National Poetry Month Giveaway Winner

Congratulations Mindy fangedmom  winner of our National Poetry Month Giveaway at From the Shadows!  Mindy will receive a prize pack containing bookmarks, postcards, magnet, and autographed copies of From the Shadows and Shadows of Myth and Legend by E.J. Stevens.

Thank you to all who entered!

**All giveaway winners selected using Random.org**

National Poetry Month Giveaway

Happy National Poetry Month!  To celebrate, we are having a poetry book giveaway.

**National Poetry Month Giveaway**

We are giving away a prize pack containing bookmarks, postcards, magnet, and *autographed* copies of From the Shadows and Shadows of Myth and Legend by E.J. Stevens to one lucky winner.

To enter, please leave a comment on this post (please include your email address so we may contact you if you win).  This giveaway is INTERNATIONAL.  Giveaway ends April 30th midnight EST.

All Hallow's Read Giveaway Winner

Congratulations NoraA winner of our All Hallow's Read at From the Shadows!  NoraA will receive a copy of Shadows of Myth and Legend by E.J. Stevens.

Thank you to all who entered!

**All giveaway winners selected using Random.org**

All Hallow's Read Giveaway

All Hallow's Read, the creation of author Neil Gaiman, is a fabulous new Halloween tradition for book lovers.  You can learn more about All Hallow's Read on the official All Hallow's Read website.

We are celebrating All Hallow's Read here at From the Shadows with a giveaway.  All Hallow's Read requires that a spooky book be given freely during the Halloween season.  We have a spooky poetry collection perfect for Halloween.

Shadows of Myth and Legend by E.J. Stevens

A collection of dark faerie tales inspired by folklore, myth and legend told in the haunting lyrical style of dark poet E.J. Stevens. Filled with poems about vampires, werewolves, and other paranormal creatures of the night.

Take a journey into the pages of Shadows of Myth and Legend and discover what creatures lurk in the shadows.

Includes:
Queen of Elphame, Vampire's Thrall, Exile, Jiang Shi, Love of a Shifter, Last of the Rowan Berries, Shadow Queen of the Sidhe, Spriggan Guardians, While You Lay Sleeping, Loup Garou, Elven Bride, Zombie's Cold Embrace, Unicorn, Barghest and Mauthe Doog, To See a Fetch, Gargoyle Sentry, Siren Song, The Reaper, Warding charm, Possession, Woman in White , The Phoenix Cycle, Fafnir the Wyrm, Vampire Court, Basilisk, Goblin King, Curse of the Seer, The Dullahan, Prince of Lies, The Morrigan, Sating the Selkie, The Winter Queen, Grindylow, Ghost Ship, Garden Pixie, Banshee at Water's Edge, Hippocamp, Wendigo, Kiss of the Korrigan, Swan Maiden, Kraken

**All Hallow's Read Giveaway**

We will be giving away a copy of Shadows of Myth and Legend by E.J. Stevens to one lucky winner!

To enter, leave a comment on this post including your email address (so we may contact you if you win).  You do not have to be a follower to enter (though I always appreciate a follow!).  This giveaway is INTERNATIONAL.  Giveaway ends November 7th midnight EST.

Shadows of Myth and Legend Book Birthday Giveaway Winners!

Congratulations to our Shadows of Myth and Legend Book Birthday Giveaway winners!

Congrats Natalie23 winner of the Shadows of Myth and Legend ebook!

Congrats Heidi (loveangel132) winner of a signed copy of Shadows of Myth and Legend, Shadows of Myth and Legend bookmarks, and magnet!

Thank you to all who entered. xx

**From the Shadows giveaway winners selected using Random.org**

Shadows of Myth and Legend Book Birthday Giveaway

Happy One Year Book Birthday to Shadows of Myth and Legend!  My collection of paranormal poetry Shadows of Myth and Legend released one year ago this month and I am celebrating with a giveaway.

Shadows of Myth and Legend by E.J. Stevens.

