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Unspoken Horror, by Mary Parker, Author of The Endless Hallway | #DarkFiction #Horror #Book @Sirens_Call
Unspoken Horror: Postpartum Depression by Mary Parker As a lifelong horror fan, I’m used to seeing all kinds of horrors, be it monsters, violence, or otherworldly. Even psychological horrors run amuck (one of my personal favorites). I also find horror therapeutic. After watching a horror film or reading a horror book or story, I feel […]
‘Fictionalized Reality’ by Mary Parker, #author of The Endless Hallway | #horror #DarkFiction #Book #GuestEssay @Sirens_Call
Fictionalized Reality by Mary Parker The Endless Hallway is a novella about a young mother’s struggles with postpartum depression and anxiety (PPDA). It is my story. Well, a fictionalized version of my reality. While in therapy to recover from PPDA, I spoke with my therapist about the story I was writing. I tend to start everything […]
REPOST: Ela Lourenco, Author of Dragon Born: Book Three, Awakening, Speaks About Awakening Reluctant Readers | @ElaLourenco #fantasy #YA #DragonBorn
The Awakening of Reluctant Readers? Ela Lourenco The idea for the Dragon Born series was actually not mine but my daughter’s. Being dyslexic yet a lover of fantasy tales she decided that I should put my time to good use and write books especially for her! Her love of dragons and all things magical were the starting […]
REPOST: ‘Appealing to Young Adults’ by Ela Lourenco, #author of Awakening – Book Three in the Dragon Born series. @ElaLourenco #fantasy #YA #DragonBorn
Appealing to Young Adults by Ela Lourenco What does ‘young adult’ mean? Some argue it’s the twelve to eighteen age group, others argue it is fourteen plus… It isn’t very well defined. In this day and age of internet access, social media etc., it has become ever harder to determine who is old enough for […]
REPOST: An Interview with Ela Lourenco, #author of Awakening – Book Three in the Dragon Born series. @ElaLourenco #fantasy #YA #DragonBorn
Sirens Call Publications recently released Awakening, the third book in the Dragon Born series. The Dragon Born books are set in a fantasy world, great for both YA and adult readers! Lee: To start, tell us about your latest book, Awakening: Dragon Born Book Three. Ela: Awakening is the middle book in the Dragon Born […]
REPOST: ‘Word Creation’ by Ela Lourenco, #author of Awakening – Book Three in the Dragon Born series. @ElaLourenco #fantasy #YA #DragonBorn
World Creation by Ela Lourenco An Essay Relating to the Dragon Born Series World creation – possibly one of the hardest and yet most fun aspects of writing a fantasy adventure. There is much more to it than merely describing a planet or setting. In fact I will let you in on a little secret, […]
An Essay on Transcending Dimensions by Ela Lourenco, Author of Dragon Born: Book Three, Awakening | #YA #Fantasy
Transcending Dimensions Ela Lourenco The third book in the Dragon Born series, Awakening, is the continuation of Lara’s destiny. She is older yet still evolving – learning to harness the duality of her nature and to truly become one with her dragon side. Constant trials and hardships are thrown at her as she seeks to […]
STILL DARK BLOG TOUR: January 19 to January 27 | #Horror #Paranormal #MindControl with @Sirens_Call & @DWGillespie
Still Dark D.W. Gillespie When a thunderous explosion rocks an idyllic cabin resort in the Great Smoky Mountains, animals and humans alike begin to act strange. Jim, along with his wife Laura and son, Sam, are cut off from the outside world, but they soon realize the true nightmare is just beginning… Deep in the […]
TWISTED YARNS with Bob Macumber
Dumpster Baby Blues Inspiration Bob Macumber The inspiration for Dumpster Baby Blues came a few weeks after I found out my wife was pregnant with our daughter. We were university students living pay check to pay check in a cramped one bedroom apartment. Although I was excited to be a father, an endless procession of […]
ODD AND BIZARRE with Jason A. Wyckoff
The Inspiration Behind A Man Called Cup Jason A. Wyckoff The kernel from which A Man Called Cup sprang is straightforward—it is, in fact, explicitly stated by the narrator: Hypothetical questions are useless, because ‘no one really knows what he’ll do in any situation until he finds it starin’ him in the face.’ The idea, […]
The Sirens Song 