I currently live in New Jersey, in a small town just north of Princeton. I grew up in Philadelphia. I guess I’ve been writing stories since I was about 11 or 12. I loved the idea of being able to transport someone to another place, or to create my own.
I’ve always been into technology. I’ve worked in the field for almost 25 years. I wrote for the Syfy Channel’s technology site, DVICE and several of my articles were picked up by NBC (NBC Universal owns the Syfy Channel). I have regular articles that are science fiction inspired, but about REAL technology. It’s been my passion to incorporate something real from fiction. In the case of my book, it’s incorporating something real INTO the fiction.
Before any of the Syfy channel stuff, way back in the early days before Facebook and before Blogs, I created a web site for Horror themes called, Frightscape.com. It’s still in existence in its very primitive form.
Anyway, I decided to write an article for my own site about one of the scariest places I had ever been. It was a haunted attraction that had existed in the 1970’s and 80’s. It was called, Brigantine Castle. It was gigantic. It was five stories tall with over 80 live actors. Through the early search facilities of the web, I found a few of the original cast and got them together using a yahoo group (They still use it).
It gave me a unique opportunity to interview them and to write some great stuff about the place, with a lot of their pictures and even some sound recordings.
The editor of Haunted Attractions magazine read my web site and asked me to write one for him. It was my first professional writing. I’ve written a few more articles for Haunted Attractions Magazine since then, along with a few other industry publications.
Web: http://www.hathnofury.com http://lessonofthree.com
Blog: http://halrappaport.blogspot.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HathNoFurybyHalRappaport
Twitter: @HalRappaport
Genre: Paranormal Thriller/Romance
ISBN-10: 1475243596
ISBN-13: 978-1475243598
ASIN: B007W4M70S
Number of pages: 472
Word Count: 75,095
Cover Artist: Alex Kayne
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Book Description:
This is a fiction story, with factually reported paranormal events, written by an established, credible, science and technology writer for well-known publications.
I think you'll find the story has in interesting world to immerse yourself in without losing an edge in reality that sets it apart. While the book has paranormal elements, it is not a typical, "drippy" vampire romance. Hath no Fury is about REAL magic. While the storyline is a fictional, any paranormal elements are actually based on real events personally observed in research or relayed by very credible witnesses.
Set in the 1970’s, Mark and Amy, the central characters of the story, live a life of discovery and wonder amidst a secret world of magic practitioners. As they mature, they discover their own magic and a new facet to their friendship. Just as they turn over a new page in their relationship, their worlds are suddenly rocketed out of control by a destiny and a source of evil that has been waiting patiently for a generation.
The fact that Satanism and Pagan practices were mixed together kinda bugged me. I've been a practicing Pagan since I was about 12. I understand the difference between those that practice LaVey's beliefs and those that look for the Natural aspects of the world.
I liked the characters, their relationship was enough to carry the book to the end for me. The development of the characters was good, their arcs were a little slow though for me. I wanted to see more of the development of the relationship.
Even though this book wasn't for me, that doesn't mean it won't be for someone else. It has witchcraft, love, magick, and a bit of conspiracy to it. Check it out.