Check out this week’s serial updates, including Part 1 of The Wolf’s Moor by Lupin Drake, part of our Bad Moon Rising serial, and Part 2 of Learning to See, a Beauty and the Beast remake by Julia Alaric. You can find all current and past chapters on the serial fiction page. Past Bad Moon Rising stories can be found on the Bad Moon Rising index

Valentine’s Day Sale!

What better way to celebrate the season of love and romance than with a happy ending from Less Than Three Press? For the entire month of February, all books available in the Book Market (with the exception of the new Kiss Me Quick shorts) will be on sale for 10% off! Stock up on happy endings today!

Kiss Me Quick: Bundle 1

Less Than Three Press is pleased to present the first week of our Kiss Me Quick shorts! Each week in February, we’ll be releasing seven Kiss Me Quick shorts from your favorite LT3 authors. You can buy each story individually, buy the bundled collection each week, or wait until the very end (February 22) and buy the whole collection together. Check out this week’s titles, including:

Less Than Three Press is pleased to present Desert Fire by T.T. Kove, the second book in her Legends and Lore series. You can buy Desert Fire from the LT3 Book Market for just $3.99!

Brand is a man adrift: he is wolf shifter and fire mage, a traitor to his people for saving a friend on whom he turned his back long ago, a friend who no longer has need of him. He has no place to call home, no one to call family or friend, and no idea where he belongs. With nothing better to do, he decides to seek out the infamous dragons in the firelands, curious to see if their fires will be hot enough to burn a fire witch, to see if perhaps a place that welcomes fire might have a place for him…

Treasure by Megan Derr now available! | Giveaway winner

Less Than Three Press is pleased to present Treasure by Megan Derr, the first book in The Lost Gods series. You can buy Treasure from the LT3 Book Market for just $6.99!

Congratulations to giveaway winner Cole for being lucky number 24 and winning a free copy of Treasure!

Nine gods ruled the world, until the ultimate betrayal resulted in their destruction. Now, the world is dying and only by restoring the Lost Gods can it be saved. Nine hundred years ago, the Dragons of the Three Storms, gods of chaos, tried to destroy their land of Kundou. Only by rising up and slaying the Dragons and stealing their power was Kundou saved. Now, that power resides in the royal family and grants them the right to rule. But that power comes at a terrible price, and Prince Nankyokukai is determined that he will be the last to pay it—even if it means surrendering his chance with the man he has waited for his entire life.

Serial updates

Check out this week’s serial updates, including…

• The conclusion of One for Sorrow by Sylvia Winters, part of our Something Happened on the Way to Heaven serial anthology
• Chapter 20 of Saving Liam by Sasha L. Miller
• Part 2 of The Odd Wick by Megan Derr, part of our Wick series

You can find all current and past chapters on the serial fiction page.

Check out this week’s serial updates, including the conclusion of Runaway Prince by May Ridge, part of our Bad Moon Rising serial. We also have the beginning of Learning to See by Julia Alaric, a retelling of Beauty and the Beast, part of our Fairy Tale serial. You can read all current chapters from the serial fiction page. To read past fairy tales, click here.

Giveaway! Treasure by Megan Derr

Would you like a free copy of Treasure by Megan Derr, coming on out January 25th? Less Than Three Press is giving away a free copies of the ebook to a random winners! To enter the drawing, leave a comment answering the question what is your greatest treasure?

The Rules:

• One entry only! You can write a sentence or an essay, but it is all equal to one.
• Contest is open from now until 8:00 p.m. Eastern time on January 24, 2012.
• Winners will be chosen randomly.
• The free ebook will be emailed to the winner’s inbox, so be sure to specify a valid email when leaving your comment!

For a second chance at winning, check out the Less Than Three Press Goodreads Group for a second giveaway! Enter in both contests to maximize your chances of a free copy of Treasure. (In the event the same person is picked for both contests, the winner of the Goodreads giveaway will be redrawn.)

Vixen release postponed

Due to production delays, the release date for the f/f romance anthology Vixen has been moved to February 29, 2012. Our apologies for any inconveniences this may cause.

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Less Than Three Press is pleased to present Closer Than Touch by Tami Veldura, now available in the Book Market for $3.99!

