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- My part-zombie girl character Becca from my young adult book, GIRL Z: My Life as a Teenage Zombie has been turning sleuth! I have two stories coming out: New: In my story “The Nearly Ruined Thanksgiving,” Becca solves the mystery of the (dreaded!) missing cranberries, in the November edition of Mystery Weekly (http://www.mysteryweekly.com). ** See links on Fiction page to get issue. ** And her first short mystery: Now Out!! Becca faces her fear of dogs, fights some zombies, and solves the mystery of why many of the other dogs are disappearing in “Puppy Love and Zombies,” coming in the anthology, Young Adventurers: Heroes, Explorers and Swashbucklers. ("It was love at first lick." - #1linewed - from story.) The anthology features all kinds of adventures, including a boyhood story with the future Repairman Jack by author F. Paul Wilson.)
Updated: Feb. 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Dec. 15, 2012 A story on Wisconsin dog rescuers and fostering by freelance writer Christine A. Verstraete has been nominated for a Maxwell Medallion in the Feature in Mainstream Magazines category of the 2012 Dog Writers Association of America awards competition. The story and photos ran in the Jan/Feb.2012 issue of PRIME Magazine published by the Kenosha (WI) News. * The story was chosen as the category winner at the association's banquet on Feb. 10, 2013 in New York City. ** See DWAA.org awards announcement, (See photos & story links on nonfiction page.)  Today at THE CORNER CAFE: A Tasty Collection of Short Stories, there's a special new guest... a dog? And good thing!
I'm sharing an excerpt of my story. In "Perfect Timing," a rescued pup helps cafe owner Gina Mason find love and thrwart a would-be robber. See excerpt at my Candid Canine blog. ** BUY: for Kindle --- #2 in Short Stories!  Most towns, big or small, have that special place, the restaurant, diner, The Corner Cafe, where friends and neighbors gather for coffee, pie and some chit-chat. The Corner Cafe: A Tasty Collection of Short Stories follows that concept, offering stories by 15 authors set in or around the Corner Cafe. (See story descriptions.) *** BUY: for Kindle *** Find out more about the stories, and authors, via the stops below during the month-long blog tour. The Corner Cafe Blog Tour June 4 Blog Book Tours Kick-off Blog Book Tours Kick-Off June 5 Bob Sanchez June 6 Red Tash June 7 Bodie Parkhurst, Magic Dog Press June 8 Heidi Thomas June 11 Marian Allen June 12 W.S. Gager June 13 Candid Canine - Chris Verstraete June 14 Helen Ginger June 15 Kathy Wheeler hosts Christine Verstraete And read an excerpt of my story "Perfect Timing" at my blog June 18 Morgan Mandel's Double M June 19 Pat Bean June 20 Shonell Bacon June 21 Alberta Ross June 22 Karen Casey Fitzjerrell June 25 Pat Stoltey June 26 S.B. Lerner June 27 Maryann Miller June 28 Mary Montague Sikes June 29 Stephen Tremp  New fiction collection! Assorted stories set in or involving The Corner Cafe.
The Corner Cafe: A Tasty Collection of Short Stories by 15 authors including Marian Allen, Shonell Bacon, Karen Casey Fitzjerrell, W.S. Gager, Helen Ginger, Dani Greer, S.B. Lerner, Audrey Lintner, Morgan Mandel, Maryann Miller, Bodie Parkhurst, Bob Sanchez, Mary Montague Sikes, Red Tash, and Christine Verstraete. In my story, "Perfect Timing," a rescued pup helps cafe owner Gina Mason find love and thwart a would-be robber. BUY: for Kindle New story on dog rescues and rescuers in Prime Magazine, Jan/Feb. 2012 issue: http://www.primethemagazine.com/main/prime3a.php
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