An ON TIME Excerpt: “Tatiana’s Diary” by Alisha Costanzo

Enjoy an excerpt from Alisha Costanzo’s “Tatiana’s Diary” featured in our new anthology ON TIME. December 26 It’s my birthday. Happy Birthday to me. I’m officially twenty-four. Mom and Dad got me things for the baby yesterday, for Christmas, but for today, they got me a new stack of books and a sketch pad with a…

Alisha Costanzo, an ON TIME Author Interview

Join us as we peek behind the scenes of our upcoming anthology, ON TIME. Learn more about Alisha Costanzo in her featured interview.   ABOUT THE STORY What inspired your story? “Tatiana’s Diary” is a side story to a larger world/series. She’s the mother of my protagonist, Ria, a half-phoenix-half-human turned vampire. I’ve had the…

Throwback Thursday | A DISTORTED Excerpt: “Maiden of the Underworld” by Alisha Costanzo

Atlantis 8021 BC Shock fell over Phea, and her heart beat against her rib cage once more. Every grain in her body buzzed sluggishly. Her grandmother no longer sat with her, although she couldn’t be sure when Gaia had left. She might have been on that cave floor, curled up on her self and screaming…

An IN THE AIR Excerpt: “Yellow Skies” by Alisha Costanzo

Torn and cracked leather shook under my butt and legs as I pushed the drill forward, dropping it deeper, checking for water, dropping it, checking. Plumes of soil settled dry. Another few feet, and no traces of moisture revealed themselves. It’s what I’d feared for the last few days. We’d tapped this well and would…

Examining Space: a Terrifying Beauty by Alisha Costanzo

I have always been fascinated with outer space. The moon. When it’s full and big, I feel like I can just jump up and grab it, like it was meant to be explored for the mere beauty of its existence. The more I learned about space and what we knew, what we didn’t, what might…

Alisha Costanzo, an IN THE AIR Author Interview

On the verge of a new anthology, we are celebrating IN THE AIR with a behind the scenes view of authors and their stories. Here’s a look at Alisha Costanzo and her story “Yellow Skies.”   ABOUT THE STORY Tell me a little about your story and the world you’ve created. “Yellow Skies” is a bit…

A TRANSCENDENT Excerpt: “The Glittering Pearls” by Alisha Costanzo

The local sergeant didn’t follow the same ceremony as the mayor, but he did keep hard candies on his desk, creamy caramel ones, and Jace left with a handful in his pocket. This man’s purge didn’t veer from the norm in the way of sins, but he had visited the capitol. What Jace took from…

At A Loss: Why We’re Losing Our Empathy by Alisha Costanzo

Part of me wishes I could say that real people don’t absorb the sins of others, that they’re not outlets for the violent expression of guilt, shame, and regret, but I can’t. However, I will save you the rant that I could likely craft on that thread. And, well, “The Glittering Pearls” shows enough of that…

Our TRANSCENDENT Authors: a Featured Interview with Alisha Costanzo

In our new author series, we’ll be offering a clairvoyant peek behind the veil of who and what makes up TRANSCENDENT. Here’s a glimpse at Alisha Costanzo and her story “The Glittering Pearls.”   ABOUT THE STORY What inspired your story? I live in a realm of conspiracy theories, so the world gleamed from the…

New Release: The Girl with the Glowing Hair

If you haven’t heard of my new release, THE GIRL WITH THE GLOWING HAIR, are you living under a rock? This book has kept me excited for YEARS. Granted, I only finished writing it back in April, but my characters and I had to have a conversation half way through IMPRINTED about how they were…

THE GIRL WITH THE GLOWING HAIR Cover Reveal & Excerpt

If you like the innocence of Twilight, the snark from Buffy, and the wit of the Lunar Chronicles, you’ll be engrossed by Alisha Costanzo’s new dark and satirical YA series.