About The Author...Karole Maidhof

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Karole Maidhof

February 2004

I believe writers instinctively know from an early age that writing is their calling. While some diligently continue on their life's path working at their craft, others of us follow a different road taking us wherever life may lead. However, all roads lead home, and eventually the writer in us pulls us back to our roots, our first love-- the written word. This site is dedicated to me and other writers who experience this reawakening and strive toward the ultimate prize...publication.

In my particular circumstance, I began writing when I was young. Was I any good at it? Honestly? ...No. I never completely fleshed out my characters, and my plots were sketchy. What can you expect from a ten year old? All throughout my school years, I wrote: poems, stories, essays, limericks, and lyrics. After graduation, swept away by the flow of life, I had abandoned writing. All remained quiet within me while I went along, day-to-day, convinced I had exhausted this means of self-expression...until almost twenty years later. That's when the beast woke up...

In 1981, I encountered a man down by the Nautical Mile in Freeport, Long Island. He had these incredibly intense eyes, and the feeling of deja vu-- that I knew this man --was overwhelming. However, I never investigated this experience any further, and put the matter out of my mind. In 1999, the memory of this man began creeping into my thoughts, haunting me. In an effort to exorcise this memory, I began constructing a story around him. Instead of making him go away, the story grew giving life to the character I call Quentin Peace. After three months of daydreaming, I began putting the story on paper, and nine months and tons of editing later, THE LEGION was complete. LEGION'S NEMESIS followed, and THE PATH is my work-in-progress. My horror short stories include DEAD MAN'S FINGERS, DANGLING THINGS, THE NECKLACE, CLUTTER, MOVING DAY, and WANDSCHRANKGESCH�PFEN. To read excerpts, follow the link to Karole's Work.

As this site progresses, I'll include more about those works and future stories I plan to write. In addition to supernatural suspense, I write children's stories (nothing scary for the kids). Among my children's selections are THE DOOM BALLOON, BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO, and DON'T YOU LOVE ME ANYMORE? You'll find more about these and other stories on my KidStuff page.

Be sure to check out the Announcements page for news of upcoming events, and read the Archives of my columns from Epiphany Magazine: a celebration in writing!

Clutter has been voted one of the top 15 winners in the Top International Horror

Contest 2003 sponsored by Rainfall Books and Terror Tales Online Magazine. It is now available for purchase at Shocklines.

Writers I Admire...

In the past year, I have had the privilege to make the acquaintance of and befriend several exceptional writers (some published, some not). Excerpts from their work are on the Must Reads and FunStuff pages. These gifted writers are: John Bienko--psychological thrillers; Jerry P. Bolton--psychological thrillers, short stories, and poetry; Anastasia Clark--poetry and children's stories; Brian Holland--science fiction/fantasy; Pamela June Kimmell--mystery and poetry; James V. Stedjee--short stories and poetry; and Geoffrey Stead--fantasy.

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