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Margo waited for the last griever to leave, laid flowers on the grave, and smiled, wiping sweat off her forehead with a handkerchief. She hated to sweat, but her body didn’t care much about her desires when it was wrapped in a black dress and subjected to Florida sun. Margo couldn’t wait... Read more of this blog post »

Tutto ciò che ho è un grande cimitero, il mio male di sempre. Lento e costante. E non so cosa farmene in un mondo così rumoroso da non sentire l'urlo dei boccioli che si schiudono sulle tombe.

Vera Q.

I'm teaming up with BOOM! Box comics and the amazing artist Johanna the Mad to write FENCE - the comic of my dreams!

FENCE follows 16-year-old outsider Nicholas Cox as he enters the world of competitive fencing at an elite boys school. There will be intense rivalries, lifelong friendships, exhilar... Read more of this blog post »

My annual Halloween Sale is back!

50% off all horror titles- including my new Best of Collection and Halloween Chapbook.

Ebooks only. No short stories. Now until 11/1.

For a complete list with prices listed, please click to my website:

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House of Bloody Walls Author Releases New Book

A murder mystery that takes place in Arizona. A family moves into their new home but will soon learn about the past of their new home. The family that once lived in their new home was horribly murdered and the ghost of the murdered family comes back... Read more of this blog post »

If a book doesn’t mention delicious amounts of food, I have to ask the difficult and dark question: is this book broken??

Look you all know I am quite fond of cake. It keeps us alive. Books + cake = literally why the planet hasn’t broken down in tears and stopped spinning. So obviously in order...

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The Missing by Jerico Lenk

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



The Missing by Jerico Lenk pleasantly surprised me. I was expecting to like it but I was still swept off my feet by how good this book is. It's about Will who works for his father in his house for respectable mistresses and their respectable partn... Read more of this blog post »

Looking for some fun paranormal reads to get you in the Halloween Spirit?! Then check it out! I KISSED A ZOMBIE AND I LIKED IT and VAMPIRE 101 are on SALE right now, but just for the month of October! Happy Reading!

I have a fantastic sale on a box set under my other pen name, Erica Stevens. The Complete Kindred Series Bundle is available at your favorite ebook retailer for only 99¢! Treat yourself this Halloween season, and grab all five books in this series for the limited time SALE price of only 99¢!

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Ill-Starred-Here we are again! This time, I'm at the end of The Cintamani Chronicles. Yep. This is my fifth completed trilogy! (I'm smiling from ear to ear right now.) 
Sam and Gabe haven't had easy lives, either of them. They've both been through far more than is even talked about in the books. B... Read more of this blog post »

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The Fellowship saga continues with Kieran and Westlyn's story in this standalone spinoff of The Sin Trilogy.


Captor becomes lover…

I’m a marksman. Mobster. Deadly assassin.
My job is to protect my brotherhood, but that isn’t my only responsibility.

I’m Kieran Hen... Read more of this blog post »

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

Aristotle

Everybody reads Y/A

Trapped in Timelessness

The carefree stroll in the woods managed to trap them in timelessness. The four students along with their teachers would have to deal with an absurd fate. The red scorpions, the large eagles, t... Read more of this blog post »

that stops all argument
Transcends all aspects
of thought and deliberation.

--Samdhinirmocana Sutra

Special eBook Sale!
The following eBooks are on sale on Amazon.com for 99¢ ea. until 12 AM (PST) October 27, 2017.
Enjoy!

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The Beta Earth Chronicles are six amazing sci fi novels that break the boundaries of science fiction. We’re looking for bloggers who would be willing to post a generic- copy and paste- document on their blog between Fri. 27th October - 3rd November. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A SCIFI/FANTASY GENRE BLO... Read more of this blog post »

I'm so excited that Leopard's Blood will be released on October 24th!
As part of our #Horrorweek celebration I thought I'd give you a sample from the book!



Excerpt-

She wasn’t going to text him to come to her. Joshua Tregre paced back and forth along the upper balcony of the plantation house. In the... Read more of this blog post »

The gift I was given today is the best I could have possibly received: a teacher sent me a video of her students passionately discussing why I had chosen to create the otherness of the Red Mighties in my novel “Backbiters.” One student posited that it was so that the reader could think about how... Read more of this blog post »

Okay. I'm pretty new at blog writing and not good at keeping it current. So forgive me if I suck at this.

