For the Blogger Book Fair I invited authors to submit three of their best sentences from one of their books. Today, Penelope Reece posts to tempt you to a copy of her novel Phantasma... and as a special offer you can get a copy for just 99c/76p here:
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Three
Sentence Seduction of Phantasma
- Unlike most kids, I had no memories of my early childhood. (Alphie Brewster, protagonist)
- Above us was a muddy sky heavy with polluted smoke.
- I wanted the memories to stay hidden
An
Excerpt of Phantasma (in case you want to
use it)
"Let
this be a dream! My
mind screamed. Let
me wake up! I chanted
the words in my mind, but I knew I wasn’t sleeping. The nightmare
was very much real. My eyes and nose were all too aware of this fact.
My body knew too, that’s why it was flat lining.
Next to me, the figure continued to breathe, his rancid breath caressing my ear while the smell burned a fiery path through my nostrils. Finally, I couldn’t take it any longer, and slowly – oh so painfully slow – I turned my head to look upon the face of, what I was sure was, a nightmare made flesh."
Next to me, the figure continued to breathe, his rancid breath caressing my ear while the smell burned a fiery path through my nostrils. Finally, I couldn’t take it any longer, and slowly – oh so painfully slow – I turned my head to look upon the face of, what I was sure was, a nightmare made flesh."
Book
Blurb: (Phantasma)
Good
school, nice friends, and a loving family. Alphie Brewster's life
seems perfect except for one growing problem. She’s plagued with
vivid nightmares, and is haunted by a forgotten past. And it's only
getting worse.
The
day she finds a mysterious necklace, Alphie wakes to see a ghostly
figure leaning over her bed. Now she's got an even greater problem. A
six foot four inch tall eccentric spook, named Noer, who has to
possess her in order to stay in this world. He fills her with fire
while slowly draining her energy as if she were a Duracell
Battery.
Now her problems only seem to be escalating. The more she learns about Noer, the more she starts to remember her childhood. One that should have stayed buried and could very well tear her apart.
Now her problems only seem to be escalating. The more she learns about Noer, the more she starts to remember her childhood. One that should have stayed buried and could very well tear her apart.
Author
Bio:
Penelope
Reece, Penn for short (b. 1984), is an author living in Central
Indiana with her husband of two years and her tiny Pomeranian,
Kodi.
She graduated from Indiana University in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in English. She then went on to spend nearly three years in South Korea where she taught English in a private academy. It was here that she met and married her husband in June of 2010.
They recently moved back to the States in March of 2012.
Penelope's been writing ever since her nerdy high school days where her joys were limited to marching band and day dreaming.
Her other joys include reading, crocheting, snuggling her little Kodi-man, and watching comedic TV shows such as Parks, and the IT Crowd. She also enjoys watching Korean dramas, listening to her husband sing. As well as being hyper and annoying her husband as much as she can.
She graduated from Indiana University in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in English. She then went on to spend nearly three years in South Korea where she taught English in a private academy. It was here that she met and married her husband in June of 2010.
They recently moved back to the States in March of 2012.
Penelope's been writing ever since her nerdy high school days where her joys were limited to marching band and day dreaming.
Her other joys include reading, crocheting, snuggling her little Kodi-man, and watching comedic TV shows such as Parks, and the IT Crowd. She also enjoys watching Korean dramas, listening to her husband sing. As well as being hyper and annoying her husband as much as she can.
All
Links
My
blog:
Twitter:
@PenelopeReece
Links:
Sing
for Me
Phantasma
Goodreads
Penelope was another guest from the Blogger Book Fair - I will be posting at her blog today and at other blogging locations between the 22nd-26th July (see links below)
22nd July Caitlyn Nicholas http://www.caitlynnicholas.blogspot.com
Jamie Campbell http://jamiecampbell.com.au/blog/
23rd July Emily Tippets http://www.emtippetts.com/search/label/Blog
Penelope Reece http://penelopereece.blogspot.co.uk/
24th July Leslie R. Wright http://thebasementlevelfive.blogspot.co.uk/
25th July Aria Glazki http://ariaglazki.blogspot.co.uk/
Barbara Billig http://www.thenuclearcatastrophe.blogspot.com/
26th July Don Wooldridge http://www.donwooldridge.com
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