Coffee with Poe: A Novel of Edgar Allan Poe's Life on sale for $2.95 at Amazon

Amazon has Coffee with Poe: A Novel of Edgar Allan Poe's Life on sale for $2.95. This the book, not the ebook! Check it out. https://amzn.to/2r8iMJc

Coffee with Poe, award-winning finalist (historical biography category) of the USA Book News "Best Book Awards", is a historical novel detailing Edgar Allan Poe’s life. The book is filled with actual letters to his three fiancées, his literary contemporaries (Longfellow, Irving, and Hawthorne), and his bitter enemies. The characters are brought to life by interactive dialogue that may have taken place given what history teaches us. Read about the life of America's most haunting and mysterious author today and see Edgar Allan Poe, the master of the scary short story, brought to life like never before!

“To give us a historical fiction look at Edgar Allan Poe is great. The start where we are at his mom's funeral gives a little insight into why he may write the way he does. It is very interesting the ideas the author has put into the story about Poe. I like the idea of detailing the life of Edgar Allan Poe into a historical fiction novel. . . . A great idea to give us some insight into why Poe may be the way he is.” Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Expert Reviewer.

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MAILBOXES - MANSIONS - MEMPHISTOPHELES, the first scary short story collection by Andrew Barger

"They say everything that can be written has been written. I saw we are just getting started." This is a quote from my first short collection of scary short stories: Mailboxes - Mansions - Memphistopheles.

A finalist in the International Best Book Awards short story collection category, MAILBOXES - MANSIONS - MEMPHISTOPHELES is the first short story collection by Andrew Barger. In the collection he unleashes a blend of character-driven dark tales, which are sure to be remembered. In "Azra'eil & Fudgie" a little girl visits a team of marines in Afghanistan and they quickly learn she is more than she seems. "The Mailbox War" is a deadly tale of a weekend hobby taken to extremes while "The Brownie of the Alabaster Mansion" sees a Scottish monster of antiquity brought back to life. "Memphistopheles" contains a tale of the devil, Memphis, barbecue and a wannabe poet. "The Serpent and the Sepulcher" is a prose poem that will be cherished by all who experience it. "The Gëbult Mansion" recounts a literary hoax played by Andrew on his unsuspecting social networking friends that involves a female vampire. Last, "Stain" is an unforgettable horror story that is uniquely presented backwards or forwards. Experience these memorable stories tonight!

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Review of the Complete Stories of Truman Capote by Andrew Barger

There is Truman Capote looking impish and floral as he leans against a trellis of roses somewhere in the Deep South. He is best known for his character-driven novel "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and an embellished non-fiction book, "In Cold Blood." Having liked the former novel, I was excited to read Capote's short stories. The same attention to detail and character generation found in "Breakfast Tiffany's" was evident in the many tales he wrote before its publication.

Southern Accents - Check!
Flawed but Likable Characters - Check!
A Horror Story - Che . . . hey, just one second. What's the big idea, Mr. Capote? How could you? You were supposed to give us Alabama love stories set in the 1940s and 1950s. How dare you? Writing good horror is not easy, but there you go, standing up a scary short story among the tales of love and poverty in the Deep South.

"Miriam" is the name of the fiendishly little horror story Capote unleashed on me like a ghost springing out from behind the curtains. Miriam is a little girl he describes as: "Her hair was the longest and strangest Mrs. Miller had ever seen: absolutely silver-white, like an albino's." I won't say much more other than she goes to stay with Mrs. Miller who has lived alone in an apartment for several years. Yikes.

There are many great stories in Capote's fantastic collection. "Master Misery," "A Diamond Guitar," and "The Thanksgiving Visitor" are written at high levels and worth your time. And "Miriam" is certainly worth your time if you are a horror story lover.

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