AMAZING MULTI-AUTHOR SALE! $0.99 or FREE!!!

Ready for an AWESOME sale! Then check this out below. Each of these books is either FREE or $0.99 and some of them truly are awesome (may be biased as my book is in here.)

THIS SALE BEGINS ON FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Hello, Readers! Welcome to the Fantasy and Science Fiction Super Sale! All books below are priced at $0.99 or FREE. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I haven't read most of the books on this list. Authors assigned their own movie ratings. Please make sure to double check prices before buying.

TEEN PORTION

From $7.99 to $0.99 Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Fantasy Nicole has been chosen to lead an anti-magic organization in a revolution which will destroy all Aretes, including herself. But if she doesn't do it, a curse placed long ago will lead to everyone's destruction.	From $3.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: PG Genre: Fantasy In a land of magic users, one boy is born without magic. In a realm of angry dragons, one dragon befriends a human boy. Together, they follow their hearts in order to save their land.

From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: PG Genre: YA Fantasy Shanice has never felt like she belongs. Then she learns why—she is the last known princess from another world, their last chance to stop the one who is bent on destroying it.	From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: PG Genre: Paranormal Romance Christina is a demon, but she doesn't want to be. Only one person stands in the way of her transformation, and he will stop at nothing to keep her the way she is.	From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle * Nook Movie Rating: PG Genre: Urban Fantasy Megan's been known for her luck her whole life. But when a leprechaun shows up at her door, Everything changes. Her friends must help her get it back before it ruins her high school career forever.

From $3.99 to $0.99 Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes  Movie Rating: PG Genre: Gothic Paranormal Romance Amelia meant to help a ghost, not unleash a curse. As her classmate's bodies pile up, she must exonerate the boy next door...or end up the next victim.	From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Magical Realism When the royal family is brutally murdered, Princess Kazia is left to rule. But how can she rule when her home has burned to the ground and at any moment the assassin may return?	From $0.99 to FREE Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes Movie Rating: R Genre: Paranormal If Lord of the Flies and The Thing had a baby, and then that baby was raised by Evil Dead, it would grow up to be this toe-curling camp scare speckled with black humor and nasty stuff.

From $3.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: PG Genre: Time Travel Romance Cassie is going to heaven—if she can get amnesty from hell in the next twenty days. Her assignment is to change the eternal destination of a girl in Albuquerque to earn admittance into heaven.	From $3.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Dystopian Arcene, Awoken and trapped in her own body as a perpetual fifteen-year-old, gets a lot more than she bargained for when she finally finds herself behind the walls of the blue castle.	From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Science Fiction When the Hubble Telescope disappears, the FBI calls Jake Corby. Corby has promised his wife to cut down on the hero stuff, but when the ISS is targeted, his promise gets hard to keep.

From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Urban Fantasy What if the greatest weapon in the age-old war between good and evil was inside of you? Crystal Scott must use her newfound gifts against the tide of evil threatening all of them—or die trying.	From $4.99 to $0.99 Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes Movie Rating: PG Genre: Fantasy Born a Naga, Kanvar is hunted, hated, and driven into hiding. Soon the dragon sickness will come upon him, and he will die if he cannot find a dragon to bond with.	From $4.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Contemporary Fantasy Winner of the state libraries' Soon to be Famous Illinois Author Project! Three unlikely heroes board a doomed bus. Destination: the afterlife. Their mission: to save forever. But first they have to save themselves.

From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Supernatural Suspense St. Margaret's was an almshouse until its previous occupants burned to death years before. When a bag of bones falls on twelve-year old Julia, she gets thrown into the spirit realm with house's past residents.	From $3.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Fantasy Merge with a demon. Fight a traitor trying to destroy both their worlds. And above all don’t kill the people trying to help.	From $3.99 to $0.99 Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes Movie Rating: PG Genre: Time Travel When Petra Baron goes into the fortuneteller’s tent at a Renaissance fair, she expects to leave with a date to prom. Instead, she walks out into Elizabethan England.

From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Paranormal When a jagged cut shows up on Kylee's arm, she enlists her neighbor to help her uncover the truth. But Price shows her much more—he shows her what it is to be alive.	From $3.99 to FREE Kindle Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Dystopian Get this bestselling dystopian fantasy series from YA author Elana Johnson in one convenient digital boxed set! Includes 3 volumes: Elemental Rush, Elemental Hunger, and Elemental Release.	From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Paranormal Mackenzie Carver accidentally stumbles into a supernatural's plot to frame the school loner for murder, drawing the attention of the plotter and painting a target on her head.

From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Paranormal Can YOU survive the fish-zombie apocalypse? The fate of your friends and family is in your hands, and when the stakes are high, YOU need to decide what you’ll be—a survivor, or fish food.	From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: PG Genre: Ghosts What would you do if you had a camera that could photograph ghosts? When Jenine discovers an abandoned Polaroid, she realises the dead aren’t as peaceful as she’d imagined...	From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Spooky Fantasy Sam dreams he has a friend, but when he wakes, he always forgets him. One day he does not forget, one day he remembers, and on that day, the boy comes to stay...

