K.C. Sprayberry's Blog, page 90
October 3, 2018
A Murder of Crows
Good morning and welcome to wwwblogs. This month, we’re focusing on paranormal books. There will be a lot of visitors making an appearance but on Sundays and Tuesdays, this blog will be all about things that go bump in the night!
Ghosts, ghouls, demons, you name it and I find it fascinating. Anything that can’t be proven becomes a story in my head, a way to explain those mysterious bumps in the night or things moving when no one is near them. Oh, I’ve heard all the explanations about how it could be cars driving past or a minor earthquake—good luck proving the second one to me. I can feel earthquakes, having grown up in an area where they abound.
Welcome Christopher Davis to the blog today. He’s here, talking about his short story, A Murder of Crows…
Get the eBook on Amazon
Blurb
The crisp feel of fall is in the air. Baseball season is over for another year and the back yard barbeques have all been covered and put away.
Most folks in these parts are looking forward to a little time off for the holidays and time spent with loved ones around the dining room table.
Oh…and those damned birds have returned after another long, hot summer.
About Christopher Davis
Christopher Davis is a central California native and grandfather of four rambunctious little ones. When not tending herd, he’ll try his hand at writing crime, western and horror fiction. Chris lives with his wife and a little dog that has nearly lost his mind. His work has been published in both the US and England.
Website Facebook Twitter
October 2, 2018
The Curse of the Wolf
Good morning and welcome to Tuesday Blog Share. This month, we’re focusing on paranormal books. There will be a lot of visitors making an appearance but on Sundays and Tuesdays, this blog will be all about things that go bump in the night!
Ghosts, ghouls, demons, you name it and I find it fascinating. Anything that can’t be proven becomes a story in my head, a way to explain those mysterious bumps in the night or things moving when no one is near them. Oh, I’ve heard all the explanations about how it could be cars driving past or a minor earthquake—good luck proving the second one to me. I can feel earthquakes, having grown up in an area where they abound.
Get the eBook on Amazon
Blurb
Never offend a group of inept witches! Chrissy Thomas learns this the hard way, through no fault of her own. For once, their curse works—right until it backfires onto them.
Excerpt
This is not one of my best days. In fact, it is probably one of the worst days of my senior year. See, Mama says she forgot to pay the electricity and water bills.
Forgot. Yeah. Right. A whole load of guilt busts up my rage. Well, she has been real busy lately, but she could have asked me to pay the bill.
We lost our utilities about five last night, right as I began to make supper. In addition to not having any way to prepare the food, and therefore going hungry, I could not take a shower or wash my hair. Thankfully, I shaved a couple of days ago, or I would be a hairy ape. No amount of deodorant I slathered on my pits helps. I can smell myself; everyone can smell me, including Layla Jersey, one of the Pigeon Mountain witches.
They’re trouble, sometimes. Usually, this little clique of a few teens swears they can get revenge on a guy for dumping you. They’re also into spookier stuff, but it fails about seventy percent of the time.
Not that I believe all that stupidity. But I’m not a fool. Like the rest of Landry High School, I go out of my way to avoid upsetting Layla.
About K.C. Sprayberry
Living a dream she’s had since she first discovered the magic of books. K.C. Sprayberry traveled the U.S. and Europe before finally settling in the mountains of Northwest Georgia. She’s been married to her soulmate for nearly a quarter of a century and they enjoy spoiling their grandchildren along with many other activities.
A multi-genre author, K.C. Sprayberry is always on the hunt for new stories. Inspiration strikes at the weirdest times and drives her to grab notebook and pen to jot down her ideas. Those close to her swear nothing or no one is safe if she’s smiling gently in a corner and watching those in the same room interact. Her observations have often given her ideas for her next story, set not only in the South but wherever the characters demand they settle.
