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Saturday, June 30, 2018
More Amazing Street Art
Friday, June 29, 2018
Snails by The Critter Hole
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Etsy,
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Thursday, June 28, 2018
Please Welcome C.M. Bratton as She Tells Us About Her Sci-Fi Romance, HEIGHTS OF DECEPTION
HEIGHTS OF DECEPTION
Sci-fi Romance
Sci-fi Romance
by C. M. Bratton
The exciting sequel to Depths of Perception!
A THOUSAND YEARS ASLEEP...
They fled the wars that threatened to destroy the earth,
taking refuge at the bottom of the ocean in the hope that the wright of the
seas would keep them safe. After two decades of genetic experimentation,
seventy were chosen for cryo-stasis, to only return at a time when the surface
was safe once more.
But when these survivors awaken, nothing is as it seems.
They float on the ocean, adrift from all they knew, suffering the effects of prolonged
immersion in their cryo-pods. As they struggle to recover their faculties and
physical strnegh, they must discover a new refuge, a place to restart humanity
before the now-hostile planet destroys the last remnants of the human race.
And from the depths below, a lone watcher follows the
solitary ship, himself a shadow of what remains of the grand experiment begun a
millennium before.
What will the Ancients choose?
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Please Welcome Beth Woodward as She Tells Us About Her Urban Fantasy Romance, EMBRACING THE DEMON, Dale Highland Bk. 2
Embracing the Demon
Dale Highland, Book 2
by Beth Woodward
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Publisher: California Coldblood Books
Date of Publication: June 19, 2018
ISBN: 978-1945572845
ASIN: B07D788DVM
Number of pages: 360
Word Count: 80,000
Cover Artist: Leonard Philbrick
Tagline: Dale Highland never wanted to be a demon…but now she may be the only one who can save them all…
Book Description:
Dale Highland never wanted to be a demon, never wanted to go back to the supernatural world, but now she has no choice.
A militant anti-supernatural group called the Zeta Coalition is trying to kill Dale, and a mysterious illness ravages angels and demons throughout the world. As the death toll rises, and the Zetas get closer and closer to Dale, she starts to realize the two things are connected.
To save them all, Dale will have to team up with John Goodwin, the man she once loved. The man who destroyed her.
But by the time Dale and John figure out the Zetas’ real intentions, it may be too late…
Excerpt:
He wore a gray
suit with a dark shirt and a blue tie that fit him so perfectly I knew it must
have been custom made for him. His dark blond hair had been combed and gelled
into submission. Normally, it stood up in random spikes around his head—not as
a stylistic choice, but because he had the tendency to run his fingers through
it nervously until it went in about 14 different directions.
Until that
moment, I hadn’t been convinced he’d survived the fall off the roof of Amara’s
estate. Every night in my dreams, I stared at his broken body, tears running
down my face. I wasn’t sure why I cried: because I had killed him, or because
he had destroyed me.
But here was
John, very much alive, looking like the fantasy of some billionaire boss about
to have hot monkey sex with his secretary on the desk. He didn’t look like the
John I remembered, who’d spent most of our time together wearing blood-covered
t-shirts. Which one was the real John, I wondered, the suave businessman or the
urban warrior? And then I noticed the pin on his lapel: a flaming angel that
matched the ones on the others’ pendants. John had declared his allegiance, and
it wasn’t to me.
“My apologies
for the mess,” he said. “Ephraim, Leah, please clean that up. Make sure you
dispose of the body well. I don’t want him coming back to haunt us one of these
days.” A man and a woman jumped out of their seats and scooped up the body,
leaving just a puddle of blood behind. Guess they’d be getting that later.
John turned to
the rest of the group. “Let’s not forget why we’re here. This illness is
already devastating our community, and it’s getting worse. The Zeta Coalition
created it with the intent of wiping out supernaturals—angels and demons. And
if we can’t cooperate, they will succeed.”
“She’s the
daughter of our worst enemy!” someone shouted.
“Amara is dead.
