The Michigan Dogman- Do you believe?

As some of you might already know, I live in Michigan and I like to write about places I have been. While researching shape shifters and other paranormal beings I came across the story of the Michigan Dogman. The first reports of this creature were recorded in 1887 in Wexford County, Michigan.  

The northeast section of the Manistee National Forest takes up a large part of the Wexford County, giving the dogman plenty of room to run. The first known sighting of the creature occurred when two lumberjacks reportedly encountered a the dogman, which they described as being a creature with a man’s body with a dog’s head.

The lower peninsula is not alone in its reports of the Michigan Dogman. Many sightings have also occurred in the Upper Peninsula. In fact,many  people have claimed to have seen the dogman in several different locations throughout the state. The sightings, primarily in the northwestern part of the lower peninsula, range from one side of the state to the other.

 1987, one hundred years after the first reported sighting, a disc jockey at a Traverse City radio station recorded a song about the Michigan Dogman sightings. 

On April Fools day of 1987, disc jockey Steve Cook, of WTCM – FM of Traverse City, played the song based on actual reports of the Dogman sightings titled, The Legend. After playing the song, it became the most requested single on the station by those who would call in and report that they, too, had seen such a creature, and the legend grew.

How many people have seen the Michigan Dogman? How many people will report it? I haven’t seen the creature, but my sister and brother-in-law say they have. I believe them. Not because I want to believe something like this exists, but because they have no reason to lie to me.

The legend of the Michigan Dogman is what inspired me to write my werewolf series, Hidden Breeds, set in Michigan. I have always believed that these legends come from somewhere. Why would two lumberjacks in the 1880s lie about what they had seen? Better yet, why would anyone today do the same when they know that people will ridicule them for their efforts?

Some might argue that they are telling the truth. I guess we’ll all just have to decide for ourselves.

Personally, I wouldn’t mind knowing that shape shifters exist as long as they are the honor-bound kind of shape shifters that my heroes portray.

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We Have A Guest Author Today, Kayelle Allen: World Building

We are happy to have her join us!  Kayelle will be talking to us today about creating and organizing a scifi universe.

I realize some of you may be thinking-- 'hey? Isn't this blog about Paranormal Romance?' And I'd answer yes.  But what does her post have to do with Paranormal Romance?

You can read my article here or click on this link- http://paranormallovefeatures.blogspot.com/2015/03/paranormal-romance-it-wasnt-always.html


Now without further adieu-- Author, Kayelle Allen

Creating and Organizing a SciFi Universe

By Kayelle Allen, author of the Tarthian Empire Companion, an illustrated World-Building Bible and Guide to Writing a Science Fiction Series.

As an author of any genre, you build worlds. You create a setting for characters and make it realistic for them. Whether you write Regency, Medieval Fantasy, Futuristic, or pure Science Fiction, you build worlds. While I don't claim to be an authority on the subject, as a reader and as a writer I have strong opinions, and I'm willing to share them. I'll also share tips on how I created my worlds and make recommendations for you to create yours. I hope they'll prove helpful.

The number one suggestion I have for you is to be organized. If you don't take time to do this, you risk mistakes, repeating details, losing information, and contradicting your own story. If you give a character a scar over his left eye, and later it migrates to over the right eye, you might miss that. But will your readers? If an event occurred prior to the great war of (fill in the blank), but you mention later it happened twenty years after the war... will your readers notice? Too many of these things and readers give up on finishing the book. The best way to make sure you keep details straight is to record every detail of your story world and its characters.

I recommend creating a folder system. Put EVERYthing in those folders. Separate the information as you organize your material. I have sections for images, language, setting, weapons, animals, characters, worlds, and a handy one called Archived. When I no longer think I'll need info, I drag it to the Archived folder. Once a year or so, I go through it and see if it's still "useless" or out of date.

Most of the time I find a few gems I'd thought unusable that still apply. It's easier to drag them out of the archived folder than to resurrect a dead file deleted months prior. Don't be afraid to throw away a file for which you have no further use, but if you're not sure, archive it. At first, you might archive far too much. Remember, it's better to be safe than sorry. You'll learn which to keep and which to toss as you move forward. Learn to trust yourself.

Dealing with Characters

Keep a running list of all named characters. This provides proper spelling of names and will come in handy for your editors, proofreaders, and you. Your readers will appreciate it. Having a character list is also great for adding people to your story.

