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Listen on the Ye Olde Dragon's Library storytelling podcast starting February 2:

MUSIC IN THE NIGHT, from the Guardians of the Time Stream steampunk series.

2 childhood friends with matching crystal roses hold the key to lost understanding of the Great Machine. Can Ess find Carmen before their enemies catch up with her?

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This is turning out to be one of those books you need to set aside big blocks of time for reading, because there's so much to absorb, you can't do it in 10-minute bites when you have a break.
Lovely language.
Great world-building.

Waited a LONG time for the library to finally get this one in.
Always worth the wait.
Too bad we're so busy lately, I don't have time to just sit and read for hours at a time!

Whew! Lots of useful information.
Great comparisons and examples.
For those who plan ahead in great detail, this is a wonderful tool -- help with plotting, avoiding a lot of rewriting and revising and those moments of "Dang, my character is fighting me. She wouldn't do/say that, but I need her to do/say that for the sake of the plot!"
Going to refer to this book a LOT in the future.

Final story:
BLOOD ON THE THRONE
Deborah Cullins Smith

The real reason for Bloody Mary's name?
And what if she's still alive today, queen of the Undead, once Mina Harker and Van Helsing and their crew did away with Dracula?
Shudder, and read the journey that put her on her bloody path and throne ...
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Today's title:
FIT TO KILL
Darlene N. Bocek

You've heard of dressed to kill?
Believing his experiments have succeeded and he has attained immortality, at the cost of innocence and purity, the "hero" of this story rises from the dead and exults in anticipation of the bloody conquest of the world ...

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Someone is trying to get into the forbidden room.
Vin and her friends aren't sure who to trust, and don't want to cause more trouble for the teachers by revealing what they know, so they set out to lay traps of their own, and reinforce the school's wards.
Will they work?
Can't wait to find out!

Today's story:
SUBSTITUTIONS
Etta-Tamara Wilson
Even high-tech medical research isn't safe from the nefarious schemes of vampires. Especially when the research deals with blood......

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Today's featured story:
MOTION PICTURE US TOGETHER
Jim Doran

This story ties into Jim's contribution to our Invisible Files anthology from last fall.
A surprise package ends up in the movie director vampire's foyer, despite all security precautions. It turns out his latest unwilling bride has a nasty friend who wants her back ,,,,

Today's featured story:
EYES FULL OF STARS
Cortney Manning

Poor orphan boy, rich girl, powerful outlaw -- a tale from the Old West, but in outer space (think "Firefly"!!).
An outer space with vampires for outlaws.
Will our hero save the day? Will he win in a duel with the fastest undead draw in the territory?

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More clues. And the nastiest of the school board inspectors is trying to get into the forbidden room.
What does she think she'll find there?
What kind of sacrifices is Vin willing to make for her friends and the first real home she's known in years?

Today's story:
SECRETS IN THE SHADOWS
Lindsi McIntyre

There are some things worse than being dumped in a foreign boarding school while your parents get a divorce. Such as the headmaster selling all the students to buy himself immortality of the worst kind ...

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Today's title:
CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT, SINGING SWEETLY
Michelle L. Levigne

An Enchanted Castle Archives story -- 'Na as a child.
When power-hungry kings try to trap her in an unwanted betrothal, what can an 11-year-old do?
Run away!
Straight into the clutches of the local vampires, who have plans of their own to control the enchanted castle's magic through her.

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Someone is out to destroy the Last Hope School. If the doors close, where will the students go? Join the Free Mages? Are the Free Mages behind the incidents and infractions? Vin and her friends join forces with the new kid. Who can they trust to help them save the school?
You know the story is good when I willingly walk the dog in the SNOW so I can listen to another half hour ....

Today's story:
LOVE SUCKS
Rosemarie DiCristo and Pam Halter

Yes, we all know love can ... but when it's the name of a dating site for vampires, well, use your imagination. What happens when interfering parents drag their single offspring on a vampire dating cruise? Read it (and laugh) and find out!

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Today's featured title:
SCREECHED
Stoney M. Setzer

Return to Sardis County. Our brave sheriff must delay his proposal thanks to more bizarre medical treatments changing victims into monsters -- this time, with wings and fangs.

