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Welcome to StarWarp Concepts!

Posted on January 9, 2023 by Steven

StarWarp Concepts—I’ll admit it’s not exactly the kind of name you’d expect for a publishing company that mostly specializes in tales of horror and dark urban fantasy, but then we’ve always had that penchant for making unexpected (and sometimes unusual) … Continue reading →

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Happy Science Fiction Day 2023!

Posted on January 2, 2023 by Steven

According to the National Day Calendar, National Science Fiction Day was launched in 2011 and was meant to correspond with this being the birth date of legendary sci-fi writer Isaac Asimov—author of such renowned classics as the Foundation Trilogy and I, Robot—who … Continue reading →

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Quality SWC Books for Your New E-reader

Posted on December 26, 2022 by Steven

With yesterday being Christmas Day, and one of our ebook distributors, Smashwords, currently in the midst of its annual End of Year Sale, the timing couldn’t be better for those of you who either received a new e-reader as a … Continue reading →

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Smashwords’ End of Year 2022 Ebook Sale Is Underway!

Posted on December 15, 2022 by Steven

Hey, book lovers! Today’s the day when e-book distributor Smashwords (and its parent company, Draft2Digital) launches its annual End of Year Sale, during which you can purchase thousands of digital books at special prices! It runs from December 15 to January 1, 2023—and … Continue reading →

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Happy Red Planet Day 2022!

Posted on November 28, 2022 by Steven

According to the calendar site Happy Days 365, Red Planet Day “honors the launch of the spacecraft Mariner 4, a robotic interplanetary probe on 28th November 1964 by NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). In the eight months it was on its … Continue reading →

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Troubleshooters, Incorporated: Supernatural Superheroes Found in the Wild

Posted on November 9, 2022 by Steven

Every now and then, I like to drop by comic shops in the New York City area to see what’s on the shelves, and to paw through the boxes of discounted back issues in search of titles from the 1980s … Continue reading →

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Happy Love Your Red Hair Day 2022!

Posted on November 5, 2022 by Steven

Redheads unite! Today is National Love Your Red Hair Day, so get out there and celebrate! According to the National Day Calendar, this annual event was created in 2015 by Adrienne and Stephanie Vendetti, cofounders of the beauty site How to … Continue reading →

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It’s National Comic Book Day 2022!

Posted on September 25, 2022 by Steven

Today is National Comic Book Day, an unofficial “holiday” that’s celebrated every year on this date…although no one seems to know why that is, or who exactly started the tradition. Nevertheless, if you’re thinking that the friendly fiends at StarWarp Concepts must have … Continue reading →

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Happy Buy a Book Day 2022!

Posted on September 7, 2022 by Steven

Hot on the heels of yesterday’s National Read a Book Day, today is National Buy a Book Day, which, according to the calendar site Happy Days 365, “was formed in 2012 to educate people about the significance of books to our … Continue reading →

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Happy Read a Book Day 2022!

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Steven

Today is National Read a Book Day, which has been celebrated every September 6th since…well, nobody seems to know precisely when this “holiday” began, or who started it, but it’s a celebration of reading, so it’s all good, right? And if … Continue reading →

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