Schattenfrau: Short Stories by Claudia Westphal

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SCHATTENFRAU - one of several fascinating short stories by Claudia Westphal.

„Es gibt etwas ganz Besonderes zu feiern,“ sagte er am Telefon und seine Stimme bebte vor Freude. „Was ist denn los?“ fragte sie überrascht. „Du rufst mich im Büro an?“ „Ich kann jetzt nicht reden. Ich bin eigentlich noch in einer Besprechung und gerade jetzt stehen einige Leute um mich herum, die jedes Wort mithören. Ich wollte nur kurz Bescheid sagen, dass ich heute Abend vorbeikomme. Den Champagner bringe ich mit. Wir lassen die Korken knallen. Um Acht stehe ich vor der Tür. Bis dann, meine Liebe. Ciao.“
„Aber….“ weiter kam sie nicht …
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Kurzgeschichten von Claudia Westphal. Spannend, amüsant, nachdenklich… für den kleinen Lesehunger zwischendurch oder als Geschenk für liebe Freunde (e-books Können direkt auf die email des Empfängers gesandt werden). Claudia Westphal verführt uns mit den kleinen, heiteren
Lese-Häppchen zum Schmunzeln und zum Träumen, zum Lächeln und Mitfühlen oder Nachdenken. Sie versteht es mit dem Leser zu spielen, ihn auf eine falsche Fährte zu locken, um ihn letztendlich mit unerwarteten Wendungen zu überraschen.

Dies und viele andere spannende und amüsante Kurzgeschichten entdecken Leser in SCHATTENFRAU von Claudia Westphal auf Amazon nur 2.60 Euro / US$2.99
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Ueber die Autorin Claudia Westphal:
Aufgewachsen in Nordrhein-Westfalen lebte sie ausser in Deutschland mit ihrem Mann und Ihren erwachsenen Kindern auch in Canada und in Grossbritannien. Sie war viele Jahre in der Wirtschaft tätig, bis sie ihrer Kreativität und Liebe zum Schreiben nachgab und ihre knappe Zeit dem Schreiben von spannenden Kurzgeschichten zu widmen begann. Ein weiterer Band von Kurzerzählungen ist bereits in Vorbereitung.
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Fantasy Writer Kay Theodoratus: The Ghostcrow

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Kay Theodoratus, is a prolific Fantasy writer published almost a dozen short stories - and just recently an e-book: The Ghostcrow.  She welcomes readers to her magical, paranormal world and describes it: “Fantasy, a wonderful way to run away from mundane annoyances.”
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I asked Kay: “What inspired you to start writing?”

"I have always told stories, ever since an imaginary friend started coming to play with me when I was about three.  Writing stories didn’t occur to me until the sixth grade when a teacher assigned the class a short story.  Everyone did their three-five pages. I wrote 25 pages of an incomplete story Nancy Drew pastiche, and got a “C”, but finished a full-length middle-grade novel the next summer.  I’ve been writing something, more or less, ever since.  Selling what I wrote is another story, but I’ve done that fairly often when I tried."

"One of the reasons I like writing Fantasy is that I can design the rules which my characters play with.  It’s a way to leave the mundane world behind and ask “what if?” and then, follow the consequences wherever they take me.  The big difference now is that I am more willing to share my pretend worlds."

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Kay is there a book review that you especially remember?
One review of Showdown at Crossings, also set in my world of Andor, sticks in my mind:

“This is a fantasy fiction story that was so innovative.  There’s magic, a world that is different from what we know, and plenty of suspense.  The main character isn’t your usual strapping young man; in fact, he’s older and yet we love the hero he strives to become to protect his town.
If you love Fantasy then this is the tale for you.  It is so different from what I have read before and that’s a good thing.  Too many fantasy stories seem to start out the same way or strive to be like the others and this did not – it’s innovative and excellent.”