It will be easier if you keep them in a coherent list, either in a spreadsheet or a document.
Here's a suggested method of recording data.

Name:
Gender:
Type of Being or Creature:
Role:
Function:
Book(s):

Use the full name of the character, and any nicknames. The gender shouldn't change unless there is a reason, but don't depend on your memory. If you have unusual names or gender neutral names (Chris, Robin), you might forget if you haven't used the character in a few books.

Type of Being or Creature means are they human or otherwise. This allows you to list whether they are androids, animals (important pets, for example), and so on. The difference between Role and Function is distinctive. Their role might be "Friend, Family, Background Character" or "Head of the Council" or "Musician for Rock Group". Function is mentor to so-and-so, best selling songwriter, person who steals coffee which sparks conflict between two other characters.

Function is "what they do" and Role is "what they are." The "Books" section is where you record the books where the character is found. This is a good item even if you do not write series books.

If you use a spreadsheet such as Excel, here's how you might set it up:


First name, Last name, Gender, Type of Being, Role, Function, Book(s)

Separating the first and last names will allow you to sort by family name, helpful if you need to see who is related to whom.

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Finding Harry, Larry, and Lou

Here's a cool trick if you already have several books and want to find out which book mentions a character. Create a separate folder and into it copy each of your books.

Don't put your originals in there. Make copies. Take out any bit at the end of the book that mentions upcoming stories (such as sneak peeks) that might contain character names. You want only the actual story in these documents. Keep this folder. You'll be surprised how handy it is for searching details when you write a series.

Now that everything is together, look at your folder menu. You'll see "Tools" at the top. Click that, and open Folder Options. Click the Search tab. Under "What to search" there are two choices. Pick the one that says "Always search file names and contents."


NOTE:

It warns that this might take several minutes, but since you'll mainly use it for searching this folder, that's fine. I use it routinely on all folders, and it's a great way to find info I've lost or a document for which I can't remember the title.

I have a 2TB hard drive and to me, it's not that long -- maybe a few seconds. Click OK to save the option. Don't worry. If it does prove to be too long for everyday use for you, you can easily change it back. With this option, when you click in the search box and type a name, the program will show you which book has the character's name.


WARNING:

Think about the name before you assume the person is mentioned. For example, if you have a guy named Van Smith, both those words have other meanings. Does one character drive a van? Does the other have a Smith and Wesson? Does someone who is a smith live in Van Nuys?

Be sure you know how the word was used within the document if it has shades of meaning or uses. If you aren't sure, open the document, use CTRL+F (or CMD+F for Mac) and type the name. Then you'll know for sure. But rather than open each document for each character, it's super quick to type it once and search all the books at the same time.

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Taken from the Tarthian Empire Companion, an illustrated World-Building Bible and Guide to Writing a Science Fiction Series. 

The worldbuilding magic that makes Kayelle Allen's Tarthian Empire tick, the Companion shares 10k years of future history, peeks behind the curtain of scene and character creation, offers a quick tour of the empire, and dishes up a surfeit of secrets for fans, all in one illustrated volume.

Original art by Jamin Allen and Kayelle Allen.
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About the Author

Kayelle Allen is a best-selling, multi-published, award-winning author. Her unstoppable heroes and heroines include contemporary every day folk, role-playing immortal gamers, futuristic covert agents, and warriors who purr.

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The Children of the Night

'Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make.' Dracula by Bram Stoker (first published 1897)  

Let me start this post by saying that, just because I haven't included vampires in my books (yet) I have nothing against them. I like reading vampire novels. But I like my vampires as legend intended them. I want them to scare me. I want them to be proud, beautiful monsters. 

If you like your vampires sparkly, that's fine. Good luck to you. I prefer mine bloody. Each to her own. 

For me, Lestat, central character of The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice, is the consummate vampire in his beauty and the way he revels in his unashamed monstrosity. Kurt Barlow, in Stephen King's Salem's Lot, is my ultimate horror novel vampire. When it comes to romance, I have a weakness for Jean-Claude, Master Vampire in the Anita Blake books by Laurell K. Hamilton. 

But my first vampire love is with the great Count Dracula himself. And I also have an enduring fascination with Bram Stoker, the Irishman whose imagination conjured up such an iconic character.

Dublin

My interest in Abraham Stoker (known to his family as Bram), began about 15 years ago when I was in Dublin. I visited a quaint, little church close to the banks of the River Liffey called St. Michan's. St Michan's looks unimpressive from the outside, but, in its vaults, there are mummified bodies.

