Roberta Writes: Guest Post – Tales from the Hanging Tree anthology by WordCrafter Press #readingcommunity @DIY_Author

Tour Schedule

Monday Sept. 9 – Writing to be Read – Reading Excerpt by Joseph Carrabis & Guest Sylva Fae

Tuesday Sept. 10 – Roberta Writes – Guest Kaye Lynne Booth

Wednesday Sept. 11 – Carla Reads – Guest C.R. Johansson

Thursday Sept. 12 – Undawnted – Guest Paul Kane

Friday Sept. 13 – Writing to be Read – Guest Matt Usher

The Giveaway

Follow the tour and leave a comment at each stop you visit to let us know you were there and earn an entry in the giveaway for a free digital copy of Tales From the Hanging Tree.

About Tales from the Hanging Tree

There exists a tree that is timeless, spanning across all dimensions, which absorbs every life as those who are hanged as they die… and it remembers every one. The stories within are a select few of the Tales From the Hanging Tree. 

Tales from the Hanging Tree is a wonderfully dark, themed anthology which revolves around an ephemeral and timeless hanging tree that absorbs the memories of all hanging victims. This WordCrafter Press anthology was created by invitation only and includes stories from authors Kaye Lynne Booth, Paul Kane, DL Mullan, C.R. Johansson, Joseph Carrabis, Sylva Fae, and Matt Usher.

Purchase Tales from the Hanging Tree here: Purchase link

Inspiration for Tales From the Hanging Tree

When The Pretty Reckless came out with their long awaited album, Death by Rock & Roll, with the song “My Bones” there is one stanza which caught my attention:

               “The birds, they all know it.

               They showed it to me.

               Forgotten by man,

               there stands an old hanging tree.”

This got me thinking one morning . I had a boss once, who was fond of saying how interesting it would be to be a fly on the wall in her office to listen to everyone who came in to speak with her. That fly could tell some stories, and it occurred to me that like that elusive fly, so would a such a tree, if it absorbed the life memories of its victims. And so, the idea for Tales From the Hanging Tree was born.

My tree is ephemeral and timeless, so the scope of its stories spans throughout time, with tales from early times, such as that of Sylva Fae, “The Devil’s Mark”, which deals with the hangings of innocents accused of witchcraft, to a futuristic hanging tale, by new comer, Matt Usher, “Death for Sale”. I had never done a call for a themed anthology before, and I was pleased with the stories that it produced, although I had to put out a second call out, when I didn’t receive enough from the first one. I ended up with tales of cursed trees in “Mercy”, by Joseph Carrabis, and “Therion’s Heart”, by C.R. Johansson, and my own, “The Legend of Cottonwood Hollow”, and tales of cursed people in “The Hanging Men”, by Paul Kane and “Twelve Angry Dead”, by DL Mullan. To round things out, I threw in a short story, “The One That Got Away”, which is a retelling of the hanging of my character, Delilah, who hangs and lives to tell about it, but not before her memories are absorbed by the hanging tree.

These stories are dark tales of hangings, but they are so much more. They are stories of lives lived, and spirits beyond. I hope you will pick up a copy and give them a try. I think you may be surprised by what you discover in these eight original and unique Tales From the Hanging Tree.

About Kaye Lynne Booth

Kaye Lynne Booth lives, works, and plays in the mountains of Colorado. With a dual emphasis M.F.A. in Creative Writing and an M.A. in Publishing, writing is more than a passion. It’s a way of life. She’s a multi-genre author, who finds inspiration from the surrounding nature, her love of the old west, and other odd and quirky things which might surprise you.

She has short stories featured online and in several anthologies in addition to her published works mentioned above. She has served as a judge for the Western Writers of America and sitting on the editorial team for Western State Colorado University and WordFire Press for the Gilded Glass anthology and editing Weird Tales: The Best of the Early Years 1926-27, under Kevin J. Anderson & Jonathan Maberry. Her books are available in both digital and print editions at most of your favorite book distributors.

In addition, she keeps up her authors’ blog, Writing to be Read, where she posts reflections on her own writing, author interviews and book reviews, along with writing tips and inspirational posts from fellow writers. Kaye Lynne has also created her own very small publishing house in WordCrafter Press, and WordCrafter Quality Writing & Author Services, where she offers quality author services, such as publishing, editing, and book blog tours.

In her spare time, she is bird watching, or gardening, or just soaking up some of that Colorado sunshine.

Links

Writing to be Read:

https://writingtoberead.com/

WordCrafter Quality Writing & Author Services: 

http://writingtoberead.com/readings-for-writers/wordcrafter-quality-writing-author-services/

Facebook: Kaye Lynne Booth Author & Screenwriter: 

https://www.facebook.com/kayelynnebooth.screenwriter/

WordCrafter Quality Writing & Author Services: 

https://www.facebook.com/WordCrafterServices/

Women of the West Adventure Series:

https://www.facebook.com/Delilalh.Booth/

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