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In fiction writing, you need a hero, heroine, or preferably both. In my mind the more the merrier. In standard fiction you have a man, a woman, a boy, a girl or even an animal. In fantasy, paranormal, sci-fi and other subgenres you usually have a character or two who isn’t quite human. And that’s where your creativity can really start to play.  Why have a plain old human when you can have something extraordinary? Take a look at the Blood Guardian tab for a different take on an old favorite…

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Prairie Jones is a high school student who also happens to be a dreamwalker. She’s uses her power to get what she wants, but now she’s in trouble. Check out PJ’s new page – Dreamwalker …

Madison Girot is a descendant of the Goddess Innana. Unfortunately she’s failed to receive her powers. Now she’s being tormented by a blood guardian and is defenseless. Check out Madison’s new page Blood Guardian …

If anyone knows how to add a side bar on pages that is independent from the home page, let me know. I seem to be blog challenged. Thanks.

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This is the last post in Necromancy Week. In honor of Suzanne’s new Kitten, I thought I’d write in the perspective of a new character, a smart talking Necromancer’s cat.This is not related to previous posts.

Buttons sat on the open window sill, his green eyes narrow slits. He calculated the amount of force it would take to propel himself through the air to the robins flitting about outside. Nevermind the two-story drop.

“Buttons, come away from there,” his mistress sternly called.

He obeyed, begrudgingly.

Mind your own bee’s wax, he thought.

“You don’t want to eat them anyway.”

No, duh, the whole cat of the undead thing.

Katherine’s eyes narrowed.

Buttons pretended to ignore her, closing his eyes. Sometimes he thought she could read his mind. She was unnerving like that and cats are hard to unnerve.

He seemed like any other cat unless you looked too closely. Other than the scraggly fur and an ear that had seen better days, he seemed quite normal. His mistress had resurrected him when she was four. She was the most powerful necromancer in a thousand years, maybe ever. People avoid someone with power like hers.

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