{"id":6079,"date":"2022-01-31T11:12:08","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T16:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?p=6079"},"modified":"2022-01-31T11:12:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T16:12:13","slug":"inklings-what-the-dead-whisper-to-the-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/31\/inklings-what-the-dead-whisper-to-the-living\/","title":{"rendered":"INKLINGS: What The Dead Whisper To The Living"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today, I\u2019m sharing a snippet from my latest release, <a href=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/book\/what-the-dead-whisper-to-the-living\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cWhat the Dead Whisper to the Living\u201d<\/a>, which appears in <strong>A Quaint and Curious Volume of Gothic Tales<\/strong> from <a href=\"http:\/\/brigidsgatepress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brigid\u2019s Gate Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1084\" height=\"1084\" data-attachment-id=\"6080\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/31\/inklings-what-the-dead-whisper-to-the-living\/whatthedeadwhisper\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/whatthedeadwhisper.png\" data-orig-size=\"1084,1084\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"whatthedeadwhisper\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/whatthedeadwhisper.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/whatthedeadwhisper.png\" src=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/whatthedeadwhisper.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/whatthedeadwhisper.png 1084w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/whatthedeadwhisper-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/whatthedeadwhisper-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/whatthedeadwhisper-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/whatthedeadwhisper-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/whatthedeadwhisper-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/whatthedeadwhisper-800x800.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1084px) 100vw, 1084px\" \/><figcaption>Excerpt from What The Dead Whisper To The Living<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The anthology is out NOW! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>23 powerful voices in dark fiction, carefully and passionately curated by Alex Woodroe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to the Gothic realm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alex Woodroe has passionately and carefully curated a powerful volume of gothic stories, written by an amazing and diverse group of contemporary writers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within the pages of \u201cA Quaint and Curious Collection of Gothic Tales,\u201d the reader will encounter stories of pain and suffering, ghosts, curses, unspoken secrets, greed, murder, and one of the creepiest collections of dolls ever seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Come on in; enter the parlor, find a place by the fire, and experience the beautiful, dark, and occasionally heartbreaking stories told by the authors as they continue the Gothic tradition pioneered by the likes of Shelley, Radcliffe, Bront\u00eb and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/dp\/B09QHKS4GJ\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon &#8211; Canada<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B09QHKS4GJ\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon &#8211; USA<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"20\" data-attachment-id=\"2572\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=2572\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/divider3.gif\" data-orig-size=\"760,20\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"divider\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/divider3.gif\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/divider3.gif\" src=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/divider3.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/divider3.gif 760w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/divider3-600x16.gif 600w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/divider3-250x6.gif 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, I\u2019m sharing a snippet from my latest release, \u201cWhat the Dead Whisper to the Living\u201d, which appears in A Quaint and Curious Volume of Gothic Tales from Brigid\u2019s Gate Press. 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