Halloween Special Sale And Free Erotica!

In honor of Halloween, my favorite holiday, I, Elizabeth Black, am holding a special sale including FREE EROTICA!

From October 28 through November 3, when you buy my stories "Alicia" or "When The Veil Is Thin", show me proof of purchase and you get one of my erotic fairy tales FOR FREE! They are "Climbing Her Tower" erotic Rapunzel) and "Trouble In Thigh High Boots" (erotic Puss In Boots). These two fairy tales are also marked down from $2.99 to 99 cents during that week. Don't pass up this great opportunity to enjoy some good books.

Email me your proof of purchase at mselizabethablack@comcast.net, and tell me which fairy tale you prefer.

"When The Veil Is Thin" is a fantasy tale about a woman who finds the man of her dreams in every sense of the words. He is in her dreams, when she sleeps at night. There is a rare planetary alignment that allows her to use magic to make him real. In order to make him flesh and blood and a living part of her world, she must follow the explicit instructions of spells cast within the three days of the alignment. How does she accomplish this, especially when it comes to her greatest fear? Read the story and find out!

Blurb for "When The Veil Is Thin":

Angelica Preston is in for the ride of her life. With the help of a little magic, she meets the man of her dreams - literally. Antonio is the main character in her latest romance novel, but she makes passionate love to him in her dreams. He tells her she can make him a flesh-and-blood lover only if she follows explicit instructions. She has three days to achieve her goal. Does she do as she is told, or does she need to be punished for not following through? Time is running out. How will Angelica win Antonio in the end?

Amazon US: http://tinyurl.com/amazon-us-veil

Amazon UK: http://tinyurl.com/amazon-uk-veil

House Of Erotica (UK): http://tinyurl.com/hoe-veil

"When The Veil Is Thin" web site:

http://elizabethablack.blogspot.com/p/when-veil-is-thin.html

"Alicia" is a story close to my heart, since I enjoy horror but I also enjoy writing romances. So I combined the two in "Alicia".

Blurb for "Alicia":

When the love of his life, Alicia, calls him in the middle of the night to report she had been raped, Eric drops everything to come to her rescue. She takes him on an eerie ride through turbulent hours he can't quite comprehend. Alicia may need his help, but her situation is not what it seems.

Rape is a tough topic to tackle, so to add a horrific eerieness to the entire ordeal makes it even more confusing and frightening. Eric learns as much about himself as he does about Alicia as he helps her through her trauma. This book is available at the Mocha Memoirs Press web site as well as the regular ebook distributors.

Nook: http://tinyurl.com/nook-alicia

Amazon US: http://tinyurl.com/kindle-alicia

Mocha Memoirs Press: http://mochamemoirspress.com/alicia/

"Alicia" web site: http://eablack-writer.blogspot.com/p/mocha-memoirs-press.html

When you buy my stories "Alicia" or "When The Veil Is Thin", show me proof of purchase and you get one of my self-published erotic fairy tales FOR FREE! You have your choice between the following stories:

CLIMBING HER TOWER - erotic Rapunzel

(Available at Amazon and other distributors)

This isn't your mother's Rapunzel.

This erotic version of Rapunzel, "Climbing Her Tower" depicts Rapunzel as a voracious woman who discovers the joys of kinky sex with a sexy prince with a few unusual kinks of his own. This story includes BDSM, M/F, M/F/F, virgin fantasy, and erotic shaving. You'll get so hot you'll want to let your hair down as well! Let Rapunzel and her prince take you on the sexual ride of a lifetime. Absolutely only for 18 years and over.

""Climbing Her Tower" is an erotic twist to the fairy tale Rapunzel. I sure love a good fairy tale and this hot and steamy tale doesn't disappoint." -- Beverly at Sizzling Hot Book Reviews

"Climbing Her Tower has all that and more. It is the story of Rapunzel told with a bit of a BDSM twist." -- Hitherandthee from Night Owl Reviews

WARNING: Rapunzel isn't sweet and innocent. In this fairy tale erotica, she tires of being a virgin and craves the touch of Prince Richard's hands all over her body. Although she begins naive, she blossoms with sexual excitement under the watchful eye of her prince, who introduces her to BDSM, erotic shaving, and deep penetration. He leaves her wanting more, and you will want more too!

TROUBLE IN THIGH HIGH BOOTS - erotic Puss In Boots

(Availalbe at Amazon and other distributors)

This isn't your mother's Puss In Boots.

This erotic version of Puss In Boots, "Trouble In Thigh High Boots" is a story packed with hot, sexy, body humping adult fairy tale erotica.

