in my paranormal suspense novel set in 1968, A DEAD GUY AT THE SUMMERHOUSE, an elderly heiress hires 17-year-old Mitch to look after her two Pekingese dogs. Unfortunately, he and the dogs and his employer share the house with her family and three servants. One…

HELLO! My name’s CHICKIE! I’m a big helper girl! If Poppy goes downstairs, I go downstairs, too. If Poppy goes upstairs, I go up first to make sure it’s safe and wait for him. I help him ordinize the sheeps and lemons. Tipper: The sheets…

This post title sounds like one of my usual mash-ups, but it isn’t. Some brave souls are doing Story A Day SEPTEMBER. One of those is the divine Marta Pelrine-Bacon (aka mapelba). She’s using September to write backstory for a science fiction fairy tale she’s…