Fourth Tiny Teaser for THE CURE FOR DREAMING

The cover reveal for The Cure for Dreaming is scheduled for Thursday, April 17, just ten days away! Jaime Arnold at Two Chicks on Books has graciously agreed to host the reveal at her site.

Here is your fourth and final pre-cover-reveal teaser from the book, a short excerpt from Chapter One that may provide a hint about what you'll find on the cover . . .

He spoke again to the audience, calling up “strong male volunteers.” Firm hands lifted me into the air, beneath my shoulders and legs. I rose up high, my arms glued to my sides, and settled across two bars, one behind my neck and the other below my ankles.

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Third Tiny Teaser for THE CURE FOR DREAMING

The cover reveal for The Cure for Dreaming is now scheduled for Thursday, April 17! As the date gets closer, I'm sharing occasional sneak peeks of lines from the novel. Here's your tiny teaser for today, a short excerpt from Chapter Three . . .

The corners of the papers curled and fluttered in the cool November breeze, and each notice resembled the other: a black background, tall yellow letters, and a pair of large blue eyes staring out from above the phrase YOUNG MARVEL OF THE NEW CENTURY!

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Second Tiny Teaser for THE CURE FOR DREAMING

As the cover reveal for The Cure for Dreaming gets closer (approximately mid-April), I'm sharing occasional sneak peeks of lines from the novel. Here's your tiny teaser for today, a short excerpt from Chapter Three . . .

“I keep reading about that lunatic of a woman, Carrie Nation—the old hag who’s smashing up saloons in Kansas with stones and bricks and billiard balls.” Father stared me down with probing brown eyes that themselves resembled billiard balls. “Do you ever harbor urges to commit violent acts against men?”

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A Small Teaser for THE CURE FOR DREAMING . . .

As I hinted in last week's post, the cover reveal for The Cure for Dreaming should be arriving sometime in the next few weeks. To whet your appetite, I'll share occasional sneak peeks of lines from the novel before the reveal. Here's your tiny teaser for today, a short excerpt from Chapter One . . .

My hands, weighing several tons, dropped away from his fingers, and my chin slumped to my chest. I sank deep inside the darkness in a languid, dreamlike fall. Nothing hurt or troubled me any longer.

I felt divine.

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First line of BLACKBIRDS revealed

The day before my father's arrest, I read an article about a local mother who cured her daughter of the influenza by burying the child in raw onions for three days.