One of these is an 800 year old mummy called 'the crusader'. When you visit St Michan's, you can go into the crypt and shake hands with the crusader. Well, you could 15 years ago. Things may have changed since! 

On the day I was there, the guide showing me around said that Bram Stoker had lived nearby and visited St Michan's regularly. Who knew, he speculated, whether the crusader might have been the inspiration for Count Dracula? 

Whitby 

I started this year by fulfilling a Dracula related ambition when I spent new year in Whitby. Whitby, a fishing port on the North Yorkshire coast, is the place where, in Stoker's novel, the Russian ship, the Demeter runs aground during a fierce storm. All of the crew are missing, presumed dead, with the exception of the captain's body which has been lashed to the ship's helm. As the ship runs aground an animal resembling a large wolf or dog is seen leaping ashore from it's deck. The ill-fated ship's only cargo is described as silver sand and boxes of mould or earth from Transylvania.

Whitby did not disappoint. 
It is an incredibly beautiful, atmospheric town. I can see why, having stayed there, Stoker chose to set so many scenes from his book in Whitby. He would have drunk in, as I did, the view through the Whalebone Arch across the harbour to the cobbled streets, dominated by the imposing ruins of Whitby Abbey which sits brooding atop the winding 199 steps rising up the cliffs from the narrow streets below. It is easy to see how this prospect would have inspired his macabre and creative imagination. 

My own imagination was fired by Whitby. As I made my way along the tiny, cobbled lanes and looked up at the imposing outline of the Abbey, I could imagine that Dracula and his descendants were still around. I was inspired to think about creating my own beautiful monster.

Watch this space...

Vampire Films

My Top Five Favorite Vampire Films

~Margo Bond Collins

As a general rule, I like my filmic vampires to be brutal and bloodthirsty—as much as I enjoy the recent trend toward sexy vampires (because YUM), I think there’s a reason that we, as a culture, keep coming back to the kinds of vampires who are absolute monsters. 

Both kinds of vampires—those we want to devour and those who want to devour us—are the expression of the human id, that part of us that is unsocialized, that wants what it wants without thought of consequence. The hot vampires of paranormal romance allow us to fantasize about one kind of unsocialized behavior. But the murderous vampires allow us to explore even darker fantasies.

So even though this is usually a blog about paranormal love, today I'm talking about the vampires we love to fear.
The vampires in my own vampire novels, Legally Undead and Sanguinary, don’t have a sparkle among them; they are, for the most part, more beast than beauty—as are the vampires in almost all of the movies on my “Top Five” list below. So in no particular order, here are my top five favorite vampire films:

30 Days of Night: I love the fact that the vampires in this film are truly monstrous—they look like they’ve been transformed into rat-faced horrors with sharp teeth, and they are utterly vicious. I also like the nice shout-outs to Dracula: the vampires show up on a ship and come slinking into town without warning to take over.

From Dusk til Dawn: Again, these vampires are brutal. I love the fact that they have a vampire biker bar and that unsuspecting travelers are drawn in. There’s lots of blood and gore, but my favorite part is the implication of the last image of the film as the camera pulls away from the back of the bar and pans down: the vampires inside the bar were only the tip of the iceberg. They’ve been around for a long time, and the coming of dawn implies only a temporary reprieve.

The Lost Boys: Keifer Sutherland as the Peter Pan of vampires. What could be better? I love the setting of this film (sunny California is such a ridiculous place for vampires to live!), I love the odd familial element of the head vampire courting the divorced mother, and I love the Coreys Haim and Feldman as comic-book-trained vampire hunters.

Fright Night: I’m going to break with general critical trends here and say that I love the 2011 remake of Fright Night. I think that Colin Ferrell made a great vampiric neighbor, all creepy and stalkerish. And David Tennant as the freaked-out, washed-up, checked-out vampire hunter who gets back in the game absolutely rocked.

Blade: My favorite movie of the Blade series is the first one (though I also like Blade: Trinity, wherein Jessica Biel kicks much ass). I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a scene any creepier than the opening of Blade, where the sprinklers come on in the back-room nightclub and cover everyone in blood. The vampires dancing in blood while the humans scream is an amazing visual example of the sensuality connected to the horror of the vampire.

What about you? What are some of your favorite vampire movies? I’m always on the lookout for more, so I’d love to hear your suggestions! 

