PREORDERS AVAILABLE FOR ERIN CROCKER’S “FORBIDDEN”

Does evil lurk in Devil’s Creek, or are residents of Paradise Grove manifesting a darkness far more sinister?

Genre: horror, lgbt+, allegory b (a story that uses a metaphor to present a moral whether it be political or just about society)

Preorder an ebook on December 10th, or purchase a paperback on January 8th.

About Erin: Erin was born in Kansas City, Missouri and later moved to the small town of El Dorado Springs (That's El Do-RAY-Do), Missouri where she spent most of her life. In 2007 she moved to Fredericksburg, Virginia and graduated from Germanna Community College with honors. If that wasn't enough... she decided to enroll in courses at Mary Washington University and earned a Bachelor's in English, Linguistics, and Communications in 2015.

Writing: From there, she published her first novel Synchronicity and only lost a small portion of hair from stress. In 2017, she published the sequel, Menoetius, and in 2018 she became fed up with a teeny-tiny copyright incident and collaborated with other authors from the writing community to compile a multi-genre anthology entitled Cocky-Tales. She is currently working on Forbidden to be published this winter.

Erin's writing has placed in a variety of competitions including second place in the Sudden Denouement Divergent Literature Competition and the CN International Flash Fiction Competition, and most recently, her piece "The Final Battle" placed first in her heat in round one of the 2018 NYC Midnight Short Story Competition.

In 2017, Erin was invited to sit on not only the Horror/Sci-Fi/Fantasy writer's panel at the Fredericksburg Independent Book Festival, she also sat on the YA panel. In February 2018, she joined the judging panel for the CN International Pens of Roses Flash Fiction Competition and in March, joined another author panel in Richmond, Virginia.

Erin works as an editor at FunDead Publications and offers free-lance editing on the side.

Film/TV: Think you've seen Erin on TV? You betcha! Erin got her start as a contestant on Netflix's hot new baking show, "NailedIt!". Following that experience, she can be found on a variety of Investigate Discovery shows including "Unmasked" and "Dead of Night". Erin's also worked on a couple of independent films due out next year.

When She Walked Away: As a survivor of domestic violence, Erin strives to give back to the community that offered her the support and encouragement to not only leave her situation but to find her voice. This is what led to the founding of When She Walked Away. A small, but steadily growing community that places direct emphasis on providing encouragement, information, and support to women and children who have experienced or are experiencing domestic violence.