Throughout the book “A Journey of Decent into Unsanity,” a lady goes through a period of “temporary emotional distress – a minor hysterical tendency.” The account is full with clues that suggest that her issue is related to her recent motherhood, maybe postpartum depression. Her husband, who is well-intentioned but dictatorial and illiterate, confines her … Read more
Book Excerpt “Speak,” the voice commands. Would you like us to check the basement to determine if there is a freezer or food storage unit? The elegant woman is scrolling on her computer while seated. “That can be done by Jason and Radhrijio. Kayla, download their recordings. The response is “Yes, ma’am.” Kayla approaches the … Read more
Three separate storylines have been combined using a storyteller’s method to reveal the discovery of a message left behind by a departed relative. It compiles the whole truth and the ominous ramifications of the data it contains. The final words of the narrator are, “The most compassionate thing in the world, I believe, is the … Read more
Book Excerpt “A shroud may work as the coffin’s pall, I suppose. My blood rushes through my veins with immense power, and my long-restrained youth suddenly explodes into active activity, like an eruption in a volcano that erupts once every hundred years and then remains dormant. I feel as though life is rising within me … Read more
It was a long time since we had met when I received one morning a line of his dear little handwriting, formerly so firm, now trembling and uncertain. “We are in Paris. Come and see me. I am so dull.” I found him with his wife, his child and his dogs, in a lugubrious little … Read more
The Black Bag A powerless young woman bets her fate against three witches. Alone against magic. Desperation grows in Coryss. The young seamstress is the lone survivor of a curse. Her anger boils against those who killed her family. But Coryss stands against her attackers, no one will stand with her. … Read more