Dr. Alice’s Ride

Checkout the short stories in Carousel Deja Vu.  Dr Alice is having a bad day and she makes a wish just before she takes a ride on Carousel DejaVu. For more information check

Sometimes we need a do-over.

March 1988

What a crazy day!  Alice Everett was late again, as usual. Wishing she had eaten breakfast, she rushed to her locker to grab books for first through fourth periods.  She hung her light jacket inside, then grabbed her ratty, just-in-case sweater, which she always needed in at least two classes.

“Hey, Alice, whatcha doing tomorrow night?”  Bill Major’s deep sexy voice made her insides quiver.

She stared into her locker . Which books did she need to grab? Who could think with Bill standing so close she could smell his minty breath, his woodsy aftershave, and a little sweat and feel his body heat. 

“I haven’t decided yet.” Alice knew she’d be studying tonight and tomorrow night for her biology test. She needed to get another 100 to keep her grade the highest in her class.

Bill’s muscular arm pulled her close as he shut her locker door. He nuzzled her braid aside and brushed warm, wet  lips against her neck. She shivered so hard he had to feel it. “Why don’t you come with me and the guys to the lake tomorrow night? Ed’s bringing a keg in his daddy’s truck.”

How she wished she could join Bill and his friends tomorrow instead of doing the right thing. She always did the right thing, always! “I might just join you.” Her stomach flipped. She had all but agreed to blow off studying to hang out with the coolest guy in the school.  Oh, Lordy! Her wire rim glasses slid down her nose, but she couldn’t push’ em back up.

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Carousel Deja Vu is live on Amazon

If you were waiting for the kindle edition of Carousel Deja Vu, the wait is over! A Gilded Dragonfly Books anthology

If you like short stories with paranormal elements, take a ride on our carousel and reach for the brass ring and see where you land.

An earlier excerpt  appears in my blog post at http://bit.ly/14XyacU  on the Pink Fuzzy Slipper Writers blog.

See an except below.

Alice hugged herself and wept. As a physician she’d followed through on the lessons she had learned about keeping her emotional distance from her patients. She always cared but tried not take each loss personally. She had succeeded until today, when that carefully constructed wall of protection had broken and left her defenseless with a shredded heart. How could she not have adored the sweet child who had lived in hospitals more than at home? The child who had smiled no matter how bad the pain, even when her single mother had been her only visitor over the years. The child she couldn’t save this afternoon, even after hours in surgery. The heart transplant hadn’t worked.

She fisted her hands, trying to grab control of her emotions. Why wouldn’t Mack answer his cell phone or his office line? He’d said nothing about being in court today. He hadn’t even answered the text she’d sent him. Neither he nor her son or daughter had even remembered today was her birthday.  Maybe her husband had tired of her. If she’d married Bill, would he have ignored her calls? Would he have been here when she needed him? He had been so attentive in high school. Too bad she couldn’t go back in time and change a few things about her life today.

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Carousel Déjà Vu Launch and Booksigning!

The editors of Gilded Dragonfly Books are proud to announce the launch of our first publication Carousel Déjà Vu.

Carousel Déjà Vu is an anthology of stories by our editors. 

Yasmin Bakhtiari,   Sarah Hamer,   Nancy Knight, 

Mary Marvella,   Casi McLean,  Melba Moon,

John Robinson,    Jackie Rod,   Pamela Varnado.

All nine author/editors will be there to sign our book.

Please join us for refreshments and a look at our anthology.

February 23, 2013  @ 7 pm

Peerless Bookstore      8465 Holcomb Bridge Road

Alpharetta, GA 30022    770-650-7323

 Jackson Nighttraveller invites you to ride Carousel Déjà Vu at  Dancing Dragon Amusement Park in the North Georgia mountains. Consider this your voucher to ride, if you dare.

  Some places are magical and some are magical for a select few people. Carousel Déjà Vu is such a place. To the ordinary rider, the beautifully restored horses, animals and fantasy creatures are just that—a carnival ride. But to others, those in whom Jackson Nighttraveller senses a need, that same carousel animal transports them in time or dimension to a place where they can change a life . . . or even save a life.

Come to Caraousel Déjà Vu if you dare. Will Jackson Nighttraveller see that need for you to travel back in time? Reach for the brass ring, grasp it . . . and hold on for the ride of your life.

 

I am officially an editor for Gilded Dragonfly Books!

Folks, I helped edit short stories for our launch anthology, Carousel Déjà Vu! It will be on sale soon. I can contract books for our company and will copy edit all books we publish! 

Though we are an e-publisher, we will print copies for book signings. How great is that? If you have a book you want us to consider, send me an email and we’l discuss what you have!

 

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