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HWA Halloween Haunts blog

I contributed to the Horror Writers Association โ€œHalloween Hauntsโ€ blog celebrating horror authors this spooky season. Check out my โ€œHalloween Haunts blog postโ€ on the inspiration behind my Australian gothic horror novella Bluebells (In the Devilโ€™s Garden, # 1) and the historic town of Berrima, Australia.

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Drowning in the Dark

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ **I received an ARC for an honest review** Description A beach that wipes people from memory. Aliens that just want to help humanity along a little bit. Monsters who love their fight club. A woman who trades a piece of her future to help a child. Guilt that serves as a door to dark… Continue reading Drowning in the Dark

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American Rapture

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ ** I received an ARC for an honest review ** Description A virus is spreading across America, transforming the infected and making them feral with lust.  Sophie, a good Catholic girl, must traverse the hellscape of the midwest to try to find her family while the world around her burns. Along the way she… Continue reading American Rapture

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New Release: Bluebells

The first novella In the Devils Garden trilogy, Bluebells, is available for order from PS Publishing! There are gorgeous deluxe hardbacks, special signed hardbacks with trade paperbacks and ebooks available soon. Order here Want to know more about Bluebells? Check out the description here If youโ€™re interested in the โ€˜behind the scenesโ€™ of writing In… Continue reading New Release: Bluebells

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The Year of Return

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ ** I received an arc for an honest review ** Description: In December 2019, Ghana commemorated the โ€œYear of Return,โ€ marking 400 years since the first enslaved Africans were taken to Virginia. Adwapa, a Ghanaian journalist residing in the U.S., returns to her homeland with friends to reconnect with her roots during this historic… Continue reading The Year of Return

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Convergence Problems

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ **I received an arc for an honest review** Description From the Hugo, Nebula, Locus and Nommo award nominated author of Shigidi and The Brass Head Of Obalufon comes a stunning new collection of stories that investigate the rapidly changing role of technology and belief in our lives as we search for meaning, for knowledge, for justice;… Continue reading Convergence Problems

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The North Wind

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ ** I received an ARC for an honest review ** Description Wren of Edgewood is no stranger to suffering. With her parents gone, it is Wrenโ€™s responsibility to ensure she and her sister survive the harsh and endless winter, but if the legends are to be believed, their home may not be safe for… Continue reading The North Wind

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Black History Month Reads

Black History Month (1 February - 1 March) recognises and celebrates the struggles and vibrancy of African-American authors. Some of the issues tackled in the books I've read or currently reading include the slave trade, war, refugees, social inequality and marginalisation. So check out all these amazing books from gothic horror, speculative fiction, dark academia,… Continue reading Black History Month Reads

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This Ravenous Fate

** I received an ARC for an honest review ** โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Description SOMETIMES TRUE LOVE DEFIES DEATH ITSELF. New York, 1926. Reapers - once-human vampires - stalk the shadows.  The Saint family has reigned over the city for years, protecting its inhabitants through their thriving reaper-hunting enterprise. But reluctant heir Elise Saint faces a chilling… Continue reading This Ravenous Fate

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Twice-Spent Comet

** I received an ARC for an honest review ** โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Description The fall from hopeful revolutionary to prison laborer is a hard one. Ferโ€™s world has shrunk from the whole damn universe to this anonymous asteroid and the four other convicts who share it with them. Itโ€™s a fitting end, for someone who used… Continue reading Twice-Spent Comet