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Publishers Weekly starred review

This is a nice surprise! JournalStone has done such a great job getting I Wish I Was Like You out into the world. Today the book received a starred review at Publishers Weekly.

“This biting, sly gem of a novel shouldn’t be missed.”

Thanks to PW for reviewing the book, and to JournalStone for having confidence in it. Cheers!

https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-...

First review for I Wish I Was Like You

Thanks to Michelle Garza for this thoughtful and extensive review of I WISH I WAS LIKE YOU at This Is Horror.

http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/book-re...

The official publication date is July 7th but if you pre-order the paperback directly from JournalStone, you get a free ebook version to download immediately.

http://journalstone.com/bookstore/i-w...

I Wish I Was Like You bonus ebook

If you want to start reading my new novel today, order the paperback directly from JournalStone and receive an instant digital download for free. You can choose mobi (for Kindle), ePub (Google Books), or PDF.

http://journalstone.com/bookstore/i-w...

Women in Horror

Thanks to Simon Dewar for including me in the Women in Horror Month interview series at his blog!

https://simondewar.wordpress.com/2016...

KNOCK KNOCK for Halloween

Thanks to Sara Dobie Bauer for including my novel KNOCK KNOCK on this excellent list of 15 Legitimately Scary Books to Read for Halloween.

Happy Autumn!

http://www.sheknows.com/entertainment...

This Is Horror - James Everington previews IN THE LIGHT

Thanks to This Is Horror and James Everington for the lovely preview of In the Light, the fourth and final book in the Skillute Cycle.

http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/look-ou...

The Scariest Part

Thanks to Nicholas Kaufmann for the chance to write about the scariest part of my new novella, In the Light. It's the fourth and final book in my series, the Skillute Cycle, most of which takes place in the fictional town of Skillute, Washington.

Have you read the series? What do you think is the scariest part?

http://www.nicholaskaufmann.com/2014/...

DELPHINE DODD - an excerpt

My sister Olive was lighter than me, in her skin tone and hair and eyes, but also her voice. She had what people called a musical voice. She was pretty but sort of soft and pudgy. She smiled too much, I thought, even when there was no reason to smile. I used to ask her, sometimes, what she was smiling about, but she would just shake her head and laugh. That made me mad. I still don't know why.

It had been a long trip. Two days of intermittent drizzle and the usual mechanical trouble. Now we stood holding hands, waiting. Everything could change in a minute. We knew that well enough. Mama might shout out for John Dee to turn around. She might come back to fetch us. This had happened twice the year before, in Portland and then Astoria.

The toes of our shoes lined up along the border where a patch of rough moss spread out to meet the muddy road. The night rain cast its sheen across the woods, trapping spots of moonlight in puddles that glowed like paper lanterns among the ferns and cedars.

From the spot where we stood that narrow dirt path climbed gradually away, then snaked left and continued uphill. I couldn't see it any more but nearly a quarter of a mile off the automobile rattled its way into the night. The machine was a Tin Lizzy. Mama called it the Contraption. For weeks she had tried to wheedle the promise of a better vehicle out of John Dee. She had her heart set on a Marmon, but I figured she would never get one of those. John Dee and his friends were lowdown criminals. Their money came and went like water.

Even after the sound of the Tin Lizzy died away, we waited. Finally Olive spoke.

"Is she coming back?"

"No," I said. Might as well face the truth and let it bleed out. "Not this time."

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"The fantastical world of Skillute, Washington, first masterfully plumbed in the Omnium Gatherum Media release (Shirley Jackson Award nominee and finalist) Knock Knock is revisited in Delphine Dodd... once you are drawn into S.P. Miskowski's darkly magical world, you will feel the thirst to explore it in depth." - Walt Hicks, Hellbound Times

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Me & Johnny at the Blog Mansion

Johnny Worthen (author of occult thriller BEATRYSEL, now available on Amazon and at The King’s English Bookshop in Sugarhouse) and I have a chat about fiction, Southern writing, using initials instead of a 'real name,' and how to care for dolphins indoors. All of my secrets and some of Johnny's are revealed, so don't miss this interview at The Blog Mansion.

http://johnnyworthen.blogspot.com/201...

Goodreads Giveaway: LITTLE VISIBLE DELIGHT

The countdown has begun. Publisher Omnium Gatherum will give away two copies of the print edition of Little Visible Delight, an anthology on the theme of obsession.

Be sure to sign up:

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...