13 Lessons

Like this infographic? Get more writing inspiration on HowToMakeMyBlog.com.

Excerpt: Cavers

 

  Though this is an action adventure, fun YA story, it contains trace horror elements of a dangerous world. I thought I might give an excerpt from one of the few chapters that bring home the dangers of the vampire world.

Vampire Babies Are Deadly

While the girls slept, trouble brewed during the nightly feedings in the nursery. Mira, a thirty-five year old woman, was alone with the three babies. She was an expert at feeding, and often fed two at once with no issues. Tonight she fed the first two simultaneously in their cribs while singing to them. When they finished their bottles she picked them up and put them back into their incubators one at a time.

Mira went to the last baby, Jessie, who needed changing first. She changed her diaper and sang to her as she sat her in the crib. Jessie was a bit gassy so Mira put her over her shoulder quickly and patted her on her small back. Jessie threw up a little bit on her shoulder so Mira put her back down. Mira took off her jacket and laid it over a chair so she could check her blouse to see if it needed changing. Satisfied there was no problem with her blouse, she went back to playing with Jessie before giving her a bottle. Jessie took half the bottle before turning her head and throwing up, requiring another pat on her back. Jessie saw the jacket and the crest and cooed as she was being rocked by her caregiver. Without thinking, Mira lifted her and kissed her and put her over her left shoulder. From this position Jessie could no longer see the jacket or the crest. Being next to Mira’s neck she felt her pulse and smelled her warm blood.

As Jessie listened to Mira’s pounding pulse and smelled her blood, her once-green eyes darkened to a reddish-brown. As Mira rocked and sang to her, Jessie’s little arms began stretching and wrapping around the woman’s neck. When her hands reached each other, the baby’s fingers interlocked and fused. This fusing made an unbreakable wrap around Mira’s neck. Jessie opened her mouth, shifted to get a better focus – and closed gently on the woman’s neck, sealing Jessie’s lips tight upon her. Her suckers protruded, moved carefully and gently to the woman’s skin, and extended a tiny black needle. With a gentle prick, they pierced Mira’s skin.

It happened with little resistance from Mira because she barely felt the punctures. Jessie’s body worked on instinct and began first pumping a hallucinogenic toxin into Mira’s system that gave her feelings of joy and happiness. She continued to sing and rock the baby with no warning that her life was about to be drained from her body. Nor did she notice as Jessie began sucking the blood from her neck and the arms of the little baby tightening their grip.

Like a tic or a leech, a small stream of blood flowed into Jessie’s mouth, down her esophagus to her stomach, which became darker and redder as it filled. After a couple pints her round belly expanded so it could take in more blood. Now Mira began to feel the effects.

Mira’s euphoria suddenly vanished. It was replaced by dizziness. Fighting confusion, Mira gathered her wits, and realized – too late – what had happened. She tried to push the baby away from her chest but it was locked around her neck and would not move. She panicked, started screaming – but she was alone. She hit at the baby and tried desperately, fruitlessly, to pry it off. Each time she pulled the baby, it came back to her, tightening its grip like a constrictor.

With her strength draining and her breathing being choked off, she collapsed to the floor and passed out after a few more minutes of futile struggling. Once she slipped into an unconscious state, the baby released her stranglehold and fed from her neck freely. The baby’s belly grew bigger and resembled that of a pregnant woman in her ninth month. Slowly her legs started expanding and growing longer; they turned darker as blood spread from her stomach into her limbs. Mira’s body seemed to deflate and crumble as the engorged infant continued to feed. By the time Mira’s heart gave its last beat, Jessie had doubled in size.

# # #

Cavers #1 has launched on Amazon

Cavers#1

When teenage girls enter the hidden vampire world to work, who will have the greatest influence on who? These human girls care for their children, fight in their wars, and become the hallmark for integrity and dedication as they help to shape the future of the vampire world.

Through an overabundance of curiosity, fifteen-year-old Allie Carter falls down the rabbit hole to discover this hidden world. Worse, her best friend, Sara Johnson, is running interference for them. Is she one, too?

Instead of running for her life, Allie joins a secret society dedicated to helping the vampires remain hidden. She becomes caretaker to adorable five-year-old Lila and must teach her to blend into human society, but if she fails, death awaits Lila.

To navigate the vampire world and educate the children, Allie moves one step closer to becoming a vampire: she runs faster, leaps higher, hears and sees better, and has increased strength and agility. Will Allie have so much fun she forgets the danger or to educate and protect young Lila? Will turning her back on loving parents be worth risking all when the vampire princess wants to kill her for pure pleasure? Only time will tell.

Kindle Owners Buy your $2.99 copy from  AMAZON

Finished Giveaway

I gave away around 150 copies of Vampires are Real. Getting ready to release the first book in the series, the Lost Vampire Princess. Possibly mid November.

If you are on Goodreads I am currently having a giveaway of Zombie Zora that ends November 20 so hurry and enter to win a paperback copy of my first book.

Vampires aRe ReaL is free sept 20,21,22

Check out my new series. This is a vampire tale that goes in a new direction. Scary vampires and the people brave enough to work with them. It is free on Amazon for the next three days.

Vampires are ReaL  amzn.to/TIivWq

New vampire series launches

I am happy to report that my new vampire series will be launching soon with a short story teaser, Vampires aRe ReaL. Seven year old Allie Carter goes on the adventure of a lifetime and discovers her parents lied to her. Vampires are real and she has found them living in her backyard. The thought should scare her, but Allie is fascinated by them and wants to learn more. Join her on her adventures in the new series with the launch of the first book, The Lost Vampire Princess.

Sugar Baby Watermelons

Thought I might update my garden photos.

This is the edge of my garden. Above you see five Sugar Baby Watermelons. I think they are too large. I assumed they would be the size of a canteloupe, but two of these guys are a foot across.

I pulled this one and cut it open. I was afraid I had  watered too much and it would be overripe and mushy. It turned out okay.

And, last but not least, I grew two other types of melons with my Sugar Babies.

The top left is an Orangelo, they are orange inside. I thought they were round but I have four of them and they are all long like that one. In the bottom center, the small round guy on the bottom is a Yellow Tiger. If grown with Sugar Babies, they are seedless and yellow inside. This is the only one I have so I will take care to make sure it is ripe before pulling. On top of the Yellow Tiger is of course a Sugar Baby, one of six that size.