<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Portland Jones]]></title><description><![CDATA[Portland Jones]]></description><link>https://www.portlandjones.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:05:14 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.portlandjones.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Reincarnation of an Above Average Genius Student with Below Average Social Skills vol 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[Menma Aishi I am always willing to try something new, and this book was certainly something new to me. Amazon lists it in Magic &#38; Fantasy...]]></description><link>https://www.portlandjones.com/post/reincarnation-of-an-above-average-genius-student-with-below-average-social-skills-vol-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">637b4ef0c7a5dfdb5771dafd</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2022 10:20:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67f55b_d1841302d7654df89b591291b762a4e0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_353,h_500,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Portland Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simon: Not Your Average Superhero]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Not Your Average Chronicles Book 1) Lucas W. Mayberry If you were in a train crash, a serious one with carriages upended and fuel...]]></description><link>https://www.portlandjones.com/post/simon-not-your-average-superhero</link><guid isPermaLink="false">635917194cfc9c2e493fb43b</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2022 11:56:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67f55b_7d2c5b8414624530a7b8ad3bbee600b0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_323,h_500,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Portland Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Talking Cure (A Novel of Magic and Psychiatry)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Cutter and Mann Series Book 1 by Barbara Lien-Cooper and Park Cooper Dr Cynthia Mann, psychiatrist, left New York city, driven out by...]]></description><link>https://www.portlandjones.com/post/the-talking-cure-a-novel-of-magic-and-psychiatry</link><guid isPermaLink="false">633db2b13a966ce12aeb0a3d</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2022 16:59:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67f55b_d2cdee90895d47b0a004c29e273a5889~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_230,h_346,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Portland Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tivadar's House (Made Things Book 1)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seána Kee Valerie is an unusual child, not altogether surprising as both her mother and father have died and she is being cared for by...]]></description><link>https://www.portlandjones.com/post/tivadar-s-house-made-things-book-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6331b575d4a1ced88086ff05</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2022 14:50:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67f55b_7c2839f4fb774a1ea1000b07da9ae02a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_333,h_500,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Portland Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Midnight: A Vampire Island Saga]]></title><description><![CDATA[Keith Armstrong This book is the origin story for Midnight, a main character in Vampire Island and the battle for Malikperse. Keith...]]></description><link>https://www.portlandjones.com/post/midnight-a-vampire-island-saga</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6323541b2c29c57f846246c3</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2022 16:52:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67f55b_7bac3dcb4d58416aa761cfba1dfa5dc0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_333,h_500,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Portland Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Priestess of the Forest - A Druid Journey]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Druid Trilogy book 1 Ellen Evert Hopman Ethne is a Druid healer. We meet her living alone in the forest, waiting for sick and injured...]]></description><link>https://www.portlandjones.com/post/priestess-of-the-forest-a-druid-journey</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6301d3f3aa962359460c5cae</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2022 07:16:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67f55b_853fc152488a4e7caa72a998233d1ee0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_313,h_500,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Portland Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Invasion: An Urban Fantasy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Carolina Files Book 1 by Willa Blackmore Tula is a witch. She does fun stuff with her powers and she ‘knows’ that she’s born to this...]]></description><link>https://www.portlandjones.com/post/invasion-an-urban-fantasy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62e7d635fdd0d11131f975bd</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2022 13:43:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67f55b_3b70681ceac84d54aaa6081208449933~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_347,h_500,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Portland Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nail-Biter: A Short Horror Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[Giuseppe Gillespie The narrator tells us of his recurring nightmare. Strange symbols are scrawled in blood on the wall. From the opening...]]></description><link>https://www.portlandjones.com/post/nail-biter-a-short-horror-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62d537dfeaded0786825f256</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2022 11:04:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67f55b_b4eeef7f34414c38ab3bd2472d61fd49~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_314,h_500,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Portland Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet Hope: an Appalachian ghost story]]></title><description><![CDATA[Michael Easterling Where do I start? There are so many layers in this book, it’s impossible to pull out one as most important. All the...]]