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I am busy here at Shadows Central gearing up for the fabulous month of August.  Why is August such a special month you ask?  Well for one thing it is my Birthday Month!  August also has the honor of a Friday falling on the 13th.  Oooh, now time to celebrate!

My house ravens are collecting pretty things and wrapping them in black paper and red ribbons.  This promises to be so much fun!  I am hosting a very special event, Friday the 13th Week at From the Shadows, and I have some very special giv...

Please welcome today's guest author Kristie Cook.  Kristie is the author of Promise (Soul Savers, book 1) which releases tomorrow July 30th!

EJ:  When did you begin writing?

Kristie:  When I was in the third grade, we were studying Paul Bunyan and other tall tales. We were assigned to write a short story. Mine was about a brother and sister who were touring a cave with their parents and became lost. The gnomes who lived there befriended them and helped them find their way out. I was the only o...

Congratulations to the winner of our Tyger Tyger International Pre-Order Giveaway !














Kwesifriends from Sweet Reads is our winner!

I use Random.org for all giveaway drawings to ensure fairness.  An email will be sent to the winner and a copy of Tyger Tyger will be pre-ordered from the Book Depository.  Congrats!

Please welcome today's guest author Abra Ebner!  Abra is the author of numerous books including Feather, Guardian, Raven, Knight Angels: Book of Love, and Parallel.

EJ:  When did you begin writing?


Abra:  Two years ago. I didn't like my job a whole lot, so I started writing to pass time (I know, bad ethics). Now, though, I'm glad I did it.

EJ:  What brought you to the paranormal genre?


Abra:  I've always loved the imaginary. I've written books that were true to the rules of science and socie...

Early to Death, Early to Rise (Madison Avery, book 2) by Kim Harrison.

Madison Avery's dreams of ever fitting in at her new school died when she did. Especially since she was able to maintain the illusion of a body, deal with a pesky guardian angel, and oh yeah, bring the reaper who killed her to his untimely end. Not exactly in-crowd material. It's amazing that her crush, Josh, doesn't think she's totally nuts. Now Madison has learned that she's the dark timekeeper, in charge of...

 Crescendo (Hush, Hush, book 2) by Becca Fitzpatrick.

Nora should have know her life was far from perfect. Despite starting a relationship with her guardian angel, Patch (who, title aside, can be described anything but angelic), and surviving an attempt on her life, things are not looking up. Patch is starting to pull away and Nora can't figure out if it's for her best interest or if his interest has shifted to her arch-enemy Marcie Millar. Not to mention that Nora is haunted by images...

Please welcome today's guest author J.C. Marino!  J.C. is the author of Dante's Journey and is currently working on Everything but the Face and Air.

EJ:  When did you begin writing?

JC:  I have to confess, I really don't remember when I started writing.  As long as I can remember, I was always trying to tell a story… either in drawings, verbally or writing.  I still remember being 19 years old and bugging my roommate (in the military) to read this story or that one that I'd just finished.  It...

Dante's Journey by J.C. Marino.

A flash of light and Detective Joe Dante steps through. No longer on the cobblestone streets of 1961 Boston, Joe finds himself in a horrifying new world--Hell itself. Joe was in hot pursuit of his family's killer, drug lord Filippo Argenti, when both were killed, and isn't about to let a little thing like death slow him down. So, with a healthy dose of New England stubbornness and the help of a mysterious guide, Virgil DiMini, Joe must evade angry ...

Wicked Girls: A Novel of the Salem Witch Trials by Stephanie Hemphill.

Wicked Girls is a fictionalized account of the Salem witch trials based on the real historical characters, told from the perspective of three young women living in Salem in 1692—Mercy Lewis, Margaret Walcott, and Ann Putnam Jr.  When Ann's father suggests that a spate of illnesses within the village is the result of witchcraft, Ann sees an opportunity and starts manifesting the symptoms of affliction. Ann looks up to...

Please welcome today's guest author Louann Carroll!  Louann is the author of the paranormal, sci-fi, urban fantasy new release Gemini Rising.

EJ:  When did you begin writing?

Louann:  Writing has always been my passion. In Gemini Rising Kate begins to write because she can't sing. Well, that's why I started writing. I'm an alto, and altos never get the good parts. I wrote my first children's book Journeys, the Adventures of Leaf, when my kids were small. The book turned into a series that even...