Showing posts with label My Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My Books. Show all posts

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Bookshop.org Raises Money For Local Bookstores



Very exciting! Draft2Digital partnered with Bookshop last February. I was so engrossed in my current project that I'm finally sharing the Bookshop links to my YA books. 

I finished the first draft of that project two weeks ago, a crime fiction about three sisters, and I'm celebrating by taking time for myself and completing other writerly-related stuff.  



book cover: blue filter of young adult male looking out of a cave in the woods.



The Unmoving Sky 

There's Nothing Darker Than the Woods Until You Meet Your Worst Fear.

 

Jackson Bower has much on his mind lately. His younger brother hasn't been the same since his mother's death. His father's drinking is out of control. Then there's his girlfriend and the grief that ties them together even as it threatens to drive them apart. He distances himself, hoping for a little perspective at the family lodge. But when his father gets drunk and dangerous, he and his brother Artie escape into the woods.

 

Night creeps in, and the rains come fast. Artie slips down a ravine. Wounded, Artie and Jackson seek shelter in a cave, only to find someone else already taking refuge there. A desperate man with plans to destroy their town. Jackson and his brother must get out of the cave and make it over the mountain in time to warn everyone – without getting themselves killed first.

 

"The rural setting's rich insights and smells grow ever darker as the characters come to life in this poignant tale. A coming-of-age story reveals the bonds between family & friends as the mystery unfolds. This little book is filled with emotion, hope, despair, and suspense."

 






Black and white double image of a showgirl from the 1930s, a spotlight in the center, and a female silhouette in the center.

Visions of Death: The Music Department Murders


Summer 1935 Ruby St. Claire is the Weston Music School's rising star with her swinging jazz quartet. Next stop is the Roseland Ballroom Competition. After taking a break from helping the police find murder suspects with her extra sensory vision, the images of death have returned. Girls from school are disappearing. Ruby has to act fast and find their killer even when all the signs point to her.



"I was deeply immersed in NYC’s jazz scene and the elegance, language, and culture of the 1930s, learning much about the era through small details and author’s notes. On top of that, its a great plot-twister and would make an excellent film or series."






Did you know?   


"Amazon Pulls Support for Perfectly Fine Older Kindles"

In an email to customers, Amazon announced that it would be ending service for Kindle devices older than the 2012 edition. Those devices will lose access to the Kindle Store.


And that Bookshop raises money for local bookshops?  Now that is awesome! So it is Artimis II.  Okay, Artimis II wins in the awesome category. 

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Visions of Death: The Music Department Murders ebook is LIVE!


My Historical Supernatural Suspense is Available as of TODAY!  



This story started as serialized fiction (experiment) on Kindle Vella, and after several friends had trouble reading the chapters online using tokens and wanted a book they could take along on their travels, I had to deliver! Both an ebook and a paperback are available. 


Just click on the photo to take you to the page. 
 


Summer 1935 Ruby St. Claire is a rising star of the Weston Music School Department with her swinging quartet. Next stop, the Roseland Ballroom Competition. After taking a break from helping the police find murder suspects with her extra sensory vision, the images of death have returned. Girls from school are disappearing. Ruby has to act fast and find their killer even when all the signs point to her.

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Who Loves Sci-Fi Anthologies?

You can read my short story in Alien Dimensions, First Contact Issue #25, THE HARVEST. 


                                   And find out how shelter dogs help the aliens when they arrive in 2026.  



 

alien witih large eyes

link in the photo


From the Editor, Neil Hogan: 

Tired of space fiction that turns out to be contemporary fiction with a science fiction background?

Bored with the same old tropes being recycled?

Desperate for something that’s not just humans versus aliens?

Alien Dimensions is here to help! Always on the lookout for alien stories with a futuristic setting integral to the story rather than just a backdrop, featuring stories based on real science, you’re sure to find something that will get you thinking in every issue. Let’s get the science back into science fiction, the intelligent aliens back into the dialogue, and let’s just escape to a world completely unconnected and unrelated to the one we’re in now.


