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Does the ghost of a librarian that just couldnāt bear to be parted from her books frequent the library in your hometown? Does she reside there peacefully unless disturbed? Does she react like the ghost librarian from Ghostbusters if you try to talk to her? Or is she more like the ghost librarian at the…
Are you a SLIder? Do you have H.V.S.? In my Sci-Fi series, The Eve Project, Ben Harris is and does. He destroys any unshielded electronics, sets fire to ATMs, coffee machines, and unwittingly sends devastating arcs of electricity to anything metal. He suffers from B.C.E.D. He has spent his entire life trying to hide his…
Have you ever been in a situation where you can trust no one? You canāt even trust what you have seen with your own eyes. Ben has a condition called B.C. E D. or Bio-Chemical Electrical Discharge, and his body emits a form of electrical energy that messes with electrical devices. Itās not like we…
When you think of religious fiction, what authors come to mind? The obvious, of course, are the most famous: Dan Brown. Lynn Austin. Ted Dekker. Anne Rice has even delved into the subject. Over the past decade, religious fiction has become more popular and has steered the literary world into a territory that was seldom…
I was sure I had read every twist possible on the vampire story, but I was wrong.Ā The Vitandi adds another unique and upsetting twist to the vast collection of vampire stories out there. Remember the twelve apostles from the Bible? The apostles and Christ are a huge part of this book. The author does…
Several afternoons a week, I sit at our local coffee shop, sipping a chai, writing, knitting, and watching customers come and go. Though Iām not a stalker or psycho (okay, shut up), I canāt help but eavesdrop on other customersā conversations if they are close enough and loud enough, because hey, theyāre close enough and…
What kind of theme does the author believe Desper Hollow has? Did she have to do any research to write this book? What kind of books does she like to read? What fictional character would she like to have dinner with? What advice does she have for writers? I see Desper Hollow as a story…
A zombieās only purpose is to kill and eat. They donāt have feelings. They donāt think. In Desper Hollow, Elizabeth Massie has taken the ever-evolving zombie to a new level of existence. Something evil is going on in Desper Hollow, Virginia. This is a place to be avoided, a place people shy away from visiting. Granny…
For Halloween, authors take advantage of things that scare people. Some write stories that will keep you awake at night; others write stories that scare you for the moment. Any phobia would be appropriate in a Halloween story, but the following ones are more closely associated with this spooky time of year. Write your own…
Why did Gary Hendrix write about a haunted furniture store? Has he experienced anything like what happened in his book? How much research did he have to do? If he could choose any person, dead or alive, to spend an hour with, whom would it be? What was your inspiration for this book? Did you…
What is going on at Orsk? When the employees leave each evening, the store is in perfect order. They walk in the next morning to find broken bookshelves, smashed wardrobes, and shattered goblets. This chilling tale will make you think twice before you visit your next furniture store. I wanted to start reading this book…
How silly will you act at the tea party you throw on Mad Hatter Day? Do you need to go outside and scream on International Moment of Frustration Scream Day? How many fears do you need to face on National Face Your Fears Day? Are you going to overindulge in chocolate on National Chocolates Day?…
The great thing about fairy tales? Anyone can connect with them. Theyāre highly accessible. The only price of admission is being human. Thereās a reason we give fairy tales to children. Itās about all they can connect with. They havenāt yet been told how to āgetā Sartre, or Barthes, or any other tricky-to-pronounce French author.…
What if you could travel to the land where the dead resided?Ā Would you go there and try to bring back your loved ones who have passed on? From the title of the book, I thought it would be about a girl who died and then came back from the dead.Ā But I was wrong.…
In their first adventure, Nick and Tesla rescued a girl from her kidnappers and managed to wiggle out of those same kidnappersā clutches themselves. Now they need to help a friend find a stolen mint-condition comic book. Still spending the summer with their mad scientist uncle, Nick and Tesla are in the basement lab when…
In this collection of short stories by Thomas Ryan, you will find mystery, humor, abuse, murder, and romance of a different kind. Each story shows a different side of our human emotions, and their unexpected endings make these stories memorable. āRuthā ā Ruth is a woman who has been abused by her husband. She has…
Everyone has a hobby, an activity or interest they pursue for pleasure and/or relaxation. Michaelās mom has a hobby that is more than a bit unusual. Her hobby, the thing that gives her pleasure, is killing girls. Full of blood and gore, child abduction, abuse, cannibalism, and more, this book will keep you turning the…
Most everyone has stayed in a hotel at some time. Have you ever stopped to think about all the things that could have happened in the hotel you stayed in? A hotel room is not the same as your bedroom at home. People from many different walks of life have slept there. Did all of…
Do you remember being read fairy tales when you were a child? The monsters were always defeated, the beautiful lady was always rescued by Prince Charming, and everyone lived happily ever after. Or did they? What happened after the end of the stories that we read? Did everyone really live happily ever after? InĀ Never Ever…
What would you do if you found out your uncle, the one you were to stay with for at least the next three months, turned out to be a mad scientist? Nick and Tesla, brother and sister, both eleven years old, get the pleasure of staying with their Uncle Newt while their parents are in…
Envisage is a story about learning to deal with your own insecurities and fears. For years, I battled nightmares, but I didnāt understand how to get rid of them. We didn’t have the Internet when I was a child, so I didn’t know that what I had been dealing with had a name, several in…
Have you ever had a time in life when nothing goes right? When the life you have worked so hard to attain is falling to pieces? Outside of the realm we know and exist in, Dark Time threatens the reality of Paul Trevena and the others who live in his world. Trevena works at a…
Does chicken noodle soup help get rid of coals or colds? Would you store your valuables in a coffer or in a cougher? Is a football game played in a coliseum or a Colosseum? coalition, collation AĀ coalitionĀ is a union or temporary alliance between persons, groups, factions, etc. A coalition between the two teams was needed…
The day is dull, dark, and soundless. That is a perfect beginning for a book inspired by any tale of Edgar Allen Poe. In this tale of three little ravens, Edgar decides on this boring gray day to go and see his friend Roderick in his tree house. Of course, his little sister wants to…