Facebook Twitter Website Goodreads Amazon Author Page
Google + Pinterest Manic Readers AUTHORSdb
Authorgraph Email
October 1, 2018
Superior Species Series
Good morning and welcome to Monday Blogs. This month, we’re focusing on paranormal books. There will be a lot of visitors making an appearance but on Sundays and Tuesdays, this blog will be all about things that go bump in the night!
Ghosts, ghouls, demons, you name it and I find it fascinating. Anything that can’t be proven becomes a story in my head, a way to explain those mysterious bumps in the night or things moving when no one is near them. Oh, I’ve heard all the explanations about how it could be cars driving past or a minor earthquake—good luck proving the second one to me. I can feel earthquakes, having grown up in an area where they abound.
Welcome K.A. Meng to the blog today. She’s here, talking about her Superior Species series…
Get the eBook on Amazon
Get the print book on Amazon
Blurb
Fun in the sun turns into a nightmare after a murder.On her first vacation ever, Ivory Ames awakens in the middle of the night to find her best friend missing. She searches the campground and finds Maria lying dead on the beach.With more questions than answers and the police being uncooperative, Ivory decides to find the truth herself. She enlists the help of Maria's other best friend, Harmony Lundy. As Harmony and Ivory search for clues, they learn that someone or something is stalking the campers.
Get the eBook on Amazon
Get the print book on Amazon
BlurbIvory Ames has caught the attention of four gorgeous guys. At Los Roshano University this isn’t normal, even when all the upperclassmen have perfect physiques, flawless complexions, and hypnotic looks. That’s not even the weirdest part. The town has a strict sunset curfew because of wild animals attacking.To keep her friends and herself safe, Ivory must figure out the truth behind the town’s mysteries before it’s too late.
Get the eBook on Amazon
Get the print book on Amazon
BlurbIvory Ames has learned the truth about Los Roshano, New Mexico and the university she attends there, but it isn’t what she expected. Monsters exist. They’ve been running the town in secret to fill their ranks. She vows to keep her friends and herself safe from their evil clutches.
As soon as Ivory makes her pledge, her best friend is missing. The race to find Karen Bakke is on before she is killed or worse.
About K.A. MengK. A. Meng lives in North Dakota, in the same town she grew up. Her love for the paranormal started at a young age when she saw her first ghost.
Today, she spends her time writing paranormal romance, fantasy, sci fi, horror and everything in between. When life drags her away from it, she hangs out with her son and friends, goes to movies, watches TV, plays board games, walks her dogs, and reads books. She is actively involved in a writing group and wishes to some day visit Disney World.
Website Facebook Twitter Google +
Blog Instagram Goodreads
September 30, 2018
Secret Society A Canoples Investigations Novella
Good morning and welcome to Sunday Blog Share. This month, we’re focusing on science fiction books. There will be a lot of visitors making an appearance but on Sundays and Tuesdays, this blog will be all about my teen science fiction series—Canoples Investigations!
This series began as an idea in 2001, in the horror filled days after the attacks on September 11. My youngest child was in kindergarten at the time. He came home from school that day, asking why did bad people want to hurt us. I couldn’t answer him for several days, because I didn’t know what to say, but after thinking over the events of that day, an idea formed. Four teens facing trouble in space… BD, Cassie, Carl, and Terry were born. As far as responding to my child about his question, all I told him was that sometimes bad people hurt the rest of the world, but there are always good people to stop them.
Get the eBook on Amazon
Get the print book on Amazon
Blurb
Mother Shipdestroyed. Innumerable losses. A mysterious invitation. Problems at every turn. And the threat of returning violence.
Corina Amberchuck refuses to believe her parents are responsible for the loss of Mother Ship. When no one will help her prove that she’s right, she reaches out on a memorized band width, connecting with the infamous BD Bradford for help.
Excerpt
We left Earth long after the evacuation. No one would come ever again to save those left on the severely polluted planet. The original departure had happened so long ago that I had not yet been born, even though Believers tried to make all of us think that it was only a decade earlier.
