Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she's a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette. Where to go from there? From bad to worse apparently, for Alexia accidentally kills… Continue reading Book Sixty-Nine of 2014: Soulless by Gail Carriger
So, for a while I was on a serious writing roll. I had submitted many short stories and poems to contests as well as finished a chapter a day on my second draft. And then I hit a wall. This happens sometimes. It's never fun, but it's a way of life. It took FOREVER to… Continue reading On a Roll
Harry Potter has never played a sport while flying on a broomstick. He's never worn a Cloak of Invisibility, befriended a giant, or helped hatch a dragon. All Harry knows is a miserable life with the Dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son, Dudley. Harry's room is a tiny cupboard under… Continue reading Book Sixty-Eight of 2014: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
It turns out that a real alien invasion is nothing like the Sci-fi shows 14-year-old Gracie loves. Not when it’s your own family who are swallowed whole by those big silver ships. Not if it could be you next. In her search for her family, Gracie meets Brandon, a high school dropout who would… Continue reading Untaken Cover Reveal
The world is at the mercy of the dead—and the dead have no mercy. Time has run out for the human race. A virus has decimated the planet by resurrecting the recently dead. Groups of displaced survivors gather together and roam the countryside, searching for a sanctuary. But what happens when the living dead… Continue reading Book Sixty-Seven of 2014: The Dead: Colonies Book One by Robert Tozer
I am constantly looking over my shoulder. I worry and fear that something that I've done has destroyed some kind of delicate balance in the universe. Sure, that may sound a bit pompous. I mean, really, who can honestly say they were so important that a large group of people or at least a segment… Continue reading That Feeling When…
I've just realized that there have been at least two Tuesdays where I didn't post a poem. I guess that trend didn't last long. I'm going to try and have one up tomorrow, but no real promises on that one. My life has been pretty busy lately. I've been doing a lot of cleaning and… Continue reading Forgot to Post
Two years ago Eleanor Dryton lost her husband, her job and her friends. She lost everything about her old life that ever mattered to her. All she had left were her will and a burning desire for revenge. Now, El has served her time for being an unknowing partner in her murdered husband's crimes.… Continue reading Book Sixty-Six of 2014: Black Widow by P.J. Adams
Wendy Magdalena Braca lived in a Victorian mansion under three moons in Jupiter City. But her privileged upbringing falters when after the death of her father and the murder of her mother, she is shipped away to Greenleaf Asylum for Troubled Girls and lived there for years until she is “rescued” by a strange guild… Continue reading Book Sixty-Five of 2014: Curse Breaker: Guild Assassin by Berley Kerr
Sixteen-year old Toby was trained by a family of hunters to kill shape-shifters — but he has a unique weapon in his arsenal. With a touch of his hand, Toby can lift the magical protection shape-shifters use to disguise themselves as human. It’s an unusual skill for a hunter, and he prefers to kill… Continue reading God’s Play Cover Reveal
