Sci-fi/western/horror re-release "Severance" Starts Busy Summer

CAPE COD, Mass. - May 27, 2016 - PRLog -- (Centerville, MA)  Local author Devon Ellington is in for a busy few months with the re-release of her digital short science fiction/western/horror tale "Severance" on May 20.

         "Severance" tells the tale of Linn Shek, living a quiet life running a rural bar, until a gunman walks in, saving her from an assassin.  Riker Cain knows about Linn's past as an "Anneym Roosetyr", or  dispatcher of souls, the head of team sent to re-set the scales of justice beyond the laws on the books.  Riker is one of the people she saved, before she "retired", and he knows that her previous team is being murdered.  They discover that Linn is not the only one with a dark past, and there's no such thing as "retirement" when one is an Anneym Roosetyr.

         The piece was originally released in 2014 by Amber Quill Press.  When the press closed its doors in March of 2018, Ellington considered retiring the story.  "It's a stand-alone,' she says.  "It's not part of a series; it's not a tie-in or a spin-off.  It is very much itself.  It's an idea and a world I wanted to play in.  But I kept getting emails once it was no longer available, from people who said friends recommended it, so I decided to re-release it through Smashwords.  New cover, some editing tweaks, and off we go.  I had so much fun writing it; I hope people continue to enjoy reading it."

         The re-release is just one of several that are planned over the coming months.  "Plot Bunnies", under the Ava Dunne name, is set for June, with "Personal Revolution" under the Ellington name, set to release around Independence Day weekend.  "Since 'Personal Revolution' takes place in New England at an historical site commemorating the day, it makes sense to have it ready for release," says Ellington.  Both are mysteries, with "Plot Bunnies" lighter, with more of a romantic comedy element blended with the mystery, and "Personal Revolution" a little darker.  Both shorts originally appeared as part of KILLER QUINTET, also released by Amber Quill in 2014.

         Ellington's Topic Workbooks continue their brisk sales.  She recently released "The Graveyard of Abandoned Projects" and "Organize Your Writing Life", which join "The Series Bible: Creation and Maintenance", "Setting Up Your Submission System", "The Complex Antagonist", and "Creative Stimulus".  The Topic Workbooks grew out of workshops Ellington taught, both online and in-person.

         "People wanted the information, and they wanted to be able to work their way through the exercises at their own pace.  So I put together exercises and tips and created workbooks on different topics.  The information can be used over and over, on a variety of projects."  She is preparing several other Topic Workbooks, including "Developing a Series", "Journal into Fiction" and "We All Need Friends" about secondary characters.

         Also available are two short mysteries, featuring fan favorite Nina Bell, "Too Much Mistletoe" and "Tumble", set in the NYC's theatre world in the mid-90s.  "Pretty funny - or maybe it's scary - when something I lived is now considered a 'period piece'," she comments dryly.

         Ellington writes the Jain Lazarus Adventures, which are published by Solstice Publishing.  The first two books, HEX BREAKER, and OLD FASHIONED DETECTIVE WORK, are available both in print and digitally.  She is in negotiation for several other out-of-print novels to go back into release through various venues and has a new series out on submission, while working on fresh material, including a mystery series set on a Massachusetts island, and a mid-life re-invention novel that came out of a conversation she had with author Claire Cook at the Cape Cod Writers Conference.  If that weren't enough to juggle, she's working on a fantasy novel that germinated during the same conference in Carol Bugge's workshop, and continues to fulfill her playwrighting and radio writing commitments.  For information on all her work, visit her blog, Ink in My Coffee:  http://devonellington.wordpress.com and her website, http://www.devonellingtonwork.com.  "Severance" is available here, for only 99 cents: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/637885