I've got something GREAT to celebrate this week. I published a new short story!
It's about two 13-year-old boys who can't resist going where they shouldn't. It's scary -- but not too scary. No violence or gore. Just two adorable kids, lots of thrills, and edge-of-your-seat action!
As in Stephen King’s It and Dan Simmons’s Summer of Night, curiosity is what lures kids down a dark path and pits them against their town’s most deadly secret.
The Mission sits in the desert like a crumbling tomb, silent and cold … but not empty. It plays host to a rising evil, one that wants victims. And it’s used to getting what it wants.
Cody and Luke are looking for adventure and thrills when they ride out to visit the place on a dare. Before the night is over, they’ll learn how far their friendship can stretch, and if they’re strong enough to survive the terrifying danger that waits for them.
My kind and wonderful co-hosts of Celebrate the Small Things are:
L.G. Keltner @ Writing Off The Edge
Katie @ TheCyborgMom
Celebrate The Small Things Linky:
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Celebrate the Small Things. To be part of this blog hop, all you have to do is visit the Celebrate page on Lexa's Blog for the rules, and then post every Friday about something you're grateful for that week. It can be about writing or family or school or general life. This is the funnest and easiest blog hop ever! (Originated by VikLit)
or a place you loved as a child?
We want to see it
and know why it's your favorite!
Join this fun Summer Vacation Hop!
1) Sign up on the Linky list below.
2) On Saturday May 30, put up a post "My Favorite Vacation Spot" and tell everyone about it!
3) Link to the 6 Blog Hop Co-hosts:
Lexa Cain: http://lexacain.blogspot.com/
Melanie Karsak: http://www.melaniekarsak.com/
T.F. Walsh: http://www.tfwalsh.com/blog/
Vanessa Morgan: http://vanessa-morgan.blogspot.com/
Jolie Du Pre: http://www.preciousmonsters.com/
Stuart R. West: http://stuartrwest.blogspot.com/
4) On May 30-31, visit the other blogs and see where their favorite getaways are!
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Here are Foxy's suggestions for May 15, 2015:
Free YA Contemp Novel – The wonderful multi-published author C. Lee McKenzie (of Write Game blog) has put her novel Sliding on the Edge for FREE on Smashwords. I’ve read this one and it’s brilliantly-written with an enthralling heroine you’ll root for! Download your free copy today!
Free Short Story – Celebrate’s own Kimberly Robello (of Planet Kimberly) has put up a FREE story --- “La Claire Fontaine” on Wattpad. Go read it!
For Foxy's other Freebies, go to the Freebie page.
It's about two 13-year-old boys who can't resist going where they shouldn't. It's scary -- but not too scary. No violence or gore. Just two adorable kids, lots of thrills, and edge-of-your-seat action!
Something is waiting for Cody and Luke at the Mission. And it doesn’t want them to leave. Ever.
As in Stephen King’s It and Dan Simmons’s Summer of Night, curiosity is what lures kids down a dark path and pits them against their town’s most deadly secret.
The Mission sits in the desert like a crumbling tomb, silent and cold … but not empty. It plays host to a rising evil, one that wants victims. And it’s used to getting what it wants.
Cody and Luke are looking for adventure and thrills when they ride out to visit the place on a dare. Before the night is over, they’ll learn how far their friendship can stretch, and if they’re strong enough to survive the terrifying danger that waits for them.
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My kind and wonderful co-hosts of Celebrate the Small Things are:
L.G. Keltner @ Writing Off The Edge
Katie @ TheCyborgMom
Celebrate The Small Things Linky:
Grab the Linky html-code here:
Is your favorite vacation spot
a sunny beach, a bright city,
or a secluded cabin?
a sunny beach, a bright city,
or a secluded cabin?
A romantic getaway
or a place you loved as a child?
We want to see it
and know why it's your favorite!
Join this fun Summer Vacation Hop!
1) Sign up on the Linky list below.
2) On Saturday May 30, put up a post "My Favorite Vacation Spot" and tell everyone about it!
3) Link to the 6 Blog Hop Co-hosts:
Lexa Cain: http://lexacain.blogspot.com/
Melanie Karsak: http://www.melaniekarsak.com/
T.F. Walsh: http://www.tfwalsh.com/blog/
Vanessa Morgan: http://vanessa-morgan.blogspot.com/
Jolie Du Pre: http://www.preciousmonsters.com/
Stuart R. West: http://stuartrwest.blogspot.com/
4) On May 30-31, visit the other blogs and see where their favorite getaways are!
Special Giveaways!
Summer Reads that Thrill & Chill
Summer Reads that Thrill & Chill
There will be a giveaway featuring
6 exciting novels on the Co-hosts blogs!
Favorite Summer Vacation Spot Sign-up:
Foxy's Friday Freebies!
Foxy has been nosing around the net.
When she finds great FREE STUFF, she'll feature it on Fridays Freebies posts -
- Free short stories, novellas, and novels
- Giveaways for books and swag
- Free services for authors
Here are Foxy's suggestions for May 15, 2015:
For Foxy's other Freebies, go to the Freebie page.
If anyone has a FREE short story (for download or online at a free ezine), novella, novel, special giveaway, or author service, please let Foxy know so she can plug you here! Write to: laura.6eg(at)gmail.com
62 comments:
Congratulations on the short story! Will download today.
Yey! Another story published. Building your catalogue there Lexa. :) I love writing shorts and whenever I get a gap between ghostwriting projects I plan on writing more horror (plus romance under a pseudonym), and publishing them.