And Dale is not Amara.” He paused. “Covington is right. We need more
information if we’re going to survive this, and Dale is our best hope of
gaining access to their records containment facility.”
“What about
taking an army and storming the compound, like we talked about a few weeks
ago?” someone asked.
To my surprise,
it was Tina who answered. “The compound is too heavily fortified, and its
underground architecture would make it difficult to strong-arm. We’ve run the
scenario many times, accounting for the different variables. The most likely
outcome is that we’d end up trapped down there while the Zetas pick us off.”
“There must be
another way,” a woman said.
“Maybe, but this
is the best way,” John replied. “We all know Dale can do things that no one
else can. Her return may have been a coincidence, but we should use that to our
advantage.”
“I haven’t
agreed to anything yet,” I managed to get out through gritted teeth.
About the Author:
Beth Woodward has always had a love for the dark, the mysterious, and all things macabre. She blames her mother for this one: while other kids were watching cartoons, Beth and her mother were watching Unsolved Mysteries together every week. She was doomed from the beginning. At 12, she discovered the wonders of science fiction and fantasy when she read A Wrinkle in Time, which remains the most influential book of her life. Growing up, she was Meg Murray with a dash of Oscar the Grouch. She’s been writing fiction since she was six years old; as a cantankerous kid whose family moved often, the fictional characters she created became her friends. As an adult, she’s slightly more well adjusted, but she still withdraws into her head more often than is probably healthy.
When she’s not writing, Beth volunteers at her local animal shelter, attends as many sci-fi/fantasy conventions as she can, and travels as much as time and money will allow. She lives in the Washington, DC, area with her husband and their three cats.
Website: http://beth-woodward.com
Twitter: @beththewoodward
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
More Googly-Eyed Fun
Monday, June 25, 2018
Time For Some More Piperdraws
Sunday, June 24, 2018
Six on Sunday - FORBITTEN, a Post-Apocalyptic/Futuristic Romance
Six paragraphs from FORBITTEN, a post-apocalyptic/futuristic romance.
1. This time it was McVie who let out a derisive snort. “Those people mean to kill us and take this ship as their own, in case you haven’t figured that out yet. They won’t listen to any kind of peaceful alternative. Oh, they may smile and bow, and say the things you want to hear to make you believe they’re sincere. But the moment they come aboard, it’ll be a slaughter.”
2. The woman shook her head. “It’s been quiet. I was half-expecting her to call out or something when the lights went out, but I haven’t heard a peep. Steen told me he hadn’t heard anything, either, since you left.” Nestor narrowed her eyes at him. “I understand why you don’t want her in the brig right now, but why put her in your cabin? Why not use another cabin as the brig?”
3. It would be wonderful to find out more about this place, Shaddoe mused, but, unfortunately, she knew that dream would never see fruition. Shaddoe knew her life was slowly ebbing away. The numbness no longer affected her foot and leg. It had spread throughout her entire body, to the point where she was almost fighting falling asleep. She was terrified that the next time she drifted off, she’d never awaken. Or she’d never awaken as herself. That, instead, she’d turn and become one of those mindless creatures that fought tooth and nail to get free. Attacking everything and everyone in her way as her dying brain rebelled.
4. When they reached his cabin, a different person was there to let them in. Chyler calmly thanked the man and stepped inside. He didn’t set her on her feet, but laid her on the bed. His bed. After unlocking the cuff from his wrist, he laid it on the mattress beside her. “I’ll take care of this after we’re done,” he told her. The promise of what was to come sent shivers through her.
5. “I’m not getting huff—” Chyler was cut off when she suddenly leaned over and kissed him. He had never been a demonstrative sort of guy, but he couldn’t stop himself from taking her face between his hands and kissing her back. He was vaguely aware of the others in the mess hall clapping and cheering, but they didn’t matter. At least the hard part was over.
