Both Abigail and I are big fans of Erin Kellison’s Shadow series. Abigail called SHADOW BOUND “a shockingly good read” and SHADOWMAN (available now from Kensington Books) contained one of my favorite couples of the year, Shadowman and Layla (which made it twice as exciting to see a little glimpse of Shadowman in action below, as a part of the Resurrection Mary ghost story). The Shadow series intertwines convincing romance with a continuing plot line that I loved, as our staid human world comes under magical attack. Though each book could work on it’s own (romantically), you’re going to want to read them all. One lucky reader will get the chance to, as Erin Kellison is giving away a complete set of the Shadow series: SHADOW BOUND, SHADOW FALL, and SHADOWMAN. See details below.
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Shadowman on “Resurrection Mary”
by
Erin Kellison
First of all, a huge thank you to Abigail for inviting me to participate in Spooky Legends. I love scary stories and write a bit on the dark side myself. Leave a comment below for a chance to win a set of my Shadow series books, Shadow Bound, Shadow Fall, and Shadowman. Most people, including my character, Shadowman, know the story of Resurrection Mary. In fact, he’s met her…
“Hello, Mary.” Shadowman fell into step beside her. She was walking furiously down Archer Street, her mouth tight, her make-up smeared from where she’d brushed away her tears. Her blonde hair was in bouncy curls at her shoulders.
“He’ll come after me,” Mary said, looking over her shoulder and back in time. Her white dress blurred with her passage. She hadn’t even felt the car that had struck her and ripped her spirit from her flesh. Her soul had simply gone on walking.
Shadowman had been this way with her many times before. She was looking for her escort to the dance, a man who would never run after her because he’d long ago passed through the veil.
“He said he loved me.”
“Why do you walk away, then?” But nothing he said would make her change her course, and in so doing, realize that she was dead. “Love is behind you.”
“Because he talked to her,” she said. Her voice trembled. “You don’t go to a dance with one girl, then flirt with another.”
And so Death kept pace with her. Not even he could force all souls to cross. Some were too lost in the moment of their deaths to see the arching branches of Twilight and step under their boughs and out of mortality. They were committed to a moment, their will chaining them to one space in time until they could be satisfied.
Or until Mary’s soul grew so insubstantial with the shear of the passing decades that there was nothing left.
Headlights glared down the road.
She turned and waved to the car, the white of her dress glowing in the murk of the night.
Sometimes she did this, too. Long ago, when the speeding car had killed her, it had also struck itself into her mind—she just hadn’t understood why.
Shadowman shrouded himself in darkness.
The car slowed and came to a stop. A man well past midlife, but not yet bowing into old age, sat at the wheel. “You okay?” He squinted to get a better look at her. Death knew what he saw: A very young woman, shivering with cold. Unhappy. Vulnerable. “It’s dangerous for you to be out here.”
“My date dumped me,” she explained. “I just want to go home.”
“You better get on in. I’ll drive you home.”
Death could feel the driver’s compassion and concern knot together with displaced anger at the boy who’d been rude so long ago.
Mary got in the back seat of the car. Death accompanied her, as he always did. She directed the driver down the street.
The driver flicked glances in his rearview, his concern and outrage transmuting into disquiet, as if he knew now exactly where he was going. He’d heard her story, and Resurrection Cemetery was just ahead.
Without asking, at the tall white slabs that marked the cemetery’s entrance, he pulled to a stop, his apple working. “You get home now.”
“Thank you,” Mary said, and she got out of the car. A few steps, and the night swallowed her.
The driver raised his eyes to his rearview again, where Death still waited. His knuckles were white on the steering wheel. “Where can I drop you?”
The Grim Reaper smiled respect for the man’s nerve, then drew his cloak of Shadow round, and disappeared from his sight.
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About the author:
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Erin Kellison is the author of the Shadow Series, which includes Shadow Bound and Shadow Fall, as well as the upcoming Shadowman (Sept 2011), and the e-novella Shadow Touch (June 2011). Stories have always been a central part of Erin’s life. She attempted her first book in sixth grade, a dark fantasy adventure, and she still has those early hand-written chapters. She graduated summa cum laude with a degree in English Language and Literature and went on for a masters in Cultural Anthropology, focusing on oral storytelling. When she had children, nothing scared her anymore, so her focus shifted to writing fiction. |
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Giveaway provided by Erin Kellison
One set of the Shadow books:
SHADOWMAN Description:
Ghosts
They haunt the halls of the Segue Institute, terrifying the living, refusing to cross over. But one soul is driven by a very different force.
