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L. J. Aldon
About: Lisa J. Aldon is the author of Riddle of the Jeweled Cipher and the International Semi-Finalist Award winner, Riddle of the Haunted Hoard, the two novels in the Pucci Riddle Mystery series. She currently lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico where she also works as an engineer and consciousness leadership consultant. She is the author of the non fiction book “Transcendent Leadership and the Evolution of Consciousness”. Her passions are helping the planet evolve, her family and her dog. She also loves helping earth bound spirits cross over.
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Riddle of the Haunted Hoard
Pucci Riddle is not your average freelance journalist and blogger. Along with a zest for life and a deep knowledge of craft-made liquors, she was born with an unusual gift: she sees ghosts.
Though her psychic abilities often interfere, Pucci tries to live a normal life. Let’s face it: Who would want to date a woman who talks to dead people?
When Pucci goes to Grand Cayman for a working holiday, she is surprised by a ghost at a rum
tasting. It quickly becomes clear that the ghost wants her help to solve a murder. Pucci has never solved a murder before, but she's not the kind of woman who backs down from a challenge. After she innocently tells the police the location of the body— and becomes a suspect in the murder— Pucci enlists the help of an old flame, a detective from Scotland Yard. Together they set out to solve the mystery before them, a trail— strewn with kidnappings, riddles, sunken ships—that will lead them to hidden treasure, perhaps the greatest hoard ever found on British soil.
But Pucci and her allies must make haste. Not only are the police after her. The Dark Entities and the ruthless Shadow Man are hot on her trail.
Riddle of the Jeweled Cipher
History is written by the living. But the dead have their own stories to tell.
Pucci Riddle has built a career as a critic and investigator, uncovering the hidden histories of the world’s finest liquors. But when a jeweled cipher is discovered inside a locket from the infamous Cheapside Hoard, her rare gift for seeing ghosts draws her into a mystery centuries old—and far more dangerous than she ever imagined.
Pucci follows its trail to Scotland, where ancient castles rise from the mist, rugged coastlines whisper of forgotten legends, and centuries-old ruins guard their secrets. What begins as a simple writing assignment quickly spirals into a treacherous hunt for an artifact tied to the Knights Templar, Rosslyn Chapel, and the mystical powers of King Solomon.
As spectral voices whisper cryptic clues, Pucci realizes she’s not the only one searching for the truth. An unseen enemy will stop at nothing to reclaim the cipher and unlock an ancient power lost to time.
With her friends and Detective Olan Lathen—a man whose investigative instincts are as sharp as his buried connection to this mystery—Pucci must decipher an ancient code, evade ruthless adversaries, and unravel the truth… before the Shadow Man claims another victim.
Stuart Mascair
Stuart Mascair is a self-published author, and proud member of the Cherokee Nation. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico where he enjoys hiking local trails. Stuart graduated from Evergreen State College with a Bachelor of Arts in political science with an emphasis on literature. In 2021, he received his Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe.
When not writing, Stuart can be found jamming out to some tunes, painting little army men, trying out a new recipe, or looking for a new digital artist to inspire him.
A Gradient into Shadows
A soldier is caught in a vortex of time on the Verdun Fields. A pair of vampires drive to a concert in the 1980’s. A Widow tells the story of a mysterious woman who came to meet her husband right before his death. The realm of Fairy is thrown into disarray when their prince comes down with a bad case of boredom. A teenager gets more than she bargained for from the dictatorial cheerleader of her new school. A cat goes on a quest to clear his good name with a raven companion.
These and many more short stories can be found in A Gradient into Shadows. A story collection written by Stuart Mascair, the Author of Witch of the Winter Moon. Read this short story collection if you love your speculative fiction to have a darker tone with a bright glimmer of light.
Witch of the Winter Moon
In the dark days of the second world war, in the early months of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, Nadia, a young magician is on the cusp of graduating into a full fledge witch. However, she struggles with the last challenge of achieving flight on her broomstick. While few approve of witchcraft in this age of modern magic and science, a nazi sorcerer has made it his business to wipe out of the witches of the east. Setting Nadia within his sights.
Nadia must call upon all her knowledge and guile to make allies, overcome dreadful violence, and emotional hardships to survive the most bloody and violent battlefield in human history. A task helped by the tomcat Dasha, her father’s old rifle, and the wise words of a Red Witch pointing her to a powerful coven to the north.
Witch of the Winter Moon is a novel about survival and discovering deeper mysteries. Where a magician’s skills can be the key difference between life and death in a world at war.
The Dungeon Awaits
October nights don’t last forever. Step into the haunted house Albuquerque won’t forget and see if you can make it through.