"Filled with poems about vampires, demons and other creatures of the night."
-Melissa, Books R US

"I just want to sit back and enjoy the flow of the words, the haunting world of myth and legend, of paranormal creatures and beasts of times long gone that Stevens has immortalized in the written word.  And enjoy it I did."
-Roxanne, Fang-tastic Books

"The author has beautiful poetry featuring wolves, vampires, fae, gnomes, zombie's, unicorns, sirens, reapers and more. Each poem is wonderfully written and has a dark feel to each one."
-Amy, My Overstuffed Bookshelf

"I recommend this delectably dark book to every one!"
-Freda, Freda's Voice

"Each poem found within this book recounts a vivid story which at times can be dark, haunting, disturbing and yet beautiful in its own individual way."
-Calum, The Secret Writer

"Shadows of Myth and Legend is a lyrical and spooky collection that will appeal to anyone with a penchant for eerily beautiful things."
-Pirate Penguin, Pirate Penguin Reads

"E.J. Stevens’ Shadows of Myth and Legend is a fascinating collection of short, powerful poems that thrill, chill and delight."
-Andrew Valentine, author of Bitter Things

**Shadows of Myth and Legend Giveaway**

One US winner will receive a signed copy of Shadows of Myth and Legend a SoM+L magnet and bookmarks.  One International winner will receive an ebook copy of Shadows of Myth and Legend.
To enter, please leave a comment on this post including your email address (so we may contact you if you win).  One prize pack is for US mailing addresses only and one prize is international (please see details above).  Giveaway ends March 31st midnight EST.

The Winter Queen

The Winter Queen

In the dark world of Shadow
During Solstice the Longest Night
The Winter Queen stirs
While her dreaded frost minions
Take flight

In this land of cold and fear
Stands a palace of ice and stone
Where locked deep within
Sits the Winter Queen upon
Her throne

Awareness returns to her
As she tries to open her eyes
Memory and pain
Erupts, but ice seals away
Her cries

The only thing not frozen
Are Winter Queen’s immortal tears
Which sparkle as they
Flow down her cheeks mingling with
Her fears

No one dare enter her realm
No man will ever kiss her lips
For death lingers in
Her embrace, into abyss
He’ll slip

So on this dark Solstice night
The Winter Queen sits upon her throne
Knowing she will sit here
Forever frozen and all
Alone.


-E.J. Stevens, Shadows of Myth and Legend
copyright 2010

Loup Garou

As the last traces of

My humanity recede

Thoughts shift to seeking out

A victim on which to feed

Changing from man to beast

Becoming the Loup Garou

I long to feast on flesh

My next meal may well be you.

-Loup Garou, Shadows of Myth and Legend by E.J. Stevens

BlogFest 2010 Giveaway + Book Release Party

BlogFest 2010 is a fabulous weekend of giveaways.  Giveaways begin Friday September 10th and end Sunday September 12th.  This event is hosted by A Journey of Books where you can find a listing of participating blogs giving away some fabulous prizes!

Here at From the Shadows, I will be giving away signed copies of From the Shadows, Shadows of Myth and Legend, and She Smells the Dead.  I am also including one XL 100% cotton "I Smell Dead People" t-shirt!

She Smells the Dead (Spirit Guide, book 1) by E.J. Stevens

It's the beginning of senior year and Yuki's psychic awareness of ghostly spirits is threatening to ruin her life. Her ability to sense spirits of the dead isn't glamorous like the ghost hunting on television.

SHE SMELLS THE DEAD.

The smell impressions are becoming stronger. Yuki is being visited in her dreams, and she suspects that her friend Calvin is involved in something strange. To make matters worse her crush on Garrett is going unrequited, Yuki's friend Emma is on a rampage against bee oppression, and Calvin Miller mysteriously disappears. Will Yuki be able to focus her powers in time to save the lost soul who is haunting her? Meanwhile, who will save Yuki from following the spirits into the light?

Shadows of Myth and Legend by E.J. Stevens

A collection of dark faerie tales inspired by folklore, myth and legend told in the haunting lyrical style of dark poet E.J. Stevens. 

