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Monsters and Lovers
Monsters and Lovers widget – extra small Instead of naming my new page on this site “creature feature” I’m going to call it Monsters and Lovers, since it highlights paranormal pairings. Here’s a larger version of the photo widget I created for it:
Monsters and Lovers: Karnage the Gargoyle and Pagan the wikkid witch. 
Pictured: Maxxim the vampire, Pagan the witch and Karnage the Gargoyle 
A Scarlet Witch: Pagan and Karnage 
Pagan the witch and her pet snake. 
Pagan giving Karnage some drama, in a scene from their novella. 
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Black Girl Magic
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. - #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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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
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Dynamic Duo
Just a few more promos I’ve worked on with the Gargoyle Karnage and his lady love, Pagan.
Paranormal couple Karnage Xian, Gargoyle, and Pagan the witch 
Karnage and Pagan 
Love by moonlight – low resolution pic 
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A Chinese Paranormal Hunk
His name is Karnage Xian, brother of cutie-pie Havoc Xian (from the previously released ebook RAZHER):
Gargoyle and his castle. Karnage Xian in full hard body Gargoyle mode 
Karnage Xian, the lover 
Karnage is next in line to be King of the Gargoyles, unless one of his younger brothers is victorious in challenging him. 
Xian brothers, far left: Chaos the scholar, Havoc the youngest, Rampage “Ram” far right. Karnage, the future king and oldest, large photo. Karnage is also part of the Nightstalkers:
Pictured: Firedrake Ronin Bey, Hellraiser Ash, Werewolf Andre Santana, Gargoyle Karnage Xian. Werewolf art by Rhabwar Troll Stock. Used by permission. 
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Thirsty
I made more promos for The Saint of BOYStown, a New Adult IR (Interracial romance).
Here’s a scene from the novel:
Tanner Joseph, from the ebook The Saint of BOYStown 
Lovers Tanner Joseph and Nathalie Childress, from the ebook The Saint of BOYStown 
Pictured: Nathalie Childress and Tanner Joseph, from the IR romance The Saint of BOYStown 
Pictured: Tanner Joseph and Nathalie Childress from the IR ebook The Saint of BOYStown 
Pictured: Justin Ybarra, Tanner Joseph and Cody Childress, from the IR ebook The Saint of BOYStown. There’s a lot going on in this book. There’s race, romance, economic disparity (and not just on the black folk side) That’s all I’ll reveal for now.
Excerpt:
Go away Tanner. Go far, far, away. He doesn’t. Instead of pulling out a chair like a normal person would, he leapfrogs over the top of the backrest and plops down next to me, with a tray full of food I’d never eat. I’m allergic to vegetables. I won’t eat rice with gravy, but I will snack on rice with butter. Tanner quizzes me on the lack of eats on my tray, to which I repeat that I’m veggie intolerant.
His eyelashes flutter downward and his fingers steeple as he says grace. There are teachers and other students watching, just as shocked as I am at Tanner’s transformation. When he stops giving thanks he starts in with questioning me. “No, really? You really can’t eat vegetables?” he asks, mixing everything on his plate together before shoveling the stuff in his mouth. It’s such a Cody-like move. I give him a nod of assurance that my lie is the truth. I also can’t stop gawking at all the different foods he’s mixed together.
One side of his face balloons as he tries to eat and talk. “Yeah, Cody convinced me and Justin to eat this way.”
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RIP Chris Cornell and the Into the Badlands finale
I’m both shocked and truly saddened by the news of Chris Cornell’s death.
My thoughts and prayers go out to his family in their time of grief.
Chris Cornell, Grammy award winning lead singer, songwriter, guitarist for Soundgarden and Audioslave In tribute to the power and musical artistry of Chris Cornell, here’s a video of his cover of Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean.”
The finale of Into The Badlands is this Sunday, May 21st
Will Sonny and Veil finally reunite? Or will Quinn end up raising baby Henry?
IR lovers Sonny and Veil from Into the Badlands At least ITBL will have 16 episodes next year. The Wuxia fighting on this show is fantastic. Love Daniel Wu as the stoic hero, a killer who’s faithful to the woman he loves, Veil. AMBW yeah!!!!!!
THE FLASH
Barry and Iris are still going strong, or are they? This season the show gave us Savitar (Emo Barry) who’s crazy with a capital C. Savitar has vowed to kill Iris, and that’s all I’ll reveal in this post.
Aw, so cute. Barry and Iris, from The Flash SUPERGIRL
I’m just mentioning the very short lived Kara had a crush on Jimmy Olsen. When the show was moved to the CW, that romance was nixed. I mainly watch the show for the Martian Manhunter scenes now.
Gone, but not forgotten:
OUTSIDERS (canceled by WGN America)