Crime and Horror audio drama competition: It's not too early to enter.

Are you a Podcaster with a Noir side? Or do you write Crime and Horror fiction and are looking for a writing contest to enter? Do you want to flex your creative muscles? Here's your chance to do it.

Sounds of Crime & Horror: 

an audio drama writing competition 

Crime and Horror writers are invited to listen to this video clip and write a short story to complete it. http://gritfiction.co.uk/black-friday-competition/ 

The Blood Noir Podcast will use the winning entry to create an audio drama, and Near to the Knuckle will publish and interview the winner our online fiction website. Four runners up will also have their stories published. 

Your title: Black Friday 

 

Word limit: 1,500 - 4,000

 

Story characters limit: 5 (characters are limited for podcast production purposes) 

 

Deadline for entries: November 1st, 2018

Submit entries to: Editor at close2thebone@hotmail.com 

 

Have a question? Contact Henry at close2thebone@hotmail.com with BLACK FRIDAY QUESTION in the subject line.

As the Brits would say, do you want to give it a go?

Late Summer: The perfect time for a Mermaid romance! Siren's Call.

Without the Best Books - Two Thumbs Up book review page on Facebook, I would never have found out about this book. Best Books link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/243199719356829/

Mermaids have always fascinated me. In fact, my girlhood friend and I used to play the fisherman and the Mermaid back in the Sixties. When I saw The Siren's Call, I couldn't resist, especially when the ebook is only $1.99.

What's it about?

Lighthouse keeper Tessa Lonike savors her solitude on Little Mer, an island off the coast of Maine, guarding her true identity as a mermaid. But when Tessa spots a man thrashing around in the ice cold waters during a storm, she must use her ability as a mermaid to pull him to shore.

A year later, when Kenneth Randall meets the woman who saved his life, he's determined not to let Tessa slip away. But when Tessa'a archaeologist ex-lover comes back to town with a clue to her heritage, she may be forced to leave her happiness behind.

I like the idea of this book so much, I am going to buy it and review it. Care to join me?

The Amazon link: https://amzn.to/2MCr6KO

The first of the Seaside Cafe Mysteries: Live and Let Chai! Drink up!

"By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea,
You and me, you and me, oh how happy we'd be".

The Cozy Mysteries website never fails to deliver good reading. And during vacation season, I thought a seaside mystery would be an exciting read.

Life hasn't been so sweet for Everly Swan over the past couple of years, but now that she is back in her seaside hometown and the proud owner of a little iced tea shop and café right on the beach, things are finally starting to look up—until a curmudgeonly customer turns up dead on the boardwalk. With one of her hallmark glass tea jars lying right next to him and an autopsy that reports poison in his system, it doesn't look good for Everly or her brand new business.

As the townspeople of Charm, formerly so welcoming and homey, turn their back on Everly, she fights to dig up clues about who could have had it in for the former town councilman. With a maddeningly handsome detective discouraging her from uncovering leads and a series of anonymous attacks on Everly and her business, it will take everything she's got to keep this mystery from boiling over.

Here is the link to the website which includes the Amazon link: 

http://cozy-mysteries-unlimited.com/live-and-let-chai-seaside-caf%C3%A9-mystery-1

Speaking of class reunions...Lady Justice is going, too!

My 45th high school reunion is just around the corner, but I have a family reunion to attend, so Cutie and I aren't going. Anyway, Lady Justice is crashing Walt's 50th reunion and the sparks are going to fly!

For most people, a 50th class reunion is a time to party and renew old acquaintances, but Walt Williams isn't an ordinary guy --- he's a cop, and trouble seems to follow him everywhere he goes.

Old flames, bullies and a scorned classmate make Walt’s reunion one to remember.

The Mexican drug cartel is recruiting young Latino girls as drug mules and the Kansas City Police have hit a brick wall until Walt is given a lead by an old classmate.

Even then, it takes three unlikely heroes from the Whispering Hills Retirement Village to help Walt and Ox end the cartel's reign of terror.

And, like many of  Robert Thornhill's, this book is audible!

Here is the Amazon Kindle link:
 https://www.amazon.com/Justice-Class-Reunion-Robert-Thornhill-ebook/dp/B00BDNOWGG

Here is an interview with Bob: http://booksbybob.com/author-interview_453.html

His website has many books that chronicle Lady Justice's adventures along with children's books.

Introducing Psycho in Paradise - Book 15 of the Paradise Series!

I admit, I enjoy watching some of those shows on Investigation Discovery that freak me out, like Killer Beside Me and reruns of Obsession. If you're like me, you like a thrill ride with a few good scares added in. Well, Deborah Brown does not disappoint!

Read on:

In the Florida Keys, you have to take the shady with the sunny. And Tarpon Cove has more than fifty shades of shady going on.

Shady No. 1: When Brad is framed using the dead body of his crazy ex-girlfriend, the Westin family—which now includes Fab, Didier, and Creole by default—gathers to plan a strategy. 

Shady No. 2: Fab is having a hard time keeping her promise to go legit. It’s not her fault she tends to attract clients who want their problems solved without getting the cops involved. Trying to keep her reined in is a full-time job, and a thankless one, since Madison keeps getting roped in on “easy” jobs that wind up getting the kind of messy that requires specialized cleanup. 

Shady No. 3: Ferreting out the info needed to save Brad means using sources so deep in the friend-of-a-friend network they’re anonymous even to Madison. 

Well, how shady can you get? 

 Here is the Amazon Kindle link:
 https://www.amazon.com/Psycho-Paradise-Florida-Keys-Mystery-ebook/dp/B07FMZ8KM7

Want to hear about the other 14 books? Check them out here: http://deborahbrownbooks.com/

I've conquered spam on my blog! Previews of coming attractions!

In the past few weeks, Spammers were either just adding comments full of gibberish or they were trying to turn my indie writer's blog into a marketplace for video games.

I only allow members of my blog to comment now. I feel relieved. After all, I do enjoy blogging. It is my form of service to others. Follow me if you want to be a member.

I have two author friends who have book releases coming soon.

Deborah Brown has another one of her exciting books in the Paradise Series coming in less than a week. See her books here: http://deborahbrownbooks.com/titles/

And Jean Peel has a delightful series of books about a fat, grey cat named Aunt Sally. They are coming out of Ocean Reeve Publishing Company. She also writes fantastic Haiku poetry! Her Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/jean.peel.3

So stay tuned - spam free!

Instafreebie: Free ebooks. What's not to like?

Who doesn't like to save money? Who doesn't like to be entertained for free? Who doesn't like new talent in the writing world? If you're one of these people, you'll probably like Instafreebie.

Here is an example of one of their giveaways:

A murder mystery:

Introducing Deanna Devlin.

Welcome to Desert Palms, a cozy Arizona tourist town set up against the mountains.
Deanna Devlin is a thirty-two year old reporter who dreams of tackling hard-nosed stories, but is stuck writing puff pieces for the local paper.
When a murder strikes Desert Palms, Deanna suddenly gets her chance to cover some hard-hitting news.
Unfortunately, one of Deanna's good friends is wrongly suspected as the killer by the local police detective. To prove her friend's innocence, Deanna has no choice but to take matters into her own hands and find the real killer herself.

Books In The Deanna Devlin Series:
Book 1 -- Prescription To Die For
Book 2 -- A Novel To Die For

Like what you see? Here is the link to this specific giveaway: 

https://claims.instafreebie.com/free/Rqg3SIXV?source=homepage

Check out the Instafreebie website here: https://www.instafreebie.com/