Losing Logan
HAUNTING ZOE by Sherry D. Ficklin Available NOW! GET IT FREE ON SMASHWORDS *Haunting Zoe will be FREE on Amazon soon! Logan woke up with a big problem. He’s extremely dead. No one from his former life seems able to see or hear him, making his afterlife little more than a miserable nightmare. That is, […]
A to Z Challenge: M is for Medusa
I know what you’re thinking–you know who Medusa is. How could you not know? She’s the lady with the snake hair who slew people with her gaze. As a child, Medusa fascinated me. I don’t even remember the name of the show, but I remember the scene where Perseus walks into the cave where Medusa […]
A to Z: L is for Lamia
In recent years, I doubt anyone could get away from the recent vampire hype. But vampires aren’t the only blood sucking creatures out there. The Lamia may be just as infamous, though not as well-known. Myths vary on Lamia’s origin. Some say Hera slew her children, so Lamia stole other children as retribution. The Lamia […]
A to Z Challenge: K is for Keres
Keres–Have you heard of them? If not, here’s the scoop. The Keres are winged demons who, like the Fates, were daughters of Night. They are associated with the personifications of death and doom. And some claim that they may be involved with the destinies assigned to each person at their birth. How cool is that? […]
A to Z Challenge: J is for Judgment of Paris
There’s a reason why Greek myths are still around today. Sure, they’re a piece of history and important to our culture, but they’re also just fun. They’re like soap operas or, as is the case of today’s myth, a bad episode of Jerry Springer. (You remember Jerry Springer, right?) It started with a banquet. Zeus […]
Cover Reveal- A Losing Logan Novella
COVER REVEAL- A Losing Logan Novella HAUNTING ZOE by Sherry D. Ficklin Available 4/18/14 Logan woke up with a big problem. He’s extremely dead. No one from his former life seems able to see or hear him, making his afterlife little more than a miserable nightmare. That is, until the day of his funeral, when […]
A to Z Challenge: I is for Ixion
Ixion is a Greek character I’ve gotten to know over the years. He plays a major part in my third book, DemonSpark. First I’ll give you the synopsis of my book, and then I’ll tell you how Ixion plays into the story: Lily White has two challenges. First, she struggles to keep her ancestry a […]
A to Z Challenge: H is for Hermione
I know who we all think of when we hear the name Hermione, but did you know that she was also a Greek heroine? Hermione was the only daughter of King Menelaus of Sparta and Helen of Troy. There is some confusion regarding her betrothal. Some sources say that she was betrothed to two different […]
A to Z Challenge: G is for Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh, while not commonly thought of as a Greek hero, does play a role in mythology. He was the legendary ruler of Uruk, a city-state in ancient Sumer. He became the hero of the world’s oldest narrative poem. We as a culture didn’t learn of Gilgamesh’s tale until the 1850s, while archaeologists excavated Ninevah, the […]
A to Z Challenge: F is for Furies
For today’s post I’ve chosen the Furies. I was somewhat familiar with the Furies before writing this segment, but didn’t know how they came to be, or what their exact role was in mythology. Do you know? If not, keep reading, the answers may surprise you. The Furies, also called the Dirae, were born from […]