Preorder your copies of print editions

 

Both Chance...and other horrors and Murder Takes a Ride are listed and available for preorder from Amazon. Joyce and I will also take pre-orders. Books should be out by May.

From a lighthearted mystery set in Branson, Missouri to a book filled with dark and troubled characters, the two books deliver mystery and suspense. 

Murder Takes a Ride on Kindle

Have a Kindle or Kindle app? You can order your copy of Murder Takes a Ride today.

Join Hap and his dog Luke as they help solve a murder at an amusement park in Branson, Missouri.

Chance...and other horrors on Kindle

Joyce Faulkner's Chance...and other horrors is now available on Kindle for only $2.99. Be one of the first to read these short stories that probe the dark side of the human soul.

This collection of stories is a psychological thriller that will make you ponder the twisted psyches of each of the characters.

You can order today at the Kindle Store on http://www.amazon.com/. The paperback version is coming soon and is available for pre-order from Amazon.

Marilyn (F.M.) Meredith on Murder Takes a Ride

Author Pat McGrath Avery takes us on a ride to Branson MO and into the Ozarks Heartland Amusement Park where someone commits the perfect crime—almost. Filled with unusual characters and a great setting, this one is definitely a must read.

Marilyn (F.M.) Meredith, author of Angel Lost.

Lee Boyland on Chance and other horrors

Joyce Faulkner takes the reader on a journey through a slice of society unknown to most. A chilling glimpse into disturbed minds. An alternate title might be Tales from the Macabre Zone.

I found the stories to be haunting—hard to forget—unsettling. Steven King has competition.


Lee Boyland, author of The Rings of Allah, Behold, an Ashen Horse, America Reborn, and Pirates and Cartels.

Del Staecker on Murder Takes a Ride

A murder mystery set in Branson, Missouri

Pat Avery has crafted an excellent tale of murder, greed, and deception--all set in a friendly place. Murder Takes a Ride will keep you guessing until the end...and beyond.  

~ Del Staecker, Award-winning author of Muted Mermaid, Shaved Ice, and Chocolate Soup.

Chance Review by Mike Angley

Chance and other horrors is due out this spring. The following review by Mike Angley recognizes Joyce Faulkner's ability to capture the dark side of human nature.

How do you pack a pallet of panic-inducing short stories into a collection of heart-halting horrors? Ask Joyce Faulkner – better still, read her book, Chance: and Other Horrors. It begins with Chance, a haunting story of lust, jealousy, deception, and rage … and seven stories later … ends with Unforgiveable. And yes, some things are just unforgiveable!

Joyce’s stories have one common thread: they are ripped from the pages of Americana, but not the Norman Rockwell kind. The characters are seemingly average people whose faults and frailties have no place to hide. Raw human emotion drives them to commit acts so shocking, it’s hard to believe they could be your next-door neighbor. Joyce pushes the reader into dark corners, to places many of us have only glimpsed in hints and flashes of our own lives. Her tales are gritty, in some spots grimy, and in every instance intense.

I loved them all, but my favorite was God Bless the Sinner, Faulkner’s prologue to her serial killer novel, Username. Murderers are always bad people, but the killer in Sinner is worse than you can imagine. He’s evil, self-centered, and he knows how to brilliantly entrap his victims by preying on their fears and vulnerabilities. Not to mention, there’s a dash or two of social spectrum politics thrown in the mix to make it that much more intriguing.

Joyce’s noir collection is not for the Pollyannaish. Take off those rosy blinders and wade into the depths of life’s darkest. See through the eyes of sick, twisted weirdoes and everyday folks who churn through life motivated by desires and rages … you may just find a little bit of yourself looking back at you from the pages. What you see in her book’s mirror may shock you. Do you dare wander into these blackened edges of your own awareness?

Mike Angley
Special Agent (USAF, ret)
Colonel (USAF, ret)
Award-winning Author of the Child Finder Trilogy
http://www.mikeangley.com/

For Fiction Lovers Everywhere

Read just for fun or discover something to think about. Pat and Joyce introduce the first two books under their new label: The Page Turns - an appropriate name for pageturner suspense, mystery and psychological thriller books.

Pat McGrath Avery's new title, Murder Takes a Ride, takes the reader to an imaginary amusement park in Branson, Missouri, where Hap Lynch, a former Kansas City cop, works on the parking lot. The day he discovers a dead body on one of the park's rides and the police call it murder, his life changes.

Who was the victim and why was he murdered? Could any of his co-workers commit murder? Does the killer plan to make Hap his next victim? Can his dog Luke help him sniff out clues?

Joyce Faulkner gives readers a different slant on life in Chance and other horrors. Peeling away the layers of civility, she searches the lines where good meets bad, desire becomes obsession, fun turns evil, and actions are lethal physical and emotional weapons.

A series of short stories, each sends chills into your mind and soul. Faulkner offers a glimpse of the pain caused by people who ignore and abuse basic human relationships and kindnesses.

MurderTakes a Ride

Chance and other horrors
Both available Spring 2011