5 Sheep Book Review: Demon Memories by Pamela K. Kinney (Teen/YA Horror)

Demon Memories
by Pamela K. Kinney
October 15, 2024
Genre: teen, young adult, horror
Dreampunk Press
402 pages
No one expected the apocalypse in the almost idyllic small town of Moon Ridge, nestled in the mountains of Virginia.

Harper Doyle feels different. She has more than her fair share of problems than any normal teenager; an absent father her mother doesn't talk about, and her friends died in a fire a year ago. There's no boyfriend in sight, not even the cute former childhood friend, Jake Hewitt, who's too busy hanging with the bratty son of the richest man in Moon Ridge.

It gets worse when Harper discovers she's possessed by a demon.

Cresil is a demon with a problem. She wants to be shed of Harper but finds she can't. An exorcism by Jake's psychic mother doesn't help.

Even worse, Cresil learns that she was never the demon summoned, but was sent by magic to take that demon's place.

Baal has plans that include leading Lucifer's demonic army into the mortal realm to jump start the apocalypse and battle Heaven. He just needs a possessed mortal to keep the portal between Earth and Hell open.

Except there's a prophesy-that includes Cresil, Harper, and Jake-to stop the end of the world.

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 I received the ARC from the author. A few teenagers got together one night. They were going to summon a demon. It was just for fun. They had their instruction book, so what could go wrong? Really? Demon Memories is action-packed with what could go wrong and right. Possession, magic, epic good versus evil battles, and teen angst fill the pages. It’s a fun read with lots of surprises.

5 Sheep!

 

 

Reviewer: Carol Smith
http://carolsmithwrites.com/

About the Author:
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Pamela K. Kinney gave up long ago trying not to listen to the voices in her head and has written award-winning bestselling horror, fantasy, science fiction, poetry, nonfiction ghost books, and a cryptid book ever since. Three of her nonfiction ghost books garnered Library of Virginia nominations. Her horror short story, "Bottled Spirits," was runner up for the 2013 WSFA Small Press Award and is considered one of the seven best genre short fiction for that year. One of her ghost books went to second printing and second edition with new stories and photos added.

Pamela and her husband live with one crazy black cat. Along with writing, Pamela has acted on stage and film, does paranormal investigations for Paranormal World Seekers for AVA Productions, and is a member of Horror Writers Association and Virginia Writers Club. Learn more about Pamela K. Kinney at https://PamelaKKinney.com

Kickstarter: The Haunted Zone: Horror Anthology by Women Military Veterans!

Author and Sheep Reviewer Pamela K. Kinney is part of The Haunted Zone: Horror Anthology!

 

Color-illustrated, spine-tingling horror by 21 women veterans as only they can write it. Award winning authors and fresh new voices!

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THE HAUNTED ZONE is a Horror Anthology by Women Military Veterans! We bring you a never-before, one-of-a-kind collection of writers. We have gathered 70,000 words in 25 unnerving short stories and poems for your horror-filled delight. Have you seen a horror anthology crafted by women veterans? We sure haven't, so we accepted the challenge and then some.

Authors and Artists

This anthology highlights twenty-one kickass women authors. But it doesn’t end there because everyone involved in this project, including the artists—all are military veterans. You’ll find experienced writers alongside remarkable, fresh voices within these exceptional pages of dark stories, poems, and art.

They bring to the page classic horror as well as deeply haunting issues like domestic violence, suicide, traumas of war, loss, revenge, and the emotions entwined in these topics, weaving tales that bring us together in our humanity. Women warriors who express what we fear to talk about with others, carrying the pack of societal burdens, at home and on the battlefield of life.

When these women heard the call, they showed up ready to deliver spine-tingling hauntings that linger. 

For more details

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sirrahmedeiros/the-haunted-zone

Book Review: Werewolves, Dogmen, and other Shapeshifters Stalking North America by Pamela K. Kinney

Werewolves, Dogmen, and other Shapeshifters Stalking North America 

by Pamela K. Kinney

April 26, 2022
209 pages
Have you ever been driving, alone, at night, and know that what you saw along the side of the road was not human? Do you ever wonder just what was howling on your last camping trip? Have you ever felt your skin crawl as you passed by that hitchhiker in the fog?

