The dreary days and super-cold temperatures of this winter have left me longing for warmer days and sunshine. How about you? Have you ever been to the land of the midnight sun? Do your dogs like to apricate? Have you watched a turnsole follow the movement of the sun? What does alpenglow have to do…
Dreams. We all have them, some more often than others do. No matter how often we have them, our dreams take us to other worlds, other situations, other realities. What if while you were asleep at night you could leave your body and go anywhere you wanted? Paul has sleep issues. It’s not that he…
Is the burial of a dead body interment or internment? If a person dies without making a will, do they die interstate, intestate, or intrastate? Is a small island an aisle or an isle? Which one is possessive: it’s or its? interment, internment Interment is the burial of a dead body in a grave or…
What would you call the cry of a newborn child? What about the sound that is made when your car runs over a manhole cover? When you’re so hungry you could eat an elephant, what sound does your stomach make? Cachinnation is loud or hysterical laughter. It is when you laugh so hard that tears…
Some people seem to have a knack for getting themselves in trouble and embroiled in hard-to-get-out-of situations. Kate McCall is one of those people. What presents itself to her as a simple case always turns out to be so much more, and because of that, she winds up about to be arrested, handcuffed and arrested,…
Snow is beautiful when it first falls. When its pristine whiteness covers everything, it creates a gorgeous winter wonderland. Unfortunately, it has to melt, and when it does, the beautiful winter wonderland turns into a dirty mess that is not pleasing to look at. Sposh, soft slushy mud or snow, is one of the words…
You think you’ve had a bad start to your day? In Tread the Darkness, the second book in the Strigoi series, Marek’s day begins in a way that is probably worse than anything you’ve ever experienced. In the middle of a cold snowy winter, he is flung naked onto the crowded streets of Paris where…
Is taking the law into your own hands ever a good idea? Would the personal satisfaction it brings outweigh just how illegal it is? Kurt Jamison and Frankie Cartwright grew up as best friends. They were inseparable. But then something tragic happened that forever separated them. Kurt became a policeman. Frankie became a criminal mastermind.…
This is a fantastic collection of short stories. Each one is horrific in its own way. From demons and the occult to curiosity and hypocrisy, the way one wrong turn can completely change a life is subtly and chillingly demonstrated. The way you look at things, including dreams, and the way you think is liable…
There was a time when I read every Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple mystery that I could get my hands on, as well as any of the other mysteries that Agatha Christie wrote. Then the day came when I had read every one of them, and my search began for another author whose mysteries would…
