The Portrait of Alatiel Salazar: A Blog Tour — CONTEST CLOSED

**** CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED ****

**** WINNERS: Sarah Aisling and Chris D ****

 

Today I have the great pleasure of serving as stop for the Portrait of Alatiel Salazar blog tour.  Author Steven Katriel has put together a wonderfully atmospheric tale of Gothic horror that is sure to satisfy fans of classic authors such as Poe, Hawthorne and Le Fanu.  Don’t believe me?  Try this on for size…

 

By now, I was curious enough to walk to where Matthew sat and read over his shoulder. The poem—which entirely lacked the conventional niceties of rhyme—began slowly, quietly and . . . I gradually felt as though the words crawled along my skin. Yes, there could be no mistake: however laughable Flynn’s previous work seemed to my brother and I, on this occasion, he had drawn inspiration from some unfathomable source of knowledge or experience. Unfortunately for me, Flynn’s newfound excellence disturbed my thoughts, though I could not help but read on.

His poem told of a single strand of darkness which made its way by night through our town, towards pleasant homes and the sleeping, complacent people within. It crept along the wall surrounding the church, seeping through gaps in the brickwork, across unseeing eyes of stone angels standing sentry above silent graves. Darkness, unburdened by the blindness affecting everyone and everything in its path, stole into the dreams of the innocent.

Flynn’s words began to blur, or perhaps I no longer wished to read the terminal verse. I made a weak excuse about feeling unwell, and we took our leave of the poet and his madness before it contaminated my mind any further.

 

Good stuff, eh?  Want a copy?  I know you do.  Well, you can WIN ONE just by leaving a comment below.  Nothing fancy, and it only takes a second…just leave a comment below (just say “Hi”, if you like.  Literally. “Hi”. The end.)  2 people who leave a comment will win a free copy of The Portrait of Alatiel Salazar, on me.

Oh, I should also mention that those winners also get a free copy of Crown of Ash.  Before it’s released on Aug 20th.  Like, they’ll get it tomorrow morning.  Yeah.

Th contest runs until midnight EST.  Leave a comment, win 2 free books.  How easy is that?

In the meantime, check out Steven’s blog, follow him on Twitter, and be sure to recommend The Portrait of Alatiel Salazar to everyone you know.  Everyone.  Got it?  K, good. =D

 

The Portrait of Alatiel Salazar

When Gabriel Holland’s beloved Helena vanishes from his life, he journeys to the home of disgraced artist Cristian Salazar, the man he holds responsible for her disappearance and the death of several friends. Once in the town of Carliton, Gabriel finds only malice and mystery in the tales told by the few brave enough to speak ill of Salazar and the sinister Cousin Beatriz. And within shadows, in the guise of night, walks Alatiel, the creature Helena has become. . . .

 

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Be sure to check out the rest of the blog tour!

August 6: Immortal Ink Publishing ~ Giveaway & Blog Tour Landing Page