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Nathan Caro Frechette's Ice Cream for Zombies

Writing, comics, roleplaying, storytelling and all the queer things

Tag: Alex Winters

A Family by Choice Christmas

This short story takes place after Blood Matters, and is part of the Renaissance Holiday Blog roll. To find out more and read more great stories, click here!   There had been light, and laughter, and joy; sweet-scented trees with bright ornaments, with presents underneath, and cookies, smiles, and hugs. Not in the end, though.… Read More A Family by Choice Christmas

December 21, 2017December 21, 2017 Nathan Caro FrechetteLeave a comment

Three new releases, and other awesome things

Hi everyone! I just wanted to share with you three new releases of mine! The first one will be of interest to the people who have been following this post for the advice I give in it, and have been prompting me to gather it all up in one place. This isn’t exactly that, because… Read More Three new releases, and other awesome things

October 12, 2015October 12, 2015 Nathan Caro FrechetteLeave a comment

Apartment 613 reviews Kindred Spirits!

Apartment 613, Ottawa’s best community arts and entertainment blog, has just posted a review of my third book, Kindred Spirits. Reviewer Alejandro Bustos, who calls himself “a big fan of her Family by Choice series”, had this to say about the book: “Set over a year after the end of book two Brothers in Arms, the… Read More Apartment 613 reviews Kindred Spirits!

May 18, 2015May 18, 2015 Nathan Caro FrechetteLeave a comment

New review for Kindred Spirits!

I am so excited about this great new review for my latest book, Kindred Spirits, by Geeky Godmother! Read it here!

October 21, 2014October 21, 2014 Nathan Caro FrechetteLeave a comment

Book launch!!

Please join me for the launch of my latest book, Kindred Spirits, the third novel in the Family by Choice series! Saturday October 25th 2014, 3:00-5:00 PM at the Comic Book Shoppe 2 (228 Bank St, Ottawa, ON, Canada) There will be free candy, because, HALLOWEEN, but also… !!!COSTUME CONTEST!!!! Because I’m a big baby and… Read More Book launch!!

October 20, 2014October 20, 2014 Nathan Caro Frechette2 Comments

Free book, anyone?

Are you on Goodreads? There is a giveaway right now to win one of two signed paperback copies of my newest book, Kindred Spirits, third in the Family by Choice series. All you have to do is click here, then scroll down and find the “enter to win” button, and click on that! And if you… Read More Free book, anyone?

October 15, 2014October 21, 2014 Nathan Caro FrechetteLeave a comment

Monsters in Horror Fiction

As some of you may know, I participated in The Conference for Canadian Content in Speculative Art and Literature last weekend, and spoke on a few panels. One of those panels was titled “No More Sparkly Vampires! Scary Monsters in Fiction, and I had the privilege of having a very lively and incredibly interesting conversation… Read More Monsters in Horror Fiction

October 13, 2014 Nathan Caro FrechetteLeave a comment

The complexity of the human mind

A few weeks ago, I got a bad review. It happens, and even when, as is the case with this particular book, it happens a lot less than the positive ones, it’s still unpleasant. But that’s not what this post is about. It’s about why he hadn’t liked the book, because being a character-driven author… Read More The complexity of the human mind

February 18, 2014October 20, 2014 Nathan Caro Frechette3 Comments

Family by Choice

I wrote a guest post on Lizzie’s Dark Fiction which you should check out! It’s about family, which is an important theme in my recent release, Blood Relations, but it’s also about how we talk about things that are private and important to us , and how much of our own personal lives we put… Read More Family by Choice

December 10, 2013October 30, 2014 Nathan Caro FrechetteLeave a comment

Blood Relations review/interview

Blood Relations review/interview A wonderful review/interview about Blood Relations, from Apt613!

November 8, 2013December 12, 2013 Nathan Caro FrechetteLeave a comment
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