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Kaitlin is a newly single freelance artist who is stuck in the rut of the well-paying, for-hire covers and maps she creates for fat fantasy novels. But at night, driven by some strange compulsion, Kait has been working long hours on an intricate, mixed-media map of a place she's never been, a map that covers all four walls of the window-less spare room she keeps locked next to her tiny bedroom. She's not sure where the inspiration for the map comes from, but she can't seem to help herself. Before she can finish her map, however, she has a visitor from a place she's never heard of before. And that's just the beginning of the weirdness... Read an excerpt from an opening chapter of Maps and Legends. Maps and Legends will come out from Prime Books in 2009.
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What would you do if your child was lost, and—even though you'd never admit this to anyone—it was all your fault? How would you react? Would you be a hero or a coward? And just how would you get your innocent child out of this situation of yours? My protagonist Gil must face these questions on a hot summer day, when his son Noah wanders off on their organic farm. In his dreams as well as his waking moments, Gil has been involved with some shady beings who lurk in the old-growth forest that borders his land, and now he's convinced his son is in there, lost. Both father and son embark on a quest of his own, and the countryside will never be the same again. Read an excerpt from an opening chapter of A Gathering of Doorways, and check out some amateurish photos I took of the rural setting, about sixteen miles outside Chapel Hill (and everywhere else). A Gathering of Doorways will come out from Prime Books in September 2008.
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This novel takes place not too many years from now, and it tells the story of what happens when aliens arrive and try to integrate into society, and how humans react to these sudden changes. This novel was published by Five Star Books in January 2008. I wrote the first two stories featuring the Wannoshay aliens way back at Clarion in 1996, and finished up the novel version in 2003. Yes, these things do take some time... Feel free to check out the main page for The Wannoshay Cycle, which includes links to the opening chapter as well as some other goodies, like artwork and more. |
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Okay, so technically this novel isn't horror, isn't really romance, but it's more of a mystery with some romantic elements. However, it does have Blackbeard's headless ghost in it, and scenes of haunted shipwrecks and wild ponies running on the beaches of Ocracoke Island. This
novel was a fun change of pace for me, as I dabbled in the world of
romance mixed with action and ghosts. I started it in November of 2002
and finished it up in the spring of 2003, with many rounds of revising
to follow. The book was published in May 2006 from Five Star Books. |
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