Sunday, April 22, 2012

3 More Authors Worth Reading


Books by Janet Morris:

The Sacred Band of Thebes lives on, a world away, in this mythic novel of love in war in ancient times. In 338 BCE, during the Battle of Chaeronea that results in the massacre of the Sacred Band of Thebes, the legendary Tempus and his Stepson cavalry rescue twenty-three pairs of Theban Sacred Banders, paired lovers and friends, to fight on other days. These forty-six Thebans, whose bones will never lie in the mass grave that holds their two hundred and fifty-four brothers, join with the immortalized Tempus and his Sacred Band of Stepsons, consummate ancient cavalry fighters, to make new lives in a faraway land and fight the battle of their dreams where gods walk the earth, ghosts take the field, and the angry Fates demand their due.



Books by Paul D. Brazill:

English writer Paul D Brazill's 13 Shots Of Noir is a collection of  flash fiction and short stories in the vein of Roald Dahl, The Twilight Zone and Alfred Hitchcock Presents.The first story, "The Tut", was nominated for a 2010 Spinetingler Award, while the story "Anger Management" was chosen as one of the Predators and Editors top twenty crime stories.Crime, horror and dark fiction are contained within the pages of 13 Shots Of Noir.






Books by Gladys Quintal:
Alexi is a Vampire trying to live a human existence, he even has a human wife. The Vampire secret is paramount and cohabiting with humans - unless you intend on turning them, just isn't done. Can Alexi protect his beloved Cassandra from the would-be enforcers of this law or will he lose her forever?

Dark Place Entry 2

Having a great amount of emotion can really help a writer.  It allows us to give our characters personalities.  We understand being cold, bitter, angry, loving, happy, thoughtful, provocative, etc., but there’s a feeling that I always think I have more than anyone else, sadness.
I don’t know what it is about weekends, but they are not good for me.  I try to do everything to keep myself busy, to keep my mind from wandering back over the depressing thoughts.  Nothing works.
Ok, so I’m seeing a doctor, a therapist, I’m seeking advice from people I know, I’m trying everything I can to change this ache inside.  I’m alone, all alone, no matter what people say, or think, I’m alone.  I don’t have people calling or texting; I don’t have people asking how I feel, or what’s wrong.  Just one person asks those questions, me.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad I’m an emotional person.  I’m glad I have feelings and that I actually do care about people, including people I don’t even know and haven’t even met.  I just wish the depression wasn’t a part of me.  It’s becoming a burden to have to carry with me each day.  Honestly, it’s a heavy weight. 
I haven’t left my house since December.  Oh, I go to work, but basically, nowhere else.  And if I do go somewhere, it takes a lot of strength.  And as I said earlier, I am trying to get help.  I just hope someone out there will know how to help someone like me who is so far gone.  I’m a recluse.  I’m scared. 
Whenever you see me online, just know that I’m trying to push the darkness behind me.  Even communication with people across the internet is good for me, good for my mental health.  I just wish I had a friend who could be here with me.  I wish I had someone to share things with, to laugh with, to go to dinner with, to just take a ride in the car.
Tomorrow will give me a little more relief.  It’s Monday, I’ll go back to work.  I’ll be around people.  And for five days I’ll be able to wear the face I’m supposed to.  But the one thing I should be looking forward to, the weekend, is my nightmare.  That’s when I go back to being alone.

4 More Authors Worth Your Time


Books by Graham Smith:

11 Hard boiled stories of murder, misconception and mayhem. Nothing ends as expected. Everything can change in an instant. Tense, thrilling and funny. You’ll be cheering on, laughing at and crying for the characters.
Take a walk in the woods with Annie as a camping trip goes horribly wrong, slug some bourbon in Bobby’s Bar with gumshoe Leonard Peters or join Nicholas and Christine as their honeymoon trip takes a frightening turn.
Attend a night class with the girl who fears a stalker, escape killers with Jason and his sons, join Cook & Barnes as they hunt a twisted killer, look through a telescopic sight with an assassin and recoil in horror as terrorists attack.
Why has Garry been stood up at the altar? What happens to Susie? All the answers you need are in 11 The Hard Way.



Books by Steven Nedelton:

"As the world goes to hell, it proves very difficult not to go with them."Fear!"is a novel from Steven Nedelton who tells of a future where mankind is falling apart and oppression is the name of the day. One family tries to hang onto their humanity, as Nedelton tells their endeavor to stay together and stay united in a miserable world. "Fear!" is novel of a potential terrifying future, well worth considering."











Books by Lily Childs:

A terrifying collection of short horror stories by dark fiction author Lily Childs. These forty-three offerings comprise eleven long tales, including the previously unpublished:
- SMILING CYRUS - dancing dolls of death in your attic
- IN ADORATION - demonic rebirth, revenge and new skin
- STARING AT THE PINK - when the dead don't let go
Studded and stitched together by shorter pieces and tiny 100-word drabbles this first volume of Cabaret of Dread ends with:
- THE INFANTA TRIPTYCH - living, dying art - breathing, pulsing... ancient.
"Extreme vampire horror."
Words spill from the babbling mouths of demons and murderers throughout Cabaret of Dread, combining fear and even humour as the reader encounters serial killers and ghosts, historical entities and psychopaths, not to mention a scuttling vampire or two.
Cabaret of Dread is extreme horror FOR ADULTS ONLY. Ethereal and spiritual elements battle with the visceral and the insane; lustful adoration dallies with laboured, lingering death. The Cabaret will shock, it may well offend. But it is beautiful – at least in the author’s mind - and that’s where the darkness lies.



Books by Fiona Johnson:

Crime doesn't just happen in the city and after being violently attacked and tied up, Gordon Campbell's peaceful existence delivering fish to his customers in a picturesque Argyll village is about to change forever.
Crime noir mixed with a generous slosh of Scottish humour.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Wrong-Delivery-Corrins-ebook/dp/B0075YHO3A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335071241&sr=8-1