She wants to be ordinary... #YA #Paranormal

Family Magic

by Patti Larsen

Patti has a serious passion for YA paranormal and thrillers. Now with multiple books in happy publication, she lives on the East Coast of Canada with her patient husband and four massive cats.

I batted at the curl of smoke drifting off the tip of my candle and tried not to sneeze. My heavy velvet cloak fell in oppressive, suffocating folds in the closed space of the ceremony chamber, the cowl trapping the annoying bits of puff I missed. I hated the way my eyes burned and teared, an almost constant distraction. Not that I didn’t welcome the distraction, to be honest. Anything to take my mind from what went on around me.

Being part of a demon raising is way less exciting than it sounds.

From "Wicked Warlock" by K.C. Hughes

Deakon slowly opened the box and peered in. The overhead fluorescent light hit the object, emitting a glow that drew him in closer. A warm feeling of peace cradled him and he liked it. He soaked it in and welcomed it. The despair of his pitiful life was gone. He took in deep breaths, enjoying the euphoria. He pulled the bracelet out and clasped it over his wrist.

He nearly tripped over the chair when he saw how disfigured his hands  looked. His fingers curled and extended back and forth on their own. And they were growing. He felt his toes doing the same thing. When the ringing in his ear stopped, multiple zaps of voltage pricked his brain. Every sting jerked his body in a freaky way. He walked around the room with his hands extended and feet kicking looking like Frankenstein when he had been juiced to life. Deakon was morphing into a creature and he was horrified.