Cheryl Rainfield: Teen Fiction Author, Reviewer, & Book-a-holic
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The Healer

My short story "The Healer," a paranormal suspense tale, appears in a collection of horror stories by Red Deer Press. "The Healer" is about a teen girl who heals people--only to find someone's using a similar power for evil.

As with much of my writing, I draw on my experiences of pain and healing from child abuse to create fiction that speaks to me--and, I hope, to many others.

Curious about my story? Read an excerpt.

This is my first short story that's been published. I'm so excited; there's something wonderful about holding a book with your work in it, and seeing your name in print. (grinning.)

There are a ton of great authors who've contributed to this collection: William Bell, Joanne Findon, Kathy Stinson, Gillian Chan, Anne Laurel Carter, Sylvia McNicoll, Diana Aspin, Priscilla Galloway, Wendy Lewis, Jamie Bastedo, Sylvo Frank, Louise Wadsworth, Alison Lohans, and myself.

And the stories are just as varied. There are stories that slowly creep up on you, and stories that grip you right away. Ghosts, werewolves, vampires, and the paranormal all appear here.

If you like fantasy or horror, I hope you'll consider checking it out--from your library, local bookstore, on online bookstore.








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my books and stories:

Dragon Speaker: The Last Dragon is a hi-lo (high interest, low vocabulary) fantasy for teens and fantasy lovers, from HIP Books.

A boy who speaks with birds is the only one who can save the last dragon....



SCARS, my realistic fiction teen book, comes out in 2010.

15-year-old Kendra was sexually abused as a kid. She doesn't remember who her abuser is, and she doesn't want to. When her memories get too painful, Kendra cuts herself to escape. But then her abuser, through notes, threatens to hurt her if she names him. Kendra must remember who abused her before he kills her.



My paranormal-suspense story The Healer is published in an anthology by Red Deer Press (The Horrors Terrifying Tales: Book Two).










Read an excerpt from The Healer.
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The Horrors Terrifying Tales: Book Two
Peter Carver (ed),Toronto: Red Deer Press, 2006.
ISBN 0889953384.
Paperback.

Available at: Amazon.com
Amazon.ca
and many local independent bookstores and libraries.
My edgy realistic short story 'Comfort Food' is published in an anthology by Graveside Tales (Fried! Fast Food, Slow Deaths ).

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Fried! Fast Food, Slow Deaths
by Colleen Morris and Joel A. Sutherland (Ed), Graveside Tales, 2007.
ISBN-13: 978-0980133806
Paperback.