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Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Tea Leaf Tales: Blood Moon May Cause Harmful Circulation Changes

    It had never started with his feet; usually hair prickled slowly through the skin of his chest and belly where no one could see the change, so Mort had grown lacadaisical about checking moon rise times. Fur poked through his feet so thick, he had to remove his sneakers or circulation would cut off.
     After the guy next to him said, “Cool Halloween costume, bro,” Mort nodded and touched a hand to his ball cap, a good excuse to pass a hand over his face. Only the normal whisker stubble. Not wanting to chance getting on the bus without something to hide behind, he strode to the newspaper stand and bought a copy.
     Mort took a seat again and caught a horrific glimpse of his toes, now extending beyond the fur with heavy claws. He snapped the paper open against long wiry hairs protruding from his nose, where an article proclaimed, “Scientific study reveals that lunar gravitational change of today’s full Blood Moon may cause harmful circulation changes in persons who have blood disorders.”
     Mort checked and then removed his watch straining under thickening hair growth. He dashed into the Dollar Store next door, bought a plastic pumpkin bucket filled with cookies, and barely made back to catch the bus, where he offered treats to the passengers. With growls erupting from his chest, he stuffed his mouth with a cookie and sank onto a seat, thankful the month was October.

Tea Leaf Tales is a series of original ten-sentence short stories by Marsha A. Moore, relating to photos/scenes that resonate with her. 

Marsha A. Moore is a writer of fantasy romance. The magic of art and nature spark life into her writing. 

JOIN MARSHA'S MAILING LIST and receive a free copy of her paranormal romance story RULER OF THE NIGHT.


Read Marsha's COON HOLLOW TALES of paranormal romance and her ENCHANTED BOOKSTORE LEGENDS for adventurous epic fantasy romance. For a FREE ebook download, read her historic fantasy, LE CIRQUE DE MAGIE, available at Amazon and Smashwords.

Saturday, October 15, 2016

The banshee's mouth seeped aftertastes from countless dead witches #SundaySnippet Witch's Cursed Cabin #99cents #PNR

I'm participating in the Weekend Warriors Snippet Sunday. Find samples from other participating authors at the Weekend Warriors Snippet Sunday list.
From 
Witch's Cursed Cabin 
A Coon Hollow Coven Tale
Now on sale for 99 cents until Oct. 18th
A perfect Halloween read
Available on Amazon

The death servant loomed twelve feet above the boulder’s forward vertical drop. The sinuous hem of its dingy, shredded gown billowed over the rock toward me. Matted strands of hair undulated across the rock. Arms of an octopus coiled to strike.
Waapake hurled himself between the demon and me. The coyote gnashed his teeth at its gruesome, hollow face.
The banshee opened its cavernous mouth, a limitless depth that seeped aftertastes of powers from countless witches who died centuries before. The stench of that foul breath—a vile mix of rotted flesh, burnt hair, and vomit—made the yew potion smell like perfume.
I clamped a hand over my nose and mouth.
The coyote whimpered and pawed at his nose, then his muzzle wrinkled in a teeth-baring growl.

Genre: Paranormal romance/ Urban fantasy
Description:
Eager to be on her own away from home, twenty-year-old Aggie Anders accepts a relative’s invitation to live in Coon Hollow Coven. Although she’s a witch from a different coven, what locals say about the Hollow confuses her. How can witchcraft there live and breathe through souls of the dead?
Aggie’s new residence in this strange southern Indiana world is a deserted homestead cabin. The property’s carriage house serves as the coven’s haunted Halloween fundraiser. It’s a great opportunity for her to make new friends, especially with the coven’s sexy new High Priest Logan.
But living in the homestead also brings Aggie enemies. Outsiders aren’t welcome. A cantankerous, old neighbor tries to frighten her off by warning her that the homestead is cursed. Local witches who practice black magic attempt to use their evil to drive Aggie away and rid their coven of her unusual powers as a sun witch.
Determined to stay and fit in, Aggie discovers not only that the cabin is cursed, but she alone is destined to break the curse before moonrise on Samhain. If she fails, neither the living nor the dead will be safe.

Series description:

     The Coon Hollow Coven Tales series is about a coven of witches in a fictitious southern Indiana community, south of Bloomington, the neck of the woods where I spent my favorite childhood years surrounded by the love of a big family. The books are rich with a warm Hoosier down-home feel. There are interesting interactions between coven members and locals from the nearby small town of Bentbone. If magic wasn’t enough of a difference between the two groups, the coven folk adhere to the 1930s lifestyle that existed when the coven formed. 

     A note to readers: the books in the Coon Hollow Coven Tales series are written to be read in any order. The series is about one community, and its residents may pass in and out of various books, but each book has its own unique and special story to be told.

Coon Hollow Coven Tales include:

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Marsha A. Moore is a writer of fantasy romance. The magic of art and nature spark life into her writing. 

JOIN MARSHA'S MAILING LIST and receive a free copy of her paranormal romance story RULER OF THE NIGHT.


Read Marsha's COON HOLLOW TALES of paranormal romance and her ENCHANTED BOOKSTORE LEGENDS for adventurous epic fantasy romance. For a FREE ebook download, read her historic fantasy, LE CIRQUE DE MAGIE, available at Amazon and Smashwords.

Thursday, October 15, 2015

All Hallows' Reads Book Party Oct 29-Nov 1

This Halloween treat yourself to some scary good reads!

