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Demon Energy by Anthony Renfro ~ New Cover Reveal and Freebie!

Posted: July 1, 2015 in Cover Reveal, Freebies!, horror, Short stories and collections
Tags: Author Anthony Renfro, Demon Energy, freebie, short horror story

I’m really liking the new cover for Demon Energy by Anthony Renfro.

To celebrate, Anthony has Demon Energy free to download on July 1st and July 2nd.

Click on the links in the post to get your copy!

Are you ready?

Wait for it!

Wait!

Okay.

Now!

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I’ve always been fascinated and scared sh%!tless by stories of possession. I went to see The Exorcist when it came out and didn’t sleep good for years afterwards.

This poor man is possessed by a legion of demons. They will not leave. He weakens. They linger.

Not able to exorcise the demons, the people took him to a cave and chained him to a bed.

Three priests then arrived. They prayed over the man. They fought the demons. The battle waged on.

At around 20 pages, this only took me a few minutes to read. I’d love it if the author took this and made it into a full length novel. I’d like to know who the possessed man was. How he came to be possessed. And who the heck the three priests were. They were something else.

It’s really short but packs a punch!

3 Stars

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Synopsis

1 Man – A 1000 Demons Possession. Redemption. Salvation.

This short story is about one man tormented by evil, and his journey into the light.

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To purchase the eBook

Amazon

US / UK / AU / CA

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And hop on over to Anthony’s post to help him choose the new cover for Joy Ride HERE!

Author Anthony Renfro

Anthony Renfro

Anthony Renfro lives in Apex, North Carolina. He is a reader, writer, runner, husband, father, and stay at home dad – one of the toughest jobs anyone could ever do. He was born in Bristol, Tennessee, and is a graduate of UNC-Greensboro.

You can find him at many spots on the web, but if you really need to find his center in the social media storm it would be at his blog, apoetryjourney.wordpress.com.

Now reach out, just beyond the light, right into that big black space, and let him take your hand on a journey into cold dark places. You will be scared, and you may even be terrified, but in the end you might just find you liked the ride.

Find him on:

Blog ~ Amazon ~ Goodreads

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Until the next time…..

Thanks so much for visiting fuonlyknew!

Killer Treads by Anthony Renfro ~ New Cover Reveal and Freebie!

Posted: June 29, 2015 in Cover Reveal, Freebies!, horror, reviews, Short stories and collections
Tags: Author Anthony Renfro, Horror, Killer Treads, Short story

I’ve read almost all of Anthony Renfro’s stories and wait anxiously for new ones.

I have a new cover to reveal for Killer Treads.

Also, Anthony has it free to download on Monday, June 29th and Tuesday, June 30th. Links to get your copy are provided below.

Let’s get to that new cover art shall we?

Ready!

Set!

Ta – Da!

My Review

Hey, look at that. A tread mill, like new, for only twenty bucks. What a steal.

He’s been meaning to get in shape, get rid of that spare tire around his middle.

He should have slowed down, caught the warning signs that something was seriously wrong with the deal. Not been so impulsive.

Alas, it’s too late now, and the deal is going to cost him much more than cold hard cash.

This story teaches you to never buy something when the deal seems too good to be true.

Kind of fun, kind of gory, and I liked it.

3 Stars

A short story about a man who sees a flashy ad online advertising a twenty dollar treadmill. He buys the machine, too cheap to be scared, and realizes much to his dismay that this machine has a taste for blood. Big Bob better run like his life depends on it, because in many ways it does.

Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars: Kind of fun, kind of gory, and I liked it.

AMAZON

EBOOK:

US / UK / AU / CA

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Author Anthony Renfro

Anthony Renfro

You can find him at many spots on the web, but if you really need to find his center in the social media storm it would be at his blog, apoetryjourney.wordpress.com.

Find him on:

Blog ~ Amazon ~ Goodreads

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Until the next time…..

Thanks so much for visiting fuonlyknew!

What’s New On My Bookshelf #115 and The Sunday Post

Posted: June 28, 2015 in Book Promos, Freebies!, giveaways, reviews, What's New on My Bookshelf
Tags: Laura Thomas, my weekly book news, The Synday Post

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This is my own version of a weekly book haul and all things new on fuonlyknew.

Another fun way to share your book news and enjoy others is The Sunday Post hosted by

Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer

Head on over and leave a link to your Sunday Post and hop around to visits others.