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Her Latest Book THE GHOSTCROW is Available:
Amazon – http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00U5RTMC0
Amazon Author Page — http://www.amazon.com/M.-K.-Theodoratus/e/B0055EBKVE/
Smashwords — https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/524046
iTunes — https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-ghostcrow-a-tale-of-andor/id973215103?mt=11
iBookstore — http://www.ibookstore.com/products.php?i=B00U5RTMC0
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Visit Kay Theodoratus Online:
Blog – http://kaytheod.blogspot.com
Author Website – http://www.mktheodoratus.com
YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdjWx7V6i04lHyTABHzqVrA
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Meet Kay Theodoratus on Social Media:

Twitter – https://twitter.com/kaytheod
Google+ — https://plus.google.com/114959381917569899950
Goodreads – http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5478544-m-k-theodoratus
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/pages/M-K-Theodoratus/235376633158175?ref=hl
Pinterest – http://www.pinterest.com/kkaytheod/

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Treasure of Saint Lazare by John Pearce

 

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Sharon Fawley for Readers' Favorite: "Treasure of Saint-Lazare", by John Pearce, is a mystery about events far distant in time and space that profoundly affect the peaceful life of a wealthy American businessman living in Paris." 

"... Pearce weaves richly textured descriptions of life in Paris through an intricate plot with believable, well-drawn characters." "Overall, this is a satisfying mystery, a surprising love story, and an up close look into the dark days of Europe as WWII drew to a close." Reviewer: "One thing I loved about this book is that the author beautifully describes Paris in a very romantic way, and its description appears seamless within the story." 

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About the Novel: 
An older lover brings a cryptic letter to Paris, pulling Eddie Grant reluctantly into a treacherous web of intrigue and death -- but giving him a slim chance to find the terrorists who murdered his family seven years before. . It launches him on a dangerous quest through Paris and the Loire Valley for the most valuable piece of Nazi loot that remains missing, a famous Raphael self-portrait from the early 16th century, along with the crates of Nazi bullion that accompanied it -- all intended to finance the Fourth Reich. 

 Jen Wetzmuller, daughter of his father"s World War II colleague in Army Intelligence, arrives in Paris, bearing a letter she found after her father was run down by a car on the streets of Sarasota. Its clues take Eddie from his Paris home to Florida, where he works to solve the mystery, barely escaping with his life. Then it"s back home to burrow into the darkest reaches of the German occupation in search of the treasure. Along the way he and Jen restart the brief, fiercely passionate affair that he abandoned, to his regret, 20 years before Sarasota.  Most of all, Treasure of Saint-Lazare is a novel about Paris. 

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John Pearce: "Treasure of Saint-Lazare is based on fact, the theft in 1939 of the priceless Raphael painting "Portrait of a Young Man," which disappeared in 1945.  Even though it covers much ground -- from my current home of Sarasota, FL, to my part-time home of Paris, to Poland during the war, it is at heart a novel of Paris." 

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About the Author 
John Pearce is a part-time Parisian, but lives quite happily most of the the year in Sarasota, Florida.  He worked as a journalist in Washington and Europe, where he covered economics for the International Herald Tribune and edited a business magazine. After a business career in Sarasota, he spends his days working on his future books - a sequel he expects to publish later in 2014 and a prequel after that. For several months each year, he and his wife Jan live in Paris, walking its streets, and chase down interesting settings for future books and his blog, JohnPearceAuthor.com. They lived earlier in Frankfurt, Germany, which gave him valuable insights for several of the scenes in his sequel, whose working title is Last Stop: Paris. 
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Treasure of Saint-Lazare:  
Paperback, 296 pages, 115 customer reviews, $13.46 http://www.amazon.com/Treasure-Saint-Lazare-John-Pearce/dp/0985962615 

Kindle e-Book, Countdown Deal, from $0.99  Regular $3.99 http://www.amazon.com/Treasure-Saint-Lazare-John-Pearce-ebook/dp/B009MD6EM4

The audio version of Treasure of Saint-Lazare has been released on Audible.com and Amazon.com, $17.95.  

You can hear a sample and order it at  http://j.mp/12mxGb2 

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