Terri Bruce

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About Terri Bruce

Terri Bruce is the author of the paranormal/contemporary fantasy "Afterlife" series, which includes Hereafter (Afterlife #1) and Thereafter (Afterlife #2), and numerous short stories in various anthologies. She has been making up adventure stories for as long as she can remember. Like Anne Shirley, she prefers to make people cry rather than laugh, but is happy if she can do either. She produces hard-to-classify fantasy and science fiction stories that explore the supernatural side of everyday things from beautiful Downeast ME, where she lives with her husband and various cats. Visit her on the web at www.terribruce.net.

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Step Outside Your Comfort Zone: 101 Stories about Trying New Things, Overcoming Fears, and Broadening Your World Oct 31, 2017

by Amy Newmark

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Try new things, overcome your fears, and broaden your world. You’ll feel empowered and energized when you step outside your comfort zone!

Whether it’s something little—like trying a new food—or something big—like flying to a faraway country—we feel empowered when we do something that challenges us. You can do it! John Shedd said, “A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” Set sail from your safe harbor. Feel the wind, see new sights, and make your world bigger. These 101 true stories will help you do just that.

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Fell Beasts and Fair: A Noblebright Fantasy Anthology (Lucent Anthologies Book 2) Mar 20, 2018

by Leslie J. Anderson , C.A. Barrett , Terri Bruce , Aaron DaMommio , M.C. Dwyer , Anthony Eichenlaub , Francesca Forrest , Chloe Garner , C. J. Brightley

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In this exciting collection of noblebright fantasy, fresh new fantasy voices and award-winning authors explore grief and hope, sacrifice and heroism. Rediscover the best aspect of classic fantasy - the noblebright ideals that made heroes heroic, even when the world grew dark around them.

Thieves, dragons, nightmares, fairy warriors, pookas, enchanted bear-men, and other magical creatures will delight you in these unique tales of possibility, courage, and hope.

This anthology features stories from:
Leslie J. Anderson, C.A. Barrett, Terri Bruce, Aaron DaMommio, M.C. Dwyer, Anthony Eichenlaub, Francesca Forrest, Chloe Garner, W.R. Gingell, Lora Gray, Kelly A. Harmon, Tom Howard, Rollin Jewett, Tom Jolly, Samuel Marzioli, Amanda Nargi, Aimee Ogden, Beth Powers, Darrell J. Pursiful, Charles D. Shell, April Steenburgh, Alena Sullivan, and Troy Tang. Edited by Robert McCowen and C. J. Brightley.

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Hereafter (Afterlife #1) (The Afterlife Series) Jan 9, 2014

by Terri Bruce

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Why let a little thing like dying get in the way of a good time?

Thirty-six-year-old Irene Dunphy didn't plan on dying any time soon, but that’s exactly what happens when she makes one little mistake after a night bar-hopping with friends. She finds herself stranded on earth as a ghost, where the food has no taste, the alcohol doesn’t get you drunk, and the sex...well, let’s just say “don’t bother.” To make matters worse, the only person who can see her—courtesy of a book he found in his school library—is a fourteen-year-old boy genius obsessed with the afterlife.

Unfortunately, what waits in the Great Beyond isn’t much better. Stuck between the boring life of a ghost in this world and the terrifying prospect of three-headed hell hounds, final judgment, and eternal torment in the next, Irene sets out to find a third option—preferably one that involves not being dead anymore.

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Souls: A Short Story Collection Aug 4, 2020

by Terri Bruce

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There's magic and mystery around every corner, if you know where to look. This collection of eleven short stories from science fiction and fantasy author Terri Bruce explores the hidden corners of our world. Blending fantasy, horror, magical realism, and folklore, these tales will delight, mystify, and unsettle. Unicorns roam the New Hampshire countryside disguised as a biker gang. Portals to other worlds hide on commuter train platforms. And be careful of what really lurks at the bottom of those quaint wishing wells that dot the countryside. Strip away the veneer of everyday life and dare to see what lies just below the surface.

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American Gothic Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) Mar 23, 2021

by Monika Elbert , Terri Bruce , Ramsey Campbell , Maxx Fidalgo , Joshua Hiles , Russell James , Clayton Kroh , Sean Logan , Madison McSweeney , Lynette Mejía , Joe Nazare , Wendy Nikel , Christi Nogle , Lina Rather , M. Regan , Rebecca Ring , Mike Robinson , Lucy A. Snyder , Valerie B. Williams , Nemma Wollenfang

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With handsome young men who never grow old, and the strangest of relatives appearing from dark corridors and long shadows, the frenzied imagination of the American Gothic is a fertile theme for this next anthology in the Gothic fantasy short story series.

As with other titles in the series, new short fiction complements the work of classic authors including: Gertrude Atherton, Ambrose Bierce, Charles Brockden Brown, George Washington Cable, Charles W. Chesnutt, Kate Chopin, Ralph Adams Cram, Stephen Crane, Emma Dawson, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Ellen Glasgow, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, Shirley Jackson, Sarah Orne Jewett, Grace King, H.P. Lovecraft, Herman Melville, W.C. Morrow, Flannery O'Connor, Edgar Allan Poe, Annie Trumbull Slosson, Clark Ashton Smith, Harriet Prescott Spofford, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Edith Wharton, Madeline Yale Wynne.