 

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A Night Shift Novel

Only fifty years left before vampires rule the world.

When Dallas police detective Cami Davis joined the city's vampire unit, she planned to use the job as a stepping-stone to a better position in the department.

But she didn't know then what she knows now: there's a silent war raging between humans and vampires, and the vampires are winning.

So with the help of a disaffected vampire and an ex-cop addict, Cami is going undercover, determined to solve a series of recent murders, discover a way to overthrow the local Sanguinary government, and, in the process, help win the war for the human race.

But can she maintain her own humanity in the process? Or will Cami find herself, along with the rest of the world, pulled under a darkness she cannot oppose?

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Buy Links

Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Sanguinary-Night-Shift-Book-1-ebook/dp/B00MR5VGV8/

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Paperback: http://www.amazon.com/Sanguinary-Night-Shift-Novel-1/dp/0990743322/

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About the Author Margo Bond Collins is the author of urban fantasy, contemporary romance, and paranormal mysteries. She has published a number of novels, including Sanguinary, Taming the Country Star, Legally Undead, Waking Up Dead, and Fairy, Texas. She lives in Texas with her husband, their daughter, and several spoiled pets. Although writing fiction is her first love, she also teaches college-level English courses online. She enjoys reading romance and paranormal fiction of any genre and spends most of her free time daydreaming about heroes, monsters, cowboys, and villains, and the strong women who love them—and sometimes fight them. _____________________________________________


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Eva's saying hello!

Hi all,

*waves*

I am new around here and trying not to get too terribly lost! To tell the truth, it's a little confusing but I think I'll fit right in, because I'm really loving the paranormal genre more and more lately. After a rocky start reading books featuring alphas that were TOO alpha - if you know what I mean - I've found that paranormal has gotten a bit more ... fun.

And reading should be fun, right? I think so!

I'm the kind of author who always sneaks in a little humor here and there. A dwarf telling the heroine shapeshifter she can lay off the ice cream any time. A vampire who meets a girl that likes really raw meat. Mmm! And throw into the mix a few reclusive witches and puking heroes and you've got .... you've got... well a mess! But it's a mess that ends well. All stories should end well.

The serial shapeshifter story I'm currently writing for the Sexy to Go monthly anthology isn't at the end point yet, so, safe to say, things are only going to get worse before they get better. But that's okay. The other thing I like about paranormal romance is you can have battles featuring very strong opponents. These folks aren't wimpy and their fights are quick and deadly. Only the winner is left standing, and to the winner goes the spoils....

That brings me to another thing I like about paranormal romance and erotica - it invariably involves the power structure. In any relationship, there's always a power dynamic. Maybe it's unclear or it shifts or it just remains unsaid, but I guarantee you it's there. Writing paranormal erotica and romance gives me a chance to explore power dynamics and blur the gender roles.

Stay tuned for more info on the ongoing story. Having an alpha female and how the males react to her will be fun! Oh, and she's pregnant. Grouchy, female and alpha? Yeah, this is going to be so much fun!

Eva

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Eva Lefoy writes and reads all kinds of romance, and is a die-hard Trekkie. She’s also terribly addicted to chocolate, tea, and hiking. One of these days, she’ll figure out the meaning of life, quit her job, and go travel the galaxy. Until then, she’s writing down all her dirty thoughts for the sake of future explorers.

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What Is Paranormal?

What do you consider paranormal? One free online dictionary defines paranormal as: Something very strange and not able to be explained by what scientists know about nature and the world. Another definition is: Not scientifically explainable or supernatural.

When we think about it, things we deem paranormal are pretty much anything that isn’t what the majority of humans would consider “normal”. If that’s the case, why do so many of us "normal people" love to read stories and watch T.V. or movies about something so strange?

Is it because our minds are constantly in some weird state of flux? Are we constantly and\or subconsciously working on the problems that are unique to the characters who interest us?

Maybe it has something to do with the characters’ sometimes over-the-top supernatural powers or do we just enjoy reading about people who can do all the things we would secretly like to be able to do ourselves? 

I tend to think that perhaps, it’s just that we enjoy reading stories about people who are just a little more screwed up than we are.

Over the years I’ve seen vampires and werewolves, zombies and aliens, to name a few. Each of these paranormal entities have cycled through our books and T.V. shows not to mention the big screen. After their few hours of fame, we fickle readers and viewers move along to another sub genre, almost tirelessly searching for something new, better or possibly even stranger than the last.

