bla This is actually a book excerpt from my WIP Hypnotic Deception, sequel to They All Died Smiling, which is available in digital and print everywhere you love to get your books. And yes, I ended it the way I did on purpose. No spoilers! When One Door Closes By Ronda Del Boccio for Friday Fictioneers, 18 January 2019 Word count: 100 Genre: Paranormal/Urban Fantasy PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson Pen poised in my trembling hand, I read the contract, trying to make sense of the words, of their implication. Is this what I want? They say when one door closes, another opens. Well, Randy’s... Read More

A friend started participating in this weekend writing challenge, and it looked like fun, so I’m playing! This wee’s Weekend Writing Prompt #90 is “furrowed.” Want to try your hand at a 40-word story? Follow the link and have fun! In this story, you’ll meet young Kassidy during her first year living with Aunt Beck, Uncle Walt, and their 4 boys. She’s the heroine of my paranormal/urban fantasy novel They All Died Smiling. Furrowed Fields By Ronda Del Boccio I clang the bell. Tired workers come for supper. Rocky pulls my braid. “Wash,” Aunt Beck commands.... Read More

Welcome! Here’s another tale told in 100 words. Anyone is welcome to participate in the Friday Fictioneers weekly flash fiction writing challenge. You don’t have to consider yourself a writer or be published. Just tell a 100-word story in any genre that relates to the photo prompt. I find participating in this exercise helps me be a better writer. Heartfelt thanks to the amazing and talented Rochelle Wisoff-Fields for running this weekly game. Beck’s Christmas Gift By Ronda Del Boccio For Friday Fictioneers, 11 January 2019 Word count: 100 Genre Mainstream story set in the... Read More

Welcome to another “flash fiction” story, a complete tale in u100 words or less.   If you want totry your hand, feel encouraged to come play! It’s one of the very best ways to improve your writing skills. lus, you get the satisfaction of comploeting a whole story in ot that much time. Boots and Baked Goods By Ronda Del boccio For Friday Fictioneers, 21 December, 2018 Word Count: 98 Genre: Mainstream/paranormal. No demons in this story, but it’s from the sequel to they All Died Smiling, a paranormal/urban fantasy novel. Note: In this story, Reluctant Demon Hunter Kassidy... Read More

Here’s this week’s flash fiction. It will take you a minute to read, and it’s a complete story. Gifts from the Garage By Ronda Del Boccio for Friday Fictioneers, 14 December, 2018 Word Count: 99 Genre: mainstream, but from the world of They All Died Smiling. You’re meeting more of Kassidy’s adoptive family today. JJ and Dave are her brothers in her heart, 2 of Aunt Beck & Uncle Walt’s 4 song. JJ and Dave are 2 of hte 4 cousins that were brothers to Kassidy growing up. Two of Aunt Beck’s boys. You met her in a previous story titled Phoeix Flowers. Copyright... Read More

A reviled gift. A hypnotic deception. A supernatural killing spree. Reporter Kassidy Spence just wants to go home after a busy week, but her intrusive gift awakens and turns her world inside out…again. Her power to see demons living inside people ripped her from all she holds dear once, and she refuses to use it ever again… …until her power could mean the difference between life and death. When Kassidy borrows the hottest new self-help book for women from a friend, her natural nosiness and her unwanted ability send her on a quest for the truth. Could the minister author... Read More

This is flash fiction, a 100-word story. In this week’s story, you’ll encounter young Russ and Uncle Walt,from last week’s story, “The New Girl,” and you meet the new girl herself,young Kassidy. In my paranormal Urban fantasy novel They All Died Smiling, from the Reluctant Demon Hunter series, Kassidy tells her roommate Julie about the time Russ ran away to go to the city. Here’s the flash fiction version of that tale.Ronda Del Boccio, author PHOTO PROMPT © Dawn M. Miller Little Rock By Ronda Del Boccio For FridayFictioneers, December 7, 2018 Genre: Mainstream... Read More

I’ve been working on a novel this month, yet I’ve loved writing these short stories. This is another one from the world of Kassidy Spence from the Reluctant Demon Hunter story. It’s yet another mundane tale…um…mainstream. Can you believe it? HA! It comes from right after Aunt Beck and Uncle Walt took her in, when she was 7. You meet Uncle Walt (dead before They All Died Smiling), and a young Russell Higgins. Here is the photo prompt. PHOTO PROMPT © Nick Allen …and here is the flash fiction story. The New Girl By Ronda Del Boccio for Friday Fictioneers... Read More

Here is an excerpt from my work in progress (WIP) Hypnotic Deception: Reluctant Demon Hunter Series #2.   Kassidy Spence continues to struggle with her unwanted gift of demon huntng and her feelings about moving on after the death of her war hero husband. When the black FBI-issue car pulled up in front of the converted Victorian mansion Julie and I called home, I mustered the good manners to thank him for bringing me home. “Do you two rent this whole house?” He speaks. “Oh no, someone converted the old mansion into five apartments.” I pointed to the third floor. “We live in the... Read More

I will be at the quarterly conference of Ozarks Writers league Saturday, August 18 from 9 AM to 3 PM. If you’d like a copy of my new book They All Died Smiling or any of my handmade greeting cards, please come to the Cardinal Room, which is right behind the breakfast room. This urban fantasy is now available everywhere! Want a sneak peek of the book? Go to WriteOnPurpose.com/read and grab yours now! Cheers to your #BlissfulLife! Ronda Del Boccio #1 best selling author and speaker Award winning author, photographer and artist About Ronda Del Boccio Ronda Del Boccio is an award-winning... Read More