Teaser from Belladonna in Hollywood
Bela Lugosi had just encountered two vampires in his living room. And he knew it.
(Tuesday Teaser from 23% of Belladonna in Hollywood by Alex Severin)...
Monday Afternoon
First, I have a winner to announce. Congratulations to Irene of Author Exposure. You won a copy of The Blue Light Project. I've passed your address on to the publicist. I hope you enjoy the book!
I had kind of an odd week last week. I was off work but spent every day driving Amber to and from day camp at the art museum and wasting time during the day. It was actually pretty tiring. Then we spent the weekend at the lake, so I haven't had much computer time this week.
I did receive a few books over the last couple of weeks. Mailbox Monday is taking a blog tour. This month’s host is Staci at Life in the Thumb.
The Stranger You Seek by Amanda Kyle Williams (ARC from Random House)
The Silver Skull by Mark Chadbourn (from Paperbackswap)
The Best American Short Stories 2011 edited by Geraldine Brooks and Heidi Pitlor (from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt via NetGalley)
The Best American Mystery Stories 2011...
Weekend at the Lake
No computer, one tv channel, sporadic cellphone service. We had a nice weekend, even if most of it was chopping wood and hauling logs. We went on a short walk, sat around the campfire, even watched some fireworks....
Wild West Week: Etsy Finds
Need to add a touch of the Wild West to your life? Take a look at some of the things I found on Etsy this week.
An original oil painting at Strangedaze
I love bookmarks. These are by 3 Creative Sisters.
These necklaces have kind of a Western Steampunk feel. My favorite is the one with the sparrow. They're from Trash And Trinkets.
And these coasters are cute. They're from SimpleXpressions Cards.
Anything grab your fancy?...
Wild West Week: Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith
What happens when a cowboy decides to turn detective?
It's 1893 in Montana, and Big Red and Old Red Amlingmeyer sign on ranch hands at the Bar VR. They're expecting hard work and little pay, but there are a lot of secrets at the ranch, and when more than one body turns up, Old Red, who in reality is only in his late 20s, decides to emulate his hero, Sherlock Holmes, and solve the case.
I listened to this on audio. William Duffs was the perfect narrator. It felt like I was sitting around a campfire listening to Big Red tell about their adventures, about sticking by his brother even when he thought it was crazy, about the goings-on at the ranch and the big house, and about the other cowhands, overseers and uppity British owners.
The brothers are a great team, opposites who work well together. Gustav, Old Red, is the brains, but he's a quiet fellow and can't read. Otto, Big...
Thursday’s Tale: “Teething Toy”
Image source: Gun Sales
Today's story is a short little tale from South Dakota retold by S. E. Schossler. A woman is home alone with a baby in the town of Deadwood when she sees a drifter approaching her house. Knowing that the man will steal her food and take advantage of her, she gets out her husband's gun, but found it wasn't loaded. Just then the drifter walks right into her home, without even a know. Startled she drops the gun into the baby's crib and turns to fend off the intruder.
The drifter was all set to take every bite of food the little lady had prepared for her husband's dinner, and give her a hard time to boot. But he happened to glance into the crib, and saw the woman's little feller jest gumming away at the handle of the gun. Well that drifter turned pale and high-tailed it out of there. Left Deadwood as far behind as he...