The best way I have ever seen the word paranormal described was in a dictionary I read long ago. It defined paranormal as: Anything other than normal. If that’s the case, my dear readers, welcome to the dark side because normal is overrated.

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ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE “F” WORD?

FRIGGATRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA

I was born on the Friday, October 13^th, 19…never mind the year. I love being born on this day, especially in October – although I have to wait until 2017 for my birthday to fall on a Friday again, - it's a lucky day for me. Autumn is my favorite season and I consider October the supreme month of the supernatural. No wonder I like to read and write about the paranormal.

One day I decided to do a little research about Friday, the number thirteen and the superstitions behind it.

There are many names given to those who have a fear of the day, all of them long and unpronounceable, but Friggatriskaidekaphobia is the original Scandinavian word.

The English word Friday is derived from the ancient Norse love goddess and wife of Odin, Frigga. Legend tells us she threw a banquet with twelve Gods in attendance, purposely not inviting Loki the God of Mischief. He crashed the party anyway, making the number of guests thirteen.  Chaos ensued. Food and mistletoe were wielded at each other and in the end, the God Balder the Good, was dead.

The Goddess Frigga

Why does the sixth day of the week get a bad rap? We can go back once again to goddess Frigga for a partial explanation. The Germanic pagan tribes worshipped her on Friday. Early Christians thought her a witch and declared Friday the witch’s Sabbath. Crucifixion day in Rome? Yep, Friday.

The number thirteen’s history is more involved.  For reasons that aren’t exactly clear, twelve was believed to be a complete number.  There are twelve months in a year, twelve gods of Olympus, twelve tribes of Israel and twelve disciples of Jesus.  Thirteen, considered an imperfect number, may have pagan roots.  Many nature-based religions worshipped the moon as well as the sun.  There are thirteen lunar cycles and women with a regular period will have thirteen menstrual cycles a year. To pagans who worshipped both Gods and Goddesses, the moon represented the feminine. Back in the day, the Abrahamic religions weren’t keen on giving women power, spiritual or otherwise.

There are many other legends behind the trepidation of the day and all of them available on Google. 

It's such a fun day, I usually incorporate the date into my stories. In SOLSTICE, a major part of the curse on the hero's head happens on Friday, the 13th.

Time is running out for Armend Zogu. The 250-year-old family curse on his head will claim his life on his 30th birthday, the winter solstice.

Sofia Palmalosi might be just the Strega who can save him. A descendant of a long line of powerful Italian witches, her family’s magic was a gift from the Goddess Diana.

Together Sofia and Armend embark on a journey from New York, to Sicily and the ancient ruins of Diana’s temple, and back to New York, all the while fighting a battle of magic and wits with a psychopath who wants them both dead and the curse intact.

If the curse doesn't kill Armend, breaking it just might.

Available at Amazon

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Debbie Christiana writes paranormal romance, dark romantic suspense and short dark fiction.

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Vampire Hunters in Novels

My Top Five Favorite Vampire Hunters in Novels

~Margo Bond Collins

In my novel Sanguinary, Cami Davis joins the Dallas police force hoping to become a homicide detective--instead, she ends up on the Paranormal Victims Unit, where every murder has the same answer: vampires.  

Cami has become one of my favorite vampire hunters, but I have been a fan of these kinds of characters for a long time; I love watching them as they develop their abilities as hunters! In no particular order, here are my top five favorite vampire slayers to be found in books:

Abraham Van Helsing: This list wouldn’t be possible, I think, without Dracula’s Dutch doctor. Even the ridiculous accent can’t detract from his status as vampire hunter extraordinaire.  

Anita Blake: I tend to prefer the earlier books of Laurell K. Hamilton’s series, but even the later ones have some interesting vampire-hunter moments. Anita Blake is tough and strong, and as the urban-fantasy progenitor of kick-ass, vampire-hunting women, she is an important addition to this list.

Jane Yellowrock: Faith Hunter’s series about the shapeshifting, Harley-riding, leather-wearing vampire hunter/bodyguard has become one of my favorite urban fantasy reads. Jane rocks!

Rae Seddon: The narrator of Robin McKinley’s novel Sunshine remains one of my favorites. I’ve even taught the book in a gothic literature class. Rae (also known as Sunshine) wants desperately to be a normal person, but being kidnapped by vampires forces her to tap into her powerful heritage. 

