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Anoka

Publisherโ€™s Description Welcome to Anoka, Minnesota, a small city just outside of the Twin Cities dubbed "The Halloween Capital of the World" since 1937. Here before you lie several tales involving bone collectors, pagan witches, werewolves, skeletal bison, and cloned children. It is up to you to decipher between fact and fiction as the author… Continue reading Anoka

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Ditmar Award Nominations!!

Iโ€™m thrilled to announce Iโ€™m included in the 2022 Ditmar Awards Nominations. There is such a fabulous variety of works nominated this year. Presentations will be held at Conflux Convention in September/October. Iโ€™m nominated for Best New Talent and my LGBTQI dystopian alternate history novella Bluebells is nominated in Best Novella or Novelette. Congratulations to… Continue reading Ditmar Award Nominations!!

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Donโ€™t Fear the Reaper

Publisherโ€™s Description Four years after her tumultuous senior year, Jade Daniels is released from prison right before Christmas when her conviction is overturned. But life beyond bars takes a dangerous turn as soon as she returns to Proofrock. Convicted Serial Killer, Dark Mill South, seeking revenge for thirty-eight Dakota men hanged in 1862, escapes from… Continue reading Donโ€™t Fear the Reaper

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The Attic Tragedy

Publisherโ€™s Description Sylvie never called them ghosts, but thatโ€™s what they wereโ€”not that George ever saw them herself. The new girl, Sylvie, is like a creature from another time, with her old-fashioned leather satchel, her white cotton gloves and her head in the clouds. George watches her drift around the edge of the school playing… Continue reading The Attic Tragedy

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The Bridge

Publisherโ€™s Description Meera and her twin sister Kai are Madesโ€”part human and part notโ€”bred in the Blood Temple cult, which only the teenage Meera will survive. Racked with grief and guilt, she lives in hiding with her mysterious rescuer, Narnโ€”part witch and part notโ€”who has lost a sister too, a connection that follows them to… Continue reading The Bridge

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Tide of Stone

** I received an ARC for an honest review ** Publisherโ€™s Description The Time-Ball Tower of Tempuston houses the worst criminals in history. Given the option of the death penalty or eternal life, they chose eternal life. They have a long time to regret that choice. Summary Tide of Stone is a dark fiction novel… Continue reading Tide of Stone

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Bitters

** I received an ARC for an honest review ** Publisherโ€™s Description The giant metal man has stood for hundreds of years, head tilted back, mouth open. All the dead of the town are disposed of this way, carried up the long, staircase that winds around him and tipped in. At his toe emerges the… Continue reading Bitters

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The New Wife

Publisherโ€™s Description Bluebeardโ€™s seventh wife is the first to survive his wrath, courtesy of ghostly warnings and the timely intervention of her brothers. The village burns her murderous husband, his crimes laid bare and his wealth passed on to herโ€ฆ but even after his death, Bluebeardโ€™s house wonโ€™t allow anyone to leave. All wivesโ€”living and… Continue reading The New Wife

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Polyphemus

** I received an ARC for an honest review ** Publisherโ€™s Description When lead vocalist of Polyphemus Stephen Oaksโ€™s near-fatal on-stage overdose leaves them under pressure from their label, the bandโ€™s remaining members must find a new vocalist, pick up the pieces and forge on without him. Unfortunately, heโ€™s fresh from rehab and desperate to… Continue reading Polyphemus

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Appearances: Canberra Geek Markets

Iโ€™ll be at the Canberra Geek Markets this Saturday 29 April at EPIC, Canberra. My stall is located next to the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild (CSFG) stall Come along and check out comics, books, media and merchandise for all your inner Geek desires! Iโ€™m selling and signing books and have some cool merchandise all available… Continue reading Appearances: Canberra Geek Markets