Join me and my author friends for this four-day Facebook event. We'll be sharing our scariest books, playing creepy games, and offering tempting prizes!

To join the event, follow this link:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1645527649046331/

Event Schedule: 

Thursday, October 29, 2015 (Eastern Standard Time)
9:00 PM – Debbie Herbert, author of “Changeling”
10:00 PM – E.B. Hood, author of “Malabeth the Vampire”
11:00 PM – Lilo Abernathy of “The Light Who Shines”


Friday, October 30, 2015,  (Eastern Standard Time)
11:00 AM -Jen Ponce, author of “The Bazaar”
12:00 Noon -E.B. Hood, author of “Malabeth the Vampire”
1:00 PM – Vivienne Savage, author of “Loved by the Dragon”
2:00 PM – Peter John, author of “Dead Medium”
3:00 PM – Constance Burris, author of “Black Beauty”
4:00 PM -Karen M McFarland, author of “Under a Bourbon Street Moon”
5:00 PM – Amos Cassidy, author of “Crimson Midnight”
6:00 PM – Rose Montague, author of “Norma Jean’s School of Witchery”
7:00 PM – Marsha A. Moore, author of “Witch’s Moonstone Locket”
8:00 PM – Lesley Donaldson, author of “The Queen’s Viper”
9:00 PM – Debbie Herbert, author of “Changeling”
10:00 PM – K.K. Allen, author of “The Summer Solstice: Enchanted”
11:00 PM – Joy Eileen, author of “Transparent”

Saturday, October 31, 2015, (Eastern Standard Time)
10:00 AM – Timothy Bateson, contributing author to “Moon Shadows: A Halloween Anthology”
11:00 AM – Fiona Quinn, author of “Weakest Lynx”
12:00 Noon – Joe DeRouen, author of “Memories of a Ghost”
1:00 PM – Marsha A. Moore, author of “Witch’s Moonstone Locket”
2:00 PM – Lilo Abernathy of “The Light Who Shines”
3:00 PM – Louise White, author of “The Calling”
4:00 PM – Lesley Donaldson, author of “The Queen’s Viper”
5:00 PM – Susan Stec, author of “The Grateful Undead They’re So Vein”
6:00 PM – Jennifer Reynolds, author of “Resistant”
7:00 PM – Tima Maria Lacoba, author of “Bloodgifted”
8:00 PM – Kayti Nika Raet, author of “Niko”
9:00 PM – Susanne Leist, author of “The Dead Game”
10:00 PM –
11:00 PM –

Sunday, November 1, 2015 (Eastern Standard Time)
10:00 AM – Rose Montague, author of “Norma Jean’s School of Witchery”
11:00 AM – K.K. Allen, author of “The Summer Solstice: Enchanted”
12:00 Noon – Louise White, author of “The Calling”
1:00 PM – Lesley Donaldson, author of “The Queen’s Viper”
2:00 PM – Joe DeRouen, author of “Memories of a Ghost”
3:00 PM – Jen Ponce, author of “The Bazaar”
4:00 PM – Kayti Nika Raet, author of “Niko”
5:00 PM – Julie Nicholls, author of “Fallen Angels”
6:00 PM – Fiona Quinn, author of “Weakest Lynx”
7:00 PM – Vivienne Savage, author of “Loved by the Dragon”
8:00 PM – Susanne Leist, author of “The Dead Game”
9:00 PM – Joy Eileen, author of “Transparent”
10:00 PM – Tima Maria Lacoba, author of “Bloodgifted”
11:00 PM – Timothy Bateson, contributing author to “Moon Shadows: A Halloween Anthology”

Use these links to get to know the authors & their books: 
During the party, I'll be taking those who are brave enough into the witchy world of my Coon Hollow Coven Tales. Sure to be a wickedly fun way to celebrate the Samhain sabbat! 

Here's some info about the first book in that series, Witch's Moonstone Locket
Genre: Paranormal romance
Description:
Twenty-three-year-old Jancie Sadler was out of the room when her mother died, and her heart still longs for their lost goodbye. Aching to ease her sorrow, Aunt Starla gives Jancie a diary that changes her entire life. In entries from the 1930s, her great grandmother revealed how she coped with her own painful loss by seeking out a witch from nearby Coon Hollow Coven. The witch wore the griever’s moonstone locket, which allowed whoever could unlock its enchantment to talk with the dead. 
Determined to find that locket, Jancie goes to the coven’s annual carnival held in her small southern Indiana town of Bentbone. This opposes her father’s strict rule: stay away from witches. But she’s an adult now and can make her own decisions. She meets Rowe McCoy, the kind and handsome witch who wears the moonstone. He agrees to let her try to open the locket, but they’re opposed by High Priestess Adara and her jealous desire to possess him. Desperate for closure with her mother, Jancie persists and cannot turn away from a perilous path filled with magic, romance, and danger.  

Here's the Goodreads link for you to add the book to your TBR list. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24807853-witch-s-moonstone-locket

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Marsha A. Moore is a writer of fantasy romance. The magic of art and nature spark life into her writing. Read her COON HOLLOW TALES of paranormal romance and her ENCHANTED BOOKSTORE LEGENDS for adventurous epic fantasy romance. For a FREE ebook download, read her historic fantasy, LE CIRQUE DE MAGIE, available at Amazon and Smashwords.