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24K Magic in the air
I am a HUGE Bruno Mars fan. So I’m posting a link to his music video as part of a soundtrack for my trio of black witches:
Just a few more promos:
Pictured: Pagan takes on a warlock. Street background by TheDigitalArtist. Used by permission. 
Pictured: Ondine, Lilith and Pagan 
The vampire Yuri holding Lilith 
Medieval Lilith 
Lilith in an evening gown A new promo for The Prince of BOYStown, featuring young lovers Justin and Su Su:
Su Su kissing Justin, in a scene from The Prince of BOYStown. Justin must adapt to a new life after a tragic accident. -
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So, I’ve been reading about the CHARMED reboot and the controversy. Still, I’m very happy for Madeleine Mantock (she’s been cast as one of three sisters, which is Into the Badlands loss after they foolishly killed off her character).
Because I’m getting ready to release new ebooks (novellas and full length stories) I created a few GIFs to promote some of my own paranormal witches:
Promo for the sister witch LILITH the elder. Lilith is the strongest of the trio. 
Promo for Ondine, the deadliest witch of the trio. Ondine is called “The Red Witch of Sorrows” 
Promo for Pagan. She’s the youngest and most impulsive sister witch. The Place: Russia. The Paranormal: Lilith
Lilith, in the mid 1800s The Place: Today. The Paranormals: Karnage and Pagan
Portrait of paranormal couple Karnage and Pagan. Low resolution promo. -
The Romantics
Witches need love too:
Pictured: sister witches Pagan, Lilith and Ondine. And also random acts of affection, like when Karnage decides to unzip Pagan’s dress:
Karnage the Gargoyle and Pagan the witch – when he unzips her dress to get it on. Low resolution promo. 
Yuri and Lilith – Larger color photo depicts how he greets her. Smaller blk and white photo shows how he wakes her up. Low resolution promo. 
Sex on the beach – Karnage and Pagan, low resolution promo. 
Piano Man – Pictured: Pagan and Karnage. Low reolution promo. 
Ondine practicing her fire skills. Low resolution promo. - #BlackGirlMagic, Contemporary Romance, E books, Historical fiction, Historical romance, Historical womens fiction, Paranormal romance
Mine
Well, February has come and gone. My apologies, but I really wasn’t in a Valentine’s Day mood since my mom’s death, but I’m slowly getting better.
So, here are a few of my fictional lovers who rock:
Pagan and Karnage promo. She seems to be smitten with him in this promo, happy that he’s “mine.” And his expression seems to be “back off, because yeah, she’s mine.” 
Paranormal Power couple: Karnage and Pagan are quite adventurous in the bedroom. That’s all I’ll say for now. 
I did a few more with this couple. They are featured in an upcoming ebook. I think I’ll use this image for a new page on this site. 
Young Love – Tanner Joseph and Nathalie Childress, teen lovers from The Saint of BOYStown. I’m going to use this promo for my upcoming novel The Queen of Comedy:
And since TQOC takes place over several decades, including the 1960s, this JET magazine cover is sadly ironic:
Blast from the Past:
I want to end this post on an upbeat. So I’m posting this actual photo of an African American flapper from 1920s, by African American photographer James Van Der Zee:
See more of his wonderful photos of the past here:
The works of James Van Der Zee - #BlackGirlMagic, E books, Historical fiction, Historical romance, Historical womens fiction, Women's fiction
Funny Lady
There was a time when black comedians were the hottest ticket in town. A comedic renaissance bloomed in the 60s, where a variety of different funny men and women tickled the fancy of American audiences. Let’s see, there was George Kirby (Kirby was also a master vocal impersonator), Nipsey Russell, Flip Wilson, Redd Foxx, Moms Mabley, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, Pigmeat Markham, Dick Gregory, Paul Mooney (also wrote for several other comics, like Richard Pryor), Scoey Mitchell, among others.
