Stalkers Book Blitz: spotlight on Rene Folsom
On this last Monday of February, we welcome everyone to the first day of the Stalkers Book Blitz hosted by Shane at Itching for Books Book Tours. Over 50 blogs are participating in this blitz. Every day this week each author who has contributed a short story to this anthology will be featured on a bunch of blogs. There are excerpts to read and a giveaway to enter. Don't let the scary cover scare you away. Stalkers has a wide assortment of stories, one is certain to satisfy your taste. Laurie from Reader Girls has a New Adult paranormal story, Powerless, in this collection. Check out Stalkers. It's on sale this week for $.99.
We are featuring author and editor Rene Fulsom today. Happy reading!
Stalkers: A Collection of Thriller Stories
edited by CynthiaShepp and Rene Folsom
Release date: November 26th 2013
Publisher: Indie Style Press
Purchase: Amazon
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
Shadows follow you in the darkness of the night and the eerie sensation of being watched crawls up your spine. Your sanity pulls apart at the seams as the terrors stalk their victims, leaving you too frightened to turn off the light.
These twisted stories will leave you breathless, dreading the horrors lurking around the corner.
Seventeen authors. Seventeen tales of terror. Infinite nightmares.
Stories featured in this anthology:
- Every Thorn by Rene Folsom
- Dead Ringer by Jason Brant
- Autumn by Elizabeth Collins
- Don’t Kiss the Dead Fred by A.E. Killingsworth
- Affliction by S.L. Dearing
- Lucid by Andrea Stanet
- Donations by Bart Hopkins
- Bernice by Chad Foutz
- Destination: Death by Eaton Thomas Palmer
- Powerless by Laurie Treacy
- Freezer Burn by Jon Messenger
- The Watcher by Lindy Spencer
- Immortal Luck by Magen McMinimy
- Izzy’s Assassin by Nicole Clark
- Say My Name by Michael Loring
- Damaged People by Nicki Scalise
- Blog Stalker by Phil Taylor
Excerpt
Later that evening, Brittany lay in her bed and stared at the rose
she placed on her nightstand. A dull, soothing breeze lingered from the patio
and made her sheer curtains dance gracefully in its wake. The moon shining
through the open sliding glass doors lit her room with dark hues of blue and
gray. The purple rose looked almost black with the muted lighting.
“Why purple?” she murmured, unsure what the gesture meant.
With curiosity burning a hole in her mind, she grabbed her cell
phone from the nightstand and searched the web for purple rose meaning.
Enchantment; Love at
first sight.
“Well, that’s a little bit of sweet and a whole lot of creepy,”
she said out loud while locking the keys on her phone and placing it back on
the table next to the rose.
Thinking twice about the implications of this random rose,
Brittany slid out of bed and tiptoed over to the doors leading to her patio. The
light wind tickling her bare skin made a shiver roll up her spine. Sliding the
heavy doors closed with a low whooshing sound, she breathed a sigh of relief
when she heard the click of the lock latching in place.
Slinking back into bed, she settled down against her soft pillow
and stared at the rose once more. The rose giver continued to plague her mind
as her eyelids grew heavy, and she began to doze off.
That night, Brittany dreamed of purple roses and stalker eyes.
About Rene
Rene Folsom, author of paranormal romance and erotica, lives in Florida with her husband and three kids. She has officially diagnosed herself with creative ADD and, if it weren't for her day job as a graphic designer, she would have a million and one writing projects going at once. In addition to web design, she is also a graphic artist who loves to create custom book cover designs for indie authors. She is definitely an artist at heart and would love nothing more than to be elbow deep in clay during her waking hours.
Rene believes that all fiction is based on some form of reality—otherwise we would never have the inspiration or knowledge to dream up the realistic situations we portray with our words. She is proud to say that her personal experiences have been inspirational, though perhaps not always identical to that of her fictional characters. Where reality and fantasy diverge, however, must remain her little secret…
Rene Folsom, author of paranormal romance and erotica, lives in Florida with her husband and three kids. She has officially diagnosed herself with creative ADD and, if it weren't for her day job as a graphic designer, she would have a million and one writing projects going at once. In addition to web design, she is also a graphic artist who loves to create custom book cover designs for indie authors. She is definitely an artist at heart and would love nothing more than to be elbow deep in clay during her waking hours.
Rene believes that all fiction is based on some form of reality—otherwise we would never have the inspiration or knowledge to dream up the realistic situations we portray with our words. She is proud to say that her personal experiences have been inspirational, though perhaps not always identical to that of her fictional characters. Where reality and fantasy diverge, however, must remain her little secret…
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ReplyDeleteThis is going to be a day time read for me. Sounds deliciously creepy.
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