Love
It survives even death. And Kathleen O’Brien swore she would return to those she was forced to leave too soon.
Shadowman
He broke every rule to have her in life; now he will defy the angels to find her in death.
The Gate
Forging it is his single hope of being reunited with his beloved, but through it an abomination enters the world. Leaving a trail of blood and violence, the devil hunts her too. Pursued through realms of bright fantasy and dark reality, Kathleen is about to be taken…
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73 Responses to Spooky Legends & Giveaway: Erin Kellison’s Shadowman on “Resurrection Mary” & win a complete set of the SHADOW series
This looks like a fabulous giveaway! Thank you so much!
Gah, but I forgot to add the second half of my comment… I'd like to see Rumpelstiltskin change his stripes.
Hi!
A fairy monster… well a don't know, mayby Morgan the fae or mayby Vlane in the fever series…. hummm Vlane could have been good! Thanks!
I think the wolf from Little Red Riding hood needs a makeover into a hero.
I totally agree…Vlane! I love the fever series and it would be so nice to see him go toally good..not just be kinda nice to get his way!
Awesome giveaway!
This series looks really promising… thanks for the giveaway!
Awesome series! I've bought all the books available for Kindle and I can't wait to read the rest! Thanks for a great post
I agree with Amy that it would be neat if the wolf in Red Riding Hood saved the day and he was just misunderstood b/c of the bad press.
I'd like to see any of the wicked witches from fairy tales change and become the heroine.
I would love to see the wolf from the 3 little piggies become the hero!
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Oooh this is a hard question. Dracula has been done. The Big Bad Wolf has been done in Fable. The wolf in Red Riding Hood has been done in Lord of the Wolfyn. Doesn't mean any of them can't be done again. Death falling in love and wanting to stop. Or the Devil. it's been done, but the really good, or really bad, stories always keep coming back for more!
Thanks for the great giveaway!
The Wolf in Red Riding Hood. Please enter me in contest. I would love to read this book. Tore923@aol.com
I would have to go with, the witch from hansel and gretel:) That could make a great story! Thank you so much for the chance at winning this set of books!! Good luck to all who enter!!
Awesome give away. I think the wolf from The Three Little Pigs would be a good one.
Thanks for the contest.
Maybe the troll from Three Billy Goats Gruff.
Great giveaway!
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I think the wolf from Little Red Riding Hood! Thanks for the contest! rwschwarz11ATgmailDOTcom
The witch in Sleeping Beauty. Thank you for the giveaway.
Thank you for the giveaway!
I really can’t think of a villain I would like to see change because I so “Love to hate em” but I believe a more interesting read would be the “Hero or Heroine” changing their stripes… I know I am odd but the protagonist drives the story for me.
I think Id love to see Captain Hook from Peter Pan save the day or Scar from The Lion King. Thanks so much for the chance
I would like the wolf from Red Riding Hood to become a hero and fall in love. I'd love for it to be a werewolf so there's a human form
The witch in snow white STILL freaks me out! That would be a good one.
Ohh that is a tricky one. I would love to read the swamp monster finding some happiness. Have not read any swamp monster romances yet
The wolf from Red Riding Hood has a lot of potential as a hero, under the hand of the right writer.
I would like to see the wolf from Red Riding Hood be the hero too. The wolf is often romanticized in paranormal romance, so it would be fun to see the big bad wolf be good for once.
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Great giveaway, thank you so much. I actually already bought the first book in the series on my Kindle.
I would love to see the wolf vindicated too. He was just being a wolf after all.
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I read the first book in this series and enjoyed it. Will have to see what the others are about
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would like to see the wolf from Red Riding Hood be the hero and the witch in Sleeping Beauty
Ooh! Stellar giveaway!
Hmmm, that's a hard question actually. A lot of fairy tales have been done already and often times the villain is misunderstood and turns out to be sort of good. I don't know, if anything, I guess I'd like to see the wolf from Red Riding Hood be good again. It's been recreated the most, but hey, it's a good fairy tale.
Anyway, thank you for this awesome giveaway~
I'm new to this series, but I'm loving the Resurrection Mary story. Thanks for the fabulous giveaway.
