I asked fellow Midnight Garden anthology contributors to share some things about themselves prior to publication and those generous enough to do so will be appearing here for the next week or so.
Each entry gives a taste of their contribution, a little about them, how to contact them, how their story came about, and definitely a link to Midnight Garden (which you should purchase because it would make each and every one of us happy.
you do want to make us happy, don’t you?
i mean, considering what we wrote, you want us to know you’re a good person, right?).
And now, Kaye Lynne Booth’s The Puppet Man:
“I had to pee. That was the first thing I was aware of upon waking in the dark room. I rubbed the sand from my eyes as I swung my legs over the edge of the bed and sat up to get my bearings. Where was my night light? The room was as dark as pitch.
A thin sliver of light coming in under the door clued my memory. I was in the guest bedroom at my grandma’s house. That was where I slept every summer when we visited Grandma. A cool breeze from the open window did little to break the stifling summer heat. My older brother was in high school, and he got to sleep out on the screened porch, but I got stuck sleeping in the muggy room at the end of the hall.
How the story came about:
The Puppet Men was inspired by a friend who told me about a scary experience he had as a little boy, which haunted him throughout his life. The puppet men he saw weren’t real puppets that sat on the mantel, and he believed them to be just a dream, until he saw them again various times, when in a state of altered consciousness. I, being a Stephen King fan, had to ask myself, “What if?” What if he hadn’t been dreaming? What if the puppet men were real? And so, “The Puppet Men” came into being.
About Kaye Lynne Booth:
For Kaye Lynne Booth, writing is a passion. Kaye Lynne is an author with published short fiction and poetry, both online and in print, including her short story collection, Last Call and Other Short Fiction; and her paranormal mystery novella, Hidden Secrets; Books 1 & 2 of her Women in the West adventure series, Delilah and Sarah, and her Time-Travel Adventure novel, The Rock Star & The Outlaw. Kaye holds a dual M.F.A. degree in Creative Writing with emphasis in genre fiction and screenwriting, and an M.A. in publishing. Kaye Lynne is the founder of WordCrafter Quality Writing & Author Services and WordCrafter Press. She also maintains an authors’ blog and website, Writing to be Read, where she publishes content of interest in the literary world.
You can find and follow Kaye on Writing to be Read, WordCrafter Quality Writing & Author Services, Facebook: Kaye Lynne Booth Author & Screenwriter, WordCrafter Quality Writing & Author Services, and Women of the West Adventure Series.
See all Midnight Garden stories here.
And for our finale, a Hallowe’en-themed teaser to the anthology:
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