Ghost Mark, A Dark Dreams Novel, by JP McLean is the newest winner of the B.R.A.G. Award

 

Ghost Mark, A Dark Dreams Novel 

The newest winner of the B.R.A.G. Award is critically acclaimed author, JP McLean

Jane’s nightmares are back—and this time, they’ve unleashed a brutal killer.

Jane Walker’s nightmares aren’t imaginary—they’re glimpses into the traumatic past; and the past can be dangerous, especially now that Jane’s protective birthmarks are gone.

Worse, she’s no longer invisible within her dreams—and learns this the hard way while using her power to incriminate a ruthless killer. Inadvertently revealing her ghost form, she launches him on a relentless hunt to track her down.

Even more disturbing, Jane knows this man. She once tried to use her power to save him from injury, but instead set him on a path of violent crime. Now, he’s targeted the man she loves, and Jane must keep one step ahead of this cold-blooded assassin before he gets rid of Ethan permanently.

Jane has one last chance to fix the mistake that altered this man’s history, but that means taking her most dangerous dream journey yet—one from which she might never awaken.

Ghost Mark is the second installment of the Dark Dreams Series by JP McLean, an author whose writing the Ottawa Review of Books calls “relentless and original.” 

Ghost Mark: McLean, JP: 9781988125633: Books - Amazon.com

About The B.R.A.G. Award:

Books that earn a gold Indie B.R.A.G. Medallion have gone through a rigorous review process that includes the quality of the writing, editing, formatting, and cover. Only 20-25% of books nominated for the award receive the distinction of the B.R.A.G. Medallion. B.R.A.G. is an acronym for Book Readers Appreciation Group, which is comprised of a large group of readers, both individuals and members of book clubs, located throughout the United States and in ten other countries around the globe. B.R.A.G. Medallion is a certification trademark owned and controlled by indieBRAG, LLC.

Praise for JP McLean: 

McLean's writing is as ingenious as her protagonist, ranging from grunge to repartee to sophistication to laugh-out-loud snarks. Ghost Mark is gripping. You won't put it down till it's done.  —Ottawa Review of Books

A captivating nail-biter that will leave readers thirsting for more! —InD'tale Magazine

Will keep you on the edge of your seat . . . an intense, riveting, and fast-paced novel. —Literary Titan

An exciting blend of action, mystery, suspense, and thrills with a supernatural kick that will leave you wanting more! —Ann Charles, USA Today bestselling author of The Deadwood Mystery series 

 

OTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES

Blood Mark is the first in a new paranormal thriller series by JP McLean, author of The Gift Legacy series and whose writing has been described as “. . . deftly crafted, impressively original, and inherently compelling from first page to last.”

·        2022 IAN Award Finalist Paranormal/Supernatural

·        2022 The Reader’s House Editor’s Choice Award of Excellence

·        2022 Global Book Award – Occult & Supernatural

·        2022 Eric Hoffer Award Winner

·        2022 Chanticleer Paranormal Award for Supernatural Fiction Finalist

·        2022 Wishing Shelf Book Award Finalist Adult Fiction

About JP McLean

JP (Jo-Anne) McLean is a bestselling author of urban fantasy and supernatural thrillers. She is an Eric Hoffer and Global Book Award winner and was a finalist in the Wishing Shelf Book Awards, the Chanticleer International Book Awards, and the Independent Author Network Awards. Reviewers call her books addictive, smart and fun.

JP holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business, is a certified scuba diver, an avid gardener, and a voracious reader. She had a successful career in Human Resources before turning her attention to writing.

Raised in Toronto, Ontario, JP has lived in various parts of North America, from Mexico and Arizona to Alberta and Ontario. JP now lives with her husband on Denman Island, which is nestled between the coast of British Columbia and Vancouver Island. You can reach her through her website at jpmcleanauthor.com. 

To request additional review copies or an interview with JP McLean, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com / 403.464.6925.   

We look forward to the coverage!

 

Tequila Sunrise, the newest single by music phenomenon and Bram Stoker Award winning author, Nzondi!

 

Tequila Sunrise!!!! 

The newest single by music phenomenon and Bram Stoker Award winning author, Nzondi!

 

 

Nzondi is an indie rock artist from Elmont, New York. He released his debut single “Teenage RockStarr” in July 2022. It featured Dave Moreno (Puddle of Mudd) on drums and Fredro Starr (Onyx). In 2023, Nzondi wrote his next single “Whatever” in the vocal booth from the top of his head without writing anything down but singing the words onto the track on a first take. “I wanted lyrics that came from pure emotion, free of overthinking and self-destruction,” he said.  