6. “Your friend seems to be getting worse. He needs to be
ejected immediately before he breaks. Guards! Escort these miscreants to the
surface, and be sure to bar the elevator so they can’t use it to gain entry
again. You.” She directed her next comment directly at Shaddoe. “You said you
weren’t here to hurt anyone. I’m going to hold you to your word. But if you or
your friends hurt any of my men, you will be sent to the detention holding
area, where you’ll remain.” A sickening smile crossed the woman’s ruby-red
lips. “If you really piss me off, I may just lock your sick friend here inside
with you. Let’s see how far you get when he breaks.”
1. This time it was McVie who let out a derisive snort. “Those people mean to kill us and take this ship as their own, in case you haven’t figured that out yet. They won’t listen to any kind of peaceful alternative. Oh, they may smile and bow, and say the things you want to hear to make you believe they’re sincere. But the moment they come aboard, it’ll be a slaughter.”
2. The woman shook her head. “It’s been quiet. I was half-expecting her to call out or something when the lights went out, but I haven’t heard a peep. Steen told me he hadn’t heard anything, either, since you left.” Nestor narrowed her eyes at him. “I understand why you don’t want her in the brig right now, but why put her in your cabin? Why not use another cabin as the brig?”
3. It would be wonderful to find out more about this place, Shaddoe mused, but, unfortunately, she knew that dream would never see fruition. Shaddoe knew her life was slowly ebbing away. The numbness no longer affected her foot and leg. It had spread throughout her entire body, to the point where she was almost fighting falling asleep. She was terrified that the next time she drifted off, she’d never awaken. Or she’d never awaken as herself. That, instead, she’d turn and become one of those mindless creatures that fought tooth and nail to get free. Attacking everything and everyone in her way as her dying brain rebelled.
4. When they reached his cabin, a different person was there to let them in. Chyler calmly thanked the man and stepped inside. He didn’t set her on her feet, but laid her on the bed. His bed. After unlocking the cuff from his wrist, he laid it on the mattress beside her. “I’ll take care of this after we’re done,” he told her. The promise of what was to come sent shivers through her.
5. “I’m not getting huff—” Chyler was cut off when she suddenly leaned over and kissed him. He had never been a demonstrative sort of guy, but he couldn’t stop himself from taking her face between his hands and kissing her back. He was vaguely aware of the others in the mess hall clapping and cheering, but they didn’t matter. At least the hard part was over.
Saturday, June 23, 2018
A Different Cuckoo Clock
Friday, June 22, 2018
Now Available in Print! FORBITTEN, a Post-Apocalyptic/Futuristic Romance Novel
FORBITTEN
Futuristic, Post-Apocalyptic Romance
Word Count: 58.2K
$3.99 e / $9.99 p
Not all who are bitten are turned.
After World War III, better known as the Nuclear War,
survivors were forced to move underground, where they had a better
chance of survival. Those who were caught above ground in the
aftermath inevitably died of exposure. However, the animals and
vegetation were not so lucky. Although most species survived, they
also mutated. And sometimes those mutations reached the remaining
human population.
Shaddoe March lives in one of those subterranean bunkers, called SubForty. Her life is nowhere idyllic. No one’s is. But she’s healthy, and that means she has a future. Until, one day, her nightmare becomes reality, and she’s infected.
Shaddoe March lives in one of those subterranean bunkers, called SubForty. Her life is nowhere idyllic. No one’s is. But she’s healthy, and that means she has a future. Until, one day, her nightmare becomes reality, and she’s infected.
She is thrown out of the bunker, above
ground, unarmed and alone to face the hideous creatures and other
Condemned who’ve been discarded to face their inevitable deaths. As
she prepares herself for the worst, she finds redemption.
Chyler Comstock was also infected, but
he didn’t turn, and he’s not dead. Yet.
Neither are the thirty-two other souls who’ve banded
together for the sake of survival. When he meets Shaddoe, he’s more
than willing to let her join their group, but not until the critical
thirty-seven-hour window is passed. If she remains human after that,
then she’ll be welcomed.
But, for now, it’s a waiting game, and
the world ran out of patience decades ago.
