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Bog Hag Anthology Blitz

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Dark Fantasy, Lovecraftian Fantasy, Horror, Occult and Supernatural,
Witchcraft and Magic

Publication Date: October 14, 2024

Whether she’s crawling across a sweltering bayou or swimming
languidly through a swamp, the bog hag watches and waits.

Join sixteen AuthorTubers as they explore the allure and mystery of the Bog
Hag, turning her from a villain to a gal with a social calendar, a vendetta,
or even a need to be the best she can be.

Any and all proceeds from the sales of this anthology go to Quill Cottage
Wildlife, a 501C3 nonprofit.

 

Featuring A Murky Reckoning

Garwick Greedgill is a fisherman desperate to become a legend in the realm
where he dwells. When he pulls a horrific creature up from the polluted sea,
he sacrifices it to the legendary sorceress who is said to live at the
center of the bog near which he dwells.

Yadira of the Roots is said to be the daughter of Nyarlathotep, the
Wish-Bringer From Beyond the Stars. Will Garwick’s actions earn favor
from the storied Bog Hag, or does another fate await him?

 

 

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Excerpt

An Aquatic Reckoning

 

Back at the dock, the fisherman hurried to the stables, paying the stable
hand four Electrotokens to rent a cart and a pair of mules to haul his catch
away. He promised to return the cart and the animals the next day.

Garwick Greedgill was thick around the midsection and had a sunken chest
and narrow frame that belied the strength of his wiry arms. His leathery,
tanned skin bore witness to many years spent on a boat’s deck under the
sun’s harsh glare. His hair was a bristly mix of silver and gunmetal gray,
poking through the many holes in a threadbare red cap embossed with the
emblem of a long-forgotten fishing guild. A heavy forehead and scowling brow
framed eyes a sickly shade of murky green, reminiscent of a polluted ocean.
His broad nose bent slightly to one side courtesy of a mishap with the sail
boom. Countless hours spent retrieving catch after catch left his calloused
hands stained with fish scales and innards as he searched for the grand haul
that always eluded him.

Garwick wore frayed puce trousers held up by a filthy, tattered flaxen rope
belt. His once-bright cerise tunic, covered in various colored patches where
he had mended it over the years, was threadbare. It hung loosely over his
prominent belly. The soles of his scuffed brown boots were worn thin,
leaving his feet vulnerable to the cold and damp. He wore a necklace of
oddly shaped stones and bones that he believed would attract good luck. The
longed-for luck seldom materialized.

Garwick drove the cart as close as possible to the bog extending beyond his
property’s edge. He lived in a ramshackle hut between the bog and a
twisting, moss-covered path that led to a meandering creek. Near the hut was
a dingy shed. Every corner held remnants of his profession—a
collection of rusty hooks, tattered nets, and an old, cracked barrel filled
with miscellaneous items of dubious worth. A box containing lucky tokens
collected over the years sat on a dusty shelf. Best of all, there was a
wondrous grimoire. An odor of decay emanated from the book’s brown hide
cover. Garwick did not mind the strange texture or unpleasant scent of the
tome. Based on today’s catch, the grimoire’s magic had already begun to
work.

About the Author

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C. L. Hart, the owner and sole employee of Naughty Netherworld Press and
Ornery Owl Ventures, is spoken of in hushed tones. She is an editor who
writes or a writer who edits. She is also described as The Mad Scribe of the
Northeastern Colorado Plains, The Terrible Old Woman, and The Author That
Should Not Be. She is a member of ACES Editing Society, the Denver Horror
Collective, First Coast Romance Writers, the H. P. Lovecraft Historical
Society, Passionate Ink (writing as Lil DeVille), Regency Romance Writers,
and Rocky Mountain Romance Writers.

Ms. Hart shares a home in a remote rural town of 134 souls with her adult
son and three cats. Her sense of fashion is best described as Early
Twenty-First Century Unmade Bed. This disabled former nurse can usually be
found arguing with herself about subplots or rehabilitating eldritch
horrors.

When not penning sanity-destroying works of dystopian fiction, Lovecraftian
fantasy, or old-school horror with the occasional sweet romance thrown in to
upset the cosmic apple cart, Ms. Hart enjoys creating baked goods she hopes
will be considered palatable by someone besides eldritch horrors.

 

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The Quest for the Wizard’s Key Blitz

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Tales from the Dreamlands, Book 2

 

Paranormal Fantasy, Occult and Supernatural, Lovecraftian, Sci-Fi
Fantasy

Publication Date: April 1, 2023

 

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The Wizard’s Key is the second book in a series of New Cthulhu Mythos
tales. This fix-up novel features a fascinating cast of outcasts on a quest
to save the Cosmos from destruction by malevolent forces. Join them on their
madcap journey.

This fix-up novel follows the events that transpired in Ketil and Yitzy’s
Adventure in the Xura Dream House. The book can be read as a standalone, but
for a better understanding of the characters and events, it is suggested
that Ketil and Yitzy’s Adventure in the Xura Dream House should be read
first. It is a fun, fast-paced buddy story with plenty of creepy, crazy
twists and turns.

Once you have read Ketil and Yitzy’s Adventure, you will be In the Know so
you can be In with the In Crowd! Then you can join us at the Kewl Eldritch
Horrors table.

 

 

About the Author

C. L. Hart logo

C. L. Hart, the owner and sole employee of Naughty Netherworld Press, is
spoken of in hushed tones. She is described as The Mad Scribe of the
Northeastern Colorado Plains, The Terrible Old Woman, and The Author That
Should Not Be.

When not penning sanity-destroying works of dystopian fiction, Lovecraftian
fantasy, or old-school horror with the occasional sweet romance thrown in to
upset the cosmic apple cart, Ms. Hart enjoys creating baked goods that she
hopes will be considered palatable.