Eleven years have passed since the day Mother Ship and her escorts escaped Earth. I am now sixteen, ready to step up for my training, but still a year or so exists before I can do that. All that is my responsibility these days is to do the best job possible furnishing sustenance for those who live on the ships, and keep an eye out for Believers.
Those on these ships with me were once Believers. My parents were actually leaders with that group—citizens of Earth who thought the governments were wrong about abandoning the planet, wrong about vaccinations, wrong about everything. Turns out those who stayed behind were the ones that had the wrong idea, and most of us paid a heavy price.
About K.C. Sprayberry
Living a dream she’s had since she first discovered the magic of books. K.C. Sprayberry traveled the U.S. and Europe before finally settling in the mountains of Northwest Georgia. She’s been married to her soulmate for nearly a quarter of a century and they enjoy spoiling their grandchildren along with many other activities.
A multi-genre author, K.C. Sprayberry is always on the hunt for new stories. Inspiration strikes at the weirdest times and drives her to grab notebook and pen to jot down her ideas. Those close to her swear nothing or no one is safe if she’s smiling gently in a corner and watching those in the same room interact. Her observations have often given her ideas for her next story, set not only in the South but wherever the characters demand they settle.
Website
Goodreads
Amazon Author Page
Google +
Manic Readers
AUTHORSdb
Authorgraph
September 29, 2018
Harvest Fever
Good morning and welcome to Sharing Saturday. All through September, we’re taking a peek at some stupendous science fiction authors. I have the fabulous luck to know each of these dedicated, hardworking individuals.
Jeffery Martin Botzenhart appears today with his tale, Harvest Fever.
Bullied by classmates and abused by his stepdad, seventeen year old Orrville Fletcher plans to leave his run-down home outside Birchwood Hollow, Tennessee once he turns eighteen. But one night after fighting off his stepdad, his escape from this small remote town in Appalachia is halted by an unimaginable invasion of space aliens, leading him to revelations of an unexpected truth.
Get the eBook on Amazon
Get the print book on Amazon
About Jeffery Martin Botzenhart
I was born in Warren, Ohio in November 1967. I grew up in Southington, Ohio with two older brothers. After graduating from Chalker High School in 1986, I went on to earn a Bachelor of Sciences degree in International Relations from Kent State University. I'm married and have three sons. Painting and coaching soccer for autistic kids are my passions away from writing. And yes, I am extremely boring.
September 28, 2018
The Quest
Good morning and welcome to Friday Feelings. All through September, we’re taking a peek at some stupendous science fiction authors. I have the fabulous luck to know each of these dedicated, hardworking individuals.
Johnny Gunn appears today with his tale, The Quest.
Get the eBook on Amazon
Tom Henry, a writer, amateur archaeologist, and historian, is confronted one hot summer day by what he can only describe as a time and space traveler. He fears for his sanity as he is introduced to what the ancient people of the deserts of Nevada used as areas of intense energy for shamans to travel between realities. His guide is Riba, a Quarian, a dominant species in the universe, who introduces him to time and space travel by way of mind power only. Beware, Tom fears that Riba is more than a guide. Beware, you might be drawn into this great unknown.
About Johnny Gunn
I've had a wonderful and varied time along this bumpy highway called life. I spent my early years in Santa Cruz, California, swimming, fishing, and wallowing in the splendor of redwoods, the Monterey Bay, and a loving family. Then, my four years of high school were spent living on the Island of Guam. That was back in the early 1950s Yes, Virginia, I am that old, but only in body, not spirit.
My first job in radio was in 1958. I bought the Virginia City Legend newspaper in that old western mining community in 1971, and retired from having a job in 2010. That's when I changed from being a reporter of news to being a writer of fiction, and over these last few years have found my western and crime/mystery stories published as novels and in magazines and anthologies, around the world.
My beautiful wife Patty and I live on a small hobby farm about twenty miles north of Reno, Nevada, sharing space with a couple of fine horses, a flock of egg-producing chickens, and some breeding rabbits. You're always welcome to visit. I need help cleaning those corrals.