From $3.99 to $0.99 Kindle * Nook * Kobo Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Urban Fantasy Kyle, an extraordinary level magic holder, has a problem. It isn't the pretty girl that has taken an interest in him. It's the organization that is trying to kill him. High school is tough.	From $2.99 to FREE Kindle Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Science Fiction High school dropout Darius Arthur Heisenberg is recruited to be an agent for the Keepers, whose mission is to maintain and protect the myriad threads of time. What could possibly go wrong?	From $2.99 to FREE Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes Movie Rating: PG Genre: Science Fiction Space Opera Bob Astor lands himself in the middle of a desperate crisis that could lead to the destruction of all human life. It's up to Bob to stop the dangerous alien force headed to Earth!

From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: PG Genre: Dystopian In futuristic America, ratings are everything. When Treena gets the wrong number, she takes a dangerous mission to prove her true worth. But why is someone trying to kill her?	From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Paranormal Romance Aspen—a skydiving, rock-climbing, bear-cuddling, adrenaline junkie, finds herself in real danger when she unwittingly ensnares the heart of Obsidian, the dragon king.	From $3.99 to FREE Kindle Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Paranormal Romance The bracelet around my wrist is a permanent reminder of my mission. The silver charm attached to the leather cord is stamped with my birth sign. Mission: Unite with my twin flame soulmate.

From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Fantasy Duty versus love is the one battle warrior Kae does not know how to fight.	From $0.99 to FREE Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes  Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Paranormal Mary has always been different. She'd like to be normal, but being able to hear ghosts means she'll never be like everyone else.	From $0.99 to FREE Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes  Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Coming of Age Fantasy As the second son, Micah Brachon is happy to focus on his inventions and experiments. When one of those experiments is sabotaged, he learns about the deadly faction that seeks to rip apart their government.

From $2.99 to FREE Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes  Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Paranormal Romance When do dreams erupt into reality? After Hannah, vacationing in Arizona, meets handsome Josh from the Navajo reservation, she experiences vivid nightmares about the Navajo nation’s past — a riveting tale blending romance and paranormal mystery.	From $4.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Science Fiction/Super Here Power of a villain, heart of a hero.	From $3.99 to FREE Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes Movie Rating: PG Genre: Urban Fantasy Mia Winterborne is destined to be special. Details are sketchy, though, as her dad disappeared with the answers. As her birthday draws near, long-buried lies are exposed, putting her on a path she never expected.

From $0.99 to FREE Kindle Movie Rating: PG Genre: Paranormal Romance On her sixteenth birthday Emily discovers she is a witch and accidentally causes complete mayhem as her first spells don't exactly go to plan. A young adult paranormal romantic comedy.	From $2.99 to FREE Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes Movie Rating: PG Genre: Fantasy When a psychotic werewolf comes to town, Xoe’s life is a disaster waiting to happen. Throw a tall, handsome vampire into the mix, and the question of Xoe’s preternatural heritage, and it’s total chaos.	From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: PG Genre: Fantasy When nerdy Rich Witz unwittingly becomes a paladin in training, he is thrust into a world where flunking a test can change history, and a mysterious bully is playing for keeps with his life.

From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Tamara thought she was a normal girl in a normal world. Wrong. Her new reality is full of ghosts and demons and she's a member of the Choir Invisible, a demon hunter. Join her.	From $4.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Apocalyptic/Dystopian No one knows why they have to evacuate at first. What they soon find out is it will take a lot of inventiveness with limited resources for the evacuees to survive the Weather Wars.

From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: PG Genre: Science Fiction If your heart rate goes over 140 beats per minute, you die. In a quest for the truth about the Bug and its origin, Nik and his friends work to keep their heart rates low.	From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: PG Genre: Science Fiction/Cyberpunk The world is broken. The powerful machines that once ruled over land and sky fought and died, leaving humanity in a primitive age of swords and monsters and only the Etherwalker can save them.	From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: PG Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy Above ground an epidemic sweeps the planet. In order to survive, most of the population must slave away in the dark, unforgiving caverns of the Yyinum mines. These self-appointed guardians strive for survival on Minea.

From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Science Fiction After the world was torn apart by the nightmares of myth and legend, a revenge-filled Caleb and a bewitched Eric find themselves on journeys to hunt down the Dragonlords.

ADULT PORTION

From $7.99 to $0.99 Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes Movie Rating: PG13  Genre: Urban Fantasy Nicole has been chosen to lead an anti-magic organization in a revolution which will destroy all Aretes, including herself. But if she doesn't do it, a curse placed long ago will lead to everyone's destruction.	From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: R Genre: Urban Fantasy The Goddess blesses Her people with 25 Telepathic Gifts. In addition to Telepathy, the Gifts include command over Air and Fire, Telekinesis and Teleportation. She never bestows more than 15 Gifts on a single person.