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Some chit chat.

I’ve been sitting here at my computer for over 10 minutes and came up with zilch to talk about!

I got distracted by Big Bang Theory so I figured why not share some fun stuff from my favorite show.

Enjoy!

Here are some funny bloopers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv6eLJf_Gr8

and some favorite scenes.

I just love this show. I can watch reruns and laugh just as hard as the first time. LOL

I’ll be hopping over to check out your Sunday posts so be sure to leave me your link!

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Here are my new books for review.

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New ones just for fun!

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And here are some freebies for ya!

Click on the covers to get yours and remember to make sure they’re still free before you click that buy button.

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Books I reviewed this week. Click on the covers for my reviews.

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What I’ll be reviewing next week.

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What I won.

Print books

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Huge thanks to the blog hosts, authors, and tour organizers for these wonderful prizes

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Other Posts on my blog this week.

Their coming is just the beginning…Dawn Of Destiny, EPIC Series #1 ~ My Review and Giveaway

The Star Seer’s Prophecy ~ New Release Sale and Giveaway

The Authorship Adventure Series by Ella Medler

Teaser Tuesdays #119 ~ Shadow Of Danger by Kristine Mason

The EPIC Series ~ Dawn Of Destiny and Outlaw Trigger ~ Reviews and Giveaway

The Children Of Darkness ~ Book Blast and Giveaway

#M9B Friday Cover and Chapter Reveal and Giveaway ~ Into The Dark by Caroline Patti

The Friday 56 #67 ~ Shadow Of Darkness by Kristine Mason

Reviewing Hope For The Wicked and Pennies For The Damned by Edward Lorn

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Have you joined TSU yet?

Click on the widget to friend and follow me!

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Fora list of my reviews go HERE

For a list of free books updated daily go HERE

For all of my giveaways go HERE

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So, what did you get to read this week?

Got any recommendations?

I’d love to know and thanks so much for visiting fuonlyknew.

What’s New On My Bookshelf #114 and The Sunday Post

Posted: June 21, 2015 in Freebies!, giveaways, reviews, What's New on My Bookshelf
Tags: Laura Thomas, my weekly book news, The Sunday Post

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This is my own version of a weekly book haul and all things new on fuonlyknew.

Another fun way to share your book news and enjoy others is The Sunday Post hosted by

Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer

Head on over and leave a link to your Sunday Post and hop around to visits others.

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Some chit chat.

Last week I mentioned my experience at the dentist and I want to thank all of you for your kind wishes.

I’m almost back to normal after chillin this week and raring to get back to visiting everybody:)

I just finished reading the second book in an exciting series and learned the new one is now available. It ended with one hell of a great cliff hanger and I’m dying to read more.

Here’s the thing. I can get it fairly cheaply buying the eBook, but I have the first two books in paperback. I’d love to have the third one in print too but it’s pretty pricey.

Do I wait for the price to go down? Do I cave and pay that higher price? Or, do I grab the eBook? I try not to impulse buy but have a feeling I’ll be going for that print copy. LOL

How do you buy your series? Do you try to get all of the books in the same format? Does it matter?

I’ll be hopping over to check out your Sunday posts so be sure to leave me your link!

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Here are my new books for review.

ZERO!!!

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I can’t believe it. I have taken in zero books for review this week. I’m looking at some, but not sure which ones yet.

And I didn’t grab any just for fun either. I’m sure I’ll be making up for that this coming week. LOL

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And here are some freebies for ya!

Click on the covers to get yours and remember to make sure they’re still free before you click that buy button.

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Books I reviewed this week. Click on the covers for my reviews.

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What I’ll be reviewing next week.

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What I won.

I’ve won several books but haven’t received them in the mail yet. I also won some wonderful prizes and a couple of gift cards.

I’ll share pictures of the goodies I got and bought next week when they arrive.

Huge thanks to the blog hosts, authors, and tour organizers for these wonderful prizes

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Other Posts on my blog this week.

8 Novellas/8 Authors ~ The Lei Crime Series ~ Tour and Giveaway

Soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur….Kittens Can Kill ~ Review and Giveaway

A Holly Hart Cozy Mystery ~ Footprints in the Frosting ~ Review and Giveaway

Cover and Chapter Reveal ~ Heart-Shaped Hack by Tracey Garvis Graves

A Cli-Fi Adventure ~ Nature’s Confession Tour Review and Giveaway

The Friday 56 #66 ~ Mayhem In Margaux

#M9B Friday Reveal and Giveaway ~ Nameless by Jennifer Jenkins and Serpentine by Cindy Pon

Super Book Blast ~ Aegis Incursion by S.S. Segran ~ Excerpt and Giveaway

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Have you joined TSU yet?