Join Pamela K. Kinney as she explores the North American tales and mythology that deal with shapeshifting frights. From the arid deserts of the American Southwest to the dense forest of the American Northwest, and even farther north to the Last Frontier of Alaska; from the Midwest to the Appalachian Mountains, continuing to the Atlantic Ocean in the east and down south to Florida, the tales of were-beasts are myriad—and hauntingly similar.

With all these stories spanning cultures and landscapes, might there be some spark of truth to them?

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If you're interested in supernatural/paranormal stuff then Pamela Kinney is an expert. She is an author of fiction but she is also a paranormal investigator and has written many excellent non-fiction books about ghost hauntings in the Virginia area. I admit I'm not a believer, but the books cover some really interesting historical information about the haunted places covered in the books. I reviewed them here.

Werewolves, Dogmen, and other Shapeshifters Stalking North America was a bit different. Pamela Kinney obviously scoured the internet for stories from people who have witnessed one of these cryptids. It is an impressive collection of accounts. But they weren't presented as fact, just examples of how people from all over North America throughout history have recounted the similar experiences.

Like the ghost-haunting books, this one excels in the history and myths and legends tied to cryptids. There is a lot of Native American influence of course. So you can be entertained and educated.

This book is for middle school and up. The younger crowd will love the first-hand account stories and learning about different types of cryptids (there were some I hadn't heard of!) in North American myths and legends, and the older will appreciate the historical aspects.

The only issue I had was the writing wasn't as polished as it is in the ghost haunting books.

4 "Were, dog and shapeshifting" Sheep

SharonS

About the Author:
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Pamela K. Kinney is an award-winning published author of horror, science fiction, fantasy, poetry, and a ghost wrangler of nonfiction ghost books published by Schiffer Publishing. Her horror short story, "Bottled Spirits" published by Buzzymag.com was runner up for the 2013 Small Press Award.

Two of her nonfiction ghost books were nominated for Library of Virginia Awards. Her latest nonfiction ghost book to be published by Schiffer Publishing, Paranormal Petersburg, Virginia, and the Tri-Cities Area, will be released August 2015.

She also has done acting on stage and in films, is a Master Costumer--costuming since 1972— and she even does paranormal investigating, including for DVDs for Paranormal World Seekers, filmed by AVA Productions. She was casting director for High Mountain Films' movie, The 19th (been an extra in the film, too), and wrote a horror screenplay, "Crawlspace Creep," now with an Indie production company.

She's a member of Horror Writers Association and the local Virginia chapter.

She admits she can always be found at her desk and on her computer, writing. And yes, the house, husband, and even the cat sometimes suffer for it!

To find out more about Pamela's acting, costuming, and directing, click here.

Under the pseudonym, Sapphire Phelan, she has published erotic and sweet paranormal/fantasy/science fiction romance along with a couple of erotic horror stories. Her erotic urban fantasy by the pseudonym, Sapphire Phelan, Being Familiar With a Witch is a Prism 2010 Awards winner and an Epic Awards 2010 finalist. The sequel to Being Familiar With a Witch, A Familiar Tangle With Hell was released June 2011 from Phaze Books. Both eBooks were combined into one print book, The Witch and the Familiar, released April 24, 2012.

Paranormal Investigator Pamela K. Kinney: A Ghost by Any Other Name Would Still Haunt the Living + giveaway

“A Ghost by Any Other Name Would Still Haunt the Living” 

What are spirits? Where did the words come from? People watch paranormal TV shows or read regional ghost books, and they discover that there are so many different names or terms for them.

