PRESS RELEASE FOR DREAMCHASER

Below is a Press Release I just received from BrightKey PR for Dreamchaser, the last novel in my Dreamfarer trilogy. The first two novels are Dreamfarer and Go East, Young Man, also published by Mystique Press and available on Amazon. The press release is written with a dash and flair which I admire almost as much as I do United States Senator Mark Kelly, featured above. For the record, my Email address (omitted from the bottom of the release) is jroseman@cox.net, and the novel is available on Amazon at https://bit.ly/4jn5zW2 ~

Four Local Authors' Book Signing, Nov. 9

< STORIES IN THE STARS >   

Please come this Sunday, Nov. 9. I'm one of four local authors who will be signing our books at Elation Brewing from 1 to 5 p.m. Elation Brewing on Colley Avenue is a fantastic place which offers all kinds of creative and culinary treats and activities. Don't miss it!

The authors for the Stories in the Stars event are:

              Emily Davidson (Science Fiction & Fantasy)

Tobias Youngblood (Urban Fantasy & Horror)

  Drema Deòraich (Science Fiction & EcoFiction)

  John B. Rosenman (Science Fiction & Fantasy)

LOOMINGS is Here!

Loomings A Literary Newsletter by John B. Rosenman Welcome to Loomings, a newsletter about what’s new in the world of speculative fiction—and in my own writing. Here, I share recent developments, upcoming releases, reflections on storytelling, and the occasional twist from the edge of reality. To my former subscribers, if you want to continue, I’d be honored to have you come along. And if you’ve drifted, I understand and wish you the best. Warmly, John Volume 1, Number 1 -------------- Did You Know? Scientists believe the Greenland shark can live up to 500 years—meaning some are older than Shakespeare or the Jamestown settlement. That’s a lot of breaths. ————————————- To Mark the Launch of Loomings: The Riddle Challenge (See below): How It Works: Solve just one of the two riddles below and send your answer(s) by October 10 to  jroseman@cox.net. All correct entries will be entered into a random drawing. Three winners will receive a free Kindle copy of one of my novels, either Dreamfarer or A Breath of Fresh Air. When you submit your answer(s), please indicate which novel you'd prefer to receive. Winners will be announced in the next issue of Loomings. Here are the riddles: 1. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? 2. What can travel around the world while staying in the same corner? ————————————- Yes, I’d like to keep receiving Loomings. A Near-Death Experience Since we last spoke, strange things have happened. The first time, I lay down and slipped into a sleep where I felt I was drowning—unable to breathe. I was paralyzed, and I knew: if I didn’t manage to heave myself upright, I would die. The most recent time, I was playing tennis and sat down during rotation to wait my turn. As I waited, I drifted into a mental fog. Suddenly, I couldn’t breathe and was screaming inside. When I woke up, I had a headache. Nevertheless, I rose to my feet and played tennis for another hour. And ever since, one thought has haunted me: What if that happened while I was driving my car? I could kill someone. I could kill myself. Eventually, I saw a neurologist. After a test, I received the diagnosis: sleep apnea. Now I sleep with a machine that helps me breathe when I sleep. But here’s where life turned into fiction. I gave my character, Michael Windsor, the same symptoms. And in my novel A Breath of Fresh Air, the machine doesn’t just help—it watches. It learns. It judges. Soon, the government is after Michael, seeking to seize the sentient device for military and scientific purposes. The novel is the first in a series, and it's available on several outlets and can be purchased on Amazon: A Breath of Fresh Air on Amazon ~                 Is there a moral here? Maybe. Sometimes the scariest moments become the most fertile ground for storytelling. And sometimes, the machine that saves your life becomes the one that asks what your life is worth—and what your existence is really about. > Art Imitates Life — A Novel Born < > I’ve just received the edited, accepted version of Book 2 in the series, Every Breath I Take. It’s sitting in my computer now, waiting for me to go through it. The journey continues… and deepens. < This first issue is intentionally simple—a breath, not a broadcast. After nearly ten years of silence, I’m stepping back into the current with new stories, reflections, and a few surprises. If you’d like to continue receiving Loomings, just click below to stay aboard. I’m planning exciting things, and I’d welcome your company. Subscribe to Loomings Copyright (C) 2025 John B. Rosenman. All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because I'm inviting you to subscribe to my newsletter. Our mailing address is: John B. Rosenman 6229 Auburn Drive, VA Beach, VA 23464 Virginia Beach, Va 23464 USA Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe

LOOMINGS is Coming!

