Thursday, October 13, 2016

Wolf's Clothing by E.J. Russell - Blog Tour with Giveaway



Sometimes, you just know.

Like the time when I was working in the bookstore and was called to approve a check for a man buying a book about Marilyn Monroe. I looked him in the eye and I knew he was going to kite that check, even though his ID was in order and there was no reason for me to decline it. Sure enough, it bounced.

Or the time in class in graduate school, when too many of us wanted to work on the same project and we drew names for the privilege. I knew as soon as the person who won the spot put his hand in the hat that he would pull out the winning chit.

Or when, on my first day on the job as the box office manager of a summer theater, a man opened the door of the office and poked his head inside. I looked at him and a zing traveled from the back of my neck to the base of my spine. We just celebrated our thirtieth wedding anniversary.

Or at a tech conference once, when I saw the announcement of the raffle for a tablet computer and thought to myself, “I’m going to win that.” (I did.)

What is it about those liminal moments? Is it body language, intuition, fatalism, wishful thinking? Or are we occasionally open to wisps of the uncanny, hints of the possible? As a lifelong reader of fantasy and speculative fiction—indeed of fiction of all sorts—I like to believe that there are doors that occasionally crack open and let us experience more.

That may be the reason why so many of the stories I write include a supernatural or paranormal element. Because those brushes with chance of other entice and enthrall me. Sure, I’ve never experienced an actual haunting, or seen a real werewolf, or caught the tiniest glimpse of Faerie—but what if . . . ?

What if?


About Wolf’s Clothing

What do you do when you finally prove the existence of the otherworld, but the ghosts kick your ass?

For Trent Pielmeyer, the answer is run like hell—away from his hostile family, away from the disbelieving cops, and far, far, far away from anything that smacks of the supernatural. After seven years’ captivity in a whacked-out alternate dimension, he is so over legend tripping.

When Christophe Clavret spots Trent in a Portland bar, he detects a kindred spirit—another man attempting to outrun the darkness of his own soul. But despite their sizzling chemistry, Trent’s hatred of the uncanny makes Christophe hesitant to confide the truth: he’s a werewolf, one of a dwindling line, the victim of a genetic curse extending back to feudal Europe.

But dark forces are at work, threatening more than their growing love. If Christophe can’t win Trent’s trust, and if Trent can’t overcome his fear of the paranormal, the cost could be Trent’s freedom and Christophe’s humanity. Or it might be both their lives.



About EJ Russell

E.J. Russell holds a BA and an MFA in theater, so naturally she’s spent the last three decades as a financial manager, database designer, and business-intelligence consultant. After her twin sons left for college and she no longer spent half her waking hours ferrying them to dance class, she returned to her childhood love of writing fiction. Now she wonders why she ever thought an empty nest meant leisure.

E.J. lives in rural Oregon with her curmudgeonly husband, the only man on the planet who cares less about sports than she does. She enjoys visits from her wonderful adult children, and indulges in good books, red wine, and the occasional hyperbole.

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Giveaway

To celebrate the release of Wolf’s Clothing, one lucky winner will receive a $25 Riptide Publishing gift card! Leave a comment with your contact info to enter the contest. Entries close at midnight, Eastern time, on October 15, 2016. Contest is NOT restricted to U.S. entries. Thanks for following the tour, and don’t forget to leave your contact info!


16 comments:

  1. I've always been a bit of a trivial psychic (thinking about a song and hearing it a day later, etc)...

    vitajex(at)aol(dot)com

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    1. It's always kind of spooky when that happens, eh?

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  2. Thanks for the post! I love paranormal, fantasy, speculative etc. fiction. But IRL I am much more pragmatic and believe there is an explanation for things that seem on the surface to be fantastical.

    jen(dot)f(at)mac(dot)com

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    1. Usually I am too--it's my logical day-job brain taking over. But occasionally--well, stuff happens!

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  3. No unfortunately I've never experienced any kind of liminal moments I wish I had!

    ShirleyAnn(at)speakman40(dot)freeserve(dot)co(dot)uk

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    1. You never know--one could be waiting just around the time-corner!

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  4. Thank you for the post. I enjoy paranormal, fantasy, etc and I do have to say I do believe in it but it scares me to think that these type of things could happen.
    humhumbum AT yahoo DOT com

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    1. I had a roommate once who had a sort of "ghost stalker"--or so she said. Now that was creepy!

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  5. Thank you for the post and giveaway chance. Good luck with the release

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  6. Thanks so much for hosting me today, and thanks to everyone for engaging with comments!

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  7. Thanks for the post. I sometimes have instances where I haven't seen or heard for someone for a really long time, sometimes even years & I'll be thinking about them - wondering how they're doing. Then after a few days, they'll call or post something on FB. It's pretty weird.
    legacylandlisa(at)gmail(dot)com

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    1. I know, right? And you wonder--did I send out some message into the ether that prompted their call, or maybe I received a message from them that they were thinking about me?

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  8. Until now I never really thought about that but yes, it has happened to me. Recently, like when I knew my best friend was going to get the last date to take an exam (which was great, more time to study) and she did. She was nervous and I just told her I knew she was going to be last. Strange, lol.
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    1. And now you have a reputation for clairvoyance with your friend!

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  9. I really enjoyed today's post. Thank you.
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