In traditional belief, a ghost is the soul of a deceased person or animal that can appear, in visible form or other manifestations, to the living. Descriptions of the apparition of ghosts vary widely: The mode of manifestation in photos or seen by the living’s eyes can range from an invisible presence, shadow people, translucent or wispy shapes, and orbs, to realistic, life-like visions—solids. The deliberate attempt to contact the spirit of a deceased person is known as a séance. Paranormal investigators use equipment to find proof of paranormal activity and to make contact with those who may be haunting the building, cemetery, or land.

The belief in manifestations of the spirits of the dead is widespread, dating back to animism or ancestor worship in pre-literate cultures. Certain religious practices—funeral rites, exorcisms, and some practices of spiritualism and ritual magic—are specifically designed to appease the spirits of the dead. Ghosts are generally described as solitary essences that haunt particular locations, objects, or people they were associated with in life, though stories of phantom armies, ghost trains, phantom ships, and even ghost animals have also been recounted.

The English word ghost continues Old English gást, from a hypothetical Common Germanic *gaistaz. It is common to West Germanic, but lacking in North and East Germanic.The pre-Germanic form was *ghoisdo-s, apparently from a root denoting "fury, anger" reflected in Old Norse geisa "to rage." The Germanic word is recorded as masculine only but likely continues a neuter s-stem. The original meaning of the Germanic word would have been an animating principle of the mind, in particular capable of excitation and fury. In Germanic paganism, "Germanic Mercury," and the later Odin, was at the same time the conductor of the dead and the "lord of fury" leading the Wild Hunt.

Besides denoting the human spirit or soul, both of the living and the deceased, the Old English word is used as a synonym of Latin spiritus, also meaning of "breath, blast" from the 9th century attestations. It also denoted any good or evil spirit, like angels and demons. The Anglo-Saxon gospel refers to the demonic possession of Matthew 12:43 as se unclæna gast. Also, from the Old English period, this word might also mean the spirit of God: the "Holy Ghost."

The synonym spook is a Dutch loanword, akin to Low German spôk. It entered the English language via the United States in the 19th century. Alternative modern words included spectre (from Latin spectrum), the Scottish wraith (of obscure origin), phantom (via French ultimately from Greek phantasma, compare fantasy) and apparition. The term shade in classical mythology translates Greek σκιά, or Latin umbra- in reference to the notion of spirits in the Greek underworld. And "haint" is a synonym for ghost used in regional English of the southern United States, and the "haint tale" is a common feature of southern oral and literary tradition. As for poltergeist, that is the term for a German word, literally a "noisy ghost," for a spirit said to manifest itself by invisibly moving and influencing objects.

Wraith is a Scottish dialectal word for "ghost, spectre, and apparition." It came to be used in Scottish Romanticist literature, and it acquired the more general or figurative sense of "portent, omen." In 18th- to 19th-century Scottish literature, it was also applied to aquatic spirits.

A revenant is a deceased person returning from the dead to haunt the living, either as a disembodied ghost or alternatively as an animated ("undead") corpse. Also related is the concept of a fetch, the visible ghost or spirit of a person yet alive.

Another widespread belief concerning ghosts is that they are composed of a misty, airy, or subtle material. Early beliefs were that ghosts were the person within the person (the person's spirit), most noticeable in ancient cultures as a person's breath, which upon exhaling in colder climates appears visibly as a white mist. This belief may have also fostered the metaphorical meaning of "breath" in certain languages, such as the Latin spiritus and the Greek pneuma, which by analogy became extended to mean the soul. In the Bible, God is depicted as animating Adam with a breath.
In many tales, ghosts were often thought to be deceased people looking for vengeance or are imprisoned on earth for bad things they did during life. The appearance of a ghost has often been regarded as an omen or portent of death. Seeing one's own ghostly double or "fetch" is a related omen of death.

White ladies were reported to appear in many rural areas and supposed to have died tragically or suffered trauma in life. White Lady legends are found around the world. Common to many of them is the theme of losing or being betrayed by a husband or fiancé. They are often associated with an individual family line, as a harbinger of death. When one of these ghosts is seen it indicates that someone in the family is going to die, similar to a banshee.