"Trouble in Thigh High Boots is a delightfully creative retelling of the Puss in Boots tale. It is a tale that has been told myriad times, but never in such a wonderfully imaginative way. The characters are enchanting, and the story flows beautifully. The love scenes are sizzling." -- Hitherandthee of Night Owl Reviews

WARNING: Tita isn't your run of the mill Puss In Boots. She's a cat shapeshifter who turns into a mouth-wateringly sexy human woman with a sex drive to match. This story includes M/F, F/F, M/F/M/F, light bondage, and lactation. This erotic fairy tale will get you hot in all the right places. Definitely for only 18 years and over.

Don't let this sale go by without taking advantage of it! Enjoy some hot erotica and a spooky tale just in time for Halloween.

Writing In Another Universe

I'm in the middle of preparing to write a short story for a submission call related to Clive Barker's "Cabal". Authors are invited with Barker's blessing to write a continuation of what happens to the remaining residents of Midian after the city collapses. In other words, we're to begin where the book leaves off. I've always loved Clive Barker and "Cabal" is one of my favorites. I also enjoyed the movie "Nightbreed", which I own. In  case you are not a real horror fan, "Nightbreed" is the movie version of "Cabal". So here I am, preparing to write in another writer's universe. Again.

I've written in other universes, most notably Lovecraft's universes and the worlds in the TV show "Once Upon A Time". I wrote Rumbelle romances. In case you aren't aware of what Rumbelle is, those are romances between the characters Belle and Rumpelstiltskin. I wrote three stories and then called it quits. I had a blast doing it, though!

Writing in someone else's universe is done all the time. You've probably seen it in fan fiction. The most notorious is Kirk/Spock slash erotic stories. I've read some atrocious Harry Potter fan fiction where the writers - often teenaged girls or recent high school graduates - have created romances between Professor Snape and a "new" girl or professor who is nothing more than a Mary Sue based on the author herself. You've seen the type. The character is beautiful, intelligent, compassionate, the best in her class, and wonderful at all she does. And of course the hero falls in love with her. These stories are nothing more than wish fulfillment and fantasy the author projects onto her fictional character who is really herself in disguise. There are books written in the "Star Trek", "Star Wars", and "The X Files" universes that are much better written and reputable. There is also not a Mary Sue in sight. Authors like Ann Crispin, Timothy Zahn, and Kevin J. Anderson have written such books.

Why write in someone else's universe rather than create one of your own? Here are a few reasons.

1) You do it for the love of the original.

2) You do it to stretch your writing chops.

3) You do it for the money, since if you're offered such a contract you're bound to be successful. The fan base is already built in.

Have you ever written in someone else's universe? If you have, which universes have you revisited?

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Elizabeth Black writes erotic romance, dark fiction, and horror. Her dark romance "Alicia" is one of Mocha Memoirs Press's Dark Mocha Bites.

Alicia (Dark Mocha Bites)

Release Date: October 6, 2012

Buy links: 

Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/kindle-alicia

Mocha Memoirs Press: http://mochamemoirspress.com/alicia/

Blurb:

When the love of his life, Alicia, calls him in the middle of the night to report she had been raped, Eric drops everything to come to her rescue. She takes him on an eerie ride through turbulent hours he can't quite comprehend. Alicia may need his help, but her situation is not what it seems.

Excerpt: 

Eric stepped out of the shower and a foul stench—mingled with the crisp peppermint of his shampoo—smacked him in the face and left a coppery taste in the back of his throat. His stomach heaved. Confused, he looked around the room to figure out where the smell came from, but he couldn't pinpoint it. Dread clung to him, dark and sticky, ruining his relaxed mood. The light bulbs over the sink hummed, casting harsh yellow light about the room. He shaded his eyes against the glare, trying to see.

Why were those lights so bright? Something was terribly wrong in his peaceful world, and not knowing what it was frightened him.

His wife Alicia brushed her teeth as if nothing was unusual, while the stink of rot lurked beneath the cool mint of his shampoo. Why didn't she notice the smell?

He leaned towards her to place his hand on her shoulder, and she turned her face towards his for a kiss on the cheek. Ugly, purple bruises darkened her eyes. He pulled away, repulsed and alarmed, not quite sure what he was seeing. One side of her face had swelled to a dark mask, not unlike a pumpkin that had been left outside in the damp earth to rot. An angry red welt encircled her throat like a bloody ribbon wrapped around her neck. Frightened, he reached out one hand but he couldn't bring himself to touch her swollen face. Touching her would make the vision real and it couldn't be real.

Alicia spat in the sink. Two of her teeth bounced against the porcelain. Blood tainted the paste.

"The girls are running late again." Alicia's bloodied mouth leaked crimson and white toothpaste. Why did she act as if nothing strange was going on? He gaped at her, not understanding what was happening. The safety of his home evaporated as she spoke with her raw, torn mouth. "Make them wolf down their cereal, and toss them out of the house before they miss the bus."

Coming in October - A Halloween Book Special!

