Hi lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host SS Hampton Sr
and his new book, “Intimate Journeys”!
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Intimate Journeys
by SS Hampton Sr
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GENRE: Erotic Sci-Fi Fantasy Romance
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BLURB:
The
most intimate journeys, though they are polar opposites, involve the
unparalleled pleasures of sex and the inevitable unknown of death. Both are an
experience unlike anything else: one is sought by everyone, while the other is
avoided by everyone - for as long as they can. Sometimes these polar opposites
complement each other.
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EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT:
“Grandpa’s Bon Qui Qui,” Intimate Journeys
A
cold, brilliant sun hung in the deep blue Afghan sky above ancient mountains
whose snowy peaks shone so brightly that it hurt the eyes.
Sparse
pine trees on a smaller rocky peak rustled noisily in the strength of a wind
sweeping up from steep, forested ridges that blended into one narrow ridge for
the final zigzag up to the peak. To the northeast of the small peak and curving
southwest around it, rose a range of even higher, snow-blanketed mountains so
tall, so rugged, and so often shrouded in stormy clouds they might have been
home to forgotten, nameless gods that predated mankind.
Sometimes
it was easy to imagine that the solitary peak harbored the last vestige of
human life left in the world, especially when one gazed on mysterious valleys
below that were often hidden by thin, wispy or stormy clouds. The peak wasn’t
immune to the grayish clouds or storms. Sometimes, dazzling lightning flared silently
mere feet overhead as sheets of rain poured from the roiling clouds that a hand
could touch. At other times a silent, heavy snow drifted out of the clouds.
Most
beautiful and mysterious of all, when the wind drove the snow across the peak
and into the air, it created billowing tresses of silverish hair that sparkled
in the sunlight. The long tresses trailed into the distance, shadowing the
smaller mountains and valleys below. Sometimes the blowing snow murmured as if
with the hiss of sharp, indrawn breath interspersed with a low moan of rising
pleasure...
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AUTHOR BIO:
Stan Hampton, Sr. is a
full-blood Choctaw of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, a divorced grandfather to
13 grandchildren, and a published author, photographer and photojournalist. He
retired in 2013 from the Nevada Army National Guard with the rank of Sergeant
First Class; he previously served in the active duty Army, and the Army
Individual Ready Reserve (mobilized for the Persian Gulf War). He enlisted in the
Nevada Army National Guard in October 2004, after which he was mobilized for
Federal active duty for almost three years. Hampton is a veteran of Operations
Noble Eagle and Iraqi Freedom, with deployment to northern Kuwait and several
convoy security missions into Iraq.
He
has had two solo photographic exhibitions and curated a multi-media exhibit.
His writings have appeared as stand-alone stories and in anthologies from Dark
Opus Press, Edge Science Fiction & Fantasy, Melange Books, Musa Publishing,
MuseItUp Publishing, Ravenous Romance, and in Horror Bound Magazine, The
Harrow, and River Walk Journal, among others.
As of
April 2014, after being in a 2-year Veterans Administration program for
Homeless Veterans, Hampton is officially no longer a homeless Iraq War veteran.
In
May 2014 he graduated from the College of Southern Nevada with an Associate of
Applied Science Degree in Photography – Commercial Photography Emphasis. He has
been studying at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas with in a double major in
Art and English. He recently returned from spending a cold, rainy Spring 2017
semester studying at a university in southwestern France in the shadow of the
Pyrenees Mountains.
After
16 years of desert in the American Southwest, and Southwest Asia, he still
misses the Rocky Mountains, yellow aspens in the fall, running rivers, and a
warm fireplace during snowy winters.
Hampton
can be found at the links below.
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CONNECT WITH SS HAMPTON SR:
Barnes and Noble Website:
Dark Opus Press Website:
Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing Website:
Melange Books Website:
MuseItUp Publishing:
Facebook:
Goodreads Author Page:
Goodreads Book Page:
Amazon US Author Page:
Amazon UK Author Page:
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BOOK BUY LINKS:
Amazon Kindle:
Amazon Paperback:
Barnes and Noble:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/intimate-journeys-ss-hampton-sr/1110739198
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/intimate-journeys-2
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GIVEAWAY INFO:
SS Hampton Sr will be awarding a $10 Amazon or
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Thank you for the excerpt and giveaway and congrats on the tour.
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the tour and thanks for the chance to win :)
ReplyDeleteGood morning everyone.
ReplyDeleteFirst, I'd like to say thank you for hosting me once again. I appreciate it.
And, to everyone who has visited already, and to future visitors, welcome. I hope you enjoy your visit.
Have a great day!
Stan
I love the cover and I'm looking forward to checking this one out! Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteThis is a combination I haven't read too often, would be nice to read something different.
ReplyDeleteGood evening everyone.
ReplyDeleteYes, hopefully this collection of short stories has something for everyone. Military fiction, science fiction, fantasy, horror, a slice of life, and even a bit of erotic romance sometimes blended with one of the genre above.
Thanks for visiting, and have a great weekend!
Stan
I was wondering what the author is working on next?
ReplyDeleteHello!
DeleteAt the moment I'm rewriting an erotic romance that takes place in Colorado. Thanks for visiting!
Stan
Happy Saturday and thank you so much for the hard work you put into bringing us terrific giveaways.
ReplyDeleteGood Morning and Happy Sunday! Have a good one and thanks for the chance at winning.
ReplyDeleteHere we are at Monday again so soon. Have a good one and remainder of the week and thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteWho is your favorite author?
ReplyDeleteGood Morning! Stopping by wishing you a great day and to say thank you again for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the chance at winning this great giveaway
ReplyDeleteDo you get writer's block, if so what do you do to overcome it?
ReplyDeleteHappy FRIDAY! So many look forward to this day so hoping it's a great one for you. Thanks again for the great giveaway.
ReplyDeleteLast day already, i wish you much success and luck in your writing career!
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