Roberta Writes – Reblog: A bit about the cover of And the Grave Awaits and two wonderful reviews #readingcommunity #paranormal #historical

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Thank you to talented author, Beem Weeks, for hosting a post about the creation of the book cover for my short story collection, And the Grave Awaits. You can find Beem’s books here: https://beemweeks.wordpress.com/buy-here/

Greetings to one and all. Today, I am introducing you to author Roberta Eaton Cheadle’s new release, And the Grave Awaits. Take it away, Robbie!

Picture caption: My artwork for the cover of And the Grave Awaits in charcoal and coloured pencil

It is not easy creating a cover for a collection of diverse short stories. The cover needs to give the reader a sense of what the stories, as a collective, are about so it needs to reflect the common thread. It also needs to make a strong statement about the genre of the short stories so as not to mislead potential readers.

And the Grave Awaits includes a variety of short stories which all fall under the broad umbrella of paranormal, but which vary greatly in their themes and subject matters. For example, The War Babies and All that Glitters is not Gold are both stories about women working in factories to help the war effort during World War 1. Justice is Never Served, Death is About Choices, and We’ll be Waiting are all based on true events, while Missed Signs and The Last of the Lavender serve as warnings about the dangers to human health that lurk in nature. The Christmas Pie is based on the meaning behind an old nursery rhyme while The Bite and Glass Mountain are supernatural fantasy. The common thread with all these stories is that they all result in an unnatural death … or a grave. Thus, the motivation behind the title, And the Grave Awaits.

Continue reading here: https://beemweeks.wordpress.com/2024/07/16/and-the-grave-awaits-by-roberta-eaton-cheadle-newrelease/

A review of And the Grave Awaits by Thomas Wikman

Thank you to Thomas Wikman for this amazing review of And the Grave Awaits which you can read here: https://leonbergerlife.com/2024/07/26/we-all-die-what-are-our-lives/

Thomas has a lovely book about his Leonberger dog which you can purchase from Amazon US here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Thomas-Wikman/author/B0B813Q3PP

Thomas also has a fascinating blog where he shares all sorts of interesting information about scientific mysteries, as well as information about Leonberger dogs, jokes, and book reviews: https://leonbergerlife.com/

A review of And the Grave Awaits by Sally Cronin

Sally is a blogging and writing powerhouse and I am very grateful for her amazing review of And the Grave Awaits which you can read here: https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2024/07/27/smorgasbord-book-reviews-shortstories-paranormal-and-the-grave-awaits-by-roberta-eaton-cheadle/

Sally has a wonderful array of fiction and non-fiction books which you can peruse here: https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/my-books-and-reviews-2024/

Sally’s blog is a magazine styled experience and covers topics including cooking, health, book reviews and book promotions, jokes, and many other topics of interest. You can find Sally’s blog here: https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/

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  3. Thank you so much Robbie for including me (and my book too) in this blog post featuring three reviews for your new and very exciting book, And the Grave Awaits. As you already know I loved it and I highly recommend it to everyone.

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  18. Congratulations on the fine reviews, Robbie. They must carry more weight knowing they came from Sally and Thomas. I just added your book a couple of days ago.

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