When summer rolls around, we are ready to sit by the pool with an iced tea. A book is worth all the rays of the sun. Summer is about finding time for yourself, to relax. The days are longer. The nights are warm. Summer is the fantasy season of our lives.
Out by the water, what to do? Read with your sunglasses on, of course!
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Here is Undawnted's Summer Time fiction story recommendations:
Novelettes Saint in the Big Easy What happens when you discover the only person who can save you is you?
Saint in Communion Communion is more than a destination: it's a Saint's only refuge.
Catch a fantastic ride this Summer Time with Undawnted.
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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.
With her education and
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Her innovative style teaches writers how to reach their creative potential, and write more effectively.
Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?
In community college, I played the Mirror in the dramatic re-imaging of The Emperor has No Clothes. This anthology of short stories has a kinship with that play, as the image of the mirror takes on an important role straight into our imaginations.
What do you see when you look into the mirror? You? The past? The present? How about a future waiting to unfold? Or, do you see the sinister? Bloody Mary, perhaps? Or, shadows that move when you don't?
Refracted Reflections: Twisted Tales of Duality and Deception delves into those deep dark crevices of our shadow psyche. From inducing possession, committing murder/suicide or as cursed objects, mirrors have a unique hold on our imaginations. The short stories contained within the pages of this anthology will do just the same to its readers.
The Cost of Magic By Keith Hoskins tells the tale of vengeance. In this short story, mirrors are used as magical tools, but there was a penalty for using such a device. Magical mirrors extracted a price to those individuals who are gifted with knowledge through its spell work. Can magic be a means to an end?
The Elevator Ritual By Shelly Jasperson will send tingles down your spine as her character grapples with the suicide of a stranger, and the death of her sister in the haunted images of an elevator's mirrors. Would you survive the spirit in your reflection?
The Tinker’s Gift By Valerie B. Williams has a mirror that eases people beyond the veil by showing them their heart's desire: their beloved. Could a solider's last glimpse end a curse and bring balance back to the world?
Refracted Reflections has a mirror image worth shivering for... Happy Autumn Haunts!
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One reveals truths, while the other bends light into varying shapes of deception.
Does a small camp mirror reveal hope… or death?
Is the warrior in the mirror a monster… or a protector?
Does a glimpse in the mirror reveal a young woman’s true self… or what someone else has shaped her into?
Does the mysterious portal to the future reflect what could be… or what must be left behind?
Are the dancers reflected in the water’s depth things of beauty… or evil?
This unique and imaginative collection of nine mind
tantalizing fantasy and science fiction stories will appeal to readers
who enjoy thought provoking tales with hidden meanings resting deep
below the surface. These stories will keep you pondering long into the
night.
If you liked Gilded Glass or Once Upon an Ever After, you’ll love Refracted Reflections.
*****
Digital Giveaway
For a chance to win a free digital copy of Refracted Reflections,
just leave a comment to show you were here. Follow the tour and comment
at each stop for more chances to win. Three copies will be given away
in a random drawing.
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About The Book
Each of the stories included in Refracted Reflections
feature a mirror or reflection in some significant way. The reflections
given are sometimes surprising, often fooling those who gaze upon them,
because things aren’t often as they seem.
I have included two of my own stories, “The Devil Made Her Do It”,
which is a reprinted story about a woman blinded by love and deceived by
a man who just might be the devil, which first appeared in Relationship Add Vice, from Zombie Pirates Publishing; and an original fairy tale, The Not So Perfect Prince, about a prince who is so full of himself that he can’t see who he truly is.
But mine are only two among nine outstanding stories by eight
talented authors, and we’ll be introducing five of the contributing
authors on this tour: Valerie B. Williams, Roberta Eaton Cheadle, Ligia
de Wit, Elisabeth Caldwell, and of course me, Kaye Lynne Booth.
Undawnted's
DL Mullan, can be booked for your online Blog Tour, Book Event, Book
Review (w/ARC), Interview, Writing Conference, or Genre Convention. Ms.
Mullan has years of experience in public speaking, readings,
presentations, events, and tours.
Disabled because of a terrible illness, that is pretty difficult, but every where I turn someone wants to take advantage of it. The world is sad. People are mean.
That is how society has turned these last several decades. I take mean people and I see character potential. I can mesh several of these meanies together and create a truly horrible bad guy. Of course, you need a hero or heroine to block their evil intentions. That is how storytelling can be.
You can take the good and the bad of life and create something wonderful.
It is not easy being green, I mean: me! Ha, ha, ha. Even though I face challenges every which way but loose, I can keep my sense of humor. In the end, the mean people will never have a good life.
Who knows for sure? Do you have an alibi? I sure don't unless you count sleeping a room full of cats. I bet the judge would not allow their testimony in court, now would s/he?
I was thinking of a scene for one of my novels and how I would react to a certain situation. Would I be hurt? Defensive? Offensive? How many four letter words would I use in that moment?
Okay, lots... but what would my character do?
When writing from a character's point of view sometimes it is difficult to cut yourself loose from that moment with them. You have created your own little alibi. I was with my character at the time.
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