Yes, my speculative fiction newsletter is on the horizon. In the first issue, I write about a disease that threatened my life and which I used to generate a novel. Loomings is, in part, what I choose to do with the time I got back.

If you’d like to receive it, just drop your name and email in the comments—or message me privately at jroseman@cox.net if that feels better.

No spam, no noise. Just stories and info worth your time.

Thanks for being here.

~ John

👉 “Then her face and form waver, fading like a dream.” #scifi #fantasy – Amazon: https://amzn.to/3Fj0MSu

FantaSci 2025 - Come and Meet the Author!

I will be vending at the FantaSci Comicon at the Chesapeake Central Library on Saturday (July 26) from 10 am to 4 pm. I'll have the complete Dreamfarer trilogy there, all three #scifi / #fantasy print books. A Breath of Fresh Air, a harrowing novel based partly on my own life, will also be available.

Please come, chat with the author, and purchase your own personally signed copies. I'll write almost anything in them you wish!  

  Only 99¢! Buy Dreamfarer at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0932D1D3K

         

And Book 3 in the Dreamfarer Trilogy!

Also available for signing, A Breath of Fresh Air, a harrowing #scifi / #fantasy novel based partly on my own life.

               

Drema Deòraich, Winner of the Literary Titan Gold Book Award

Drema says, "I write speculative fiction that asks big questions."

Winner of the Literary Titan Gold Book Award, November 2024!

Entheóphage

                        

Purchase on Amazon: bit.ly/4ldfuP5

              B & N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/%22Drema%20De%C3%B2raich%22/

                    Cinematic Book Trailer: https://niveymarts.com/

Blurb:

Dr. Isobel Fallon thinks she's found a treatment that will help her son and others suffering from Milani Syndrome, a rare neurological disorder. What she doesn't realize is that harvesting the source of this treatment in the only accessible place on earth it grows, a coral reef in the Nlaan Islands, is going to have consequences far beyond the disruption of the fragile ecosystem on one small reef.

CDC researcher Nadine Parker and her team are baffled. Lukas Behn’s daughter Kyndra has contracted a bizarre new virus that leaves her screaming in pain. But they can't identify any physical, biological source for that pain, not in Kyndra, nor in the dozens, then hundreds, and finally millions of children worldwide succumbing to the same virus. And no one seems to have made a connection between what's happening with the infected children and the events on a small coral reef in the South Pacific.

Eventually, Nadine has to face the unlikely truth, and the enormous implications of it. The children aren't sick, they're changing. But will anyone else believe her?

LAUNCH PARTY FOR MY TRILOGY - Sunday, Feb. 16, 4-6 pm.

 LAUNCH PARTY FOR MY TRILOGY - Sunday, Feb. 16, 4-6 pm.

I will be having a launch party or event on Sunday, Feb. 16 at 4 pm at the Muse Writers Center in Ghent (2200 Colonial Ave.) for my Dreamfarer Trilogy. It is post-apocalyptic, science fiction adventure. I hope you can come if it's possible. The three novels involved are Dreamfarer, Go East, Young Man, and Dreamchaser.

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Book 3 in the Trilogy, just published:

JUST PUBLISHED! Book 3 in the Dreamfarer Trilogy

DREAMCHASER, the last action-packed, sci-fi novel in the Dreamfarer trilogy has just been published! Readers, please show it a little love. It’s now available on Amazon at https://bit.ly/4jn5zW2. Here’s the blurb:

It is 150 years in the future and Sam Adams waits impatiently to be contacted by the Resistance. As Book 3 in the Dreamfarer series begins, the attack on the New York Dream Services Center is just three days away, and yet he’s heard nothing! Closing the Center and waking 2 ½ million Dreamers would be the biggest blow yet to cripple the Dream factories and wake up Americans, saving them from their dependence on machine-induced dreams to fill their otherwise dull existence.

Sam is contacted by Rogers, the mission’s leader, and a diverse group forms. Besides Rudolph, fifteen more members arrive. Rudolph uses a device so the group can study the Center’s vast interior. A mole in the Center advises them on how to carry out the mission. But who is the mole and can they trust him?

When Sam learns that one of their members is a Government spy assigned to capture or kill him, he distrusts everyone, even Ada, his love interest, and wonders if he should cancel the mission. Either way, he has only hours to decide. Amazon at https://bit.ly/4jn5zW2 ~

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