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July 17, 2024
Drabble Wednesday: The World Ends…
Three drabbles of the apocalypse today. Enjoy. Fire and Ice We believed the lies, and they burned down the world.Greed was good, for the privileged few. The rest of us went without. Many of us starved. Protests ended in riots. More died. They didn’t mourn; they blamed us for not conforming.It was never their fault.Never... Continue Reading →
July 10, 2024
Drabble Wednesday: Ghosts and an Excerpt
I only have two drabbles today, but as my new Heyward and Andersen story is launching tomorrow, I have a short excerpt from The Headless Corpse. Enjoy. Eternal Performance The spotlight sweeps the stage and she dances. The music drifts its haunting melody as she twirls, gossamer dust rising with each step. Oops, she stumbles.... Continue Reading →
July 8, 2024
The Headless Corpse Launches!
The Headless Corpse (Heyward and Andersen, Consulting Detectives 3) has arrived. It’s on preorder at Amazon, launching July 11th, and live on other retailers (unfortunately I couldn’t so that short a preorder via D2D). The Headless Corpse (Heyward and Andersen, Consulting Detectives 3) Headless corpses roam London! The dead are rising and walking away from mortuaries…before returning... Continue Reading →
July 1, 2024
Cover Reveal: The Headless Corpse
Happy Canada Day! And it’s time to reveal the cover for The Headless Corpse (Heyward and Andersen 3) So there it is and if things stay on track, the publishing date will be July 11th.
June 26, 2024
Drabble Wednesday: Monsters We See
Today we have three tales of monsters, enjoy. Creeper “Tippy tap, tippy tap. Along the floor, the bones go snap. Look away, look away. Or the creeper comes to stay.”Little Sally, curled in the corner, her eyes shut tight, whispered the rhyme. Over her words echoed a knock, knock, crack, knock, knock, crack. Then a... Continue Reading →
June 19, 2024
Drabble Wednesday: Dark Beauty
Some contemplative drabbles today. Enjoy. Night Stars The dust of starlight dreams fall, burning embers of whispered hope scattered across the cosmos. The resonating voices orbiting the decay of despair, yet tiny sparks of light holding on within the void.Crashing scintillation pulsing deep into the empty dark, echoing, echoing into the galactic eons. Can anyone... Continue Reading →
June 17, 2024
Somnium Blog Tour: Leaping into the Nightmare Realm
Today we are part of a blog tour for the book Somnium by Deirdre Swinden, with a guest post all about Nightmares… Leaping into the Nightmare RealmBy Deirdre Swinden Picture it. You’re warm and snuggled in your bed. Your body is relaxed, and your brain has at long last determined the bills and other issues... Continue Reading →
June 7, 2024
Cover Tease for The Headless Corpse
Heyward and Andersen #3, The Headless Corpse, is at the editor, so it is time to tease the cover. Here’s your sneak peek. Headless corpses are running around London. Can Heyward and Andersen unravel why? Dogged investigator Elspeth Heyward has no fear of risk and loves a mystery. Always up for adventure, she is determined... Continue Reading →
June 5, 2024
Drabble Wednesday: Hidden Things
Back again this week after a break, with three new stories. Enjoy. The Lost I am lost.My footsteps echo on the cobblestones and the gray-blue fog swirls between the dying trees.Where am I?I keep walking. This road must lead somewhere. It has to, right? The sky is grey and bleak, obscured by mist. I shiver... Continue Reading →
May 22, 2024
Drabble Wednesday: Beyond
Three tales of unintended consequences today. Enjoy. Echoes in Space and Time The broken light sizzled, the snap reverberating down the empty hall. Sparks bounced off the wall, landing on the paper-littered floor and smouldering into oblivion. Shadows flickered along the hallway, coalescing into silhouettes; ash drifted in the air, mingling with a faint trace... Continue Reading →
