When the mysterious and feared Impresario rolls into a lackluster town known for being “on the way to bigger and better places,” no one is more annoyed/intrigued than sullen 16-year-old Ophelia. Of course, the angsty teen secretly aches to join the Impresario’s mystical act, but once she falls down his chilling rabbit hole, she may never be able to claw her way back to reality.
Discover the conclusion to this gothic tale—and ensure that the book actually sees the printed page—by preordering it on inkshares.com before Sept. 30. Penned by SLO author Robert Wren, Ophelia, Doll is currently competing against dozens of sci-fi and fantasy novels for the coveted Inkshares/Nerdiest Publishing Contract, and so far, it’s done pretty well (it even cracked the top five).
Crowdsourcing is a magical thing, but it only works if people know, share, and click! Show this local horror-and-comic-book-loving author that you’re intrigued with the Impresario, too, and preview the first chapter of the book by clicking over to inkshares.com/projects/Ophelia-doll.
This article appears in Sep 17-24, 2015.