Beyond The Mist: Dark Messiah

The news of a new Dark Messiah spreads chaos and fear through the magical world as city of Portland prepares for doomsday to descend on its quiet harbors. All bets are off as the forces of Heaven and Hell race to cope with Amber’s resurrection, but Xlina didn’t overcome the trials of the Cauldron of Rebirth just to have her love stolen from her again. It will take all her nightmare magic and the aid of the wily necromancer Oxivius to keep Amber from being drawn into the looming apocalypse. ... [Read More...]

Coward’s Truth: A Novel of the Heart Eternal #1

Welcome to Ghendis Ghadanisban. City of god-kings. City in turmoil. The god-king is dead! Whispers of murder spread through the city known as the Heart Eternal. His death allows an ancient evil Razazel to return and resume its quest to dominate all life. As if that isn’t enough, warring factions threaten the jewel of the desert. The only way to prevent this is by a group of reluctant heroes to escort a young boy filled with the dying god’s essence to the ancient mountain of Rhorreme... [Read More...]

Junkies, Hookers, Dykes… and Others I Have Known

“It was 1961. John Fitzgerald Kennedy had just been elected President. The Freedom Riders were working to integrate bus stations in the South. Vietnam was a long way from the horror it would become, and I ran off with my daughter’s eighteen-year-old babysitter.” Actress, switchboard operator, model, encyclopedia salesgirl, wife, mother. Patricia Herd’s life in 1960s California was unusual, but she was a “good girl” with dreams of stardom. Married to a struggling actor an... [Read More...]