Suicides, murders, and accidental deaths have long fed the ground of what appears to be a harmless stretch of road known for generations as The Devil’s Elbow. The earth is rich with the blood of these violent endings and hungry for more.

On Halloween night, evil collects another soul. The murder victim, a young woman known for her risqué burlesque routines performed at the nearby casino, is found not long after. Her body has been stripped naked and ritually slaughtered in the basement of the seedy and abandoned stripper bar that marks the epicenter of the paranormal activities that still haunt the summit of The Devil’s Elbow. Soon after, a second young woman goes missing.

Authorities quickly have their hands full as the list of suspects and motives grows. When the two lead investigators, along with the local high priestess of a witches coven, experience firsthand the darkness that dwells on the isolated hilltop, they must use all the tools in their combined arsenals to find the clues and solve the murder before another victim falls prey to the malignant powers dwelling at The Devil’s Elbow

In this twisted collection of retold fairy tales, you won't find helpless maidens in distress for long and knights in shining armor aren't going to be coming to the rescue, at least not in the typical way.

Instead, you'll find yourself walking the streets of futuristic dystopias, taking a seat at the counter in a small Canadian lumber town diner, and doing a little time in a lunar penitentiary.

Populated with vengeful ghosts, hungry cannibals, devilish baked goods and, okay, maybe an evil witch, too, the seven stories in Not Your Grandma's Fairy Tales promise to spin a web of chilling threads that will stick to your dark imagination long after the story is told and the lights are turned out.

A Texas Gothic Horror.

The isolated Trans-Pecos desert of West Texas holds more dangers for Choice and Liberty Hill than blood-thirsty cougars and venomous rattlesnakes. Vengeful Apache spirits, a band of outlaw bikers, and an ancestral curse stalk the twins as they attempt to inherit the family estate and the millions of dollars that go with it.

But brother Choice has unfinished business. His bad boy biker past is quickly catching up to him and he’s desperate to meet the demands of a deal he made years ago. His strange and secretive behavior only puts his sister Liberty more on edge as she faces the spectral screams and war-cries of the desert phantoms that surround them.

Liberty’s only consolation to the madness comes in the form of ranch hand, Miguel Alverez. But even as Liberty feels herself falling for the charming and handsome Miguel, she also begins to suspect he’s only one of many out to steal the family inheritance from under her by any means possible.

Reviews:

“This was the first Pamela Morris book that I have read. It was a good read, and I look forward to reading more of her books. I love that it was set in the Big Bend area, and now I have a longing to make a trip to Terlingua.”