A few months later, Nzondi recorded the singles “Tequila Sunrise” and “Tequila & Rock 'n Roll”. Both songs were co-produced by Luis Phatkat Vega (Queen Latifah, Gang Starr, Naughty by Nature), and are featured on his EP “The Tequila Anthems Listening Party” along with his punk-rock driven song “Dirty Underwear” with a release date of July 24, 2023—National Tequila Day. Thanks to the promotional team at Alternative Twist Radio who broke his first single, Nzondi’s songs are now in rotation on nearly three-hundred radio stations globally with new stations adding his songs exponentially on a daily basis.

Now played on over 60 Radio Stations!!  

   Whatever by Nzondi on Amazon Music - Amazon.com

 

The rock singer, songwriter and Bram Stoker Award-winning author wrote, performed and produced the alternative rock song “Teenage RockStarr”. It features Dave Moreno (Puddle of Mudd) on drums. Both the radio and the clean versions feature Dave as the drummer but the clean version also features Hip Hop icon/actor, Fredro Starr from the legendary group Onyx.  

Influenced by mostly Seattle-bred bands like Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Jimi Hendrix Experience and Nirvana, Nzondi’s “Teenage RockStarr” carries the energy of a Red Hot Chili Peppers-charged track.  

Nzondi’s debut single being played in over 218 radio stations across the United States 

“Teenage RockStarr” by Nzondi from the album The Toxic:

https://ffm.to/teenagerockstarrpromo 

Stream “Teenage RockStarr”: https://ffm.to/teenagerockstarrpromo 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7jQwYqQmPOYpJXJXJpNaac

About Nzondi:    

Ace Antonio was born Acemandese Nzondi Hall in Elmhurst Hospital in Queens. Hall received his BFA with a concentration in drama from C. W. Post, Long Island University. He is also the author of the Bram Stoker award-winning novel, Oware Mosaic (Omnium Gatherum, May 2019), as well as the horror novels, Lipstick Asylum: Where the Dead Rise (Omnium Gatherum, September 2021), Confessions of Sylva Slasher, (Montag Press, April 2013) and a non-fiction book, Lord of the Flies: Fitness for Writers (Omnium Gatherum, April 2017).  

To request additional review copies or an interview with Nzondi, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com | 403.464.6925.   

We look forward to the coverage!

The Japanese Box And other stories, the newest collection by Award-Winning Horror author, Jennifer Anne Gordon

The Japanese Box

And other stories 

The newest collection by Award-Winning and critically acclaimed Literary Horror author

Jennifer Anne Gordon 

Released and published by Last Waltz Publishing!

The book is available worldwide in digital and paperback formats

 

 

Simulacrum is a dark comedic tale about college life, and love. It is the story of what happens when

two sociopaths attend art exhibits, drink lemon vodka, and spar over everything and anything.

Periods.

Coloring books.

Art.

This is the story of our unnamed narrator...an origin story of a would-be, hopes to be, serial killer.

The Japanese Box is a story that blends memoir, creative nonfiction, and the horror of a coming-of-age

story, and a coming of middle-aged story.

Imagine growing up with a reflection that is often absent, and a Japanese box that is filled with things that

should never have been there.

Memories.

Violence. 

The Japanese Box is a love letter to anxiety, trauma, grief, and longing. It is a story of a child becoming

an adult, and all the ghosts and misfortunes that happen in order to survive.

The Lithium Moon: Simone is an artist by day, and an emotionally abused wife at night. She is a

successful artist with a long history of schizoid effective disorder with bipolar tendencies.

When her marriage goes from good to bad, she suffers her first miscarriage. The tragedy coincides with a

wolf moon-Trauma and magic converge seem to converge in Simone's head.

This story explores sadness, illness, hallucinations, full moons, and the creative process.

What Stage of Grief is not a poem, or a song, but a dirge.

Fantasy and facts, this poem walks a fine line between nightmares and memories. Grief stories and love

stories. Dogs, and drama. Nightmares, and nevermore.

The Japanese Box and Other Stories: Gordon, Jennifer Anne: 9798986845135: Amazon.com: Books 

The Japanese Box and Other Stories: Gordon, Jennifer Anne: 9798986845135: Books - Amazon.ca 

The precision of observation here speaks not only to the honesty of the writer, but to the respect granted in all phases of life; Jennifer Anne Gordon is on full display. Smart, full of character, vibrant. You will feel, you will feel big, and you will return, too, to the richest moments of your own history, landmarks that bring you to both smile and weep. -Josh Malerman New York Times best-selling author of Bird Box and Daphne 

I compulsively read anything Jennifer Anne Gordon writes. Like the best contemporary filmmakers stitching together grief and horror, her storytelling is a sharp needle that both pierces and tugs us close. Compulsive and genre-slashing, with exquisite, rhythmic prose, THE JAPANESE BOX is an extraordinary exploration of alone-ness that beats and breathes: grief is horror, grief is love. We as readers are drawn ever closer to this beautifully haunted narrator until we're face-down in the box with her. Does she feel us? She thinks she is alone. We all think we are alone. By the end we've become the ghosts in her black room, reaching out to gently touch her hair and whisper we're here.-Diane Zinna, author of The All-Night Sun

