Halloween is one of my favorite holidays because it’s all about letting your imagination run free and frolic in the leaves.
The new
chill in the air, goblins and princesses, fairies and firefighters roaming the
neighborhood at dusk and dark, dancing skeletons and cackling witches welcoming
you to suburban homes, the spooky music…oh yes, the freedom of Halloween fires
my imagination.
Not too
surprising since I write genie romance. Genies – formally called djinn or jinn –
are supernatural beings (from ancient Middle Eastern and South Asian mythology)
who can melt into shadows, travel between parallel dimensions and grant your deepest,
darkest wishes.
It’s easy
to imagine a djinn –a tall, dark, gorgeous specimen – watching from the
shadows. Easy to hear all kinds of dire whispers floating in the wind. And, so
very easy to dream up sexy adventures.
This year
though I wanted to write a ghost story for Halloween. And, I ended up with DEAD,
a multicultural ghost story dealing with an often invisible aspect of the
immigrant experience. Nasreen, the Indian-American protagonist, grapples with
her life and death in desolate West Texas.
Check out
the cover:
Available
on Amazon.
So what’s
your favorite Halloween read and why? Share and you could be one of two lucky,
randomly chosen, people to win a KINDLE copy of DEAD: A Ghost Story.
Wishing
you a genie-licious Halloween!
Author
Bio:
Mina Khan
is a Texas-based writer and food enthusiast. She grew up in
Bangladesh
on stories of djinns (pronounced "gins"), ghosts and monsters.
These
childhood fancies now color her fiction. She daydreams of hunky
paranormal
heroes, magic, mayhem and mischief and writes them down as tales of romance and
adventure.
Her first
published work, The Djinn's Dilemma, won the novella category of the 2012
Romance Through The Ages (published) contest.
Fifty
percent of the proceeds from her second novella, A Tale of Two Djinns, is
donated to UNICEF for education. Two Djinns is a Romeo & Juliet tale with
genies, feminists and a happy ending.
For more
information check out her:
Twitter:
@SpiceBites