From $4.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: R Genre: Paranormal Romance When an ancient mystery leads archaeologist Alexandra Larson to a millennia-old war between god-like beings, she must choose between the father she's never met and the man she's fated to love.	From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes Movie Rating: R Genre: Science Fiction Romance Yanked from her life by the mysterious Revik, Allie discovers she’s the Bridge, meant to herald the evolution of humanity––or possibly its extinction. A psychic romance set in a gritty, alternate version of Earth.	From $0.99 to FREE Kindle Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Paranormal Homebuyers Kim and Julian get more than they bargained for in the secluded Beacon Estate. Its previous owners have been declared dead, missing. Something, however, still lingers in the house. Something unnatural.

From $0.99 to FREE Kindle Movie Rating: R Genre: Paranormal Romance Meet the couple that started it all, Edward and Connie. Two bear shifters that found each other in 1955 and started the Rochon family legacy. Sweet, spicy, sexy, and shifty.	From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes Movie Rating: R Genre: Urban Dark Fantasy Helena is ready to die. She gets more than she bargained for in the form of a vampire. An angel finds Helena alive and the vampire dead. Not mortal, not vampire … what is she?	From $4.99 to FREE Kindle Movie Rating: G Genre: Space Opera Everyone has a place where they always find serenity, a place that acts as their bond to peace. Aliea Academy was Space Cadet Q's bond to peace. And now it was going to be destroyed.

From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: G Genre: Science Fiction The galaxy is in crisis, and Carrie Hatchett is the last person on Earth who should be fixing it.	From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes Movie Rating: R Genre: Ghosts A woman mourns her murdered husband. A serial killer stalks his latest prey. Something unannounced moves amid the shadows, with an agenda very much its own. All are participants in the Damnation Game.	From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Paranormal Romance/Suspense Mystery, medical school, marriage - and murder! And if all that wasn't enough, Sara's also visiting other people's dreams. Can Sara catch a killer, survive medical school and keep her marriage in one piece?

From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Paranormal/Gothic Romance He's haunted by his troubled past; she's desperate for a fresh start. When their worlds collide, everything will change.	From $3.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Fantasy Jaxius and his companion, Tolian, must save a northern barbarian, Bergar, from death when Bergar’s soul is forced into Tolian’s body. Jaxius must call on a power from his past life to save his friends.	From $3.99 to FREE Kindle  * Nook * Kobo * iTunes Movie Rating: PG Genre: Magical Realism Henry and Chandra feel stuck in life until new relationships help them see the world differently, blurring the lines between the possible and impossible. This is a story about new love, hope, and possibilities.

From $2.99 to FREE Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes  Movie Rating: PG Genre: Fantasy Nonomine offers Maddy and her husband the one thing they’ve always wanted, but when things with the drug go horribly wrong, the price it exacts could be more than either has ever dreamed.	From $2.99 to FREE Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes Movie Rating: R Genre: Science Fiction Mashup A lush and fantastical tale of a prince who was created to save a planet but was tossed aside like yesterday's news.	From $2.99 to FREE Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Sci-fi Romance Never in a million years would I ever fall for the son of an alien drug lord. Or so I thought until I moved two doors down from Jett.

From $4.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: R Genre: Sci-fi and Fantasy A young shapeshifter must prove himself by passing a test in the wastelands. But before he can return home, he'll uncover the secrets behind what really happened 300 years ago to bring about the apocalypse.	From $3.99 to $0.99 Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Paranormal Evil is stalking a beautiful woman in Hawaii.  He is powerful, charming, and deadly.  She fled him once after a brutal attack.  Can she escape his powerful spells once more?	From $0.99 to FREE Kindle * Kobo Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Fantasy/Science Fiction Thrust into a world of elemental magic, Mieshka quickly realizes that the capital's mage-powered shield is at risk—and she's about to find out if she has what it takes to save everyone.

From $5.99 to $0.99 Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes Movie Rating: NC17 Genre: Fantasy Romance When Lillian finds herself facing off against vampires and other mythological impossibilities, help comes from an unlikely source—the stone gargoyle who has been sleeping in her garden for the last twelve years.	From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Fantasy A failed hero in exile is given a second chance when he encounters a wounded mourning cloak--a woman turned demon--who needs his help.

From $9.99 to FREE Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy 13 full-length paranormal and urban fantasy novels featuring witches, vampires, werewolves, mermaids, psychics, Loki, time travel and more!	From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Fantasy There is a story for every wave that washes upon the shoreline. Here are seven of them - stories of mermaids and ghosts and sea monsters and the sweetest apocalyptic love story I ever wrote.	From $3.99 to $0.99 Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes Movie Rating: R Genre: Horror/Urban Fantasy A celebrity-stalking photographer is forcefully employed by a woman who would KILL to find her reclusive movie star crush. That's no surprise—she's a vampire.

From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Paranormal Romance She’s neurotic, insecure and doesn’t believe in spirits. At least not until moving into a Hollywood bungalow that’s ‘inhabited’ by one. Can she survive his dangerous charms long enough to give up the ghost?	From $9.99 to FREE Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Paranormal Twelve novels with modern humans facing off against heroes, Norse and Greek gods, djinn, and monsters of old … over one million words of divinely (and diabolically) inspired fantasy, adventure, and romance.

