The Who, Eminem, Linkin Park, Ludicris, Our Lady Peace, ACDC, Rob Zombie, White Zombie, Pink Floyd, REM, Queen, Alice Cooper, Faith No More, Tool, Godsmack and so on. I also absolutely love some musicals, especially Andrew Lloyd Webber, sorry about that but I can't help it. I like some operas such as "The Medium" by Carlos Menotti. I can't stand most country music. It hurts...
Movies
Clockwork Orange, Tommy, The Shining, Jacob's Ladder, Hellraiser
Television
My dirty little secret is Desperate Housewives. I love The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Heroes, Weeds, Cheers, Seinfeld, Frasier, Carnivale, Six Feet Under, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Starved, Big Love...I used to be hooked on Dateline and 48 Hours and other news shows before I got involved with Derek. I don't watch as much tv as I used to. I guess cos I have a life now...
HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY is about a young lady, Hester, in Old England who retires from her life of prostituting when she meets her abusive husband, Boris, and goes to work at a local tavern as a barmaid and singer.
When mysterious, handsome, Hungarian stranger, Vidor, sees her sing, he whisks her away to his mansion to teach his spoiled niece Gizi.
Hester often dreams of running away with gypsies and her dreams intensify at the manor.
The house is full of decadant fantasy and mysterious rooms. Vidor holds secret parties for guests who have very pointed teeth and wear masks.
Hester discovers that there is a dark side to the gothic manor, and though she may live out her most depraved fantasies, there is a price to pay.
EXCERPT from CHAPTER ONE of HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY:
Hungarian Rhapsody
By
Sephera Giron
CHAPTER ONE
Lively music made by strings and tambourines
echoed in the distance. Barely heard, yet still discernible, distant vibrations tingled through her flesh.
Hester cocked her head, peering into the darkness.
Through the darkness, she had a vision. A waking
glimpse of a dream half remembered.
It had always started the same way. She couldn’t
pinpoint the time the dreams started, but they had
ebbed and flowed throughout her life as a friend or
confidant. Sometimes when she found herself back in
the dreamscape, she sighed with remembrance. Other
times she would look around herself with horror,
pondering release from the cloying moistness of
night sweats.
There was always the lure of the music. It haunted
her, tormented her, yet teased her to follow it. Taste
it. Touch it.
The music filled her blood, giving her the urge to
dance, to spin, to feel the freedom from the long,
heavy fabric of her dress as it spilled out around her
as she swirled. Yet amongst the joyful beat moaned
the mournful wails of violins. Discordant melodies
would fill her dancing feet with dread. She couldn’t
stop dancing nor could she wallow in the haunting
sighs of the music.
The people who made the music were always just
out of reach. Out of sight. They flitted in the corner of
her eye as if dashing from one spot to another. Sometimes
she emerged from the desolate darkness into a
clearing where a bright campfire crackled. Other
times she would remain in the darkness, taunted by
random, flashing glimpses.
When the fire flames crackled, she danced in the
orange light. Faces laughed and leered. These were
the well-worn faces of strangers. Mouths curved in
mocking laughter as yellowed teeth glinted in the
firelight. Dark eyes were slits as faces crinkled. Age
meant little as the harsh lines of life ringed faces of
both young and old.
Once, a hand had reached out to touch the hem
of Hester’s dress as she danced. A rush of heat had
warmed her ankles and spread up through her legs. It
fanned out across her pelvis and her senses quivered.
Her nipples grew hard as she experienced the longing
of her own loins for the first time. Adolescence had
arrived in a nightmare.
House of Pain is about a couple who build a dream house on the site where serial killers had committed atrocious crimes. Based on the Paul Bernardo/Karla Homoka stories.
The Birds and the Bees is about killer birds and killer bees and a bunch of strange relationships.
Borrowed Flesh is about an aging witch who slaughters virgins to keep her looks. There is a teen hip hop girl who aspires to be the next Eminem who is searching for her missing virginal friend and must confront the witch. This book was inspired by the hip hop scene though it's written for everyone over the age of sixteen.
Mistress of the Dark is the diary of a female serial killer who works as a waitress in New York City. Why is it that you always kill the one you love...?
The Kama Sutra Seductions Deck will be out in August 2007. This is a self-help book for lovers of intimate positions inspired by the Kama Sutra.
Hungarian Rhapsody will be out in November 2007. This is the story of Hester who has weird dreams about gypsies and yearns to go live with them. It takes place in the 1800s. This book is erotic and there are vampires.
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My latest book is Mistress of the Dark from Leisure Books. If you like serial killers or horror stories, you will enjoy this confessional diary of a deranged waitress in New York City. If you like Johnny Depp, you'll love this obsessional tale about a female serial killer obsessed with Johnny Depp and a Johnny Depp look alike!
There is a review of Mistress of the Dark in Hellnotes, a site everyone should be reading. This reviewer totally "got" my story and I love some of his descriptions such as "Judy Blume meets Beelzebub narration". hehe....
HELLNOTES review of Mistress of the Dark
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There are all sorts of people I'd love to meet but I don't know what I'd say to them. Most of them are musicians I've admired over the years. There are a few writers too. There are also people I've met but yearn to see again...so it goes!
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