Up in Kings River Life Magazine this morning a review of Dennis Palumbo's brand new mystery novel "Night Terrors" and a chance to win a copy of the book http://kingsriverlife.com/05/18/night-terrors-a-daniel-rinaldi-mystery-by-dennis-palumbo/

We also have another Smart Guys mystery short story by Dennis Palumbo…

Facebug  |  Rich Larson

Vince woke up to the curve of his wife’s back. He leaned across, still sheet-tangled, and traced her shoulder blade with his fingers. She made an inarticulate morning noise and rolled over.

Salt-and-pepper stubble, thick brows, a nose broken once in a fight and twice in a rugby scrum.

Vince recoiled like elastic. “Oh, shit.” ……

Mini-novel Focuses on One Woman's Fear of Loving Again

Cassandra Black (a/k/a Amber Creek) has released a new novella entitled Loving a Texan from New Orleans. The mini-novel focuses on one woman's fear of loving again.

Cassandra Black has released a new novella entitled Loving a Texan from New…

New calls! For all three anthologies, I strongly encourage writers new to erotica and my books to submit; I love publishing new authors and each of these topics is rife for creative voices approaching them with a fresh perspective. Work MUST follow the guidelines below.



Couples' Erotic Romance Stories

To be published by Cleis Press in 2014



Editor Rachel Kramer Bussel is looking for romantic, primarily heterosexual erotic stories for a 2012 anthology of…

Penguin Books is once again doing Read Humane which is a way for them and some of their authors to support animal rescue. Learn more about this and the authors involved from this guest post in Kings River Life Magazine this morning by mystery author Leann Sweeney http://kingsriverlife.com/05/04/read-humane-mysteries-with-heart/



Also this week we are featuring several Oak Tree Press mystery authors. First…

A Kiss in the Rain  |  Anne Parks

He stood in front of her, dripping wet from the rain, still breathing heavy from his impromptu mile and a half run to her house. She just looked at him, not giving anything away. He understood her hesitancy; he had been completely inconsistent throughout the year they had known each other. He had…

The Ravening

There’s this story we all know. All who live here, I mean. You’ve never heard it, most outsiders haven’t. We don’t usually talk about it, not supposed to. Don’t know why exactly, but that’s the rule. I’m telling you now because I need someone to know I was here. Know I was normal once. By the time this gets to you, that won’t…

I hope your day is going well. Feeling really blessed this morning, enjoying this life I've carved out  for myself, in spite of so many things.  Of course, money's always a little tight; haven't "made it" yet; but feeling so rich in so many things, and if God took me tomorrow, I would not regret one iota of today.

I hope this is life for you, too. If not, maybe consider changing some things ... I…

My new short story Hands is now available as an ebook on  Smashwords and Amazon.

Download it on …

This morning in Kings River Life Magazine we have another big group of fun mystery book reviews & giveaways from Penguin: We have "The Christie Curse: A Book Collector Mystery" By Victoria Abbott, "Nickeled-and-Dimed to Death: A Devereaux’s Dime Store Mystery" By Denise Swanson, "Peach Pies and Alibis" by Ellery Adams, Trouble in the Tarot by Kari Lee Townsend, and Wave Good-Bye: A Southern Beauty Shop Mystery By Lila Dare…

Reading one short story a day is like popping a vitamin—

not much of a time commitment and good for your health.…

But I Am Free

I sat across from him on the black sofa-bed I usually reserved for guests, while sipping my chai tea, and I just stared for a moment. It was so strange to have this man here in my bed still. Usually I would pretend to have a meeting to go to or I would outright let them know that their presence was disrupting my work. That was the good thing about being an artist. I…

I hope you had a great weekend. Mine was full of outside work. Planted new azaleas, couple of cedars, and two rose bushes. Repainted an old porch bench a pretty pink color, did a couple of floral arrangements, and started rescreening my front porch. Had so much fun, but the highlight was talking to my handsome son in Air Force. Now I'm ready for a great week, and I hope you are, too.

Just got situated on porch for morning full of writing. (Had to sweep away tons of pollen,…

Up in Kings River Life this morning--check out this great book giveaway of Julia Spencer Fleming's entire series! There is also a review of 2 of the books in the series http://kingsriverlife.com/04/06/julie-spencer-fleming-reviewsbig-giveaway/

Also up in KRL this morning a new Smart Guys mystery short story from Dennis Palumbo…

Boundless  |  Mary Borsellino

Every time she refills his coffee, the girl lingers for a few seconds to stare at his forearms and throat. Khepri begins counting how many times it happens, wondering how long it’ll take before curiosity gets the better of her.

It’s the fourth time around when she finally…

Today's Wednesday Wonder is digital freelance artist and filmmaker Kurtis Hough's "Toyland", described as "a festive technicolor dreamland". I think you'll agree after you've seen this 2:33-minute short.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2013/04/wednesday-wonder-kurtis-houghs-toyland.html

Hi everyone.  Wanted to share a piece penned by my big sis, Yuwanda Black (http://inkwelleditorial.com/about), the freelance writing guru. Check it out here:  Self-Publishing Profits: Do Short Fiction eBooks Sell? $1,100 In 25 Days Says Yes – Here’s Why,…

In celebration of our national Irish holiday, I am giving away three original short stories at my website. 

These original stories are free until 12:00 midnight on March 17th. 

These contemporary tales all center around the topic of infidelity, Irish style.

The first story, "Wednesdays," is posted there now.

To follow: "La Belle Femme" and  

(just in time for…

Up today in Kings River Life we have a great giveaway and reviews of 4 Penguin mysteries-"Chance of A Ghost": A Haunted Guesthouse Mystery by E.J. Copperman, "Knot What It Seams" by Elizabeth Craig, "One Hot Murder" by Lorraine Bartlett and "Veiled Revenge": A Crime of Fashion Mystery By Ellen Byerrum…