The Art of Blood and Bourbon

The first story in the anthology, The Black Side, available at http://www.amazon.com//dp/B00IOVVPCO

The Third Uncle

Francesca is a headstrong teen from small town Italy who has been sent to summer with her uncles in Napoleon's Paris. Francesca is bored. Her uncles are tiresome, not very bright, and determined to keep her out of trouble. Fortunately for her, adventure is around the corner, and she soon discovers her uncles are work...

Jasmine Becket-Griffith Painting Tutorial: Butterfly Fairies

My name is Jasmine Becket-Griffith, and I'm an artist. I've been a professional painter working in acrylic paints since the 1990s. You may know my artwork from my lines of merchandising, my projects with the Walt Disney Company, collections through the Bradford Exchange, illustrations from books and magazines, and es...

I, Death

WARNING: CONTAINS GRAPHIC HORROR & DEPICTIONS OF ADULT SEXUAL SITUATIONS THAT ARE LIKELY TO BE DISTURBING TO SOME. DEFINITELY NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. READER DISCRETION IS STRONGLY ADVISED. -- "I, Death is a death rattle coming of age story; it is a song, and it is the world's funniest dirty joke - all rolled i...

On The Border

On the Border is an adventure story that just might be the modernized version of a certain legendary Old West hero. Jon Reid is a very honest man, and takes great pride in his job as a Texas Ranger. When he dares to testify against a fellow Ranger, he is ostracized, mocked, and then exiled to a task force of rejects...

The Raie'Chaelia

When Chalice sets off for Branbury in the middle of the night with her grandfather's instructions, she has no idea of the dangers that await her. The King's men have destroyed her home village of Canton and she is suddenly thrown into a Terravailian world that she does not know. Lost and alone, she is hard pressed to...

The Blood Orb

Thirteen-year-old Parker Ward is accidently transported to a world where Valkyries blow things up for fun, Cupid’s arrows have real barbs, and the school’s favorite sport has rules against unnecessary decapitation. He takes refuge at Underlake Academy, a school for the supernatural. Mistaken for a vampire on his first...

Watermelon Heart

Discarded Beginnings: My Journey to Publication

Is my persistence healthy, or is it a form of insanity? All aspiring authors struggle, but I am an outlier. It's rare when I meet someone who's worked at it for as long as I have, without giving up. Included: Some of my various attempts to create the perfect first chapter for "City of Slaves."

Dare2Believe

It started as stories of a distant world where elvin magic defeated humans and their science. The author had an idea, why in a digital age do books have to always say the same things? What if readers could become the spirit behind their favorite characters, to help the story evolve? What could go wrong? It has waited...

Bon Bons to Yoga Pants

Lexie Greene has always had such a pretty face. Unfortunately, that's where it seemed to stop. She's grown up hearing her Mother constantly remind her that she needs to lose weight. And twenty-two-year-old Lexie knows she's overweight. With her younger sister's wedding on the horizon and a crush to stalk on Fa...

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