The Z-Axis

ZERO ECHO SHADOW PRIME LAUNCH DAY

By: Amira K. April 3, 2014April 3, 2014

All right, y’all. It’s here. Peter Samet’s debut novel ZERO ECHO SHADOW PRIME, the story of one girl, four ways. I’m not shitting you when I say you need to go get your copy right. the. fuck. now. or else I might personally come hunt you down. That’s not a threat. It’s a promise.* And…

Author Interview: Alison Morton

By: Amira K. April 2, 2014March 28, 2014

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Please welcome to The Z-Axis Alison Morton, independent author of Roman-themed alternate history thrillers with strong heroines. She holds a bachelor’s degree in French, German and Economics, a masters’ in history and lives in France with her husband. Her debut novel, INCEPTIO, was shortlisted for the 2013 International Rubery Book Award and awarded a B.R.A.G. Medallion. The next in series, PERFIDITAS,…

Porous, Chapter Thirteen: Double Vision

By: Amira K. March 31, 2014March 31, 2014

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This is the second part in the two-part section finale to POROUS. If you haven’t read the previous chapter, please click here to do so. The world spins around me like a golden pinwheel, sepia-toned now through the haze of alcohol. The sounds seem to have disappeared, faded into background noise, dim crackling static that only…

Porous, Chapter Twelve: Waves On The River

By: Amira K. March 24, 2014March 24, 2014

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This is the first chapter in the two-part ending to Section One of POROUS. Next Monday I’ll release the final chapter in the first section, and these two chapters are intended, really, to be one and the same. But I wanted this final scene to be long, and dramatic, and that didn’t really fit the…

Liebster Award Post And Nominations

By: Amira K. March 19, 2014March 19, 2014

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Last week, I was nominated for a Liebster Award by fellow writer Hiba Tahir, who is a constant source of inspiration to me. As a high school student with all the baggage and time constraints that comes with that place in life, I’m always amazed that Hiba finds time to read, write, and blog with…

Porous, Chapter Eleven: Dissipation

By: Amira K. March 17, 2014

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I stare out the windows at the cloudless blue sky, a rarity here in Oregon. I’m trying to avoid Dr. Chase’s eyes, searching for mine, inquisitive and demanding. I wish I were out there, floating in the deep blue, or perhaps drifting through Silas’ purple bubbles in his strange world, instead of cooped up in…

Porous, Chapter Ten: The Corners Of My Mind

By: Amira K. March 10, 2014March 10, 2014

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Warning: This chapter contains a scene of attempted self-harm and could be triggering for some. Please read with caution. Friday. First period. Algebra. This is the only class I share with both Kalifa and Claire, and the two of them doodle back and forth, drawing Martians on a shared piece of notebook paper, while I…

Porous, Chapter Nine: The Second Law

By: Amira K. March 3, 2014March 3, 2014

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As I wrench myself away from the the gravitational pull Silas seems to exert on me, my fingers intuitively search for my cell phone. I pull it out and press a button on the side to check the time. Two minutes past four. It astounds me that so little time has passed, though I’ve found…

Write, Publish, Repeat?

By: Amira K. February 27, 2014

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We live in an age of newness. Everything must constantly be new. We must supply our readers with new books, new blog posts, new articles, and new tweets, every moment of every day, or we become irrelevant. We must reinvent ourselves daily in order to hold attention. We must bring new subjects to new people…

Porous, Chapter Eight: Rooted

By: Amira K. February 24, 2014February 23, 2014

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We fall for what seems like an eternity. We hurtle through this portal, gravity pulling us in a direction I didn’t know existed, through the very surface between worlds. We fall together, hand in hand, as the vortex drags us through nothing. Finally it stops. The pit in my stomach from falling, from air and…