Thank you for checking out the cover reveal for the upcoming release of YA Anthology Light in the Darkness!

Light in the Darkness
Being young is hard, especially with a rough home life. Not to mention if you have a special ability that sets you apart from others, leaving you feeling like an outsider, or the freak that no one understands. Living in the shadows doesn’t have to last forever. Only you can change the road you're on, just look within yourself and accept who you are. Once you do, you will find your Light in the Darkness.
Publisher: Ivy Media Press
Cover Design by Airicka Phoenix of Airicka’s Mystical Creations
Anthology Contributors:  JP Gibbs, Dennis Tyler, Emily Piland, Timothy L. Frasier, Will Overby, Tabitha Short, Elizabeth Loraine, Carlyle Labuschagne, DJ Shaw, Candy Crum, Stacie Wilson and Casey L. Bond
The e-book version of Light in the Darkness will release on August 11, 2014. All proceeds from this anthology will be donated to Literacy for Incarcerated Teens (LIT), a non-profit organization based in New York.

Make sure to keep your eyes peeled on this blog to find out when the print version of Light in the Darkness will be released. I'm honored to have been included in this anthology with some AMAZING authors! These are some seriously GREAT stories. :-)

Here is an excerpt from my story that has been included in this awesome antho!

Anticipating her sister’s question she said, “Would you like to come with me?”

Nearly bursting with excitement Elsa popped up from her seat, ran around the table and gave her sister a fierce hug, “Oh, yes! Yes, yes, yes, yes! Can we leave now?”

Laughing at her sister’s exuberance she replied, “Not yet, Elsa. We should eat the breakfast Mom has worked so hard to cook for us. We have time; the shop doesn’t open for another hour.”

Their mother was laughing at them as Elsa returned to her seat and began eating her breakfast. Then she gave Callie a look over her younger daughter’s head. Callie knew that look.

It said, Make sure you don’t get anything trashy. Remember you are MY daughter and I won’t have you wearing anything that will make the boys think you are easy.

She shook her head at her mom, she was aware of what her mother thought appropriate for her girls to wear. It was one of the reasons she was invisible at school. She felt the same way about some of the clothes the other girls wore but there were some styles that weren’t as racy as what Jessica, Tiffany and Blair wore that Callie wouldn’t mind wearing though she would never tell her mom that.

She had fought with her mom for hours just to get permission to go the party so she would respect her wishes to wear something appropriate. Her mother would have the final say as to what Callie stepped out the door in anyway so she may as well cut that fight off at the beginning.

Their mother finally took her seat so that they could start eating breakfast. They ate in silence, each lost in their own thoughts. Every once in a while Elsa would squirm, showing Callie how impatient she was to be done with eating and out the door. Callie’s amusement grew as she watched her little sister. If she had known that Elsa would get this excited about doing such a mundane thing with her she would have started inviting her to do things more often.

Having finished their meal, Callie ran upstairs to get the money she had placed in her nightstand drawer.

Coming back down, she found Elsa standing by the front door bouncing on the balls of her feet.

“Let’s go say good-bye to mom then we can leave,” she said with a laugh.