May 2020 – Allison M. Azulay

Barbara Fradkin

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:26 May 2020
Post category:Featured Author Mystery Readers Thrillers and Suspense Women's Fiction Writers

Murder was once an odd topic for women to discuss much less to write about, but with the help of pioneers like Agatha Christie, the murder mystery has become a…

Flash in the Pan or Slow Burn

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:19 May 2020
Post category:General Fiction Readers Writers

I have noticed an interesting trend: Knowing I am an author, people have divulged their own reading habits and a surprising number have confessed they prefer very short reads. "Not…

H. Beam Piper

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:12 May 2020
Post category:Featured Author Readers Science Fiction Writers

In 1963, H. Beam Piper won the Hugo Award for best novel for his book Little Fuzzy, which was the first installment of a series that enthralled me with its…

Grammatically speaking

Post author:Allison Azulay
Post published:5 May 2020
Post category:Readers Writers

"Ugh!" is the first reaction of many people to the concept of grammar. So many have so little knowledge of it that software meant to catch mistakes has been selling…

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I NOTICED THE SWAGGER FIRST: that arrogant saunter that said, “I’m irresistible and I know it.” He was good-looking, yes—as emphasized by the tight jeans that displayed every muscle and more than hinted at one in particular. And the chambray shirt open to show off a broad chest matted with jet hair that proclaimed his masculinity.

–excerpt from Bad Twin

GINETTE LAY STARING into darkness in the low cot by the grand canopied bed in which Lady Barton snored softly. To her surprise and dismay, the old woman had roused from her fireside dozing when she entered the room and had insisted on regaling her with more tales of the foibles and weaknesses of the aristocracy as Ginette helped her undress.

Thinking back on it, she realized there had been a subtle urgency in the manner of the viscountess. Indeed, now that she recalled her months as maid-cum-companion, she recognized that she had felt yet dismissed a sense of impendence. At first, she had wondered was it she who anticipated something vaguely threatening, or was it Lady Barton who expected some event? Now, a certainty filled her that Lady Barton’s choosing to employ her signified much more than she had guessed.

But what?

–excerpt from Propositions and Proposals