Category Archives: Stories

New Release — City of Sorcery (The Hundred Halls #5)

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Thomas K. Carpenter

TweetThe end of schooling can be both a blessing and a curse. Of course, you want to finish, but when you do, you’re left feeling like you’re losing something important. I know when I finished college had to move into … Continue reading →

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New Release — Gathering of Shadows (The Hundred Halls #4)

Posted on October 1, 2017 by Thomas K. Carpenter

TweetAfter a long wait, book four of the Hundred Halls, Gathering of Shadows, is now available! Every fall the city of Invictus bustles with new students, and the classrooms reek of spent faez. This year it’s true of every hall … Continue reading →

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StoryBundle – Light in the Dark YA Bundle

Posted on September 17, 2017 by Thomas K. Carpenter

TweetOver my career, I’ve written in many genres but Young Adult is my favorite. It’s also my favorite to read going all the way back to The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Some of my favorites are The Uglies Trilogy and … Continue reading →

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The SF&F Binge Reader Bundle

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Thomas K. Carpenter

TweetThe Digital Sea Bundle is one of ten collections in the SF&F Binge Reader Bundle on StoryBundle. This is a crazy good deal as you’ll get 19 novels and countless short stories, but it’s only available for a few weeks, … Continue reading →

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Escape to New Worlds

Posted on February 26, 2017 by Thomas K. Carpenter

TweetWe all need a break from the daily grind of work, family, and politics. The Escapist Bundle on Storybundle has arrived just in time to satisfy that need! There’s a wealth of great fiction in a variety of genres from … Continue reading →

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Awards Eligibility Post

Posted on December 12, 2016 by Thomas K. Carpenter

TweetAhhh…Winter. When the air tries to freeze your face off and writers must contort their way through the dance of offering up their fiction for award consideration without seeming too needy. Like a grass-stuffed lemming, I must follow the herd … Continue reading →

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Indie Publishing: 2,119 Days and Counting…

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Thomas K. Carpenter

TweetDecember 19th, 2010. That was when I published my first book, The Digital Sea. I’d shopped the novel around to agents and editors, receiving lovely rejections along the way, before deciding to jump into the indie pub revolution with both … Continue reading →

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Trials of Magic (The Hundred Halls #1)

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Thomas K. Carpenter

TweetFor you readers longing for something in the same realm as Harry Potter or The Magicians, I bring you Trials of Magic, the first book in the Hundred Halls series. There are exactly one hundred halls of magic to choose … Continue reading →

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The Year in Review – 2015

Posted on January 3, 2016 by Thomas K. Carpenter

TweetThe first thing I need to do is this: THANK YOU READERS!!! via GIPHY I really can’t say enough how amazing this year was for me and it’s all because of you. It’s really strange to sit in a room … Continue reading →

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The Queen of Dreams (The Dashkova Memoirs #6)

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Thomas K. Carpenter

TweetBook 6 in The Dashkova Memoirs is LIVE! Things should be getting easier for Katerina “Kat” Dashkova. The former princess of the Russian empire wields considerable sorcerous powers, has learned to control the unruly prophecies in her head, and is … Continue reading →