></description><link>https://www.portlandjones.com/post/sweet-hope-an-appalachian-ghost-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62cc05ebcee6532a8c27f7b2</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2022 11:30:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67f55b_eb2ed29297b040b282dc8ab4da3586d7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_145,h_218,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Portland Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Wave (lazarus): A Story of African Gods]]></title><description><![CDATA[E A Chile Jeremiah is a young man gliding through life without much thought except to make the most of his carefree student years. 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If everyone just ‘scrolled past’ the things...]]></description><link>https://www.portlandjones.com/post/rising-up-book-1-tranquillity-series</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62b9db16ec9bacecc53aa442</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2022 16:45:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67f55b_c017f1e92b404cb48109fbc044ed2b2e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_323,h_500,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Portland Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Outcast]]></title><description><![CDATA[by Rick Haynes I don’t normally read epic fantasy but I was intrigued by the thought of giants. 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The prologue sets the scene. Someone - a woman - is going to tell us...]]></description><link>https://www.portlandjones.com/post/the-lanyon-stone-the-laniyat-chronicles-prelude</link><guid isPermaLink="false">629272196d0af0f5dce3b0ac</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2022 20:12:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67f55b_bc3fd1c2f2d74f74aa1e94ba18e764ed~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_313,h_500,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Portland Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cracklock Saga book 1 Fae or Foe   Craig Deegan]]></title><description><![CDATA[‘Faery, where the monsters are not only from make believe.’ Fifteen year old Jack has grown up as a lovely lad who goes to school,...]]></description><link>https://www.portlandjones.com/post/the-cracklock-saga-book-1-fae-or-foe-craig-deegan</link><guid isPermaLink="false">628a1445d09f7eeb438c3c5d</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2022 10:51:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67f55b_a7461f0db1fd49fe911dc8226179d351~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_192,h_300,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Portland Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost Human - Book 1:Discovery]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ashleigh Reverie The war we all fear has happened. Much of the world is devastated by the weaponry used – nuclear, chemical and...]]></description><link>https://www.portlandjones.com/post/almost-human-book-1-discovery</link><guid isPermaLink="false">627f910d3982ca2a4c875306</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2022 14:11:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/67f55b_36677a3c17c84b0ab93fbad543adc595~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_332,h_500,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Portland Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Bones About It]]></title><description><![CDATA[by B Williams and J J White Charlie is timid. Yes, she's a psychic, and 'a dang good one', but we get the impression she suffers anxiety...]]></description><link>https://www.portlandjones.com/post/no-bones-about-it</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62763ae0ae65c15518085006</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2022 09:34:51 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Portland Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vampire The Begotten by Dayna Ward]]></title><description><![CDATA[(The Begotten Vampire series book 1) "If you loved the Twilight Saga, you will hate my books." This is what Dayna Ward says of Vampire...]]></description><link>https://www.portlandjones.com/post/vampire-the-begotten-by-dayna-ward</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62704264c1a1d6d51dc83434</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2022 21:02:34 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Portland Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Author life - checking you can actually say that]]></title><description><![CDATA[My next novel, The Dollmaker’s Story, is coming along nicely. I have the plot worked out, at least to a certain extent. I’m not a plotter...]]></description><link>https://www.portlandjones.com/post/author-life-checking-you-can-actually-say-that</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60d35001a4910f00152cd295</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2021 15:18:33 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Portland Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Author life - what's kept me away from my desk this week?]]></title><description><![CDATA[So what has kept me away from my desk recently? The bad: an abscess that made me look like hamster with stuffed cheeks led to a trip to...]]></description><link>https://www.portlandjones.com/post/author-life-what-s-kept-me-away-from-my-desk-this-week</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60c9f39e5955c300153e5091</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2021 12:51:33 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Portland Jones</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>