Reviewed by You: Midnight Garden Review of Kurst, A Salt Pines Mystery

About Kurst: A Salt Pines Mystery

 

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. 

However, the question remains - will she have to sacrifice her own life to protect her newfound community?

For more on A Salt Pines Mystery series, visit Undawnted's Kurst page. 

• The Kurst short story was published in Midnight Garden anthology by WordCrafter Press. 
• Kurst: A Salt Pine Mystery novelette is available as a stand-alone book, and published by Sonoran Dawn Studios/Publishing, and Undawnted.  

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The Review 

LINDSEY’S WRITING PRACTICE: Book Review 
Anthology Review: MIDNIGHT GARDEN: Where Dark Tales Grow

Also, suspenseful but not as grim, DL Mullan’s “Kurst,” is one of my favorites in this collection. Set in Salt Pines, a village in Arizona, “between dreamy pine peaks and unfathomable horrors,” the story opens when Karen Kurst leaves her [photojournalist] job to check out the “Kurst inheritance” on the [Tonto] National Forest’s eastern edge. After she encounters Sheriff “Bear” Barrett, who offers her background about her inheritance and [r]eading materials, this story takes readers on a wild—frightening—but fulfilling “ride.”

 

Read the rest of her review of Midnight Garden anthology on Writing to be Read.  

 

Also, on Undawnted's YouTube channel: Kurst: A Salt Pines Mystery | Review by You | DL Mullan. 

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About DL Mullan

A writer at heart, Undawnted’s own creative spark, DL Mullan, began writing short stories and poetry before adolescence. Over the years, Ms. Mullan has showcased her literary talents by self-publishing several collections of her poetry. She also writes novels, designs apparel, and creates digital art. Ms. Mullan‘s creative writing is available in digital and print collections, from academia to commercial anthologies. As an independent publisher, she produces her own book cover designs as well as maintains her own websites. She is an award-winning digital artist and poet.

Currently, she has embarked on writing her multi-book Legacy Universe, Supernatural Superhero Series, as well as creating original soundtracks for her publications and independent electronic music albums, featured on SoundCloud and YouTube.

DL Mullan holds a Master of Arts in Teaching and Learning with Technology, and is a syndicated columnist, writing Undawntech monthly.

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Movie Night with the Novelist: Movie Reviews

Uncertain about what movie to rent or buy? Have Hollywood films let you down? Too many reboots? Too much politics? 

Avoid the bottomless pit of rerun and political party movies by tuning into Movie Night with the Novelist on Undawnted's newsletter: A Novelist Idea, as well as Movie Reviews on Undawnted's YouTube Channel. Make your date night special, instead of tedious. 

DL Mullan is the host. With her combined education and experience in literature, mythology, history, and scriptwriting (trained by a Hollywood screenwriter), then you will receive honest, objective reviews about older and newer movies. 

Don't waste your time or money, when you have Movie Night with the Novelist. 

A new movie review episode arrives every other Thursday on Undawnted's YouTube Channel throughout this Autumn Cider season.

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A writer at heart, Undawnted's own creative spark, DL Mullan, began writing short stories and poetry before adolescence. Ms. Mullan showcases her literary talents by publishing her creative writing. She has short stories and poems published in digital and print collections, from academia to commercial anthologies. In addition, she writes novels, designs apparel, and creates digital art. Ms. Mullan produces her own book cover designs for herself and others. She is an award-winning digital artist and poet.

Currently, she has embarked on writing her multi-book Legacy Universe, Supernatural Superhero Series.

With her education and experience in writing, DL Mullan shares her knowledge via her newsletters. If you too want to become a Fearless Phile, then subscribe to one of her newsletters on Substack.

Her innovative style teaches writers how to reach their creative potential, and write more effectively.

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2023 Retired Poems on My Poetry Forum

At the end of October 2022, My Poetry Forum went dark. 

In light of this website going defunct, all poems have now been retired from public review and comment. Undawnted has other poems and forums in the public sphere, but in the future will concentrate more on our YouTube Channel and Undawnteum sites. This change will ensure that our readership will have access to free reads in times to come. 

We are so sorry this snafu has occurred. 

Please be sure to subscribe to our YouTube Channel, as well as bookmark Undawnteum. There is a wealth of information already on the site, currently under construction, for you to read about Undawnted's creative spark, DL Mullan, and her writings. 

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Thank you so very much for your time. We appreciate and adore our readership. 

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Undawnted is Red Hot in December with Countdowns, Gifts, Parties, and Reviews

December ends autumn and begins winter. So, let's countdown to Yule and the New Year!

Undawnted has ongoing as well as new projects, movie nights, movie reviews, and a year-end review of goals.

On the Schedule for this month*:

• Continue with Movie Night with the Novelist 
• Yippie Kaiyay!
• 12/4, No movie tonight; Event Booked: Autumn Wonders Book Event completed
• 12/5, Die Hard completed

•   Narnia!
  
• 12/11, Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, & the Wardrobe completed
• 12/12, Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian completed

• Find Your Spirit ~
• 12/18, Scrooged completed
• 12/19, If You Believe completed

• Be Your Own Hero ~
  
• 12/24 Xmas Eve, Ernest Saves Christmas completed
• 12/25 Xmas, Home Alone completed

• Happy New Year!
  
• 12/31, New Year's Eve, No movie tonight; Event Booked: Sonoran Dawn Party

• Participate in a Book Tour completed
• Author Interviews completed
• Subscription for Newsletter/Mailing List completed
• Add to Special Engagements/Writer's Workshops 
• The Sacred Riana completed for Autumn Cider
• Science Fiction completed for Autumn Cider
• Holiday completed for Winter Frost
• Haiku and its Variations completed for Winter Frost
  
• Book Event December 4th completed
• Party December 31st in process
• Finish Immortal Spellcaster for Editorial Review in process
• Rework The Reality Hackers in process
• Continue building the Legacy Universe 
• Dedication of the Legacy Universe completed
• Genealogical Reference Guide completed
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  Add/Remove Poems up for Review
• Added: Eggnog Dreams  
• Removed as of 12/31:
  
• • Moon over Aphrodite
  • 9.12.01
  • Upon Reading Edgar Allan Poe
  • Step on All of Us
  • You
  • Desert Mesquite
  • Vanished  
  • Eggnog Dreams
   
• Year-end Review and Revision of Goals in process

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