Trick or Treat

Happy Halloween!

As you can see by the picture, we were totally geared up for the holiday. Today, one of my stories was released - Thicker than Stone was in the new anthology, Carpathian Shadows . Every year I try to give my adult trick-or-treaters a short story, and this time I decided to give them the freshest thing on the market! So - to all those folks who got a copy, you truly have something brand spankin' new in your hands.
Since I'm the local dark fiction writer and because my driveway is a bit of a hill, I feel that I'd reward those adults with the stamina to make it down to the front porch with something other than candy. This year it was a particularly juicy tidbit!

As usual we had a great time decorating and dressing up. My daughter was a dark fairy, hubby was a pirate and I was a vampire. Yeah, I know it wasn't really a stretch for me, but with deadlines and all my appearances lately I didnt' have much down time to play with costume ideas.

And after all was said and done (well after 9PM) my daughter and I sat down to look at her loot. However, she caught me off guard with her choice of foot wear (see picture). I laughed for quite some time. She said her feet hurt from all the walking and she chose these (once home) for comfort. HA! Wish I could wear elephant slippers with my vampire costume.
Anyway, we all had a blast.
Tomorrow I have a writer's meeting and another one of my short works is released. This is the non-fiction chapter for Elements of Fantasy: Magic - in which I've contributed a chapter on Chinese magic and mythology.
Just another day in the life of a crazy writer. . .
Until tomorrow.