Back Atcha

by Alex Bledsoe

In these three new short stories, the darkest adventures yet for the Firefly Witch, Tanna and Ry encounter their most vicious, diabolical and dangerous foes. One is a redneck who intends to sell his girlfriend to the devil, another is a serial killer with unexpected psychic powers, and the third is the hatred that leads people to barbarous acts of murder. Tanna must rely on her wits as well as her Wiccan beliefs, and Ry has to be stronger and smarter than he’s ever been, if they are to survive.

The heroine of The Firefly Witch, Dr. Tanna Tully, becomes the only hope for people on the edge of darkness and evil.

• Ry's cousin is terrified that her boyfriend is a Satanist, and has the power to destroy her soul. Tanna must face him and determine the truth.

• Talbert Falco was born without arms; yet the addict and petty crook is the only suspect in a murder of staggering violence. Can Tanna determine the truth before she becomes the next victim?

• Johnny Leigh is found murdered, but that’s only the beginnning. The secrets he held threaten to start a wave of new violence. But how does anyone, even a witch, change the hatred in the hardest of hearts?

52 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 12, 2012

About the author

I grew up in west Tennessee an hour north of Graceland (home of Elvis) and twenty minutes from Nutbush (home of Tina Turner). I've been a reporter, editor, photographer and door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman. I now live in a big yellow house in Wisconsin, write before six in the morning and try to teach my two kids to act like they've been to town before.

I write the Tufa novels (The Hum and the Shiver, Wisp of a Thing, Long Black Curl and Chapel of Ease), as well as the Eddie LaCrosse series (The Sword-Edged Blonde, Burn Me Deadly, Dark Jenny, Wake of the Bloody Angel and He Drank, and Saw the Spider). the Firefly Witch ebook chapbooks, and two "vampsloitation" novels set in 1975 Memphis (Blood Groove and The Girls with Games of Blood).

Reviews

[Deborah Replogle · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a collection of three short stories from Bledsoe's series about the Firefly Witch. It's pegged as Paranormal Romance, but really is a reflection of the human stories of selfishness, greed, and hatred. Still told with a sense of humor in some terrifying situations. Intriguing reads.