Ms. Hart shares a home in a remote rural town of 134 souls with her adult
son and three cats. Her sense of fashion is best described as Early
Twenty-First Century Unmade Bed. This disabled former nurse can usually be
found arguing with herself about subplots or rehabilitating eldritch
horrors.

Follow C. L. Hart

C. L. Hart Amazon Author Page

Naughty Netherworld Press Blog

Naughty Netherworld Press Books

Naughty Netherworld Press Substack

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Readers Roost Twitter

Naughty Netherworld Newsletter

 

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The Quest for the Wizard’s Key Teaser Tuesday

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Tales from the Dreamlands, Book 2

 

Paranormal Fantasy, Occult and Supernatural, Lovecraftian, Sci-Fi
Fantasy

Publication Date: April 1, 2023

 

photo add-to-goodreads-button_zpsc7b3c634.png

 

The Wizard’s Key is the second book in a series of New Cthulhu Mythos
tales. This fix-up novel features a fascinating cast of outcasts on a quest
to save the Cosmos from destruction by malevolent forces. Join them on their
madcap journey.

This fix-up novel follows the events that transpired in Ketil and Yitzy’s
Adventure in the Xura Dream House. The book can be read as a standalone, but
for a better understanding of the characters and events, it is suggested
that Ketil and Yitzy’s Adventure in the Xura Dream House should be read
first. It is a fun, fast-paced buddy story with plenty of creepy, crazy
twists and turns.

Once you have read Ketil and Yitzy’s Adventure, you will be In the Know so
you can be In with the In Crowd! Then you can join us at the Kewl Eldritch
Horrors table.

 

 

Excerpt

 

Corporate Climbers vs. Bleeding Hearts and Artists

 

“The one I refer to as the Galaxy Girl is the soul knowed as Pepper Baiij
in this lifetime,” Ketil revealed. “There is those who say that Pepper is
simply unlucky. It is others which say that Pepper brings to herself her own
troubles by being terribly lazy and unmotivated. Pepper is not unmotivated,
if presented with tasks that interest her. She can easy become distracted
from tasks which does not interest her and can become quickly depressed if
forced to carry on with such tasks for extended periods of time.

“Some have said that Pepper is entitled and expects the world to be handed
to her upon a silver platter when she was born with a plastic spoon in her
mouth. This is inaccurate. Pepper is not entitled or a snob, but she was
wired for more than what a nine-to-five job which squashes her creative
spirit offers.

“When we believe that people is only as worthwhile as their willingness to
climb a corporate ladder, then surely people such as Pepper and all of us is
worth about as much as yellow snow. To some people, the only measure of
success is to achieve a number above the salary they earned the previous
year at the corporation to which they drive daily. For these people, the
life of nine to five in a fine office is the best of all possible
atmospheres. But for those who prefer to detail the story of their lives on
creative canvasses, the daily commutes to and from the office is dead-end
drives, for beyond the afterglow effect of receiving money with which to pay
the bills, each hour spent in the office is but a slow march to death for
their soul.

“Thus, the corporate ladder climb is all fine and good for the sort of
Theodore Thirsty what derives joy from being toasty in Topeka in their
luxury office. I do not in any case trust such Theodores. They seem
initially to be people-pleasers, but all too often these men of mystery is
sipping on subterfuge while minty descriptions slip from their silver
tongues to camouflage lemony liabilities. If one is not a watchful Winifred
in the company of these Theodores, one can find oneself knee-deep in the
aftermath of consuming too great a portion of chili cheese custard.”

“It seems ter me, Ketil, that your old China Plate Pepper is much more the
bloomin’ sort of lassie wot prefers whimsy and wildflowers ter stuffy
offices and climbin’ of corporate ladders and whatnot,” Little John observed
as he and Robin shared a platter of what looked disturbingly like a
half-dozen large kangaroo rats that had been left out in the sun to bloat
before being consumed, while Rilpu swallowed a creature resembling a fresh,
plump toad. Yitzy the Yithian, meanwhile, seemed quite content to delicately
sip the apricot-hued ambrosia of the Pxab Plume into one of his four
trumpetlike mouths.

“It is a shame that the juice of the Pxab Plume is not more intoxicating,”
Ketil quipped, pouring a serving of the beverage into a wine goblet the
yellow hue of which reminded the spirit of Earth’s sun. “For I should quite
like to blur the sight of you lot gorging yourselves on rodents and toads
from my unfortunate brain.”

“You ain’t got a brain, Ketil, yer a ghost,” Robin chortled.

 

 

About the Author

C. L. Hart, the owner and sole employee of Naughty Netherworld Press, is
spoken of in hushed tones. She is described as The Mad Scribe of the
Northeastern Colorado Plains, The Terrible Old Woman, and The Author That
Should Not Be.

When not penning sanity-destroying works of dystopian fiction, Lovecraftian
fantasy, or old-school horror with the occasional sweet romance thrown in to
upset the cosmic apple cart, Ms. Hart enjoys creating baked goods that she
hopes will be considered palatable.

Ms. Hart shares a home in a remote rural town of 134 souls with her adult
son and three cats. Her sense of fashion is best described as Early
Twenty-First Century Unmade Bed. This disabled former nurse can usually be
found arguing with herself about subplots or rehabilitating eldritch
horrors.

Follow C. L. Hart

C. L. Hart Amazon Author Page

Naughty Netherworld Press Blog

Naughty Netherworld Press Books

Naughty Netherworld Press Substack

Readers Roost Book Blog

Readers Roost Twitter

Naughty Netherworld Newsletter

 

Purchase Link

Amazon

 

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