BOOKS | susanmcdonough

MY BOOKS

I write science fiction and fantasy with the occasional history/ romance/ humor/ paranormal thrown in. I have been told my books are too "quirky" and don't fit any genre well enough to be published by a mainstream publisher. Check one out and see what you think...

Arabella's Gift

Arabella has special "gifts" which cause some to consider her a witch. She's kidnapped by a dragon who is really a bishop...

Won the LA Romance Writer's Association Best Bet for Bestseller and 2nd place in the Indiana Romance Wrier's Association Golden Opportunity contest.

Read an excerpt from Chapter One.

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Snail's Pace

"...picture Chow-Yun Fat or Yul Brynner as a really big snail...

All creatures great and small, there are some things that we just can't escape. That's a point that [McDonough] manages to suggest in a gentle, amusing way in this comedy of manners that is unlike any you've read up to this time." -- Lisa Dumond of The SF Site

" I'm glad I stepped outside my genre comfort zone and gave this one a try. It was truly a fun read!" Book Addict on Amazon

Read an excerpt from Chapter One.

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Matriarchs: Eliza's Revenge

Won the genre novel category in the Pacific Northwest Writer's Conference.

Winga is a woman from Gaia. She married an offworld man - a scandalous thing to do - but he has died and she is pregnant. Captain Rifkin Lile has been ordered to marry Winga and accompany her to Gaia to investigate a possible smuggling operation. Their partnership is not a happy one.

Read Dreaming True, a parable from Gaia.

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Lizzie in the Land Beyond

I finished Lizzie's story with the help of the Online Writer's Workshop. We got Lizzie away from the witches, past the trolls and into the Goblin Market.

Lizzie's journey is a little like Alice's and a little like Dorothy's, but mostly her journey is about recovering one's self.

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Read an excerpt from Chapter one.

Lizzie is available from iBooks, from Google Play , from Kobo, and from Barnes and Noble

Ferry Findings:

Short stories from the Pacific Northwest

This anthology will be published by Kitsap Publishing sometime this year. Stories by me, photos by Glenn Wachtman.

Wonderful things can happen

on the beach,

on the water,

in the rain...

and they often do.

Read the short story Seal Story.

Read the short story It's Magic.