 MORE BOOKS BY JENNIFER ANNE GORDON:

Beautiful, Frightening and Silent

2020 Kindle Horror Book Of The Year 

#1 Amazon Best Seller  

Pretty Ugly

2022 Helicon Award Winner

2022 Best Novel of the Year Readers Choice- Kindle Award            

            

ABOUT JENNIFER

Jennifer Anne Gordon is an award-winning author and popular host of the Vox Vomitus podcast. Her novel Beautiful, Frightening and Silent won the Kindle Award for Best Horror/Suspense for 2020, Best Horror 2020 from Authors on the Air, and was a finalist for American Book Fest’s Best Book Award- Horror, 2020. It also received the Platinum 5 Star Review from Reader’s Choice as well as the Gold Seal from Book View. Her latest novel Pretty/Ugly won the Helicon Award for Best Horror for 2022, the Kindle Award for Best Novel of the Year (Reader’s Choice), as well as the Gold Medal from Literary Titan. Jennifer is a member of Mystery Writers of America, the Horror Writers Association (where she serves on a jury for the Stoker Awards) and is the Agents and Editors chair of the New England Crime Bake Committee. 

Her upcoming collection The Japanese Box and Other Stories will be published in August 2023 (Last Waltz Publishing) she is also a featured essayist in Let Grief Speak by Diane Zinna (Columbia University Press 2024).

Her personal essays on grief, trauma, and horror have been published in The Horror Tree, Ladies of Horror Fiction, The Nerd Daily, and Reader’s Entertainment Magazine.

For more information you can visit her website at www.JenniferAnneGordon.com

To request additional review copies or an interview with Jennifer Anne Gordon, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com / 403.464.6925.   

We look forward to the coverage!

Killer With Ice Eyes, the newest installment of the Killer Series by Rockhill Publishing’s own, James Hill

 

Killer With Ice Eyes!!

 The newest installment of the Killer Series by Rockhill Publishing’s own, James Hill

 Released by Rockhill Publishing

The book is available worldwide in digital and print format

 

1997 – Maria is twenty-two years old. She is leading the Bright Skies Agency, an anti-terrorist/mercenary group, which combats human trafficking around the world. Barry Thomas, a government intelligence agent, working with Maria and her father MoJo objects to her tactics of letting herself be captured, then using the GPS within her to direct the BSA mercenaries to their target.

Maria is driven to finding Sgt. Warren whom neither her nor her father, MoJo, believe is dead.

MoJo tells her and Barry the only way to be certain of death is to look a man in the eye and shoot him in the head. He also tells them the Sargent will not show himself while he is alive. Maria takes control of the businesses which includes arms dealing, money laundering, kidnapping/rescues.
Nicky tells Maria he is stepping down as the Godfather and she is going to head both organizations. She has plans to rebuild the mob as a legitimate business after the Commission Trials had decimated the five families. At her request, Nicky puts out a contract hit on her as if she is performing a hostile takeover. She thinks it will bring Sgt. Warren out of hiding. It brings out more than they bargain for. Maria kidnaps Warren’s daughter to use her as bait, as he had kidnapped her, to force him to face her.

Sgt. Warren will face off with Maria and her iron fist, the Ball Buster, in a fight to death.

 

Other Books in The Series:

                            

 

Killer Series (4 book series) Kindle Edition (amazon.com)

About The Author

 

James L Hill, a.k.a. J L Hill, is a native New Yorker from the South Bronx, Fort Apache, of the turbulent 60’s. He earned a degree in computer programming, his other love. A multi-genre author, his experiences seasoned his novels and the worlds he imagined. James started RockHill Publishing LLC to publish his own work and give others access to the literary world. 

The four-part adult urban crime series, The Killer Series, is complete. Killer With A Heart, Killer With Three Heads, Killer With Black Blood have all received five-star reviews. Killer With Ice Eyes, the final chapter of the boys from the Bronx, is available now. He is currently working on a three-part historical fantasy Gemstone Series; The Emerald Lady is in publication to rave reviews. The Ruby Cradle and the third book, The Diamond Warrior, is coming soon. 

To request additional review copies or an interview with James Hill, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com / 403.464.6925.    We look forward to the coverage!

