The last book in the Strange and Lovely Anthology, but certainly NOT the least! Dark to Dust is something else! But then, the concepts for all of the books for this anthology have blown my mind!
Book blurb:
Sandy has a strange and lovely addiction. But like all
addictions, it's turning his world upside-down, inside-out. How far will
Sanford go to satisfy his growing hunger?
Say WHAT!?!?!? Talk about a cliff hanger, and you haven't even cracked the cover yet!!! Ok, now for the author. Check out M Leigh Marrott's author bio:
Author M. Leigh Marrott has been coloring the world with her stories since she could talk... just like those pesky aliens used to color her walls at night when she was four. The first poem she actually wrote down was at the age of eleven as she grumbled about cleaning. When she was in high school, her quirky English teacher submitted M. Leigh’s poetry to a local paper and, to the author’s dismay, it was published. In March 2013, she had a collection of haikus published in EFiction Magazine. Since then she has had various other pieces of work (poetry, short stories, and essays) published online. She is currently preparing her first full-length novel to send out to agents. You can find more of her writing at beneaththepaper.blogspot.com.
Author Social Media links
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https://www.facebook.com/authormleighmarrott
Twitter-- @leighmarrott
https://twitter.com/leighmarrott
Not quite intrigued yet? (Pft, like ya'll aren't super curious after that blurb) how about a SNIPPET!? Bet you are hooked by the end of the first paragraph!
The first time I tasted happiness, it
was quite by accident. This
time . . . not so much. It wasn’t that it was planned exactly. It was more
desperation. Compulsion. Addiction.
It was risky business, being out before dark. My health was in danger in more
ways than one. The simple truth—I couldn’t help it anymore.
Though the sun wasn’t quite finished setting, the boy was already dreaming when
I came in through his window. An aura of gold floated about him, circling his
body. I reached for it, completely mesmerized. It coated my fingers like
glittery dust. I rubbed my bottom lip with my finger. Gone were the days when
it was strange to think of ingesting it. Any previous hesitations or misgivings
were extinct—every particle of my soul hungered for it. I bit my lip and sucked
in a breath. The dust tickled its way down my throat teasing my insides. I
knelt down next to the boy’s bed, leaned my face into his celestial cloud of
joy, and inhaled deeply. I drank it into my bones.
Flashes of golden light danced before my eyes. Visions raced through my mind—a
warm embrace from his father, a wrestling match with his puppy, ice cream
dripping down his chin, the sticky, goopy feeling of paint squishing between
his fingers, the smell of his mother’s perfume. It took my breath away. My
chest felt as if it would burst. Every molecule inside me danced in animated
bliss. So much vitality and fire bolting through me, hammering my heart to
life, pumping animated force through my form until it nearly solidified. I
reached down and touched the boy’s face. I actually felt him! I laughed as the
room swam around me.
I heard footsteps coming. I doubled over in pain as my panicked heart pounded
in my chest. I still wasn’t used to that—no one had ever told me it could hurt
like that. I reached for the window latch and my hand went right through it. It
seemed that as quickly as the golden dust had given me life, the effects had
dissipated. I sighed. My no-longer beating heart ached. For a flash of an
instant I had been an actual boy, much like the one who was still slightly
snoring in his bed. It never lasted long enough. I flew through the glass just
as the man I assumed to be the boy’s father opened the door to check on him.
I hovered outside the window, watching as the man tiptoed to his son’s side,
adjusted the boy’s blankets, and lightly kissed him on the cheek. The golden
aura around the boy burst out from him like the pulse of a supernova, passing
through me and out into the night. My once-again solid frame crashed to the
ground, landing on the metal garbage cans at the side of the house. I shrank at
the noise of it all, the kind of sound that reawakens the dead. The creaking of
the window above me jolted me into action and, as the father yelled “Hey!” at
me, his head sticking out the now open window, I ran for my newfound life.
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Book Tour Schedule
January 10
Book 1:
Huntress by Amber Argyle
January 11
Book 2:
My Fair Assassin by C. J. Anaya
January 12
Book 3:
School Spirit by Jennifer Griffith
January 13
Books 1-3
Huntress, My Fair Assassin, and School Spirit
January 14
Book 4:
The Descension by Cindy M Hogan
January 15
Book 5:
The Crazies Got Me by Rebecca Gage
January 16
Book 6:
Mind Warp by Jennie James
January 17
Books 4-6
The Descension, The Crazies Got Me, and Mind Warp
January 18
Book 7:
Dark Night by Christine Fonseca
January 19
Book 8:
My Big Hairy Romance by Jennifer Bryce
January 20
Book 9:
Broken Tales and Mermaid Wings by Stephanie Fowers
January 21
Book 7-9
Dark Night, My Big Hairy Romance, and Broken Tales and Mermaid Wings
January 22
Book10:
Dark to Dust by M. Leigh Marrott
January 23
Book 1-10
The Strange and Lovely Anthology
Not to long ago, I joined the first book tour for Marie's World. Well, I couldn't resist joining in when Loving the Book found a fantastic excuse to do some more partying and so now I'm helping to bring it back! Marie's World is now available in PRINT in the US!!! Isn't that exciting!?!
