Last Sunday, I was pondering going back to work. beating myself up for not having written more words over the weekend, and literally whispered to my husband, “I can’t do this.” He didn’t know what I thought I couldn’t do, but being the man he is, he took me out for an adult beverage and…
The Tragic Tale of Abby Campbell, Part 5, THE END
The Tragic Tale of Abby Campbell, Part 5 for October Frights Blog Hop. Final section…we’ve reached the end for Abby… Park rangers and police organize into two search parties. They peer at a map, dividing the search and rescue perimeter into two parts. Rob peels in and parks behind a police car. He dashes to…
Why no one would publish the Tragic Tale of Abby Campbell
For the October Frights Blog Hop, I’ve been sharing a tale I wrote a long time ago, that has never been published. Why? Because I kill kids. Not gruesomely, but two babies die. In Dark Fantasy, and even in Horror, killing children and pets is verboten, or at least, is considered serious taboo. Just ask…
The Tragic Tale of Abby Campbell, Part 4 for October Frights Blog Hop
The Tragic Tale of Abby Campbell, Part 4 for October Frights Blog Hop Abby removes the baby from the backpack and takes it inside. “I’m sorry, Holly. I didn’t know they had you or I would have come and gotten you sooner.” Abby rocks the baby. The baby coos and smiles but then starts to…
The Tragic Tale of Abby Campbell, Part 3 for October Frights Blog Hop
The Tragic Tale of Abby Campbell, Part 3 for October Frights Blog Hop Abby walks out, places the bags in her truck, climbs in and releases normal face. She is hyperventilating with the effort of that simple interaction. Her next stop is for gas, and while she doesn’t have to talk to anyone, she does…
The Tragic Tale of Abby Campbell, Part 2 for October Frights Blog Hop
The Tragic Tale of Abby Campbell, Part 2 for October Frights Blog Hop If you walk to the beginning of the woods in Silverdale, Maryland, you will find several signs that indicate various trails for hikers. The red trail is several miles long and has steep inclines. The yellow trail is a little less hilly…
The Tragic Tale of Abby Campbell, Part 1 for the October Frights Blog Hop
The Tragic Tale of Abby Campbell, Part 1 for the October Frights Blog Hop Leaving is hard. Being left is harder. Leaving takes you to places where things are new or weird or different and you are distracted from the odd feeling that something is missing. Being left leaves you exactly where you are, but…
Tom Petty, The Traveling Wilburys, and a Girl Named Jess Friedman
We lost Tom Petty this week, only a few days before my new series, Monster Hunter Mom comes out with the first novella. The title of the first book is Tweety and the Monkey Man, a play on the Traveling Wilburys song, Tweeter and the Monkey Man. In fact, all of the MHM books are…
Souls Rise, Chapter 1
Souls Rise, chapter 1: Gaspard’s boots crunched on the icy snow as he walked through the 11 Gaspard’s boots crunched on the icy snow as he walked through the 11th Arrondissment, the Jewish sector of Paris. The reek of fear was thick and the shadows so dense they were permanent fixtures, impervious to even the…
7 Days Until Souls Rise! Excerpt #1
Only 7 days until Souls Rise, the third novella in The Soul Wars series, is released. This is the novella in which we learn how Kara came to be with Gaspard, and why some vampires have souls and other do not. Excerpt…beginning of Chapter 3: He headed back into Paris and disappeared in the shadows….