From the Shadows by E.J. Stevens

From the Shadows is a collection of dark poetry. Stevens' work rekindles the great lyrical storytelling style of Edgar Allen Poe with a dark imagination influenced by such masters as Neil Gaiman and H. P. Lovecraft.


To enter, please leave a comment on this post including your email address. Due to shipping costs, this giveaway is to US mailing addresses only.  Giveaway ends Sunday September 12th midnight EST.

Extra entries:
+1 for Following

This weekend also kicks off the worldwide release of She Smells the Dead so I will being giving extra She Smells the Dead swag (bookmarks, postcards, etc.) to lucky entrants throughout the weekend.  So enter the giveaway and have multiple chances to win.  Yay!  It's a party!  :)

From the Shadows is BlogFest blog #3.  Visit At Home with Books, BlogFest blog #4, here.

Friday the 13th Week Swag Giveaway

It is Day 3 of Friday the 13th Week at From the Shadows and I have 13 fabulous paranormal swag packs to give away!  Swag packs will include bookmarks, postcards, posters and magnets.  A few swag packs will also contain Clockwork Angel journals, however, these were damaged in transit so I apologize for any scuff marks on the covers. 

To enter my Friday the 13th Week Swag Giveaway please leave a comment on this post including your email address.  US mailing addresses only.  You do not have to be a follower to enter (though I always appreciate a follow!).  Giveaway ends August 15th Midnight EST.

Don't forget to enter my Friday the 13th Week Monster Giveaway.  I am giving away 13 paranormal books!  Click here to enter.

I would like to thank Simon & Schuster and author Danielle D. Smith for contributing to this giveaway.

Reviews at I'd So Rather Be Reading

I was excited to learn that Kelli at I'd So Rather Be Reading has read and reviewed my two books, From the Shadows and Shadows of Myth and Legend, giving them 4.5 and 5-stars! 




To read Kelli's review of From the Shadows please visit here.

To read Kelli's review of Shadows of Myth and Legend please visit here.

Thank you Kelli for the wonderful reviews!  For more information about my books, please visit my new Books by E.J. Stevens page.

Giveaway Winners!

Drum roll please!  The winner of my 300 Follower Giveaway is:

Jeremy West!

The winner of my Last Track Swag Giveaway is:

Bill!

Congratulations to the winners!

* I use Random.org to determine the winners for each From the Shadows giveaway.

Review of Shadows of Myth and Legend at Freda's Voice

I was delighted to read this positive review of Shadows of Myth and Legend on Freda's Voice.

Thank you so much for the lovely review!

300 Follower Giveaway!

From the Shadows is now at 300 Followers.  Wow! Thank you all so much. You're the best! 

**Giveaway**

I'm going to keep this giveaway simple.  Since it is a follower giveaway you must be a follower of this blog to enter.  Please leave a comment on this post, including your email address, to enter.  Links, Twitters, and reposts are appreciated but I won't be adding extra points to this giveaway.  Now on to the prizes!

I recently read and reviewed Blue Bloods (Blue Bloods, book 1) by Melissa de la Cruz (review here) and Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, book 1) by Richelle Mead (review here).  I enjoyed both of these books so much that I decided to order new copies for this giveaway.  I am also including a signed copy of my new collection of dark paranormal poetry Shadows of Myth and Legend by E.J. Stevens.  One lucky follower will win all three books!

Contest is to US mailing addresses only (sorry!).  Contest ends at Midnight EST June 16th, 2010.  Winner will be notified by email and posted here at From the Shadows.

In the Indie Spotlight

E.J. and Shadows of Myth and Legend are featured at The Indie Spotlight today.  Stop by the interview and say hello!

Review at Fang-tastic Books

Shadows of Myth and Legend received a 4.25 out of 5 Fangs rating over at Fang-tastic Books.  To read the review by author Roxanne Rhoads click here. 

Roxanne Rhoads is the author of Eternal Desire and Insatiable.

Review at Books R Us

There is a wonderful new review of Shadows of Myth and Legend at Books R Us today.  If you stop by to read the review you may leave a comment to enter to win a signed copy of Shadows of Myth and Legend and swag pack!