Click on the widget to friend and follow me!

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Fora list of my reviews go HERE

For a list of free books updated daily go HERE

For all of my giveaways go HERE

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So, what did you get to read this week?

Got any recommendations?

I’d love to know and thanks so much for visiting fuonlyknew.

What’s New On My Bookshelf #113 and The Sunday Post

Posted: June 14, 2015 in Freebies!, giveaways, reviews, What's New on My Bookshelf
Tags: Laura Thomas, my weekly book news, The Sunday Post

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This is my own version of a weekly book haul and all things new on fuonlyknew.

Another fun way to share your book news and enjoy others is The Sunday Post hosted by

Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer

Head on over and leave a link to your Sunday Post and hop around to visits others.

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Some chit chat.

This week was a big pain. Well, acutually it was a tooth ache. Who would believe something as small as a tooth could cause such pain.

I could feel it coming, the dull ache, the slight swelling. By the time I got to the dentist it was full blown pain. He couldn’t save my tooth, as the infection spread through the root into the bone. So now I’m minus a tooth and you’d expect, minus the pain.

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Not so. The left side of my face is still swollen, I am still in pain and will be until the antibiotics knock out the infection. I do get brief pain free moments. thanks to a powerful pain med. I take advantage of those, catching up on my blog, and actually swimming in the pool.

The pain has lessened now. I feel I’m on the downward side of the infection. I can’t wait!!!

Enough about that. Let’s get to the good stuff. Books!

I’ll be hopping over to check out your Sunday posts so be sure to leave me your link!

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Here are my new books for review.

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And here are some freebies for ya!

Click on the covers to get yours and remember to make sure they’re still free before you click that buy button.

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Books I reviewed this week. Click on the covers for my reviews.

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What I’ll be reviewing next week.

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What I won.

EBooks

Print books.

Huge thanks to the blog hosts, authors, and tour organizers for these wonderful prizes

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Other Posts on my blog this week.

Book Release Blast for Blood and Scales ~ A Young and New Adult Fantasy Anthology

Cover Reveal and Giveaway ~ Restless Earth and Blessing Sky by Emily Mah

Teaser Tuesdays #118 ~ Grizzly Trade

Spooky Shenanigans ~ Dying For The Past ~ Tour Review and Two Giveaways

Midnight Supper at the Rise & Shine ~ Super Book Blast and Giveaway

You can’t run far enough….Madman Across The Water ~ Tour Review

Choose Your Own Death ~ Review, Author Interview, and Giveaway

The Friday 56 #65 ~ The Scale

#M9B Friday Reveal & Giveaway ~ Donna Galanti and Scott Craven

This is….Perfectly Twisted by Kristine Mason ~ Review and Giveaway

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Have you joined TSU yet?

Click on the widget to friend and follow me!

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Fora list of my reviews go HERE

For a list of free books updated daily go HERE

For all of my giveaways go HERE

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So, what did you get to read this week?

Got any recommendations?

I’d love to know and thanks so much for visiting fuonlyknew.

What’s New On My Bookshelf #112 and The Sunday Post

Posted: June 7, 2015 in Freebies!, giveaways, reviews, What's New on My Bookshelf
Tags: Laura Thomas, my weekly book news, The Sunday Post

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This is my own version of a weekly book haul and all things new on fuonlyknew.

Another fun way to share your book news and enjoy others is The Sunday Post hosted by

Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer

Head on over and leave a link to your Sunday Post and hop around to visits others.

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Some chit chat.

So here we are, another Sunday, and I don’t know what to talk about. I actually started this comment on Saturday. Now it’s Sunday and I’m still at a loss. LOL

I thought about the Triple Crown? My dog? My cat? My life? All good things. Then I checked my emails!

There ya go! There’s a ton of them. And, while I would love to check out every single one, if I did, I’d be glued to the computer forever!

