New Releases by Alethea Eason

It's been ten months since my species' invasion failed, but you know the old saying When first you don't succeed- My Earth name is Deborah Jones, but the Home World knows me as Dbrrrksh of the House of Mpfld. A new invasion is imminent, but I have a more pressing problem: buds have erupted on my six alien tentacles, meaning I'm a candidate for a life-and-death battle to see if I have the right stuff to defeat the Supreme High Matriarch one day. But, a Home World mean girl has come to Earth. She's spent years preparing for the trials and is the odds-on favorite to snack on me. My best friend Willy discovers he has a knack for cooking and his own contest to worry about: the Sacramento Tween Cook-Off. My grandmother, Commander Psgbttk, is writing a cookbook called Recipes for Cooking Humans and has perfected a human-flavored jellybean. Grandmother wants me to be Willy's sous chef for the grand finale. Does she think I'll prepare Steak Tartar for the Home World to feast upon? The Cook-Off countdown is ticking. So much for seventh grade. If I don't outsmart Grandmother, everyone on Earth is toast.

"No way!" I screamed. My Home World name is Dbkrrrsh, but you can call me Deborah. I've lived on Planet Earth since I was a baby. My parents are planning for my species to invade. You see, Earth is our next restaurant in the galaxy, and humans are on the menu. My family and I have fed from time to time, but up until now, it's never been personal. To prove my loyalty to Home World, I'm supposed to devour my friend, Willy...who I've been tutoring in math...who is the best friend I've ever had...and is suddenly really cute. Oh, no! I've got a crush on him! How can I be loyal to my species and friends when I MUST EAT? From the tyranny of a teacher's classroom to a fight-to-the-death battle in Death Valley to a movie festival where the Home World lets loose its starving tentacles, Sixth Grade is Delicious delightfully stirs together humor, horror, and science fiction. For tweens and up. An adventure to gnaw on! Published initially as Hungry, a Washington Post KidsPost Book of the Week.

What readers are saying: "What makes the story truly great is the unique characters and Charlotte's point of view, which can be funny, ironic, and gut-wrenching, and I love that the story is never heavy-handed." "I was holding my breath as the end neared, reading as fast as I could. Despite Charlotte's young age at the beginning, there are adult themes- this isn't a kiddie story. Highly recommended." "Eason is a gifted writer with characters that defy genre....a love-starved pre-teen turned teen, a father who is an alcoholic law officer in Vegas, an abused mother who is in denial, an older sister who rebels against it all, and....get this....a handsome demon who comes to visit through her closet floor and takes her back to Hell with him, where his job is sorting death records. Charlotte needs a savior, and the possibility that her handsome demon can be that person kept me reading until the very end. Fantasy, sex, violence, redemption...Eason covers it all in this fascinating read." "Gives a whole new aspect to whatever is hiding in your closet or under the bed." She prayed for an angel, but demons entered her life. Nine-year-old Charlotte lives in Las Vegas amid a hellish scenario of domestic violence. A vision of a beautiful woman appears on a screen door, and Charlotte prays for a guardian angel. She's convinced the vision is of the Virgin Mary. No dice. It's the demon Lilith in disguise. One night, Ezequiel, a fledgling demon of 16, strikes a match in her closet. He steps into her bedroom adorned with both horns and a halo. He warns that satanic forces are headed her way, but he can only do so much to protect her. Demonic hordes stream through her closet portal as Hell empties to the Burning Sands Casino, the hottest new spot on the Strip where Frank Sinatra is due to perform. Charlotte finds Hell is not as scary as what she faces at home until tragedy descends. She does her best to protect those she loves, but soon, she will have her own demons to battle.

Alethea Eason's poetry radiates with vibrancy and Jungian wisdom. Her language travels through dreams worlds and shamanic visions, delving deep into the human heart, an invitation to the elusive divine feminine. Eve West Bessier, Poet Laurate Emerita of Silver City and Grant County, New Mexico and of Davis, California

"You can be the tender wolf who fights / to the death to defend the wild child. / You can be the golden girl / You can be happy. It is allowed." Alethea Eason brings us to new plateaus of understanding with her stunning truths and brilliant images." Elise Stuart, author of My Mother and I, We Talk Cat." --

"Fourteen-year-old Katy doesn't feel brave, and the Wei-ni-la want her dead. In a remote Northwest forest, the evil ones put on pretty faces and speak with honey tongues to seduce Katy's sister, Celeste. Katy feels powerless to save either of them. Mama and Papa, settlers in the land of the indigenous Nanchuti, refuse to believe that the malevolent Wei-ni-la and the ancient Old Ones inhabit the river and the trees. Superstitions, they say! But Katy knows better. The Nanchuti grandmother of their hearts says that Celeste has a special destiny, but why does she abandon the girls when the Wei-ni-la's-la's hold on Celeste grows and when they are trying to kill Katy? Katy and Celeste only have one choice: to embark on a perilous journey to find their grandmother. But does she possess the power to help the girls, or will they both be lost forever?" --

Otherworldly adventures to touch your heart and thrill your imagination. Four superb authors present short stories ranging from hard science fiction to ghostly fantasy. Whatever your mood, you'll find a captivating tale. A charming fable turns grisly as a scullery maid risks everything to save her daughter from a deadly mystery; For a psychic fraud, chatting with spirits can't end well on Friday the 13th; A trunk-nosed alien sniffs out the truth behind a smuggler's fatal delivery; This chemist searches Jupiter's storms for life, but finds catastrophe... and more engaging stories. Collection of eight tales, each offered in a distinct style with unique characters. Winner of the 2021 New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards, eFiction category.

Our featured artist is Mary SanGiovanni. She brings to us a new story entitled "The Mime". Life has gotten more interesting for Jonathan Crowely in Part 3 of James A Moore's serial novella, the Devoted. J.F. Gonzalez talks about Weird tales, both its history and influences in Shadows from the Attic. We have fiction from doung jai Tim W Boiteau Alethea Eason Lucy A Snyder

Alethea Eason's newest book, The Heron's Path, has all the grace of the river that flows through its pages. One steps lithely into the world of Katy and her delicate sister Celeste. It is a world where the old and the new mingle, the Old Ones hold a knowing but genteel sway and the country man perhaps shouldn't be so trusting of his dulled senses. Will Celeste come to know the purpose of her wanderings and dreams? Will Katy and aged Olena be able to keep her from the clutches of the evil we-nei-la? Follow them "north to the true wilderness, dark with ancient trees, where the Nanchuti struggle to keep their sacred songs from vanishing." Like the current of the river Talum that witnesses all within these pages, you too will be swept along in the adventure, sometimes in reflective pools, sometimes drawn inexorably to the falls... to find the Heron's Path.

Deborah is starting to notice things about her best friend, Willy—like how cute he looks in his Halloween costume and the adorable way his red hair curls just above his collar. He's the coolest boy in sixth grade, and the closest friend she's got . . . that is, until her alien parents tell her she has to eat him for dinner. After all, she's an alien, too—even if she and her family do live in disguise. Should she keep Willy alive and survive on forbidden hamburgers and chocolate . . . or point her tentacles at her best friend and gain approval from alien kind? There are times when everyone feels like they're from outer space. A zany adventure and a close and sympathetic look at middle-school friendships and rivalries, Alethea Eason's wonderfully unique first novel satisfies that craving to fit in.