Weekend Briefing

Welcome back, agents. There are several fun orders of business today!

First of all, the chapter fourteen is up in Mind of Darkness is up. Emily is finding herself further from safety than ever before... Catch up reading here at Mind of Darkness so you can be ready for this week. A mysterious new hero is introduced... And Charisa makes a try at escape.

Mind of Darkness

Emily Rogers is ready for a summer that doesn't involve being cast away on islands or being chased around the globe. So when she's invited to an elite pre-college class along with her boyfriend, she jumps at the chance. But things are not all they seem at the Yin Program. Students are disappearing, and someone seems to be toying with their minds...

Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, Charsia O'Dell is anticipating a summer of romance and adventure with her crime-fighting partner. But she never expects that they'll be kidnapped and taken to an underground bunker to be guinea pigs to a mad scientist named Jin Yin. Most shocking of all, she learns that they are not the only super humans in the world...

Somehow, Emily and Charisa have to break out of the prisons imposed upon them to decipher the conspiracy before their minds are enslaved by the darkness within...

Also, for any artist, good or not quite so confident, interested in Mind of Darkness, be sure to check out the fan art contest at https://www.wattpad.com/story/158028853-dystopian-takevoer-fan-art-contest and enter for a chance at publication!

Speaking of art, it's time to reveal the crown illustration of the upcoming Kristian Clark and the Ruptured Reality (and other short stories) anthology collection that will be releasing this holiday season- with all profit going to charity. 

From the talented artist, Maddy Moore (https://www.deviantart.com/livingalivecreator) comes this stunning full-colored illustration of Kristian Clark and his leading lady (whose name I can't disclose for spoiler reasons- you'll just have to read the first two book!).

Are you ready?

All right, agents, here it comes...

From "Kristian Clark and the Ruptured Reality"

And now, for the Choose-Whose-Story-Gets-Told contest!

Excited about the upcoming anthology? Well, it's about to get a lot more exciting!

Starting today and ending August 31, you, dear agents, have a chance to vote on whose story you want told in the anthology! Which character do you want to learn the backstory of? See fall in love? Watch have a chance to be the hero of their own story? Well, now here's your chance to have a say in the matter! 

And if you haven't read the series yet (or are terrible with names, because it happens), here's a list of the best candidates with bios.

Name: Agent Amelia Debian
Affiliation: ESE
Skill set: Con Woman
Need to Know: She doesn't mean to steal your heart. It just happens.

Name: Garret Smith
Affiliation: ESE
Skill set: Muscle
Need to Know: He has a sweet maternal aunt and a psychotic fraternal aunt. Do not mistake them one for the other. It may be the last thing you do.

Name: Robbie Bali
Affiliation: ESE
Skill set: Tech
Need to Know: He is deathly afraid of ghosts.

Name: Jillian Crown
Affiliation: Citizen of the United States
Skill set: Inventor
Need to Know: She has no official loyalties, but she has been a civilian consultant to the ESE.

Name: Jack Crown
Affiliation: Formerly of an unnamed rogue agency run by Kristian Clark
Skill set: Tech
Need to Know: He died under mysterious circumstances that possibly involved SHF technology.

Name: Marina Ivanov
Affiliation: Citizen of the United States (formerly of Russia)
Skill set: Private Investigator
Need to Know: She has no official loyalties, but is a frequent contact of Kristian Clark.

Name: Peter Quin
Affiliation: ESE
Skill set: Base Tech
Need to Know: He was an army chaplain before joining the agency. Is married to a Bianca Quin, who is affiliated with the CIA.

Name: Felicity (no last name known)
Affiliation: SHF
Skill set: Recruiter
Need to Know: She belongs to a ghost agency that has no official files anywhere and seems to be afflicted with insanity. Approach with extreme caution.

There are two ways to vote. One, you can email your choice to pause.for.tales@gmail.com or visit our agency home at Goodreads and vote on the poll at Club Drewniverse. If there is an agent or other character whose story you want told not represented in the list, you can write in a request. Just note that Agents Kristian Clark (and his family), Susan Deanna, and Liam already have stories included in the anthology.

Well, that was a lot- but it's all in a day's work for the agency. Join us in two weeks for the results! Until then, visit the agency at Goodreads, Wattpad, or Pinterest (Book Boards), and try not to do anything that might get you brain-wiped. Ciao!