Where were you when the lights went out? It was an exceptionally warm May evening, just a few weeks ago. Our family was gathered around the table chatting when suddenly, the power went out. Living in rural northwest Illinois, occasional power outages are just part of life. Whether it’s a combine taking out a power…
Tag: Haunted Tales
Voices from Above
School was finally over! And, because of a mix-up in testing, the grammar school was released a day earlier than the middle school and high school. So the two little girls rejoiced that they could stay home and play while their older siblings still had to go to school. After a quick breakfast, they hurried…
Freaky Friday the 13th
It’s not the kind of thing you generally share outside the family. People tend to point and whisper behind your back. Because, how can you prove that you really do, indeed, have a ghost living in your house? When my son was about sixteen, he was part of a varsity choir group in our high…
Mary O’Reilly Book 15 – Haunted Tales – is now available
The death of a beloved fourth-grade teacher has haunted Andrew Tyler his entire life. Was it really an accidental death or was she murdered? And if it was only an accident, why did her ghost haunt the hallways of the old, abandoned school in Polo, Illinois? Andrew calls on Mary O’Reilly to solve…
Halloween Short Story – Tales Around the Jack O’Lantern
This Halloween Short Story will be out by the end of the week. Here’s a brief description – this is a story that’s set when Mary is attending the Police Academy. She is with her family on Halloween night and they have a tradition of sharing ghost stories with each other once the trick-or-treaters are done…
Loose Ends featured in a box set!
Terri is SO excited to be included in a box set, “Crimes of Passion,” with five other amazing romantic suspense authors! The books in the set are: BODY OF EVIDENCE – Rachel Grant HER SANCTUARY – Toni Anderson TWENTY-EIGHT AND A HALF WISHES – Denise Grover Swank LOOSE ENDS – Terri Reid LOVE AND SMOKE…
Surprise Mary O’Reilly short story for Christmas!
Terri just released a BRAND NEW short Christmas Story from the Mary O’Reilly series called The Three Wise Guides. Mary O’Reilly is shot in the line of duty and discovers, with the help of three very wise ghosts, what her new gift is all about. Click here to find it on Amazon. Merry Christmas!
Amelia’s Galena Tours
So excited!! My books have a new place to hang out – Amelia’s Galena Tours – https://www.facebook.com/AmeliasGalenaTours. Amelia does Ghost tours in Galena, IL – actually takes you out and lets you use the equipment – how cool is that?! Anyway – she is also selling Mary O’Reilly books in print now. So, if you are…