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Selkies, Seizures, and Second Chances: Chapter 10 of The Paramedic’s Siren

The Paramedic’s Siren continues to deliver heart-stopping moments, and Chapter 10 might be the most heartfelt yet. If you haven’t joined the Project Siren VIP hub, now’s the time to catch up and read the latest chapter first: https://reamstories.com/jamiedavisbooks

Dean’s journey to the Scottish Highlands has been anything but simple. He’s battling a haunting croon in his head, ghostly visions that refuse to fade, and the weight of finding Moira, the Siren who might hold the key to lifting his curse. But in this chapter, we see a softer, more human side of Dean that reminds us why he’s more than just a paramedic. He’s a fighter.

The day starts quietly. Highland cows graze under the morning sun, Hamish and Alexander chat about eggs and bacon, and Dean, for a moment, feels like a regular guest in a rural paradise. The countryside is breathtaking, dotted with purple heather and the glimmer of Loch Ness on the horizon. It’s a rare calm before the storm.

Then, everything changes.

A frantic mother, Annie, rushes out of her cottage. Her young daughter, who happens to be a Selkie, is in the middle of a seizure. Without hesitation, Dean steps in. The crooning in his head swells, threatening to distract him, but his instincts take over. This is what he does. Who he is.

Inside the cottage, the scene is tense. The child is rigid, struggling, and her terrified mother clings to old fears of human doctors. Dean talks her through it, explaining the seizure, helping the girl breathe and settle. He even helps clean her up, dressing her in fresh pajamas with unicorns. The moment is tender, made even more poignant by Dean’s thoughts of his own daughter, JoJo.

It’s not just a medical scene, it’s a moment of redemption. For chapters, Dean’s been plagued by doubt, haunted by a power he doesn’t fully understand. Here, he pushes past it all to save a life. And in doing so, he finds a small measure of hope.

Why Chapter 10 Stands OutHeart over horror: The focus shifts from ghostly chaos to human compassion.Magical realism: Selkie lore blends seamlessly with real-world paramedic challenges.Character growth: Dean proves to himself, and us, that he’s still capable, still heroic.

By the end, Annie insists on paying him with farm-fresh eggs, a charming gesture that adds warmth to an already heartfelt chapter. It’s a quiet victory, but one that reminds Dean (and readers) that even small acts of care matter.

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Haunted Auctions and the Echo of a Song: What Chapter 7 Reveals in The Paramedic’s Siren

Ready for more chaos, curses, and ghosts that don’t stay in their place?

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Dean Flynn didn’t expect much when he set out to find Lydia, the Siren who unknowingly left a mark on him years ago. He just wanted answers. Maybe closure. What he got was a paranormal ambush in a barn filled with haunted auction items… and a crowd of innocent people caught in the middle.

The crooning in Dean’s head has been growing louder, unpredictable. And when Lydia’s voice fills the barn during the auction, something snaps. Ghosts rise. Objects fly. A wardrobe eats a man. A fan takes flight with a cackling spirit riding it. Dean’s curse doesn’t just haunt him—it erupts through him.

Thank the gods Jaz came armed.

In one of the most intense scenes yet, we watch Jaz step into full Hunter mode, salt rounds, calm focus, and absolute precision. She clears the barn, one ghost at a time, while Dean tries to hold himself together long enough to learn the truth from Lydia.

But Lydia’s answer is unexpected:
It’s not her. Not anymore.
What Dean’s experiencing is a resonance echo, a rare psychic aftershock from their first encounter.

And the only person who might be able to help him?
Her sister. A Siren who lives in the Scottish Highlands.

Now the question isn’t what’s wrong with Dean, it’s how far will he go to fix it.

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Birth and Banshees: Chapter 5 of The Paramedic’s Siren Turns Up the Tension

Some calls change everything.
This one begins with a woman in labor, and ends with a ghost in the room.

In Chapter 5 of The Paramedic’s Siren, Dean returns to duty after two ghost-free days. He’s hopeful. The strange crooning is gone, the blue phantoms have vanished, and Jaz’s protective charm seems to be working. But when a pregnant woman calls for help, the real test begins.

At first, it’s routine: a syncopal episode in late pregnancy. Then the sirens flip on. The mother’s struggling to breathe. Dean and Leah arrive at the scene to the sound of a banshee’s wail—a sound that sets off every alarm in their trained instincts.

