She’s out of this world.
Hannah Moore conceals her true identity to accept a job at Chateau Beaumont, a foster home funded by the mysterious Lafayette Foundation. When former resident Izzy Rodriguez returns home for summer break, they find themselves drawn to each other and immersed in a deadly mystery.
Meanwhile, former foster Bianca Evans joins forces with a local filmmaker to investigate the disappearance of her twin brother after he was sent to Chateau Beaumont a decade before.
It’s a race against time as Hannah seeks a world-ending threat in the depths of Lake Ontario before Bianca or Izzy uncover the truth.
Out May 21, 2024.
Never work with children and animals…or monsters.
Broadway hopeful Caitlyn Smith is about to give up when famed director and playwright Elliot Dunn invites her to workshop a lavish musical retelling of Dracula. After a castmate disappears, she begins to question her grip on reality.
The show must go on, but will Caitlyn make the final cut?
The paperback and e-book are available at Amazon. The paperback is also available at Barnes & Noble.
Seize the day… before someone seizes it from you.
Gabrielle Johnson, a film student who works part-time as a production assistant, dreams of something more. After an otherworldly encounter with an influencer, she finds herself reduced to a supporting role in her own life.
Will Gabrielle reclaim the director’s chair, or will she get written off completely?
E-book at Amazon, paperback at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Check out an interview about A Better Me with author Kaytalin Platt.
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to high school…
We first met Allison Carter in the Silly Little Monsters story “Queen Bee”. Now she returns in a new short story to confront old fears and face new enemies. When a teacher goes missing, Allison accepts a substitute position at her former high school. An old flame reignites unresolved issues from her past as she contends with mean girls, dude bros, and a dangerous threat lurking beneath the school. Limited release available exclusively for Kindle.
Look for “Queen Bees” as part of my next collection coming 2025. This untitled collection moves on from the young adult angst of Silly Little Monsters to more grown up fears – let’s face it, few things are scarier than adulting and parenthood.
Silly Little Monsters, a whimsical collection of nine tales to chill your spine and tickle your funny bone, is available for the Kindle and Nook. The paperback is also available through Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
These aren’t your typical bedtime stories. From “Alpha” to “Omega”, everybody wants to make sense of their world.
To find a place to belong.
To connect.
What can be scarier than that?
In 1950s Georgia, a girl befriends a woman rumored to be a witch who teaches her how to bake. Her brother finds out about their unconventional friendship with deadly consequences.
“Just Desserts” will appear in the WRITING BLOC Passageways: Mythos Anthology, alongside other fairytale, folktale, and legend retellings by Christine Brennecke, Cari Dubiel, Blair Cosby, Maggie Hoyt, Gerri Mahn, Skylar Lennox, TCC Edwards, Kaytalin Platt, Tahani Nelson, Evan Graham, Mike X Welch, Jenn Newman, and Peter L. Harmon.
The e-book is available at Amazon and the paperback is available at Barnes & Noble.
A young federal agent uncovers a deeper conspiracy when investigating a murder crossing state lines in the 1960s noir mystery, “The Patriarch”, in the WRITING BLOC Family anthology.
Other authors include David Lee, Jane-Holly Meissner, Jason Pomerance, Kelsey Rae Barthel, Estelle Wardrip, Deborah Munro, Evan Graham, S.E. Soldwedel, Jason Chestnut, T.C.C. Edwards, Susan K. Hamilton, Daniel Lee, R.H. Webster, Peter L. Harmon, Byron Gillan, Kaytalin Platt, Durena Burns, Jenn Newman, Cari Dubiel, and Mike X Welch.
FAMILY is out now on Kindle and in paperback.
Check out an interview about “The Patriarch” with author Kaytalin Platt.
A tall, dark, and handsome “Alpha” first came to dinner in DECEPTION, an anthology from the indie publishing team WRITING BLOC.
It also includes stories from Jane-Holly Meissner, G.A. Finocchiaro, Kelsey Rae Barthel, Estelle Wardrip, Nicolina Torres, Richard Allen, Becca Spence Dobias, Deborah Munro, Jaye Milius, Mike Donald, Grace Marshall, Mike X Welch, David R. Lee, Patrick Edwards, Evan Graham, Phil Rood, S.E. Soldwedel, T.C.C. Edwards, Ferd Crôtte, Jason Pomerance, Tahani Nelson, Susan K. Hamilton, and Michael Haase.