Alien Shores https://www.csfriedman.com The Worlds of C.S. Friedman Tue, 21 Jul 2026 13:47:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.csfriedman.com/wp-content/uploads/favicon-1.png Alien Shores https://www.csfriedman.com 32 32 199991170 BLACK SUN RISING PREORDERS https://www.csfriedman.com/5967-2/ https://www.csfriedman.com/5967-2/#respond Tue, 21 Jul 2026 13:38:59 +0000 https://www.csfriedman.com/?p=5967 Starting July 22, Grim Oak will be taking pre-orders for a collector’s edition of Black Sun Rising, featuring amazing cover art and interior illustrations by Jeszika Le Vye.

https://grimoakpress.com

Want to see more of how the art came together? Check out Jeszika’s process on her website:

https://www.jeszika.com/

Read more ]]> Starting July 22, Grim Oak will be taking pre-orders for a collector’s edition of Black Sun Rising, featuring amazing cover art and interior illustrations by Jeszika Le Vye.

https://grimoakpress.com

Want to see more of how the art came together? Check out Jeszika’s process on her website:

https://www.jeszika.com/

Cover for BLACK SUN RISING forthcoming from Grim Oak Press with cover art by Jeszika Le Vye featuring a slender Gerald Tarrant with red hair in a dark forest illuminated by blue cold fire.
]]> https://www.csfriedman.com/5967-2/feed/ 0 5967 Coldfire is coming! https://www.csfriedman.com/coldfire-is-coming/ https://www.csfriedman.com/coldfire-is-coming/#respond Sat, 18 Jul 2026 02:59:39 +0000 https://www.csfriedman.com/?p=5964 Grim Oak’s special signed edition of Black Sun Rising will be available for pre-order starting July 22. Featuring cover art and interior illustrations by brilliant fantasy illustrator Jeszika Le Vye, it’s going to be a knockout!  More details to come.

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]]> Grim Oak’s special signed edition of Black Sun Rising will be available for pre-order starting July 22. Featuring cover art and interior illustrations by brilliant fantasy illustrator Jeszika Le Vye, it’s going to be a knockout!  More details to come.

https://grimoakpress.com/

]]> https://www.csfriedman.com/coldfire-is-coming/feed/ 0 5964 Interviews with Gryftkin https://www.csfriedman.com/interviews-with-gryftkin/ https://www.csfriedman.com/interviews-with-gryftkin/#respond Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:36:49 +0000 https://www.csfriedman.com/?p=5958 There is a new extensive interview on the YouTube Channel Gryftkin.

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]]> https://www.csfriedman.com/interviews-with-gryftkin/feed/ 0 5958 Review of the Coldfire Trilogy by Tori Tecken https://www.csfriedman.com/review-of-the-coldfire-trilogy-by-tori-tecken/ https://www.csfriedman.com/review-of-the-coldfire-trilogy-by-tori-tecken/#respond Mon, 29 Jun 2026 22:36:35 +0000 https://www.csfriedman.com/?p=5928 There is a new review of the Coldfire Trilogy on the YouTube Channel ToriTalks.

Read more ]]> There is a new review of the Coldfire Trilogy on the YouTube Channel ToriTalks.

]]> https://www.csfriedman.com/review-of-the-coldfire-trilogy-by-tori-tecken/feed/ 0 5928 IT’S CLASS TIME AGAIN! https://www.csfriedman.com/its-class-time-again/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 19:36:37 +0000 https://www.csfriedman.com/?p=5584 I’m preparing to teach another round of my popular Sci-Fi/Fantasy writing class. It will run eight weeks, with weekly online class sessions and targeted writing assignments as well as a major project which you will work on over the course of the program. I’ll give you detailed feedback on your writing, guiding you through the process of writing, revising, and editing a compelling work.

If you are interested in hearing more, use the contact link on this site to send me your email address and I’ll mail you a full class description and syllabus. Read more

]]> I’m preparing to teach another round of my popular Sci-Fi/Fantasy writing class. It will run eight weeks, with weekly online class sessions and targeted writing assignments as well as a major project which you will work on over the course of the program. I’ll give you detailed feedback on your writing, guiding you through the process of writing, revising, and editing a compelling work.

If you are interested in hearing more, use the contact link on this site to send me your email address and I’ll mail you a full class description and syllabus.

]]> 5584 BLACK SUN RISING – SPECIAL EDITION https://www.csfriedman.com/black-sun-rising-special-edition/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 19:21:05 +0000 https://www.csfriedman.com/?p=5587 Grim Oak Press is going to be producing a special edition of Black Sun Rising, with a cover and interior illustrations by Jeszika le Vye. She’s the artist who did the cover for Nightborn and I am thrilled to have her working on this project. If you are not familiar with her work, visit www.jeszika.com

Stay tuned for updates! Read more

]]> Grim Oak Press is going to be producing a special edition of Black Sun Rising, with a cover and interior illustrations by Jeszika le Vye. She’s the artist who did the cover for Nightborn and I am thrilled to have her working on this project. If you are not familiar with her work, visit www.jeszika.com

Stay tuned for updates!

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