The stories of ghost ships have existed since the 18th century. The most notable of these is the Flying Dutchman.
Ghosts can also be angels and demons. In some paranormal circles, it is believed that demons are non-human, while other spirits who did terrible things (like murder) but human and passed on without the benefit of being forgiven, are not.
Whatever we call them, apparitions are among the living, unseen and sometimes seen. 

Are they proof that there is existence beyond death, or something else? 

What do you think a ghost really is? 

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Haunted Surry To Suffolk: Spooky Tales Along Routes 10 and 460 

by Pamela K. Kinney
April 5, 2020
Genre: Nonfiction Paranormal Ghost
Publisher: Anubis Press
ASIN: B086SNXJXW Paperback: 9781733548298
Number of pages: 254
Take a journey along Virginia’s scenic Routes 10 and 460 eastbound to enjoy the lovely countryside and metropolises that spread around these two roads. Most of all, discover that some historical houses, plantations, battlefields, parks, and even the modern cities, have more than touristy knickknacks, ham, and peanuts to offer. Many have ghosts!

Bacon’s Castle has spirits haunting it since the 1600s. Stay in a cabin overnight at Chippokes Plantation State Park and you might find you have a spectral bedfellow. The city of Smithfield has more to offer than the world’s oldest ham; it also has some very old phantoms still stalking its buildings. Take a ghost tour of Suffolk and see why the biggest little city is also one of the spookiest. Discover the myths and legends of the Great Dismal Swamp and see what phantoms are still haunting the wildlife refuge. And if that’s not enough, Bigfoot and UFOs are part of the paranormal scenery. These and other areas of southeastern Virginia are teeming with ghosts, Sasquatch, UFOs, and monsters. See what awaits you along 460 south and 10. No matter which road you take, the phantoms can’t wait to SCARE you a good time.

Excerpt from the Bacon’s Castle chapter in the ghost book:
Bacon's Castle is the oldest building in America, with the oldest formal English garden, too, and is a rare example of American Jacobean architecture. It is the only surviving "high-style" house in the nation from the 17th century. It is one of only three surviving Jacobean great homes in the Western Hemisphere—the other two are in Barbados. It has the oldest formal English garden in North America and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1960.

There is one love story with Bacon’s Castle that can’t be proven, and so might be a myth. A young woman in the 1800s met her lover, a farmer, in secret on the side of a cornfield. Her father didn’t approve of him. But when she had returned to Bacon’s Castle one evening, carrying a candle upstairs to her room, she tripped, and her long hair caught fire from the candle flame. Not wanting her father to know she had been out, she kept quiet and ran from the house, back to the cornfield and her lover. She died in his arms, severely burned.

Bacon’s Castle is rife with hauntings, and there are those who say it is the work of the Devil. Someone in connection with another historical building and cemetery, whose wife works at the house, told me a story about some paranormal investigators who had recorded an EVP of a diabolical laugh and voice in the basement (where the large fireplace is). He believes it to be the Devil himself. Others hold the belief that it is the return of Nathaniel Bacon’s men. Although it’s unlikely that every historic building in Virginia is haunted, there are several that have an undeniably eerie allure to them—like Bacon’s Castle. And let’s be honest, with so many years of people living there, it could even be members of families who owned the house, slaves, and much more.

Paranormal investigators who have investigated there believe that many of the disembodied spirits are those of the slaves who were subjected to unbearable living conditions. While the mansion was decorated lavishly, the slave quarters hardly had any furniture at all. In place of beds, servants were expected to sleep on piles of hay and rags.

Whatever the spirits may be from, there are numerous sightings, from moaning in the attic to strange noises, floating heads, and unseen entities passing by. The one about the fireball is interesting.

Seen as a pulsating, red ball of fire, it rises from the graveyard of Olde Lawne’s Creek Church, which is south of Bacon's Castle. It soars to the castle grounds, “floating or hovering” there before heading back to the Olde Lawne’s Creek Church graveyard to vanish.

