Summer Scares Giveaway - June 10 - July 4: Books, samples, previews and more! Great reads! 

It's Release Week!
 * Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter releases Thursday, May 10.
* Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter 2: The Axe Will Fall releases May 14. 
 * Release week contests & giveaways, start Mon. 5/7. See GirlZombieAuthors blog.

What's New???
A new edition of  Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter is coming out - with a new cover & edits!   ** The new Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter 2 is also coming soon. Title to Be Revealed!! Hoping pre-orders will be up by mid-late April.

** Here's a tiny sneak peek of the first line of the book blurb: 

After being acquitted of brutally slaying her parents, Lizzie Borden thinks her nightmare is over—but it’s only just begun!

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A little reveal - Here's part of the new cover title! Cool, huh???? What do you think?

Hope you had a great start to 2018!
   I started out the new year right with a great new review of my companion book, The Haunting of Dr. Bowen in the Jan. issue of Uncaged Book Reviews  4 stars! 
   Here's part of it: "... An enjoyable story to go along with Lizzie Borden (Zombie Hunter)... Though it explores a slightly different facet of the paranormal genre, it fits nicely into the world Verstraete had already built. Additionally, she added one last bittersweet surprise to the end of the book that reminded me of the story's predecessor..." - Kaitlin, see review online. (Jan. 2018, pg. 90) 

 What if Lizzie Borden's doctor was haunted by what he saw that morning in 1892, and by Fall River's past? 

My novella, The Haunting of Dr. Bowen, is on sale for Kindle - only 99 cents, Dec. 11-18. * BUY HERE. Get the details here. (Paranormal, some light horror, mystery, alternate history)

Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter - What if everything you heard about the historic Borden murders wasn't true? (See details here.)

Yes, I started Nanowrimo, the write-a-book-in-November project. I had written some already on Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter 2, so I wanted to use it as a quasi-schedule to keep going.

I slacked off a bit, but got some done yesterday. I'm at just over 19,000 words, so not bad. I'll keep going to see where it leads. I am almost thinking of a shorter, novella length, which I really like. The Haunting of Dr. Bowen turned out to be a nice, readable length and a neat little book... But we'll see...

Left off at a good, exciting point... Lizzie going out late at night, alone, to meet someone who sent her a mysterious note... Whatever could go wrong??  heh-heh-heh...

Wow!!!! - Today Descent Into Darkness hit #1 in anthologies/horror! How cool is that??

700+ pages of novellas, short stories and more! 
On sale 99 cents to Halloween!

My story, "Thirteen Horses" was a way to find perfect justice for a horrific, real-life crime...

I have a new story, "Thirteen Horses," in the Descent Into Darkness anthology. In print and  Kindle. Check out the cool cover! 700+ pages!

​What keeps you awake at night?

Murder and monsters...
Demons and forces of evil...
Ghosts and urban legends...
Dive into the darkness with twenty tales of terror that will keep you awake long after the lights go out.

A horror anthology featuring featuring several best-selling and award-winning authors from around the globe, "Descent into Darkness" contains a variety of terrifying short stories and novellas.
Includes:
Baba by Tony Urban
Blood Note by Sylvester Barzey 
Nail Gun Glissando by Steve Vernon 
The Evil in Devil’s Creek by Paul B. Kohler 
What’s Been Keeping Me Awake by Amanda Luzzader 
Mark of Perdition by R. L. Blalock
The Sun Makes Me Turn Purple by Gretta Penelope
Send in the Clowns by David J. Schmidt
The Nine Lives of Captain Osborne by E.E. Isherwood
They Want to Die, Let ‘em by L J Parker
Simon Says by Rachel McClellan
The Door by Delia Rai 
** Thirteen Horses by C.A. Verstraete
Zombie Apocalypse by Max Lockwood
Fetch by Joe Jackson
Knock, Knock by Cindy Carroll
His Model Son by Brian J.W. Lee
Ascension by G M Sherwin
Through a Dark Wood by Shayne Rutherford
Lock and Key by Patrick Logan


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I went to Milwaukee Saturday with some fellow writers to hear King and his son, Owen, who were touring for their new book release, Sleeping Beauties. As far as I know, this was their first-ever stop in this area! Read more on what the Kings said on my GirlZombieAuthors blog - part 1 and part 2. 
   Everyone who attended also got a copy of the book, which included 400 signed copies. And to my HUGE shock - I opened my copy of the book at home and found.... Wow!!