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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… S. J. Tanner, author of Selda’s Quest

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S. J. Tanner, author of Selda’s Quest
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Bored with life as a royal princess, lady knight Selda embarks upon a quest to become a hero. However, questing isn’t quite as straightforward as bards and legends would have her believe.

Legends and ballads don’t mention much about the perils of wearing armour in the rain, the worrying incompetence of wizards or how to deal with handsome but smart-mouthed sidekicks.

Offered a quest by a mysterious sorceress, Selda finds herself battling cowardly dragons, zombie warriors, giant spiders and Puppets of the Dark Lord, all in the name of becoming a true hero.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Selda’s Quest?

S. J. Tanner: I was set a task in one of my college classes to write an alternative fairy tale and wrote the opening of a short story about a princess Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… S. J. Tanner, author of Selda’s Quest →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Michael Laimo, author of Rare Cuts

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Michael Laimo, author of Rare Cuts
(Self Published)

Rare Cuts is a brand new short story collection from popular horror author Michael Laimo.

From the author of Dead Souls, Deep in the Darkness, and Return to Darkness comes this new collection of short stories spanning the 20 year career of Michael Laimo. Rare Cuts is the fourth collection of short stories from Laimo, bringing together all those stories unfitting for his previous collections.

Here you will find extreme horror tales, tales of fantasy, science fiction and suspense. There are many original stories to this collection, as well as rare tales that first appeared in small press magazines, back in the 1990’s.

This is a big collection, containing 24 stories, nearly 80,000 words of horror fiction.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Rare Cuts?

Michael Laimo: Laying in bed at night, letting the wheels turn, with thoughts of someday hitting it big. Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Michael Laimo, author of Rare Cuts →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Monique D. Mensah, author of Smoke Screen

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Monique D. Mensah, author of Smoke Screen
(Kisa Publishing)

Lauren, Ryan, and Simone meet again after the tragedy that brought them together ten years ago. A serial killer is on the loose, and each of these women has a motive to kill.

Simone, a sexual abuse survivor and advocate for young girls, has begun to heal her wounds over the past ten years, but she is still trying to reclaim her life. Her mother, Jessica, thinks it’s unhealthy for Simone to immerse herself into a world of pain and jaded love when she has yet to fully heal herself.

Ryan is willing to do whatever it takes to become a mother, even if it means betrayal. With her biological clock screaming and a shameful ten-year secret bubbling to the surface, Ryan is determined to get what she wants, but she may lose her husband—and her mind—in the process.

Lauren, one of Detroit’s most prominent defense attorneys, redefines justice and seeks a way out of the career that has left her feeling trapped and torn. She can’t set her moral standards aside, winning acquittal after acquittal for the demonstratively guilty. But how far will she go to rid Detroit of its criminal filth?

As these women’s lives collide yet again, forcing them to deal with the tragedies of their pasts, they all learn that no one is safe behind the thin shield of a Smoke Screen.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Smoke Screen?

Monique D. Mensah: Smoke Screen is a sequel of my first novel, Who Is He To You. It takes place ten years later, after the tragedy that pulled my Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Monique D. Mensah, author of Smoke Screen →