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These sound great! Thanks for the awesome giveaway! bpatrick64113@sbcglobal.net
i would laugh if maleficent became good.. or the witch from hansel and gretel be nice and make the house to donate proceeds to charity or something..
thanks for the awesome contest, ive been dying to read these!
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Sounds like a great series. Thanks for the giveaway.
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I just started reading this series and it's great so far!!!
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I like what Fable did with fairy tale characters. More often than the villain going good, I like seeing the flaws in the heroes. alainala's coment about the witch donating to charity with the gingerbread house struck me as a lot of fun though.
i agree about all the witches be good. great giveaway!!
Sounds like a good series, and thanks for the giveaway! I'd like to see the old witch from Hansel and Gretel turn good (I know someone said it a few comments up, it's just the first one that I thought of, soooo…)
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The huntsman in Snow White. My favorite fable by far!
Vivien
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Does Cinderella count as a fairy tale? How about Cinderella & her sisters fight the evil Prince to save the kingdom? Just a thought.thanks
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the giant in jack in the beanstalk was just misunderstood and picked on because of his size
I always thought the Pied Piper of Hamelin was such a sad story – to lose all of those children – so it would be nice if he really was just taking them to safety rather than taking them away forever.
I agree with Anne the evil Step sisters in Cinderella.
Thanks for the giveaway
I always hated that the wolf was the big bad one and the hunter was the hero. In real life it's the other way around.
How about the wold from Little Red Riding Hood. I love wolves and hate to think they are always the bad guy.
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I'd like to see the big, bad wolf turn into Red's Knight in "were" armor!
The witch in Snow White would be a great character to be the heroine instead. I remember that story really well from my childhood. This is a great giveaway!
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I'd like to see the wolf in Little Red Riding Hood become the good guy. Maybe the grandma was evil and he had to kill her to save her granddaughter.
One of my favorite spooky legends. I always wanted to drive by when I lived up there but no one would go with me to watch.
I agree with many of the above about the Wolf in Little Red Riding Hood, but would also like to add the Evil Queen in Sleeping Beauty.
I like stories about wolves, so I'd say the wolf from Little Red Riding Hood.
I've always liked Snow Queen. I think it will be cool if she became a hero.
Wow! Thank you for the generous giveaway! The wolf from Little red riding hood should be made over. brendem7@comcast.net
The Big Bad Wolf from the 3 Little Pigs.
I would enjoy seeing Medusa as a hero for once.
Gargamel from the Smurfs! or Scar from The Lion King for sure!
The big bad wolf from Little Red Riding Hood
Hades from Hercules
I think it would be curious to see the witch of Snow White becoming good, she scared me so much the first time I saw her!!
I think I'd have to agree that I'd like to see the wolf from Little Red Riding Hood go good. Thanks for the give away this book looks awesome.
eckstein99
I'd have to agree with several others who have already posted. The Wolf in Red Riding Hood should change his stripes and become a hero. Thanks for the giveaway.
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I agree with other comments. My first thought was the wolf from Red Riding Hood. What if he was a werewolf and ended up saving the day? I'd read that story…
I've had my eye on this series for a while now. Great Contest!
I think I mentioned this creature in another post. It's the fairy one that looks like a horse but has fangs and a seaweed main. Even though it terrifies me, it would be awesome if it had a change of heart and saved one of it's victims.
Mmmm….maybe the queen of hearts in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It is a very interesting character!
Definately the Bad Witch in the wizard of Oz lol
I would like to see the wolf in Red Riding Hood become good! Great giveaway thanks so much!
What about the wicked stepmother in Cinderella? I can't imagine how the story would go if she were the heroine – but I guess that's why I'm a reader, not a writer.
Mickie T
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That's a hard question, there are just so many! How about Ursula from the Little Mermaid.
Medusa I feel for her she was raped by a god and got punished for it.
I want to see some of wicked witches/stepmothers from the Disney tales become good. I think it would be very interesting to see a re-write of those stories where the bad turn good in the end instead of just being killed.
I would like Medusa to change her stripes and become the heroine for once!! or the Big Bad Wolf from Red Riding Hood to become the hero!
Great giveaway thanks so much!
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I would say the witch from Hansel and Gretel!
Thanks for this giveaway
The wolf in the Little Red Riding Hood.
Umm that's a good one. Maybe the evil stepmother and stepsisters in Cinderella. They are not "monsters" but if they were all nice to her they could've been a nice family unit together.