Day 4 of the WordCrafter “Midnight Oil” Book Blog Tour
Posted: October 30, 2025 Filed under: Anthology, Blog Tour, Book Promotion, Book Release, Book Review, Books, Dark fiction, Fiction, Giveaways, Guest Post, Horror, Paranormal, Review, Short Fiction, Stories, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours, WordCrafter Press | Tags: "The Whistling", Anthology, Book Review, Dark fiction, horror, Midnight Anthology Series, Midnight Oil: Stories to Fuel Your Nightmares, Paul Kane, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours, WordCrafter Press 1 Comment
For Day 4 of the WordCrafter Midnight Oil Book Blog Tour, we’re over at Carla Loves to Read with Carla Johnson-Hicks and a lovely review, and a guest post from contributing author, Paul Kane about his story, “The Whistling”, and short video excerpts from Jon Shannon’s “The Stairs” and C.R. Johansson’s “Inside Out”. Join us in celebrating the release of Midnight Oil: Stories to Fuel Your Nightmares and enter our giveaway by simply leaving a comment to show your support and let me know you were there.
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Day 3 of the WordCrafter “Midnight Oil” Book Blog Tour
Posted: October 29, 2025 Filed under: Anthology, Blog Tour, Book Promotion, Book Release, Books, Dark fiction, Fiction, Giveaways, Guest Post, Horror, Paranormal, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours, WordCrafter Press | Tags: "Just Desserts", Dark fiction, horror, Midnight Anthology Series, Midnight Oil: Stories to Fuel Your Nightmares, Paranormal, Roberta Eaton Cheadle, WordCrafter Press 6 CommentsToday we’re celebrating over at Kay Castenada’s Book Places on Day 3 of the WordCrafter Midnight Oil Book Blog Tour. Kay has a creative guest post from contributing author, Roberta Eaton Cheadle and short video excerpts from her story, “Just Desserts”, as well as Chris Barili’s “The Snow Globe” and Zack Ellafy’s “Darkness Tolls”. Join us in celebrating the release of Midnight Oil: Stories to Fuel Your Nightmares, and get on the giveaway for a free digital copy, simply by leaving a comment so I know you were there.
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Day 2 of the WordCrafter “Midnight Oil” Book Blog Tour
Posted: October 28, 2025 Filed under: Anthology, Audio Excerpt, Blog Tour, Book Promotion, Book Release, Books, Dark fiction, Giveaways, Horror, Paranormal, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours | Tags: "Jeremiah", "The Boy Who Loved Horses", "Them Doore Girls", Joseph Carrabis, Midnight Anthology Series, Midnight Oil: Stories to Fuel Your Nightmares, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours 11 Comments
It’s Day 2 of the WordCrafter Midnight Oil Book Blog Tour and we’ve got some great treats in store for you. Today is release day for Midnight Oil: Stories to Fuel Your Nightmares, volume 3 of the Midnight Dark Fiction Anthology Series from WordCrafter Press. Thanks for joining us and helping us to send off this deliciously dark anthology.
On this stop, I’ll be introducing author Joseph Carrabis and learning about the three stories he has in Midnight Oil, including a reading of an excerpt from his story, “Jeremiah” done by Joseph himself.
Meet Author Joseph Carrabis
Joseph Carrabis is a master storyteller with a sharp sense of humor and deep linguistic expertise. Hailing from New Hampshire, USA, his passion for writing began at the age of seven while washing dishes with his older sister, Sandra. She’d read ‘Mission to the Heart Stars’ for a book report and shared her fascination and excitement over the story. Joseph, a plate in one hand and a dish towel in the other decided, “I want to give that joy in the written word to people.” With a career deeply embedded in evolving technologies, Joseph served as Chief Research Officer, Chief Neuroscience Officer, and Senior Research Fellow at several institutions and agencies while earning numerous awards for his journalism and trade technical writing.