Thursday, June 21, 2018
Not in the English Language - Mangata
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Swedish
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
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Sunday, June 17, 2018
Saturday, June 16, 2018
Friday, June 15, 2018
Did You Know?
Thursday, June 14, 2018
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
New! FORBITTEN, a Futuristic, Post-Apocalyptic Romance Novel by Linda Mooney
FORBITTEN
Futuristic, Post-Apocalyptic Romance
Word Count: 58K
$3.99 e
Futuristic, Post-Apocalyptic Romance
Word Count: 58K
$3.99 e
Not all who are bitten are turned.
After World War III, better known as the Nuclear War,
survivors were forced to move underground, where they had a better
chance of survival. Those who were caught above ground in the
aftermath inevitably died of exposure. However, the animals and
vegetation were not so lucky. Although most species survived, they
also mutated. And sometimes those mutations reached the remaining
human population.
Shaddoe March lives in one of those subterranean bunkers, called SubForty. Her life is nowhere idyllic. No one’s is. But she’s healthy, and that means she has a future. Until, one day, her nightmare becomes reality, and she’s infected.
Shaddoe March lives in one of those subterranean bunkers, called SubForty. Her life is nowhere idyllic. No one’s is. But she’s healthy, and that means she has a future. Until, one day, her nightmare becomes reality, and she’s infected.
She is thrown out of the bunker, above
ground, unarmed and alone to face the hideous creatures and other
Condemned who’ve been discarded to face their inevitable deaths. As
she prepares herself for the worst, she finds redemption.
Chyler Comstock was also infected, but
he didn’t turn, and he’s not dead. Yet.
Neither are the thirty-two other souls who’ve banded
together for the sake of survival. When he meets Shaddoe, he’s more
than willing to let her join their group, but not until the critical
thirty-seven-hour window is passed. If she remains human after that,
then she’ll be welcomed.
But, for now, it’s a waiting game, and
the world ran out of patience decades ago.
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FORBITTEN,
futuristic,
new release,
post-apocalyptic,
sci-fi romance
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Please Welcome Athena Daniels as She Tells Us About Her Paranormal Romance, WHEN DARKNESS FOLLOW, Beyond the Grave Book 4
When
Darkness Follows
Beyond
the Grave Series, Book
Four
by Athena
Daniels
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Sunset Coast
Publishing
Date of Publication: 29th May,
2018
ISBN: 978-0-9944029-7-4
ASIN: B07BFKY4Q5
Number of pages: 303
Word Count: 115K
Cover Artist: Damonza
Tagline: The only man who can
save her, is the one she swore she’d never see again…
Book Description:
Rachel Sommers and her two best
friends don’t believe anything will happen when they sneak onto a haunted
shipwreck in the middle of the night. Why would they? Ghosts don’t actually
exist… right?
But Rachel and her friends
disturb something that night. Something demonic.
Something that lured Rachel to
the ship. And now one of her friends is dead, the other is missing, and
Rachel’s memory of the night is gone. There’s only one thing she knows for
sure: whatever killed her friend has followed her home.
Over a century ago, an act of
bitter jealousy and revenge tainted a crystal ball with an unstoppable evil.
And when the deadly object eerily turns up in her bedroom, Rachel’s nightmare
really begins.
Ex-Special Forces detective
Daniel Smith takes the case the moment Rachel’s name appears on his screen.
Rachel is the only woman he’s ever loved, but despite their explosive
chemistry, she’s determined to keep him at a distance.
With Rachel’s life on the line,
the disturbing truth about her ancestry and the cursed object she has inherited
must be uncovered. But is it already too late? Daniel will risk everything to
save the woman he loves, but how can he win this lethal game of cat and mouse
against a killer that is not flesh and blood?
Excerpt:
Rachel wrapped
her arms around Daniel’s neck and kissed him back with a ferocity that
surprised her. All the emotion, the turmoil, of the last two weeks, the last
year, moved through her. She couldn’t remember why keeping away from him was so
important. Something about self-respect and needing to be more than just an
occasional fuck to someone.