An update on my upcoming Halloween special. I'm setting up a blog tour for the last week of October. My fairy tales will be 99 cents from Monday until Sunday of that week. Also, if you buy "When The Veil Is Thin" and/or "Alicia" and send me proof of purchase I will give you your choice of either of my erotic fairy tales - "Climbing Her Tower" (erotic Rapunzel) or "Trouble In Thigh High Boots" (erotic Puss In Boots) - FOR FREE!!! 

This will be a very special and fun Halloween! I look forward to it, and I look forward to treating my Facebook friends and my blog readers to my discounted books.

 

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Something A Little Dark And Romantic

I usually write light-hearted erotic romances so for the Dark Mocha Bites line at Mocha Memoirs Press, I wanted to try something a little different. A little darker.  I have loved horror and dark fiction long before I became interested in erotica. Sadly, there isn't much of a market for erotic horror. Erotica and erotic romance readers don't like the dark stories. They want a Happily Ever After ending and erotic horror doesn't necessarily end that way. Horror readers don't like the sex in their stories unless they like splatterpunk which can be both violent and erotic. And splatterpunk hasn't been popular since the '90s.

Still, I wanted to try something a little darker, and that's how "Alicia" came to be. I based the story in part on personal experience and on my prior work as an advocate for abused women. Sometimes real life is scarier than fiction, but fiction can provide a buffer for the pain and anguish of the real world. Romance novels let women live out a fantasy in the midst of their ordinary lives. Overcoming difficult situations is one way that these stories resolve themselves. Plus the odd, not-quite-right qualities of "Alicia" make the story much more interesting. You (and Eric the hero) aren't quite sure exactly what's going on. I like those kinds of stories; the ones that leave you a bit off-kilter. I write that kind of thing mainly in my horror stories but occasionally it works in erotic romance.

So, be ready for something a little different when you read "Alicia". It's a surreal story that will have you doing double-takes as you read it. What's actually going on? You the reader and Eric the hero have quite a ride ahead of you.

Alicia (Dark Mocha Bites)

Release Date: October 6, 2012

Buy links: 

Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/kindle-alicia

Mocha Memoirs Press: http://mochamemoirspress.com/alicia/

Blurb:

When the love of his life, Alicia, calls him in the middle of the night to report she had been raped, Eric drops everything to come to her rescue. She takes him on an eerie ride through turbulent hours he can't quite comprehend. Alicia may need his help, but her situation is not what it seems.

Excerpt:

Eric ran to the bathroom to brush his hair and teeth. His heart hammered in his chest. He tried to shake off his frightening dream, but he had difficulty doing it. Seeing Alicia standing before him as she brushed her ragged gums alarmed him. Why did she act as if nothing had happened?

This dream was much different from the pleasant dreams he had been having of her lately. He’d dreamt about her ever since he met her one month ago. Each night he dreamed of mundane things they would do as they lived their daily lives together. Showering in the morning. Watching a movie with the kids as they ate popcorn. Making love. Tending to Alicia when she had the flu. Sitting next to each other in the living room, as she played the game Myst and he built a model airplane. He cherished those dreams. They were of another life he could have had if Alicia had been his wife. Vivid and vibrant, those dreams energized him each morning. Full of scent and color, they seemed so real he felt disoriented when he awakened. He had never had dreams like that before. He could not remember most of his dreams, but those of Alicia were so vivid that he thought about them all day long. He felt as if she were a part of his life in another universe. Maybe she was.

Now, he dreamed of her as if she had been pummeled within one inch of her life. What did it mean? Alicia called to tell him that she had been raped. Did he see the aftermath of her rape in his dream? He desperately needed to see her to know that she was unhurt, but he had a sinking feeling in his gut that she was in great danger.

Want To Know What Your Future Husband Will Look Like? Here's How But Beware!

 
CONTEST! Want to win a copy of "Monster Mash", the anthology in which "The Face In The Mirror" appears? This story is based on the old wives tale described below. Leave a comment here about anything having to do with Halloween - your favorite Halloween candy, your favorite scary movies, your plans for Halloween if you have any. I'll choose a commenter at random and that person will win the story. Please write your complete email address in your comment so I may reach you. Good luck!

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Halloween is coming, and that brought to mind a certain old wives tale I tried out when I was in college. If you are a single straight woman, you may want to take a crack at this.

I recall from my childhood an old wives tale that went like this: if you want to know what your future husband will look like, do this at the stroke of midnight on Halloween: get an apple, a candle, and a brush. Go into a quiet room by yourself. Turn off the lights. Stand in front of a mirror. Light the candle. Whilst looking in the mirror, eat the apple and brush your hair at the same time. As you gaze into the mirror whilst doing all this you will see the face of your future husband staring back at you.

I was a 21 year old, unmarried college student when I remembered this Halloween legend. So, I had to try it.