Joseph refers to himself as boring – something loudly debunked by his readers and peers – and weaves wildly imaginative stories that dance on the boundary of the known and unknown sciences where natural, preternatural and supernatural intersect. Fans’ comments regularly mention Carrabis’ ability to bring together advanced mathematics, quantum physics, cybernetics, and neuroscience with believable multi-dimensional characters and spellbinding future technology. Joseph has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, recommended for a Nebula Award, and received an honorable mention in ‘Writers of the Future’.
“Them Doore Girls”
“The Boy Who Loved Horses”
Reading of Excerpt from “Jeremiah”
That wraps up today’s tour stop, but you can join us tomorrow over at Book Places. to meet contributing author, Roberta Eaton Cheadle and learn about her story, “Just Deserts”, and see excerpts from “Darkness Tolls”, by Zack Ellafy, and “The Snow Globe”, by Chris Barili.
The Giveaway
You can follow the links in the tour schedule below to visit any stops that you’ve missed, and be sure to comment at each stop, for a chance to win one of five digital copies WordCrafter Press will be giving away in a random drawing at the end of the tour.
Tour Schedule
Day 1– Poetry by Mich, Masticadores Phillipines & Hotel Masticadores – Christa Planko Guest Post/Excerpt “Sangoma, Zombie Elephants, & Tokoloshe, Oh, My!” & “Cattails”
Day 2 – Writing to be Read– Joseph Carrabis Reading – “Jeremiah”/Excerpt “The Boy Who Loved Horses” & “Them Doore Girls”
Day 3 – Book Places – Roberta Eden Cheadle Guest Post/Excerpt “Darkness Tolls” & “The Snow Globe”
Day 4 – Carla Loves to Read – Paul Kane Guest Post/Excerpt “Inside Out” & “The Stairs”
Day 5 – Writing to be Read – Denise Aparo Interview & DL Mullan Reading/Excerpt “The Price of Beauty”
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Join us for Opening Day of the WordCrafter “Midnight Oil” Book Blog Tour
Posted: October 27, 2025 Filed under: Anthology, Blog Tour, Book Promotion, Book Release, Books, Dark fiction, Fiction, Giveaways, Guest Post, Horror, Paranormal, Short Fiction, Stories, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours, WordCrafter Press | Tags: "Cattails", "Sangoma Zombie Elephants & Tokoloshe Oh My!", "Such a Time as This", Christa Planko, Kaye Lynne Booth, Midnight Oil: Stories to Fuel Your Nightmares, Robert White, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours 2 CommentsIt’s opening day on the WordCrafter Midnight Oil Book Blog Tour, where we’re sending off volume 3 of the Midnight Dark Fiction Anthology Series, Midnight Oil: Stories to Fuel Your Nightmares. Today’s stop offers a little taste of what you’ll find in this deliciously dark anthology with a guest post comes from contributing author Christa Planko on her story, “Such a Time as This”, and one from me on my “Sangoma, Zombie Elephants, and Tokoloshe, Oh, My!” Plus, an extract from Robert White’s “Cattails”. I’m pleased to say, you can get it on this wonderful tour stop in three different places through the links below because our wonderful host, Michelle Ayon Navajas is broadcasting it wide for us. I do hope you’ll join us in the celebrating the release of this wonderful dark fiction collection. Leave a comment for a chance at a free digital copy of Midnight Oil in our giveaway.
