Mikeal is a kite surfer in North Carolina, raised by his grandparents.  After they are murdered, he rents the inherited cottage to Alexis, an actress.  Together this unlikely pair decides to investigate.  Award winning poet, LB Sedlacek, takes you into a dark mountain tale in this new poem novel published by Cyberwit, “The Blue Eyed Side.”   Cover photo of Blue Ridge Parkway by LB Sedlacek. 
https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Eyed-Side-L-B-Sedlacek/dp/9388319303

The 20th Anniversary Reissue of the cult classic “Suicide Pumpkins” is now available as an E-book!

Revisit this black humor tale where the suicide plans of a would-be actress in Hollywood fall apart when she meets her Prince Charming who comes complete with a white Porsche & a pumpkin. Get to know Jessica & Jeremy in this humorous but twisted Cinderella story.

Just updated my listing on the Poets and Writers Directory: https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/lb_sedlacek

The Mailbox of the Kindred Spirit is on the southern end of Sunset Beach. The mailbox is real. People leave letters, notes, mementos to loved ones that they miss for whatever reason.

It is the inspiration for my story about Ernie and Melody, who meet at a young age at a golf club in the mountains of North Carolina, where he works and where her mother works.

They grow up and grow apart, and she moves to Ocean Isle Beach. Eventually, he comes to a place where he tries to connect with her again. The mailbox plays an important part in their story.

https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Mailbox-of-the-Kindred-Spirit-Audiobook/B08MQLFS59?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-221686&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_221686_rh_us

“This book is a compilation of essays about writing, publishing, editing and surviving life as a writer and poet. You can read one essay in a sitting, and put the book aside until you have more time to read more. The essays do not have to be read consecutively – you can pick and choose which ones you want to read or not and/or which ones you want to read first, or last or in-between all the others.Writing is a difficult business, if you are trying to make a living of any sort with it. As many writers tend to be working on their own, if you can’t find writing opportunities then you need to try to make your own. Poetry is also a difficult business if you want to have any sort of success with it at all. You have to create your own opportunities with it as well. That’s what Whitman did with his poetry – he created his own success. His poems and his methods with publishing his poetry are the inspiration for the lead essay and this book.The lead essay involves how to read Walt Whitman, a must read for would be poets and poetry lovers to read and digest. How many even read Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass” all the way to the end? I’m still working on reading it – the whole thing, the Deathbed edition. He is the reason we have free verse in poetry. His very approach and success to poetry can teach would be poets and current poets a lot about how to succeed in this art, this field even today.I’m always looking for ways to make a living and make money with writing while also satisfying my overall need to write. My essays in this book, offer different insights into writing, publishing, editing and surviving as a writer and/or as a poet. I hope that they will give you ideas and encouragement towards your writing and publishing goals!” ~Joshua Grant