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Rena Aliston is the pen name of Native American author Anna M. Asbury, an enrolled member of the Saponi-Catawba Nation of the Ohio Valley. Born and raised in Pennsylvania, she currently resides in Kentucky. She is the author of six books, most recently The Devil's Hymn: A Collection of Short Crime Stories, Divine Madness: A Dark Poetry Collection, and The Red Hour: The Hourglass Collection Book 1. In addition to being a writer, Rena is a small business owner (Wayuką́ and Vexenwraith) and the founder of Owl-Raven Books. When not being creative, she enjoys archery, spending time with her family, being a dog-mom to her Boxweiler Angrboda, and watching crime and horror movies. Rena’s new poetry collection, The Green Hour: The Hourglass Collection Book 2, will be released May 19, 2025.
Conjure Volume 1
Series: Conjure
Series Number: 1
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Blurb: The allure of love tainted by darkness
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Conjure Volume 1 explores the allure of love tainted by darkness—relationships that straddle the line between pleasure and pain. Passion and enmity collide in this dark poetry collection, blurring the line between devotion and despair.
The Devil's Grave
Series: The Devil's Reign
Series Number: 1
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Blurb: How far would you go to get what you want?
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My eyes marveled at the sight of decaying flesh, rotting souls. We lingered in a cold world. Shadows stalked us as we traveled across the devil’s grave. Deception walks among us, clinging to our shadows as we fight to survive life, overcome death, relieve pain, and escape envy’s grasp. If you trod upon the earth long enough, you’ll feel death’s angel hovering over your carcass, pleading for you to let her in. Will you? The Devil’s Grave, the first book in The Devil’s Reign Series, is a collection of short crime and horror stories. The collection includes 74 stories (drabble, flash fiction, short stories) spilled across time’s map, asking you one important question. How far would you go to get what you want?
The Devil's Hymn
Series: The Devil's Reign
Series Number: 2
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Blurb: How long are you willing to dance with the Devil?
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I heard it again, whistling through the wind–the Devil’s hymn. Death’s sweet serenade beckoned me to spill innocent blood. I obliged, thinking my sacrifice would deafen its pleas. If you listen close enough you can hear death’s angel calling, beckoning you to partake of your desires. Just a taste, it whispers–under the sullen moon, between silk sheets, and even while hovering over your ex’s carcass. Are you listening? The Devil’s Hymn, the second book in The Devil’s Reign series, is a collection of short crime and horror stories. The collection includes 72 stories (drabble, flash fiction, short stories) spilled across time’s map, asking you one important question. How long are you willing to dance with the Devil?
The Red Hour
Series: The Hourglass Collection
Series Number: 1
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Blurb: What happens at 12 a.m.?
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Midnight – the hour of new beginnings. I enter renewed welcoming time’s transition, unaware of what I’m ushering in. In the dark recesses of your mind lies a clock. Once the clock strikes midnight, it begins. What happens at 12 a.m.? Journey through The Red Hour with this first book in The Hourglass Collection.
Divine Madness
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Blurb: Explore the turbulent landscapes of the mind and embrace the haunting allure of poetic madness
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I am divine, sitting upon my throne, time’s pedestal, waiting – baiting. My venomous tales tear at life’s seams, desecrating freedom. Your illusions awaken. Your eyes grace my design. I am madness. Journey into the shadows of the soul, where darkness and light intertwine in a dance of raw emotion and profound revelation. Divine Madness: A Dark Poetry Collection beckons you into the depths of the human psyche, inviting you to explore the turbulent landscapes of the mind and embrace the haunting allure of poetic madness.
Woven Tales
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Blurb: An empty screen, eerie serenade – who can resist woven tales sung by chiseled tongues?
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An empty screen, eerie serenade – who can resist woven tales sung by chiseled tongues? Woven Tales encapsulates selected poems from the Unspeakable Truths Series (Damnation Begins, 2007, and Baptism By Blood, 2009) and the Versified Series (Versified Darkness, 2008 and Versified Delusions, 2012).
Shadows and Mirrors
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Blurb: What does your reflection say about you?
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Shadows linger all around us, but the one we refuse to acknowledge is the one looking in the mirror. What does your reflection say about you? Shadows and Mirrors explores the darker aspects of the self. Life, death, love, hate, pain, and healing collide in this dark poetry collection from Rena Aliston.