Cappuccino Heaven: A Life After Death
Cappuccino Heaven: A Life After Death by Michelle Wright
Cappuccino Heaven will take you on a wonderful journey into the afterlife with Elizabeth Walker who is forced to leave behind her 38 years of life she enters her wider world full of expectations, meeting friends and family long gone she marvels at the fact she can still get her favourite cappuccino’s. New adventures await yet she cannot forget her husband Mike and daughters Sasha and Lucy that she has been forced to leave behind, making frequent visits back serves no purpose as they don’t see or hear her as she desperately tries to make contact.
When she meets up with a colorful character tough and sassy ex-hooker Rita it changes her afterlife forever as she slowly and painfully see’s there was more to her short life than being a housewife and Mother in her safe middle class existence.
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Drasmyr
Drasmyr by Matthew D Ryan
The vampire Lucian val Drasmyr, the protector of an ancient talisman of great power, is drawn into a conflict with a Wizards Guild when he kills the head wizard of the guild and tries to cover his tracks with a fire.
Coragan the Bounty Hunter and his compatriots are hired to find out what happened to the now dead guild master. Their investigation leads them to the vampire’s castle, but, overmatched, they are forced to flee.
The vampire, knowing his secrets have been exposed, begins a relentless assault on the guild.
Together with the head wizards of the guild, Coragan and his companions prepare a trap for the vampire. But they must have care, lest they deliver the creature’s power to a secret insidious evil rising amongst them.
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Lunara: Seth & Chloe
Lunara: Seth & Chloe by Wyatt Davenport
Earth is dead, destroyed by a barrage of meteors. What was left of the population has escaped to Mars and colonized it as humanities new home.
Lunara, a small colony on Earth’s moon, is charged with catching and mining meteors for desperately needed minerals. But the deep-seated human thirst for domination is not easily defeated, nor is the capacity for deceit and betrayal. All it needs is a powerful catalyst, a prize valuable enough to risk plunging mankind into another destructive war.
Parker McCloud and his friends, Seth and Chloe, are caught up in a violent series of events when Lunara is invaded. On Mars, Parker, Seth, Chloe, and the crew of the Protector attempt to sort out who is responsible, where the tide of suspicion swings back and forth between Aethpis and Zephyria.
In the end, we see barbarism by the leaders of Mars, great courage by the crew of the Protector, and immense valor by the military on Lunara in adventure one in an exciting new series.
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Wolfwraith
Wolfwraith by John Bushore
Someone-or something- is killing campers in remote False Cape Park. Autopsies reveal their throats have been torn out by a large canine. Locals recall a colonial-times legend of the “wolfwraith.” New ranger, Shadow Fletcher, a one-handed Native American, feels ancient evil as he finds body after body, while park authorities try to cover everything up. He becomes the main suspect, which dredges up old secrets, yet he finds romance in the midst of an F.B.I. investigation. More and more, Sheadow feels the killer is human, but can’t figure out why the villain has selected his park for the killing spree. Finally a clue: the hair of a long-dead wolf clutched in the fingers of his murdered best friend. Shadow battles a raging hurricane to confront the Wolfwraith, save his new love, and solve the mystery of the cover-up.
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XO
XO by Sherrie Conin
XO is an ancient organization that prefers to stay hidden. Yet, when a young Nigerian seeking her captive sister draws upon unusual powers to forge a link with an unwilling Texan geophysicist, x0 reconsiders. As the sister becomes a strategic pawn in a bizarre conspiracy, the two women and x0 form an improbable team, cooperating to prevent a fringe fanatic from altering the course of a nation.
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The First Night
The First Night by M.S. Fowle
(Book One)
For ten years Alex has spent her nights slaying monsters. The Chimeras she hunts with her friends are the genetically engineered creations of a madman that kill without mercy. And the world has no idea they exist. Alex knows who’s making Chimeras and how to fight them, but she doesn’t know why they were created to begin with… until she meets Zeke. He is the Chimera’s true target, him and his kind. You see, they are of legends, they are of myths… they are the First. Whatever you do, DON’T call them vampires
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Guest Blogger – J T Baroni
Read A Spooky Ghost Story And Help Sponsor a Leader Dog!
