Hello friends. Exciting news today! My new short story, Reliquary, is available now as part of Writing Bloc’s Passageways anthology. This exciting new collection features short stories by nine brilliant authors, each one a brand new addition to a different, expertly crafted fictional universe. These nine stories are ambassadors and tour guides, here to introduce you to vast, intricate worlds, each delicately formed with the utmost care by its author. You’ll find an excellent selection of science fiction, fantasy, and horror tales here, and I could not be prouder to have Reliquary number among them. 

What is Reliquary, you ask? Reliquary is the newest story from my own anthology series, The Calling Void. That’s right, my series has an official name, now! The Calling Void is the dark, hard sci-fi universe of my previous two short stories, Breach and Countermeasures, and my upcoming novels Tantalus Depths and Proteus. 

 Reliquary explores new locations and concepts in this universe, as we make our first visit to Showalter: the first and only planet yet discovered that can sustain human life. We are also introduced to the Aftothysian movement: a radical group of extremists who oppose interplanetary colonization of any kind, and are willing to go to grim and desperate extremes to stop humanity’s expansion into the stars. They have recently acquired their greatest and most terrifying asset yet: the Biscayne Relic. A unique piece of technology created by the near-omnipotent AI that almost destroyed the Earth during the apocalyptic Corsica Event most of a century ago, the terrible destructive potential of the Biscayne Relic cannot be underestimated. But the Aftothysians are not the only ones with an interest in the Biscayne Relic. Nor are they the greatest threat to humankind. 

You can read Reliquary right now in Passageways right here on Kindle or right here on paperback. I look forward to sharing this exciting new adventure with you, and many more very soon!

Greetings Wonderful Followers,

I was invited back onto the Alive After Reading Podcast. We talk about writing sequels, story structure. and my own sequel, Beyond the Masquerade. Click the link below and give it a listen.

http://www.timniederriter.com/podcast/alive-after-reading-180-kelsey-rae-barthel/?fbclid=IwAR1F14wlXdWnqRbEgTOSBxraQcS85-L5pKGU52Mwi0_sRDb0FaVDOY9naxA

If you haven’t yet followed Beyond the Masquerade, make sure to follow, comment, share, and pre-order if you like what you see. The campaign is going good but could use some love. If you want to read more adventures with Luna and Ranger, give the campaign some attention and love and we can make this sequel a reality! It would mean the world to me.

Thanks for all your ongoing support,

Kelsey Rae Barthel

Hello Wonderful Followers,

I was invited onto the Alive Affer Reading podcast once again and it was super fun. We talk about writing sequels, story structure, and Beyond the Masquerade. Give it a listen.

http://www.timniederriter.com/podcast/alive-after-reading-180-kelsey-rae-barthel/?fbclid=IwAR1F14wlXdWnqRbEgTOSBxraQcS85-L5pKGU52Mwi0_sRDb0FaVDOY9naxA