Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Virtual Book Tour + #Giveaway: Discussion of a Decent Dream by E. Curtis @DiscussTheDream @GoddessFish
Discussion of a Decent Dream
by E.
Curtis
GENRE: Dark
Fantasy
BLURB:
In
the fall of 1789, on the western edge of the Yorkshire Dales, a dense,
persistent fog enshrouds the village of Ingleton. Shadowed spirits hide in the
mist and bedevil the townsfolk, heralding a tragedy that has befallen one of
their own.
Edmond continues to
search for Alexandra, his fiancée, who disappeared the same night that the mist
set upon their town. Presumed dead by all others, he visits Alexandra's empty
grave, desperate for any hint of what has become of her. Weary from the
sleepless nights on his quest, no longer able to stay awake, Edmond falls into
a dream before her headstone and there obtains clues from Alexandra as to her
whereabouts.
Haunted all the while
by a malevolent spirit, Edmond follows the trail that Alexandra left for him
and enters the underworld, only to learn that he has been there before, and in
fact, quite often. But more, he discovers how he is to blame for Alexandra's disappearance.
A dark literary novel
rich in imagery, Discussion of a Decent Dream unearths the consequences of a
child's decision to surrender his heart in exchange for unholy power and
transcendent knowledge.
Discussion of a
Decent Dream is a Finalist in Britain's Wishing Self Book Awards in the Adult
category.
Excerpt:
We ignored the portent that crept
into the countryside the day she disappeared. But in the weeks that followed,
with no answers as to what had befallen her, with no assurance that she still
lived, we came to understand, and most saw the worst in the blanket of mist
that stopped time and shut us out from the rest of the world.
I had just turned twenty-one the
summer of 1789 when Alexandra went missing. And after all our fruitless
searching, in need of some direction, I snuck, under the cover of night, into
the yard where her parents had laid their sorrow to rest. Falling to my knees
before the stone of her empty grave I spoke with reverence, not for the
hallowed ground, but for the call that brought me, as though somehow she could
hear me.
AUTHOR Bio
and Links:
E.
Curtis draws on personal experiences of the otherworldly for his writing.
Through dreams, visions, and waking encounters, his exposure to darkness has
motivated him to detail what he has come to know of the preternatural. While a
few short pieces have been published on an online literary magazine, Discussion
of a Decent Dream is his first novel.
The book is on sale for $0.99 during the tour.
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Giveaway:
$50 Amazon/BN GC
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9 comments:
Thanks for hosting!
I appreciate you taking the time to give us a great book description and giveaway as well. Thank you so much!
Did you design the cover?
Good luck with the release!
--Trix
This sounds really intersting
Thank you for the blurb and excerpt. Happy release!
Where do you drew your inspiration from to write a Dark Fantasy placed in 1789
You have a specific nook at home that you love to write at?
Favorite thing to watch on tv?
Tea or coffee? What wakes you up and gets you going?
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