Female comics I recall watching on The Ed Sullivan Show included Totie Fields, Joan Rivers, Moms Mabley, Anne Meara, of Stiller and Meara (Ben Stiller’s mom), Phyllis Diller, and Carole Burnett. And of course CBS had the number one female comedian, Lucille Ball (who had other sit-coms after I Love Lucy, which co-starred her then real life husband Desi Arnaz).
I must also mention Jackie Gleason, Frank Gorshin (a wonderful impressionist) and especially the late, great George Carlin, talented funny men who were also popular back in the day.
The Queen of Comedy is the tale of a fictional black comedian, from her youth in the 1920’s, until she’s older and recalls the highs and lows of her career. One such highlight is her time at The Moulin Rouge, a real establishment that broke barriers. I’ve included links on The Moulin Rouge that are below the GIF:
It’s Her Time – The Queen of Comedy will be released shortly The Vegas Hotspot That Broke All the Rules
America’s first interracial casino helped end segregation on the Strip and proved that the only color that mattered was green
BySmithsonian Magazine | Subscribe
. . . Then came the Moulin Rouge, in 1955, a neon cathedral dedicated to the proposition that the only color that mattered in Vegas was green.
Link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-vegas-hotspot-that-broke-all-the-rules-165807434/
A copy of this mag can be purchased here: https://www.oldlifemagazines.com/june-20-1955-life-magazine.html
Dancers from the Moulin Rouge during rehearsals in 1955 
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Wakanda Forever!!
Comic book nerd here, from wayyyyy back (DC’s Metal Men was a favorite) Yes, I read Spiderman, Superman, the X-Men among others. Black Panther/Black Leopard was another fave, so yeah, I’m glad about the movie.
I must also give props to Wesley Snipes as BLADE.
Scifi channel has Blade playing on demand this month, and I still enjoy that groundbreaking movie. The opening scenes where Blade makes his entrance during the vampire rave is visually arresting:
Wesley Snipes as the half-human, half vampire BLADE, just before the action starts. Wesley and the gorgeous N’Bushe Wright were the male and female leads. Wesley was a co-producer and also did most of his own fighting scenes, since he’d studied martial arts.
Now its Black Panther ‘s time to shine. Congrats to director/screenwriter Ryan Coogler and the cast and crew of this wonderful film.
Chadwick Boseman portrays the royal, cool as hell hero Black Panther 
The beautiful and powerful Dora Milaje. Featured from the left: Danai Gurira and Florence Kasumba. I’ve included links to a few articles that may be of interest:
Link: https://www.theroot.com/on-black-panther-black-leopard-and-the-politics-of-bei-1822489281
Link: http://www.vulture.com/2018/01/christopher-priest-made-black-panther-cool-then-disappeared.html
Not much more to add, especially with another school shooting, yet another American tragedy. My prayers go out to all those affected.
Hope to see Black Panther this weekend–saw it. Loved it. Great cinematography, costumes, acting, and the dramatic story line twist (T’Challa finding out his father made a choice that came back to haunt the entire tribe) was utterly heart wrenching– and to finish editing books.
Karnage Xian , Gargoyle. Edited stock photos. GIF Created in GIMP 
Takeshi and Nyesha from the soon to be released ebook SENSEI 
Man on Fire – Ronin Bey, Fire Drake. This GIF was created in GIMP -
Spellbound
Ondine is from New Orleans:
While Lilith is the strongest of the three witches, Ondine is the most feared (the reason is part of her origin story).
Star-crossed lovers Ondine and Ronin 
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Express Yourself
Emmanuel Howard goes after the man she wants:
Emmanuel Howard Another promo for Karnage:
Pictured: The Gargoyle named Karnage. 
Karnage and his lady love, the witch Pagan. 
Pictured from left to right: Karnage Xian, Pagan (middle) The vampire Maxxim (right) Next up will be The Red Witch of Sorrows, Ondine and Ronin the FireDrake
