2015 October Frights Blog Hop - Grand Prize Package #Giveaway #paranormal #horror #Octoberfrights

Welcome to the 2015 October Frights Blog Hop 

Join 40+ paranormal and horror authors for ten days of screaming good fun. Books and prizes to be won!

Hosted by me (Clarissa Johal)

Today is the last day of the hop!
I hope you enjoyed my free short stories, exclusive excerpts, and Rafflecopter contests offering signed paperbacks & ecopies of my books, AND some awesome prizes. 

The Grand Giveaway! 

Prize package includes: 

Your choice of ebooks - 
BETWEEN, STRUCK,  or VOICES 

Ouija shot glasses - set of four 

A cameo appearance in my upcoming novel POPPY 
*If you win, I'll send you a short questionnaire, and will immortalize you (as a ghost!) in my upcoming novel

Coming Soon

POPPY 

A red-headed, pink-loving mortician who speaks to the dead.

A socially awkward funeral director.

Poppy and Dante from STRUCK are back.

Something is lingering around Skyview Funeral Home--and it's stealing souls of the departed. With Dante in tow, Poppy is determined to put a stop to it. Will she be able to protect those who are trying to cross over? Or will her soul be next?

a Rafflecopter giveaway

You still have a chance to enter all my contests!

To Enter my Giveaway Package for BETWEEN 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

To Enter my Giveaway Package for STRUCK

a Rafflecopter giveaway

To Enter my Giveaway Package for VOICES

a Rafflecopter giveaway

To Enter my Giveaway Package for THE ISLAND

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Keep hopping!

2015 October Frights Blog Hop - "Tandem" #paranormal #flashfiction & Final Prize Packages #Giveaway #Octoberfrights

Welcome to the 2015 October Frights Blog Hop 

Join 40+ paranormal and horror authors for ten days of screaming good fun. Books and prizes to be won!

Hosted by me (Clarissa Johal)

In case you're late to the party, from October 1-10th, join me for free short stories, exclusive excerpts, and Rafflecopter contests. I'm offering signed paperbacks & ecopies of my books, AND some awesome prizes. On October 10th, there's a grand prize so be sure and stop by then.

Today is Rafflecopter recap and my final free short story. Enjoy!

Tandem

Photo courtesy of Steven Erdmanczyk Jr via Flickr
EditedTandem by Clarissa Johal

She'd been visiting the playground alone for the past week. It was quiet at night, which allowed her the space to think. When she first noticed the swing next to her move on its own, it intrigued, rather than frightened her. She watched it creak back and forth, and then slow when she'd reach out to make a connection. Try as she might, her fingers would always grasp at nothing.

Within eyesight of the playground was a cemetery. It was her belief that the person using the swing must be a benevolent spirit from that place. Someone inclined to linger in a playground after their death. Someone who now offered comfort in her loneliness. Maybe a child, or someone like her. Someone who wished things were simple and kind. It was her belief that the spirit who joined her each evening, thought swings were more fun than headstones or mausoleums. She was unsure.

It had been a morning where she wondered if the cemetery wasn't the better place. The troublesome thought lingered all day. When night fell, she hurried to the playground, hoping the spirit would be there. It was, and they swung in tandem. What had been a fast-dying ember of happiness, grew within her being, and caught like a flame. The graveyard disappeared from her vision below, replaced by the stars above. Higher and higher she swung, until her feet almost touched the sky. Her thoughts were pulled, one by one, until nothing but elation remained. When she finally realized what had happened, she slowed until the creaking from the swing stopped completely. 

Silence settled in the playground in the wake of her departure. The hulking and misshapen entity who had occupied the swing, peeled itself from it and followed her into the graveyard. 

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If you haven't had the chance yet, my Giveaways are listed here:

To Enter my Giveaway Package for BETWEEN 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

To Enter my Giveaway Package for STRUCK

a Rafflecopter giveaway

To Enter my Giveaway Package for VOICES

a Rafflecopter giveaway

To Enter my Giveaway Package for THE ISLAND

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Keep hopping!

Roger Rabbit, you say?

 

My publisher just made a deal with author Gary K. Wolf for his third Roger Rabbit novel, Who Wacked Roger Rabbit?. This is big news for Musa Publishing and the authors currently signed with them. Why? Because Musa is an independent e-publishing company and Roger Rabbit is iconic! Musa has already accepted and published two of Gary Wolf's novels, The Late Great Show! and Typical Day but never expected him to submit his long awaited third installment to the Roger Rabbit series. You can read details on the Musa Publishing Blog and on Gary K. Wolf's website.

So, what does this mean for myself as an author? A bit more exposure, for one! Musa Publishing is a small publishing company with a stellar reputation. It's one of the reasons I was happy to join their family. But because of Gary's reputation and willingness to jump into e-publishing, it's a nice boost for Musa and the ground breaking business of e-publishing both. And the collaboration between Musa and Wolf is coming at a significant time. The 25th anniversary of Who Framed Roger Rabbit? is coming up in 2013 along with the confirmation of a completed Roger Rabbit 2 script by director Robert Zemeckis. It's definitely stirring up excitement among Roger Rabbit fans.

I was initially surprised to see that Gary Wolf joined the Musa family. Musa is constantly growing and adding new genres (another reason I sought them out with my paranormal/horror novels) but Roger Rabbit?  That just makes me smile. Plus, it proves that Musa Publishing has a little something for everyone.

BETWEEN will be released on December 14th, folks!

If you, or someone you know, like the paranormal genre, it would make a great holiday gift.

Tagline:

How far would you go to redeem yourself?

Blurb:

As a young girl, Lucinda was able to see spirits, a gift that didn't come without its problems. Now, a dedicated young veterinarian, she is committed to the idea that every life can be saved.

After a devastating accident, Lucinda tries to escape her past by moving to a small town. There, she meets a newcomer and feels an immediate connection with him. But there is another mysterious stranger to the small town, one that stirs within her a mixture of unease and desire.

As Lucinda is drawn into a bitter tug-a-war from the forces around her, she is likewise pulled into a dangerous twist of past and present events. Forced to make difficult choices, she finds that the two men are locked in not only a battle for her life...but a battle for their salvation.

Here's my Musa Publishing buy link
Once BETWEEN is released on December 14th, Amazon and barnesandnoble links will follow.

Have a great weekend!