Author: Scott Bury

New Book Announcement

Launch day: The new Bones of the Earth

A new edition and a new cover for this favorite fantasy title By Scott Bury On the winter solstice, BSR longtime member Scott Bury releases a second edition of his first published novel, the bestselling The Bones of the Earth. This edition corrects typos that readers and reviewers pointed out, […]

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Tuesday teaser

Echoes: Soft summer rain

A Tuesday teaser from the latest Hawaiian Storm mystery By Scott Bury Summer 2004 Vanessa recognized the Kahuna’s Dodge as soon as the bumper cleared the mailbox on the corner, sleek and black as a seal in the bay. She let it come to her, reclining on her parents’ front […]

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New Book Announcement

The long-awaited Hawaiian Storm is here

Echoes, FBI Special Agent Vanessa Storm’s last case is now out! By Scott Bury BestSelling Reads founding member Scott Bury has just released the fourth in his Hawaiian Storm mysteries series, featuring the detective no one can lie to. What it’s about In 1999, the Kahuna was The Man on […]

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New Book Announcement , Sunday spotlight

Cover reveal: Initiation Rites

A Sunday spotlight on a new edition to a classic BestSelling Reads title By Scott Bury Historical magic realism is getting a little more … really fantastic! Longtime BestSelling Reads member Scott Bury is about to release a new, revised and improved edition of his first-published novel, the historical fantasy […]

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A story to send shivers: Mrs. O’Malley’s Children

Thursday tremors from the bestselling supernatural collection Rickets Row By Elyse Salpeter All was quiet through the halls of the old estate. I crept through the rooms as silent as a mouse. The beam of the flashlight glowed on the beautiful wooden floors Mrs. O’Malley had kept up, even after […]

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Tuesday teaser

Tuesday terror: Blood suckers in Dacia

Enjoy this blood-chilling excerpt from The Bones of the Earth By Scott Bury An owl hooted, and then another. Javor felt his amulet trembling again as owl after owl screeched from the trees. Fluttering like a hundred wings came from the tops of the huts, and then from under the […]

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Monday musing

What does the author want on their cover?

What makes the ideal book cover? It depends on whom you ask. By Scott Bury Author Ben Bova, who was also editor of Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact magazine, described the cover meetings he attended every month. Everyone had a different desire for the cover of the magazine, he […]

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Thursday teaser

An anniversary: Walking Out of War

Today is the 79th anniversary of Operation Bagration, when the USSR began its final great drive to push the Germans out in 1944. This presents it through the eyes of a man who was there, in this book By Scott Bury A colonel stepped up behind Lieutenant Vasileyev, his battle […]

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Paper cuts—both ways

We continue the debate between paper and electronic books. This week, observations By Seb Kirby As an author do you prefer ebooks or paper books? There’s nothing like seeing your work appear as a book on paper. It’s part of the magic of the whole creative process that started out […]

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The dream, again: Defy

A Thursday teaser from the first book in the Firstborn Trilogy by Raine Thomas “How did our babies suddenly get to be approaching their eighteenth birthdays?” Caleb kept his gaze on his daughter’s retreating figure as his wife, Skye, walked up beside him and took his hand. He watched the […]

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