Explore Runte’s World of Mythos

“Silver and Salt: A Mythos Novella” a beautiful tale 4 out of 5 stars Everything seems to have its moment. From a wave of vampires to hoards of zombies filling our screens and bookshelves, those who are looking for a particular brand of entertainment can …

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The Meaning of Words

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The Tattler: Cancelled, Not Dead 5 out of 5 stars Sometimes, you read a word and think you know what it means, but are sorely mistaken. Read is an excellent example. We spell it the same way in present and past tense, and you have …

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Lose Some Time with “The Tattler”

Descoteaux Delivers Another Hilarious Sci-Fi Adventure 4 out of 5 Stars As if celebrity aliens and loveable Bigfeet weren’t enough, the staff of “The Tattler” is back to the future with complicated time travel, absurd paradoxes, and imaginative creatures that would make the writers of …

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Cozy Up to a New Mystery Today

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Join The Next Generation of Cozy Mystery Lovers In college, for one glorious year, I worked at the library. It was the best job I ever had, and sometimes I regret I didn’t become a librarian. I don’t know how it works where you live, …

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Cozy up to the Devil in a Tank Top

A Saxee Contemporary Mystery Romance Rating 4 out of 5 stars ***Slight Spoilers Ahead**** The Devil Drinks Coffee and Wears Tank Tops. The Devil in Branson Falls is most definitely Kate Saxee, even if someone else is running around killing people and she’s the one …

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Fall Tidings of Mental Health

How Jessica Darling Helped Me Feel Sane For most of my life, the first hints of cold weather have been a balm to my heat weary soul. Living in the deep South means a lot of things, but the weather being hotter than Hades most …

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Help Fight Censorship: Pick Up a Banned Book

Banned Books Week 2020 Banned Books Week (September 27 – October 3) is something I anticipate every year. I’ll never forget my middle school self being assigned a persuasive speech. I’d recently been whipped up into a frenzy by the scenes of book burning in Ray Bradbury’s …

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Hello, it’s me!

Hey, y’all. I’m Amorina Leigh Carlton. I write Southern Fiction with a Twist. I was born and raised in the rural Deep South, until I moved to NOLA with my husband a few years back, where we live with our toddler and our two pups. …

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