From $2.99 to FREE Kindle Movie Rating: R Genre: Comic Fantasy Curious about the day Saint Christopher found out he'd been declared non-existent by the pope? What exactly is a cat in Hell's chance? Answers to these and other questions are in this short story collection.	From $2.99 to FREE Kindle * Nook * iTunes Movie Rating: PG Genre: Epic Fantasy Falen longs to be a scientist. There are only two problems: she's a woman and a princess. When a strange priest arrives promising everything she desires, Falen learns she should be careful with her wishes.	From $4.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Fantasy Dex wants to be a knight... Dominic wants to prove himself... Reynard wants to win the fair maiden's heart... But nothing is ever as simple as it seems.

From $5.97 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: R Genre: Science Fiction/Zombies Conspiracy theory meets zombie fiction. Journalist Hunter Morgan uncovers a sinister web that connects biological experiments at an Ebola treatment center with a pharmaceutical company, U.S. government officials, the CDC and the World Health Organization.	From $5.99 to $0.99 Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes Movie Rating: PG13  Genre: Epic Fantasy All Johanna wanted was to run her father's business. All she got was a mad prince.

From $2.99 to FREE Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Science Fiction Romance She's fierce, intelligent, subtle as a brick and he's only human. Can they find love and save the universe? Fun science fiction romance contains: aliens, blasters, culture clash, comedy, inter-species romance and a eunuch!	From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Post-Apocalyptic Mythology The world is thrown into turmoil as the ancient gods of myth and legend return to wreck havoc on humanity. Only a select few stand in the way of utter chaos and devastation.	From $3.69 to $0.99 Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Mythology Folklore Go back to the fells and forests of the distant north with these new translations of medieval Nordic ballads. There are tales of tragedy and glory, vikings and Norse gods ... and troll fighting.

From $3.99 to FREE Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Epic Fantasy Sucked into a portal to another world, Allison awakens with powers she can’t control and learns she’s fated to fulfill an ancient prophecy where one decision will determine which of two warring kingdoms will fall.	From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Fantasy He's a powerful Genie, trapped in a magic lamp. She's an ugly old witch. They'll fight the dark forces... together.	From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: R Genre: Science Fiction/Time Travel and Space Opera What happens when Evaran, a space and time traveling being visting Earth, decides to interfere in the alien abduction of four humans?

From $0.99 to FREE Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Sword and Sorcery In the first Mages of Martir book, Darek Takren must stop a dangerous plot that will spell the end not only for his home, but for the gods and the world as well.	From $4.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: R Genre: Science Fiction Time traveling was not on today’s agenda. Racing to intercept her thieving soon-to-be-ex, Evy Rivera is thrown back to ancient Spain with no rules, no guidance, and brand new, badass lightning bullwhips.	From $3.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: PG13 Genre: Fantasy Sam Sharp is trapped in another world. He must learn to harness the world’s unique vibratory energy to defeat the villain called the Gray Man or he can never go home.

From $5.99 to $0.99 Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes Movie Rating: R Genre: Science Fiction Romance When New York City is destroyed by a nuclear bomb, step-brothers Franklin and Everon are determined to find and save their sister Cynthia, her husband and infant child. An exciting tale of love and sibling-hood.	From $2.99 to $0.99 Kindle Movie Rating: R Genre: Weird Western Fantasy Ranger of Mayat is the first episode of PISTOLS AND PYRAMIDS, an ongoing weird western series best described as an ancient Egyptian spaghetti western with magic. And mummies. Lots of mummies.	From $2.99 to FREE Kindle * Nook * Kobo * iTunes Movie Rating: R Genre: Science Fiction When scientist Chris Morgan finds his name on a hit list, he suspects it has something to do with Baltimore's latest crime epidemic: illegal genetic enhancements.

Enjoy the books! And come check out Andrea's giveaway here.

WINNER ANNOUNCED!!!

So after a great giveaway we have 3 winners. That's right! And they are . . .

Scott Smith!!!

Congratulations Scott. You won a signed print copy of my book DAEMARKIN: DEMON'S VOW, a signed copy of A CHANGE OF PLANS, and the e-book of FACELESS.

Nicole Zoltack!!!

Congratulations Nicole. You won signed copies of ZOMBIES AT THE DOOR, and THE CRYSTAL BRIDGE.

Ann Barker!!!

Congratualtions Ann. You won a print copy of SOULLESS, or e-books of SOULLESS and MOONLESS. You also won one of the three prizes, your choice.


If you didn't win and would like to purchase the book, here's a link to DAEMARKIN: DEMON'S VOW.

Check in again soon for more prizes and upcoming promotions!

And Finally . . . Monica Millard!!!

And for our final author who has contributed to the launch of Daemarkin: Demon's Vow and our giveaway . . . Monica Millard!!!

 

 

 

 

Monica Millard was born and raised in Alaska. She doesn’t own a dog sled team, but has worked in a place where there are buildings with caged exterior doors to keep employees from being eaten by polar bears.

She lives in Wasilla, Alaska with all her critters, some four legged and others that stand on two. She writes Science fiction, fantasy, and Paranormal for young adults.

