Updated 2.19.2026: There are still six books in this series that they are holding back from me. So I am still struggling for my rights back to those books, along with one of the Fly By Night books. HOWEVER…
Since pirates tried to steal my work and publish some of my OW books I have the rights back to, I decided to just bite the bullet and upload my versions of the ones I have the rights back to. They’re all available, and Berkley is still selling the other six, so go for it. I’ll be writing a new OW series set after the events of the first (shortly after), called Otherworld Unleashed, and that will be ALL MINE. I may never get the other six back, but I hold on to ope.
Also, with Fly By Night: I’ve changed the title to Dusk Till Dawn (personal reasons), and I’m pretending the second book doesn’t exist, and I’ll just write a new book 2 for it when I start it up again.
I appreciate ALL of your support on this.
BE AWARE: publishers do NOT buy the lifetime rights to the books and authors have the ABSOLUTE RIGHT to attempt to get them reassigned to us after a certain period of time. If you get bent over this, that’s a you-problem. If you start trying to interfere with my livelihood by stirring up trouble (yes, it’s happened), I WILL take action.
What BS on their part, that they won’t release it and aren’t even selling it to send you profits from! It really seems like independent publishing is the way to go, now.
Back when we could only print books, it wasn’t really possible, but we have so much more power, now.
Good luck. I hope you win.
I’m so sorry that you’re having to go through the BS of getting your rights back. I wish you tons of luck.
My neice has all of your Otherworld books, except the novella “Flight From Hell”. Where cam this book be bought? I’ve looked everywhere to get it for her, bit I can’t find it. Amazon, BAM, Barnes and Noble…its nowhere to ne found. Is this one that we have to wait for until you get your rights back?
Right, it’s not available now, along with one of the Fly By Night books, and all of the missing OW books and novellas are in limbo until I get ALL the rights back and can put out the entire series myself.
Where can I find the final book indie publication?
https://www.galenorn.com/series/otherworld/ has the book links to the indie work on Otherworld.
Good luck.
Berkley seems to have a very bad track record when it comes to this. Maggie Shayne went through the same ordeal with her Witches trilogy and its 4th short story entry. Keep up the good fight! I will continue to recommend your indie works to my friends and family. đŸ™‚