Happy First Reading Festivus!

Very excited about my first book festival reading at the SW Florida Reading Festival at 9:00 p.m. tonight, March 9, for Bedtime Stories – Tales of Mystery, Murder and Mayhem. (link below) Bedtime Stories is a nightly author reading of chilling tales for readers to enjoy…and maybe lose a bit of sleep over. I’ll be reading my published paranormal mystery short story, Clair de Lune, published in Mother Goose is Dead: Modern Stories of Myths, Fables, and Fairy Tales (Caliburn Press) I’ve added some fun sound effects to enhance the story-telling.

Here’s a quick blurb on the story: Lawyers don’t make house calls. But Attorney Quentin Dumphy always made an exception for the wealthy recluse, Patrick Sean Horrigan. When Horrigan demands that Dumphy burn a rotting sea chest under the next blue moon without opening it, Dumphy assumes he’d make some easy money fulfilling this bizarre request. Yet a $50,000 check to destroy a moldy box makes Dumphy wonder why the payment is so high. Will Dumphy give into his curiosity, guilt, or greed before carrying out this strange ritual?

My twenty-minute video recording of Clair de Lune will be presented on Florida Gulf Coast Sisters in Crime (SinC) chapter’s YouTube channel.  If you miss it tonight, you can visit the channel after the premiere to watch it at your convenience. Many thanks to Lisa Malice, Theresa Michael, and the other chapter members for their hard work in selecting, organizing, and editing the videos. Thanks for checking it out and feel free to leave a comment here or on the chapter’s YouTube channel.