Wednesday, November 10, 2004

Scary Monsters Super Creeps

Warning: Do not look at the following link while sitting at home alone at night. You have been warned. By this warning.

Okay, go ahead and look. But come back afterward to share the fear.

Welcome back. Yeah, that was my reaction, too.

I think having a doll custom-made to look like your kid could be the subject of an entire library full of horror novels, so I won't even go there. Here are some plots for novels of other genres:

Mystery/Thriller: A My Twinn(registered trademark) doll goes to the Doll Hospital for a makeover and winds up "broken." Her wise-cracking private investigator/bounty hunter Human Counterpart infiltrates the hospital, only to discover that the doll-killer's real target is...herself.

Literary: Protagonist, who left his tight-knit family to move to the opposite coast and become a writer, comes home to help his resentful sister take care of their dying mother. He discovers that his My Twinn(R) doll has replaced him in his mother's favor because "he's always there" for her.

Romance: Spunky divorce attorney Clarissa Lamont has met her match: the Machievellian Trent Montgomery will fight to the death for his client's right to keep custody over her children and their corresponding My Twinn(R) dolls. Will Clarissa fall prey to Trent's wiles, or will her own client (played by a winsome Jeff Bridges) steal her heart with his deep emotions and charming though infantile fixations?

Submit your own My Twinn(R) plotline! I'll give a $5 gift certificate for the online bookstore of your choice to the winners in the following categories: 1) Funniest 2) Most Believable and 3) Most Likely to Keep Me Sleeping With the Lights On for Three Weeks Straight.

Coming next!

Shine

Shine, the Shade trilogy conclusion!

Hardcover AND paperback release on May 1, 2012

More about SHINE

Pre-order from Constellation Books (signed copies), Barnes & Noble, or Amazon.com. (All links are for hardcover, but each store also offers paperback version.)

Shine Pre-order giveaway

Coming May 1 in paperback!

Shift paperback

Shift, the sequel to Shade!

More about SHIFT

Pre-order paperback from Constellation Books (signed copies), Barnes and Noble or Amazon.com.

Or order hardcover from Constellation Books (signed copies), Amazon.com, or Barnes and Noble.

Now available!

Enthralled

Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions, YA paranormal anthology edited by Melissa Marr and Kelley Armstrong

More about ENTHRALLED

Order from Constellation Books (signed copies), Amazon.com, or Barnes and Noble.

Featuring a SHADE tie-in story, "Bridge," from Logan's point-of-view.

Now Available!

Bring on the Night

Bring on the Night (Book 3 in the WVMP Radio adult vampire series) — now in stores!

More about BRING ON THE NIGHT

Order from Constellation Books (signed copies), Mysterious Galaxy, Amazon.com, or Barnes and Noble.

Novella (Book 3.5), "Let it Bleed," ebook coming Summer 2012!

Fourth and final novel, LUST FOR LIFE, will follow in October 2012.

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Jeri Smith-Ready is a Maryland author of adult and teen urban fantasy.

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