 

 

 

 

 Monica very generously offered Faceless for the giveaway (this one definitely isn't about polar bears.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I asked Monica some questions.

1. How did you get into writing?

Answer: I’ve always had a very active imagination. Nothing ever was just what it was in my mind. A clearing in the woods was a cottage with tree leaf carpeting, or a witch’s circle. I would lay in bed at night watching the big black bags of off season clothing, seeing them grow into scary monsters before my eyes. I remember once thinking there must be something wrong with me, because no one else made stuff up the way I did.

I also always liked to write, but usually it was just for me, in my journal, through poetry, and eventually I started writing out stories about all the things I dreamed up. It was the one thing I always did for me. It wasn’t until I turned thirty that I challenged myself to write a full novel. After that I was hooked.

 

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Sneak peak of Daemarkin: Demon's Vow

 

 

So, by now I've been teasing all of you with this book for a while. I thought you might like a small sneak peak to wet your taste buds.

 

So, without further ado . . .

 

 

CHAPTER 1

HE NEVER SHOULD have let the beasts get this far down the mountain.

Branches cracked. Brush rustled. One by one, the wolf-like maviel squeezed through the dense oaks, their backs scraping tree limbs eight feet off the ground. One of these days Zade wouldn’t be able to hold them back. What would happen to the villagers then?

He gripped the leather-bound hilt of his blade, his gaze darting between each pair of glowing red eyes piercing through the night as the maviel surrounded him.

Five. Six. Seven.

Only seven? His breath hitched, every muscle tightening. When the maviel took wolf form, they normally traveled in packs of ten. Where were the others?

He stretched out his senses, searching for their life signatures in the surrounding trees. A faint signature shifted behind him.

Zade jumped for the branches ten feet above him. Claws bit into his calf and raked along his leg, stinging as the maviel yanked him down. The creature’s breath lifted the hair on the back of his neck. As he spun to face the beast, the leather binding of his knife dug into his palm.

Snap!

Teeth closed next to his ear. His blade sliced through the wolf’s throat as easily as cloth. Hot blood sprayed over his hands, the sharp metallic tang mixing with pine and earth. He landed on one foot, not trusting his injured leg. The creature crumpled at his feet.

Stupid. I never should have let them get behind me.

He shoved the blade into its sheath and scooped a half dozen shuriken from the pouch strapped to his waist, ignoring the ache spreading through his leg. He balanced the sharp, star-shaped blades between his fingers as shadows took form beneath the branches. Red eyes shone like specks of hate through the darkness.

Seven enormous wolves crouched, hackles raised and teeth bared.

Zade’s grip on his weapons tightened.

Hindquarters bunched and the wolves sprang, little more than blurs of motion. 

Shuriken flew from Zade’s fingers and embedded deep in the wolves’ chests with a thud. Three crashed to the ground, spraying dirt into the air. The others skidded to a halt and regrouped only feet away.

The thick, heavy air constricted around him. Zade reached into his satchel for more weapons, every muscle tensed. Now that their numbers were depleted, would they dare continue the attack?

One wolf gave a low, guttural snarl and fled. The others thundered after it, cracking and swaying branches as they disappeared among the oaks.

The soft murmur of crickets resumed their chorus, cutting through the tension like a knife. Zade’s clenched fist loosened around his last remaining shuriken, and he pulled his hand from his satchel as the creatures’ howls moved ever farther away. Pain lanced through his calf as he limped forward. His breath hitched.

Don’t look. Weapons first, then safety.

He bent over a dead wolf. Moonlight glistened off the bloody shuriken as Zade pulled it from the still-warm body, coarse hairs brushing his skin. He wiped the weapon against his rough woven pants, leaving a crimson streak along his thigh.

Liquid trickled down his flesh, tickling his ankle, but he couldn’t check. Not yet. 

He stretched out his mind, searching the area for any more maviel. Four of the wolf-like creatures stalked through the forest nearly a mile away, their flight halted. The missing two joined them at the ridge.

Zade straightened, slid the shuriken into the bag at his waist, and checked for bandages. Hard metal weapons, a round wooden flute, and his last small loaf of bread . . .

A groan escaped. He forgot to replace his bandages before rushing from the house to stop the maviel.

He removed his dagger and sheared off a strip of cloth from the bottom of his shirt. The black fabric stuck to his leg as he wrapped it around the wound, covering the worst of the damage. He limped up the mountain, focusing on the bough of an evergreen, the sharp incline of rock, stars peeking through the leaves of an oak—anything to keep his mind off the wound.  

Blood seeped through the makeshift bandage and slid down the back of his heel. Each step along the worn pathway announced his injuries to the maviel. If they were smart, they’d press their advantage. Race back down the mountain and tear him apart before he had the chance to escape.

His leg buckled. The world twisted, a blur of dark green and shadows swirling around him. He grabbed a branch and hopped on one leg until the pain eased. Breathe. Home isn’t far now.

He placed his weight on his injured leg and straightened to his full height. A short climb through the trees and he’d be at the top. Just a few more agonizing steps and he could get his bandages. Maybe the maviel would even decide they’d had enough for a few days. He hobbled toward the rocky cliff and climbed onto the lowest branches of an oak.

