Drowned Sorrow
by Vanessa Morgan

Drowned Sorrow brings an original twist to small town ghost stories; it pulls the reader in different directions so that when he thinks he knows just what to fear the truth has all but suffocated him.

This short, gripping tale combines the universal need for hope and faith in miracles with the unrelenting horror of drowning. Like the characters in it, this novel will grab hold of its readers and will not let go until all imagined details course through the mind like rivers of consciousness.

When Megan Blackwood finds her less-than-attentive parenting skills lead to the loss of her son, she attempts to escape the pain and reconnect to her daughter in what would seem a small town with a "fountain of youth". Other travelers arrive in Moonlight Creek seeking solutions to medical ails, but something about the locals and the town stirs deep within the sense of security. The lake which seems to possess potent powers of healing also contains the residents of the village and they don't want to be left alone or have their secret let loose.

Some will go willingly while others may fight, but Drowned Sorrow will drag each reader on an emotional undercurrent.

imaginary poems for my imaginary girlfriend named anabel
by Elizabeth Mariani

Click image to read review by Susan Marie

Connect to her by clicking here and take a listen to her words, thoughts and the person who is Elizabeth Mariani.

Ticket To Ride
by Graham Sclater

Ticket to Ride by Graham Sclater is a fictional drama based on a band from England. The author, Graham Sclater, himself is a Musician who was privileged enough to jam with Jimi Hendrix while he was in Gothenburg, Sweden in Sept of 1967. Sclater seemed to draw from some of his personal experiences on life as a gigging musician like having to play for six hours with only an hour of material and living month to month trying to set up the next place to play.

Ticket to Ride takes you from one end of the spectrum by going from a euphoric daze and non stop party to a sobering tragedy. The lifestyle of sex drugs and rock and roll described to the point of being uncomfortable.

This is a good book for any musician who plans to one day go on tour, as well as for someone who just wants to relive their past.

V3: The Vampire Vignettes Revamped
by G.L. Giles

Love in between Prostitution and Sex for Drugs and a place to stay. This book is your ticket to an overdose of reality from behind the scenes of a working band in the sixties. G.L. Giles wrote an exciting tale about modern vampires and vampyres living among us. V3: The Vampire Vignettes Revamped serves as a fantastic work of fiction with characters who remind me of my own friends (or friends of their friends). Set in Charleston and surrounding areas of the Southeast, the descriptions leave me checking the skies for Palmetto bugs and flying creatures as I walk down the streets in the book along with the humans.

I love the plays on words, character developments and descriptions of many creative new beings including Water Vamps, Puberty-turned Vamps, Vampires, Vampires and the differences between them. They make me think of the regular struggles all humans go through in varying stages of life and the book as a whole adds the escapism I seek in reading fiction works.

This book covers many mature subjects such as drug use and violence, but it does so in an almost cute way. Not to make light of vampirism, but the characters introduced seem human in their imperfections. Wiccan magick and Christian guilt are thrown into the mix with allusions to quantum physics and astrology. A perfect blend of serious ideas and fantasy complete V3 and make me long for my copy of V2:B4 (the prequel) to arrive through Amazon.com.

Lion's Share
by Russ Lippett

The lion's share usually refers back to an Aesop fable concerning hunting with a lion in the jungle. The lion takes the shares of all involved as he is "King of the Beasts". Never trust a lion when beginning a hunt....

Lion's Share , by Russ Lippitt, takes the reader by the tail and spins him around until he no longer feels a hunger for the wild side. Comparable to "The Outsiders", this novel reaches inside the all too real brutality of today's jungle world.

This is the kind of story one finishes with fear of knowing the answer to the question, "Where did the author get the inspiration to write this?" Take a trip through the darker side of punk life, love, sex, drugs and riding a motorcycle across the face of "finding yourself" type after school specials. This is one story which won't let go of the accelerator until the ride takes you across the pavement.