Today is a special day because I have a lovely cover reveal from one of my favorite small publishing houses. Are you ready? The Unmoving Sky by: K.L. Hallam There is nothing darker than the woods, until you meet your worst fear. Jackson Bower has a lot 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 Jackson’s girlfriend and the grief that ties them together even as it threatens to drive them apart. He distances himself, hoping for a little p[...]
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1 Happy cover reveal day! Last year I had an idea. I wanted to launch a small publishing house that published only MG, YA, and NA horror because in my opinion, it’s widely underrepresented. I love scary stories and I grew up reading anything and everything spooky that I could get my hands on. I read it all. R.L. Stine, Point Horror Books, and Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories with those incredible illustrations by Stephen Gammell. So I launched Hocus Pocus & Co. I put out a call for a Halloween anthology. The stories and illustrations had to be of the MG an[...]
Today is a very special day. Why? Because today Brian LeTendre and I are revealing our cover for Harrowed!! Harrowed is a YA horror novel about a serial killer stalking a small town in Massachusetts, and a girl who is trying to solve the murders. Everyone knows how much I love horror and I was beyond excited to start collaborating with Brian on a new series called the Woodsview Murders. Book one is Harrowed, out 9/22/15. Brian has done a fantastic job updating everyone on the progress and our crazy edit month that we affectionately dubbed "Editpalooza." Me, l[...]
If there's one thing I love, it's gorgeous covers! And boy do I have a gorgeous cover for you today! I have to also say that I am a HUGE fan of Alice in Wonderland. So when I heard that Robert McKay had written Intergalactic Fairy Tales inspired by Alice in Wonderland, well, I practically fainted. As I mentioned, Wonderland is a retelling of the classic Alice in Wonderland story, with a scifi twist, just in time for the 150th anniversary of the original tale. This book is the first in the Intergalactic Fairy Tales series by Robert McKay. It will be available on[...]
SWEET MADNESS, September 18, 2015 from Merit Press Lizzie Borden took an axe And gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, She gave her father forty one. Who was Lizzie Borden? A confused young woman, or a cold-hearted killer? For generations, people all over the world have wondered how Andrew Borden and his second wife, Abby, met their gruesome deaths. Lizzie, Andrew’s younger daughter, was charged, but a jury took only 90 minutes to find her not guilty. In this retelling, the family maid, Bridget Sullivan, shines a compassionate light on[...]