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Delirious Walrus Announces the Sage Chronicles Revitalized and Reimagined: The Sage Chronicles Unveils New Editions With Mesmerizing Covers
MINNEAPOLIS, December 17, 2023 (CarryOnHarry.com)
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The Sage Chronicles, a noteworthy but comparatively undiscovered literary series, is celebrating a major milestone with the release of captivating new editions and covers for two significant titles. These editions exemplify the refined craftsmanship of an up-and-coming author, offering readers a fresh outlook.
Readers encounter a hidden gem with the re-release of The Way Beyond: The Life and Times of Halcyon Sage, available December 20th, 2023. This jigsaw puzzle of intersecting worldviews, the first volume of The Sage Chronicles, was previously hailed by a small group of book enthusiasts and delighted critics for its immersive and engaging content. BlueInk Review wrote that it possessed “the stirring immediacy of a guitar riff,” while Foreword Reviews called it “deliciously funny fiction” and Kirkus Reviews, “a madcap novel, leaping and lurching with a frenetic energy reminiscent of mid-1960s postmodernism.” This new edition has undergone significant revisions, showcasing the author’s refined storytelling skills and providing an enhanced and accessible entry into the story’s world. Readers will be drawn in by the endearing characters and the spectrum of captivating themes. ISBN:978-1-7334288-4-2; eISBN:978-1-7334288-7-3.
ADVANCE PRAISE FOR THE NEW EDITION: The Way Beyond is a fanciful escape over less traveled paths of whimsical adventure, dotted with oases of deep religious and political reflection. Unlike anything I’ve ever read! — Author James Partlow
The Book of Squidly Light, Book 2 in the series and due for release in early 2024, had previously held the spotlight as a May 2020 featured pick from the American Library Association’s Booklist Magazine. Now it returns in a new edition to extend and deepen the original vision of The Sage Chronicles. The author says of this book, “If The Way Beyond is a square, then The Book of Squidly Light is a cube.” ISBN:978-1-7334288-5-9; eISBN:978-1-7334288-8-0.
These new editions arrive hot on the heels of the companion volume, Sage’s Multiverse Mini-Series, published November 30, 2020, a tapestry of viewpoints and experiences spanning short stories, mini-novels, poetry, interviews, and diaries. This immersive journey into a quirky multiverse offers readers an enriched experience that not only adds to Halycon Sage’s universe but also rejuvenates it. ISBN:978-1-7334288-35-5.eISBN:978-1-7334288-66-6.
Award-winning design artist Richard Ljoenes contributed dazzling covers for all three books. His vibrant, multicolored creations, together with inspired and often humorous interior graphics from artist B.C. Hatch, add an additional magic, helping to unfurl the narratives, bring the author’s words to life in a visually satisfying way, and draw the reader deeper into the narrative.
The Sage Chronicles presents a rich mix of realities and captivating characters, blending the absurd with the profound. It offers abundant enjoyment and thought-provoking moments.
Author Bio: Multicultural by birth, association, and choice, Karima Vargas Bushnell (M.A. Intercultural Relations) has worked as an adjunct professor of Intercultural Communication, a refugee/immigrant job counselor, a county court reporter, and a web moderator for the London Times Online. Karima’s primary interest is in borders: not physical, but spiritual, mental, and emotional ones, the liminal spaces between worldviews, where reality is negotiable. Her books occupy the borders of metafiction, literary fiction, and science fiction and illuminate the borders between her characters’ radically different cultures and worldviews. Her protagonist, the mysterious author Halcyon Sage, is a border crosser par excellence.
Source: Delirious Walrus
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Author Ann Aschauer has released "Satan’s Worst Nightmare," a book built around a real outreach event two Michigan women created by reworking Halloween into a Christian production. According to the announcement, the expanded title reads "Satan’s Worst Nightmare: A Testimony of Recognizing, Fighting and Winning Today’s Spiritual Warfare" and it follows two small-town mothers, identified as Annie and Kelly, during the initial development of what the publisher calls a potentially unprecedented theatrical work: the story of Christ’s Resurrection told from Satan’s point of view.
The book arrives from Covenant Books, a Christian publishing house, and comes after Aschauer’s earlier novels including "Counselor," "Vision," and "Sparrows," as well as her prior nonfiction publications. Aschauer has a background in theater, playwriting and drama education, and taught middle school English and drama, experience the publisher says shaped how she reconstructed the obstacles the two women faced in building the event.
The narrative frames the project as spiritual warfare in a literal sense — prayer, obstacles, and what the release calls attacks and opposition standing between the women and a finished outreach. "This story shows that God can use anyone to do remarkable things that bring Him glory," Aschauer said in the announcement, adding that the original event became a testimony to everyone who helped build it. "I pray readers will see their own potential to make a difference in ways they never imagined possible," she said.
The book is being sold through bookstores and online retailers including Amazon, Apple’s iTunes Store, Google Play and Barnes and Noble, per the publisher.
What the announcement doesn’t specify is how the original event has evolved since — whether "Satan’s Worst Nightmare" is still staged annually in the women’s community, or whether the book is meant to document a one-time production. That detail is left to readers to find on their own.
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At Studio CarryOnHarry, we see Aschauer’s career trajectory as instructive for faith-based creators working in theatrical spaces. Her progression from drama educator to playwright to novelist reveals how technical storytelling craft and spiritual conviction can reinforce each other. By teaching middle school drama, she developed an intuitive understanding of how audiences connect with narrative—not through sermon, but through character, conflict, and transformation. That foundation shapes how she approaches faith narratives: not as didactic messages, but as dramatic experiences. Her earlier novels like "Counselor" and "Vision" suggest an author learning to weave theological themes into structured plots. With "Satan’s Worst Nightmare," Aschauer applies those hard-won skills to document a real community event, transforming grassroots ministry into publishable testimony. For Christian creators, her arc demonstrates that investing in craft—understanding how stories actually move people—strengthens rather than dilutes faith-centered work.
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The novel is fiction but draws on the real experience of an NYPD officer, per the announcement. It centers on Sofia Vega, an NYPD officer whose work amid the smoke and debris in the aftermath leads to lasting consequences she and her family must face. Strong has said she wanted to write about what happened to first responders and their families after press coverage of the attacks faded — a theme that echoes a broader body of anniversary-year 9/11 literature, including nonfiction essay collections and survivor accounts published or reissued around the same milestone.
According to Strong, "I wanted to tell a deeply personal story about what happened after the television cameras moved on." "Many first responders and their families continued living with the consequences of September 11 for years. This novel honors their courage, their sacrifices, and the people who loved them through it all."
The free download is available at sheneverleftgroundzero.com. The book will also remain for sale on Amazon and other retailers after the promotional window closes. Strong’s team can be reached through the same website or by phone.
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At Studio CarryOnHarry, we see Strong’s September timing as a textbook example of anniversary marketing strategy. Major commemorative dates like the 25th anniversary of 9/11 generate enormous search volume and media attention—precisely when potential readers are already thinking about the subject matter. By anchoring a free promotion to this peak-interest window, authors capture visibility they’d need to spend significantly on advertising to achieve otherwise. The counterintuitive logic: giving away the book for free during high-traffic periods can actually drive more long-term sales than traditional paid campaigns, because it builds audience reach, generates word-of-mouth momentum, and establishes the title in readers’ minds before the promotional window closes. When the book returns to paid status in October, those who downloaded it free become natural candidates for follow-up engagement—reviews, recommendations, and future purchases. It’s a calculated play on consumer psychology and search behavior that extends the book’s commercial lifespan well beyond September.
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