From the AuthorHere is a short story spinoff to introduce you to a few of the new characters from my brand spanking new cozy mystery series THE CHUBBY CHICKS CLUB (CCC) set in gorgeous historical Savannah, Georgia. THE CHUBBY CHICKS CLUB are a rag tag group of friends, who are not all chubby nor all chicks- but who band together to find a murderer (s). In this short story "Picture Not Perfect" seventeen-year old Tim (a son of one of the main characters in CCC) wants to go to senior prom. He has been scooping out ice cream at the famous local ice cream shop until his hands are frozen blue- all to save his money for prom. Yet he is getting mixed messages from his gal.Why doesn't his girlfriend Gabrielle want to go with him? Is she not who she says she is? For Tim it boils down to 'she loves me, she loves me not'- since I believe in happy endings, well you'll know what happens in this young adult, romantic mystery. Thanks for reading:) Volume one of the CHUBBY CHICKS CLUB should be out in February 2013. Views: 23
Book 2 in the McMaster the Disaster series, complete with all new Disaster Diary entries. Josie McMaster is on the move to London for a top-secret stint as a ghostwriter for a high profile celebrity. Views: 23
In Northern Ireland’s darkest corner, the Troubles have never endedThough bombs no longer rock Belfast, for some the fight goes on. Retired Special Branch agent David Hughes disappears after looking into the previously closed case of Oliver Jordan, who went missing at the hands of the IRA decades ago. Soon after, a former spy is found bludgeoned to death, the day after placing his own obituary in the newspaper. Beneath Northern Ireland’s modern calm, ancient jealousies threaten to rend the country asunder once more.A Catholic detective in a Protestant nation, Celcius Daly knows too well the agonies of sectarian strife. To solve this string of murders, he must reach decades into the past, confronting a painful history that Ireland would prefer to forget. Review“Quinn has developed a plot that immerses the reader into a darkness we have only read about in the papers or seen on the late night news.” —The State-Journal Register About the AuthorAnthony Quinn (b. 1971) is an Irish author and journalist. Born in Northern Ireland’s County Tyrone, Quinn majored in English at Queen’s University, Belfast. After college, he worked a number of odd jobs—social worker, organic gardener, yoga teacher—before finding work as a journalist. He has written short stories for years, winning critical acclaim and, twice, a place on the short list for the Hennessy Literary Awards for New Irish Writing. He also placed as runner-up in a Sunday Times food writing competition.Disappeared is his first novel. He is currently working on a sequel, Border Angels, which will also feature Inspector Celcius Daly. Quinn continues his work as a journalist, reporting on his home county for the Tyrone Times. Views: 23
Author of detective novels, Priscilla Pringle, is pleased to find that she is sharing a railway compartment with a gentleman who happens to be reading one of her books Murder in the Cathedral. He is a military officer, Captain Bulkington, who recognises Miss Pringle and offers her £500 to collaborate on a detective novel. To everyone's surprise, Miss Pringle is rather taken with Captain Bulkington - but is she out of her depth? Views: 23
This anthology could be the most unusual and original collection of stories you will ever read! Editor Nancy Kilpatrick has collected twenty-six literary reflections that embody the themed, classical artwork devoted to the spectrum of intriguing interactions with the Angel of Death in all his/her/its manifestations. Danse Macabre: Close Encounters with the Reaper includes works by: Brian Lumley, Tanith Lee, Tom Piccirilli, Nancy Holder and Erin Underwood, Brian Hodge, Lisa Morton, Lucy Taylor, William Meikle, Gabriel Boutros, Brad Carson, Suzanne Church, Dan Devine, Lorne Dixon, Tom Dullemond, Opal Edgar, Ian Emberson,Edward M. Erdelac, Sabrina Furminger, S S Hampton, Sr., J. Y. T. Kennedy, Morgan Dempsey, Timothy Reynolds,Angela Roberts, Lawrence Salani, Bev Vincent, Bill Zaget, with an introduction by Nancy Kilpatrick. Views: 23
