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Review of Kings of the North, Elizabeth Moon

26 Dec 2023 1 minute read 0 comments powersjo

Author Elizabeth Moon writes the sequel, Kings of the North, to Oath of Fealty. If you have not read it, I wrote a review of Oath of Fealty here. Kings of the North picks up with King Kieri’s coronation and him attempting to find a wife. Like the las...

"The Doom Statues" - Chapter 7

26 Dec 2023 24 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

“Does anyone want to write a letter to the president?” the girl in the window asks. “Uh…,” says Denise, while Jeremy just chuckles and smirks. “Sure!” Emily enthuses, however, and ventures a few steps closer. “Always eager to please,” Denis...

"The Doom Statues" - Chapter 6

24 Dec 2023 4 minute read 1 comment jasonmcgathey

  Sometimes Kay resents the relationship Emily has with her parents. Well, not resent, exactly, more like it fills her with profound sadness, and leads to bouts of fantasy when contemplating the situation over here. She often wonders how di...

"The Doom Statues" - Chapter 5

23 Dec 2023 5 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Doll tornado in an artists’ retreat   Emily is uncertain about a great deal concerning her background. By all rights, she should probably be one of the snobbish popular girls. And even as things have always stood, most would probably agree...

"The Doom Statues" - Chapter 4

22 Dec 2023 3 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

  The return trip southwest, to their hometown of Jenson, NC, takes right at an hour. This region one of those odd pits devoid of interstates, between the two points, a drive involving state routes and country roads between countless towns...

Now available! Get your free review copy of my next book!

22 Dec 2023 1 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

  Greetings friends, fans, and perhaps an ambushed victim or two caught unawares! My 9th book, “Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot” is all set for a March 20, 2024 release date. In case anyone stumbling upon this piece doesn’t already know, this “...

"The Doom Statues" - Chapter 3

21 Dec 2023 5 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

  As they are leaving with pamphlets and all kinds of other information in hand, Kidwell points out, heartily chucking as he does, that if they had never turned off onto this road, they were actually moving in the right direction and would...

"The Doom Statues" - Chapter 2

20 Dec 2023 9 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

  They pass the lake in a flash, just one S curve of a bridge, which slips through the narrowest visible point between its shores. To their left, the slightly shorter expanse, and a sign indicating it’s the reservoir for the nearby town of...

"The Doom Statues" - Chapter 1

19 Dec 2023 16 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Is this uphill or downhill? Does it help to know you came down a hill, from the other direction, to arrive at this spot?   “This is some seriously creepy territory,” Emily says, as they turn from the paved road onto one composed of half dirt,...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - The Aftermath

14 Dec 2023 34 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Mural prototype for a once great natural market   As a half defeated, half liberated Edgar returns to his house that early afternoon, he opens the front door and strides across the foyer. This is when, raising his head at this moment, his eyes...