Question: I thought L.X.Cain was for adult horror and Lexa Cain was for YA Horror/Fantasy? Help, I'm easily confused. :)
Loving the covers of your shorts too. Do you do them? Super congrats!
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The short story sounds wonderful. Have a great weekend.
Yay for getting another short out there! I love it!
Congratulations on your story! It sounds deliciously creepy. I'm going to grab it today!
Congrats on your new short story. Excited for you!
Your short story sounds awesome!!!!!
yay, CONGRATS, Lexa!! so excited for you...this sounds seriously amazing, and so random but I adore the names Luke and Cody! :)
Congratulations! And yay for Friday Freebies. :) Have a terrific weekend.
Way to go on the short story, Lexa! Sounds really good and I plan to read. I've noticed more authors are publishing short stories lately. A new trend, it seems.
Congratulations on the new story!! Very cool celebration!
That short story sounds AMAZING and congrats on publishing another!! Can't wait to read it :)
The short story sounds enticing, even if I don't normally read horror. I downloaded a sample. If I like it, I'll buy the rest of it.
I wish it was available on Amazon. They have my credit card info and buying things is an incredibly easy thing to do--probably too easy. You might keep this in mind for sales. Had it been on Amazon, I would've bought it without a moment's hesitation. Just a simple click.
Just read the sample of The Mission, Lexa. It was delightfully creepy. If I were still a children's librarian, and you wrote creepy stuff for middle-grade readers, ala RL Stine, I would buy all of your books. Middle grade readers just eat this stuff up, and there really isn't much of it out there, except for RL Stine and a handful of others.
Congrats on your short story! Very exciting, and very creepy-sounding!
Congratulations on the story. Sounds exciting and eerie
Hooray for a story published!
Congrats on the new story. You're on a roll! I'd love to interview you for Behind The Scenes if you're up for it. Let me know. =)
Congratulations on publishing your short story. Another feather in your cap.
Hello dear Lady Lexa....
have not been anywhere (for Vacation) over 30 years....
...just stuck here in a little Southern town that does Not like me....
Congrats on The Mission. I just downloaded it and look forward to reading it.
Sounds spooky. Good luck with it.
Congratulations on getting your short story published. It must be a great feeling.
Congrats on getting the short out there. :)
Hi Lexa. Congrats on the short story. Sounds good! The Summer blog hop sounds good. I'll see about that one. We're heading into winter in Oz, not that it's anything like winter in the Northern Hemp. :-)
Congrats on the new story. Sounds creepy.
Wow, this is so great! Congratulations on your first self-published story!
Congratulations on the new story! Sounds like fun - in a scary way, of course. ;-)
Congrats, Lexa! I love these kind of stories~ Cheers
Congratulations, Lexa. Good for you. Sounds spooky for sure. Thanks for all the information you provide on your blog. It's always such a pleasure to stop by.
Congrats on the new short story, Lexa!
Good for you, Lexa. Story sounds enticing.
Great news to celebrate, Lexa! Congratulations on your new short story!
Congratulations on your short story! It sounds interesting. I'll check it out.
That's wonderful. I'll check it out.
Congrats on your new short story--that's very exciting! :)
Congrats on the new story. I've published a story via Smashwords but as a Brit I'm struggling with the IRS forms. Probably not worth the trouble - I'm expecting to make my fortune this way!
Sounds like a very fun tale, Lexa! And thanks for the freebies.
Congratulations on the publication of a new story! Very awesome!
I have it ready to go on my trip with me. Time to read and enjoy at last. Congratulations. I love short stories.
And thanks for posting about my Free book on Smashwords. <B
Congratulations on releasing your new short story! You are awesome!
That's super exciting! Kids are the best when it comes to scaring the crap out of themselves.
Good luck with The Mission! I'll do a shout out on my Weekend follies post and Celebrate The Small Things post later this week.
Woot! Congrats on the new story! Sounds very mysterious. :)
That sounds like a fantastic read! I love writing about 13yo boys. That sounded creepy. MG is my favorite category:) Congrats!
Definately sounds creepy and scary. That would be an adventure they'd never forget.
Congratulations!
Sia McKye Over Coffee
Congratulations on your short story Lexa!!
I'm so thrilled for you, Lexa. Off to download my copy!
Congrats on your newest published story! How wonderful!! I'm always curious as to what makes people decide to self-publish or go with an indie publisher. Did I miss your story somewhere? I'd love to read about it!
Jamie Dement (LadyJai)
Caring for My Veteran
How exciting!! The story sounds excellent. Congratulations!!
Congratulations on your new short story, Lexa! Awesome news. That's a big celebration right there. Love ya! Eva
The Mission sounds like it is full of excitement! Congrats! I look forward to reading it. :)
~Jess
Congrats on the short story! Sounds like a good one
So sorry for not getting back to you earlier, thank you as ever for your kind support, and wonderful news about the short story publication, very satisfying.
Congratulations on your new short story!
Congratulations on your new short story!
Yay for the new short story - it sounds delightfully creepy!!
Congratulations on publishing another story. Sounds thrilling.
Congrats! It sounds like a fun story. I like to write kids stuff occasionally, too.
Congratulations on your short story!!!!
I checked out the blog hop you were telling me about, but sadly I've never been on a vacation other than one family vacation when I was a kid. I don't have any pictures from that time or remember what hotel we went to. :(
Congrats on the short! Such fun writing for kids. I'll have to check it out.
Love the blog hop idea too. Vacations are such fun, only one place on earth will suffice. See you on the 30th.
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