Hello! And a big thanks to Rebeka for having me as a guest on her beautiful blog!
I am pleased to announce that my book, The Legend of Rachel Petersen, has been released through Damnation Books, and I plan on donating a portion of my book’s proceeds to The Leader Dogs for the Blind, located in Rochester Hills, Michigan. This organization has been training Leader Dogs and placing them with blind people, free of charge, since 1939, and they have achieved this amazing feat all from donations.
I know all too well, both their generosity and the impact of their invaluable services. Furthering that statement, I also understand first handedly how strongly the visually impaired faithfully depend, trust, and rely on their dogs, whereas my older brother, Gene, has been blind since birth, and is on his third canine companion. As kids, my brother and I were constantly hand in hand. We went everywhere together. I was, in fact, Gene’s first Leader Dog!
JT and his brother Gene with his faithful Leader Dog
We don’t get to visit each other as often as we would like, since Gene resides three hundred miles away in Philadelphia. However, the times I have visited my brother, I was impressed on how well Gene’s dog guided his blind master through the streets of The City of Brotherly Love. It’s absolutely amazing how smart these animals are. The people in Michigan do a fantastic job in training these Leader Dogs. Valor, Gene’s latest dog, is a beautiful Black Labrador Retriever, and when my brother puts the harness on Valor, that dog knows it is time to work. He even seems to enjoy riding the subway.
I live in a rural area of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and being the avid outdoorsman that I am, I spend a great deal of time in the woods, mostly within walking distance of my home. Last year, I came upon a lone grave in the woods, which inspired my paranormal tale. From years of weathering, the inscription was barely legible, it read, “Rachel Peterson, 1801 to 1899”. I changed the spelling of the last name and made my ghost character a young girl, which I feel gives the story a more realistic touch, while making the tale that much spookier.
But what is really ironic, and eerily enough, my story revolves around 39-year-old sports writer Christian Kane, who becomes outraged when The Pittsburgh Post Gazette overlooks him for a well-deserved promotion. Kane quits the Paper and moves to the country to write fiction. Inspiration flows from a grave he stumbles upon in the woods, with the headstone having the dates 1851 to 1863, which means the girl died during the Civil War. He is then compelled to pen “The Legend of Rachel Petersen”, a fascinating and horrific story based on the dead twelve-year-old girl laid to rest beneath the weathered tombstone. His book quickly climbs the Best Seller lists; then Hollywood makes it in to a blockbuster movie. Kane becomes rich and famous, but only to have Rachel rise from the grave, seeking revenge on him for slandering her name! Or does she?
The Legend of Rachel Petersen is available both as an e-file at Damnation Books, http://www.damnationbooks.com/people.php?author=135, or in paperback at your favorite online bookstore such as Amazon, http://www.amazon.com/Legend-Rachel-Petersen-J-T-Baroni/dp/1615725431, or visit my website, www.jtbaroni.com and check out my movie trailer on YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVOmw2vH4gg. However, I forewarn any potential readers, I wrote this story with a mature audience in mind; it does contain adult content, and one scene in particular may be disturbing for young readers. Two specific stories majorly influenced my plot structure, The Devil’s Advocate and The Sixth Sense; both of which are my all time favorite movies. Therefore, two unforeseen twists come out of nowhere at the end of the story and smack you upside the head.
I would like to graciously thank everyone who helps support my cause; raising a puppy to Leader Dog status is extremely expensive, averaging forty five thousand dollars per sponsored dog.
In conclusion, thanks again for having me, Rebeka! You are a gracious hostess!
Note from Rebeka
I am so pleased to assist Jim and his worthy cause and encourage everyone to give this book a chance. Two thumbs up to Jim!
