Horror Extraordinaire Carole Gill

Justine: Into the Blood

Book One, Blood and Passion Series

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Excerpt 

 “The blackness turned to shadows and from within those shadows, I saw figures. They might have been my parents. I called out to them but then felt myself drifting away—slowly at first, then more quickly. I clearly heard the shouts and cries of the damned. Was I bound for hell? I don’t think I cared.

And then I heard a voice; quite distinct it was, too. Someone was calling me forth.

“Rise!”

A man’s voice, rich and deep sounding. At first I thought it was the count. . . I

might have even called out Oriani’s name. There was no answer though, just words spoken that sounded strange.

“Enter the darkness and live again!”

Soft murmuring ensued. Muffled voices and whispers, voices saying things I

could not understand.

“Drink!”

Believing the offering to be water, I obeyed. But then I smelled it and turned

away. “Please, no!”

Was it wine? If so, it smelled awful.

“You must drink. . . ”

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The Shelf 2: Cursed (the prologue this time).  Enjoy!

3 months after THE ordeal….

Bri

It was amazing how different the world seemed when someone hadn’t seen it for a while.  Things that she would have previously found exciting and engaging, she now found loud and over-the-top.  Stylish clothes were either too restrictive and stifling, or too thin and revealing.  Even her friends’ jokes (when she did see them) weren’t funny; they were sad and edged with double meanings.

“Leticia’s House of the Occult,” Bri Brewley read aloud as she stared up at the garish store in front of her.  A man passing on the sidewalk gave her an irritated glare as if she took up too much of the pavement, before continuing to chat on his cell.  Rolling her eyes at his retreating figure, Bri smirked.

“Bet I don’t need a fortune-teller to see that you’re a jerk.”

That might be true, but she did need the services of the fortune-teller inside this occultist shop.  Normally, Bri would have cringed to even enter a place like this, but she was desperate.  At this point, she would take any help she could get.  Except for Korey’s.

It was his fault that she was in this mess to begin with.

It was just after three in the afternoon, and Bri still wore the drab outfit that she’d gone to school in: sweats, sneakers, long-sleeved t-shirt.   Somehow, she felt as if the loose clothing helped form a barrier between her and the rest of the world, and most especially, from things not-of-the world.

A chill ran along her spine as she raised her hand to knock on the door, a dark slab of wood with intricate carvings cut into the center.  ‘What am I doing here?’ she wondered.  The strange shop was downright creepy.  When she’d looked up fortune-tellers online, the website had only listed the downtown address.  It hadn’t said anything about the place being creep central.  Either side of the door had a long, narrow window, but one was completely boarded over.  The other was filled with what looked to be a thick sheet of cobwebs, and Bri grimaced until she realized that it was actually a very heavy lace curtain.

Rendezvous & Lioness Tale by Perri Forrest

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Perri Forrest

Rendezvous

Lioness Tale

About Author

Perri Forrest was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and raised in sunny California. She describes herself as a trilogy - a Businesswoman who navigates through Corporate America flawlessly from Human Resources to Project Management, a Sociologist with a burning desire to save the world, and an Author who loves writing life into fiction.
While her pen and paper consummated when she was pre-teen, her written words would not be seen until a long time after. Perri's dream was always to write a book, but she didn't take steps to do so out of fear that readers wouldn't be interested in what she had to say.
When Perri suffered the devastating loss of her first cousin, in 2006, with a few months left to complete her undergraduate studies, she barely made it through. A good friend not only suggested that she begin blogging, that friend gifted her with a newly designed blog platform, which birthed her first e-journal.

My Twilight Tuesday take on Sleepy Hollow

        In 1781, Ichabod Crane, a soldier in the Colonial Army, set on a secret mission by General George Washington to kill the man with the branded hand, later to become the Headless Horseman after Ichabod cuts off his head. Sadly, Ichabod dies while performing this task.  More than 200 years later, in the present-day Sleepy Hallow, Ichabod rises from his grave, after the Headless Horseman known as Death and one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, is coincidently summoned back from his grave. Both brought forth from an unknown source. The resurrection of the one causes the other to also come back to life as a result of their blood mixing shortly after Crane decapitated the Headless Horseman on the field of battle.

     Lt. Abbie Mills, of Sleepy Hollow, is caught up in the investigation of the Headless Horseman after he beheads Sheriff August Corbin, Mills' mentor and friend. As Lt Mills' investigation reveals the presence of the Supernatural world involving two occult groups - one for good, the other evil - in Sleepy Hollow, both of which are concerned with the Four Horsemen and the associated apocalypse.

       With Ichabod's first-hand knowledge of this country’s history and secret societies and Abbie’s superior profiling and modern threat assessment skills, the reason why she was accepted in to the FBI, they team up to work the case of the Horseman’s killing spree. Eventually, she stays behind in Sleepy Hallow under Ichabod’s protest, as to not go off to become a federal agent. After witnessing unnatural forces, they form an unstoppable team once realizing their lives are preordained. As they are the two witnesses, the only ones who can protect the world from the forces of evil.

        This is a modern day twist on Washington Irving's classic in which Ichabod Crane and Lieutenant Abbie Mills fight vigorously to save the town of Sleepy Hollow from Hell on earth.

The Shelf by Kish Knight (Old vs New Cover) Which do you prefer?

(Old Cover)                                                                                          



Some people are born into a family fortune. Bri has just entered into a family curse… 

…I don’t want to die…was what Bri’s best friend said only days before. Never having believed in curses, Bri dismissed Aeryal’s claims and assured her friend that     
                                                       
                                                      (Revised Cover)



she would live. Assured her that all the near-death incidents were just coincidence. 

Darkest Powers Bonus Pack by Kelley Armtsrong

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Contains three companion stories to the #1 NYT bestselling Darkest Powers trilogy.

Dangerous (prequel to The Summoning) The story of how Derek and Simon came to Lyle House, told from Derek’s point-of-view

Divided (set between The Summoning and The Awakening) Derek and Simon’s adventures while separated from Chloe and Rae in the factory. Also told from Derek’s point of view.

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                       BloodReaction

Annalice, a single mother and physician, is ready to immerse herself in the mundane chores of her farm as a diversion from her hectic professional life. But she becomes the victim of a home invasion, the supernatural kind. Vindictive and cruel, Asa, a century old vampire, takes brutal control of her life and home.

Forcing her to strike a bargain in exchange for her daughter's life, Annalice must not only accept his presence but also bow to his depravity. Facing threats to her only child, she relies on her skills as a physician to unravel the clues to the vampire's existence, attempting to beat him at his own game.

Caught in a race against a genetic timeline, Annalice struggles to survive the Blood Reaction.