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Today's featured title:
THE PALE NEW KID
Jessica A. Tanner

A girl with the last name of Van Helsing learns the new kid in school, with the last name of Dracula, lives in the creepy mansion next door. And she happens to live in the caretaker's cottage at the cemetery ,,,,

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Good for Vin -- confessing to her friends, at least, about the hitch in her rare magical talent.
Keeping secrets from people until it's too late, and the complications that follow, is an over-used trope, in my opinion, but the book would be a whole lot shorter if people would just confess and get things out in the open, y'know?
Loving the story.

Oooh, nasty inspectors with an agenda invade the school, looking for reasons to shut it down and destroy the last chance for the "magical delinquents" to get a decent education and be accepted in society. Will Vin and her friends find a way to protect their home and schoolmates?
The plot thickens.
And just what is the new kid's secret?

Next featured story:
MOONMIST EVE
Cortney Manning

In a country where 1 mistake by the king gave control to the vampires, a hero strikes from the shadows. A seamstress and a dandy newcomer to Dracula's court risk all, including forbidden love, on Moonmist Eve.

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Yes, I'm reading several books at the same time. This is an audiobook, for when I'm driving around or walking the dog. Dawnsinger is on my nightstand. And Once BItten is being featured as promotion for a new release. Hey, I legitimately read this one -- multiple times! That's what you do when you're assembling anthologies.

Looking forward to this next book in the Last Hope series. Thoroughly enjoyed book 1.

12 tales based on the whole folklore and literature surrounding vampires.

THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Jordan Campbell

New neighbors with many noisy children need to be destroyed. But every time the vampire next door goes hunting, something odd happens, foiling his plans and destroying his appetite.

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I got this book in a big basket of books by a group of authors, and I'm ashamed to say all of them have been buried in my to-be-read bookcase for a couple years.

Dove into the book a couple days ago, and I'm delighted. Just wish I had MORE time to read.

The world-building is amazing. I need to read slowly, to savor and learn.

Check out the next book in the Neighborlee series: QUITTING THE HERO BIZ.

Jane is the Ghost, defender of a small town that has gotten lazy, and expects their invisible superhero to fix all their problems, and even do their thinking for them. Or so it feels to her. When she gets a chance to quit, she heads off to a new assignment: Neighborlee, and investigating recent mysterious events.

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Have you checked out the book trailer for Night of the Living Proof?
Or listened to chapter 1 on Ye Olde Dragon's Library storytelling podcast, so you can take the quiz and earn points for FREE books?
There's still time -- but the next book in the Neighborlee series is coming up soon -- QUITTING THE HERO BIZ.

Check out the excerpts on my blog -- MichelleLevigne.blogspot.com
You might find something you like!

Why are people vanishing, only to reappear in odd places, with gaps in their memories?
Why are there time slips around Eden, the community center?
And what exactly is going on with Lanie's new boss, Daniel? He's already proven he's smart, because Sylvia Grandstone is back in town, hunting an engagement ring, and he's running scared.

Lanie refers to her new boss as the Evil Overload, and the company his family owns as the Evil Empire ... but Daniel is turning out to be anything but. He could be an ally. Learn more about him and his secrets in: NIGHT OF THE LIVING PROOF and BRIDE OF THE LIVING PROOF.

Check out the free 1st chapter at Ye Old Dragon's Library storytelling podcast.
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Our final story:
BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE, by Kathleen Bird
We return to the campus and characters from previous anthology stories, to meet a struggling musician coming up against 3 social media influencers who could make or break his band. Which vision in pink will surprise him the most?

You can still get the anthology ebook BEFORE release day and SAVE $$ at YeOldeDragonBooks.com

Lanie has too much to do as Christmas swiftly approaches. Figuring out who's out to either drive her insane or kill her was not on her list.
Is it the boy whose life she saved, or the evil force who pushed him to that suicidal stunt four years ago?

Have you checked out the contest yet on YeOldeDragonBooks.com?
See the Visitors Guide to Neighborlee for rules, videos, quizzes. Earn free books!

Two stories left to tantalize you!
Today's feature: THE PROCTOR AND THE PIGS, by Jordan Campbell
Old King Cole commissions a professorial wolf to teach house building to his subjects, but the teacher runs into three very stubborn pigs with their own ideas of how to build with straw, sticks, and bricks.
Read and chuckle!

Releasing May 1.
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