A Mother’s Love can be Devastating
Mama’s Boy and Other Dark Tales by Fran Friel opens to pre-orders this Mother’s Day!
Nothing good comes of the closest ties in Mama’s Boy and Other Dark Tales, the new collection from Fran Friel and Apex Publications. Things can go especially awry when the tie in question is the one binding mother and son.
The Bram Stoker Award-nominated novella “Mama’s Boy” is the cornerstone of this 14-story collection from author Fran Friel and Apex Publications. A man whose mother’s demented love for him has turned him …

Mama Mama, can’t you see,
What Fastpitch softball’s doin’ to me?
My body aches, I need a rest;
But that’s what it takes, to be the best!
Yeah, so I’m going into ‘baseball mom’ mode.
GDI! It was freaking cold out there tonight. It never occured to me to check the damn weather before we left for the game. The girls at least, were slightly better prepared than I. Care wore her warm-up under the jersey and Rhia wore her volleyball sweatshirt, since they’d given her the same number for that team. Most …

Mama Mama, can’t you see,
What Fastpitch softball’s doin’ to me?
My body aches, I need a rest;
But that’s what it takes, to be the best!
Yeah, so I’m going into ‘baseball mom’ mode.
GDI! It was freaking cold out there tonight. It never occured to me to check the damn weather before we left for the game. The girls at least, were slightly better prepared than I. Care wore her warm-up under the jersey and Rhia wore her volleyball sweatshirt, since they’d given her the same number for that team. Most …

Parasitic Thoughts will be out soon. Our editor has ordered a proof copy, and will let us know when it will be available. Meantime, the cover and my blurb are on the Books page. I’ll get a purchase link in there soon.
I fiddled with my meez the other night, and other than the short hair, here’s what the green would look like:

I dare you to make me look like that. I dare you. Come on… Click here!

MMmm Jodi know big word. Well, one real, one not so much. For some of you, this is going to shock a bit, and I apologize. For the rest of you, you may find it funny. Since it is kinda nasty, I’m putting it behind a cut, and if you know how to use a mouse, you can find it. If you have delicate sensibilities or would rather not be subjected, please don’t follow… Just know this is something that had to be done.
I can give …

I love my hair. Lately, because of winter blahs and not enough time to do some of the particular maintenance that I usually do (and it was a DRY winter!) I’ve got some splits and frizzies, but… I love my hair. I haven’t had my hair cut short since 1995, and even then, it was still past my collarbone. Right now, it’s about two inches from my waistline. That’s a lot of hair.
I won’t cut my hair, but I will dye chunks of it Apex Alien Green, and post pictures. …

Hiya folks,
My newsletter is late this month, partly because life has been extremely busy (five new titles accepted to the LBF 09 lineup!) and partly because I’m doing the double-issue .pdf version this time around. I think I mentioned this in the last newsletter. I might not have. That was in March and I’ve had two Sabbats between…
Right – HAPPY BELTAINE! We had ritual and dinner cooked by the students on Saturday, followed by a bel-fire that almost rivaled that of ’02. Dobhailen had a lot of scrap in …