It's the end of year. The one known as Dezember. When people spend money like there's no tomorrow and life is one long party...allegedly.
Everybody knows that Amazon is owned by an evil man who exploits his workers. However Amazon is also the number one source for readers. When you're a writer, you can almost not afford not to have your books on Amazon. But every once in a while, smashwords hosts discounts that are popular enough to attract the attention of a bunch of readers you might otherwise not reach.
So while you're spending your holiday budget, I just wanted to give y'all a lil nudge to remind you that I have some books you won't ever regret reading...and they are 50% off on the smashwords end of year sale until Jan 1st. Don't say I never gave you nothin'.
Here is a little bite of
In the Shadow of the Styx, book one of the Child of Destiny series to whet your appetites and remind you that there's fantasy/gothic romance and then there's some crazy shit Annemarie writes.
Chapter Nine: Casper
Twelve hours later,
Bernard was talking to a black-cloaked figure at the end of the morgue
corridor. It wasn’t the gatekeeper; this one was much larger and more
terrifying. His hood completely covered his face, so they couldn’t see what he
looked like, but he towered over Bernard like a basilisk over its prey. They
seemed to be having an extremely intense conversation. Phil and Lillian clasped
their hands tightly together as they watched. It had been really close, but the
god of craps had been with them, and they managed to beat the house. Now they
waited anxiously for Bernard to get them the dark papyrus, apparently from Mr
Hooded Cloak at the end of the corridor.
Bernard was coming
toward them, a package in his hands. He held it out to them, his face betraying
some trepidation.
“Here ’tis,” he
said sadly. “May it serve you well.”
“Who is that?” Phil asked curiously, reaching
out for it, with a nod of his head toward the Cloak.
“He is a purveyor
of goods. Nobody you should be worried about,” Bernard shrugged in reply.
“Good then. So,
how do we get the flames?” Phil said.
“Back to Armand?”
Lillian asked.
“Yeah.”
“Now?”
“Yeah.”
They linked hands
and turned as one, headed for the top of the hospital.
“Armand?” They called
as they reached the dark attic.
They walked around, peering in dark corners,
but the place was deserted.
“Now wot?” Lillian
asked.
“Severin?” Phil
suggested.
“Where would we
find him?”
“Andy.”
“Right.
Reception?”
“Yeah.”
They walked back
down to reception but Andy wasn’t there. There was a commotion down the hall
though, as if some emergency were taking place. Without consultation, they knew
that Andy would be there. They might only have known him for a day or so, but
they knew one thing about him definitely—he always wanted to be in the thick of
things. There was definitely nowhere thicker than right in the middle of a code
blue.
Nurses and
orderlies were rushing past them, pulling the crash cart and looking frantic. A
doctor was shouting, “Clear!” at the top of his voice from a room at the end of
the corridor. As they walked toward the commotion, they saw a figure standing
just outside the door, staring in horror at the commotion inside. There was a
jagged gash on the side of his leg like he’d been gored open with a blunt
object. Blood was everywhere.
Hope that got you going enough to ask the question....
"And then what happened?"