Happy Halloween and welcome to my bedroom closet!  My guest of honor this week is the fat black spider on my ceiling.  Please listen to this podcast, a reading adapted from Chapter 16 of my novel, "Heroes Arise."  Let's hear three cheers for web-threaders:  12-legged, elongated spiders with an IQ and an attitude.

Have a safe Halloween.  To learn more about "Heroes Arise" or to leave a comment, visit my website at http://www.laurelannehill.com.

Welcome to my bedroom closet!  A year ago, I had a Halloween experience in the middle of October.  Did I see my mom's ghost or were store-bought mushrooms to blame?  Listen to my podcast, then you be the judge.  Email your comments to laurelannehill@gmail.com, or leave a message on my website: http://www.laurelannehill.com.

Happy Halloween,

Laurel Anne Hill (author of "Heroes Arise")

Welcome to my bedroom closet!  All three episodes of my award-winning short story, "Reaching for Rainbows," now may be found on my podcast site (http://www.laurelannehill.libsyn.com).  Each episode is approximately 9 - 10 minutes long.  "Reaching for Rainbows" is the story of a ten-year-old girl coping with homelessness, a school assignment about Martin Luther King and the narrow line between reality and imagination.  No need to wait for Martin Luther King Day to listen to "Reaching for Rainbows."

For more information about my compelling fiction and nonfiction, including my award-winning novel, "Heroes Arise," please visit my website at http://www.laurelannehill.com.

Warm wishes,

Laurel Anne Hill

Welcome to my bedroom closet!  All three episodes of my award-winning short story, "Reaching for Rainbows" now are posted on my podcast site (http://www.laurelannehill.libsyn.com).  Each episode is approximately 9-10 minutes long.  "Reaching for Rainbows" is the story of a ten-year-old girl coping with homelessness, a school assignment about Martin Luther King and the narrow line between reality and imagination.  No need to wait for Martin Luther King Day to listen to "Reaching for Rainbows."

For more information about my compelling fiction and nonfiction, including my award-winning novel, "Heroes Arise," please visit my website at http://www.laurelannehill.com

Warm wishes,

Laurel Anne Hill

Welcome to my bedroom closet!  All three episodes of my award-winning short story,"Reaching for Rainbows," now are posted on my podcast site (http://www.laurelannehill.libsyn.com).  Each episode is approximately 9-10 minutes long.  "Reaching for Rainbows" is the story of a ten-year-old girl coping with homelessness, a school assignment about Martin Luther King, and the narrow line between reality and imagination.  No need to wait for Martin Luther King Day to listen to "Reaching for Rainbows."

For more information about my compelling fiction and creative nonfiction, including my award-winning novel, "Heroes Arise," please visit my website at http://www.laurelannehill.com

Warm wishes,

Laurel Anne Hill

Welcome to my bedroom closet!  This podcast compares the writing in two of my short stories, "Eternal Poetry" (Nth Zine, 2005) and "Real Vampires Don't Snore." (Calliope, 1997 & 2008).  Listen to this short podcast to find out some of the ways I've learned to improve my fiction and narrative nonfiction.

For more about my writing, including my award-winning novel, "Heroes Arise," visit my website at http://www.laurelannehill.com.  "Heroes Arise" now is available for Kindle.

Thank you.

Hello and welcome to my bedroom closet.  Get ready for "Real Vampires Don't Snore," my award-winning short story first published in 1997 by Calliope Magazine and recently re-released by Calliope due to popular demand.  My sense of humor itched when I wrote "Real Vampires Don't Snore."  Being a mother of a teen, I had to scratch that itch and laugh.

Please note that my next podcast will involve my comparison of "Real Vampires Don't Snore" with my other vampire coming of age story, "Eternal Poetry."  My writing changed between 1997 and 2005.  I'd like to tell you how and why.

If you enjoy this story, please subscribe to all my podcasts via iTunes.  And visit my website http://www.laurelannehill.com to learn about my other works, including my award-winning novel, Heroes Arise (KOMENAR Publishing, 2007).

Thank you!