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I'm thrilled to announce that my new story "Offer to the Adversary" will be included in Beyond the Book of Eibon, a literary tribute anthology to the Italian horror master, Lucio Fulci! Secure your copy on Kickstarter.

Edited by Perry Ruhland and Astrid Rose, the book will also include contributions Read more of this blog post »

Here's a new piece from me on Crash, the JG Ballard novel and Cronenberg adaptation. For a while it's been among my least favorite Ballard novels, but revisiting it this year, the singular humor and brilliance of the work really snapped together for me. Read more of this blog post »

Appropriate for Halloween, I have a new story up, not a romance this time, but a bit of Historical literary fiction. It's called the Waking Dream.

In 1816, when scandalous Lord Byron invites radical poet Percy Shelley to Switzerland, the plan is to embark on a poetic collaboration.
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Well, Joe Hempel did it better, but here I am narrating my story “The Hallowfiend Remembers,” which first appeared in the now out-of-print Sanitarium # 41. Have a great All Saints’ Eve.

https://youtu.be/2h2h8yKrXj0

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Hey Everyone!! Happy Halloween!!

I know that reading a first book of any series can be harder for most people as it's the book, especially in SF or Fantasy, that creates the World setting and the main characters.

I recently had a friend read my books and he told me the first one, Tayna's Dawn, was th Read more of this blog post »

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Mais um post sobre leituras do mês por aqui. Outubro não foi tão produtivo quanto eu gostaria. Comecei alguns livros, mas acabei deixando de lado porque senti que a leitura não me envolvia tanto, por isso não fluía. Mas, entre os que li e terminei, gostei de todos. Então, isso é uma vitória, né? Foc Read more of this blog post »

Does the Bible Support Racism & Slavery?

It is well nigh impossible to watch the news today, without hearing the word “racism” and references to “ slavery” as the staple . Is the condition of Americans really such, that everyone is so thoroughly imbued with those two plagues as to

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“Ross, Fiona’s parents have hired me to find her. She’s missing. As her ex fiancée, you might have valuable information that can help us find her as you will know…”

Ross cut her off. “Fi’s missing? Are you sure? I just saw her last night, how can she be missing?”

Pen in hand and taking no

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Coming soon: My Interview on
Loose Leaf Author Podcast
… with Charity Bradford
https://www.charitybradford-riverford...
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For now, check out…
The Little Creative Interview
… with Charity Bradford
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Charity Bradford is the science fiction and fantasy author of The Hand of Atua, Fade Into Me, and The Magic W Read more of this blog post »

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

My rating: 2 of 5 stars

How good or bad a writer is Stephen King? With the collapse of modernist and postwar hierarchies of artistic value that valorized realist fiction and intricate formal structures, American literary culture switched from dismissing King as a trashy ge

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Cowloom grabbed the handle also, while Michael and Molaro started scrapping the dirt off the top of the thing. Slowly, as more of the weight was pulled off it, the stone plug lifted enough to form a gap between it and whatever was below.

After about an hour of work, they swung the plug just past vert Read more of this blog post »

I just wrote a review of The Giver of Stars in which I focus on the romances in the book. Did anyone have the same experience of this book as I did? I mean, being sort of shocked that at the year 1937, girls/young women still didn't know the basics? I like to hear what you thought about this book. O Read more of this blog post »

My latest book in The Dorset Boy series, Raider, has been on preorder for a couple of weeks now and we are doing OK. Its doing well enough to hit the 13 spot in the Sea Stories top 100 chart! Its also the highest charting fighting sail book in the genre and the only one in the top 100.

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My new novel about contemporary relationships is available for pre-order ahead of it's release on November 27th. It's all about those things we shouldn't do but which give us the greatest of pleasure when we do them! Read more of this blog post »

G’day to you all. 28° this morning. Brrrrrr!!

I used to be a down-hill skier, enjoyed the cold and the challenges. Nowadays, however, I kind of like warmth, comfort, and less of a challenge. A snifter of Old Overholt Rye in one hand, a book in the other, and a wonderful dinner toward the end of the d Read more of this blog post »

“To them, kindness was seen as weakness, mercy was perceived as cowardice and negotiation was a code word for a bullet in the head.”

John in Drug Gang Takedown by Neil Walker

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1052...

Drug Gang Trilogy
by Neil Walker

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It's finally time!
The Kisses Under the Mistletoe series comes out tomorrow!
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⭐️Crazy for Christmas - Erin Lee - www.amazon.com/dp/B08GWYR6FV
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The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True by Richard Dawkins

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Richard obviously knows his stuffs and his way with words and illustrations make it easy for the average person to understand the concept he tries to break down. It's not easy when it comes to questions Read more of this blog post »

Dear All!

Happy Halloween! I hope you have some delightfully spooky but socially distanced fun lined up for tonight. I will be setting out trays of candy on my porch in preparation for what I expect might be hordes of trick-or-treaters. I live in a hundred-year-old neighborhood with small lawns and b Read more of this blog post »

Once Upon a Nightwalker is now available, just in time for Halloween!

The best part? It's FREE!

This Z-Tech Chronicles novelette follows Ellen Bloom and her struggle to fit into her old job after the events in the main series have left her forever different from her coworkers.

