Coming Soon: NEMESIS - a science fiction short story anthology

K.J. Gillenwater is currently editing a science fiction short story anthology entitled, NEMESIS. The idea for the anthology was this: Write a short story between 4,000 and 5,000 words using the word "Nemesis" as your inspiration.

There are ten writers participating (including K.J.), so the anthology will be somewhere between 40,000 and 50,000 words in length (approximately 200 pages). The book should be up for sale in August/September 2016 time frame in e-book format only.

Here are the short story titles that will be included:

• Polarity by Holly Gonzalez
• Superhero Comic Girl vs. the Litter Box by Steven R. Brandt
• Last Walk by Jinn Tiole
• Stagnant by Dave Cardwell
• Three Shades of Black by Matthew Thrush
• Disciple by Kristin Jacques
• Outwitting Alexa by Jesse Sprague
• Mordecai by Hannah Ansley
• Guardian by Louis Williams
• Star Log by K. J. Gillenwater.

Stay tuned for a sales link!

Skyfall - A Collection of Flash Fiction

K. J. Gillenwater has released a new book - a collection of science fiction short stories. SKYFALL is available at Amazon in e-book format.

Only 99 cents on Amazon.

A science fiction short story collection of three flash fiction works.

Skyfall. A miner confronts a devastating future.

Time Travel. A failed engineer tinkers with a matter-energy transporter, which he plans to step into for the first time.

Torch. A man attempts to escape from a futuristic prison.

ACAPULCO NIGHTS Available Now!

K. J. Gillenwater has released a new book. ACAPULCO NIGHTS is available at Amazon in e-book and paper back.

 "From the moment I began reading I was hooked. I literally could not lay it down." - Book Reviews by Debra Gaynor

"I enjoyed reading this book so much I didn’t want the experience to end." - Samantha at Book Reviews & Giveaways

"Steamy nights and a complicated relationship…this book is an interesting read." - Nymphaea at Long and Short Reviews

ACAPULCO NIGHTS was a Write Affair (Kensington Books) finalist on Wattpad and an Editor's Pick!

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Suzie's fiancé, James, is pressuring her to pick a day for their wedding. She's cancelled three dates, and he's starting to wonder if she really wants to get married. But how does she go about telling her fiancé that she's already married to a man in Mexico? She needs a divorce, and she needs one fast. Her marriage has been a secret from her best friend, Janice, her fiancé, even her own mother, and she wants to keep it that way.

When Janice asks her to come along on an all-girl vacation to Acapulco, Suzie leaps at the chance. A search on the Internet gives Suzie all the information she needs to track down her husband, Joaquin, while out of the country and finally get that divorce.

Unfortunately, Joaquin won't give her up so easily.

When James appears in Acapulco unexpectedly, all hell breaks loose, and Suzie stands to lose everything she's ever loved. 

Blood Moon - Now Available

Blood Moon

An SAT Vocabulary Novel from K. J. Gillenwater

Werewolves are roaming Northeast High, and Savannah Black is determined to hunt them down.

When Savannah's academic rival mysteriously disappears, she enlists the aid of her two best friends, Dina and Nick, to solve the mystery. Football players with glowing eyes and razor sharp canine teeth may have fooled the faculty, but not Savannah and her friends. These brave students are determined to eradicate a clan of deadly werewolves who threaten to take over their school.

When Dina disappears right before the big Homecoming Dance, Savannah and Nick must act quickly to save her from the werewolf's curse. But will a straight-A student be able to master knives and silver bullets as easily as chemistry and calculus?

Warning! This book contains pentagrams, bonfires in the woods, and 1000 SAT words and their definitions to challenge you.

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The Ninth Curse from Samhain Publishing!

"If you like fast-paced paranormal romances heavy on the magic, you'll enjoy Gillenwater's The Ninth Curse" - Water Lily, Long and Short Reviews 

"...a gripping and spine-tingling paranormal romance." -  Christina, Romance Junkies

His blood for a cure. It's a cruel and deadly bargain…

Nine curses. Nine weeks to live. Joel Hatcher has inherited more than a family legacy. It’s a time bomb that’s ticking down to the inevitable: his own death. But the curse won’t die with him. Unless he can find a way to break the cycle, his younger brother becomes the next victim.

In the throes of the third curse, the Painful Pox, Joel makes a last-ditch decision to seek the help of a young spiritualist.

One look into Joel’s suffering eyes, and “Madame Eugenie” finds herself torn between doing the right thing, and fulfilling her most secret wish—bring her husband Adam back from the dead. Joel’s cursed blood is the missing ingredient in her resurrection rituals, and Adam’s spirit whispers seductively that there’s only one way to get it: steal it.

As Gen and Joel unearth his family’s past to track down a cure, they come closer to each other, and to a horrible truth. To live, Joel must lose everything. Up to and including the woman he has grown to love.



The Ninth Curse is my first paranormal suspense book to be released. It's currently available in electronic format from Samhain Publishing and a print release to follow.

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The Little Black Box from Under The Moon Press!

Looking for another gripping, exciting paranormal suspense from K J Gillenwater? Now available from Under the Moon Press....

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The Little Black Box

After the suspicious suicides of several student test subjects, Paula Crenshaw, research assistant and budding telekinetic in Paranormal Sciences at Blackridge University, suspects they may be connected to a little black box designed to read auras. Professor Jonas Pritchard, the head of the department, doesn't believe his precious experiment could be causing students to drop like flies.

But when her best friend almost dies after her encounter with the black box, Paula is certain there is a connection. She pulls her cute, but sloppy, office buddy, Will Littlejohn, into the mystery, and they get closer to the truth behind who might be financially backing the project and why. Haunted by memories of a childhood accident, which she believes she caused with her untamed psychic abilities, Paula finds herself lured to the black box and its mysteries.