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[Kathryn]

For those of you who like to read historical fiction, I really enjoyed Rocky Mountain Runaway. It is an adventure story with historical details about the railroad race to Aspen Co. It is also a romance. It is a fun quick read.

[Charlsie]

Thanks for the tip!

[Louise]

Can anybody recommend historical fiction set in 1880's Mexico or New Mexico? I'm doing research for my next Oliver Redcastle mystery. Thanks.

[Charlsie]

Hi Louise, are you looking at Westerns--Zane Gray and Max Brand (Evan Evans) and a whole bunch of others--or are you looking for someone more literary?

[Louise]

Hi Charlsie, I'm looking for books that will give me a better feel for the southwest during the late 1880's. Not looking for literary particularly, But it's ok, too. Thanks, Louise

[Susan]

To Anyone,

I'm looking for books with older widows ( 60's ) about starting their new lives.

Thank You!
Susan

[Louise]

I'm back from the Florida Writers Association conference in Orlando. I'm thrilled to be coming back with a silver Palm Award for my historical mystery, Trouble in Tampa. They didn't fill my bathtub with champagne and rose petals, but I did get a chocolate Aladdins Lamp filled with raspberry mousse for my dessert. Not bad!!

[Louise]

One more thing: I'm part of a mystery/thriller giveaway at the storyorigin site. Many authors offering many free ebooks. This is the link if you're interested: https://storyoriginapp.com/to/av4fL1A7

[Harold]

I'd like to invite readers to check out my series of posts about the Civil Rights events of the 1950s and 1960s. Right now I am concluding information about the Little Rock Nine, who survived a year of torment in "integrated" Central High School in Little Rock in 1957. One realization I take from my research is that racial attitudes have scarcely changed.

www.goodreads.com/author/dashboard

[Rene]

The novel And Poe Said is now available for FREE out on amazon ( www.amazon.com/Poe-Said-Rene-Bard-ebo... ) from Oct 27 - 31.

****Historical Fiction with a SciFi twist)****


AND POE SAID begins in Baltimore as Edgar Allan Poe steps off the gangplank of an overnight steamer. On his way home from Richmond after a disastrous publicity tour, he is caught up in the partisan fury of a Baltimore election.

Readers will encounter a gritty and modern Poe. They will also discover his long lost tale—“Mr. Dormir’s Last Request”—a shocking account of betrayal and abandonment. The town of Baltimore as a character will seem strangely familiar in this meticulously researched and densely-drawn narrative.

Most surprising of all, readers will find themselves as unwitting characters within this genre-bending story—full of mystery, suspense, and psychological horror.

Early reviewers have said:

"Savor this volume slowly, as if a classical port... [it] is weighty, deep and complex, brilliant, irrational and erratic, all as was Poe....The author is a historical scholar, has thoroughly researched and describes Baltimore’s stratified society with its idioms, nuances, diverse economic endeavors, its architecture and offal upon the damp chaotic streets, and so places the reader squarely within that time walking with and within Poe upon his final journey. Plausible answers are given to the mystery of what occurred and when. Poe’s remarkable and forever lost final prose is composed. Now, with this stage solidly set, and just as one becomes comfortable with the premise developed, the twists commence in earnest, reaching a finale that shatters what was anticipated and leaving one agape."

"Rene Bard: The Author of the Odd...The first 3/4 of this book is an historical fiction account of Edgar Allan Poe, taking place in 1849, three years after the death of his wife Virginia, and the year that he passed away....The last 1/4 of the book takes place in modern times, and involves strange twists and turns the reader does not expect."

"clearly deeply researched."

"great job at taking the reader back to that time period"

"a good different"

"the true story may venture beyond the book itself."

[Susan]

Thanks for the alert, Rene. I'll take a look at the sample.

[Rene]

Susan wrote: "Thanks for the alert, Rene. I'll take a look at the sample."

Thank you!