Here’s how I usually do emails. I first go to my buddies blogs. Then I wing it. I look for fun tags to posts, some giveaways I might be interested in, and then I try to visit blogs I haven’t been to for a couple days. Some I save, meaning to get back to them. A few I do, but most of time they languish in my emails and eventually get deleted. And then I feel guilty, sad.

Do you feel that way when you delete someones email? They worked hard on their post, hoping someone would come by and read it, like I do. I’ve done some posts I was so proud of and had no comments. I had visitors, but no one left a comment. I wonder why that is? I visit posts and don”t comment too. Sometimes, it’s because I can’t think of anything to say, and sometimes it’s because I’ve been at my computer so long, my eyes are burning. LOL I do at least like the post and tweet it. Try to let my fellow blogger know I’ve been there.

So how do you handle your emails? And what about commenting?

I’ll be hopping over to check out your Sunday posts so be sure to leave me your link!

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Here are my new books for review.

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I know. I went a little crazy. But these are spread out over a couple of months, thank god! LOL

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New ones just because.

I grabbed these short stories free on Amazon.

Click the covers to get yours.

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And here are some freebies for ya!

Click on the covers to get yours and remember to make sure they’re still free before you click that buy button.

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Books I reviewed this week. Click on the covers for my reviews.

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What I’ll be reviewing next week.

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What I won.

These are from a couple of weeks.

EBooks

Print books.

Swag

Huge thanks to the blog hosts, authors, and tour organizers for these wonderful prizes!

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Other Posts on my blog this week.

New Release Blast ~ The Day The World Ended by K.C. Finn

The Missing Planets: The Cairns Of Sainctuarie II ~ Tour and Giveaway

Teaser Tuesdays #117 ~ Don’t Try To Find Me

Release Day Giveaway ~ The Good Girls by Sara Shepard ~ Sweet But Deadly!

New Release Giveaway ~ No Substitute For Myth ~ A Subbing Isn’t For Sissies Cozy Mystery

A girl with a view ~ Kika the Upside-Down Girl ~ Tour Review and Giveaway

Two For Thursday #T4T Blitz Giveaway ~ To Bear An Iron Key and Crown Of Ice

A cat like no other ~ Avalon ~ My Review and a Giveaway

Death is just the beginning ~ The IX by Andrew P. Weston ~ Tour Review and Giveaway

#M9B Friday Cover Reveal and Giveaway ~ Strange Country Day

The Friday 56 #64 ~ HEXED

A Romantic Summer Read ~ Sunk by Renea Porter ~ Blog Tour and Giveaway

Blood and Scales Trailer reveal ~ An Anthology Coming Soon!

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Have you joined TSU yet?

Click on the widget to friend and follow me!

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Fora list of my reviews go HERE

For a list of free books updated daily go HERE

For all of my giveaways go HERE

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So, what did you get to read this week?

Got any recommendations?

I’d love to know and thanks so much for visiting fuonlyknew.

What’s New On My Bookshelf #111 and The Sunday Post

Posted: May 31, 2015 in Freebies!, giveaways, reviews, What's New on My Bookshelf
Tags: Laura Thomas, my weekly book news, The Sunday Post

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This is my own version of a weekly book haul and all things new on fuonlyknew.

Another fun way to share your book news and enjoy others is The Sunday Post hosted by

Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer

Head on over and leave a link to your Sunday Post and hop around to visits others.

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Some chit chat.

It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Sun is shining, A light breeze to keep the humidity at bay. A perfect summer day!

After a week of clouds and rain, the sun finally shows itself again. Glorious day! I rushed outside to meet it, taking my computer, my phone, my Kindle, and a print book just in case. I spent many hours out their, reading, swimming in the pool, and just closing my eyes to listen to the seagulls. Man, I love summer! LOL

I also did a bit of writing.

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Writing, you ask? Yep, I’ve been trying my hand at a few short stories that have been in my head for years. I don’t plan on trying to publish them. But I do plan on sharing them on my blog. When I do, Ill be asking for feedback. Good or bad! I thought it would be a fun discussion post and I need more of those.

If you have any plots you’d like me to take on, a challenge of sorts, bring em on. It might take a while, but I’ll try to get to them. Should challenge me and it would be fun to see what I can come up with.

These will be very short stories and flash fiction to start. When I do my reviews, most times I write my own synopsis and that’s whet my appetite to try to do more. Scary!

And a lot of them are horror shorts. I do love my scares. I also learned real quick to not write them on my computer. You’ll see why in the gif below.

