Out of the Blue
Black and Blues Book One Stephanie Rose Bird Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Publisher: One Odd Bird Press Date of Publication: March 22, 2020 ASIN: B084SNJ8K2 Word Count: 58,500 words Formats available: E-Book and Paperback Cover Artist: Najla Qamber Designs and Qamber Kids Tagline: Out of the Blue is a young-adult, coming-of-age novel that seamlessly bridges elements of African American folklore and spirituality with Greek mythology. Book Description: When two worlds collide, only one girl can unravel the mythical threads and save her father’s life. . . Mobile, Alabama, 1947 Bobby “The Shrimp Man” Daniels, a blues singer and shrimper from Mobile, lies unconscious in a hospital bed, suffering from a mysterious illness. His daughter Tina, a sheltered sixteen year old, torn between her love for her father, and her disappointment in his relationship with Kyane, his much younger mistress, is determined to heal her father, no matter the cost. Kyane isn’t just a mistress, she’s a Siren, obsessed with her overwhelming desire to become human and merge her otherworldly singing voice with Bobby’s incredible music. She’ll do anything to get what she wants, annihilating anything, and anyone who stands in her way. In order to save her father, Tina will have to travel to the Kyane’s world, a world of strange and magical creatures, and figure out how to wrestle his soul from the Siren’s control. As Tina’s magical journey twists and turns, she’ll learn what it means to be a woman and what it means to save not only her father, but herself. Out of the Blue is a young-adult, coming-of-age novel that seamlessly bridges elements of African American folklore and spirituality and Greek mythology. Amazon One Odd Bird Press About the Author: Stephanie Rose Bird is the author of the critically acclaimed and award-winning, “Sticks, Stones, Roots and Bones: Hoodoo Mojo and Conjuring with Herbs.” Her other books include: “365 Days of Hoodoo,” and “Four Seasons of Mojo,” all three were published by Llewellyn Worldwide. Bird also contributes to Llewellyn Spell-a-Day,” “Llewellyn Herbal Almanac” and “Llewellyn Magical Almanac.” She is the author of: “Earth Mama Spiritual Guide to Weight-loss” (Green Magic Publishing), “A Healing Grove” (Lawrence Hill Books), “The Big Book of Soul,” (Red Wheel Weiser/Hampton Roads Publishers) and “Light, Bright and Damned Near White: Biracial and Triracial Culture in America and Beyond.” (ABC-Clio). She is a novelist, published by One Odd Bird Press, in the Young Adult Fantasy and Magical Realism genres. “Out of the Blue” is her debut novel in the Black and Blues Series. One Odd Bird Press will also publish “Pine Barren Blues.” She writes and paints where she lives (Chicagoland) with her husband, near her children, and along with some very busy animal friends. Facebook: www.facebook.com/stephanierosebirdauthor/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/s.r.bird Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephanierosebi Website: www.stephanierosebird.com Blog: http://stephanierosebirdstudio.blogspot.com It was supposed to be a vacation, the trip to a newly discovered tomb of Jesus… When Sabina Ferrara was driving to Bingerbruck, Germany, she was hoping to put a painful marriage behind her. Certain unforeseen events turned against her and during a visit to Christ’s tomb, she is meeting Thomas von Essen – a dangerous thief, who is hiding behind the name of a decent family, pretending that he is a famous archaeologist. Against her will, Sabina is dragged into the middle of the stealing of biblical artefacts, killings and shootings. She ended up attracting the attention of an unknown enemy from Jerusalem, a wicked man called Papa Zen. A powerful mogul who knows too much about Sabina and her mysterious birthmark. She is the one he was looking for so long… 12 lost pages from the Bible Car chasing, guns, and fights Yakuza and Ndrangheta families Palermo, Istanbul, Jerusalem Deaths, tears, broken hearts Sophia von X is a story of violence and obsession, secrets and tragedy, lies, religious hate, and love. Victoria Ray grew up in Orša, one of the oldest towns in Belarus. Although interested in writing fiction from a young age, it wasn't until 2018 that she decided to pursue it as a career. Victoria lives in Sweden with her family and two dogs: Daisy and Sky. She hold Phd in Classic Russian Literature.
Books: 1. Sophia von X (grotesque thriller and suspense; religious thriller; humorous fiction) 2. SO ABSURD IT MUST BE TRUE #1, Unique and Absurd Series (surreal humor and satire) 3. DULCINEA and THE DEATH CODE #1, Child of Illusion Series (young adult, absurdist urban fantasy) 4. 42 DEGREES OF TRUTH #1, Unicorn (satirical poetry/adult humor) 5. 42 DEGREES OF TRUTH #2, Blue Giraffe (satirical poetry/18+) She is working in genres: - surreal humor and absurdist comedy, - adult humor and satire, - Ero Guro (erotica + grotesque), - bizarro sci-fi/fantasy, - humorous thriller, - satirical poetry. Writing style - satirical, dark and 'quixotic'! |
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