Find more information and

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Hi friends, recently I gave a virtual storytelling event hosted by New York Public Library based on my latest children's picture book: Kaia and Tutu's Journey to the World. It's about a girl's adventure to protect her best friend: a sea turtle. I want to help to increase the awareness for our kids t Read more of this blog post »

Do you love a good holiday story?

I'm putting finishing touches on My Christmas Quarantine, which will be out in the wild in a week or two.

Grab it on preorder for $.99, because the price goes back up after it's live.

Stay tuned, because this will be HOT and FUN(NY)! Read more of this blog post »

Grey Daze Book 3 Walking Grey only 99¢ download until midnight Halloween 2020.

"...there's always room for peaches and cream.”

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For Halloween 2020, “Buffet Libre” — Aurora Carrillo’s Spanish translation of my vampire story “All You Can Eat, All the Time” — is made available for free online at Libridinosum.

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I was lying awake in my bed Wednesday night, feeling drowsy and ready for sleep when suddenly a thought charged into my mind with the force of a Titan’s Thundercrash.

I am proudly announcing the official title for the sequel to Designation: Anonymous.
Terra Incognita

Thanks for publishing my before-the-coffee poem!

https://www.loudcoffeepress.com/lcp-i...

I attempted carving pumpkins with the patooties the other day. Met with squeals of 'ewww' and 'too slimy' and the eventual wandering off until I was the only one doing the actual carving, I had to ask 'but why'?

Have you ever wondered why we do holiday traditions?

Most times, they have their roots in Read more of this blog post »

I love the creep factor of good thrillers, which is probably why I titled my first, "Creeping" Like Ivy. It's also one of the reasons I love Halloween, though this year could be much less creepy than any other in my lifetime.

I've always loved frantically rushing from house to house in search of can Read more of this blog post »

When you do something wrong can you admit it? Do you only buy the nicest name brand things? Do you brag about what you have or go out of your way to show it off? Are you always judging others actions or possessions? Do you think you are irreplaceable at work? It is time for you to do a pride check!

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Hello everyone! Interested in a free science fiction short story?

There are a couple ways to grab a free copy of the prologue to my upcoming novel, Relics of Dawn.

1) It's free this weekend, Oct 30 - Nov 1 on Amazon!
https://bit.ly/deconstructionshort

2) If you missed that, don't worry! I am also runnin Read more of this blog post »

I have discovered, over time, that my books tend to have different requirements due to their nature(part photography and part writing). This has been working out mostly well with Amazon, but other formats aren't as easy. So, I've experimented with various things and then hit upon the idea of constru Read more of this blog post »

Hi all!

The Rise of the Altereds, the sequel to The Unadjusteds, is coming Dec 3rd! Watch this space for a giveaway of both books! In the meantime, some interviewers got in touch with the main character, Silver Melody. Here's what she had to say.

Interview with Silver Melody

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Urmilla is an Indian orphan, daughter of a Hindu woman rejected by her caste, and of a Muslim man accused of a crime he did not commit. Alone, courageous and indomitable, she will face the difficulties of life with pride, patience and dedication. Curved against the wind, she will not break, adva

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I am so honored and humbled to announce that Abandoned is the winner of the 2020 Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice!

Read the official announcement here: https://goddard.org/press-releases/bo... Read more of this blog post »

You shout but no one hears
no voice no sound comes
trapped and confined
beaten and surrounded
trapped within yourself
you can't breathe
suffocation
yet, there is air
no enemy to be seen
for the invisible assailant
is the darkness within

Faithful followers, especially those who entered the last giveaway (and didn't win, rats) —"Not Alone" is available for $0.99 (down from $2.99) in a Kindle countdown deal from today 'til Nov 6. Now is your chance to try this "unique" and "engrossing" read while you are hyped up on Halloween candy Read more of this blog post »

Engage in outdoor exercise and activity for your happiness and health.

Try outdoor fitness court exercises.

A study by Lee and colleagues (2018) in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health found that outdoor gyms are affordable and can promote health and improve social co Read more of this blog post »

On October 27, 2020 the ebook version of "The Pentester Blueprint: Starting a Career as an Ethical Hacker" was released on Amazon and through other ebook resellers.

River Magic officially releases today! Thank you to everyone for your support and encouragement. I hope you enjoy it!

You can find links to purchase e-books or paperbacks through Shadow Spark Publishing: https://shadowsparkpub.com/ma-phillips

Blessed Samhain and Happy Halloween! Read more of this blog post »

The Kindle edition of my first novel's English version (The Five Races) is available for free download at Amazon worldwide.

Check this page for information about the story, and some reviews the book has received on Amazon for its Spanish version, as well as to get to the download link: 'The Read more of this blog post »

Let me just begin and end this with one sentence:

Stop teaching our girls to not be victims; instead teach our boys to not be predators.

I thought, at the beginning of Covid, that the pandemic would make people kinder. More patient. That being uncertain and fearful and all hurting for the same reason Read more of this blog post »

I am honored to have my first book review of my latest book “And Still I Had These Dreams,” from my talented poet and writer friend Lauren Roberts.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08...

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