Have you ever loved someone so much that their absence leaves a gaping hole in your heart? Where the tears silently leak from your eyes whether you mean for them to or not? Where the pain as your heart tears is physical… And the despair you feel is guttural… The pain feels like it willContinue reading “Hearts Are Like Balloons”
Category Archives: Silent People Have The Loudest Minds
Kids!
Have you ever just looked around you and thought… AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! I mean Duracell would make a killing if they could harness the pure, raw, power of a child on a mission. So today, the object of the mission is “Anime Comicon.” I just want to know, WHOSE BRAIN CHILD WAS THIS? So let me justContinue reading “Kids!”
One Of Us Is Lying
The brain, the beauty, the criminal, the athlete and the outcast. Five students walk into detention… but only four walk out. Detention will never be the same… who in the wild world of sports had the opportunity, means, and motive to kill Simon? Who put those cell phones in all the backpacks? Was that nastyContinue reading “One Of Us Is Lying”
The Black Painting (Coming to you in Jan 2018)
Four cousins summoned back by their grandfather… The death of a family patriarch… An old, mysterious house… A painting by Goya that has a demon lurking inside it… And a family with dark secrets… This is what you can expect when you read The Black Painting by Neil Olson, scheduled to be released in January of 2018. Continue reading “The Black Painting (Coming to you in Jan 2018)”
Lying To Children
From the nine months it takes to create that perfect little life until the eighteen years and beyond it takes to raise them, children are by far the greatest gift we ever receive. Their first smile. Their first laugh. Their first words. Their first steps. All are such monumental milestones. As parents, we smile andContinue reading “Lying To Children”
The Halloween Children – Coming June 13th to a bookstore near you!
As Halloween looms, tensions are building between the members of the Naylor family. Relations are getting woefully strained. Fractured. Violent. To top it off the annual Stillbrook Apartment Halloween party has been canceled. That was the last straw. The Halloween Children are not going to like that at all. Looks like the Naylor’s family woesContinue reading “The Halloween Children – Coming June 13th to a bookstore near you!”
Ararat
Liars and blizzards and demons… OH MY! An avalanche that opens a cave in the mountain. The discovery of what appears to be Noah’s Ark. An expedition led up the mountain in search of answers. A demon that has been lying in wait for just the right time to make its presence known to theContinue reading “Ararat”
Postcards From A War
In our current everyday life, war has become the “normal.” We have been at war for years with no end in sight. Every day thousands of troops are being shuffled around the globe in the hope of preventing aggressive escalation. Having our troops out and about defending us from those who seek to do harmContinue reading “Postcards From A War”
A Tale Of Two Daddies
June is LGBTQIA awareness month and a month full of pride it is! Something that you may not know about me is that I have a special affinity for children. I am a bit of a “kid magnet.” Teaching children to be kind, caring, and tolerant members of society is something we ALL should beContinue reading “A Tale Of Two Daddies”
New Boy
This was a 3.5 to 4 stars read for me, so I rounded up! The tragedy of bullying. One day. From the start of the school day until the last bell rings. Osei was changing schools and not for the first time. This was Osei first day at another new school. His diplomat fatherContinue reading “New Boy”
Oceans of Books 