Dear Reader, Love D.W. Richards

Dear Reader…

If the government is tracking my Internet searches, I can only assume that I am either on a watchlist right now or that my search pattern was amateurish enough to slide under the red flag threshold. Let me explain.

Genres of fantasy, occult, the paranormal and sci-fi all require a suspension of disbelief on the part of the reader. In my novella, “Alexandra Forever: Beginnings”, I ask the reader to embrace the story’s rules on demonic possession, psionics and the nether world. 

To offset this, and help create a story that readers can emotionally invest in, I attempted to make everything else at least plausible. People behaving believably helps as does strictly abiding by the implied in-universe rules. Wherever possible I also adhere to the practical science of how things function in the real world. This all serves to anchor and highlight the fantastic when it comes up. A spark seemingly shines brighter against the mundane.

It was the pursuit of peripheral realism that led to my research into helicopters, guns and explosives. I only had two questions about helicopters and fortunately my partner’s son is a helicopter mechanic. Learning about guns from the Internet was reasonably straightforward. Oddly, researching jury-rigged explosives on the World-Wide-Web wasn’t as fruitful.

Fortunately, it just so happened that one of my clients at the time I was writing the novella, was a privately held defense and security contractor. It was the owner of the company who gave me the idea for the anti-demon response Alexandra cobbled together from what was available in her workshop. He outlined the assemblage from start to finish.

To his credit, and my concern, he, in fact, had two great ideas; right off the top of his head in less time than it took to get his coffee to the perfect shade of caramel. Perhaps of interest, the one I did not use, while awesome, didn’t fit the story setting because it involved tailpipe exhaust.

Alexandra’s next adventure might have a more urban setting.

All my best,

D.W. Richards

About the Author

D.W. Richards first introduced the protagonist, Alexandra, to the world in his novel, “Pairs,” which spent two weeks on the Amazon U.K. Best Seller list for humor. Alexandra’s story continued in the graphic novel, “Alexandra Forever: 2337”. In addition to creative writing, D.W. Richards has a Bachelor Degree in Psychology from Carleton University and is a Certified General Accountant.

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About the Book 

Would you risk erasing yourself from ever existing to save the immortal soul of a beloved friend?
Two middle-aged sisters, Nadenka and Anastasiya, travel to a remote northern mountain where they must contend with their notorious, and seemingly immortal grandmother, Alexandra, in their quest to save an aged and frail member of their coven, Terra, from demonic possession. Deep family wounds need to be addressed before they can do what is required for the exorcism. But time is running out. The woman they are trying to save is dying. As the clock is ticking down, an evil legion emerges to stand between them and saving Terra’s immortal soul.

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