Supergirls
by Mav
Skye
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BLURB:
Sisters
Jenn and May have finally found their golden ticket out of the slums. Pervy
sugar daddy, Frederick Bells, promises to be an easy score with a big
payoff—millions are hidden within his mansion.
The
plan is simple: tie up the pig, steal his cash, and skip town. But fate has a
different plan, including a villain with a wicked imagination. The sisters
resort to playing their childhood game SUPERGIRLS to battle their fears in
Bell’s den of horrors.
Will
the SUPERGIRLS find their prize or will their heads join the pile behind the
black cellar door?
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EXCERPT:
I dump out another drawer. “No, May, we can’t just off him
like in the movies. You aren’t a killer and neither am I.” I stop and look at
her. She looks away from me, then glances down at the kitchen knife. Maybe
giving it to her was not such a hot idea.
She growls, “You don’t know what he did to me. Maybe I am a
killer.”
I slam a drawer. “It’s almost over now. I’ll be able to take
care of you. Neither of us will ever have to--”
“He’s a pig,” whispers May, her frail body wavering in the
firelight. “An ugly pink pig. And I
think the pig needs to be butchered.” The black silk floats from May’s shoulder
and lands on Piggy’s face. It makes his throat more prominent. Great rolls of
red pink flesh mound up and blubber out.
“Piggy, piggy,” says May, her face changes, hardens. She
lifts the knife to stab.
I jump out from behind the desk and snatch the knife. “May!”
She looks at me startled, then back down to the squirming
body on the floor. “Oh,” she says and shrugs like it was a joke.
I recognize the look on her face, the illness coming on. She
calls it Letting Go. I call it psychosis. Welcome to hell.
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What is your
writing environment?
It’s changed quite a bit over the last six years, and I’ve found I
can write just about anywhere, whether it be in the middle of the living room
surrounded by hyper two year olds and ten teenagers, or on my bed with my
laptop. Currently, I’ve made a cozy spot in the attic of my hundred-year-old
house. The attic holds all my odds and ends from moving the last couple of
years, along with my posters of Godzilla and old pulp prints. Music is key for
me. If I can plug in some groovy tunes and get lost in my story worlds,
anywhere is good.
Who is your perfect hero and why?
I’ve always called King’s Roland of Gilead from the Dark Tower
series my hero. Not as in a guy I’d like to do, but as in a character that is
highly complicated, multi-faceted. His character is made of stone, grit and
heart. He sets asides everything for what he thinks is right. He journeys both
alone and with his loyal his friends. Together they are willing to sacrifice
themselves for his goal of reaching the dark tower. Roland’s character moves me
to be a better person and causes me to consider my own life.
What authors have caught your interest lately and why?
I’ve recently discovered A.R Wise’s “314” series. He is a
successful indie writer who “failed” in the traditional publishing industry.
His characterization and suspense building skills are amazing. When I’m reading
his stories I can hardly put my kindle down and I get grumpy from lack of
sleep. I’ve also gotten into Flannery O’Connor’s works after all these years.
Her characters touch me. And her metaphors are simply fantastic. I’ve found myself
reaching for her short story collection night after night.
What type of
book have you always wanted to write?
I want to write about rebel scarecrows gathering in hordes and
chasing down their own monsters (farmers.) I want to write a wild horror fantasy
about the vast and lonely kingdom of the Boogey Man, how his once golden heart
turned to stone, and now he stalks and preys upon the living. I want to write
an epic fairy tale about fairies abandoned by their god in an earth forest. How
they are hated by reality. The ants, in particular, are obsessed with ridding
the world of the flying creatures and are bent on genocide. The story would be
a three-book series blending fantasy, horror, and romance. I’d love to get Amy
Browne to illustrate this. That would be a dream. I want to write a world where
the mythological gods come back and struggle for control over humanity, and how
one man and one woman can overcome them all. I want to write about co-joined
sisters on mars. They are children of the stars, and must find and overcome the
Golden God born of the mighty Cthulhu. I have so many book ideas I want to
write, I’d just about drive myself flaming mad trying to write them all…and I
hope I do.
Top 3 things
on your bucket list?
*Hot Air Balloon somewhere—anywhere—to the moon and back.