A Zodiac Forces short story. Deia has difficulty keeping partners; no matter how hard they try, they keep winding up dead. Bad enough in a special operations unit, but Deia is a Gemini, meant to work with a partner at a level of intimacy that leaves all his other relationships dull and distant by comparison. Tired of his partners dying, Deia is ready to transfer to Scorpio, where working alone isn’t a problem. When his boss stipulates he’ll only sign off on the transfer if Deia meets a new candidate, Deia reluctantly agrees to try one last time.

Serial updates: Fairy Tale and Bad Moon Rising

Check out this week’s serial updates, including the conclusion of Megan Derr’s The Prince of the Moon, part of our Fairy Tale serial, and Part 4 of Runaway Prince by May Ridge, part of our Bad Moon Rising serial. You can read all current and past chapters from the serial fiction page.

Private Dicks deadline is today!

The deadline for Private Dicks: Undercovers submissions is today, Wednesday, January 4, 2012. If you are interested in submitting a story, but are unsure you will be able to complete it or have your final revisions finished by the end of day today, simply email us what you have on and include the estimated date by which your story will be completed. For details on the submissions guidelines for the Private Dicks anthology, click here.

Less Than Three Press is pleased to present Book 2 of the Infinitum Government: Meant to Be by Megan Derr for just $5.99!

The Draconis are a race of unexpected power and ability, complicated by their tendency to ‘match’ with other beings. The trial to decide whether or not they should be exterminated is about to begin, and both sides have gathered some of the brightest minds in the galaxy to argue before the Star Assembly of the Infinitum Government. Everything goes awry, however, when word comes down that High Chancellor Pyotr Kavalerov, staunchest supporter of the Draconis’ right to live, has been assassinated…

Free read! Something Sweet by Megan Derr

Less Than Three Press is pleased to offer a sweet, free New Year’s read: Something Sweet by Megan Derr.

It’s just another day at the candy shop for Sherlock: a quiet afternoon spent more on reading his latest fantasy novel than on selling candy. The kind of day he loves, even if the looming New Year’s Eve leaves him feeling nostalgic and a little lonely. But then the last person he ever expected to see walks through the door of his shop, and Sherlock realizes that some things don’t fade with time, but only grow stronger.

Serial updates

Check out this week’s serial updates, including:

• Part 2 of Swordwick by Megan Derr, part of the Wick series
• Chapter 18 of Saving Liam by Sasha L. Miller
• Part 2 of One for Sorrow by Sylvia Winters, part of the Something Happened on the Way to Heaven serial anthology

Private Dicks deadline: January 4, 2012

The deadline for submission for our Private Dicks: Undercovers anthology is in just one week on January 4, 2012! If you are close to finishing your story and would like a deadline extension, please email the editor. In your email, please include your estimated date of completion, the estimated final length of your story, and attach what you have completed so far.

for more details, including content guidelines, how to submit, and royalty rates, see the submissions page.

Less Than Three Press is pleased to present The Christmas Package by Megan Derr, now available in the Book Market for just $1.99!

Allen has had enough. His latest job went south, his favorite car has been totaled, people keep wanting his lover dead, and on top of all that he still has not a single damn clue what to get his lover for Christmas—a gift he desperately wants to get right, because otherwise he fears he’ll be spending New Year’s alone.

Then he finds himself forced to take an unusual job on Christmas Eve, and Allen wonders if they’ll even live long enough to exchange gifts…

Buy The Christmas Package by Megan Derr with Zombie Wonderland by Piper Vaughn and get $1.00 off your order! (Discount will appear on the final checkout screen.)

Serial updates

Check out this week’s serial updates, including Part 3 of Runaway Prince by May Ridge, part of our Bad Moon Rising serial anthology. We also have Part 6 of The Prince of the Moon by Megan Derr, part of our Fairy Tale serial. Visit the serial fiction page for all current and past serial updates.

Private Dicks deadline fast approaching!

The deadline for submission for the Private Dicks anthology is just two weeks away! Please submit your story or request for a deadline extension by January 4, 2012. For details, including content guidelines, how to submit, and royalty rates, see the submissions page.

Less Than Three Press is pleased to present Impractical by Megan Derr, now available in the Book Market for just $5.99!

