Reviewers for Scary Story?

Do you like a suspenseful horror story set in Australia? This is your chance: send an email to request your eBook copy (state whether kindle or ePub) - limited number available, so get in fast. Clock's ticking. Read the intro here: mybook.to/Diaballein and if you're interested, send that email. If you like the story, a …

Glass Eye – Scene 1

approx 1600 words, the first scene of a suspenseful thriller about a field agent blinded on her first mission, and her journey toward avenging the death of her training partner in the same event. -- This example may not be exactly the same as the final version, so if you have comments or questions, I'm …

Who Reads Poetry?

The question is part of a Newsletter sent out by a poet whose words I read regularly. Who reads poetry? Why? How do they find it? What is it about the poetry that appeals? Poetry is a field of words I don't work in much. I read it. Some of it is inspired. I like …

A Stunning Feat

Herja, Devastation came onto the scene last week, made her debut. This week, she's sitting pretty. #1 New Release in its main category on Amazon. Three other categories show her in the top 100. She's spectacular, stunning, a bright, shiny light, new and different. Nouveau Noir in poetry and prose. Have you seen her yet? …

Spring Equinox

It is down here. Australia. Spring Equinox. When the days are equal in length to the nights, when summer is just around the corner ... Which, all in all, means I can get more writing done without turning on the lights ... Oh, yes, Herja, Devastation is still #1 on New Releases in its category. …

Birds & Weeds

Spring in Adelaide. Birds make war over territory and trees. Fruit trees flower as if there's no season beyond now.Weeds grow too fast for the eye to see. And it would be good. I love Spring.The flowers on the trees means fruit later.Or it should. Last year, most of the fruit trees died.This year, the …

Time, Please

Each morning (after checking overnight emails, of course), I scroll through WP posts, and I saw these opening lines:There are so many things I'd like to write about but the truth is, I don't have the time. It's the same boat, but a different size. I'm not doing puzzles, just the tidying up and finalising …

Next Week, the Valkyries Fly

Herja, Devastation The eBook comes out next week, the paperback later in the month. The legend of Valkyrie breathes, as Herja, Devastation, once wronged, aims her mortal agent at her enemies. This is the man who bears the tale of vengeance in service to a higher, eminently more noble being. He is her assassin and …

Nouveau Noir

Ever heard of Herja? You know, the Valkyrie sister! How about Frank Prem? He's the poet who's had his books listed as No. 1 on the Amazon sites a few times. Yes, a few times! And he's about to put out a new one later this month, too. Did I mention that Frank and I …

Diaballein, an Excerpt

Approx. 2k words ... due for publication Friday 30 August 2019 (in eBook; paperback to follow in September): https://read.amazon.com.au/kp/embed?asin=B07X287LRK&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_VolADbK3XGSW6 1. The ghost gums didn’t respond to the movement in the ground. They retained stillness, leaves held tight. Not a branch cracked, nor a twig dropped, not a single exhalation of breath escaped the stomata. The …