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Like the clown cover? Yeah that is me. The clown element to this digital short story is just one component of the story. The real deal here is family, and what each other will do when the chips are down. It is very interesting dynamic here in a short amount of space, well composed, well defined and well plotted. Can one ask for much more out of a short story and $.99? I think not.

Here is the brief synopsis of “Disappearing Act”:

“When fugitive Kevin Markinson honors his dying…

Hi Everyone!

So I gave my very first blog talk show interview a couple of weeks back.  If you didn’t have a chance to hear it, you can go to:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/gelatisscoop/2011/06/29/alexandrea-weis-and-angelique-lafontaine-are-my-guests

I had a lot of fun doing it but I actually learned some stuff…

The very first thing that strikes you about this book is the excellent cover designed by Giovanni Gelati of Trestle press and the author of the blog that has published this post. The author describes the concept of Drunk on the Moon as something he came up with after a few beers. However, those that know, Spinetingler award nominee, Paul D. Brazill’s work will know there is no need to worry about the quality of the story. Many people out there will recognise the title as a Tom Waits song and…

The idea that a choice made in isolation will only affect the person making it is only valid if that person was alone in the world and had no established connection to anyone. Choices are very particular for the individual, but interconnected for the whole of society. Choices can never be made in isolation of others. This is so well established an idea that economist had to create a way around it…

When my arms embrace darkness

One can only think it harmless

Until pain is caressed

And death is undressed

With throes of sick lament

I passed through death, unkempt

Oh, there my soul rest!

I hear church bells

Atop the lonely tower

Ring cold death knells

For my blackest hour

Carnivorous ravens fled

Into midnight hours

Where salty tears bled

Upon funeral…

Death's ebon dart

Flew with accuracy

Struck her heart

With adept mastery

Under Gibbous rays

She lay bleeding

Her memory sways

Her life fleeing

The battle raged

For wont of days

Only delayed

By her discovery

Q1: Thanks for participating in our Authors.com Spotlight Interview series Rusty! Please introduce yourself and your book to help our readers get to know you.

A: Let me begin by introducing myself. I'm Rusty Blackwood, a self-published author of three titles to date and my fourth is expected…

Go over to my blog and take a look at my attempt to put some humor in a blog that's also trying to decide what makes for a good policve-procedural.  Tell me what you think!  Maybe even pull up enough of a nerve to throw your hat into the 'fan' page.  Find it here:

http://noirtaketurner-frank.blogspot.com/

Why is it that I feel as if my family hates me?

Everything I say or do dosen't please them, and their always calling me retared, good for nothing, worthless.

Its hurts && me being young and bigger then the rest of the girls...I really hurts. I feel as if they hates me becuase their always hitting or calling me names. i try so hard not to made them mad but in the end nothing ever works.

I just wish I was prettier or smarter. I want to believe Im pretty. I look at…

Hey Everyone! Just chiming in to let you know that WEEK 20 is up on the blog. Come celebrate a long standing romance, check out the history of cotton candy, and even learn how I deal with rejection! It's all on the JLB Creatives Blog. Hope to see you there! ~Janet~ Week 20 / JLB Creatives Blog

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