Mugshots

by Liz DeJesus

Twisted fairy tales like you've never seen them before. These wickedly enchanting tales intersect in ways you couldn't imagine.Alice, dealing with a recent beak-up, has picked up a dangerous shroom habit and has been taking frequent trips down the rabbit hole. When she and her best friend Kat go on a drug-infused trip to a new dance club, things turn quickly.Holly is a good granddaughter by day, but by night her wolf side comes out. In a desperate attempt to escape the nightly intentions of her ex-boyfriend, Pyotr, she enlists the help of a secretive woman with golden hair.Winnie is obsessed with bears. In her search for a particular set of bears, she'll do whatever it takes to find it-including breaking and entering.Snow is tired of her life working for her stepmother, Cora, as a performer at The Poisoned Apple. She longs for the day when she can quit her job and live with her boyfriend Jerry. When she tries to run away, things turn dangerous quickly.Alice, Holly, Winnie, and Snow are about to have a night that will change their lives forever.

180 pages, Paperback

Published June 20, 2023

About the author

Liz DeJesus is a novelist, freelance writer, and a writing coach. She has been writing for as long as she was capable of holding a pen. She is the author of The Jackets (Arte Publico Press, March 2011) The Frost Series, Morgan, The Laurel, Girl, Mugshots, Zombie Ever After and ABC's With the Vejigantes. Her work has also appeared in Twice Upon a Time (Bearded Scribe Press, Winter 2015) and Someone Wicked (Smart Rhino Publications, Winter 2013). Her articles have been featured in Southern Writers Magazine.
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Liz is also the co-founder of the Hockessin Art and Book Fair, Anime Day and Bento Con.
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She is also the winner of the 2023 Delaware Individual Artist Fellowship: Emerging, Literature: Creative Non-fiction, ABCs With the Vejigantes won 1st place at the 2023 Delaware Press Association Communications Contest Awards and 1st place at the 2023 NFPW Professional Communications Contest. She was recently awarded the 2024 Artist Opportunity Grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts.

Reviews

[Amber Proud · Rating 4 out of 5]

**This book was provided by the author to Nerd Girl in exchange for an honest review**

An intriguing, exhilarating dark ride. Liz takes you on one very sinful dark fairytale type adventure. A twisted and sinful version of fairy tales gone dark side. She incorporates beautifully the reality of everyday hardships, trials and tribulations into an adult version of a fairytale.

I love the unique writing style she has. She captures your attention and hold it. The characters are extremely well written and easily related able. The plots were entertaining and captivating. You got my attention and I couldn't put the book down! I would highly recommend this book! Can't wait to read more by this author.

[Peggy Baldwin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Liz has done her magic again creating an adult fairytale. Alice and Snow White that we read as kids are all grown up.Very Entertaining