JM Landels , Susan Pieters , Charity Tahmaseb , Adam Golub , A M Soto , S. Ross Browne

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Meet Gret, the charmingly abrasive heroine of Brenda Carre’s next novel; a knight to remember from Charity Tahmaseb; and a rebel heiress posing as a highwaywoman from Mel Anastasiou. Kris Sayer brings us goats and trolls, and AM Soto gives us aliens who are more like us than we think. We have two very different Californian tales from Susan Pieters and Adam Golub, plus the contest-winning stories from Ingrid Jendrzejewski, Jay Allisan, and Angela Post. There is poetry from Benjamin Hertwig, Jenny Black, and Nicholas Christian, and a brand-new chapter of Allaigna’s Song — all beneath the stunning cover by S Ross Browne.

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Pulp Literature Spring 2017: Issue 14 Apr 9, 2017

by C.C. Humphreys , JM Landels , Mel Anastasiou , Colin Thornton , Pat Flewwelling , Greg Brown , Susan Pieters , William Charles Brock , Joseph Stilwell , Hugh Henderson

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Planes, trains, and automobiles transport us with tales from CC Humphreys, Colin Thornton, plus Joseph Stilwell and Hugh Henderson, as well as poetry from David Clink and Ian Haight. There are bears, boars, and kind-eyed villains from Greg Brown, William Charles Brock, JM Landels, and Susan Pieters, while the reaper himself makes a visit in Mel Anastasiou’s next Stella novella. All that plus the winners of both the Raven and SiWC contests. Jump on board … the journey’s just beginning!

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