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This was me fairly quickly. LOL I now use pen and paper to get a rough draft written first.

So, what are your plans for the weekend? I’d love to hear!

I’ll be hopping over to check out your Sunday posts so be sure to leave me your link!

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Here are my new books for review.

The 6:41 To Paris first caught my attention with the cover. Sounds fun.

And I jumped on the authors offer to read Cold Hearted. I loved the first book!

I’ve read books from a few different series’ by Joyce and Jim Lavene and jumped on this new release,

A Watery Death, from a series I hadn’t read yet!

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New ones just because.

I grabbed these beauties from my favorite used books store. They are in perfect condition and they are autographed editions! How cool.

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And here are some freebies for ya!

Click on the covers to get yours and remember to make sure they’re still free before you click that buy button.

And some freebies for all of you game lovers!

Click on the pictures to get yours.

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Books I reviewed this week. Click on the covers for my reviews.

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Books I’ll be reviewing next week.

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What I won.

I won a few books and some awesome swag. Going to wait until it arrives and share the pictures of all the goodies.

I also won a couple of gift cards. I’ll show pictures of what I bought after I finish shopping. LOL

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Other Posts on my blog this week.

I’m tellin ya….Bubba Done It _ Cozy Southern Mystery Review and Giveaway

Shining the Light on Taylor Dean’s Newest Release ~ Girl Of Mine ~ Blast and Giveaway

Teaser Tuesdays #116 ~ Cannibal Reign

Cover Reveal ~ Madison’s Song by Christine Amsden

This it it, the…Climax: The Publicist #3 ~ Tour Review and Giveaway

#T4T Blitz Giveaway ~ Call Me Grim and Into The Fire

Rumble in the jungle ~ Fevers by Joel Homer ~ Tour Review and Giveaway

The Friday 56 #63 ~ Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

GHOSTCROW: A Tale Of Andor ~ Tour Review

Exclusive Character Bios & Excerpt with Giveaway and Q&A ~ Dawn Of The Chupacabra ~ It’s coming!

New Cover! A Haunted House Tale ~ Free Friday and Saturday

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Have you joined TSU yet?

Click on the widget to friend and follow me!

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Fora list of my reviews go HERE

For a list of free books updated daily go HERE

For all of my giveaways go HERE

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So, what did you get to read this week?

Got any recommendations?

I’d love to know and thanks so much for visiting fuonlyknew.

New Cover! A Haunted House Tale ~ Free Friday and Saturday!

Posted: May 30, 2015 in Cover Reveal, Freebies!, horror, Short stories and collections
Tags: A Haunted House Tale, Author Anthony Renfro, Horror, Short story

Exciting news from Anthony Renfro.

His short story, A Haunted Hose Tale, has a new cover and it’s free this Friday and Saturday. Want to know some more about it?

Here’s my review.

They must have seen the movies, read the books. Yet these five friends think it won’t happen to them.

Clearly something will and does.

The legend is, if you survive the night, you receive untold riches.

The temptation lures them in.

There’s safety in numbers, right?

Then it all goes south and everyone is scrambling to get out.

I never get tired of these stories. I was thinking of Scream, the movie, where they go over all of the rules of what not to do.

If these characters had any sense, they’d know not to go in that house, but then I wouldn’t have had such fun reading what happens to them.

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Now I’m turning the blog over to Anthony so he can share with you more about A Haunted House Tale.

Take it away, Anthony!

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Thanks to James at GOONWRITE for it. He really does great pre-made covers. He also has short stories for sale that I plan to read very soon. I will review them once I read them.

This short story is about five students on Halloween night who discover the secrets and terrors of the town’s most infamous haunted house. Will they live to see the morning?

REVIEWS:

3 out of 5 Stars – Wicked haunted house tale.

AMAZON

Free to read Friday, May 29th and Saturday, May 30th..

EBook Links to get your copy:

Amazon US / UK / AU / CA

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So, back to business.

Instead of just putting up a story example from A Haunted House Tale, I thought I would highlight a couple of favorite sections.

First: I love how this part reads, like the house has a soul, a life of its own.

Kevin pushed the two double doors open (as his friends remained quiet behind him), and the house presented itself to them with a mingling odor of must, decay, pee, and feces. It was one big unpleasant smell.

Second: Digging this part of the story with a mouth on the wall (I’ve omitted the victim in the story, can’t really give that part away now can I).