Poetry by Mich
Masticadores Philippines
Hotel By Masticadores
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WINNERS: The WordCrafter “Curses” Book Blog Tour
Posted: October 5, 2025 Filed under: Anthology, Blog Tour, Book Promotion, Books, Dark fiction, Fiction, Giveaways, Horror, Paranormal, Short Fiction, Stories, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours, WordCrafter Press | Tags: Curses: Chronicles of Darkness, Dark fiction, Giveaways, horror, Paranormal, Short Fiction, Tour Schedules, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours, WordCrafter Press 1 Comment
We had a great tour for the release of Curses: Chronicles of Darkness last week, with readings from Joseph Carrabis of both his stories “It’s a Man’s World” & “Grafton’s Ghost-Child”, a video from Molly Ertel about the inspiration of her story, “Clover’s Mirror Box”, and guest posts from Paul Kane on “The Weeping Man”, Robert White on “The Longspeth Curse”, Denise Aparo on “Mohawk Monster: The Curse of the Herkimer Diamond”, and me on both of my stories, “The Death Clock” & “Caverna Del Oro (Cave of Gold)”. And, of course, there was a giveaway for all of those visitors who commented and supported the tour, the anthology, and all of the contributing authors for one of five digital copies of Curses. So, without further ado,
(Drumroll please…)
And the winners are:
- Teagan Genevieve
- Meelosmom
- Author Jan Sikes
- Liz Gaufreau
- D. Wallace Peach
Tour Schedule
In case you missed out on all the fun, you can visit each stop through the links in the schedule below. I hope you’ll take the time to stop in and check it out.
Day 1
- Stop 1 – Writing to be Read – About the Curses Anthology & Meet Kaye Lynne Booth and Denise Aparo
- Stop 2 – Undawnted – DL Mullan Interviews Denise Aparo
Day 2
- Stop 1 – Robbie’s Inspiration – Meet Kaye Lynne Booth & Joseph Carrabis with readings of “It’s a Man’s World” & “Grafton’s Ghost-Child”
- Stop 2 – Undawnted – DL Mullan Interviews Joseph Carrabis
Day 3
- Stop 1 – Poetry by Mich – Meet Abe Margel & Paul Kane with a guest post about the inspiration of his story “The Weeping Man”
- Stop 2 – Undawnted – DL Mullan Interviews Paul Kane
Day 4
- Stop 1 – Roberta Writes – Meet C.R Johansson & Robert White with a guest post about the inspiration for “The Longspeth Curse”
- Stop 2 – Undawnted – DL Mullan interviews Robert White
Day 5
- Stop 1 – Writing to be Read – Meet Danaeka Scrimshaw, and Molly Ertel & Inspiration Video about “Clover’s Mirror Box”
- Stop 2 – Undawnted – DL Mullan interviews Danaeka Scrimshaw
Joseph Carrabis Promotional Posts
In addition, each of our contributing authors are being featured on the Joseph Carrabis blog through the 8th of October. You can access all of those posts through the links below, but please note that the links will not work until the post has gone live.
29 Sept 2025 Abe Margel’s “Uneasy Spirit” – https://josephcarrabis.com/2025/09/29/abe-margels-uneasy-spirit-in-wordcrafter-press-curses-anthology/
30 Sept 2025 Denise Aparo’s “Mohawk Monster: The Curse of the Herkimer Diamond” – https://josephcarrabis.com/2025/09/30/denise-aparos-mohawk-monster-the-curse-of-the-herkimer-diamond-in-wordcrafter-press-curses-anthology/
1 Oct 2025 Molly Ertel’s “Clover’s Mirror Box” – https://josephcarrabis.com/2025/10/01/molly-ertels-clover-in-wordcrafter-press-curses-anthology/
2 Oct 2025 Paul Kane’s “The Weeping Man” – https://josephcarrabis.com/2025/10/02/paul-kanes-the-weeping-man-in-curses/
3 Oct 2025 Kaye Lynne Booth’s “The Death Clock” – https://josephcarrabis.com/2025/10/03/kaye-lynne-booths-the-death-clock-in-curses/
4 Oct 2025 Kaye Lynne Booth’s “Cavern Del Oro (Cave of Gold)” – https://josephcarrabis.com/2025/10/04/kaye-lynne-booths-cavern-del-oro-cave-of-gold-in-curses/
5 Oct 2025 Robert White’s “The Longspeth Curse” – https://josephcarrabis.com/2025/10/05/robert-whites-the-longspeth-curse-in-curses/
6 Oct 2025 Danaeka Scrimshaw’s “The Lamp” – https://josephcarrabis.com/2025/10/06/danaeka-scrimshaws-the-lamp-in-curses/