Terrell believes very strongly in an ordered, practical lifestyle. Nothing good, after all, ever came from following impractical urges and impulses. Nearly finished with school, it is time to focus on the next step in his life—settling down at his estate, Fivecoats, and marrying a suitable spouse to oversee it while he pursues his academic leanings. When his father sends word that he has found the ideal man for Terrell to marry, Terrell can only be pleased—despite the misgivings of his best friend. Marriage, after all, is perfectly practical, and such things as romance highly impractical. Kirian wants nothing to do with practicality. His parents chose to be happy over being practical, and he refuses to settle for less, no matter what everyone around him says. But then he is forced to marry a man who is colder than ice, settle into a marriage that seems to be in all ways practical, but in no way happy. But beneath the surface of his new spouse, Kirian sees something far from icy, something he realizes he wants—but which seems to belong to another man.

Serial updates

Visit the serial fiction page to read the latest serial updates, including:

• Part 1 of One for Sorrow by Sylvia Winters, part of our Something Happened on the Way to Heaven serial anthology. Note that One for Sorrow features an F/F romance.
• Chapter 17 of Saving Liam by Sasha L. Miller.
• Part 1 of Swordwick by Megan Derr, the first story in the Wick series. You can read the first part for free!

Private Dicks deadline is January 4, 2012

The deadline for submissions for Private Dicks, Less Than Three Press’s detective anthology, is January 4, 2012, in just three weeks! If you are currently working on a story for this anthology and are unsure that you’ll finish by the deadline, please contact us; we are happy to grant deadline extensions if necessary.

Less Than Three Press is also accepting general ebook, novels for serialization, and short stories for another anthology, The Bestiary. For more details, click here.

Less Than Three Press is pleased to present the holiday story Zombie Wonderland by Piper Vaughn, now available in the Book Market for just $3.99!

Nothing says Christmas like droves of the undead… All Emery wants for Christmas is someone to share it with. It looks like he might finally be getting his wish in Ross, the sexy customer he’s been crushing on for months. But neither of them counted on the zombies, or on being caught in the worst blizzard in half a century. Even with a plan for contending with the zombie hordes, surviving will take a miracle. It’s not exactly how Emery dreamed of spending Christmas with Ross, but he can’t think of a better way to spend a zombie apocalypse.

Serial updates

Check out this week’s serial updates, including Part 2 of Runaway Prince by May Ridge, part of our Bad Moon Rising serial anthology, and Part 5 of The Prince of the Moon by Megan Derr, part of our Fairy Tale serial. You can find all current and previous chapters from the serial fiction page.

Check out this week’s serial updates, including Part 1 of Runaway Prince by May Ridge, part of our Bad Moon Rising serial, and Part 4 of The Prince of the Moon by Megan Derr, part of our Fairy Tale serial. Visit the serial fiction page for all current and past chapters; visit the Bad Moon Rising index for all past Bad Moon Rising stories.

Kiss the Rain by Megan Derr

Less Than Three Press is pleased to present Kiss the Rain by Megan Derr, now available in the Book Market for just $3.99!

Selsor’s only dream growing up was to be a mage, to bond with a warrior and drive back the monsters in the Territories, live the life his parents had so loved. His dreams falter, however, when he displays no magic despite possessing the ability to use it. Then his dreams are lost when, during an attack by bullies, he lashes out with uncontrolled magic and accidentally kills an innocent bystanders. His jewels are blackened, banning him forever from using magic, and Selsor is thrown out to survive on the streets as best he is able…

Check out this week’s serial updates:

• Part 4 of A Better Ending by Isabella Carter, part of our Something Happened on the Way to Heaven serial anthology
• Chapter 15 of Saving Liam by Sasha L. Miller
• Part 9 of Impractical by Megan Derr

You can access all current and past chapters on the serial fiction page, or click here to view past stories in the Something Happened on the Way to Heaven anthology.

Chrysalis now available for purchase!

Less Than Three Press is pleased to present Chrysalis by Emily Gould, a short story now available in the Book Market for $1.99!

Ever the victim of friendship, Luke seeks out rugby player and fellow student Josh with the intent of asking him out on behalf of a friend. In a moment of panic, he accidentally asks Josh to go out with him instead. Fully expecting to be punched by Josh and his fellow jocks, Luke is dumbfounded when Josh instead says yes—leaving Luke with absolutely no idea what to do, besides run away to panic elsewhere and try to figure out what to do about his unexpected date.