*My as yet unpublished erotic fantasy tale “Xscents” features a
waterfall that is based on the Gotca Falls of Peru. A trail leads up from
Cocachimba to the upper or lower falls. I would love, love, LOVE to travel to
Peru and do both of the hikes. Gotca Falls are rumored to be home to a mermaid.
*Next? Well, I’d love to volunteer to live in the first colony on
Mars. I would hope that I’d get to wear a skintight quicksilver suit and dig
tunnel homes in the Martian sand like an ant. There’s a slight possibility this
may not happen, so in lieu I would love to write a script for a horror/suspense
TV show one day.
How did you
get the idea for this particular novel?
I was still grieving over losing my dad. My son’s mental illness
was out of control. There was a lot going on in my life that was out of my
hands. I felt like a failure. I knew I needed to keep writing to work the
creative muscles, but the words wouldn’t come. I felt dead inside. One day when
I was feeling particularly sad and needed to do something with all that
passionate (and negative) energy I was feeling, I wrote the first sentence of Supergirls. It was dark, fierce, and
edgy. I wanted to jump up and scream THIS IS IT! This is how I feel! I wrote
the entire first draft in two days nailing every emotion I was feeling, every
dark thought I had…including the balance of humor and love for my sisters. I
love my siblings; I would do anything for them. But sometimes even when your
motives are pure, the result is dark and dividing. Supergirls is the result of this painful lesson and the
passionate emotions I was feeling through the grief process. It was also an
exploration of love, of right and wrong and the gray area that lies between.
What is your favorite scene in your new release?
There were several scenes that I geeked out over, but I would have
to say my favorite is when Jenn and May are in the room with the “sisters of
pain”, marble statues of naked women begging for mercy. Hundreds of ornate
daggers dangle from the ceiling, blades down. Jenn and May discover that the
statues are rigged to move—arms wave, heads tilt, eyes blink. When the sound
system starts blasting dance music, and the statues dance, Jenn and May,
already on the brink of a mental break, dance with them. When you are trapped
in the mad man’s mansion and the sisters of pain start dancing, you dance with
them. What else is there to do? It’s a bizarre, fun scene that chilled me to
the bone.
What are you working on now and when can we expect it to be available?
I’m working on my first full-length novel, a horror romance called
Wanted: Single Rose. I’ve been
working my tush off to get it ready by October. Whether I will be able to get
all the editing done in time is another matter. I’ve also written the second
book in the Supergirls series called Night Without Stars. It’s even darker,
more gorgeous than Supergirls and I
hope to release in early 2015. Between those, I’m hoping to release a backlist
of 5-6 years worth of stories I’ve had published in print and on the web under
my other name.
What do you like to do when you are not writing?
I love refinishing furniture, and have gotten into spray painting
things. You can create a crazy chaotic mess and in the end have a dazzling
piece of furniture. I also have ducks that I absolutely delight in caring for.
They quack at my front door step every night letting me know it’s time to be
fed or perhaps they are quoting Romeo from Shakespeare, who the F really knows?
Spending time with my kids is also very important to me. I believe you get out
what you put in, and I couldn’t be prouder of each of them. We like to watch
Doctor Who together, mess around at the beach, and play the board game Survive:
Escape from Atlantis.
What would you consider a perfect date?
I like rock concerts. At my age, it’s the one place you fit in
with torn jeans and dark makeup. I also think it would be to fun to go to a
murder mystery theater dinner. I’ve never done that, and would love to solve
crime over dinner—Mrs. Cleaver in the fridge with a head of lettuce!
What is one interesting fact about you that readers don’t know?
I still have the lips of the first boy who kissed me. In a jar. In
the back of the freezer.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
When Mav Skye
isn't turning innocent characters into axe murderers, refinishing old
furniture, chasing around her spring ducklings, or reading the latest horror
novel, she's editing at the almighty Pulp Metal Magazine.
She adores
puppies, pirates, skulls, red hots, Tarantino movies and yes, Godzilla.
Especially
Godzilla.
She is the
author of Supergirls and The Undistilled Sky. Look for her wicked horror
romance, Wanted:Single Rose, this fall and the second book in the Supergirls
series, Night without Stars, early 2015.
Find Me:
Website: http://www.mavskye.com/
Twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/MavSkye
Facebook
Page: http://on.fb.me/1qPcFVK
Goodreads: http://bit.ly/1mtblVa
Supergirls is available in print or ebook at:
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