There were reports of sightings of this fireball over the years. What can it be? Skeptics say it can be explained, while others call it a manifestation of the Devil. One legend tells of a servant a century or two ago, late doing his chores. As he walked home in the dark, a red object appeared out of nowhere and burst, covering him in flames and burning him to death.

Another story talks about hidden money in the castle and that two men had found it years ago while removing some bricks in the fireplace hearth in the second floor’s west room. No one had ever found the money, and no one has seen the light since.

About the Author:
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Author Pamela K. Kinney gave up long ago trying not to listen to the voices in her head and has written award-winning, bestselling horror, fantasy. science fiction, poetry, along with nonfiction ghost books ever since. Three of her nonfiction ghost books garnered Library of Virginia nominations. Her third ghost book, Virginia’s Haunted Historic Triangle: Williamsburg, Yorktown, Jamestown, and Other Haunted Locations, has reached a second printing and is now a 2nd edition with extra new stories and ten new ghostly images added. Her horror short story, “Bottled Spirits,” was runner-up for the 2013 WSFA Small Press Award and is considered one of the seven best genre short fiction for that year. Her latest novel was her first self-published venture, an urban fantasy, How the Vortex Changed My Life. In 2019, she had a science fiction novella, Maverick Heart, released from Dreampunk Press. She has horror and fantasy short stories in anthologies and magazine, plus her own collection of horror stories, Spectre Nightmare and Visitations, published by Under the Moon. She will have a horror short story, Hunting the Goatman, which will be in the anthology, Retro Horror, releasing in 2020. Of course, she is working on various horror and fantasy short stories and has finished a supernatural horror novel and is also working on edits for a Young Adult apocalyptic urban fantasy novel.

Pamela and her husband live with one crazy black cat (who thinks she should take precedence over her mistress’s writing most days). Along with writing, Pamela has acted on stage and film and investigates the paranormal for episodes of Paranormal World Seekers for AVA Productions. She is a member of both Horror Writers Association and Virginia Writers Club. You can learn more about Pamela K. Kinney at http://www.PamelaKKinney.com.

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Excerpt: Christmas Lites IX - Charity horror anthology for the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Christmas Lites IX

by Amy Huntley, JG Faherty, Tricia Kristufek, KC Grifant, Brian Matthews, JA Clement, A.F. Stewart, Angela Yuriko Smith, Sean Patrick Little, Sally Clement

December 15, 2019

370 pages

Thirty-six stories to give you your holiday fix. Thirty-six times to get a Christmas chill or a warm, fuzzy feeling. This group of authors have come together for the 9th year in a row to help support the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. In the coldest of times, the warmth of the heart can bring hope to many who are in need this time of year. Read shorts from your favorite authors and discover new to love. Spread some holiday cheer this season! 

Excerpt from “By Midnight” 

by Pamela K. Kinney, horror story included in Christmas Lites IX anthology. 

As she peeked in the fridge, she heard a sound. Closing the door, she listened and heard it again. It sounded like someone speaking. She couldn't catch the words, but it came from the back of the house. Jenny walked out of the kitchen and stared down the shadow-dark hallway. A chill skittered up her spine. The only people in the house were her and her guests, who acted like they hadn't heard anything.

The jabbering grew a little louder. It appeared to be coming from her mother's bedroom.

She jumped when something touched her shoulder. Her pounding heart slowed when she realized it was Spider. His bottle hanging limp from the fingers of his other hand, the boy's brow knitted together.

“What’s going on?” He peered down the hall. “I thought we were supposed to be the only people here tonight. Your mother’s working, right?”

Jenny rubbed her arms with her hands, as she felt cold. “She is. We are.”

“Hey, what’s going on? Sneaking off to do some neckin’?” Lisa and Debbie, plus their guys, joined them.

Spider pointed with the neck of his now-empty bottle down the hallway. “No. Doesn’t it sound to you guys like people are talking back there?”

Debbie bit her lip. “Really?” She turned to Jenny. “Thought you said your mom was at work.”

