Title: Blues Bones
Author: Rick StarkeyRelease Date: March 7, 2016
Genre: Middle Grade, Paranormal, Horror
Thirteen-year-old Rodney Becker has found the perfect cure for stage fright. Voodoo!
Armed with the stolen finger bones of a dead blues guitar player
and a mishmash of voodoo spells from the Internet, he and his best friend enter
a graveyard at midnight to perform their ritual. Now, all that stands in his
way of winning a local guitar competition is the power of RETURN – a side
effect of the voodoo that spells disaster for Rodney.
His cure has become a curse. How else can he explain jamming
his finger so bad he can’t hold a guitar pick, his part-time dad stealing his
guitar, and his mom getting into an accident that could have taken her life?
How much is Rodney willing to risk to achieve his dream of
being a guitar legend?
About the Author:Rick Starkey is a graduate of the Institute of Children’s Literature. His main interest is writing novels for middle grade. Rick has sold short pieces to Highlights for Children including a game, magic tricks, and a short story. Knowing that most writers often wish that they had started their career earlier in life, Rick teaches a basic course for the Talented and Gifted Program (T.A.G.) at Walter’s State Community College in Morristown Tennessee. Rick’s students learn the basics of magazine submissions including cover and query letters, market research, and manuscript preparation. The T.A.G. program is for students grades 5 – 8 and come from seven counties in East Tennessee.
Rick lives in a 200-year-old log cabin in the Great Smoky
Arts and Crafts Community in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, where he and his wife,
Betty, own and run Make It Magic, a magic shop and craft store. A day in Rick’s
life includes recommending and performing magic tricks for customers of all
ages, carving a bear from a log with a chainsaw, and working on his next novel.