I told my roommate about it and she wanted to try it, too. We gathered our apples, candles, and brushes and took turns in the dorm room. I stood in front of my mirror in the dark as the bells clanged at midnight on Halloween, and I nibbled at that apple and brushed my hair.

And waited.

And waited some more.

I stared into the mirror but I saw nothing. I was disappointed. It sure looked like I wasn't going to get married at all. I also started freaking out from all the staring, terrified of what might appear in the glass. I got a bad case of the willies and stopped. My roommate tried it and she also saw nothing.

Disappointed, we turned in and went to sleep. I overslept the next morning and nearly missed my 8 am class. My alarm clock had not gone off.

My clock had stopped - at midnight!

Talk about creepy! I felt the prickly things running up and down my spine. I told my roommate and she freaked out too. I later told a few people about our experiment, but I quickly forgot about it.

Many years later, I remembered that little experiment with a sense of dread. My first marriage was an unmitigated disaster. My then-husband was angry and abusive. It took me eleven years to get away from him, since he kept me in a contested custody battle for seven years. I won in the end but by then I was exhausted and a complete mental and emotional wreck. It took me years to regain my sense of self. I'm now happily married for the second time to my soulmate. We've been together for 19 years.

So, if you are a single, straight woman, try out that old wives tale but be forewarned - you may not like what you see.

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I'm going to promote two short stories; one that is a prize in a contest and one that is brand new. "The Face In The Mirror" appears in the "Monster Mash" Halloween anthology. This story is based on the above old wives tale. See the note at the top of this post for contest instructions. My second story is called "Alicia" and it was released about a week ago. More information below. "The Face In The Mirror" is paranormal fantasy and "Alicia" is romantic horror.

First, "The Face In The Mirror", from the "Monster Mash" Halloween anthology:

Whiskey Creek Press: http://tinyurl.com/647zoz
Fictionwise: http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/b78819/?si=0
Amazon Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/8ttrw9f

Blurb:

"The Face In The Mirror" is a contemporary erotic paranormal romance based on a Halloween-related old wives tale. The tale goes that if you are an unmarried woman, to find out who your future husband is,you eat an apple and brush your hair in front of a mirror by candlelight at the stroke of midnight on Halloween. You'll see the face of your future husband in the mirror. I love basing stories on legends. Linda can't resist, so she heads for the nearest mirror.

And finally, "Alicia":

My short romantic horror story "Alicia" is based in part on my personal experience as well as work I used to do on behalf of abused women. Eric gets a call in the middle of the night from the love of his life, Alicia. She had been raped by her abusive husband, and she needs his help. He rushes to her side. She's a complete wreck, and his heart goes out to her. She asks him to find her young son and make sure he is okay. However, no matter how much he tries to make sense of her situation, things are not quite what they seem.

Here are buy links, a blurb, and an excerpt from "Alicia".

Buy Links:

Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/kindle-alicia

Mocha Memoirs Press: http://mochamemoirspress.com/alicia/

Blurb:

When the love of his life, Alicia, calls him in the middle of the night to report she had been raped, Eric drops everything to come to her rescue. She takes him on an eerie ride through turbulent hours he can't quite comprehend. Alicia may need his help, but her situation is not what it seems.

Excerpt:

Eric stepped out of the shower and a foul stench—mingled with the crisp peppermint of his shampoo—smacked him in the face and left a coppery taste in the back of his throat. His stomach heaved. Confused, he looked around the room to figure out where the smell came from, but he couldn't pinpoint it. Dread clung to him, dark and sticky, ruining his relaxed mood. The light bulbs over the sink hummed, casting harsh yellow light about the room. He shaded his eyes against the glare, trying to see.

Why were those lights so bright? Something was terribly wrong in his peaceful world, and not knowing what it was frightened him.

His wife Alicia brushed her teeth as if nothing was unusual, while the stink of rot lurked beneath the cool mint of his shampoo. Why didn't she notice the smell?

He leaned towards her to place his hand on her shoulder, and she turned her face towards his for a kiss on the cheek. Ugly, purple bruises darkened her eyes. He pulled away, repulsed and alarmed, not quite sure what he was seeing. One side of her face had swelled to a dark mask, not unlike a pumpkin that had been left outside in the damp earth to rot. An angry red welt encircled her throat like a bloody ribbon wrapped around her neck. Frightened, he reached out one hand but he couldn't bring himself to touch her swollen face. Touching her would make the vision real and it couldn't be real.

Alicia spat in the sink. Two of her teeth bounced against the porcelain. Blood tainted the paste.

"The girls are running late again." Alicia's bloodied mouth leaked crimson and white toothpaste. Why did she act as if nothing strange was going on? He gaped at her, not understanding what was happening. The safety of his home evaporated as she spoke with her raw, torn mouth. "Make them wolf down their cereal, and toss them out of the house before they miss the bus."

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