This issue:

The Creature from Another World – Humphrey Price
Volunteers – Tyree Campbell
Man Among Others – Jason Lairamore
The Phobos Box – Allen Ashley
Celestial Injustice: Trial of the Blue Planet by James Ward
In Earth’s Backyard – James F. McGrath
Aldanian Geometry – Gail Brown
Reach For It – Ourliazo Tap
Memories in Water – Louise Butler
Canned Meat – Vincent deDiego Metzo
Sometimes We Get What We Pay For – Mord McGhee
Vothari Blood – Philip Goode
Dragon in the Laut – J. L. Royce
The Harvest – K. L. Hallam
Voice Zones – Neil A. Hogan


And if you have a story to share, the next theme is ...

Mars Colonization 2033

Submission period for this theme: November 1st 2023 to January 31st 2024

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Friday, May 19, 2023

The Unmoving Sky eBook is FREE ALL SUMMER LONG.

Just head on over to Smashwords and use the coupon 9QHA5 



There is Nothing Darker Than The Woods.


Jackson and his brother Artie are lost. Night creeps in and the rains come fast.

They seek refuge in a cave and find someone else already there.



Written with empathy, compassion and clarity, The Unmoving Sky seizes the reader and pulls him at will along bends and turns, into ravines and out again: in the deep woods at night and in the human psyche. The emotional journey is at times the most terrifying of all, both to the characters involved and to the reader. Bravo.





Tuesday, March 29, 2022

The Unmoving Sky is Now Available in Paperback (Again)!

 

Just click the book cover and you'll be taken to Barnes & Noble or  HERE for select booksellers and most online libraries. You can also request that your library carry it. 





 Contemporary Young Adult Thriller for Readers 13 - 18.


eBook:  9798201298234   $2.99


 Print:  9798201285258  $9.99 



There's Nothing Darker Than the Woods Until You Meet Your Worst Fear 

Jackson Bower has much on his mind lately. His younger brother hasn't been the same since his mother's death. His father's drinking is out of control. 
Then there's his girlfriend and the grief that ties them together even as it threatens to drive them apart. 
 He distances himself, hoping for a little perspective at the family lodge. 
But when his father gets drunk and dangerous, he and his brother Artie escape into the woods. 
 Night creeps in, and the rains come fast. Artie slips down a ravine. Wounded, Artie and Jackson seek shelter in a cave, only to find someone else already taking refuge there.
 A desperate man with plans to destroy their town. Jackson and his wounded brother must get out of the cave and make it over the mountain in time to warn everyone. Without getting them both killed.



THANK YOU! <3 <3 <3 

Friday, January 17, 2020

Alien Dimensions #16 is Back in Kindle Unlimited for a limited time!


My story G.L.O.R.I.A. was included!  If you love Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, you may enjoy this future off-planet version. "Gold-Lithium-Osmium-Ruthenium-Iridium-Aluminum. G.L.O.R.I.A. was created to be more than a fire weapon. GLORIA was my monster. " 




Containing some great stories:
Blink by Gustavo Bondoni
The Clever Nature of Wool by Robert N Stephenson
Innocuous But Lethal by Mike Adamson
Moon Mine by Neil A. Hogan
Starbuck Billy Robert M. Walton
G.L.O.R.I.A. by K.L. Hallam   
The Light of Thought by Jeffrey Freedman     Print or eBook! 

Thursday, September 6, 2018

Read OVER AND OVER in a New Fantasy Anthology!

My Story OVER AND OVER is featured in the debut issue of 

Fantasy Short Stories Anthology 




An anthology series featuring amazing stories by authors from around the world. In Book One you'll find stories about magical swords, multiple lives, super-villains, beings from other worlds, and more. 

Stories include: 

Bedwyr and Caliburn after Camlann 
By Patrick S. Baker 

Back into the Cave 
by Isaac Teile 

Over and Over 
By K. L. Hallam 

Honor Among Thieves 
By Gustavo Bondoni 

Travelogue 
by Vonnie Winslow Crist 

Life Choices 
By Neil A. Hogan 

A Matter of Vanity 
By Julie Goodswen 


Blurb for Over and Over:


Future Earth: 22X. The last of the dreamers are brought back from death, but only those who still hold memories and can recreate a new future for a dying species.


Available in Print or eBook



OR

Currently $2.99 for Kindle