NonFiction Anthologies

Spiritual Visitations

My story, “As The Millennium Turned” about a visit from a recently deceased friend on the eve of the Millennium will appear in the anthology Spiritual Visitations edited by Heather Froeschl, The QuillDipper. Zumaya Publications scheduled the release for 2008. For more on Spiritual Visitations. Heather took top honors in the Predators and Editors Readers Poll for 2006 in the Book Editor category:

I'll update this as more information becomes available!

"Pining" by Kelly Steed appears among forty-six other true ghost stories in Haunted Encounters Real-Life Stories of Supernatural Experiences (Atriad Press October, 2003) edited by Ginnie Bivona, Dorothy McConachie and Mitchel Whitington. Introduction by Michael Norman, the Author of Haunted Heritage and co-author of Haunted Wisconsin, Haunted Heartland and Haunted America!

Excerpt From "Pining":

"I was doing dishes and caught a flash of movement out of the corner of my eye, as I turned I saw a cat, really nothing more than a transparent white shadow in feline form, jump onto the windowsill. It soundlessly climbed out onto the wooden fire escape and vanished in mid-stride..."

This photograph was taken in the flat at a Halloween Party, after the events

described in "Pining" took place. Streaks of spiritual light (orbs) can clearly be

seen dancing around Erik Lucas and Morey Saenz. Photo courtesy of Ed Dukes.

Reviews:

"These well-written and thrilling stories had us hooked from the beginning. We've heard some chilling tales but reading this book confirmed to us once again that life on the other side really exists!"

- Ginger & Chris Pennell, Paranormal Investigators and publishers of the national webzine, AmericanParanormalPages.Com

"It's a book like this one that answers the question as to why so many people are interested in ghosts and hauntings! This first book in the Haunted Encounters series offers a chilling compilation of strange experiences and will keep you turning the pages long into the night."

-Troy Taylor, The American Ghost Society, Author of The Ghost Hunter's Guidebook

"The compelling collection of modern ghost accounts runs the gamut from typical hauntings to truly original encounters. As a paranormal investigator, I find stories like these fascinating and informative."

- Kriss Stephens, MTV's "Fear."

"Superb reading- I found it hard to put down! The editors did a fine job in collecting these true experiences. A must-read in my opinion."

- Steve Thrash, Paranormal Investigator

"An astonishing collection of real, first-person, supernatural encounters that frighten, thrill and generously gratify the reader."

-Jim Fassbinder, San Francisco Ghost Hunter

"The collaborative effort of Ginnie Siena Bivona, Dorothy McConachie and Mitchel Whitington, Haunted Encounters: Real-life Stories Of Supernatural Experiences is a chilling collection of true-life encounters with the paranormal. A wide variety of men and women relate the strange happenstance and personal experiences that defies explanations of natural law, evoking fear, wonder, and restless curiosity. Highly recommended for readers with a taste for individual tales of ghosts, ethereal spirits, and laments from beyond death, Haunted Encounters is a welcome addition to personal and academic Metaphysical Studies reference collections and reading lists."
-Midwest Book Review

Haunted Encounters Real-Life Stories of Supernatural Experiences edited by Ginnie Bivona, Dorothy McConachie and Mitchel Whitington

ISBN: 0974039403

Price $10.17:

Kelly Steed's story "Fiber Optic Hamster" (Excerpt Below) appears in Haunted Encounters: Personal Stories of Departed Pets (Atriad Press 2004) edited by Ginnie Bivona, Dorothy McConachie and Mitchel Whitington. Touching stories of treasured pets who return to comfort their grieving owners and warn them of imminent danger, fire, or intruders are included in Personal Stories of Departed Pets, as are many more supernatural experiences and encounters with beloved pets that simply cannot be explained away.

Paranormal experiences told by the people who lived them are revealed in these three collections of haunting encounters. Skeptics will ponder

Jolly Steed

Excerpt From "Fiber Optic Hamster":

"As I read I felt something run up my body near the couch back and onto my chest. I pulled the book aside and... "

Reviews: Coming Soon!

Haunted Encounters: Personal Stories of Departed Pets by Ginnie Bivona, Dorothy McConachie and Mitchel Whitington

ISBN: 097403942X

Price $10.85:

Writing Anthologies:

DARE TO BE PUBLISHED: 50 Authors Help You Write, Market and PUBLISH in the New Century by Dallas Hodder Franklin (Sell Writing Online, 2004). Dallas was the Publisher/Editor of the Sell Writing Online eZine and EZ Marketing 101 eZine. She was voted the Best Publication Editor in the Preditors & Editors Readers Poll for 2002.

This eBook came as a free PDF download and contained interviews with 50 authors including Speculative Ficition Author KELLY STEED. This volume appears to be out-of-print as Dallas has pulled her website.

Writes of Passage: Overcoming Depression Through the Power of the Pen This is the tentative title for a anthology being put together by Bev Walton Porter, editor of the Scribe & Quill eZine. Bev asked me to fill out a questionnaire for the volume. I've suffered from depression since childhood but it went undiagnosed until 1991. I've since discovered that a lot of writers suffer from this malady. I'll post more information as it becomes available.