7 Oct 2025 Joseph Carrabis’ “It’s a Man’s World” – https://josephcarrabis.com/2025/10/07/my-its-a-mans-world-in-curses/
8 Oct 2025 Joseph Carrabis’ “Grafton’s Ghost-Child” – https://josephcarrabis.com/2025/10/08/my-graftons-ghost-child-in-curses/
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Wrapping Up the WordCrafter “Curses” Book Blog Tour
Posted: October 3, 2025 Filed under: Anthology, Author Interview, Blog Tour, Book Release, Books, Dark fiction, Fiction, Giveaways, Guest Post, Horror, Short Fiction, Stories, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours, WordCrafter Press | Tags: Abe MArgel, C.R. Johansson, Curses, Curses: Chronicles of Darkness, Danaeka Scrimshaw, Dark fiction, Denise Aparo, horror, Joseph Carrabis, Kaye Lynne Booth, Molly Ertel, Paul Kane, Robert White, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours, WordCrafter Press 8 CommentsToday we’re wrapping up the WordCrafter Curses Book Blog Tour. I want to thank each of you who have joined us by following the tour and commenting to enter the giveaway, to help us send-off this themed dark fiction anthology, Curses: Chronicles of Darkness. We’ve had a great time meeting the contributing authors and learning about their stories. I hope you’ve learned enough about the stories in this collection to entice you to buy the anthology, and maybe found a new favorite author or two along the way. If you missed a stop, you can go back and check them all out through the links in the schedule at the bottom of this post.
Today we bring you a brief guest post by Danaeka Scrimshaw and a video post about their story inspirations her on Writing to be Read. Then over at Undawnted, DL Mullan will bring use her interview with Danaeka, as well. Don’t forget to leave your comments and questions for both stops on the first blog stop. We still have one more digital copy of Curses to giveaway.
Giveaway
We’re giving away 5 digital copies of Curses: Chronicles of Darkness.
All you have to do to enter is
follow the tour and leave a comment.
About Curses: Chronicles of Darkness
There are all types of curses.
Cursed places, cursed items, cursed people, cursed families.
Curses that last throughout time. Curses which can’t be broken. Curses which are brought upon ourselves. Curses that will kill you and those that will only make you wish you were dead.
Eleven tantalizing tales of curses and the cursed. Includes stories by Kaye Lynne Booth, Molly Ertel, C.R. Johansson, Robert White, Joseph Carrabis, Paul Kane, Danaeka Scrimshaw, Abe Margel, and Denise Aparo.
Pre-Order and Purchase Link: https://books2read.com/CursesChroniclesofDarkness
Meet Author Molly Ertel
Molly Ertel’s short stories have appeared in Akashic Books, Jerry Jazz Magazine, the Midnight Garden anthology and the Dark City Crime and Mystery Magazine among other publications. Additionally, she worked as a reader/editor for the Silver Blade Anthology. Her character-driven stories came out of her days as a photojournalist at the Airway Heights Corrections Center where she interviewed and wrote about the lives of inmates and the work of correctional officers.
Current projects include editing her second historical fiction novel for middle grade (8-12 year olds) that takes place during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962 and possibly delving into the world of creative non-fiction for children. Animal Olympics anyone?
Molly’s story, ” Clover’s Mirror Box”, is about a woman cursed with bad luck and her quest to break her curse. How do you break a curse? Well…, Clover uses a mirror box to break her curse. If you want to know how, you’ll have to read the story.
Inspiration Video for “Clover’s Mirror Box”
Meet Author Danaeka Scrimshaw
Danaeka Scrimshaw is a speculative fiction author writing novel length and short form for the past seven years. Between short stories, they’re working on the first book of a new trilogy called Ghedia of Duisternis.
Danaeka’s story, “The Lamp”, is about a cursed object; a lamp handed down through generations with a curse locked within.
