Books

The first book in the Menopausal Superheroes series is the origin story! Find out where it all began:

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Back of book blurb: Going through “the change” isn’t easy on any woman. Mood swings, hot flashes, hormonal imbalances, and itchy skin are par for the course. But for these four seemingly unrelated women, menopause brought...

For fans of programs like Twilight Zone and Tales from the Darkside,13 weird tales set in a seemingly normal suburban neighborhood, with a hidden underbelly of supernatural happenings.

• Why is the guy across the street always mowing his lawn? (“Lawn Wars”)
• How about the house that always seems to be for sale again? (“The Bad Luck House”)
• What’s...

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Amanda Deaton left her hometown right after high school, looking for adventure. But now, thirty-five years later, her mom needs her, and this GenX nomad has come home. Bellevue, Kentucky has changed--they even have a Thai restaurant! And here where Amanda least expected it, a new kind of...

Punkin-the-cat knows there’s something terrible in the walls of their new house in Shadow Hill, something BIG. He’s going to need Shannan’s help, but sometimes communicating with your human pet is…challenging.

This story is also included in the collection, Stories From Shadow Hill.

Abby Storm, bass player for the all-girl punk band Acid Reign, has been a rock star since the 80s. She knows how to handle a one-night stand. The cute suit on the next bar stool with the warm brown eyes and the hundred-dollar nice guy haircut isn’t exactly her type. But her best friend is dying; the night is long; and she doesn’t want to be...

All romance ever brought Becca Williams was a lot of heartache and one miracle-her brilliant, beautiful daughter. But now her baby is a college graduate headed for a new life of her own in New York City. And this 48-year-old empty nester is facing a new life alone in Dayton, Kentucky.

Except she’s not alone. She’s got her Fab Four-the core...

A collection of workplace horror to thrill and delight. My story "Say My Name" is about an icebreaker activity gone wrong.

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From the fluorescent-lit boardroom to the desolate isolation of a lonely spacecraft, Dread Mondays collects stories transforming the abstraction of mundane repetition into...

A multi-author collection of horror stories about what remains hidden. My story, "She Cries in the Night" is a sad and scary piece about a woman haunted by her own mistakes as well as by a night creature.

A bridge novella between Book 1: Going Through the Change and Book 2: Change of Life in the Menopausal Superheroes series. Where did Cindy Liu go when she got on that bus?

"The Mushroom Child" follows a woman off the path, into the woods, and into trouble.

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Enter the dark, mycelia-laden world of mushroom horror:

• A food blogger hunts for a killer recipe.
• Ceaseless rain drives a lonely man into his fungus-covered town.
• A grieving son purchases a kit to regrow his dead...

My story, "His Destroyer," is set during the 10th plague of Egypt. It's one of my favorite pieces I've ever written

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Mocha Memoirs Press is proud to present SLAY: Stories of the Vampire Noire — a revolutionary anthology celebrating vampires of the African Diaspora. SLAY is a groundbreaking unique collection and will be a must-have...

This second book in the Menopausal Superheroes series picks up just a few weeks after the events of books 1:

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With great power comes…great frustration!

After seeing a bigger transformation during their “change of life” than they ever expected, Patricia, Jessica, and Linda/Leonel are adjusting (sorta) to life...

"How Does Your Garden Grow?" is a story of vengeance…and carnivorous plants.

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A thwarted female defense attorney releases the baying of the hounds under a full moon, signaling the death of an era—and the birth of a new one under the Old Gods.

Most funerals are celebrations for the living—unless the guests decide to tempt fate...

"If the Moon is Real" follows a young girl raised underground to the surface of her world for the first time.

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You’ll see all types of the family corvidae in here: Ravens (of course), blue jays, choughs, magpies, lots and lots of crows, and even some alien corvids. The corvids are main characters and supporting players; they’...

The Menopausal Superheroes are coming out of the closet and the pressure is high, both on the job and on the homefront.

Now that he knows what it’s like to be a hero, Leonel “Fuerte” Alvarez can’t imagine going back to his former life as a grandmother and housewife. But putting his life on the line may cost him his husband even while he saves the...

Hero life is not all fistfights and mad scientists. Even superheroes need good press, especially when the world hasn’t decided whether superpowers are a blessing or...something else.

Flygirl and Fuerte’s next stop on the Unusual Cases Unit’s Good Will Tour is Springfield Women’s Hospital, a place close to Flygirl’s heart and a place redefined...

The city of Springfield cannot stay saved. Worse yet, the Menopausal Superheroes themselves are at risk this time, when a new mutation causes dangerous spikes in the unusual abilities of all the Liu-vians.

Literal sparks ignite, and it’s a race against time to find the cause and cure. Only Flygirl remains unaffected and she’ll have to cooperate...

Something is off about Jessica “Flygirl” Roark. With Dr. Cindy Liu safely in custody, unable to hurt anyone with her experiments, a new husband at home, and a team of friends working to save the citizens of Springfield, it should be smooth sailing through a cloudless sky. But Jessica is being secretive, avoiding spending time with her family and...

Hidden in the space between chapters lurk other stories—what came before and after, and meanwhile—and the other sides of the stories, including the part our heroines didn’t know. This collection peeks around those corners of the Menopausal Superhero series.

Through Thick and Thin will get you up close and personal with your favorites. Fuerte...

When Last We Left Our Heroes…

Being a Menopausal Superhero doesn’t stop when the novels stop, and this collection of novellas and short stories takes you behind and between the books to dive deeper into the world of Patricia the Lizard Woman, Fuerte, Flygirl, and even Dr. Cindy Liu!

These aren’t your father’s superheroes. Whether you’re already a...