Delectable Digital Delights
Short fiction across genre and name to engage, entice, fascinate, or terrify.
Just Jump in and Fly by Ava Dunne
Samantha Wright has a problem. The attractive Kris Teague crash- landed his sleigh and eight not-so-tiny reindeer in her driveway. His uncle Nick happens to be THAT Nick – as in Claus – and they need Samantha Wright’s help to turn back the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse at one of the Universal Gates not only to save Christmas, but keep Earth turning. A fresh, romantic comedy turn on Yuletide myths and traditions!
A novelette of just over 10,000 words.
New edition releasing Nov. 30, 2020! ! Only 99 cents!
“Just Jump in and Fly” video. Music “Enchanted Christmas” by Top-Floor Productions via Pixabay.
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The Ghost of Lockesley Hall by Devon Ellington
Holiday Romance
When a dark, mysterious stranger arrives on Edwina’s snowy doorstep on Christmas Eve, is he the answer to saving her beloved family home, or another threat?
Edwina Lockesley is desperate to save her family home from a conniving neighbor who claims the house –and her — in payment for a debt. When Theobold Vertingras shows up on the doorstep in a Christmas Eve blizzard, will he help Edwina coax the hall’s ghost to give up her secrets in order to save the manor? Or is Theobold there to complicate matters even more — especially since Edwina finds him so attractive?
A novelette of just under 10,000 words
New edition releasing December 15, 2020. 99 cents.
“The Ghost of Lockesley Hall” video. Music “Magic Christmas” by Grand Project from Pixabay.
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“The Ramsey Chase” — A Remarkable Adventure of Cornelia True and Roman Gray”
Miss Cornelia True lives in Bodwin’s Ferry, a small seacoast town, with her sisters Arabella and Viola. Her life changes forever when Roman Gray, a “fixer” from the future and across the seas from the metropolis of Newest Yorkke, lands, naked, amongst Cornelia’s petunias due to a glitch in his Device. Together, they embark on a series of remarkable adventures. In “The Ramsey Chase”, Roman arrives hunting a time-travelling serial killer who preys on young women for their blood.
Currently out of print. New edition on its way!
“Personal Revolution” — a Cabot’s Crossing Short Mystery by Devon Ellington
When a man is hanged from the oak tree in a Redcoat uniform at an historic house just before the Independence Day program, Glenda is determined to both solve the murder and protect the newly-opened museum. What she finds is much darker — and more personal — than she bargained.
New edition releases June 28, 2022.
Only 99 cents!
Audio “Simple Gifts” from Pixabay.com
“Plot Bunnies” (A Twinkle Tavern Mystery) by Ava Dunne
Someone killed the Easter Bunny – so who’s dancing around the Village Green in his suit?
Welcome to Twinkle, Vermont. When her husband is killed in a car crash after a rendezvous with his mistress, Gloria Dunkirk and her teenaged son move in with her mother-in-law. Gloria goes to work at the historical Twinkle Tavern & Green Gate Inn. When her son and his friend discover the body of the man who dresses up for holiday events, they wonder who’s impersonating him at the town’s Easter Egg event at that very moment? The upside is that Gloria gets to spend time with the sexy Dean Eastlake, Twinkle’s favorite detective. The downside is stopping the killer before he strikes again – in minutes.
Mystery with elements of comedy and romance.
New edition released on April 4, 2023. 99 cents!
Audio/music for the video is “Comedy Detective” by Onoychenkomusic from Pixabay.com.
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Severance by Devon Ellington
(science-fiction/western/horror)
When Riker Cain walks into Linn Shek’s bar, he kills the man sent to assassinate Linn by her enemy Tarank. At that moment, Linn knows her past as Eidolinn Sheekagh, the Annym Roosteyr (dispatcher of souls), has come back to haunt her.
Content warning: this story deals with abuse, child abuse, mutilation and murder. The video, however, is not graphic.
New Edition Released Jan. 23, 2024. Only 99 cents.
“Severance” video. Music “Dramatic Horror Epic Cinematic Trailer Sound Gallery” by Dmitry Taras from Pixabay.com.