The roar of a waterfall echoed through the trees and ricocheted off the rocks. Branches shivered beneath his feet as he leapt between them. Leaves grazed the exposed gashes on his leg, bringing tears to Zade’s eyes. He slowed, careful to avoid the devil-speared foliage as the muscles in his leg screamed in protest.

The edge of the cliff—safety—stared at him from ten feet away. Just one little jump and they wouldn’t dare come after him—unless they’d figured out he was alone.

No. He couldn’t think like that. He’d just have to trust that they still feared this place, still thought there were more Amodinajai to protect the valley than just him.

He blew out a breath, bracing himself as he eyed the gap to the edge of the cliff and the clearing beyond. One little jump with his leg half-shredded. He could do this.

He inhaled, coiled, and launched across the gap. Rocks ground into the bottom of his feet. A sharp stab shot up his leg. Biting back a scream of pain, he threw out his arms and held up his injured leg. The burn through his calf slowly faded. He breathed, focusing on the mountain clearing he called home as he willed the pain to dull.

A stream meandered around the outer perimeter of the clearing and fell from the edge of the cliff. Mist rose from the waterfall, thinning out along the stones and over the ground like a thick white blanket, giving an ethereal quality to the area. Once the sun rose, the mist would burn off, but for now there was something about this place, something that seemed like . . . home.

Faint memories surfaced—a woman with lavender hair smiling at him as she hummed some tune, a baby crawling around, purple fuzz on his head. He shook it off. No memories tonight—especially ones that weren’t even his. He couldn’t afford any more problems, and losing control of his other side was definitely a problem. At least when he was in the clearing, it was easier to control himself. Perhaps that was why the Amodinajai chose this spot as their home—that and the stone outcropping which gave a view of the entire valley.

He hobbled toward the hollowed out boulder he used as a shelter. Tight muscles along his neck eased as he pushed open a rough wooden door fixed in the stone.

Threadbare blankets spread over top of a fleece mattress squished against the wall. A line of shelves filled with half-empty boxes woven from reeds stood across from it, only two feet of space between them. He yanked a box from the end. Two rolls of tan cloth rolled along the bottom. He sighed and pulled them out, fingering the threadbare fabric and frayed edges. These weren’t going to last much longer.

His lips tightened, knuckles white.

Hopefully this year’s tribute would be more than a few worn blankets and poisoned food.

He shoved the box back on the shelf. Moonlight spilled through the open doorway. Sinking to the edge of the bed, he pulled off the drenched strip of cloth he’d used as a bandage. Dirt clung to his flesh, filling the gouges in his skin. As if getting wounded weren’t bad enough. He should have paid more attention, remembered to keep his focus on the beasts closest to him. But the last few days they’d changed tactics, hounding him to exhaustion as they tried to get past him and down to the village. He dropped his pants, and fabric peeled away from his flesh. A cry of pain lodged in the back of his throat. He peered at the gashes, blood staining the skin around them.

This wasn’t so bad. He’d been through worse.

He grabbed a worn set of doeskin pants—his last pair—and limped out the door.

The stream wound around the clearing like a snake. Life pulsed through the forest. Rabbits huddled in their burrows, and birds lay in their nests, hiding from the dark creatures that roamed the night. Hiding from him. Everything within miles remained safely holed away—except the maviel prowling the upper regions of the forest.

This battle couldn’t continue forever. One of these days some tactic they tried would succeed, and he’d end up as dead as the rest of the Amodinajai. He’d been injured more times than he could remember. What would happen if he just . . . stopped fighting?

It’s not as if the villagers would miss me. At least, not until the maviel were on their doorsteps.

He sought out the cluster of log houses in the valley below, nothing more than shadows in the darkness, a few glimmering lights peeking out like beacons. Seven hundred people counted on him to protect them. Seven hundred people who didn’t even acknowledge his existence. Seven hundred people he could never risk meeting.

But it would be so nice to just be able to talk to . . . someone. Anyone.

He scowled. What was wrong with him tonight? He wasn’t usually this sentimental.

He dropped down next to the stream. Icy water stung his flesh as he slid his leg into the stream’s cold clutch. Blood and dirt swirled away, joining the cascade that spilled over the edge of the cliff to the valley below. Four furrows ran down his calf, the flesh pulling apart as if the muscles were trying to escape. He lifted his half-numb leg out, picked thick moss off the rocks, and pressed it to the ragged flesh. At the very least it would stop the bleeding and dull the pain. Hopefully, it would heal quickly. He couldn’t afford to hobble around the mountain with an injury like this. There was too much to do—too many creatures to keep at bay. It would be nice to have some real medicine, something to stitch it up with, but that was a distant memory from a time before the villagers tried to kill off the “demon in the woods.” He snorted. They didn’t even know what a demon was. 

A new energy flickered at the edges of his senses. Zade stiffened and focused.

Four humans made their way through the forest up the mountainside. His gaze darted to the edge of the clearing, sensing out the maviel. Too close. Of all times . . . 