Daniel crushed
her to his body, his tongue delving inside her mouth, tracing across her teeth.
He took control of the kiss, like the man controlled everything else in his
life. The heat of his mouth set her blood on fire, and her body submitted to
his natural dominance.
He groaned,
holding her to him so tightly she couldn’t breathe. But she didn’t need her own
oxygen when she could breathe his.
Daniel walked
her away from the water to where the sand was dry and still warm from the sun.
He fell to the sand, pulling her down on top of him. She laughed in surprise.
His sunglasses
fell off his head as he looked up at her. He cupped the back of her neck,
guided her head down and kissed her hard. She couldn’t think, couldn’t feel
anything but him.
Her soft, white
denim skirt slid up her thighs as she spread her legs and sat on his hips. His
erection, firmly encased in his jeans, pressed against her lacy white panties.
She rubbed against him, needed to, and his eyes flickered closed. He groaned,
the sound sending fire racing through her veins.
“I want you so
bad.” Daniel’s grip tightened on her hips, the roughness in his tone thrilling
her.
This was what
was familiar between them. This rawness and this uncontrollable desire.
“Tell me you
still want this.”
Rachel nodded.
“I said tell
me.”
The bite of
authority in the command made her blood race. Her mouth dried, and she
swallowed twice before she could speak.
“I want this.”
Daniel squeezed
his eyes shut, and when he opened them, emotion swirled heavily in his gaze.
“Tell me you
still want me.” His body went rigid as he waited for her answer, and her heart
stuttered to a stop.
“I want you,”
she said, the truth and a lie all at once. God she wanted him! Right now, in
this moment, she wanted him more than her next breath.
Daniel sat up,
cradling her in his lap, her legs wrapped around his hips as he kissed her
again, long and deep. She thrust her hands in his thick hair, holding him hard
as his hands ran up her thighs, his thumbs tracing along the seams of her
panties and making her core clench with anticipation.
About
the Author:
Athena Daniels is the #1
international bestselling author of the award-winning Beyond the Grave
paranormal romance series and the romantic thriller Desperate.
In 2016, Athena was nominated for
Author of the Year and Best New Author in AusRom Today’s Reader’s Choice
Awards.
Her novel Girl Unseen won the
Silver Medal in the 2017 Readers’ Favorite® International Book Awards and was
awarded a Silver Medal in the 2017 Literary Titan Book Awards. Girl Unseen was
an “Official Selection” in the New Apple Literary Awards, and was also
nominated for 2017 Book of the Year in AusRom Today’s Reader’s Choice Awards.
The Seer’s Daughter was the solo
Medalist Winner in the Suspense/Thriller category of the 2016 New Apple Annual
Book Awards for Excellence in Independent Publishing.
The Seer’s Daughter was also a
finalist in the 11th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards in Suspense and in
the 2016 Readers’ Favorite® International Book Awards. Additionally, The Seer’s
Daughter was nominated for 2016 Book of the Year and 2016 Cover of the Year in
AusRom Today’s Reader’s Choice Awards.
Girl Unseen and The Seer’s
Daughter are both 5-star Top Picks at The Romance Reviews.
Athena has a natural curiosity
about the “more” there is in life and holds several qualifications in
metaphysics and natural therapies. She is a neuro-linguistic programming (NLP)
practitioner, life coach, and feng shui specialist.
Athena lives on the northern
beaches of sunny Western Australia. Find out more about her at
www.athenadaniels.com, or follow her on Twitter @AthenaDaniels11 and on
Facebook at /AthenaDaniels11.
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Monday, June 11, 2018
Please Welcome C.F. Rabbiosi as She Tells Us About Her Erotic Horror Series, THE DARKNESS IN FAITH, Serial Murderess and Lover of the Dead
The
Darkness In Faith
Serial
Murderess and Lover of the Dead
Books
1, 2 and 3
by C.F.