The wall behind him turned into a giant mouth with sharp crooked wooden gnashing teeth covered in dried stained blood. Two plaster arms blew out of the wall with hands on the ends of these arms. These wooden hands with rusty nails for fingernails grabbed him as he tried to run away. The rusty nails implanted themselves into his body squirting blood out of him like someone squeezing a tomato too tight. He was stuck, couldn’t move, as he struggled to get free. The plaster arms picked him up and tossed him into the mouth. He was chewed up, and quickly consumed, lost somewhere inside the fabric of the wall.

This story has been rewritten and updated, so if you have read it before you might want to grab a copy today in order to see the new changes. If you haven’t, now is the time to read it. This is the final version of this story. No more changes after this. This story will also be featured in Nightlight Tales, which I hope will be released by the start of September.

Thanks again for reading and following my work. Remember, it is safer to sleep with the lights on at night. There are things that live in the darkness, things better left unseen.

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Author Anthony Renfro

Anthony Renfro

You can find him at many spots on the web, but if you really need to find his center in the social media storm it would be at his blog, apoetryjourney.wordpress.com.

Find him on:

Blog ~ Amazon ~ Goodreads

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You can find my reviews of the authors other books by visiting my reviews page at the top of my blog.

Thanks so much for visiting fuonlyknew

For more free books go HERE.

What’s New On My Bookshelf #110 and The Sunday Post

Posted: May 24, 2015 in Freebies!, giveaways, reviews, What's New on My Bookshelf
Tags: my weekly book news, The Sunday Post

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This is my own version of a weekly book haul and all things new on fuonlyknew.

Another fun way to share your book news and enjoy others is The Sunday Post hosted by

Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer

Head on over and leave a link to your Sunday Post and hop around to visits others.

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Some chit chat.

I hope everyone is enjoying their Memorial Day weekend!

I’d like to thank all of the men and women in our military and their families for their service to our country and to us.

I’m having a marvelous weekend myself. My mother arrived at my house yesterday and a bunch of us got together and went to lunch. Then it was home to play Skip – Bo.

We are so addicted to that card game and our family is very competitive. Everybody hates to lose and the language can get very colorful. LOL

I moved to the Gulf Coast of Alabama over 29 years ago. My father had moved here. Then my brother did. Then I did. Then one of my sisters came down for vacation, went back to Michigan, packed up her stuff, and moved here. And then another of my sisters eventually moved here from California. I still have one brother and sister and my mother living in Michigan. My brother recently retired and visits often and may eventually move to the area. And I have a feeling when my sister retires, her and her husband may move to Texas as their daughter lives there.

So many of us now live in southern climes. It’s hard to live so far apart and now most of us live less than an hours drive apart. When my mother comes down for the summer it’s funny. We all want her to stay with us and we make sure we all get equal time with her at our homes. She’s my best friend. My comfort, support, and shopping buddy. And I believe she is an angel walking this planet. I’m am on Cloud Nine right now.

If I’m absent from here. If I don’t visit your posts and comment much, you’ll know my mother is at my house, and we are having fun!

Now. On to books! Got some good ones to share today!

I’ll be hopping over to check out your Sunday posts so be sure to leave me your link!

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Here are my new books for review.

How could I resist Kika The Upside-Down Girl!

And I just got Avalon: A Heartwarming True Cat Story.

I’ll be reviewing this on June 4th and the author has an amazing giveaway too!

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New ones just because.

No new ones! I’m doing good. Trying to review all of the books I’ve amassed. Yeah, right. LOL Well, a lot of them anyway:)

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And here are some freebies for ya!

Click on the covers to get yours and remember to make sure they’re still free before you click that buy button.

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Books I reviewed this week. Click on the covers for my reviews.

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Books I’ll be reviewing next week.

I also have some others that I’ll be adding in for mini reviews. Not sure which ones yet. I thought I had a couple written but I sure can’t find those drafts. LOL

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What I won.

I won these wonderful children’s books from a give on Kristi’s Book Nook.

I am buying, picking up free, and winning many children’s books and loving the fun of reading and reviewing them. I may have to start another blog just for them. LOL

Thanks so much Kristi!

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Other Posts on my blog this week.

