The Yin Book

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Purchase the ebook on ChineseWhisperings.com ($5.95)

Publisher: eMergent Publishing
ISBN: Unknown
Genre: Anthology/ General Fiction
Pages: 136
Release Date: October 10, 2010

Author’s Comments: My short story “Where The Heart Is” appears in this anthology, part of a mated anthology (two books interwoven).

Description:

In the international terminal of a large European airport, Monday morning is about to get a whole lot worse. At 7.35am Pangaean Airlines, one of Europe’s major carriers, is put into receivership grounding all flights, stranding thousands of passengers and impounding tonnes of luggage. But all is not as appears on the surface and the sliding-doors moment of one woman deciding to abandon her suitcase will ricochet through the lives around her.

For more information, and to read excerpts of the stories in this anthology, check out the publishers Yin Book Page.

The Red Book

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Purchase the ebook on ChineseWhisperings.com ($4.95)

Publisher: eMergent Publishing
ISBN: Unkown
Genre: Anthology/ General Fiction
Pages: 112
Release Date: January 1, 2010

Author’s Comments: My short story “Innocence” appears in this anthology, the first of the Chinese Whisperings series.

Description:

Chinese Whisperings is a conceptual anthology created by Australian writer Jodi Cleghorn and Scottish writer Paul Anderson. Each anthology is a collection of interwoven short stories by emerging writers from across the English-speaking world. Unlike other anthologies, Chinese Whisperings is created in a sequential fashion.

In a small North American university town ten lives are intersecting…

Miranda is reaping what she has sown… Mitchell understands there is no resisting fate… Clint dreams of forging a violent destiny… Elizabeth is about to make a discovery… Robin hides a terrible secret… Simon hasn’t slept in ten days… Sam is pursued by nightmares… Susie has lost everything… David has just been found… Jake is atoning for past evils.

…Ten ordinary people struggling to keep their sanity in an insane world.

*Check out my Profile Page on the Chinese Whisperings website, as well as read an Excerpt of the Story “Innocence”. You can also check out the Author Interview I did for the website and listen here to the audio promotion for the anthology:

Creatures of the Night

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Purchase the print book on Amazon.com ($14.94) and/or the ebook on Smashwords.com ($2.95)

Publisher: Absolute Xpress
ISBN: 978-1-77053-002-7
Genre: Anthology/ Flash Fiction
Pages: 82
Release Date: October 31, 2009

Author’s Comments: My short stories “Demon Disease” and “Mistakes Bite” appear in this anthology.

Description:

In June 2009, writers everywhere were issued a challenge—write an epic flash fiction story in under 1000 words.

But there was a twist, it couldn’t be just any story. It had to tell the tale of a creature that haunts the night; one that lurks in the shadows; one that hides in dark places.

Authors from all over the USA, UK and Canada met the challenge.

Within, you will find an eclectic collection of flash fiction that covers everything from the horrific to the humorous. There are real gems here—all waiting to scare you, thrill you, and make you laugh. Perhaps they’ll even make you wonder about what’s really going on out there while you’re asleep.

Read these stories in a safe place, preferably where you can bolt the doors and lock the windows, because tonight you will dream about Creatures of the Night.

Seven Deadly Sins

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Publisher: Absolute XPress
ISBN:978-1894817516
Genre: Anthology/ Flash Fiction
Pages: 54
Release Date: March 13, 2009

Author’s Comments: Two of my short stories appear in the first Absolute-XPress Flash Fiction Challenge anthology; “Truth Will Out “- Wining Entry for Envy, and “Three Little Pigs” - Tied Winning Entry for Gluttony.

From The Back Cover:

When the gauntlet was thrown we had to compete against each other and write seven sinister stories – each based on one of the seven deadly sins: Envy, Gluttony, Greed, Lust, Pride, Sloth, and Wrath.

Each story also had to be written in Flash Fiction: Fiction of Extreme Brevity

With a rush of adrenaline, a flurry of words were forced onto our computer screens – some in a less than gentle fashion. Soon our creativity was polishing the sentences and we hoped the paragraphs told each story in a manner unique to its author. Some stories reveal the entrapment in a single scene, others expose the characters fall from grace over a longer period of time.

Over all, these short stories accomplish their mission and show off the seven deadly sins in a style that is easy to read and hard not to enjoy.

* Check out these videos:
- Interview for CityTV’s “Your City” news for the “Seven Deadly Sins” anthology (on YouTube).
-  A Documentary from SOMOV on the “Seven Deadly Sins” books launch by D. Jeffrey Buchanan.