Rabbiosi
Box Set Description:
The morbid adventure of a sexually
sadistic serial killing dame.
“A sex slave, so beautiful and
depraved... They had no idea the monster they would turn her into…”
Inspired by real sex slave tales and
real serial killers of the past.
Many of the characters were based off of
real people!
The
Darkness In Faith
A
Dark Erotica Book 1
by C.F.
Rabbiosi
Book Description:
My name is Faith: Tortured sex slave
turned brutal murderer. Men have abused my body for inhuman pleasures, hurt me
and made me feel helpless. But now...
They fear me. I wish I could say that it
is all for the good of the world that I kill them slowly and give them a taste
of what they have made others feel, but that would be a lie. Turns out, I have
a lust for blood and get off on making THEM my slave. They may be way past
being offended at that point, but I sure enjoy my living dead boys.
Just one small problem. I am falling for
my newest conquest and don't know anymore if I want to tie him up and kill him
slowly. He supposedly sexually assaulted a woman horribly ten years ago and is
currently on parole for the crime, but something about those genuine sea green
eyes and that beguiling mouth makes me weak. I still want to tie him up but
what I want to do to him- will make us both scream.
Something about his darkness and pain
calls to my own, and he knows I could kill him at any time, but still fights to
possess me in every dripping, consuming and tantalizing way.
Come inside if you dare where real sex
slave stories are my inspiration and I'll tell you the story of a serial
murderess and the life altering events that made her a Lover of the Dead.
Darkly
Dreaming Faith
The
Darkness In Faith
A
Dark Erotica Book 2
by C.F.
Rabbiosi
Genre: Erotica Horror
Publisher: Winterose Books
Date of Publication: 4/2018
ASIN: B07C9WPQBD
Number of pages: 151
Word Count: 42,000
Book Description:
How can I admit to myself that I have
fallen for the one thing I fear the most? I should kill him, as I have visited
bloody death on many others just like him but...
Instead I have let him inside me.
Deeply, painfully and with all-consuming psychotic passion. My body hums when
he hurts it, as he's brought out a hidden side of me that thrives off his rough
touch. I have never felt so alive.
Here he is by my side as we travel the
country, staying in the finest hotels and savagely getting revenge on those who
have sexually tortured me. What a ride. Kill, rough sex. Try to kill each
other, more rough sex... And repeat.
But something changes my dark lover with
each kill and I fear I will lose him forever. The blood thirsty beast he struggles
to keep locked up within thrashes against its cage, and I don't know how much
time we have left together. Oh, but I WILL make the most of it.
Vicious
Faith
The
Darkness In Faith
A
Dark Erotica Book 3
by C.F.
Rabbiosi
Her enemy becomes her lover...
Faith has been caught by the one man she fears the most, but luckily she's got him beat on crazy. While he likes to make his sex slaves scream, all she can do is laugh. Maybe he'll just kill the defiant broad... Or will he fall in love and let her be his undoing?
Faith has been caught by the one man she fears the most, but luckily she's got him beat on crazy. While he likes to make his sex slaves scream, all she can do is laugh. Maybe he'll just kill the defiant broad... Or will he fall in love and let her be his undoing?
Genre: Erotica/Horror
Publisher: Winterose Books
Date of Publication: 5/2018
Number of pages: 130
Word Count: 38,000
About
the Author:
Charity used to be a Registered Nurse in
California, and though she doesn't use her two degrees in the field anymore,
they have helped her with her real passion- writing. She happily writes the day
away using her in depth Anatomy, Physiology and Psych background to make her
death scenes more real and her killers more... colorful. But it's not all about
the blood, because more than anything she loves hot romance. Her heroine is
kick-ass and her men are all the dangerous and gorgeous beasts you love to
hate.
Her style is beautifully gruesome and
inspired by Interview With The Vampire, Buffy, and True Blood. She lives in the
beautiful university city of Columbia, MO with her incredible husband and three
girls, and loves yoga almost as much as living and writing in her own fantasy
world.
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