Magic sleeps in the concrete. Hope awakens it.
When graffiti artist Nia paints a griffin on the rooftop of an abandoned New Orleans hotel, she thinks she's just creating another mural. That is until the creature from her dreams opens its eyes.
Drawn into a world her grandmother's stories only hinted at, Nia discovers the griffin is more than myth and her art more than paint. Each mural she's ever created may be a doorway; and one of them has already let something dark slip through.
With her grandmother's journal as her guide and a guardian watching from the skies, Nia must uncover the truth of the Concrete Aerie before the Hollow-Feathered, echoes of lost guardians twisted by time, tear the city apart.
In the heart of New Orleans, where old spirits still listen, creation itself can be an act of remembrance...or release.
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A native Texan, Carol found her way to her current home in Colorado by way of a five-year detour in The Nederlands - courtesy of her husband Tim and the US Air Force.
An avid reader at a young age, her strong desire to write came from her love of (her husband calls it her obsession with) Star Trek. It was this early love of Star Trek that led her to the Science Fiction and Fantasy genres.
In addition to her writing she has worked as a receptionist/office manager for two veterinary clinics, a deputy sheriff in El Paso County Colorado and for the Professional Bull Riders.
She has been published in various anthologies and magazines including "Creature Fantastic", "Illuminated Manuscripts", PanGaia Magazine, "Stories of Strength", "The Stygian Soul", Baen's Universe, Tales of the Talisman and Beyond Centauri.
She is also a contributing author to Dragon Moon Press's "Complete Guide to Writing Science Fiction".
She is the editor and publisher of the online ezines: The Lorelei Signal and Sorcerous Signals. She also runs her own micro-press - WolfSinger Publications.