Inside the apartment, the patient is in preterm labor. Dean works to calm her, but something’s off. He hears the haunting croon again. The blue phantoms creep back into his vision. One even looks like Bob.

When Dean freezes, Leah takes charge. Calm. Fierce. Focused. She delivers the baby with the kind of clarity only experience and instinct can bring. In a scene that balances the sacred with the supernatural, new life meets old death, and the reader is left holding their breath.

Why this chapter hits hard:Real stakes meet eerie echoes: A birth scene filled with emotion, layered with ghostly presence.

Leah’s leadership shines: While Dean falters under unseen pressure, Leah holds the line.

The haunting continues: Whatever Dean brought home that night… it’s not done with him yet.

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What do you think is happening to Dean, and what is Bob’s ghost trying to tell him? Let us know in the comments.

 

When a Ghost Crosses the Wardline: Tension Peaks in The Paramedic’s Siren Chapter 3

Not every threat rides an ambulance siren. Sometimes it whispers from your child’s bedroom.

Chapter 3 opens with Dean stumbling home after a brutal double shift. He’s wiped out, haunted by shadowy figures only he can see, and desperate for sleep. But just floors above Errington Security’s state-of-the-art defenses, danger is already inside.

“He didn’t just lose a patient…Home is safe…until the dead walk in.”

While Dean crashes, Jaz slips into full-on hunter-mom mode. A random voice answers their daughter through the baby monitor. Kitchen knife in hand, she stalks down the hall, ready to confront whatever slipped through her wards.

“Who are you? Why are you here?”
The glowing blue apparition hovers in a corner, claiming ignorance. It knows Dean. It sounds… sorry. But Jaz has heard too many lies from things that shouldn’t exist.

Moments later Dean arrives groggy and barefoot, only to recognize the spirit: Bob, the werewolf patient who died on his last call. The same blue energy that zapped Dean at the scene now floats in his daughter’s room.

Why this scene landsDomestic stakes: The EMT drama crashes head-on with family safety.

World-building payoff: We learn Jaz’s apartment is layered with both mundane and magical protections—yet the curse still pierced them.

Character tension: Jaz’s cool precision meets Dean’s shaken disbelief. Their trust will be tested in the hours ahead.

The chapter ends with more questions than answers. Is Dean cursed? Can the blue energy be removed? And why did it choose little Joanna’s bedroom as its first stop?

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Leave your theory in the comments: Is Bob a victim, a warning, or the start of something darker?

 

What Follows After the Call? Dean’s Silence Speaks Volumes in The Paramedic’s Siren

Sometimes the real shock doesn’t hit during the call. It comes after.

In Chapter 2 of The Paramedic’s Siren, the emergency may be over, but for Dean, the consequences are just beginning. We pick up right after the intense cardiac code in Chapter 1, and while Leah is busy restocking their ambulance, Dean hasn’t even moved. He sits in silence, staring at nothing—and everything.

There’s something in the air. Not grief. Not adrenaline. Something else. Ghostly figures swirl just at the edge of his vision. They’re not speaking. They’re just… there.

Dean brushes it off. Leah notices. And the quiet tension between them is enough to make readers hold their breath.

The magic that jolted into Dean’s arm during the call is doing something. Whether it’s psychological, supernatural, or something else entirely, we don’t know yet. But it’s clear he’s not himself. His hands tremble. His words are short. And when Leah brings up reporting the incident to their vampire lieutenant, Brynne, Dean’s uncharacteristic flash of anger says more than any medical chart ever could.

 

 

What makes this chapter work:It slows down after the action and lets the consequences simmer.

We see the emotional weight of the job, with a paranormal edge.

Leah and Dean’s dynamic is tested—especially now that something might be haunting him.

This chapter is a powerful reminder that not all wounds are visible. Some are quiet. Some float behind your eyes. And some might change everything.

 

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K.A. Kenny and The Starflower on Podcast Episode 215

This is the Books and Authors Fantasy and Sci-Fi Podcast Episode 215 with author K.A. Kenny.

Welcome to the latest episode of the Books and Authors Fantasy and Sci-Fi Podcast! Co-hosted by Jamie Davis and Scott Walker, this podcast is exactly what the title says it is: a show focused on SF&F books and the authors creating them!

