Horror Genre

“The Birth of Jaiden,” an intriguing first book by Jennifer Malone-Wright, is released this weekend at a special price for the ebook version. It is also available for Kindle and in paperback. You can find the official blurb and an excerpt from the novel on Jennifer’s website. It definitely has this vampire fan interested! Vampires, prophecies, the possible destruction of the world? I’m buying my copy today.

Not only is Jennifer offering a special deal on price during this weekend, she has a contest running on her site starting Monday. Birth of Jaiden Contest

Off to buy my copy…

Bought! I’m getting an autographed copy so I can say, “I knew you when…” I can’t wait to start reading it. It sounds like a very intriguing twist on vampire books today.

A full reviews will be coming as soon as I get the book.

A is for appetite
B is for blood
C is for carnivore
D is for death
E is for energy
F is for fangs
G is for gore
H is for horror
I is for incubus
J is for jugular
K is for kill
L is for lick
M is for monster
N is for nosferatu
O is for O type
P is for psychis
Q is for quietude
R is for repellant
S is for sanguinary
T is for teeth
U is for undead
V is for vampire
W is for wounds
X is for xeric
Y is for yell
Z is for zzzzz eternal sleep

I call myself a fantasy and horror writer, and that is true, but what I write stretches far beyond that.

If expanded to cover all the possible sub-genres, I would have to include:

1) Fantasy
— epic fantasy
— sword & sorcery
— high fantasy
— dark fantasy
2) Urban Fantasy
3) Paranormal
4) Horror

But what in the heck is the difference between them all? Some people use some of the terms interchangeably. For example, epic fantasy is often akin to high fantasy. Urban fantasy can skate the edges of both paranormal and horror.

What is a vampire tale? Depends really. Are the vampires slaughtering people and flinging blood hither and yon? Horror. Are they brooding melancholy and just want to be loved? Paranormal. Are they sexy, goth-style metro-sexuals part of some ancient curse/war/spiritual movement? Urban fantasy.

It’s tough sometimes to narrow down what I write. When asked, I may just have to start to answer, “good stories.” At least I think so.

Publication News
My story "Blue Christmas" has been published at Bent Masses in their Twist the Season issue.

Go check it out and let me know what you think.
Now Available

Elements of Time

Available from Twin Trinity Media.

Elements of Dimension

Elements of Dimension continues the Twin Trinity short story anthology series with more top-quality stories and poems. This book explores the themes of science fiction, fantasy and reality. I have one short story, "Death Obeyed," and one poem, "Tale of the Suburban Dungeon" in this book.

Elements of Time

"Elements of Time" short story anthology is available now. It features winning stories from the Accentuate Services contests plus themed poetry. Two of M. Lori Motley's short stories, "Inescapable" and "No Time Like Now," are included.


Elements of Soul

"Elements of Soul" short story anthology is available now. It features fifteen winning stories from the Accentuate Services contests plus themed poetry. Two of M. Lori Motley's short stories, "Summer Heat" and "Flood of Tears," are included.