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Irene and the Witch (Afterlife Book 3) Mar 15, 2018

by Terri Bruce

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Party girl Irene Dunphy thought being dead was bad and being stuck in purgatory even worse, but when her attempts to return to the land of the living as a guardian angel are derailed by a soul-stealing witch, she quickly learns there are things more terrible than death.

Note: This is a stand-alone series that introduces the reader to the Afterlife series. It can be read without having read any of the other books in the series.

“I have been loving this series ever since I read Hereafter. I knew it would be a different kind of ghost story and Terri Bruce’s imagination and creativity have taken me into a world both wondrous and frightening, and I am so happy I am only here as a visitor.” ~ Sherry Fundin, Fundinmental.com

“The afterlife, magic, and supernatural are themes I generally avoid. The fact that Terri Bruce managed to keep me turning pages all the way to the end is thus quite impressive.” ~ D.B. Rose, Amazon Review

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Double Take: Division By Zero 5 Jan 1, 2018

by Matthew Rohr , Tim Rohr , Sue Ann Culp , Nathaniel Bauer , F.J. Bergmann , Terri Bruce , Bill DeArmond , Jason Gillikin , Laura M. Hughes , Alison McBain , Stephen McQuiggan , Kristin Slater , Kelli VanDyke

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Double Take is the fifth installment of MiFIWriters anthology series, Division by Zero, and features 12 stories of the fantastic and the bizarre.

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Whereafter (Afterlife #3) (The Afterlife Series) Mar 13, 2016

by Terri Bruce

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How far would you go to get your life back?

Stuck in the afterlife on an island encircled by fire and hunted by shadows bent on trapping them there forever, Irene and Andras struggle to hold onto the last vestiges of their physical selves, without which they can never return to the land of the living. But it’s not just external forces they’ll have to fight as the pair grow to realize they have different goals. Irene still clings to the hope that she can somehow return to her old life—the one she had before she died—while Andras would be only too glad to embrace oblivion.

Meanwhile, Jonah, worried about Irene, desperately searches for a way to cross over to the other side, even if doing so means his death. His crossing over, however, is the one thing that could destroy Irene’s chances of returning home.

Too many obstacles, too many people to save, and the thing Irene most desperately wants—to return to her old life—seems farther away than ever. Only one thing is clear: moving on will require making a terrible sacrifice.

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It's Come to Our Attention (Third Flatiron Anthologies Book 15) Feb 20, 2016

by Pauline J. Alama , Philip Brian Hall , Nyki Blatchley , James Dorr , Greg Beatty , Terri Bruce , Joel Richards , Marie DesJardin , Arthur M. Doweyko , James H. Zorn , Wendy Nikel , Hunter Liguore , E. M. Eastick , Lisa Timpf , Juliana Rew

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"It's Come to Our Attention" from Third Flatiron Anthologies contains
imaginative speculative fiction short stories about things
that could be happening quietly, without a lot of fanfare, but which
could still be extremely significant or make a big difference.

Fourteen international authors come together in "It's Come to Our
Attention" from Third Flatiron Anthologies. Their stories scratch
below the surface to unearth a world of hidden gems:

Visit a landfill to hear some real trash talk. Tag along with an alien
agent here to save the earth from his hideout in the insane
asylum. Bust a conspiracy to change the climate via mind control. Form
an unhealthy attachment to your radio. Go down to the basement even
though we told you not to. Decide on the pros and cons of
immortality. Tell a librarian she would look beautiful without her
glasses. Find out what's at the bottom of the wishing well (besides
coins). Indulge in a little illegal but highly satisfying genetic
tinkering. Acknowledge the debt we all owe to French culture.

Contributors include Pauline J. Alama, James H. Zorn, Wendy Nikel, Philip Brian Hall, Hunter Liguore, Nyki Blatchley, James Dorr, Greg Beatty, Terri Bruce, Joel Richards, Marie DesJardin, Arthur M. Doweyko, E. M. Eastick, and Lisa Timpf.

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Thereafter (Afterlife #2) (The Afterlife Series) Apr 17, 2014

by Terri Bruce

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Nothing in life is free. Turns out, nothing in the afterlife is, either.

When recently-deceased Irene Dunphy decided to “follow the light,” she thought she’d end up in Heaven or Hell and her journey would be over.

Boy, was she wrong.

She soon finds that “the other side” isn’t a final destination but a kind of purgatory where billions of spirits are stuck, with no way to move forward or back. Even worse, deranged phantoms known as “Hungry Ghosts” stalk the dead, intent on destroying them. The only way out is for Irene to forget her life on earth—including the boy who risked everything to help her cross over—which she’s not about to do.

As Irene desperately searches for an alternative, help unexpectedly comes in the unlikeliest of forms: a twelfth-century Spanish knight and a nineteenth-century American cowboy. Even more surprising, one offers a chance for redemption; the other, love. Unfortunately, she won’t be able to have either if she can’t find a way to escape the hellish limbo where they’re all trapped.

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