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Release of Demon’s Dance

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After having released the cover AGES ago, it’s finally here! Demon’s Dance, a stand-alone short story set between Silent Sound and Quiet Whisper, is out as ebook.

As always with the Angel’s Voice short stories, Demon’s Dance can be read with no prior knowledge of the series, but it does feature the series characters. And as a treat to those passing by this blog, you can download it for free on Smashwords for the next three days if you use this:

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Selissa never considered herself a mercenary, but life has other plans. The clergy sends her to stop an unseen enemy, a killer responsible for a series of mysterious deaths, and everything goes smoothly until she crosses paths with the assassin Ardeth.

As the events unfold before her, Selissa suspects that there are some things the clergy wasn’t telling her…

Read an excerpt here.

Demon’s Dance is available on: 

Amazon

Smashwords

Apple iBookstore

Barnes & Noble

Kobo

Sony Reader Store

…as well as several smaller ebookstores.

If Demon’s Dance is not available at some of the mentioned stores, it might be because it has to go through a distributor. It will be up as soon as possible. 

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Huntress Cover Redesign

For a long time, I have had a highly flawed cover for my short story Huntress. The dimensions were all wrong, the cover being much wider than it should be, and the text couldn’t be read due to falling together with the black part of the artwork. I finally pulled myself together to redesign it and fix the problems.

This is the only one of my covers designed by myself, so it isn’t at the same level as the others. Still, it’s an improvement!

Redesign Fantasy Cover

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Demon’s Dance – Excerpt

I’m currently working on a new short story in the Angel’s Voice series(I know, I know, I should be working on Quiet Whisper!), and I thought I would post an excerpt from the draft. Enjoy! 

She had not heard a word about the woman’s suicide since the day it happened. It was like everyone was pretending nothing was wrong, going on with their lives without giving into the fear that could be seen in their eyes.
But nothing had happened in the last few days. If it had, the guards had somehow managed to hide it from the public, because everything seemed peaceful on the surface. But Selissa wasn’t blind.
She didn’t know how she hadn’t noticed the choking tension in the city. It was everywhere, like a thick blanket wrapping itself around every building and every living being within the walls. And no normal murderer would bring such unvoiced fear with him.
Selissa knew the cause of it. Even though she couldn’t sense it, the influence of dark magic could be seen everywhere once you noticed the signs. The townspeople didn’t know why they were afraid. Maybe they weren’t even aware of the terror that Selissa could see in their every move. That was why no one was saying anything. It wasn’t the bodies turning up in the streets, but the demon magic seeping into their subconciousness that made their eyes flicker nervously without their knowledge.
“How can one demon do this?” Selissa asked quietly one evening as she sat watching the rain from her windowsill.
Ardeth was lying on her bed, idly staring at the ceiling and for once letting her dwell on her thoughts. His mask was thrown on the nightstand beside him, exposing the demonic mark on his cheek. He looked up at her question.
“No one ever said she was alone about it.” He said casually. Selissa stiffened and turned to look at him with horror creeping onto her face, but he waved her off.
“Calm down.” He said and let his head fall back onto the bed. “Nothing points towards anyone else being involved.”
Ardeth dismissed the possibility that the town could be crawling with demons with the same careless ease he treated nearly everything else with, but Selissa still felt unnerved by the thought. It hadn’t even occured to her that the demoness they had seen in the street might not be the only one responsible for what was happening.
Ardeth must have sensed her unease, because his eyes returned to her tense form when she remained quiet.
“The more powerful demons rarely work together unless they gain something from it.” He said. “If she’s powerful enough to take a human form, she’s probably capable of casting the curses on her own.”
It wasn’t really the curses Selissa was worried about. She didn’t doubt the demoness’ ability to make people kill themselves, but to shroud a whole city in the haze of magic was a demonstration of pure power.
Come…’ Selissa started, surprised by the sound of the voice. She looked at Ardeth who raised an eyebrow at her startled expression.
“Did you hear that?” She asked.
“Hear what?” He sat up in the bed to watch her as she turned to look out the window.
“That voice…” Selissa said slowly. Maybe she had imagined it? “You didn’t hear it?”
“No…” Ardeth said dryly. “Aren’t you used to hearing voices?”
She knew what he was refering to, but she was only used to hearing one voice.
Come to me…’ It was barely a whisper.
“It isn’t him…” Selissa said, dread slowly coiling itself around her chest. This was not right.
Come outcome out…’ The voice whispered and Selissa stood up with a start. Without even sparing Ardeth a look, she crossed the room in two long steps and grabbed her sword sheaths from beside the bed. Dashing out the door, she was vaguely aware of the assassin calling out to her, but she didn’t care. She knew who the voice belonged to.

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Release of Huntress!

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My new short story Huntress is finally available as ebook!

As a short story, it will unfortunately ONLY be available in ebook format, but it might be included in a paperback short story-collection in the future.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Giveaway! The winners will be announced on Rafflecopter and the ebook copies will be sent out later today.

Huntress is available on:

Amazon Kindle: Here

Smashwords: Here

Redesign Fantasy CoverAfter having watched man after man being carried through the gates, all on the verge of death, Selissa has had enough. Each of them has fallen victim to the claws of the vicious demons lurking in the forest, but everyone turns a blind eye to the rampage that is happening right before them.

Despite the warnings of the young priest apprentice Calen, Selissa decides to deal with the demon threat on her own. But she may soon discover that demons are the least of her problems…

Huntress is a prequel short story to the Angel’s Voice series, and takes place 3 years prior to Resounding Echo.