Totally Scary Six Word Story Contest!

 Congrats to the winner: Lauren Morrill!!!!!!!


You're never too old to go trick or treating, right? Luckily knocking on DarkSide's door has never been more fun or filled with more treats!

We have an amazing prize to give away in honor of our favorite holiday!!!

Who wants to win a $100 Amazon.com gift card?!?!?!

ME! ME! ME!

Oh wait, I can't win. But you can!!!!!!!!!

All you have to do is come up with a Totally Scary Six Word Story (rules after the examples):

Samples from your DarkSide Publishing Authors:

Angela Carlie - Unseen footsteps stopped at my bed.

GP Ching - His sharp teeth penetrate my jugular.

Karly Kirkpatrick -Dude, your hand just fell off.

Magan Vernon - Rabid, un-dead Justin Bieber zombie fans.

Megg Jensen - Zombie babies munch squishy brains, yum!

Rules:

(1) Come up with your scary six word story.
(2) Share your scary six word story on your choice of social media and link to this contest page.
(3) Comment below with your story, where you shared the contest, and a way to reach you if you win.

One entry per person, please

Winner: Will be chosen at random using random.org. Contest begins Friday, October 21st and ends Friday, October 28th at midnight CST. Winner will be contacted by Monday, October 31st. Must be 18 to enter or have parent's permission. Open internationally to anyone who can receive and use an amazon.com gift card via email. No substitutions.

Introducing The Newest DarkSide Author: Magan Vernon!

It happened rather innocently. I was at a personal appearance, signing copies of Weaving Destiny, when a mother stopped by with her young teen daughter.  She picked up a copy of The Soulkeepers, and the conversation went something like this.

"Is this book dark?  It looks dark."
"There are some scary parts but it's not horror.  My thirteen-year-old daughter read it and did not find it scary."
"But it looks dark, and you're called DarkSide.  Are all of your books, like, dark?"
"Well, the book is paranormal.  I suppose you could say it's dark.  If you are looking for something on the light side, you could try Bloody Little Secrets. I thought that one was funny."
"What's it about?"
"A girl who turns into a...vampire."
"Sounds dark."

The interaction got me to thinking that we needed some variety at DarkSide.  It just so happened I was sifting through submissions that week and came across a manuscript that was quirky, fun, romantic, and amazing in so many ways.  I contacted the author and it turned out she was quirky and fun, too, an absolute fifteen-year-old girl trapped in a woman's body! She understood what we were trying to do with DarkSide, thinking outside the box with young adult fiction.  Not only did I feel that she would fit in perfectly here, her book filled a niche that I felt we hadn't covered yet.  Megg and Karly agreed.

Please welcome Author Magan Vernon to our ranks.  Magan's first book, How To Date An Alien will be released late fall. In it, a geeky Italian girl falls in love with a delicious alien when she takes an internship at a government operations center reminiscent of Men In Black. I could not put it down and know you will love it just as much as I did.

And now, get to know Magan by watching her personal video!
Visit Magan on Facebook, Twitter, and her blog.