Tales From the Hanging Tree Stories Now Featured on Joseph Carrabis: “The Legend of Cottonwood Hollow”

Posted: September 13, 2024 | Author: | Filed under: Anthology, Book Promotion, Dark fiction | Tags: , , , , | 2 Comments
Kaye Lynne Booth’s ‘The Legend of Cottonwood Hollow’ in WordCrafter Press’ Tales from The Hanging Tree Anthology

Day 4 of the WordCrafter “Tales From the Hanging Tree” Book Blog Tour

Posted: September 12, 2024 | Author: | Filed under: Anthology, Blog Tour, Book Promotion, Book Release, Books, Dark fiction, Fiction, Giveaways, Guest Post, Short Fiction, Stories, WordCrafter Book Blog Tours | Tags: , , , , , | 2 Comments

Today we’re all ‘hanging around’ over at Undawnted for Day 4 of the WordCrafter Tales of the Hanging Tree Book Blog Tour with a guest post by contributing author Paul Kane about his story, “The Hanging Men”. Join us. (Please leave any comments here on Writing to be Read, as Undawnted is not comment enabled.)

http://www.undawnted.com/2024/09/paul-kanes-hanging-men-from.html

Tales From the Hanging Tree Stories Now Featured on Joseph Carrabis: “Death for Sale”

Posted: September 11, 2024 | Author: | Filed under: Anthology, Book Promotion, Dark fiction | Tags: , , , , | 5 Comments
Matt Usher’s ‘Death for Sale’ in WordCrafter Press’ Tales from The Hanging Tree Anthology

Tales From the Hanging Tree Stories Now Featured on Joseph Carrabis: “Therion’s Heart”

Posted: September 9, 2024 | Author: | Filed under: Anthology, Book Promotion, Dark fiction | Tags: , , , , | Leave a comment
https://josephcarrabis.com/2024/09/09/c-r-johanssons-therions-heart-in-wordcrafter-press-tales-from-the-hanging-tree-anthology/

Tales From the Hanging Tree Stories Now Featured on Joseph Carrabis: “The Hanging Men”

Posted: September 7, 2024 | Author: | Filed under: Anthology, Book Promotion, Dark fiction | Tags: , , , , | 4 Comments
Paul Kane’s ‘The Hanging Men’ in WordCrafter Press’ Tales from The Hanging Tree Anthology

Tales From the Hanging Tree Available for Pre-Order

Posted: September 5, 2024 | Author: | Filed under: Anthology, Book Promotion, Book Release, Books, Dark Fantasy, Dark fiction, Horror, WordCrafter Press | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

There exists a tree that is timeless, spanning across all dimensions, which absorbs every life as those who are hanged as they die… and it remembers every one. The stories within are a select few of the Tales From the Hanging Tree. 

Stories by Kaye Lynne Booth, Paul Kane, DL Mullan, C.R. Johannson, Joseph Carrabis, Sylva Fae, and Matt Usher.

To release on September 10, 2024. Available for pre-order now: https://books2read.com/Hanging-Tree

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And don’t miss the WordCrafter Tales From the Hanging Tree Book Blog Tour September 9 – 13. Find out more right here, on Writing to be Read.

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Book Review: Darkness Within the Forest

Posted: August 23, 2024 | Author: | Filed under: At the Movies, Book Review, Books, Horror, Review | Tags: , , , , , | 2 Comments
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About Darkness Within the Forest

Shadows of recent events follow James as he leaves Alaska, traveling through Canada with a group of strangers until a detour brings them to a house nestled deep in the forests of British Columbia. Haunted by his failures, conflict and mystery threaten to pull James into the very thing he’s been trying to run from.

When the fate of other people’s lives are affected by the choices James makes, will he take a side in a conflict he doesn’t fully understand, or will he look to the road again, distancing himself from any involvement, and the potential consequences it brings.

Purchase Link: https://www.amazon.com/Darkness-Within-Forest-Book-ebook/dp/B0BCXC8DBZ

My Review

I purchased a copy of Darkness Within the Forest from FreeBooksie. All opinions stated here are my own.

Darkness Within the Forest is the Darkness series Book 2, by Mathew Neighbors. On the run from one surreal situation, James quickly finds himself in yet another situation in which choices must be made, even when he doesn’t fully understand the stakes. Or perhaps it is the reader who did not grasp the depth of this tale, because I certainly wasn’t feeling it.

The writing contained a lot of telling and minimal showing, making it difficult for me to relate with any of the characters, least of all the protagonist, James. It begins by offering up backstory, which will affect his behavior throughout the story. Perhaps that is where the tale should actually begin? Because the relating of the backstory, for me, seemed far more interesting than the tale that eventually unfolds.

While Darkness Within the Forest has the potential to be an interesting and entertaining tale, it falls short in structure and writing style. I give it three quills.