Magiere: Dhampir by Barb and J.C. Hendee draws nicely on the mythology of the half-vampire, and the high-fantasy setting of the book (along with Magiere’s half-elf partner) make this a fun genre mash-up with a great protagonist!

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Sanguinary: A Night Shift Novel

Only fifty years left before vampires rule the world.

When Dallas police detective Cami Davis joined the city's vampire unit, she planned to use the job as a stepping-stone to a better position in the department.

But she didn't know then what she knows now: there's a silent war raging between humans and vampires, and the vampires are winning.

So with the help of a disaffected vampire and an ex-cop addict, Cami is going undercover, determined to solve a series of recent murders, discover a way to overthrow the local Sanguinary government, and, in the process, help win the war for the human race.

But can she maintain her own humanity in the process? Or will Cami find herself, along with the rest of the world, pulled under a darkness she cannot oppose?

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Buy Links

Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Sanguinary-Night-Shift-Book-1-ebook/dp/B00MR5VGV8/

Nook: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sanguinary-margo-bond-collins/1120452301?ean=2940046208542

Kobo: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/sanguinary-1

Paperback: http://www.amazon.com/Sanguinary-Night-Shift-Novel-1/dp/0990743322/

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About the Author Margo Bond Collins is the author of urban fantasy, contemporary romance, and paranormal mysteries. She has published a number of novels, including Sanguinary, Taming the Country Star, Legally Undead, Waking Up Dead, and Fairy, Texas. She lives in Texas with her husband, their daughter, and several spoiled pets. Although writing fiction is her first love, she also teaches college-level English courses online. She enjoys reading romance and paranormal fiction of any genre and spends most of her free time daydreaming about heroes, monsters, cowboys, and villains, and the strong women who love them—and sometimes fight them. _____________________________________________


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Email: MargoBondCollins@gmail.com
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Blog: http://www.MargoBondCollins.com
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Why I like ghost stories by Barbara Edwards

Barbara Edwards

I'm Barbara Edwards and I'll be a regular contributor here. I've agreed to review paranormal romance for Paranormal Love and look forward to reading many wonderful stories. We’ll soon have a submission form and details posted for those interested. 

I do like all kinds of paranormal stories from steampunk to vampire and werewolves, but I have a soft spot in my heart for ghosts.

I feel in love with the Captain in "The ghost and Mrs Meir" and never recovered. Love conquered all and I still cry as they are reunited.

As for me, I write in several genres.

My paranormal romance books include Ancient Awakening, Ancient Blood and Ancient Curse  from the Rhodes End Series published by The Wild Rose Press. I’m working on two more. I also have historical romance Another Love and Annie’s Heart from WingsePress. For fun I have two sweet romance Christmas stories, too.

Here’s the Blurb for Ancient Curse, Book Three Rhodes End Series.

Evil never dies.  And this time it wanted Rainie.  It wanted more than her life, it wanted her soul.

The artifacts Rainie Gamble handled came from every era and she could read their past with a touch. After her Father’s deceit, she’d lost her beloved career until Thomas hired her. 

Thomas Broquette needed Rainie for more than her psychic ability. She would unknowingly bring her father into his reach. Thomas needed him to return the stolen paintings in Mason’s estate. He needed Rainie to destroy the evil items Mason left behind. Then he realized he needed her for much, much more.

Excerpt from Ancient Curse

Changing took a few minutes. She pressed her hand to her throbbing forehead and  studied her reflection in the mirror. Pain lined her forehead. She wondered why Thomas’ touch eased it. Her tangled hair had escaped her twist and needed combing. Humming, she took the time to neaten it.  

Silence enveloped the second floor. With the power off, the soft music she played in her bedroom had been silenced. She half expected her footsteps to echo when she exited the room and walked down the hall. Thomas had probably finished mopping up, and she needed to lock her computer and file her notes  before the back-up battery failed. 

Her pulse beat faster. She looked forward to spending some time with him. Hopefully, he was still in the library. She shook her head. She paused as the hair on her nape stirred like she was being watched. 

A cool draft washed over her nape and she glanced back along the hall. All the doors had been closed. They still were. She frowned, and then shook the feeling off.  No-one watched although her skin itched. Pausing to enjoy the light emotions held by the smooth banister, she stroked the wood. A violent shove between her shoulders tumbled her down the stairs like 

a thrown doll. 

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