Jenny spat out. “She is. We’re supposed to be the only ones in the house tonight.”

Debbie giggled. “Cool. Maybe it’s ghosts.”

Lisa snorted. “There are no such things as ghosts, dummy. It’s just Jenny playing a trick on us.” She merged with the darkness as she walked down the hallway. “I’ll prove it. Hey, John, coming?”

John asked, “You sure you want me to? I mean, I doubt there’s anything back there.” He gave Spider a nasty glance. “Spider watches too many horror flicks if you ask me.” But when Lisa called to him, he hustled to join her.

THE NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE'S MISSION

Our mission is to lead, mobilize and raise our voices to support efforts that demand a change of conditions that lead to domestic violence such as patriarchy, privilege, racism, sexism, and classism. We are dedicated to supporting survivors and holding offenders accountable and supporting advocates.

Book Review: Virginia's Haunted Historic Triangle 2nd Edition: Williamsburg, Yorktown, Jamestown & Other Haunted Locations 2nd Edition by Pamela Kinney

Virginia's Haunted Historic Triangle 2nd Edition: Williamsburg, Yorktown, Jamestown & Other Haunted Locations 2nd Edition

by Pamela Kinney
July 28, 2019
192 pages
Publisher: Schiffer; 2 edition
In this 2nd edition, go deeper into ghostly history as you tour Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestown in the Historic Triangle. Visit haunted Jamestown Island, where Captain John Smith and the first English colonists settled. Stroll around Williamsburg and follow the same footsteps of Thomas Jefferson and George Washington as they walked along Duke of Gloucester Street. Tour ghostly historic Yorktown from the colonial era through the Civil War. Take side trips to the towns and counties nearby that put the finishing touches to the history of the whole area. You'll hear odd noises and see apparitions, but above all, be prepared to get to know the ghosts of the Historic Triangle and its surrounding areas. They're dying for you to hear their stories.

I've reviewed a couple of Pamela's historic haunted books. This is a second edition. The first edition was printed in 2011. This edition has more in-depth histories of the haunted places, more stories gathered from people who witnessed hauntings and some of Pamela's own paranormal investigations.

First, I want to comment on the quality of the physical book. The pages are thick and glossy. All the books I've reviewed from Schiffer are top quality. Not only is this book fun to read, it is satisfying to hold...only true book nerds know what I'm talking about...but it's a thing! Lol.

I'll start off by admitting I'm a skeptic. Don't believe in ghosts. I would only change my mind if I experienced something first hand. But I still enjoyed and learned some cool things from Pamela's book, Virginia's Haunted Historic Triangle 2nd Edition. The triangle consists of Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestown. There are some surrounding areas included as well. As an NC resident, I've been on many school field trips to these towns as well as on family vacations. I wish I would have had this book to read beforehand. It would have been a much more interesting experience!

There is so much historical information on each location along with photos. The first-hand haunting accounts are also entertaining (or scary if you are a believer). Pamela also did her own paranormal investigating of some of the locations and provides some pictures. In some cases, she documented paranormal activity.

The book is well-organized and written. It isn't boring historical info dumps but told with some humor and personality.

If you love historical haunting books, then this is your crack and Pamela is your dealer!

Pamela was interviewed on Virginia This Morning news show about her book: interview 

5 "Haunted" Sheep

SharonS

About the Author:
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Pamela K. Kinney is an award-winning published author of horror, science fiction, fantasy, poetry, and a ghost wrangler of nonfiction ghost books published by Schiffer Publishing. Her horror short story, "Bottled Spirits" published by Buzzymag.com was runner up for the 2013 Small Press Award.

Two of her nonfiction ghost books were nominated for Library of Virginia Awards. Her latest nonfiction ghost book to be published by Schiffer Publishing, Paranormal Petersburg, Virginia, and the Tri-Cities Area, will be released in August 2015.

