Stacy Benedict

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About Stacy Benedict
Stacy Benedict is a geek at heart. She lives for science fiction and fantasy, magic, and supernatural beings who lurk in our contemporary world. When she isn’t writing, she is often goofing off with her family, playing with her cats, or reading her favorite books.
Want to know when her next book drops? Visit: www.stacybenedict.com
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Blog postWhat I learned from my father:
Don’t stay with a man who mentally and physically abuses you.
Don’t stay with a man who abuses your child.
If you have an alcohol or drug problem, seek help.
Here are my top five songs about fathers.
Cat’s in The Cradle by Harry Chapin
Blurry by Puddle of Mud
7 Years by Lukas Graham
Father of Mine by Everclear
Dance with My Father by Luther Vandross
Bonus:
Hey Daddy by Korn <2 months ago Read more -
Blog postTo My Mother
by Lucretia Maria Davidson
O thou whose care sustained my infant years,
And taught my prattling lip each note of love;
Whose soothing voice breathed comfort to my fears,
And round my brow hope’s brightest garland wove;
To thee my lay is due, the simple song,
Which Nature gave me at life’s opening day;
To thee these rude, these untaught strains belong,
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Blog postSince the end of Game of Thrones, I’ve been jonesing for more sci-fi and fantasy content. Wait. I should specify, good sci-fi and fantasy TV shows that is. Afterall, there is no shortage of content out there. Nothing has come close to my beloved GoT, although Succession is pretty damn close. Here are a few shows that had a number of glaring flaws, but I enjoyed overall.
The Witcher
Why is Henry Cavill so handsome? I wouldn’t have checked out The Witcher if not for Cavill’s fin5 months ago Read more -
Blog postI subscribe to a number of awesome writing & author related e-newsletters and vlogs. I’ve recommended a number of vlogs in the past. My favorite vlogger is Jenna Moreci. But, variety doesn’t only apply to chocolate. Here are some new vlogs to tempt your tastebuds.
You can’t have too much good advice, right?
Reedsy
Reedsy isn’t only for help in finding an editor. Their YouTube vlog offers basic writing and publishing advice that will help any writer.
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Blog postI hope everyone had a wonderful 2021. Mine was better than 2020, but still disappointing overall. Most of my goals weren’t accomplished and I have no excuses. They just weren’t none. C’est la vie. I hope to have a more productive and fulfilling 2022.
One highlight of 2021 was my favorite book of the year, Master of One by Jaida Jones and Dani Bennett.
Master of One Cover It had been years since I’d read a fantasy novel, but when I discovered this book by two of my favorite aut6 months ago Read more -
Blog postThe Gift of The Magi
By O. Henry
One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty- seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.
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Blog postSigns of the Times By Paul Laurence Dunbar – 1872-1906
Image by Matthias Cooper from Pixabay Air a-gittin’ cool an’ coolah,
Frost a-comin’ in de night,
Hicka’ nuts an’ wa’nuts fallin’,
Possum keepin’ out o’ sight.
Tu’key struttin’ in de ba’nya’d,
Nary a step so proud ez his;
Keep on struttin’, Mistah Tu’key,
Yo’ do’ know whut time it is.
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Blog postThe Black Cat
by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
For the most wild, yet most homely narrative which I am about to pen, I neither expect nor solicit belief. Mad indeed would I be to expect it, in a case where my very senses reject their own evidence. Yet, mad am I not – and very surely do I not dream. But to-morrow I die, and to-day I would unburthen my soul. My immediate purpose is to place before the world, plainly, succinctly, and without comment, a series of mere household even9 months ago Read more -
Blog postBelieve it or not, writing a novel isn’t as simple as sitting down and typing a manuscript. Without the right planning, you could run into stale characters, plot holes, and forgotten story points. One crucial, but very simple, planning tool is the “plot embryo,” but what is it?
Photo by Toa Heftiba on Unsplash What Is it?
Most of the time, writers only have their beginning and ending in mind, but what about everything in between? If you’re familiar with Dan Harmon, the brillia11 months ago Read more -
Blog postOut of the millions of stories humanity has produced, many of them fall into distinct patterns. Even from across completely different cultures, there is a persistent cycle of story that gets written about frequently. A guideline that is followed without ever being taught. A similar outline that great poets and prose authors of ancient myths have used that continues to gain use today. That model of story is the Hero’s Journey, the most classical storytelling structure.
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Titles By Stacy Benedict
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Will she survive?
Two years have passed since Yarah helped Blaire escape the evil magic controlling her, but it came at a price. Yarah lost her family, and Blaire is living under a curse that has left her blind, deaf, and mute.
