Share five things we’d probably never guess about you. Fun, interesting, edifying or even embarrassing.
Fun: My wife, Kate, and I met doing music. Two years ago late at night, a bunch of Greek musicians on the island of Mykonos urged us on to play a few tunes. We did, and one and all had a great time.
Interesting: I live with the most fascinating person in the world, Kate, my artist/musician/art historian wife of forty years.
Edifying: At Kate’s urging I turned my literary pen from psychology writing to supernatural thrillers, an adventure that left me breathless – just like Kate.
Embarrassing: One time tried to write more sex into my stories and Kate did her thumbs down thing, said my talents in the area lie elsewhere. I think I got what she meant (I hope).
Fifth Thing You’d Never Guess: You’d never guess that my supernatural thrillers charge out of me from my nightmares. Yup, they hit the page white hot and hopefully make it onto your reading list. Check them out, especially The Unholy. It’ll give you a thrill and a chill.
Winner of the International Book Award and Pinnacle Book Award for Visionary Fiction! The Unholy is a dramatic story of Claire Sanchez, a young medicine woman, intent on discovering the closely-guarded secrets of her past. Forced into a life-and-death battle against an evil Archbishop, William Anarch, she confronts the dark side of religion and the horror of one man's will to power.
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As she ran forward, out of nowhere the two crows flew at her, scraping the air near her face with their sharp talons. Fists clenched, she struck out at one and grabbed at the other. They flew up, circled overhead, then dove, talons flaring. Unmoving, Claire placed her hands by her side and held their gaze.
They fluttered above her head for a minute, then left. Claire turned and saw an eagle soaring—a healer’s spirit manifestation. Medicine women said it came only when needed, when danger lurked.
Frantically tugging away bush, bramble, and cacti, she uncovered the mouth of the seventh cave and stepped in. She had the feeling somebody was watching.
Her eyes adjusted and she made out the contour of something. Squinting, she stooped and touched what seemed to be a circle of stones and charred, cold logs. She stood up and pulled back. A bat flew at her. She waved it away.
She stopped, waited for her breathing to slow, and, stepping sideways, touched the walls of the cave. They were damp and the stink of blood and guts was everywhere. Using the hard surfaces as a guide, her fingertips suddenly brushed through a hollow space roughly the size of a human body.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Paul DeBlassie III, Ph.D. is a depth psychologist and award-winning writer living in his native New Mexico. He specializes in treating individuals in emotional and spiritual crisis. His novels, visionary thrillers, delve deep into archetypal realities as they play out dramatically in the lives of everyday people. Memberships include the Author’s Guild, Visionary Fiction Alliance, Depth Psychology Alliance, International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, and the International Association for Jungian Studies.
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