Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Fish and visitors smell after three days. – Benjamin Franklin For his entire life, Tristan Pryce has been called crazy. When he was young, he started seeing ghosts in his bedroom, on the streets, and pretty much everywhere he went. His parents had no clue what to do with him and after sending him to... Continue Reading →
“‘Well then…’ I clear my throat once. ‘You are a fantastic actor,’ I say, breathless, and emotionally drugged up on Mr. Sexdorable.”-- Brittainy C. Cherry Scanty Santa is my last selection from Dreamspinner’s Advent anthology. This short story just didn’t work well for me. There is an audience for this type of book, I’m just... Continue Reading →
“‘Well then…’ I clear my throat once. ‘You are a fantastic actor,’ I say, breathless, and emotionally drugged up on Mr. Sexdorable.”-- Brittainy C. Cherry Scanty Santa is my last selection from Dreamspinner’s Advent anthology. This short story just didn’t work well for me. There is an audience for this type of book, I’m just... Continue Reading →
“Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” ― Carl Bard Brandon Jacobs has just about had it with the holiday season. Added to all the regular stresses, his mother has been pushing for him to reach out to AJ,... Continue Reading →
“Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” ― Carl Bard Brandon Jacobs has just about had it with the holiday season. Added to all the regular stresses, his mother has been pushing for him to reach out to AJ,... Continue Reading →
“There's one good thing about a mistake. As long as you're alive, you still have time to fix it.” ― Benjamin Bayani Norris Mason and Danny Falk have themselves what you might call a fixer-upper relationship, meaning that a one-man verbal demolition crew said a few things in the heat of hurt and anger, things... Continue Reading →
“There's one good thing about a mistake. As long as you're alive, you still have time to fix it.” ― Benjamin Bayani Norris Mason and Danny Falk have themselves what you might call a fixer-upper relationship, meaning that a one-man verbal demolition crew said a few things in the heat of hurt and anger, things... Continue Reading →
“Sobriety is okay enough,” Denny says, “but someday, I’d like to live a life based on doing good stuff instead of just not doing bad stuff. You know?” --- Chuck Palahniuk After reading Five Star Review and meeting Marshall, it was clear that he was a tortured soul. All the horrible things he did to... Continue Reading →
“Sobriety is okay enough,” Denny says, “but someday, I’d like to live a life based on doing good stuff instead of just not doing bad stuff. You know?” --- Chuck Palahniuk After reading Five Star Review and meeting Marshall, it was clear that he was a tortured soul. All the horrible things he did to... Continue Reading →
“Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.” ― T.S. Eliot BLURB: When Mark Wright is pressed into being a mall Santa on Christmas Eve, his life is changed forever. Six-year-old Trevor Robinson has his Uncle Jack in tow—the same man Mark had a crush on at Asheville High School fifteen years earlier.... Continue Reading →
“Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.” ― T.S. Eliot BLURB: When Mark Wright is pressed into being a mall Santa on Christmas Eve, his life is changed forever. Six-year-old Trevor Robinson has his Uncle Jack in tow—the same man Mark had a crush on at Asheville High School fifteen years earlier.... Continue Reading →
‘Who are you?’ I’d ask. I could hear the words; it sounded like me but it wasn’t me. I’d watch my lips moving and say it again, ‘Who are you?” ― Alice Jamieson Lately I've been reading books in which one of the main characters lose their memory. I'm finding it very interesting to see... Continue Reading →
‘Who are you?’ I’d ask. I could hear the words; it sounded like me but it wasn’t me. I’d watch my lips moving and say it again, ‘Who are you?” ― Alice Jamieson Lately I've been reading books in which one of the main characters lose their memory. I'm finding it very interesting to see... Continue Reading →
“He hadn't stopped Christmas from coming, it came! Somehow or other... it came just the same.” – The Grinch Who Stole Christmas If you read the blurb for Rebound you’ll pretty much know what the story is all about: Christmas is a time for peace, love, and goodwill toward mankind. Not! More like cheating exes... Continue Reading →
“He hadn't stopped Christmas from coming, it came! Somehow or other... it came just the same.” – The Grinch Who Stole Christmas If you read the blurb for Rebound you’ll pretty much know what the story is all about: Christmas is a time for peace, love, and goodwill toward mankind. Not! More like cheating exes... Continue Reading →
“Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.” ― Mary Ellen Chase Spending his holidays working at the mall popcorn stand was not what Noah had planned for, but this was his reality. Being a scholarship student didn't leave a lot of money to travel from New York to LA at... Continue Reading →
“Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.” ― Mary Ellen Chase Spending his holidays working at the mall popcorn stand was not what Noah had planned for, but this was his reality. Being a scholarship student didn't leave a lot of money to travel from New York to LA at... Continue Reading →
“…The Laird o’ Phelps spent Hogmany declaring he was sober. Counted his feet to prove the fact and found he had one foot over.”-- Louis MacNeice Last Leap of the First-Foot is another short story included in Dreamspinner Press’s Advent anthology. I have to admit that I had no clue what the title meant when... Continue Reading →
“…The Laird o’ Phelps spent Hogmany declaring he was sober. Counted his feet to prove the fact and found he had one foot over.”-- Louis MacNeice Last Leap of the First-Foot is another short story included in Dreamspinner Press’s Advent anthology. I have to admit that I had no clue what the title meant when... Continue Reading →
"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach!" – Ebenezer Scrooge Haven Marley has to be one of... Continue Reading →
"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach!" – Ebenezer Scrooge Haven Marley has to be one of... Continue Reading →
Thank you so much for having me here today! I am happy to be here and excited to talk about my new release, Wholehearted. Wholehearted came out on December 9th from Dreamspinner Press. It is the second book in the Hope Cove series and picks up just after Brokenhearted left off. Oliver and Mack, the... Continue Reading →
Thank you so much for having me here today! I am happy to be here and excited to talk about my new release, Wholehearted. Wholehearted came out on December 9th from Dreamspinner Press. It is the second book in the Hope Cove series and picks up just after Brokenhearted left off. Oliver and Mack, the... Continue Reading →
“There were moments, he’d always believed, when you could feel your life changing around you. He could feel that weight in the air now, every crisp detail of the medieval walls around him heavy with significance.” – Amy Rae Durreson Amy Rae Durreson is prepared to take you on a journey with the ghost of... Continue Reading →
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