Rhiannon Held / R. Z. Held

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  • Two Novellas and a Short Story

    If you’re looking for reading material in these crazy times, I have three new works, across several genres, I want to let you guys know about! First, Book 1 in my new space opera series, CLEAN INSTALL, is available for preorder now, and will be coming out on April 7. To serve both my epub…

  • 2019 Awards Eligibility Post

    My awards eligibility post this year is short and sweet. (But watch this space in 2020–it’s filling up with lots of cool things I’ll have coming out!) I have one story out under my R. Z. Held pen name, in the “short story” category: Swimming Apart, at Beneath Ceaseless Skies. It’s a story about friendship,…

  • A Quiet 2019: Where to find my work

    I’ve been looking ahead to the coming year, and with one novel at the discovery draft stage (a space opera) and one at the final revision stage (a weird western) as well as numerous short stories and novellas at all stages of development… I think it’s a year to focus on getting words down rather…

  • Winter Sale and Awards Eligibility

    Want to finish off the year by finishing off the Silver series? Now the Silver series is complete, you can pick up the ebooks of the final novels and the short story collection (with a never-before-published archaeologist novella!) for $1.99 each! Wolfsbane (Book 4) Death-Touched (Book 5) Lady’s Children (Collection) Once you’ve finished reading, perhaps…

  • Lady’s Children now available

    LADY’S CHILDREN is out now! As well as collecting together all the previous short stories and novellas in the Silver universe, this collection also includes a never-before-published novella that returns to the story of the archaeologist Faith, who first appeared in “Mistaken Captives.” The novella also provides a coda to Andrew and Silver’s story, as…

  • Archaeology in Seven Kinds of Hell

    I’ve been asked at cons, more than once, to recommend authors who do archaeology right. A good rule of thumb is that you can rarely go wrong when the authors are actually archaeologists themselves. Then, recently, in honor of the impending release of LADY’S CHILDREN (#werewolfarchaeology!), I’ve been looking around for other urban fantasy authors…

  • Authorfest 12

    Coming up on Sunday, November 11, at 4 pm, I’ll be part of a group of speculative fiction authors signing at Powell’s Cedar Hills Crossing in Portland. Print copies of LADY’S CHILDREN will be available for the first time at this event! So come, say hi, get some books signed, and see a bunch of…

  • Lady’s Children

    I’m excited to announce my last release of the year: LADY’S CHILDREN, a collection of Silver universe short fiction, on November 6. It will include a never-before-published novella focused on the archaeology of the Were! Pre-order here. Add it on GoodReads. Werewolf archaeology * Pack loyalty * Lost history In their time as alphas of…

  • WorldCon 2018

    I will be at WorldCon in San Jose in just a few days. Come and say hi! My schedule: Autographing session Saturday, 11 am, SFWA autographing table in the Exhibit Hall My books will also be at the SFWA book depot and (if there’s space) likely at the Fairwood Press table in the Dealer’s Room.

  • Coming to Kindle Unlimited

    In the spirit of seeking out different audiences, I’m going to be trying a grand experiment! Coming August 1 (or thereabouts, updates are never instantaneous) I’ll be moving my two stand-alone novels, HOUND AND KEY and MIRROR BOUND, to be Kindle exclusive so they’ll be available in Kindle Unlimited for at least the first term…