❤:. . • ○ ° Zatarra Reads . . • ○ ° ❤ asked Susan May:

Susan, what do you think makes this book different from anything else you have written? And what do you hope the reader will gain after reading this book?

Susan May Thanks for the question, Vanessa.

You know Deadly Messengers is like everything else I write in a way ... it's nothing like anything I've written before. lol. I've written dozens of short stories and novellas and now two novels.

I write in the dark thriller genre, but cross through many sub-genres, kinda like Stephen King. So my previous book was about a mom who time travels to save her son. This is a crime horror book about mass killers, the next book in second edits is about a guy who can take people's troubles away with a mere touch, The Troubles Keeper. the book after that is about an alien invasion but written as if you are reading forums with the stories placed there by survivors, called the Invasion Forums or I-Forums. All different.

All I want is for people to take away that for a few hours they've been entertained. I don't ever set out to teach or preach, but merely tell a story. However it seems to me that somehow through the process, usually on the third edit, I see that there are some lessons contained within the story and I tease those out a little more.

Ultimately, though, I'm a storyteller and I just want people to have fun. When I hear readers tell me they can't put Deadly Messengers down, well, that's just music to my ears.

Great question, thank you.

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