A relaunch of the critically acclaimed guide for women by Dr. Katherine Hayes, God's Little Black Dress for Women

 

God’s Little Black Dress for Women

How to Put on the Full Armor of God Without Losing Your Femininity 

A relaunch of the critically acclaimed guide for women by Dr. Katherine Hayes

 Released by Lulu.com

The book is available worldwide in print format

Women want to be spiritually stylish, but wearing the armor of God sounds clunky and unattractive. In "Gods' Little Black Dress for Women: How to Put on the Full Armor of God Without Losing Your Femininity", we discover how God tailor-makes a "little black dress of truth" that is battle ready for every occasion. Each of the 12 chapters is followed by a "Teaching Highlights" and "Participants' Guide" complete with memory verse and prayer focus scriptures. Also included is an excellent "Leaders' Discussion Guide", "Small Group Leadership Guidelines", "The ABC's of a Small Group Covenant" and much more! Don't miss the "Memorable Quotes" on page 179!

God's Little Black Dress For Women: How to Put on the Full Armor of God Without Losing Your Femininity: Hutchinson-Hayes, Dr. Katherine: 9781365056161: Amazon.com: Books

 

“The attention to detail the author gives to this book in regard to the biblical verses and the way the author was able to find ways of incorporating femininity and female empowerment into the lessons that each chapter taught were great to see. The importance of making more room for positive interactions for women and supporting women in general when it comes to faith and religion as a whole is so important in this modern age, and seeing the author’s work incorporate this into the lessons showed through her powerful experiences and memories.”  Anthony Avina_ Top U.S. Reviewer

About The Author:

Author, speaker, educational consultant, and editor–Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes, Ed. D. has had her hand in leadership for many years. She loves speaking to groups and delivering messages with a quick wit and real-life stories. Katherine is a freelance writer/content editor, a content editor/writing coach for Iron Stream Media, and a sensitivity reader for Sensitivity Between the Lines. She is a review board member and contributor to Inkspirations (an online magazine for Christian writers), and her writing has been published in Guideposts. Her work in art/writing is distinguished by awards, including the New York Mayor’s Contribution to the Arts, Outstanding Resident Artist of Arizona, and the Foundations Awards at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writer’s Conference (2016, 2019, 2021). She is a member of Word Weavers International and serves as an online chapter president and mentor. She belongs to FWA (Florida Writers Association), ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers), CWoC (Crime Writers of Color), AWSA (Advanced Writers and Speakers Association), and AASA (American Association of School Administrators). She serves on the board of the nonprofit organization Submersion 14 and is an art instructor for the nonprofit organization Light for the Future. Katherine hosts the podcast Murder, Mystery & Mayhem Laced with Morality. She has authored a Christian Bible study for women and is currently working on the sequel to her first general market thriller novel.

To request additional review copies or an interview with Dr. Katherine Hayes, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com / 403.464.6925.    We look forward to the coverage!

Launch Event for A Beach of a Crime is Sunday, August 20!

 

So I wrote a short story for a fun little anthology that comes out this Sunday! It’s called On Beach Time and features Dashiell Allman--Dash for short--who loves long walks on the beach, Jimmy Buffett, and a good mystery, which is why she became a Private Investigator. When her latest client, Phil Turner, turns up dead in a botched robbery, Dash races against time and the police to catch his killer.

Want a taste? Keep reading!

My phone fell off the table while Jimmy Buffett serenaded me about looking for salt over my earbuds. I reached to pick it up but was stopped cold by a shiny, black loafer resting on the back of my only good hand, the right one. There was only one man I knew who wore Brunello Cucinelli loafers with tassels.

“Phil. Buddy. What’s up?” I asked, still doing an awkward version of Triangle Pose while waving my purple cast in the air. Good thing I’d opted to put on shorts that morning.

“Your time.”

I smirked and stood as he released my hand. “Seriously? That joke’s as old as you are.”

He gripped my throat with his left hand before I could back away. A freshly broken left wrist from a fall while chasing a bad guy last night had made me slower than normal. Too bad I hadn’t listened when the doctor instructed me to fill the prescription of painkillers.

“Let’s make a deal,” he said, pulling my face to within two inches of his. “You solve a case for me, and I won’t have to kill you.”

I weighed my pros and cons. Pay rent. Solve a case. Life a little longer. Go work at the Seaglass Pub serving drinks while wearing a short skirt for tips.

“What case?” I croaked, struggling to breathe.

Phil Turner eased his grip but didn’t let me go. “Follow my wife and see what she’s up to.”

Trying to swallow, I asked, “Affair?”

His grip tightened as his spittle hit me right below the eye. “Not in a million years. You got that, Dash?”

The joke in my family was that my mom hated me, but loved Dashiell Hammett, which really sucked for the little girl she named Dashiell Allman. Not funny. The nickname Dash did make me feel faster though.

“Yup,” came out barely a squeak.

This time, he released me, shoving me back against the kitchen table. I really hated it when the creeps knew where I lived. I picked up my phone before he or the goon who blocked my doorway could step on it.

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