Hosting the interview portion of the Curses anthology blog tour was hexifying!
Even more invoking, the book cover was created by Undawnted's DL Mullan through a Sonoran Dawn Studios collaboration.
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What is a curse?
- : a prayer or invocation for harm or injury to come upon one : imprecation
- : a profane or obscene oath or word
- : something that is cursed or accursed
- : evil or misfortune that comes as if in response to imprecation or as retribution
- : a cause of great harm or misfortune : torment
His fame turned out to be a curse, not a blessing.
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A Salt Pines Mystery
My short story, Kurst, published the year prior in Midnight Garden is based on an ancient curse. This submission cycle, I decided to be a reader and not a participant, since I wrote a story about the theme last year. I don't want to bore anyone!
Funny thing is, the initial story took on a life of its own. Now, Kurst is part of A Salt Pines Mystery trilogy of novelettes/novellas... so, altogether does that make a full novel then? We're going to find out!
The first story is Wallen. It's about Karen Kurst's ancestor, who started on this journey to solve the homicidal monster mystery. Next, is Kurst, about Karen, who you all met in Midnight Garden. The last story is Bear. The intrepid guide of the mystery.
Or, is he?
Just adding to the mystery!
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About Kurst
Karen Kurst comes into the legal possession of her deceased grandmother's cabin in Salt
Pines, Arizona. As she delves into the secrets of the quaint mountain
village, she discovers that there is more than meets the eye. A
mysterious creature roams the woods, a blended cryptid: Elemental, Sasquatch, and
Skinwalker. The only way to contain this entity is through a magical
spell passed down by her ancestor, Ralph Wallen II. Teaming up with the
local indigenous sheriff, Karen is determined to break the family curse. Support Great Artists
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However, the question remains - will she have to sacrifice her own life to protect her newfound community?
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