She also has done acting on stage and in films, is a Master Costumer--costuming since 1972— and she even does paranormal investigating, including for DVDs for Paranormal World Seekers, filmed by AVA Productions. She was casting director for High Mountain Films' movie, The 19th (been an extra in the film, too), and wrote a horror screenplay, "Crawlspace Creep," now with an Indie production company.

She's a member of Horror Writers Association and the local Virginia chapter.

She admits she can always be found at her desk and on her computer, writing. And yes, the house, husband, and even the cat sometimes suffer for it!

To find out more about Pamela's acting, costuming, and directing, click here.


Under the pseudonym, Sapphire Phelan, she has published erotic and sweet paranormal/fantasy/science fiction romance along with a couple of erotic horror stories. Her erotic urban fantasy by the pseudonym, Sapphire Phelan, Being Familiar With a Witch is a Prism 2010 Awards winner and an Epic Awards 2010 finalist. The sequel to Being Familiar With a Witch, A Familiar Tangle With Hell was released June 2011 from Phaze Books. Both eBooks were combined into one print book, The Witch and the Familiar, released April 24, 2012.

2 Cover Reveals for author Pamela K. Kinney

Pamela Kinney has a new science fiction novella coming soon. Check out the cover!

Maverick Heart

by Pamela K. Kinney
Dreampunk Press
Lieutenant Michelle Roddenberry is a maverick and flaunts the rules. But as an officer in the Terra Federation Navy and with a galactic war going on against an alien race, one must follow orders. It is the difference between life and death. Grounded from joining her squadron on another mission and about to be dishonorably discharged too, she flaunts the rules again and steals her fighter spacecraft, flying off to join her squadron for one last battle.

Instead of finding her squadron, Michelle crashes on an unknown planet. It is a world full of changing wonder and danger. She finds another castaway there, an alien called Dakna. Both find themselves in a war with the planet, as Michelle tries to find a way off planet for them. The rule book thrown out; Michelle may find her maverick ways the only way to survive.

Another cover reveal; an anthology in which Pamela Kinney has a true ghost story "Cavalier Hotel" included. 

Handbook for the Dead Anthology
November 23, 2019
Anubis Press
The Frightening Floyds are back in one of their home stores in Louisville. If you're a fan of the paranormal, come check out Handbook for the Dead, the new release from their imprint, Anubis Press. There are many talented authors included in this anthology. Paranormal enthusiasts will not want to miss it!

About the Author:
website-FB-twitter
Pamela K. Kinney is an award-winning published author of horror, science fiction, fantasy, poetry, and a ghost wrangler of nonfiction ghost books published by Schiffer Publishing. Her horror short story, "Bottled Spirits" published by Buzzymag.com was runner up for the 2013 Small Press Award.

Two of her nonfiction ghost books were nominated for Library of Virginia Awards. Her latest nonfiction ghost book to be published by Schiffer Publishing, Paranormal Petersburg, Virginia, and the Tri-Cities Area, will be released August 2015.

She also has done acting on stage and in films, is a Master Costumer--costuming since 1972— and she even does paranormal investigating, including for DVDs for Paranormal World Seekers, filmed by AVA Productions. She was casting director for High Mountain Films' movie, The 19th (been an extra in the film, too), and wrote a horror screenplay, "Crawlspace Creep," now with an Indie production company.

She's a member of Horror Writers Association and the local Virginia chapter.

She admits she can always be found at her desk and on her computer, writing. And yes, the house, husband, and even the cat sometimes suffer for it!

To find out more about Pamela's acting, costuming, and directing, click here.

Under the pseudonym, Sapphire Phelan, she has published erotic and sweet paranormal/fantasy/science fiction romance along with a couple of erotic horror stories. Her erotic urban fantasy by the pseudonym, Sapphire Phelan, Being Familiar With a Witch is a Prism 2010 Awards winner and an Epic Awards 2010 finalist. The sequel to Being Familiar With a Witch, A Familiar Tangle With Hell was released June 2011 from Phaze Books. Both eBooks were combined into one print book, The Witch and the Familiar, released April 24, 2012.