I am writing a series, currently with a working title of "The Flickertail Saga" "Snow Flower" is the beginning of this series. I have three additional titles for this series that are in variou... Read more of this blog post »

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Fall is here. Halloween will be here soon. With Halloween, comes scary movies and spooky reads. I've always found the paranormal to be somewhat poignant because there is truth in things we cannot see. I believe in spirits, and yes, I've had my own paranormal experiences. In fact, these interests... Read more of this blog post »

Elvis, seen here in court, the day after getting arrested for fighting with a gas station manager, an event referenced in Descending Memphis.

Some say the gas station manager, Ed Hopper, didn't like the female-attention Elvis received. A crowd of women wanted Elvis's autograph, blocking customer...

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Over $2000 in prizes, all waiting for you!

Ready to win some prizes? There are no less than 36 of them, hand-picked for fiction writers.

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Some of my work newly out at these international links (#Italian, #German, #Indonesian): https://www.pressreader.com/italy/van... &
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Most people haven't heard of me as a mainstream author yet, and I'm okay with being an indie gal. But sometimes, it's just nice to feel noticed.

This happened after one of my Barnes & Noble book signing events for my first novel, SOUL READER. A lady came up to me in the bathroom asking, "Aren'... Read more of this blog post »

Reviewed by: James Denselow

Read the full review at:

http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-...

11 reading commandments from a naked unshackled mind


1 Read for fun

2 Read to educate yourself

3 Read to kids

4 Read to the underprivileged 

5 Read to learn about your history

6 Read to spark that next innovative idea

7 Read to learn new words and interesting sentences 

8 Read to improve your memory

9 Rea... Read more of this blog post »

How appropriate that this is Halloween season, and I'm staying at a haunted writer's retreat.

Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities is North Carolina's gift to its writers. James Boyd (a writer himself) and his family originally owned the house and made it a haven for writers through the yea... Read more of this blog post »

Well...look no further! Start the Sweet with Heat: Seaside Summers series today and fall in love with the fun, flirty and flawed seaside gang!

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Christmas in Fair Bend is FREE for one day only today on Amazon for Kindle!

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It's a curious thing that most people's reading tastes become progressively less dark as they age. While I see many of my middle-aged friends settling down to read nothing more scary than Pride and Prejudice if you please, a sizable proportion of their 9-12 year-old children are actively ignoring... Read more of this blog post »

I have just finished #writing the first draft of my new #novel. When I #write, I enjoy doing so to #music. For this novel, I listened exclusively to Christoffer Franzén/Lights and Motion which helped tremendously. So let me recommend his music to you with this post of the cover to his new album,... Read more of this blog post »

Minor corrections to Another Stupid Spell have been pushed to Amazon. You can request your update version from Amazon on MONDAY. You can either turn on automatic updates on your Kindle (back up your bookmarks and notes if you do this), or request it specifically from Amazon support.

To receive upd... Read more of this blog post »

The scripture for today, October 20 (10/20), is Deuteronomy 10:20 as found in the Old Testament of the Bible:

"Fear the Lord your God and serve him. Hold fast to him."

In the Hebrew, "fear" is yirah. It means to revere. Psalm 111:9 (KJV) says, "Holy and reverend is His name." The Bible does not te... Read more of this blog post »

  This weekend will mark the six month anniversary of the publication of my debut novel, The Exercise Of Vital Powers. A lot has happened in that time (mostly positive I’m pleased to say), but looking back at my first six months as a published author I have no trouble admitting that I embarked up... Read more of this blog post »

Maddux brings you the conclusion to his dialogue with journalist Bryden Proctor from the far reaches of the Alt Right to talk about the Jewish people, National Socialism and try to find middle ground. For better or worse, this is in the spirit of the defiant heroes of legacy talk radio such as Wi... Read more of this blog post »

'Mindfulness' is the name of my short story that orginated in a chapter I cut from my upcoming book 'Murder in the Comfort Zone' for reason of pacing.
It was painful though necessary to discard it, and I'm glad I've found a way to give it a second life here.
Happy Halloween/Horror Week!

Mindfulness... Read more of this blog post »

WIN A PRIZE! Are you dressing for Halloween? The Halloween Costume Contest is still going on!!! So get your LIKES & SHARES in! Click On www.facebook.com/authoryettayvette and LIKE & SHARE the Page & the POST. On Halloween day post a photo of you in your Halloween Costume on my Yetta Y... Read more of this blog post »

I recently published a new short story on Kindle. The title is - Family Kills: A Detective Sanchez Murder Mystery. It's a prequel to a mystery series. It will let the reader get to know how the main characters met and fell in love. I'm working on the second in the series - Sing Me a Song of Murde... Read more of this blog post »