A Science Fiction Dystopian ~ Aftermath ~ Blitz and Giveaway

They won’t see it coming ~ The Bleikovat Event ~ Tour and Giveaway

Teaser Tuesdays #115 ~ Joshua and the Lightning Road ~ My Review

From a place far, far away ~ Anzard by Christopher Conroy ~ Tour review

Blitz Giveaway ~ Swoon Romance YA Wednesdays ~ Author Rachel Schieffelbein

Shelf Life ~ The Publicist #2 by Christina George ~ Tour Review and Giveaway

Fated ~ A Vanguard legacy Novel by Joanne Kershaw ~ Book Blitz and Giveaway

Book Excerpt Tour and Giveaway ~ Hearts Beneath The Badge by Karen Solomon

New Cover Reveal and Giveaway ~ Night Of The Chupacabra by Michael Hebler

M9B Friday Cover Reveal and Giveaway ~ Serpentine

The Friday 56 #62 ~ Chasing The Green Fairy

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AWOL: A Character Lost ~ Free This Friday and Saturday, May 22nd & 23rd!

Posted: May 23, 2015 in Freebies!, horror, reviews, Short stories and collections
Tags: A Character Lost, Author Anthony Renfro, AWOL, Horror

Anthony Renfro has some awesome news!

He’s offering Awol: A Character Lost free for this Friday and Saturday!

May 22nd and 23rd.

You can get your free copy at the links provided further in the post.

Come on in.

Check out AWOL.

A Character Lost.

My Review

The story begins when the character finds himself in a dark, empty room. Not knowing how he got there, who he is, or where he is, he finally gets the courage to call out for help.

He’s answered, but not by a voice. Words light up on a wall. It’s worse than he imagined.

He’s a character in a book and it appears he’s wandered out of his story and ended up in the room. The author writes his answers and they appear on the wall.

The really bad thing is, the author didn’t write any notes and has no idea which story the character came from, so he needs his help.

This is a story of show and tell and the author guides the character, instructing him and supplying him with scant info on what he should do.

The room has ten doors, each labeled. The character must go through each door in order to find his home story. The author cautions him before entering that what lies behind each door could kill him and he’s not sure if the character will really die or return to the room. It’s an enter at your own risk thing and the character has no choice.

The character approaches the first door labeled Zombies and dives in, as did I.

After the first adventure I didn’t blame the characters hesitancy to go through another. Yet he must and he does. This continues through several more and I was with the character when he got good and mad at the author.

Between each new door, the character returns to the empty room, learns more from the author and goes through the next door. These interludes between each chapter are labeled Interlude.

He encounters many other characters in each story. After a while he learns not to become attached to them. The author’s monsters dispatch them in horrendous fashion.

As for the monsters, the character runs into some werewolves like nothing you could imagine. The werewolves are 8 feet tall, six feet long, with red eyes like lamps and drooling acid. Must not forget the tail of a scorpion that electrocutes you.

The vampires are brown and black spotted things riding black horses. Their eyes gleam yellow, they have no hair and only two fangs, no other teeth. And they have these really wicked whips.

There’s serial killers and these really gross wormy snake things, aliens, and many others. All of them are out to get ya too.

While you know the character goes through all ten doors, otherwise there wouldn’t be that many chapters, that doesn’t mean he finds his home story. It doesn’t mean he survives. The author gives no guarantees.

Half way through, the character is fed up, yet he continues. He must and the author needs him to. Otherwise the character will languish in the room and so will the story.

What kind of author doesn’t keep notes? And what’s with the stories? All of them are horrific. Is the author lying? Does he know which door will lead the character to his home story? Is that what the story really is, him having to jump through the hoops? If so, the author must be a sadist.

Unlike anything I’ve ever read before, the author pulled out all the stops. Monsters beyond imagination. A character lost and guided by his author. An author, frustrated at his own lack of foresight.

This is Anthony Renfro’s best work yet!

5 Stars

Blurb

Imagine that you are a character in a story.

You have a home.

You have a life.

You have it all.

Then suddenly you wake up alone and afraid in a cold, dark place. Somehow you find your courage and your voice. When you ask for help, words light up on a wall in the darkness. You read them and realize you are in the creative center of your author’s mind. Instead of rescuing you, the author asks you for help.

This book is about the journey of that character, as he moves from story to story desperately trying to find his home.

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Author Anthony Renfro

Anthony Renfro

You can find him at many spots on the web, but if you really need to find his center in the social media storm it would be at his blog, apoetryjourney.wordpress.com.

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