John Burley’s The Absence of Mercy is a harrowing tale of suspense involving a brutal murder and dark secrets that lie beneath the surface of a placid, tight-knit Midwestern town. When a brutally murdered teenager is discovered in the woods surrounding a small Ohio town, Dr. Ben Stevenson—the town’s medical examiner—must decide if he’s willing [CONTINUE READING]
I’m celebrating the release of my new urban fantasy novel, Immortal Revenge. My protagonist, Katie, is human and she has lost her immortal lover, Kyle. She spent close to a decade with him and loved him dearly. He shared with her skills and knowledge about vampires in case she needed to fight one. Little did [CONTINUE READING]
Most of the patients that are brought to the trauma bay in the ER remain nameless, and for the most part, faceless. For Laney Pearson and the rest of the staff, this makes it easier to move past the senseless death and destruction that they see on an almost daily basis. But all of that [CONTINUE READING]
“I’m very polite by nature, even the voices in my head let each other finish their sentences.” – from Completely Flappable Don’t you just hate it when you have a thousand little thoughts rattling around your brain, good for nothing but keeping you up at night? Ideas, worries, mental reminders for the next day? My [CONTINUE READING]
To Sam Blount, meeting Julia is the best thing that has ever happened to him. Working at the local college and unsuccessful in his previous relationships, he’d been feeling troubled about his approaching fortieth birthday, “a great beast of a birthday,” as he sees it, but being with Julia makes him feel young and hopeful. [CONTINUE READING]
Abe Lincoln, Public Enemy No. 1 began life as an Emerson college student film some thirty-seven years ago. It was a collaboration between myself and another young film student, Bill Walker. Bill and I have remained friends throughout the years and Bill has gone on to make a name for himself as a writer, with [CONTINUE READING]
1) Understanding the texture of feelings: Many children in this era of super technology aren’t skilled at reading facial cues, understanding eye contact and complex emotions. Studies show that children with depression struggle further, however, having difficulty differentiating the differences between different kinds of emotions. Sad is different than lonely. Lonely is different disappointed. Often, depressed children need [CONTINUE READING]
Some secrets belong to the past. Others refuse to stay there . . . In 1959, in an underground laboratory in a remote region of West Virginia, a secret government experiment went terribly awry. Half a dozen scientists mysteriously disappeared, and all subsequent efforts to rescue them failed. In desperation, President Eisenhower ordered the lab [CONTINUE READING]
In The Wizard of Oz, a runaway finds herself transplanted to a strange land, only to learn it was all a dream. In Planet of the Apes, an astronaut awakens to find himself in a strange land, only to realize he is still on Earth. The Omega Project ups the ante, and neither the hero [CONTINUE READING]
The Messiah Matrix by Kenneth John Atchity is a fast-paced contemporary thriller in which a young Jesuit priest becomes romantically entwined with a vivacious archaeologist as they pursue the hidden history that links Jesus Christ with Augustus Caesar. A year before it occurred, the novel predicted the resignation of the pope and the election of [CONTINUE READING]
For centuries an ancient evil has slept beneath the streets of New Harbor. This Halloween, it wakes up. An action-packed debut horror novel from talented new writer Matthew Quinn Martin, NIGHTLIFE pits a feisty bartender and a mysterious loner against bloodthirsty terrors as alluring as they are deadly. Nightclub bartender and serial heartbreaker Beth Becker [CONTINUE READING]
Twelve years ago my brother and sister and I met in Dayton, Ohio to bury my father at the extraordinary Woodland Cemetery in our hometown. Five generations of my family are buried there and it was as though ghosts were everywhere. I decided to take a walk through the gardens and walkways. Suddenly I came [CONTINUE READING]
Hello readers! Today we have new writer with us, Iyana Jenna. Iyana is writes M/M short stories and is promoting her latest release of The Midnight Caller. Iyana: Thank you so much, Farrah, for having me on your blog. I would like to share with your readers my new release, an m/m short story published [CONTINUE READING]
You’ve got a bad boss. Maybe a screamer, a boss who plays favorites, a die-hard narcissist, whatever the type, he or she is BAD. And you spend an inordinate amount of time complaining about your boss–to yourself, your family, your friends, your co-workers, and everybody agrees: your boss is BAD. That agreement however, does absolutely [CONTINUE READING]
One of my favourite parts of being a writer is world-building. Steampunk is basically historical sci-fi (it’s so much more than that, but that’s about as basic and clear-cut as I can get without writing a whole other blog post – go here for a far more detailed version). However, the flip side of all [CONTINUE READING]