Inspiration for “The Lamp”
My story, The Lamp, came to me subtly last October when my writing group wanted to do Halloween stories. It started with the memory of my great grandma’s old wicker lamp when I was seven. This one was ordinary, and we got to light it sometimes and watch the orange flames flicker as we blew across the open top, casting shadows on the walls.
While I was still going through my divorce, I had lost the muse and didn’t finish in time, stopping when Sebastien discovered the lamp was open. About a month after I started living alone, I felt invisible, just as this anthology opportunity came up. I had felt invisible throughout my childhood as well. This idea of being the forgotten child made its way into the story.
You can learn more about Danaeka and her story, by visiting the second stop on today’s tour, over at Undawnted, where you can catch Danaeka’s interview with DL Mullan.
Don’t forget to leave your comments and questions for both tour stops here for a chance to win the final copy of Curses: Chronicles of Darkness.
Tour Schedule
Day 1
- Stop 1 – Writing to be Read – About the Curses Anthology & Meet Kaye Lynne Booth and Denise Aparo
- Stop 2 – Undawnted – DL Mullan Interviews Denise Aparo
Day 2
- Stop 1 – Robbie’s Inspiration – Meet Kaye Lynne Booth & Joseph Carrabis with readings of “It’s a Man’s World” & “Grafton’s Ghost-Child”
- Stop 2 – Undawnted – DL Mullan Interviews Joseph Carrabis
Day 3
- Stop 1 – Poetry by Mich – Meet Abe Margel & Paul Kane with a guest post about the inspiration of his story “The Weeping Man”
- Stop 2 – Undawnted – DL Mullan Interviews Paul Kane
Day 4
- Stop 1 – Roberta Writes – Meet C.R Johansson & Robert White with a guest post about the inspiration for “The Longspeth Curse”
- Stop 2 – Undawnted – DL Mullan interviews Robert White
Day 5
- Stop 1 – Writing to be Read – Meet Danaeka Scrimshaw, and Molly Ertel & Inspiration Video about “Clover’s Mirror Box”
- Stop 2 – Undawnted – DL Mullan interviews Danaeka Scrimshaw
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Day 4 of the WordCrafter “Curses” Book Blog Tour
Posted: October 2, 2025 Filed under: Anthology, Author Interview, Blog Tour, Book Promotion, Book Release, Book Sales, Dark fiction, Fiction, Giveaways, Guest Post, Horror, Paranormal, Short Fiction, Stories, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours, WordCrafter Press | Tags: "Roadkill", "The Longspeth Curse", Anthology, C.R. Johansson, Curses: Chronicles of Darkness, Dark fiction, Robert White, Roberta Writes, Short Stories, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours, WordCrafter Press Leave a commentFor the first stop on Day 4 of the WordCrafter Curses Book Blog Tour, we’re over at Roberta Writes, where Robbie Cheadle introduces contributing authors C.R. Johansson and Robert White, with a guest post about the inspiration for his story “The Longspeth Curse”. Please join us in sending off Curses: Chronicles of Darkness, from WordCrafter Press. Don’t forget to leave a comment for a chance to win a free digital copy of the anthology, and then drop by our second stop to catch DL Mullan’s interview with Robert White over at Undawnted.
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Day 3 of the WordCrafter “Curses” Book Blog Tour
Posted: October 1, 2025 Filed under: Anthology, Blog Tour, Book Release, Books, Dark fiction, Fiction, Giveaways, Guest Post, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours | Tags: "The Weeping Man", "Uneasy Spirit", Abe MArgel, Curses: Chronicles of Darkness, Masticadores Phillipines, Michelle Navajas, Paul Kane, WordCrafter Press Leave a commentFor first stop on Day 3 of the WordCrafter Curses Book Blog Tour, we’re over at Masticadores Phillipines, with Michelle Ayon Navajas introducing contributing authors Abe Margel and Paul Kane, and a guest post by Paul Kane on the inspiration for his story, “The Weeping Man”. Please join us in sending off this deliciously dark fiction anthology, Curses: Chronicles of Darkness. Don’t forget to comment for a chance at a free digital copy of the anthology and visit Stop 2 over at Undawnted.
