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Favorite Halloween Movies – Bram Stoker’s Dracula

By Cynthia Sax on October 29, 2021

There are two movies I watch around Halloween – Young Frankenstein (1974), a childhood favorite, and Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992), one of my favorite vampire movies.

Bram Stoker’s Dracula isn’t a romance. There are no romantic happy ever afters for any of the characters. But it does have romantic elements.

And it has one of the most romantic lines I’ve ever encountered.

“I have crossed oceans of time to find you.”

(shivers) When Dracula says that to Mina, it captures me every time.

One of the (many) things Dracula does well is, exactly that, it crosses oceans of time. The action starts in 1462. Then it jumps to 1897.

Whenever there’s a change in time periods, there’s a risk of losing readers or, in this case, viewers. This doesn’t happen in Bram Stoker’s Dracula because the two time periods are closely linked by character (Dracula and the reincarnation of his wife) and by plot. Almost everything that happens in 1897 is tied back to the actions in 1462.

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B Free

B is the last remaining B Model cyborg. All of his brethren, the beings he trained with, fought with, cared deeply for, have perished.

Or so he believes.

When he intercepts a communication mentioning the existence of one of his kind, he has to investigate its source. The message could be a trap set by his enemies. He’ll take that risk if it secures him the companionship he requires to be fully functional.

What he finds is a daring brown-eyed female who activates all his systems. She proudly proclaims she’s a researcher, brandishing that information like a weapon before her. He wants to kiss the sass off her beautiful face, protect her from the dangers around them, claim her forever.

Quinn is on a quest to locate the mechanics of an early-version cyborg. She believes the information captured within that frame will give her valuable insights into the past.

When her mission goes zombie-like beings levels of wrong, she comes face-to-face with a living, breathing B Model. He has big hands, a primitive countenance, and stern hard lips crafted for kissing.

She doesn’t trust him. And she doesn’t have time to indulge her desires.

Their shared enemies are chasing them, would kill to get their precious specimens back. One minor mistake could reduce B and Quinn to a mere line in the databases of history.

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It features the sole surviving B Model cyborg warrior, a courageous researcher seeking to uncover the past, and an unplanned visit to a settlement ruled by an extremely scary all-knowing, all-powerful being.

B Free is the fourth of five core stories in the Rebel Cyborgs Series.
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Book 2: Under Strain
Book 3: Baring Grudge
Book 4: B Free
Book 5: Seizing Power

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Laundry Day In The Sax Household

By Cynthia Sax on August 22, 2020

Today is laundry day in the Sax household or, as I jokingly refer to it, a day of good, clean fun. (grins) I heard that groan. That was a terrible joke, wasn’t it?

As there are only two humans – the Dear Wonderful Hubby and myself – currently living in our house, laundry day happens every two weeks. It IS a chore. Both of us dread doing it. But it has to occur and we try to make it fun. We have jokes and we have a playlist.

One of our favorite songs is a tweak on Limahl’s The Neverending Story ( Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHytjEj7B9g ) except it is called The Neverending Laundry.

Another favorite song is a Laundry Calling spin on The Clash’s London Calling ( Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfK-WX2pa8c ). We sing that whenever the dryer buzzer goes off, joking about being servants to the all mighty dryer.

When responding to the dryer buzzer, I usually do my best Igor from Young Frankenstein impression (I love that Mel Brooks movie), responding with “Yes, Master.” LOL I’m horrible at it yet it always makes the Dear Wonderful Hubby laugh.

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Testing Truth

A fun-loving cyborg gets serious about love.

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Truth lives each moment as though it were his last. The cyborg warrior rushes into danger, teases beings he shouldn’t provoke, accepts every call of adventure he encounters.

When a prissy little human princess floats into the Rebel structure Truth is occupying, seeking a mercenary to assist her and her unusual entourage, he volunteers to be her warrior. She claims their assignment is dangerous, warns him he might not survive the task.

That is exactly the type of fun he has been seeking.

Princess Nanette of the planet Royaume must rescue her estranged brother from an enemy prison ship. That is her duty, and she has been trained to always place the needs of her planet and her subjects before her own. Nancy doesn’t have the freedom to indulge her passions for a certain dark-haired, gray-skinned cyborg. Not permanently and not publicly.

But she is unable to resist the warrior. Truth, with his laughing eyes, smiling lips, and rough hands, tempts her as no one else ever has. He could be her one fleeting act of rebellion before she’s matched with the powerful ruler her planet requires.

If they survive their current mission.

Their love is doomed. Their lifespans are at risk. This cyborg and his princess will need the help of every ally they have if they wish to see another sunrise.

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