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Kaye Lynne Booth does honest book reviews on Writing to be Read in exchange for ARCs. Have a book you’d like reviewed? You can request a review on the Book Review tab above.

Book Review: The Witches of Ravencrest

Posted: July 12, 2024 | Author: | Filed under: Book Review, Books, Dark Fantasy, Dark fiction, Fiction, Paranormal | Tags: , , , , , , , | Leave a comment
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About The Witches of Ravencrest

BEWARE THE WITCHES!

Murder Lurks in the Shadows

Governess Belinda Moorland has settled into life at Ravencrest and, as summer gives way to autumn, romance is in the air. She and multi-millionaire Eric Manning are falling in love … but powerful forces will stop at nothing to keep them apart. And as the annual Harvest Ball is set to begin, evil abounds at Ravencrest. Murder lurks in the shadows, evil spirits freely roam the halls, a phantom baby cries, signaling a death in the mansion, and in the notoriously haunted east wing, three blood-soaked nuns, Sisters Faith, Hope, and Charity, tend to the demented needs of a maid gone mad.

Vengeful Spirits

Ravencrest has come to life. In the gardens below, granite statues dance by moonlight, and a scarecrow goes on a killing rampage, collecting a gruesome assortment of body parts from unwilling donors … But Belinda’s greatest danger is the vengeful spirit of Rebecca Dane. Once the mistress of Ravencrest, Rebecca Dane has a centuries-old ax to grind with the powerful witch, Cordelia Heller – and Belinda becomes her weapon of choice.

Purchase Link: https://www.amazon.com/Witches-Ravencrest-Saga-Book-ebook/dp/B073GC59J8

My Review

The Witches of Ravencrest, by Tamara Thorne & Alistair Cross, is the Ravencrest Saga Book 2, set in an exquisitely dark world with a plethora of secrets where magic needs no explanation and spirits abound. I received a free digital copy from Freebooksie.

Belinda Moorland is the new governess at Ravencrest Manor, where powerful forces have been set loose, that even the Estate overseer, Grant Phister is unaware of. It doesn’t take long for her to get closer with the children’s father, Eric, but for reasons, yet to be revealed, there are forces working to keep them apart. Murder is amiss and power is building among the spirits as the harvest ball approaches, but Belinda may be more powerful than anyone suspects.

A tale filled with surprises that keeps you guessing at every turn. I give The Witches of Ravencrest five quills.

Five circles with WordCrafter quill logo in each one.

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Submission Deadline Approaching

Posted: April 25, 2024 | Author: | Filed under: Anthology, Short Fiction, Writing, Writing Contest | Tags: , , , , , | 7 Comments

Time is running out fast for you to get your submission on for the 2024 WordCrafter Short Fiction contest, and a chance to have your story featured in the 2024 Dark Fiction anthology by WordCrafter Press. The approching deadline is April 30, 2024. You can find the submission guidelines here: https://writingtoberead.com/2024/01/01/call-for-submissions/

Call for Submissions

Posted: January 1, 2024 | Author: | Filed under: Anthology, Dark fiction, Short Fiction, Stories, Writing Contest | Tags: , , , | 10 Comments

Its the start of a new year and time to announce the call for submissions for the annual WordCrafter Press short fiction contest. For 2024, the theme will be dark fiction of any genre: Dark Fantasy, Science Fiction, Paranormal, Dark Humor, Horror, Noir… I’ll even accept romance, if the story is dark.

The submission deadline is April 30, and the as yet, untitled anthology will be released in October. All submissions will be considered for publication, and the winning story is guaranteed a spot in the anthology. Follow the submission guidelines below.

Submission Guidelines

WordCrafter Press is looking for original short stories with dark elements. Previously unpublished stories only.

Genres: Any genre as long as the story is dark.

Length: up to 5000 words

Submission Deadline: April 30, 2024

Pay: Royalty share

Rights: First Anthology Rights and audio rights as part of the anthology; rights revert to author one month after publication; publisher retains non-exclusive right to include in the anthology as a whole. 

Open to submissions from January 1 through April 30, 2024.  

Submit: A Microsoft Word or RTF file in standard manuscript format to KLBWordCrafter@gmail.com

If you don’t know what standard manuscript format is, review, for example, https://www.shunn.net/format/classic/

Multiple and simultaneous submissions accepted.

Find some helpful tips for submitting short fiction here, but mainly just follow the guidelines.

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Submit your story with a cover letter to KLBWordCrafter@gmail.com with “Submission: [Your Title]” in the subject line and pay the $5 entry fee below.

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Contest Entry

Enter the 2024 WordCrafter Short Fiction Contest for a chance at an invitation to the Visions anthology and a grand prize $25 gift card.

$5.00

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