Local Author Saturday

Attending Authors:

• Jae Lynn
• Alex O'Neal
• S.K. Pendleton
• J. Michael Whalen

SPARKY THE VIKING PUP:
Three Bold Heists. One Little Viking Pup. Sparky loves Viking stories and playing make-believe! With mighty courage and a nose for treasure, Sparky sets off on daring adventures. But sometimes even the bravest pups can get a little too carried away. What kind of Viking will Sparky choose to be?

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Jae Lynn lives in Northern Virginia with her two fun-loving dogs, Aleu the Siberian Husky and Snapdragon the Swedish Vallhund. Passionate about preserving the histories of purebred dogs, Jae writes playful stories that highlight the unique traits of our amazing everyday companions. She holds a Creative Writing degree from George Mason University, specializing in Fiction Writing for Children, and actively participates in her regional kennel clubs for both AKC and UKC.

You can find and follow her here:

Website: Jaestories.com

Instagram: @Jae_Stories

Facebook: JaeStories

TikTok: @JaeStories

What happens when an accountant gets sent to another world by the God of Humanity? No, wait, that isn't right. What happens when an accountant who's also a weirdo gets sent to another world by a slightly less insane deity? Well, you're about to find out. Join our hero on his quest to save the world from financial ruin!

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Alex O’Neal, better known as Skarabrae, is the greatest writer on the square meter of land he is currently standing on. He is a writer, Youtube, tax accountant, and has never made a secret alliance with Count Dracula.

You can find and follow him here:

Website: alexoneal.carrd.co

Bluesky: @skarabraeauthor

X: @SkarabraeWriter

Reddit: r/SkarabraeProductions

Ithaca's Daughter: Katerina and Mara find their respective families mired in a charity-turned-eugenics program on the human colony of New Terra and will stop at nothing to burn it all down.
Maris: A young girl wakes up on a beach with no memory of who she is or how she got there. She's taken in by a older couple who journey with her to find her answers, picking up an exiled elven princess with her disgraced general Giant lover along the way to get into a lot of trouble.

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S.K. Pendleton has been weaving and collecting stories since childhood. Now she plants her seeds while spinning new yarns on her farmette in the shadow of the Shenandoah mountains.

You can find and follow her here:

Amazon: skpendleton

Instagram: @underthehillwriting

When a down-and-out artist receives a box of paint from a mysterious traveling salesman, his fortunes begin to shift. He soon realizes—against his better judgment—that the paint itself is responsible for his success, and he becomes consumed by the need to uncover its secret ingredient. As fame and notoriety close in, his output turns feverish and hollow, driven by compulsion rather than passion, carrying him ever higher into the suffocating clouds of celebrity.

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J. Michael Whalen is a photographer and award-winning filmmaker from Northern Virginia. He enjoys writing on his Olympia SM3 typewriter and talking about film, art, and music of the 1990’s.

You can find and follow him here:

Instagram: @latent_prints_publishing

Substack: @jmichaelwhalen