We’ll cover Epic Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery, and everything in between. Expect to find the best and brightest authors from all corners of the SF&F book world. Plus, we’ll add in a few other very special guests as well along the way.

Learn more about Jamie’s author updates and books at JamieDavisBooks.com.

Learn more about Scott’s writerly mischief at ScottIsWriting.com (download one of his books for free!) and explore Cozy Vales, a shared world of cozy fantasy stories, at cozyvales.com.

Our guest this week is author K.A. Kenny.

K.A. Kenny is a life-long spinner of curious tales—with friends around the dinner table and campfire, or across the bar. He marches to the sound of the guns, often where others cannot imagine going. After a long career in technical writing and intelligence analysis, K.A. turned to the serious work of speculative fiction.

His short stories may be found in e-zines: Of Metal and Magic, Altered Reality, Bewildering Stories, Across the Margin, and on his blog Strange Things Done. The Starflower is his first novel of a planned trilogy; the sequel Agent of Blue Star is in progress. Mr. Kenny lives with his wife and two large dogs in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains.

 

 

Mystic Neptune and I Ran Away To Join Evil (bonus: HearthCon) on Podcast Episode 214

This is the Books and Authors Fantasy and Sci-Fi Podcast Episode 214 with author Mystic Neptune.

Welcome to the latest episode of the Books and Authors Fantasy and Sci-Fi Podcast! Co-hosted by Jamie Davis and Scott Walker, this podcast is exactly what the title says it is: a show focused on SF&F books and the authors creating them!

We’ll cover Epic Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery, and everything in between. Expect to find the best and brightest authors from all corners of the SF&F book world. Plus, we’ll add in a few other very special guests as well along the way.

Learn more about Jamie’s author updates and books at JamieDavisBooks.com.

Learn more about Scott’s writerly mischief at ScottIsWriting.com (download one of his books for free!) and explore Cozy Vales, a shared world of cozy fantasy stories, at cozyvales.com.

Our guest this week is author Mystic Neptune.

Mystic was born and raised on an island surrounded by temperate rainforests, lakes, mountains and an endless ocean off the horizon. She started writing books when she was 12, and by 14 she’d written her first novel.

In Mystic’s spare time, she writes and does edit swap date-nights with her husband, JollyJupiter. When she isn’t chasing after her daughter that is.

Be sure to check out I Ran Away To Evil: A Cozy LitRPG Rom-Com, and sign up for the free cozy fantasy convention, HearthCon, happening Sunday, October 13th!

 

Manda Scott and Any Human Power on Podcast Episode 213

This is the Books and Authors Fantasy and Sci-Fi Podcast Episode 213 with author Manda Scott.

Welcome to the latest episode of the Books and Authors Fantasy and Sci-Fi Podcast! Co-hosted by Jamie Davis and Scott Walker, this podcast is exactly what the title says it is: a show focused on SF&F books and the authors creating them!

We’ll cover Epic Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery, and everything in between. Expect to find the best and brightest authors from all corners of the SF&F book world. Plus, we’ll add in a few other very special guests as well along the way.

Learn more about Jamie’s author updates and books at JamieDavisBooks.com.

Learn more about Scott’s writerly mischief at ScottIsWriting.com (download one of his books for free!) and explore Cozy Vales, a shared world of cozy fantasy stories, at cozyvales.com.

Our guest this week is author Manda Scott.

 

Born in Scotland at 318ppm CO2, author and podcaster, Manda Scott’s writing has spanned the eras from pre-Roman Britain with the Boudica: Dreaming series to the SOE/Maquis in WWII – and her latest novel, Any Human Power, looks forward to future five minutes from now.

Previous works have been shortlisted for the Orange Prize, nominated for an Edgar and won the McIlvanney Prize.

Co-creator of the Thrutopia Masterclass and host of the international chart-topping Accidental Gods podcast, Manda has a degree in veterinary medicine and an MA in Regenerative Economics. She lives with her wife on a smallholding in the liminal space where England meets Wales.

Manda’s latest book, Any Human Power, explores the concepts of thrutopias, regenerative economics, intiation and trauma cultures and more, all while offering a roadmap to creating a future that we would be proud to leave to the generations to come.