The Daily Death
The Daily Death by Thomas Scopel
Dennis glanced at his watch again and pushed the future T-bone steak filled slab into the saw blade and quickly felt his lack of concentration mistake as the blurring saw sliced fast and deep halfway through his wrist.
Numbness developed in his fingertips and his forearm muscles flexed. He immediately and instinctively pulled his hand back, but with his wrist cut so deep, control was lost and the pulling motion caused an opposite effect, widening the gash and turning his now nearly severed hand back into the non-stopping blade. The saw took full advantage and finish slicing through the remaining wrist bones and Dennis’s hand removed completely from his arm.
He stumbled backwards. The saw blades red teeth reverberated against bone for a few seconds, caught hold of loose flesh and yanked the appendage up, gruesomely wedging it in place. The blade continued chattering through the fleshy portion of the palm, metallically giggling and grinding against bone.
With blood spurting a considerable distance from the end forearm, shock filled Dennis and he began to feel weak and dropped to his knees.
Dennis lie there, unable to move and hoping desperately that a customer would ring the assistance doorbell, glance in though the swinging doors small scratched window, take notice of his plight and quickly fetch help. But, they didn’t.
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Tamed
Tamed by Douglas R Brown
Werewolves are real.
And they make excellent pets.
Owning one of the legendary creatures is the latest fad. The WereHouse insists werepets are loyal, docile, and 100% safe, but what happens when these gentle giants turn on their masters?
While on a routine EMS call, paramedic Christine Alt is attacked by a rogue werepet. She escapes with her life, but the encounter leaves her with more than just scars. As her body begins to change, she discovers The WereHouse is hiding a terrible secret, and they will stop at nothing to keep her from exposing them.
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What is Horror?
Mar 28
Posted by Bek Harrington
Sure I write about vampires, and they can be pretty be horrible, but me…. a horor writer?
My first book, Vampires Revealed, was more like an autobiographical mocumentary than any other tag you care to throw about. Bektamun, narrator and star of the tale, relives some of the ‘horrible’ things she has done; but only when forced to protect those she loves.
Desires Revealed, my upcoming release, is a love story first and foremost. And of course there is ample vampire shenanigans thrown in. (Got to feed the bloodlust)
Does writing about vampires automatically mark you as a ‘horror writer’? When I think of horror fiction the first name that springs to mind is Stephen King, which I’m sure is the same for a lot of people. Mr King has dabbled with vampires (very successfully too, I might add), but his most famous and popular works are far removed from the world of vampires.
Also worth considering is whether or not, despite the vampire ‘revolution’, the general expectation is for vampires to appear in the horror genre. Maybe I’m just weird, because I really don’t think of vampires as characters of horror; well at least not so much anymore.
Bram Stoker’s Count Dracula was pretty terrifying for the time it was written. Fast forward to The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice; doubt I would’ve bought and read the books if I’d thought I was buying horror. For me, books in The Vampire Chronicles, were about Lestat’s inability to understand humanity; not that he was a blood-sucking monster. Like I said, maybe I’m weird. No doubt my opinion of vampires as characters of horror would change instanteously should I ever meet a Dracula, Lestat or Eric (Southern Vampires, Charlaine Harris).
When I think about horror, and the things that scare me, I only have to look at history to have shivers run down my spine.
Part of ‘my’ vampire mythology is a group of extemist vampires known as the Eleiveb. While searching for inspiration as to what kind of things they may subject their human victims, I simply did a search for ‘torture’. One of the most interesting/horrifying sites I came across was Medieval Torture. The site features a myriad of tools and equipment which sole purpose was to inflict pain and torture on human victims.
While I may be uneasy being assigned as a horror writer, and steadfastly believe mankind is far more horrible to each other than legend or mythical creature we can imagine, the fact remains I will continue to write about vampires; and they will inevitably do horrible things.
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