A doomed relationship in a seaside town that persists after death. . . . A convent in which there is always the unacknowledged presence of an extra nun. . . . A balding actor who acquires a mysterious wig after his rival goes missing. . . . A brilliant inventor who becomes trapped inside his own sinister computer game. . . . A sixteenth-century cardinal who is tormented by dreams of the sect he has persecuted.Variety and originality of setting, strength of characterisation, stylistic elegance and narrative power are qualities for which Reggie Oliver has become well-known in his five volumes of ‘strange stories’. All are present in this groundbreaking debut volume, first published in 2003. It was a nominee for best collection of 2003 in the International Horror Guild Awards.‘Oliver’s ability to create a sense of time and place in every one of these stories is exemplary. . . . As a work of spiritual terror it has few peers. . . .’ Jim Rockhill, All Hallows October 2003.‘Oliver’s sharp eye for character and ear for dialogue never desert him. . . . He rediscovers many if not all the elements that make the English Ghost Story Classic.’ Ramsey Campbell, Dark Horizons, 2003.‘A masterpiece of nebulous unease. . . . This impressive volume . . . richly deserves a place on your shelves.’ David Longhorn, Supernatural Tales, No. 6, Autumn 2003. Views: 23
After a tumultuous recovery from Biter’s Addiction, Eleni Audridov knows one misstep may lead the vampire council to blot her disgraced bloodline from the Book of Acolytes. Sent to live with a mal vampire in southern France, she hopes to start her life over, free of her past sins.Scarred, both physically and emotionally, Julian Sévigné reluctantly accepts Eleni as his duty-bound lover. Despite his resistance to her charms, passion soon flares between them. He never dreamed his obsession with her would rouse the sleeping demons of his past. Will jealousy and secrets he thought long buried tear them apart? Views: 23
Top 150 Kindle Bestseller — #1 in Space Opera — #1 in High Tech — #1 in Evolution “The Frozen Sky” is a stand-alone novella by the international bestselling author of the Plague Year trilogy. Originally published in Writers of the Future 23 , “The Frozen Sky” is a near-future sci fi thriller set beneath the ice of Jupiter’s sixth moon, Europa. This story has been translated into Czech, Estonian, Polish, Romanian and Turkish in magazines overseas. It also earned an honorable mention in Gardner Dozois’s The Year’s Best Science Fiction . This ebook includes two illustrations by Karel Zeman, whose artwork appeared in Pevnost magazine alongside the Czech translation of “The Frozen Sky.” Views: 23
Alice MacFarlane is known far and wide for her baking skills, but her mojo has suddenly gone missing. It all started with the discovery of a jarful of recipes beneath the floor of the carriage house that she calls home. Alice, ever the adventurer, decides to give the recipes a try. The results have been mixed at best. The first dish was downright repulsive, and now Gwendolyn Palmer, one of Alice’s friends from the Hook and Needle Club, is in the ICU—and Alice can’t help but believe that her latest dish from the mysterious recipes may be to blame.Alice’s home shares a scenic hillside vista with Grey Gables, the stately Victorian home owned by Annie Dawson, Alice’s best friend. Annie—a transplant from Texas to Stony Point, Maine—inherited Grey Gables from her late grandmother, Elizabeth Holden.Now Annie must help Alice find out where the recipes came from, and if there is some kind of dark secret associated with them. At the same time, the Hook and Needle Club has taken on a gargantuan task—to provide handmade blankets for each resident of an orphanage in Haiti. The work must be completed in time for a mission trip led by Reverend Roy Wallace, pastor of the Stony Point Community Church. “Blanket Haiti” is one of the most ambitious projects undertaken by the club, known for its charitable works.But the project is complicated by the illness of Gwen—and Alice’s fear that she is somehow to blame. With the help of their Hook and Needle Club comrades, Alice and Annie set out to discover the truth behind the mysterious spicy secret. Views: 23
