In dreams, we are free to believe in MONSTERS and MIRACLES. This short story collection, however, is fraught with monstrosities and painfully lean on the miraculous. For Eli Constant, all forms of life contain the capacity to become good or evil. "Castle in the Dark" is a keen portrayal of this-where an innocent child dies and merges into the afterlife, becoming a spirit focused on inflicting pain. Then there are also those things that were never alive, or... should not be alive. Like a ringing phone that is not as innocent as it seems and pressing 'answer' might be the end of everything. Or a town of resurrected people that are not content to wait and be exterminated, especially when their exterminators are also their creators. The line between the present and the past, between the living and the not-so-living, is often unclear. That's how it is in life. That's how it is in art. In the longest story of this collection-"A History of Youth"-parent and child seek to understand one another. One wants the freedom to choose. The other wants to prevent mistakes from repeating. But it's too late. It always seems to be too late. With a Foreword by USA Today Bestseller, Claire C. Riley (Author of the Odium Series), To Scream Within a Dream-call it nightmares or call it memories resurfaced-is a human psyche trying to understand the world. It is a response to the unimaginable. A desperate cry against the world's horrors. A plea to satisfy the strange questions rattling about in the subconscious. And when eyes flash open, after vivid photos of blood and oblivion, screams will not only ring out into the shadows of the mind, but also out into the darkness of reality.
Eli attended USC-L, Columbia College, Texas A&M, & George Mason University. She studied everything from Mariculture to Differential Equations. Settling on Biology, Eli participated in research fellowships in Texas and at NIH, worked a few random jobs, and finally settled into a Virginia lab where she focused on mastering diagnosis procedures and implementations of histology and pathology. Choosing to be a dedicated homemaker after the birth of her first child, Eli rediscovered her passion for writing. She's never regretted the decision; not only are her kids the most amazing creatures, but writing fulfills her soul in a way science never did. *** Eli is the author of The Dead Trees Series, The Mastic Series, The Shadow Forest Series, and more. Coauthor of the Z Children series with USAF SERE ret. B.V. Barr and coauthor of The Path Between the Stars with USA Today bestseller Claire C. Riley (The Odium Series). Her books are available in eBook, paperback, & audio formats. Stalk Eli on social media Official Website: www.authoreliconstant.com Twitter: @Author_EliC Facebook: https: //www.facebook.com/authorEliConstant Books on Amazon: http: //amzn.to/1leEDEo The Z Children Series (Written with B.V. Barr) Our kids are no longer our future... They're our demise. Humanity's advancements in medicine, meant to eliminate disease and extend life, have led to a macabre reality of childhood vaccinations gone terribly wrong. Kids have transformed, changed into ravenous beasts that are nightmarishly quick, disproportionately strong, and void of empathy. No amount of planning or preparation could have saved the human race against this unexpected attack, centralized in the heart of every human home, and the U.S. is quickly thrown into a chaos of Z Children. By the end of the first day, the entire world is jolted into a veritable hell on earth. Yet, there are survivors- individuals who, by luck, skill, or circumstance, lived through the initial wave of destruction. These 'lucky' ones will join together, bonded in their quest for survival. They will try to maintain their humanity in a world where children have graduated from bubble baths to blood baths. And they will try to find an answer to the only question that matters: What will tomorrow bring? Series Reading Order Z Children: Awakening Z Children: The Surge Z Children: The Rising (coming soon) PURCHASE BOOK ONE AND START READING! http: //amzn.to/2dKinnK
