Jeaniene Frost
Vampires, werewolves, fallen angels and fairies lurk in the shadows, their intentions far from honorable.
My parents were dismayed by my love of horror movies as a young girl, then even more dismayed when I kept rooting for Dracula to win instead of Van Helsing.
One of my favorite things about supernatural fiction is its vast array of creatures.
Paranormal fiction offers authors - and readers - the chance to answer the question, 'What if?' All the different ways that question can be answered make for extremely entertaining reading.
The 'Broken Destiny' series will be a trilogy, with each book releasing about a year apart.
When I started writing about vampires, I swore that I wouldn't touch the 'Dracula' legend because it's been done too many times.
I love the 'Underworld' movies because the vampires aren't automatically evil, yet neither are they basically humans with fangs.
Similarities in the vampire genre are so rampant that there's really no such thing as an original idea - only an original take on an idea that's been done before.
Every so often, I'll get an idea from a dream, but most of the time, ideas come to me while I'm toiling away at the keyboard just like every other writer.
Perhaps some of the appeal of the dangerous-but-yummy paranormal anti-hero lies in his scorn for societal expectations. Yes, women have come a long way, but there are still some cultural stigmas more associated with women than men.
The paranormal bad boy is usually a fiercely loyal partner for the heroine. Once his sights are set on her, he doesn't notice other women, and he's utterly unconcerned with what anyone else thinks of his choice.
The appeal of the paranormal bad boy - or James Bond super-spy, as one example of male escapism - can sometimes make everyday problems seem less dire. Thus, a few hours spent immersed in the world of the wicked yet alluring hero is the equivalent of a mini-vacation.
You're shagging a woman who can turn into a dragon? Blast you, Charles, I am sick with envy!Collection: Dragons
You're not a woman," he said finally. "You're the Grim Reaper with red hair!Collection: Hair
Careful, luv. I might be angry with you, but that doesn't mean I don't still want you. So if you do that again, I'll shag you right here, right now, and sod anyone who wants to watchCollection: Mean
That face. That body. And you know he’s packing. Look at the angle on that dangle.Collection: Looks
Movies. Drinks. Headless chickens. You know, girl stuff.Collection: Girl
We're going to knock those demons out and slay them with the power of Jesus. Hallelujah, can I get an amen?- TimmieCollection: Jesus
I am a nice young girl here to pick up your granddaughter for the weekend... We're going to a Bible retreat to scare the devil out of her. - Bones to Cat's grandparentsCollection: Girl
If you were Catholic, you'd singe the ears of the priest you confessed to.Collection: Catholic
We are not helpless...Many times in our lives we’ve been powerless, but not this night. Right now we have the power to choose the manner in which we die. If you have been a master of nothing else in all your days, you are now a master of this moment. And I for one am going to give such an answer to this insult that others will dearly regret not being by my side to see it!Collection: Regret
When I heard the ghouls coming for you, all I cared about was reaching you in time. How often must I tell you that you mean more to me than vengeance? I can live without defeating my enemies, but I cannot live without you.Collection: Mean
Be still my non-beating heart.Collection: Heart
I couldn't help shaking my head as I looked at him. Ian slept like a baby every morning - well, a baby who continually kept one hand down his pants.Collection: Baby
Winston Gallagher!" I said, recognizing the first ghost I'de met. Then my eyes narrowed & I covered my hand in front of my crotch as I saw Winstons gaze fasten there next. "Don't even think about poltergeisting my panties again". "This is the sod? Come here you scurvy little--" "Bones don't!" I interrupted. He stopped, giving a last glare to him while mouthing YOU. ME. EXORCIST. before returning to my side.Collection: Eye
You can have all of me, I silently told him, but I'm taking all of you in return.Collection: Return
All I'm saying is that sooner of later, you'll have to come to terms with yourself. You can't wish away the vampire in you, and you shouldn't keep atoning for it. You should figure out who you are and what you need, and then don't apologize for it. Not to me, to your mum, or to anyone.Collection: Vampire
You know that old saying. Once you go dead, no one's better in bed.Collection: Sex
Survival first, then heartbreak.Collection: Survival
I think we need to have a little talk, woman to skank.Collection: Thinking
Slumber party with Dracula, all things considerd why not?Collection: Party
He leaned over and kissed me. A long, deep kiss filled with promise and passion. I loved the way he kissed me. Like he was drinking in the taste of me and still coming back thirsty.Collection: Drinking
How unconvincing. Try again.Collection: Trying
Bath toys are reserved only for the oldest, more lethal vampires.Collection: Vampire
First bubble baths. Now Disney parks. You're shattering every creep vampire myth I've ever heard.Collection: Vampire
Lewis obediently stared at her, and Kira tried to make her voice sound confident. "You don’t feel anything. You’re not afraid." "I am," came Vlad’s immediate reply. "If you tell him wolves are the children of the night next, I might hurt myself laughing."Collection: Hurt
The sh*t's gonna splatter, start buggin, yo..." Mencheres to CatCollection: Cat
You ought to be ashamed of yourself, running around, not married, staying out all night. Ashamed!" "Ashamed!" my grandmother echoed. Good to know they still agreed on things after forty-three years of marriage.Collection: Running
Don't fret, Grannie. We're going to a Bible retreat to scare the devil out of herCollection: Devil
A hint of a frown touched his mouth. “I told you that wasn’t about feeding.” “No, it was about you making your point.” I skewered a bite and chewed. “Next time, maybe use something other than my jugular as your Exhibit A?Collection: Hints
How about I let you floss with my jugular as well?Collection: Spades
Revenge was the emptiest of emotions. Apparently it motivated people to do the stupidest things as well.Collection: Revenge
Whoever said ignorance was bliss was shortsighted.Collection: Ignorance
He'll learn that many women can satisfy for a short period of time, but when he falls in love, only one will sustain him forever.Collection: Falling In Love
All hail the dragon slayer!" (Bones)Collection: Dragons
Then, when people saw you strolling around at high noon holding your rosary beads, they’d think, ‘Well, that can’t be a vampire.Collection: Thinking
Not for a minute did I believe that this wasn’t goodbye. Still, I had loved and been loved in return, and there was nothing greater than that. It far outweighed the alienation of all the previous years. Bones thought five months was too short; I was amazed I’d been granted joy for so long. “I love you,” he moaned, or maybe I said it. I couldn’t tell the difference anymore. The lines had dissolved between us.Collection: I Love You
You're my Red Reaper, and I've missed you terribly.Collection: Red
Bones,” I sighed. “Know something? I’m not afraid of you, but you scare me….” His outline blurred again. “You scare me, too, Kitten,” he might have replied, but I couldn’t be sure.Collection: Scare
"Catherine." she paused. I waited, tapping my finger on my desk. Then she spoke words that had me almost falling out of my chair. "I've decided to come to your wedding." I actually glanced at my phone again to see if I'd been mistaken and it was someone else who'd called me. "Are you drunk?" I got out when I could speak. She signed. "I wish you wouldn't marry that vampire, but I'm tired of him coming between us." Aliens replaced her with a pod person, I found myself thinking. That's the only explanationCollection: Fall