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Day 2 of the WordCrafter “Curses” Book Blog Tour
Posted: September 30, 2025 Filed under: Audio Excerpt, Blog Tour, Dark fiction, Giveaways, Guest Post, Short Fiction, Stories, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours | Tags: Anthology, Curses: Chronicles of Darkness, Dark fiction, Joseph Carrabis, Kaye Lynne Booth, Robbie's Inspiration, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours Leave a commentFor the first stop for Day 2 of the WordCrafter Curses Book Blog Tour, we’re over at Robbie’s Inspiration, where Robbie Cheadle introduces contributing author, Joseph Carrabis with readings from his stories, and allows me to present a post on the inspiration for my story “Caverna Del Oro (Cave of Gold)”. Join us in sending off Curses: Chronicles of Darkness. Don’t forget to comment for a chance at a free digital copy of the anthology and visit Stop 2 over at Undawnted.
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WordCrafter News: Winners of the “Shadow Blade” Tour Giveaway & Upcoming WordCrafter Press Projects
Posted: July 28, 2025 Filed under: Anthology, Books, Fiction, Giveaways, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours, WordCrafter News, WordCrafter Press, Writing | Tags: Curses, Giveaway Winners, Midnight Anthology Series, Midnight Oil, Shadow Blade, WordCrafter News, WordCrafter Press 1 Comment
Last week we stayed busy sending off the re-launch of Shadow Blade with the WordCrafter Shadow Blade Book Blog Tour. WordCrafter Press also released the original story prolog, Baiting the Hook, but we’ve added it as a free bonus book when you purchase Shadow Blade. The tour went off wonderfully, with many visitors who commented and entered in the giveaway. We were giving away three digital copies and one signed print copy of the book. Now it’s time to announce the winners of that drawing.
(Drumroll Please)
And the winners are…
- Beetley Pete
- House of Hearts
- Kamal at Boundless Blessings Blog
The winner of the signed print copy is Esther Chilton. If your name appears on the list above, please contact me at KLBWordCrafter@gmail to collect your prize.
August Projects
In July, I had an angel sent to me, or if not an angel, at least a guardian spirit, and as a result, I once again own a working computer, and I am slowly getting caught up on my production schedule. Because I was trying to operate Writing to be Read and WordCrafter Press mainly from my phone for the past few months, I’ve had to make some drastic changes, like putting my own personal projects on the back burners and pushing back my release schedule for collaborations.
So, for August, I’ll be playing catch up. I’ve pushed back the release of the Curses anthology to September, and I am currently working like mad to get my own two stories for the anthology, (“Death Clock” & “Carverna Del Oro (Cave of Gold)”, which were created in longhand, digitized and sent off to my beta reader before compiling and publishing the anthology in August. I’ll also be digitizing my story for Midnight Oil, (“Zombie Elephant”), and getting it off to the beta reader. Midnight Oil will be the third volume in the Midnight Anthology Series, which will be released in October.
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About Kaye Lynne Booth
For Kaye Lynne Booth, writing is a passion. Kaye Lynne is an author with published short fiction and poetry, both online and in print, including her short story collection, Last Call and Other Short Fiction; and her paranormal mystery novella, Hidden Secrets; Books 1 & 2 of her Women in the West adventure series, Delilah and Sarah, and her Time-Travel Adventure novel, The Rock Star & The Outlaw,as well as her poetry collection, Small Wonders and The D.I.Y. Author writing resource.
Kaye holds a dual M.F.A. degree in Creative Writing with emphasis in genre fiction and screenwriting, and an M.A. in publishing. Kaye Lynne is the founder of WordCrafter Quality Writing & Author Services and WordCrafter Press. She also maintains an authors’ blog and website, Writing to be Read, where she publishes content of interest in the literary world.
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