New Mystery-Crime Story Coming!

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Happy to say my story, "Wildfire," will be in the anthology, (I Just) Died In Your Arms: Crime Fiction Inspired by One-Hit Wonders, Volume I. Should be coming out in December.

Always loved this sad song, so I tried to give it justice. Thrilled about this.

The stories included will be a treat to read and are fun, too! Definitely some memorable choices. (I love It's Raining Men! and The Rapper always makes me think of a certain time period. I like 96 Tears, too.) 

UPDATE: 

Cover  - Pre-order:  * Pre-order here! (If any problems, use main link here.) Paperback only $10! (Note: the link may change so I'll indicate if it has.) * Pre-order now available on Kindle and at Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, Kobo - UK, Kobo - US 

Included are: 

Christine Verstraete: Wildfire

Song: “Wildfire” by Michael Martin Murphey (1975)

 

Barb Goffman: Teenage Dirtbag

Song: Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus (2000)

 

Leone Ciporin: Life in a Northern Town

Song: Life in a Northern Town by Dream Academy (1985)

 

Adam Gorgoni: Bitch

Song: Bitch by Meredith Brooks (1997)

 

Bev Vincent: Somebody’s Watching

Song: Somebody’s Watching Me by Rockwell (1984)

 

Wendy Harrison: It’s Raining Men

Song: It’s Raining Men by The Weather Girls (1983)

 

Josh Pachter: The Rapper

Song: The Rapper by The Jaggerz (1970)

 

Sandra Murphy: Pigeon Talk

Song: 867-5309/Jenny) by Tommy Tutone

 

Joseph S. Walker: Come On Eileen

Song: Come On Eileen by Dexys Midnight Runners (1982)

 

Jeanne DuBois: Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye

Song: Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye by Steam

 

Vinnie Hansen: 96 Tears

Song: 96 Tears by Question Mark and the Mysterians (1966)

 

J. M. Taylor: It’s Hard to Die

Song: Seasons in the Sun by Terry Jacks (1974)

Stephen King's Holly: Review

 Yes, I'm a Stephen King fan, let's say a "Constant Reader," since way back when. The Stand is still a long-time favorite, both in book and the first mini-series/film. 

I loved The Shining, too, so I was happy when the sequel novel, Dr. Sleep came out, which was so much fun to revisit. I have tended to lean more toward his horror novels, but his foray in recent years to mystery/crime, often with tinges of horror, has been equally satisfying.

Now I admit I didn't finish the whole Mr. Mercedes trilogy as I still have one or two I think yet to read. I loved his last book, Fairy Tale, too, though, it was more a strange fantasy but with a gripping storyline. But I couldn't resist this latest book, Holly. With good reason.

Wow. Marvelous. Grisly, yes, but no one like Stephen King can plumb the evils of man in such a fascinating way that makes perfect, if awful, sense. He has really gotten better and better. His last few books, I think maybe since Billy Summers (I'd have to look at the order again) have been superb, with no extra padding/filler as in the past. Even the author's note at the end had some interesting tidbits. I sure hope Holly takes on another case, too.

Post Apocalyptic Scavenger Hunt!

 

Read for a chance to win great prizes!

POST-APOC BOOK SCAVENGER HUNT

With 20 different authors, 20 of their hand-picked titles, and a bunch of great prizes to be won!

Here's how it'll work - each author has a question about their book that only somebody who has read it will be able to answer

---The first 10 readers to answer all 20 questions correctly will each win a prize!

As a bonus, we're also giving away a brand new Kindle Paperwhite for the grand prize winner!

We want this to be as accessible as possible, so all of the books will be available in KU, and we have prizes available for international readers as well

And don't worry if you haven't read ALL the books yet - we'll start accepting everybody's answers in the first week of March so that everyone has a chance to win!

** Join the Written Apocalypse group on Facebook for info.

To make things easy, I've put together the list with book links for all of our participants, plus the list of questions so that you can play along as you go:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/writtenapocalypse/permalink/5605266899598235/

So let's get some new books on our TBR piles and start celebrating the end of the world (on paper)

LET THE HUNT BEGIN!!