Title: Unnatural
Author: Leah D.W.
Genre: Paranormal
Audience: Young Adult
Publisher: Bayou Brew
Publishing
Synopsis:
Witches scheming in the
night,
Werewolves hunting during a full moon,
A vampires eyes ever watching...
This collection of short stories is filled with the dark tales of
the supernatural and the powerful. Roaring dragons wings shadow the skies and
ghosts aren't as deadly as rumors may tell.
Enter a world of the paranormal, but be warned: not all fairy tales
end in a happily ever after.
Excerpts:
I concentrated, focusing my mind and
spirit to the centre of my being, near my beating heart and then all at once
let myself go.The change always hurt in the beginning. A warm spark flared in
the middle of my forehead and then travelled down my body, lighting tiny sparks
of heat along my limbs. My scales would sizzle and start sliding off of me in
large dark globs of melted armour. I would always close my eyes. To watch the
transformation nauseated me so much I would get stuck in the middle of it;
between my beastly form and my birth form.
“What is this place?” Zoey asked,
holding Percy close.
“Haven’t you seen a dungeon before?”
the man chuckled and walked to the far end of the cages.
Zoey slowly followed, looking at
each and every cage she passed. Some had dried blood or even fresh blood in
them and on the sandy walls of their backs. Zoey suddenly wished she had turned
around and ran for it. She bumped into the man. He had stopped and she had been
too distracted to notice. He turned to her and lifted an eyebrow down at her.
His dark eyes swam with blue clouds, swirling round and round. Her breath
caught in her throat and she stepped back, bumping into Percy. He didn’t seem
to find anything at fault. He gave her a smile that came across as friendly and
turned his back to her again. She
wrapped her hand around Percy’s collar. Her hands trembled as a single word
crossed her mind.
Necromancer.
***
The
mark on her forehead pulsed and she lightly touched it. When she looked down at
her pale fingers they were stained brightly with her red blood. It was bleeding
again. Pain pounded behind her eyes and she fell forward, catching her weight
on the window sill.
Anna
gasped as she ignored the fresh pain and looked at her hand that had slipped
past the shield Haven had put up. She could feel his magic trying to block it,
but it only turned cold instead of pushing her back.
She
grinned. She let the pain from her mark wash over her and the rest of her hand
slowly crept out of the window. Anna clenched her teeth as the pain became like
a lick of hot oil over her skin. Soon she managed to slip her entire body out
of the shield.
She
dropped down to the dew covered grass below the window, her heart pounding in
her chest. She let her hands graze over the ground and her lips curved into a
smile.
She
ran.
About the Author:
I am 21 years old and currently a journalism student at my local
university. I live in South Africa in a town called Bloemfontein with my family
and two beloved dogs. I have been writing since the age of 13 and my first
published work is a short horror story titled Dracula’s Mistress. I am busy
working on a number of novels and I am an editor/proof reader for Bayou Brew
Publishing.
I love writing in the genres of paranormal romance, fantasy fiction
and historical fiction and I am a proud bookworm with a mountain of reads
stacked up in my room. I am also studying criminology in order to be able to write
mystery horrors.
The book that has been published is Unnatural, a collection of
paranormal short stories that are full of action, adventure and amazing
characters.
I also have short stories in various anthologies. Love Kills,
Unhappily Ever After; fairy tales with a twist and Soul Games. My novel The
Runaway’s Secret, a vampire paranormal romance, will be released in May.
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1 comments:
This is perfect Halloween reading! I love the cover too!
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