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The Power and Thrill of Naming: Titles by Month

Color by Calendar.  


Twelve months of the year.  Twelve loci of fantastical, otherworldly stories.  You guessed it, I've put another iteration of The Power and Thrill of Naming down on the calendar.  Each month will get three book ideas.

January
  • The January Winds of New Mars
  • January and the Old Gods
  • The Island Sleeps in January
February
  • The Mystery of the February Fenestrations
  • Captain Jawbone and the February Giants
  • Fear in February Marsh
March
  • The Kalends of March
  • The March Wars of Alpha Centauri
  • A Spanner-King's Final March
April
  • The April Fool's Wormhole
  • A Planet Called April
  • April at the End of the Universe
May
  • The Quantum Flowers of May
  • Mayflower Project: Titan Bound
  • Ghost Ships across May Cove
June
  • June and Other Monsters
  • Juneberry Pie and the Laplace Catastrophe
  • My Hearts Lie in June: An Extraterrestrial Memoir 
July
  • July 41st: Antimatter Independence Day
  • The Pterosaurs Sing Loudest in July
  • Jumping July and the Underground Castle
August
  • August to Nowhere
  • Abraham Van Helsing in August House
  • For Eternity and Supernova, August
September
  • The September Super Volcano
  • Terror Aboard the SSN September
  • No Tears in September Universe
October
  • The Curious Case of October 17th
  • Six-Fingered Adventures in October Town
  • October-nauts in the Zero-th Dimension
November
  • Operation November: Moon Assault
  • November and the Keys to Envy
  • November-man: World's Strangest Hero
December
  • The December that Reversed Itself
  • The Ent-Casters of December
  • December Janice and the Coffeemaker of Destiny

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