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We always welcome ghosts to Sorchia’s Universe! Randy Overbeck’s latest release, Scarlet at Crystal River , combines hauntings with romance and a murder. Who can resist that? A New Ghost Story by Randy Overbeck Crafting a new ghost story is no simple feat for me.             When I envisioned the Haunted Shores Mysteries, I set out to create something different. I wasn’t interested in imitating the terrifying, blood-curdling ghost tales of authors like Stephen King and Dean Koontz. At the same time, I didn’t want to go the route of the whimsical, all-too- helpful ghost, the kind popular with a number of cozy mysteries. Instead, I wanted to create ghost stories more closely rooted to reality. Thanks to the work of scores of ghost hunting groups across the country, we now have considerable evidence of ghostly encounters—digital photos, audio and video recordings, recordings of thermal imaging and temperature fluctuations, ...

Healing Magic releases in October but you can get a sneak peak right now. Read about the town of New Mourne and the witches who live there in Neely Powell’s post. Notice the giveaway!! If you are an author, take a peak at a couple of promo opportunities at the very bottom. If you are a reader, take a look also because in October, you can take advantage of the bargains these two promos will provide. Creating a Witchy World by Neely Powell Like millions of others, we have a deep appreciation for the complexity of the world Patricia Briggs creates in her books. Werewolves, shifters, witches, vampires, and fae erupt from every corner, but the stories are seamless. And just when we think she can’t give us a more hideous monster, she does it again. We bow to Ms. Briggs’ genius, and we want to emulate her.  To build the world of the Witches of New Mourne trilogy, we started with a sprawling, squabbling family coven. You have your leaders and followers, your whiners and drama queens...

Everything we love! Witches, Werewolves, Weirdness!! Take a look at this week’s feature–you can get a FREE short story and an exclusive sneak peak at Love Spell, Full Moons, and Silver Bullets on the author’s website. Contests, giveaways and Freebies at the end. A Mortal’s Survival Guide to Clayridge By Cameron Allie A corn maze on one of the spookiest nights of the year sounds like fun, right? But once you get inside those tall stalks there’s no breeze. The air gets thick and heavy, despite the fall weather. And be sure to watch your footing. Those big fat rain drops might turn that path your on into a slick mud slide. But that’s all okay, too, right? One hour to get out of this maze, and the last one out buys the beer for the rest of the night. All you have to do is NOT be the last one out. But what if you don’t come out at all? Hidden deep within this corn maze is a magical portal and on the other side? A realm full of creatures of myth and legend and campfire sto...

Get a dose of Dragons and Urban Fantasy this week! Author Dan Rice provides a sample of his debut novel, Dragons Walk Among Us , and explains how an otherwise normal (so far as we know) human makes the decision to write fantasy books. It’s a question I’ve often asked myself–and I answer myself out loud no matter where I am and in much the same way Dan describes. If you are an author–what books led you to write the books you do? If you are a reader, what fantasy books did you read as a kid that sparked your imagination? Why Write Urban Fantasy? by Dan Rice For as long as I can remember, I’ve been interested in writing fantasy. My first inclination to do so came after reading  Dune  by Frank Herbert or perhaps The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. My interest grew as I read more fantastical works by Tolkien and The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan. Of all these classics, I was most impressed by  Dune  because Herbert creates, in my m...