![]() Your prose is clearcut and to the point in both narration and dialogue, making the story easy to follow. It is a busy plot around diverse characters eyeing a huge inheritance while a murder takes place and suspicion is rife, giving investigators a puzzle to unravel. The backstory surfaces rapidly, Amanda adopted out in Australia when Jean was seventeen and penniless, but now a rich widow in California able to call them back together. ![]() "This book moves at a brisk pace from the very beginning, Amanda meeting her mother Jean for the first time after many years. ![]() YOU THINK YOU KNOW HOW BAD THINGS CAN BE. When a hail of bullets sends Amanda running for her life, it is clear that the killer will stop at nothing until she is dead. Amanda claws her way to the truth even when it threatens her own life. Everyone's keeping secrets in a house full of strangers, but some secrets can kill. ![]() A killer that won't stop! Reeling from the shock of losing her newly found mother, Amanda Blake is compelled to uncover hidden secrets and bring her mother's killer to justice. ![]()
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First and foremost, I was inspired by my own grief journey after the passing of my mother - we often look for stories in loss, and Legendborn is part of the story I told myself. ![]() ![]() First and foremost, I was insp …more Hi! Thank you for asking! Legendborn is the result of a handful of personal inspirations colliding in the best of ways. ![]() ![]() Tracy Deonn Hi! Thank you for asking! Legendborn is the result of a handful of personal inspirations colliding in the best of ways. ![]() ![]() ![]() “When the Zombies Win” – Karina Sumner-Smith.“Cold, Silent, and Dark” – Kary English.“The Beasts of the Earth, The Madness of Men” – Brooke Bolander.“The Anatomist’s Mnemonic” – Priya Sharma. ![]() “Midnight Caller” – Stephen Graham Jones.“These Deathless Bones” – Cassandra Khaw.“The Girls in the Horror Movie” – Gwendolyn Kiste.“Her Body, Herself” – Carmen Maria Machado.“No Matter Which Way We Turned” – Brian Evenson.Here’s the amazing cover art they did for my story: Miller ( Blackfish City) Nebula Award winners Brooke Bolander, Alyssa Wong, Kij Johnson and many, many more. The anthology contains 35 stories by bestselling authors such as China Miéville, Chuck Wendig, Richard Kadrey, and Victor LaValle Shirley Jackson Award winners Paul Tremblay ( The Cabin at the End of the World), Priya Sharma ( All the Fabulous Beasts), and Sam J. (You can find the print version of the story in my most recent collection Garden of Eldritch Delights.) You can download the anthology for free at Google Play. The anthology was just released by Nightfire, the new horror imprint from Tor Books. I’m extremely pleased to announce that my story “That Which Does Not Kill You” appears in the new audio anthology Come Join Us by the Fire. ![]() |