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I was born in Germany not far from the Harz Mountain in an ancient village where you can still see the remnants of an earthen wall erected in the Middle Ages. It's a place steeped in the folklore that fueled the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm and inspired Russian composer Mussorgsky to write the…

Giving a reader a great story that allows them to take time off from the work-a-day world isn't easy. Escapism requires work...a whole lot of work. I've written a little over 30,000 words for SOUL SIGN, escapist literature and the third book in the Zackie Stories, and I've hit the 30K slump. And that's okay.…

Soul Search: A Zackie Story of Supernatural Suspense (The Zackie Stories Book 1) - Kindle edition by Favis, Reyna. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Soul Search: A Zackie Story of Supernatural Suspense (The Zackie Stories Book 1).

Soul Search: A Zackie Story of Supernatural Suspense (The Zackie Stories Book 1) - Kindle edition by Favis, Reyna. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Soul Search: A Zackie Story of Supernatural Suspense (The Zackie Stories Book 1).

Soul Search: A Zackie Story of Supernatural Suspense (The Zackie Stories Book 1) - Kindle edition by Favis, Reyna. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Soul Search: A Zackie Story of Supernatural Suspense (The Zackie Stories Book 1).

Fragile. For all their desire to live, two-week-old kittens are incredibly fragile. I give a lot of credit to cat mothers who nurture and raise strong, healthy kittens. I've found it takes hard work, sacrifice, and stamina to keep a kitten alive. The picture you see is Mojo at three-almost-four weeks old. I finally feel…

I went grudgingly, all the while thinking I'm too freakin' old for this. Going out on a Saturday night to see a band was an infrequent thing even when I was in my twenties. These days I am hauling that particular decade of my life on a trailer hitch. This night out was reminiscent of a…

The Third Man is an unseen presence sensed by people who are in extremis, struggling, and near the point of death. This presence encourages them to make one final effort to survive. Who are these people who have encountered the Third Man? Arctic explorers, high altitude mountain climbers, and shipwreck survivors rank among those who…

We interrupt our regularly scheduled blog post to introduce you to New Puppy Angus. Angus is a lab mix rescued from death row from a shelter in Arkansas. He was born in October and is a surprisingly hefty 25 pounds. After 8 years, we had forgotten what it was like having a puppy... Day 1:…

Go ahead. Click the sound file. This is EXACTLY what he said. https://cdn.cnn.com/cnn/2020/images/01/23/mummy.voice.mp3 This is the voice of a mummified Egyptian priest who lived 3,000 years ago during the reign of Pharaoh Ramses XI. His name was Nesyamun, a scribe and priest in his mid-50's . And honestly, if you were disturbed after resting in…

"Oh good--it's turned into Ebola." Rich finished blowing his nose and gazed suspiciously into the tissue. Hunched over under layers of blankets to ward off the chills, I gave him the stink-eye. "J'accuse!" I raised a damning finger at him. (I think you can guess which one.) "You made me sick." We are living in…

The last known point for the subject was under a tree. A piece of tissue, melting in the morning dew, would be used as the scent article. It was a good assumption that this was something the subject might have touched. I threw the harness down near the fragile scent article and let the K9…

I might have accidentally invented a new fiction genre--Cozy Horror. According to Wikipedia: Cozy mysteries, also referred to as "cozies", are a subgenre of crime fiction in which sex and violence are downplayed or treated humorously, and the crime and detection take place in a small, socially intimate community. Horror is a genre of speculative…

The cover of Susannah Charleson's new book "Where the Lost Dogs Go" says it is a story of love, search, and the power of reunion. What's left out is that this is also a story of resilience. It's about the resilience of the lost animals who must survive in difficult and sometimes hostile environments. If…

It was glorious! I was soaring, the wind rushing past me. I had never felt so free and alive. I reveled in my newfound power as the pavement raced by below me. I could defy gravity. I COULD FLY! Every life has moments of glory. You just have to know when to say "Cut!" and…

Because being a writer means following the advice of Jefferson Airplane's White Rabbit and feeding your head. Submitted for your approval: the details of one head-feeding session.... I am a highly distracted gardener and will not give tender young plants the attention they deserve. My efforts are better spent making compost—better for the plants (because…