Although my first book in the series-Pat Canella (the dockland murders) is not making many waves on the sales front, I had already decided to do a follow-up story, mainly because there was such a groundswell of interest in my work both in Facebook & Bookrix.com, with friends asking when I was doing the next [...]
The shadows beckon. I’ve just seen the future and it makes me numb, sad and fearful. It should have been different this time but…. I wonder, can it be changed, do I even want it to be better or is this of my own making? Each time I’ve found success, the floods came. Some faster, [...]
With my book about to come out next month, I thought I would tell the story behind the story. If you have a spare five minutes to sit and read. Back in March 2011, I had the idea for a story line based on a misconception. The lead character is Pat Canella. The story started [...]
Big circus tents. A massive, festive, restless crowd moving in a multitude of currents past booth after booth of cheap games, cheap prizes, cheap thrills. Towering over the tents, like a gigantic metal monolith, a gigantic Ferris Wheel. Lit up so brightly surely the denizens living on Mars could see it with the naked eye. People laughing. [...]
To all intent and purpose the Earth is dead, uninhabitable. Every living thing across the world perished when the planet was hit by a massive solar storm, rupturing the atmosphere and boiling the planet’s surface. Humanity, with the exception of a handful of individuals, who saw the catastrophe coming, died out. Those few unknowingly irradiated [...]
What are we, if not the shadows of humanity? Dwellers in the crucible of darkness…. Quick. . . with the corner of your eye. . . You might just spy – A few of us standing – With wings outstretched Ready for lift off Waiting for the night. There are times when I. . . [...]
Crashing thunderous and metallic shrill sounding Kapow from a car-bomber’s king sized kaboom ricochet off the walls of surrounding buildings as if they were Wylie E Coyote bouncing off the Road Runner’s deceptive painted train tunnel on the side of a cliff! Smoke swirling sound waves resonate from the unrecognizable rubble that is the lost [...]
Forget the stereotypes. Strike introduces you to the unknown side of Vampires. This is a one way trip into the core of their world, and why they make us feel so alive. It’s time you were marked, like Phoebe. This is a supernatural romance written by Gemma Rice. ~ Chapter 1 ~ Like a snow [...]
From Saint Catherine’s Baby – Stories (Excerpt) If you enjoy stench, spilled guts and sights too horrible to imagine, it was a dream job. Not a cash cow or silk tie kind of thing, but it kept me out of trouble, paid the bills and satisfied my sliver of sanity. I had the honor, no the [...]
