Member Publication News: Lauryn Christopher

 

Lauryn Christopher's short story "A Healthy Paranoia" appears in Hunted, just released.

SMFS Member Publishing News: Lauryn Christopher

SMFS list member Lauryn Christopher’s latest book, Memory Lane: A Short Story Collection is now out from Camden Park Press. The read is available at Amazon in eBook format.

 

Synopsis:

A collection of short, historical fiction. Includes: 

- Memory at Lascaux

With the world covered in ash and clouded in despair, there are only two choices: lie down in the ash, or find a way to survive. And perhaps, a way to thrive... 

- Stolen Moments

In the long-ago days, when the Old Gods walked freely among the men of Midgard, Eirik Alreksson gained their attention and favor. 

- El Tío Supay

On their way to work each day, the miners of Bolivia would routinely say prayers and pay homage to the statue of The Virgin Mary in its niche outside the mine, asking her blessing in their labors.But when they entered the mine, the miners made a second offering. There, beyond reach of the light of day, they left their gifts of coca leaves, alcohol, and cigarettes at the shrine of El Tío, the Devil of the Mine. 

- Last Sigh of the Moor

There is a place, outside the walls of Granada, and in the shadow of the mighty Alhambra, where history tells us the city's last caliph turned and wept at the sight of his beautiful, lost city… and, perhaps, at the loss of the friend who betrayed her. 

- The Unflattering Portrait of Jiang Zhaojun

The daughter of a merchant, and lady-in-waiting in the Emperor’s court, Jiang Zhaojun is recorded as one of the “Four Beauties of Ancient China.” But she is not celebrated merely for her beauty, but also for her bravery. 

- Fences

This story of the Old West illustrates the conflicts between a group of homesteading farmers and the local cattle ranchers.

SMFS Member Publication News: Lauryn Christopher

SMFS list member Lauryn Christopher’s short story collection, Secrets and Lies is out from Camden Park Press. The read is available in print and eBook at Amazon and other vendors.

Synopsis as posted to our SMFS list today by the author:

SECRETS AND LIES
A collection of five short crime stories by Lauryn Christopher

Contains:
- Lemonade and Larceny
  When a silly law forbids Effie Birmingham from practicing her trade
as a psychic, she feels obliged to break it!

- A Little Casual Blackmail
  For one Florida housewife, eavesdropping on the neighbors escalates
from entertainment to entrepreneurship...

- The Goddess Killer
  A serial killer forces Tommy to choose which of the women in his
life - his mother, his wife, or his daughter - he loves the best, and
which will die.

- The Man in the Gabardine Suit
  Who was the "man in the gabardine suit" from the Simon & Garfunkel
song? Why was he on that bus in the first place?

- Mistletoe and Murder
  When the members of a highly dysfunctional family are snowed-in for
the holidays, tempers flare, secrets are revealed, and someone's bound
to die...

SECRETS AND LIES is available in print or ebook from your favorite
online retailer: https://books2read.com/LaurynC-SecretsLies


Lauryn Christopher
www.laurynchristopher.com

SMFS Member Publishing News: Lauryn Christopher

SMFS list member Lauryn Christopher’s new book, Pro Bono: A Hit Lady for Hire is now out from Camden Park Press. Currently, it is only available in eBook at Amazon.  

Amazon Synopsis:

Some jobs just need to be done - even if nobody's paying...
When a friend is accused of murdering her deadbeat ex-husband - a man Meg had on her hit-list for reasons of her own - Meg Harrison sets aside her usual paid assassin's role and takes it on herself to discover what really happened.
But what begins as a routine inquiry dredges up long-buried memories, forcing Meg to deal with her own demons while simultaneously hunt for a man her instincts tell her might not really be dead.
Can Meg reverse-engineer the murderer's scheme and bring down the real killer before her friend becomes their next victim?