Yarah sold everything she owned and devoted her life to being Blaire's fulltime caregiver, but there is no rest for the broken. The new Primordial leader has Yarah dragged to her office because she needs information that only Blaire can provide. Getting this knowledge requires using a powerful spell which will render Blaire brain dead--if she lives.
Yarah races to find an antidote to Blaire's curse while avoiding the clutches of the new leader, but nothing is as it seems.
The evil magic Yarah thought she'd erased was merely waiting to destroy her and the people she loves.
Only one question remains: will she survive long enough to save them and the world?
Two years have passed since Yarah helped Blaire escape the evil magic controlling her, but it came at a price. Yarah lost her family, and Blaire is living under a curse that has left her blind, deaf, and mute.
Yarah sold everything she owned and devoted her life to being Blaire's fulltime caregiver, but there is no rest for the broken. The new Primordial leader has Yarah dragged to her office because she needs information that only Blaire can provide. Getting this knowledge requires using a powerful spell which will render Blaire brain dead--if she lives.
Yarah races to find an antidote to Blaire's curse while avoiding the clutches of the new leader, but nothing is as it seems.
The evil magic Yarah thought she'd erased was merely waiting to destroy her and the people she loves.
Only one question remains: will she survive long enough to save them and the world?
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The past or the future? A human existence or immortality?
Blaire Underhill has accepted her new life. No longer a polite pharmacist, she now belongs to an international group of hunters who save humans from Primordial monsters. Her past, however, isn't done with her. An e-mailed message brings news that her wife, Yarah, is living a nightmare.
Personal demons, self-doubt, and an unstoppable power that compels Blaire to kill block her path to return home, but leaving Yarah to suffer at the hands of her enemy is not an option.
Can Blaire save her wife from a fate worse than death? Or will her ill-gotten magical powers devour her soul before she even makes it home?
Blaire Underhill has accepted her new life. No longer a polite pharmacist, she now belongs to an international group of hunters who save humans from Primordial monsters. Her past, however, isn't done with her. An e-mailed message brings news that her wife, Yarah, is living a nightmare.
Personal demons, self-doubt, and an unstoppable power that compels Blaire to kill block her path to return home, but leaving Yarah to suffer at the hands of her enemy is not an option.
Can Blaire save her wife from a fate worse than death? Or will her ill-gotten magical powers devour her soul before she even makes it home?
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Party girl. Socialite. Addict.
Natalie Richards is all three. Her drug of choice is clay, the most addictive form of dark alchemy. When she doesn't come home after a week-long bender, her estranged mother is anxious to find her, but also anxious to keep Natalie's addiction a secret. Good thing Natalie's uncle, a powerful member of the Primordial Senate, has connections. Detectives Leela Sharma and Reidar Troelsen are assigned to the case. Together, they battle dark Alchemists, ferocious beasts, and supernatural politics to find Natalie before she overdoses, but they soon discover their simple case is bigger than one missing party girl when powerful families are involved.
Natalie Richards is all three. Her drug of choice is clay, the most addictive form of dark alchemy. When she doesn't come home after a week-long bender, her estranged mother is anxious to find her, but also anxious to keep Natalie's addiction a secret. Good thing Natalie's uncle, a powerful member of the Primordial Senate, has connections. Detectives Leela Sharma and Reidar Troelsen are assigned to the case. Together, they battle dark Alchemists, ferocious beasts, and supernatural politics to find Natalie before she overdoses, but they soon discover their simple case is bigger than one missing party girl when powerful families are involved.
Cerberus Confidential (Primordial Realms Book 1)
Sep 5, 2018
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One missing woman. Two detectives. Numerous suspects.
Detective Niels Troelsen is nervous and excited about working his first case. Find a human woman who has been missing for a few days. Simple, right? Turns out his missing person was keeping secrets, along with everyone else in her life.
Niels and his partner, Detective Elan Cohen, use their Canine-shifting abilities to sniff out clues, but the case is tougher than they thought and bodies are piling up.
Can they find her before she, too, ends up at the morgue?
Detective Niels Troelsen is nervous and excited about working his first case. Find a human woman who has been missing for a few days. Simple, right? Turns out his missing person was keeping secrets, along with everyone else in her life.
Niels and his partner, Detective Elan Cohen, use their Canine-shifting abilities to sniff out clues, but the case is tougher than they thought and bodies are piling up.
Can they find her before she, too, ends up at the morgue?
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A normal day turns into a nightmare for supernatural nurse Fionnley McCarthy when she switches bodies with a patient. Now she must learn to trust her Jane Doe mystery patient to find a cure for a preternatural disease. But with bizarre symptoms getting in their way, can Fionnley and Jane Doe find the remedy before the switch becomes permanent?
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