Zade bound his leg tightly and yanked his pants on, ignoring the pain. He strapped his satchel around his waist, ran to the cliff, and catapulted off the side. Rough bark scraped his feet as he landed, toes digging into the branch. Pain rippled through his calf. This night was going to be torture, but he wouldn’t let them die. He couldn’t. He leapt to the next bough. Wind whistled through his hair and chilled his flesh.

The maviel drew closer, racing for the easy feast climbing toward them. He had to get there first.

Branches whipped past, leaves tearing away as if they’d been caught in a whirlwind. He landed in a tree above the first two humans of the group and twisted toward the maviel, shuriken in hand. Each breath rushed out, harsh in the darkness. The maviel slowed, sensing Zade as easily as he did them. They halted just out of sight.

A girl stopped below him, auburn hair tied in a braid down her back. “Did you hear that?”

A soft breeze whispered through the leaves and brushed along the boy’s short hair, nearly white in the moonlight. Head swiveling back and forth, he clutched a knife like a life-line. “It’s just the wind.”

“This is stupid. We shouldn’t be here, Ehlrin.”

She had that right.

The boy glared at her. “I’m not going back.”

Stubborn idiot.

The two moved on. A moment later, two nearly identical boys slunk through the shadows beneath him.

The twins were back again. Zade glared at them. This game of theirs was going to get someone killed. Maybe he should just let them protect the village and see how long they lasted against those monsters.

He dropped to the ground behind the two boys. One of them stopped. His head turned, and Zade slid around a tree, blending with the darkness as if it were a second skin.

Green eyes brushed past his and moved on. The boy tapped his twin on the shoulder and inched closer to him. “Maybe we should call this off. Something’s not right.”

The other boy scowled. “And miss the chance to see Ehlrin squirm? No way.” He continued forward, his footsteps barely stirring the dead leaves matted on the forest floor.

Zade had to get these kids out of here before they got killed. The twins wouldn’t frighten easily, they’d been up here too often, but the others might. Zade crouched and picked several thumb-sized stones from the ground. He climbed into the branches and made his way to Ehlrin and the girl.

Hidden among the branches, Zade tossed a rock at the side of the girl’s foot. Dirt spattered over her shoe. She spun, pressing her back to Ehlrin’s, and clutched her knife in front of her.

Quick reflexes. Maybe she wasn’t completely helpless.

He lobbed a pebble at a tree next to them. Thud! The oak creaked and swayed.

“You know those stories about Demons’ Point?” Ehlrin’s voice trembled.

Good. Maybe he was starting to get the picture.

“Yes.” The girl’s voice quavered.

“I’m beginning to think they’re true.”

“Ready to go home?” A spark of hope filled her voice.

“No.”

Her lips tightened, and she widened her stance, flexing the fingers around her blade. “How long until dawn?”

“An hour, maybe two. It can’t be more than another mile to Demons’ Point.” Ehlrin inched forward, his fingers curled around his short knife. As if that would save him from the maviel. With his strength, it probably wouldn’t even get through their fur.

Silent as death, Zade slid through the branches above them and dropped to the ground out of sight. He didn’t have time for this.

He reached into his pack, fingering his flute. The fear it once created had waned among the wolves with each unanswered call.

The maviel were going to figure out eventually that there was no one left to provide backup—no one he could call for help. He was alone, the last defender.

He shook his head and shoved the whistle deeper into his bag. The flute was a last resort.

He crouched and grabbed a large, old pinecone, each woody scale the size of a thumbnail. If a swaying tree doesn’t make them go home, maybe a fireball will. He tugged the knife from the leather tie around his neck and cut symbols into the scales of the pinecone.

The crunch of brush grew louder. Someone should teach these kids not to make so much noise, but then if they were more than just beginners they wouldn’t be up here at all.

He cut the marks into a second pinecone and checked on the maviel. They roamed just outside of easy reach. With his leg injured, he couldn’t hope to chase them away.

Ehlrin and the girl stepped from between two trees.

Softer than the breeze, Zade whispered, “Blazen.” Fire crackled to life over the wood, caressing his hands like an old friend. With a pinecone in each palm, he rose up and threw them. A blazing ball streaked through the air, inches in front of Ehlrin and the girl, and crashed into a tree. Sparks showered them.

“Ah!” The girl threw up her arms and jumped back.

The second ball of fire smashed into the ground at their feet. Flames leapt up to scorch their shoes like beasts going in for the kill.

They bolted through the trees in opposite directions.

Zade leaned against a trunk with a sigh. Why did they have to run up the mountain? 

The crackle of flames died out, leaving nothing but a dark singe on the trunk. Zade stretched out his senses and found their energy signatures once more. The twins raced after Ehlrin, leaving the girl alone—and she was heading straight for the wolves.

The first light of predawn painted the sky in deep grays. Another hour before the sun broke over the ridge and forced the maviel to retreat.

He couldn’t let these people die. Not tonight. He just had to deal with the pain until then.

Just one more hour.

 

 

 

 

 

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The Amazing Crystal Collier!

