Well it is happening. My work is being put into collections with other writers. It was a surprise the first time but now I have been included in 13 different anthologies. You can go look if you wish. They are all found on my Amazon Author Page
Now the first is the poetry collection. One poem of mine was added to 49 other poems from a group on Facebook. I was surprised since my poem is very different from the others. But the editor of the book decided that my fall poem needed to be included and that makes me happy.
Now the first is the poetry collection. One poem of mine was added to 49 other poems from a group on Facebook. I was surprised since my poem is very different from the others. But the editor of the book decided that my fall poem needed to be included and that makes me happy.
50 MAGICAL VOICES FROM UNIVERSAL MUSE is the collection. It is available on LULU.com for free. Which to me is perfect. Also the editor went one step further and actually put all the poems together in a poem video on YouTube! If you want to pick up a copy of this book you can by just hitting the button below!
The second book is All Hallows Eve. This is a collection from a Halloween scary short story contest. I didn't place in this contest but again the editors wanted my piece in their book which of course made me giggle. So if you are interested in picking it up go right ahead! You can find this on both Amazon and Smashwords. I would recommend the Smashwords because it is free over there.
Short Story Strands
is from an Amazon discussion group. A bunch of us crazy fantasy and science fiction writers babble about writing and anything else we can think of here. We decided to have a short story contest for Halloween. Now I didn't place again but it was fun when the others in the group could not pick out the story I wrote. I enjoyed the week were they were tossing out guesses at who wrote what but they never got mine right! Like the other two collections you can pick this up for free. Currently it is free on smashwords and it will soon be free on Amazon. If you like a variety of Halloween themed stories this is a good buy. How can you go wrong for free right?
The cover art was produced by our very talented Sheenah.
The cover art was produced by our very talented Sheenah.
Charity Short story and Poetry collection
Angels Cried is a collection put together by a group of authors and poets from Facebook to help raise money for the families of the Sandy Hook Elementary school tragedy. I wrote and submitted a short poem to this very worthy cause. Anyone interested in picking up a copy of the collection can find it on Amazon in both kindle and paperback form
Dark Minds
UPDATE! A new Collection that I will be a part of is Dark Minds. This is a horror and fantasy collection of six authors that be coming out on June 24, 2013 Here is the blurb
You are invited to step into the world of the bizarre, where just about anything is possible. Here is a place where anything can and probably will happen.
You are entering through a doorway and into the minds of some of the best independent authors about today.
Here is presented to you, a unique collection of 15 short stories.
There is something inside for everyone.
From wondrous tales of magic, to those of an extremely disturbing reality. And from pure fantasy, to the downright terrifying. There are Zombies, Vampires, Demons and Witches to name but a few.
They will shock you, bewilder you and scare you half to death.
Read on, but once you enter remember, there will be no escape. The door to our Dark Minds has been opened.
You are dared to step inside.
You are invited to step into the world of the bizarre, where just about anything is possible. Here is a place where anything can and probably will happen.
You are entering through a doorway and into the minds of some of the best independent authors about today.
Here is presented to you, a unique collection of 15 short stories.
There is something inside for everyone.
From wondrous tales of magic, to those of an extremely disturbing reality. And from pure fantasy, to the downright terrifying. There are Zombies, Vampires, Demons and Witches to name but a few.
They will shock you, bewilder you and scare you half to death.
Read on, but once you enter remember, there will be no escape. The door to our Dark Minds has been opened.
You are dared to step inside.
April showers is an anthology by the poet/artist/writers group United Literary Artists. This collection of poems, short stories and essays was put together to try and help those victims of the explosion in West, Texas.
I contributed two poems to this collection. All money for this collection goes to a charity helping those affected by the explosion.
I contributed two poems to this collection. All money for this collection goes to a charity helping those affected by the explosion.
United We Stand is an anthology by United Literary Artists. This collection was put together to help the victims of the Boston marathon Bombing. Like the collection above I donated two poems to this book.
Reflections of the End is an anthology I helped with. This collection of poets, artists and authors found on Facebook decided to put together a collection of stories about the end of the world and beyond. The tales cover the whole gambit of what you would expect. My contribution, From the Snow is a sequel of sorts to my short story Ice. This was a lot of fun to work on and we will be doing another book soon!
Twist of Fate is a charity anthology from the IIA Facebook group. I submitted two poems to this book and the monies raised are to go to help those victims of the Oklahoma Tornadoes.
The Writer's Stuff
This collection came about as part of a facebook group of writers. We don't have a theme on this collection but there is a series planned. In this I submitted the sort of sequel to my story, Ice.
Ode to Autumn
This anthology includes over one hundred pages of spooky, poignant and strange autumnal short stories and poems from eighteen authors. This one came about by the same group of writers that did Short Story Strands, which is found above. The stories show an evolution of the writers who are in both collections. You will find stories from scary to sweet, from serious to funny. We have experienced writers and writers who have their very first published poem or story in this collection.
Jack o'Lantern's Tales
is a Halloween anthology of drabbles from the Fiction Writers Guild on Facebook. This is only drabbles, those wonderful little 100 word pieces of flash fiction that is becoming so much more popular.
is a Halloween anthology of drabbles from the Fiction Writers Guild on Facebook. This is only drabbles, those wonderful little 100 word pieces of flash fiction that is becoming so much more popular.
May your Wishes...
Is another anthology of drabbles from the Fiction Writers Guild on Facebook. This one is of course all Christmas based drabbles.
Is another anthology of drabbles from the Fiction Writers Guild on Facebook. This one is of course all Christmas based drabbles.