Medusa's Multi-Personalities

What am I doing posting on a Tale Tuesday? You haven't seen me do this in a while. Some of you probably don't even remember it. Well, I'm here to share with you two terrific tales by two talented writers!

Thank you for stopping by the Many Sides of Medusa Blog Hop hosted by Heather Lyons and Kelly Hashway! 

Guess what? There's a DOOR PRIZE for you for just stopping by. How cool is that? 

Your door prize for joining us is the short story

prequel to the Touch of Death series titled

Curse of Death. It's the myth about

Medusa and how she was cursed by

the goddess Athena.

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Heather and Kelly are teaming up to show you a very different side of Medusa. Forget the monster you might think she was, and check out these excerpts from The Deep End of the Sea and Touch of Death. You just might change your mind about Medusa.


The Deep End of the Sea excerpt:

But there’s no way around it. I am, in fact, a monster. A hideous one, to be precise, but as I don’t have any mirrors on Gorgóna, I can’t verify that one for certain. I rely on the fact that every single person I’ve frozen over the ages boasts abject fear on their face, which makes me believe they find me pretty horrifying. And it sucks. It genuinely, truly, absolutely, unequivocally sucks. I hate stealing lives.

Thus, not only am I a monster, I’m a really lousy one. A lonely, classic Five Stages of Grief following, insecure, shut-in of a pathetic beast who talks to the snakes on her head and the statues on her island.

Find Heather online: Website | Facebook | Twitter. Purchase The Deep End of the Sea on Amazon or B&N.
                                                                       Touch of Death excerpt:

My hair blew up, flying wildly all around me. My blood bubbled in my veins like boiling water, but it didn't hurt. It was the feeling of power. Too much power. My body felt like it was going to burst. Still I held on. My eyes closed, and I threw my head back. An imaged filled my mind. Medusa. Her snakes wriggled their bodies at me, flicking their tongues. Chills ran down the backs of my legs, but I forced my eyes away from the snakes. Lower. To Medusa's face. She smiled at me. Her face and eyes filled with warmth. She looked like…Mom.

"Do not fear me, Jodi. My blood lies in your veins and in your heart. you are one of mine. My children."

Find Kelly online: Website | Facebook | Twitter

Purchase the Touch of Death series on Amazon or B&N.

If you want more Medusa, be sure to check out The Deep End of the Sea and the Touch of Death series. And…Heather and Kelly have a giveaway for you. Enter on the rafflecopter form for your chance to win a $20 gift card to either Amazon or B&N, Medusa Makeup lipgloss, signed bookmarks from both authors, buttons for each book, and Touch of Death stickers.

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Two questions to leave you with: What's your favorite mythological story and who's your favorite character ~ hero or villain? 

the UNDERTAKERS: Secret of the Corpse Eater

MMGM aka Marvelous Middle-Grade Monday was created by Shannon Messenger to give middle grade reads the attention they deserve. I'm joining in, today. If you'd like to see more MG books, click HERE to follow other participants.

TOUR SCHEDULE

I have a really cool middle grade read for you today! Plus, it gives you a chance to celebrate it's official release and get in on an awesome giveaway (Open INT.) for a chance to: 

• be one of four (4) winners to receive an ebook copy of Secret of the Corpse Eater (Undertakers 3) by Ty Drago (INT) 
• or be the one (1) winner who'll receive an ebook copy of Secret of the Corpse Eater (Undertakers 3) by Ty Drago AND a $10 Amazon Gift Card or B&N Gift Card – Winner’s Choice (INT) Winners will be drawn April 25, 2014.

Meet The UNDERTAKERS. That is, unless you already have. We've got sweet covers with some pretty cool artwork and a premise will make you shiver. But, hey. A good read is a good read, especially a series. Did she say series? Yup. The first two books are plugged at the bottom of this post. But first you need to check our #3. 
And Ty brought along a surprise for you. He's graciously provided me with an excerpt. (...which was supports to be a magnificently written guest post with all of Ty's sparkle, only said owner of the Alleyway forgot to send him his topic. #stopsshyofslammingheadonlaptop #movesforeheadtodesk #bam

Secret of the Corpse Eater (Undertaker #3) by Ty Drago
Publication Date: March 25, 2014

Publisher: Month9Books

Author: Ty Drago

Description: 

The Corpses are up something.

U.S. Senator Lindsay Micha had been kidnapped and replaced with a “dead” ringer, the sister to Lilith Cavanaugh,the Queen of the Dead. Now Will Ritter must go undercover in our nation’s capital to ferret out the truth and try to stop this ambitious deader. But his mission becomes even more dangerous when he learns of a mysterious ten-legged monster that prowls the halls of the Capitol Building — a lethal monster with a taste for Corpse flesh.

Can such an alien “enemy of his enemy” truly become Will’s friend?

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Dah-Tah-Dah!

Shiny EXCERPT

(a peek into Chapter Three)

When a particularly huge Type Two loomed in front of me, I crouched down at the last second and rolled right between his tree trunk–sized legs. He was a giant, six-foot-six six at least, and host cadavers that big were hard to come by. Curious, I risked a glance upward and crossed my eyes.

My heebie-jeebies throttled up into full-blown panic.

Oh no…

I knew this particular dead guy. I’d fought him just a few months back. If fact, I’d driven a sword through his skull while he’d been trying to choke Helene.

Small world.

Corpses tend to have expressionless eyes that don’t give much away and this dude was no exception. But his Mask told me volumes. He recognized me, too.

Before he could make a grab for me, or even yell a warning, I straightened up and called out, “What is this? Some kind of ‘Occupy Philly’ thing? Where’re all you dudes going?”

“Shut up, kid!” This came from a nearby Type Five, his dry skin the color of parchment and his eyes so sunken that they were hard to spot. With his every step, I could hear the crunch of old tendons and when he talked, his jaw sagged to one side. Shiny, black beetles bumbled out from between his teeth. He was a mess.

He was also shuffling along right in front of the giant.

Faking a wobble on my skateboard and sudden alarm, I cried, “Watch it dude!” Then I put my hand on the Type Five’s fragile shoulder, as if scrambling for support. A shove was all it took. He toppled over, hitting the curb with a loud crunch that only a Seer would have heard. Then his head snapped off, tumbling across the sidewalk.

I moment later, as I rolled clear, Dead Giant Guy tripped over Headless Gutter Dude and crashed thunderously to the street.

ABOUT Ty Drago: 

In addition to the first two books in UNDERTAKERS series, RISE OF THE CORSPES and QUEEN OF THE DEAD, Ty Drago is the author of PHOBOS, a Science Fiction whodunit and THE FRANKLIN AFFAIR, an historical/mystery about Benjamin Franklin. His short fiction has appeared in numerous venues, including the 2009 anthology YESTERDAY, I WILL ..., and he has written articles for WRITERS DIGEST.  His first UNDERTAKERS novelette, NIGHT OF MONSTERS, is currently available for FREE on Smashwords.com and barnesandnoble.com.

Author Links:  Website | Twitter | Facebook | Goodreads

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