And next in our lineup of authors is CRYSTAL COLLIER!

 

 

 

 

Crystal Collier is an author who pens fantasy, historical, and romance stories with the occasional touch of humor, horror, or inspiration. She can be found practicing her brother-induced ninja skills while teaching children or madly typing about fantastic and impossible creatures. She has lived from coast to coast and now calls Florida home with her creative husband, four littles, and “friend” (a.k.a. the zombie locked in her closet). Secretly, she dreams of world domination and a bottomless supply of cheese. You can find her on her blog HERE. 

 

 

When I asked Crystal what her favorite things were, this was her response:

 

Color: Pearl. I know, I know, it's kind of a cheat because pearl encompasses the entire rainbow, but the truth is, as a little girl my favorite color was a mix of iridescent blue, pink and purple which can only adequately be captured in pearl.

 

Animal: Eagle. Strong, majestic, and can fly. I mean, who doesn’t want to fly?

 

Number: 49. Since seven is the prefect number, square it and you get perfection forever, eh?

 

Movie: The Princess Bride

 

Book: Les Miserables

 

Musical: Phantom of the Opera

 

Supernatural Creature: If I’m not allowed to use my own (which are rather varied), I’ll go with a Pheonix

 

Holiday: Do birthdays count? I love Easter most, and Halloween, then Christmas.

 

Hobby: When Rachel asked for my favorite things, I immediately started singing that song from The Sound of Music, which is not my favorite--although I did play the lead in the musical once and can sing any song from the show on demand. So when considering a favorite hobby, I got stuck between writing, reading, singing, composing music, and teaching.

 

Nickname: Chicken

 

What got me into writing: When I was little, I told stories through pictures and eventually with words, gradually with music too. There was no magic moment, no persuasive experience. It’s always been a part of me and one that’s grown into everything I do.

 

Crystal is the author of Soulless (up for grabs in the coming giveaway) and Moonless. These are some amazing books about a girl that can jump backwards through time. Great writing and intricate story that capture the imagination and keeps you reading. I highly recommend.

 

 

 

Both Moonless and Soulless can be won if the winner chooses e-book form.

If you can't wait to see if you win (I totally understand, I wouldn't want to) you can get these books at http://www.crystal-collier.com/buy/ 

 

 

Let's Get to know Charlie Pulsipher!

Charlie Pulsipher is the author of ZOMBIES AT THE DOOR and THE CRYSTAL BRIDGE which he has been coerced (hordes of zombies may or may not have been involved #that guide won't help you now) into giving in the giveaway.

 

 

    Charlie Pulsipher is a were-hamster and lemur enthusiast who lives in Saint George, Utah with his lovely wife and neurotic dog. He writes sci-fi and fantasy or some mix of the two. He plans on surviving the inevitable zombie-pocalypse that will surely start when dust bunnies rise up against their vacuum cleaner masters.

   Don’t be fooled by his shy, humble exterior. He does bite and his velociraptor impression is quite scary. It’s probably the coolest thing about him.

   He spends his time away from the keyboard hiking and camping in stunningSouthern Utah.

 

   He has offered two books in the giveaway going on until February 6, 2016.

 

 

 

ZOMBIES AT THE DOOR is a guide to surviving the zombie apocalypse. (You can see why I'd have my minions chase him down now. Knew he'd be okay, he just had to say yes to get them called off.) It's hilarious, entertaining, and a great read. Definitely one I recommend.

 

 

THE CRYSTAL BRIDGE is a novel that spans worlds and genres, breaking rules at every turn. Imagine Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings meets Stargate.

 

I asked Charlie a few questions so we could get to know him better.

1. What are some of your favorite things?

Answer: The smell of rain. The stretch of hot cheese. The way words paint pictures inside my head. The muffled sound of snow. When I notice my breathing and find comfort in it. Songs that make me cry the first time I hear them, the lyrics and the music mingling together to dance along my spine. When my hair behaves itself and others notice. The shifting color of my eyes. The sound of the ocean. When laughter forces its way out of my lungs and refuses to listen to my feeble attempts to control it. And a really good soup recipe.

2. What got you into writing?

Answer: My older brother is dyslexic. He decided early on that the best way to overcome his challenge was to read as much as possible. He then shoved his favorite books into my hands, even if I was way too young for some of them. I read Ender’s Game when I was eight. It shattered me, and every sharp piece of me craved stories from then on, needed them. I didn’t actually consider writing as a career until college, but I think I’ve been writing stories in one way or another ever since that little boy discovered how powerful a few words on a page can be.

This funny, quirky, interesting man also does some amazing things with cardboard (you won't believe it until you see it.)

 

 

 

 

Yes, those are CARDBOARD. One of these days I'll have to get one.

Find him online at www.charliepulsipher.com

He neglects his twitter account. @charliepulse

Email him at raptorbark@hotmail.com (yes, that’s real)

And if you want a chance to own one of his incredible cardboard creations check out https://www.etsy.com/shop/CharliePulsipher

Find all of his books on his author page at http://www.amazon.com/Charlie-Pulsipher/e/B005RTRQ6A/