Amazon Author Page
Blog
September 27, 2018
The Last Librarian
Good morning and welcome to Thursday Thoughts. All through September, we’re taking a peek at some stupendous science fiction authors. I have the fabulous luck to know each of these dedicated, hardworking individuals.
Debbie De Louise appears today with her tale, The Last Librarian.
Can society exist without libraries?
In the year 2050, Dorina Reinhardt, employed as an Information Tutor after her job as a librarian became obsolete secretly shares print books after the Technology War declared them illegal. When a lost kitten turns up on her doorstep and a boy comes to claim him, Dorina is caught up in a dangerous mission in which the stakes may be too high and those who seem to be on her side may be the ones she should distrust.
Get the eBook on Amazon
About Debbie De Louise
Debbie De Louise is an award-winning author and a reference librarian at a public library on Long Island. She is a member of International Thriller Writers, Sisters-in-Crime, the Long Island Authors Group, and the Cat Writer’s Association. She has a BA in English and an MLS in Library Science from Long Island University. Her four novels include the three books of the Cobble Cove cozy mystery series published by Solstice Publishing: A Stone's Throw, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Written in Stone, and her latest mystery thriller, Reason to Die. Debbie has also published a romantic comedy novella featuring a jewel heist caper, When Jack Trumps Ace, and has written articles and short stories for several anthologies of various genres. She lives on Long Island with her husband, Anthony, daughter, Holly, and cat, Stripey.
Goodreads
Amazon Author Page
Website/Blog/Newsletter Sign Up
September 26, 2018
The Light of the Sun
Good morning and welcome to wwwblogs. All through September, we’re taking a peek at some stupendous science fiction authors. I have the fabulous luck to know each of these dedicated, hardworking individuals.
Candace Sams appears today with her tale, The Light of the Sun.
Summer Solstice on a distant planet provides adventure, romance, and mystery for two, star-crossed lovers.
On the planet Celtarae, Fearghal Tor looks forward to the Solstice celebration known as Solas na Gréine. Of all the galactic denizens allowed to attend, those from the Earth ship USS Inis Mór will be most welcomed. While providing a needed break from routine, this is still just one more celebration for him—until he gets a look at one of the Inis Mór’s botanists.
Lt. Kara Wayland knows she has a few short days to celebrate shore leave, and collect rare plant specimens before she leaves Celtarae forever. She never expected to experience adventure, the love of a big green dragon, or sultry summer nights with a man everyone calls Fear.
Somewhere between the sun and the planet’s surface, Fate looks at two people and smiles. Sometimes, it just takes one summer day to bind two hearts.
Get the eBook on Amazon
Get the print book on Amazon
About Candace Sams
Candace Sams graduated from Texas A&M University with a BS in Agriculture, worked as a police officer with the State of Texas, did a brief stint with the Texas Department of Public Safety Undercover Narcotics Task Force, and was also with the San Diego Police Department. She taught for the San Diego County Sheriff's Department and worked in law enforcement in Alabama.
She trained as the senior woman on the US Kung Fu Team, and has been awarded the Medal of Putien as well as the Statue of Tao from China. These were for her work in martial arts. She is the holder of several international martial arts titles.
In 2000, Sams was among fifteen people - authorized by act of Senate - to represent this country as a martial arts ambassador to mainland China. Experiences in law enforcement, martial arts (Shaolin Kung Fu) are frequently used in her career as an author - she is known for writing fight scenes into her fictional works. As an added note, Ms. Sams is also a Master Gardener and loves working outdoors. She collects vintage Halloween paraphernalia, rocks, crystals, and books.
After publishing over 75 titles in the fantasy, science fiction, Gothic, paranormal, and action-adventure genres, she’s received more than thirty awards from various organizations, including five National Readers’ Choice Awards, and a USA Today Best Book nomination. Her Tales of The Order™ series, as well as several other works, are now being vetted for movie options.