 

Manda also hosts the podcast, Accidental Gods, and offers shamanic life courses at Dreaming Awake.

S.M. Sykes and the Blue series on Podcast Episode 212

This is the Books and Authors Fantasy and Sci-Fi Podcast Episode 212 with author S.M. Sykes.

Welcome to the latest episode of the Books and Authors Fantasy and Sci-Fi Podcast! Co-hosted by Jamie Davis and Scott Walker, this podcast is exactly what the title says it is: a show focused on SF&F books and the authors creating them!

We’ll cover Epic Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery, and everything in between. Expect to find the best and brightest authors from all corners of the SF&F book world. Plus, we’ll add in a few other very special guests as well along the way.

Learn more about Jamie’s author updates and books at JamieDavisBooks.com.

Learn more about Scott’s writerly mischief at ScottIsWriting.com (and download a free novella from his Little Yokai urban fantasy series!) and explore Cozy Vales, a shared world of cozy fantasy, at cozyvales.com.

Our guest this week is author S.M. Sykes.

S.M. Sykes never saw himself as a writer, facing struggles with English classes in school. Even his wife, who doubles as his editor, can attest to occasional challenges with organizing his thoughts. However, despite these obstacles, he discovered a passion for storytelling that he couldn’t ignore. Beginning with his debut novel, Eyes of Blue in 2018 at the age of 38, he found the genesis of his stories in a simple idea that sparked in his mind. As the narrative unfolded, it took on a life of its own, leading to the ongoing series that began with Eyes of Blue and continues with his current project, Loss of Blue. With Loss of Blue, he aims to weave together the threads of his previous works into a conclusion that is both profound and satisfying.

Balancing a full-time job with his writing endeavors, which include advertising and marketing his work, has proven challenging. Yet, his motivation lies not in financial gain or replacing his day job but in the satisfaction of sharing his ideas with readers.

Looking ahead, he remains focused on his writing journey, eager to explore where it may lead. He invites others to join him on this adventure by checking out his books and sharing their thoughts.

Check out the entire Blue SF series:

Cozy Vales Scribes and Summer Tales From Cozy Vales on Episode 211

This is the Books and Authors Fantasy and Sci-Fi Podcast Episode 211 with the Cozy Vales Scribes.

Welcome to the latest episode of the Books and Authors Fantasy and Sci-Fi Podcast! Co-hosted by Jamie Davis and Scott Walker, this podcast is exactly what the title says it is: a show focused on SF&F books and the authors creating them!

We’ll cover Epic Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery, and everything in between. Expect to find the best and brightest authors from all corners of the SF&F book world. Plus, we’ll add in a few other very special guests as well along the way.

Learn more about Jamie’s author updates and books at JamieDavisBooks.com.

Learn more about Scott’s writerly mischief at ScottIsWriting.com (and download a free novella from his Little Yokai urban fantasy series!). Explore the shared world Cozy Vales and its collection of cozy fantasy stories at cozyvales.com.

Our guest this week are Rebecca Buchanan, Phillip Sanderson, and Scott Walker.

Rebecca Buchanan is the editor of the Pagan literary ezine Eternal Haunted Summer and is a regular contributor to ev0ke: witchcraft*paganism*lifestyle. A complete list of her published poems, fairy tales, and other stories can be found at eternalhauntedsummer.com.

 

Phillip Sanderson has wanted to write since he was six. In a detour, he became a high school math teacher. He and his wife live in southeastern Virginia where they raised four children and cycle whenever they can. When not grading papers, reading, or imagining new worlds, Phillip is often playing guitar. Learn more at https://plsanderson.com.

 

 

L.A. Scott currently writes cozy fantasy and urban fantasy, though he’s been spinning stories and weaving worlds for decades. When not writing, he loves playing D&D, dressing up as a Star Wars Sandtrooper for Halloween, baking sourdough bread, and playing video games. Explore his books at scottiswriting.com/lascott.

 

One world. Many stories.

Cozy Vales is a shared world series of cozy fantasy books all based in an original setting. The latest anthology, Summer Tales From Cozy Vales, is a collection of eight cozy fantasy stories set during the summer season and focusing on life, nature, and love. Learn more about this shared world at cozyvales.com.