Author: joannevanleerdam
Sinister hands snatch a newborn child and carry her to a tower where she lives in loneliness. Enmity between feuding families results in an elopement that ends in ways that nobody could foresee. You think you know these stories… but do you really?The destinies of these star-crossed teenagers entwine in this tale that reveals the story that Shakespeare and the Brothers Grimm never told.
It’s a common thing. As we go through life, we discover that people and things are frequently not what they seem to be, and what we understand to be the truth of our own experience often turns out to be something quite different instead. Life is as full of illusions as it is of genuine experiences.False friends abound. Trials hurt, but then deliver unexpected strength and blessings. People put … blessings. People put up smokescreens to hide their true intentions or feelings; and only sometimes do we ever discover why. The world seems hateful until someone delivers light and love in…
Friday, the magical black cat with a devilish sense of justice, returns in a second collection of macabre and darkly humorous stories. Set at significant times of the year, these stories celebrate key events while Friday delivers his own brand of feline justice to people who fully deserve what’s coming to them. If you have ever wished for revenge, or taken pleasure in seeing horrible people get … horrible people get their just desserts, this book is for you. more
From the macabre to the deeply disturbing, Lac Du Mort and Other Stories delivers eight chilling tales that will please lovers of horror and dark fiction.
People experience all kinds of night: loneliness, grief, depression, anxiety, fear, pain, and countless other darknesses.This collection of profound lyrical poems explores the poet’s own experiences and observations of both dark and light, revealing her determination to not only survive, but to conquer whatever tries to overcome her. At the end of it all, the poet demonstrates that the smallest … that the smallest sign of light is enough to help a wandering soul find hope in the passing of the night. more