Hailing from Texas, Candace loves the country life. She lives in a rural area of the US. A plethora of dogs and cats have adopted her. She loves to hear from readers and her new release list can be found at www.candacesams.com. Or on Twitter https://twitter.com/CandaceSams @CandaceSams. Also find her on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CandaceSamsAuthor/
Bookbub
Book + Main Bites
All Author
September 25, 2018
Canoples Investigations A New Beginning
Good morning and welcome to Sunday Blog Share. This month, we’re focusing on science fiction books. There will be a lot of visitors making an appearance but on Sundays and Tuesdays, this blog will be all about my teen science fiction series—Canoples Investigations!
This series began as an idea in 2001, in the horror filled days after the attacks on September 11. My youngest child was in kindergarten at the time. He came home from school that day, asking why did bad people want to hurt us. I couldn’t answer him for several days, because I didn’t know what to say, but after thinking over the events of that day, an idea formed. Four teens facing trouble in space… BD, Cassie, Carl, and Terry were born. As far as responding to my child about his question, all I told him was that sometimes bad people hurt the rest of the world, but there are always good people to stop them.
As with all good things, this series will soon come to an end. There are only four more books planned. But this team isn’t ready to quit just yet. Their investigative techniques have become infamous throughout the Twelve Stations. They’ve been noticed.
BD, Carl, Cassie, and Terry have proven time and again they’re capable of taking on tough cases. They’ve shown everyone in the Twelve Stations that they are far more talented than anyone ever imagined they could be. In fact, they’ve been so good at what they do, they’ve attracted attention in a place they thought despised them.
Once this series ends, the team takes off. Their new duty assignment? Well, the new logo should be a huge clue! There is an old saying… “Don’t be too good at your job. Someone might notice and come up with a very creative punishment.” Stay tuned. As soon as the team finishes their last case, they’re launching into a brand new adventure. Nothing will keep them down for long!
About K.C. Sprayberry
Living a dream she’s had since she first discovered the magic of books. K.C. Sprayberry traveled the U.S. and Europe before finally settling in the mountains of Northwest Georgia. She’s been married to her soulmate for nearly a quarter of a century and they enjoy spoiling their grandchildren along with many other activities.
A multi-genre author, K.C. Sprayberry is always on the hunt for new stories. Inspiration strikes at the weirdest times and drives her to grab notebook and pen to jot down her ideas. Those close to her swear nothing or no one is safe if she’s smiling gently in a corner and watching those in the same room interact. Her observations have often given her ideas for her next story, set not only in the South but wherever the characters demand they settle.
Website
Goodreads
Amazon Author Page
Google +
Manic Readers
AUTHORSdb
Authorgraph
September 24, 2018
Life Subscription
Good morning and welcome to Monday Blogs. All through September, we’re taking a peek at some stupendous science fiction authors. I have the fabulous luck to know each of these dedicated, hardworking individuals.
K.A. Meng appears today with her tale, Life Subscription.
Pay monthly to live or die.
In less than sixteen hours, Daven Morris will die unless he earns enough money to pay for his life. He turns to the black-market for a job. One listing will grant him enough, but it has a catch.
Daven must work with three strangers to steal something from the Universal Government without knowing exactly what they are taking. If they don’t succeed, Daven’s subscription to live will run out.
Get the eBook on Amazon
Get the print book on Amazon
About K.A. Meng
K. A. Meng lives in North Dakota, in the same town she grew up. Her love for the paranormal started at a young age when she saw her first ghost.
Today, she spends her time writing paranormal romance, fantasy, sci fi, horror and everything in between. When life drags her away from it, she hangs out with her son and friends, goes to movies, watches TV, plays board games, walks her dogs, and reads books. She is actively involved in a writing group and wishes to some day visit Disney World.
Website
Google +
Blog
Goodreads
YouTube
