Although Shade and the Den of Lost Souls takes place between the second and third books in Marilyn Peake’s YA Paranormal Mystery Shade series, this short story can be read as a standalone story and an introduction to the series. It was originally published in the Fantasy Bridge anthology, Modern Magic.
Before leaving home for her freshman year at a college for magically gifted students, Shade feels she has unfinished business she needs to address. Experiencing vague memories that she may have heard ghosts earlier in life than she’d originally thought, she decides to investigate the memories that are haunting her. Traveling to New Orleans with her best friend Kai, she discovers she’s not the only one with unfinished business. It’s like returning to the scene of a crime.
Although this story takes place in New Orleans, the setting is actually a combination of New Orleans and Southern Louisiana.
SHORT STORY. GENRES: YA Paranormal Mystery / YA Urban Fantasy.
USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author Marilyn Peake writes Science Fiction and Fantasy. She’s one of the contributing authors in Book: The Sequel, published by The Perseus Books Group, with one of her entries included in serialization at The Daily Beast. In addition, Marilyn has served as Editor for a number of anthologies. Her short stories have been published in numerous anthologies and on the literary blog, Glass Cases.
AWARDS: Silver Award, two Honorable Mentions and eight Finalist placements in the ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards, two Winner and two Finalist placements in the EPPIE Awards, Winner of the Dream Realm Awards, Finalist placement in the 2015 National Indie Excellence Book Awards, Winner of “Best Horror” in the eFestival of Words Best of the Independent eBook Awards, Semi-Finalist placement in the Young Adult category of the Kindle Book Awards, and Gold Award in the Fantasy / Science Fiction category of the eLit Book Awards.