Just in time for Christmas, the first book in the Ned McNeil moonlight series is a free e-book on Amazon. Ned anticipates a joyful reunion with her uncle, her last living relative, but her return to her hometown is not the happy occasion it should be. Neither are the people around her to be trusted–that […]
Dec 5, 2023
Down Deertrack Hill
By · 2 Comments
The Cemetery Club was my first book in the Darcy and Flora, mother and daughter series. One of their most frightening episodes was when they took the fast way down Deertrack Hill. Darcy and Flora were driving east toward Fayetteville during a rainstorm. The highway was deserted, or so they thought. As we crossed the […]
Sep 7, 2023
What Can a Storm Blow Up?
By · Leave a Comment
My first chapter of my work-in-progress: Chapter One Miss Tootsie’s nose twitched. Something was in the air besides the smell of spring flowers and the musky scent of last night’s rain. The sun struggled against incoming dark clouds, and the morning felt too warm; muggy, she called it. Not a breeze stirred. Other than those […]
Sep 5, 2023
An Empty House
By · Leave a Comment
The rain stopped and I turned off my windshield wipers. About halfway to Myra’s home, I realized no one in the whole world knew where I was and that was not a good thing. I speed-dialed Cade but got no answer, only his voice mail. Leaving a message, I told him where I’d be. Hopefully, […]
Aug 16, 2023
Nipped in the Bud
By · Leave a Comment
Below, I’m giving the start of a story I had begun to write. It was based on a true story that happened in 1902, a terrible miscarriage of justice. But, as I typed, I realized I really don’t want to write this story because I knew the facts behind it. I have the victim’s last […]
