Silly Confessions from author Vivika Widow

Thriller My Silly Little Confessions was released on 12^th January. I had a short QnA with author Vivika Widow release.

Q – How did you celebrate the release of My Silly Little Confessions?

A – Preparing for my next book, reading 'Woman in White' by Wilkie Collins and catching up on a lot of lost sleep.

Q – What makes this book different from your previous books?

A – It's a black comedy so hopefully the readers will find some wit and humour in it. My previous books were either gothic horror or thriller. Apart from some of the short stories in Myths and Tales (including the story that spawned MSLC) it is the first that uses a first person narrative.

Q – What can you tell us about the main character, Tracey?

A – She's a murderous, witty, charming, Sci Fi show enthusiast. She had been studying medicine when she was arrested for the murder of several of her classmates. The story opens with her in prison deciding on what her future will hold. She has a talent for writing fiction so she's turning her attention to becoming an author.

Q – The book says that it is based on NOT SO TRUE EVENTS. Is there any truth to anything that happens in it?

A – Tracey's life and personality mirrors my own to a very small extent. The events that unfold have absolutely no fact behind them. She is merely a figment of the more twisted side of my imagination and what would be better than to place her in the direst circumstances and she how she reacts!

Q – Is the story all a dream? Is all that happens just in her mind?

A – There is a pretty great theory that she isn't at all who she says she is. Some have suggested that she it is all just in her mind. She was never an anatomy student, she didn't kill those people and her book idea wasn't stolen. Some even went so far as to say she could be a patient in an asylum who is just playing all of this out in her imagination. Some even suggested that it is all a dream that she is writing it down. These are all great suggestions but I can confirm none of them are true. She is who she says she is and the Confessions series is most definitely NOT all a dream.

Q – What would you like to tell potential readers?

A- I'll let them delve into the story themselves. What I would like to do is to thank them for taking the time out to read MSLC. I hope you enjoy and I look forward to your feedback.

MSLC is available now on Amazon, Barnes and Noble book stores and on www.vivikawidow.com

Rogue Battalion: A Review

A smash hit of a short story! Set before the events of Fall of Freedom, Rogue Battalion find themselves on a devastating mission to Minsk.
It's set in the future without being Sci Fi - there are no aliens or space travel or anything. The Conflict of the Throne universe is frightening because of its reality. The characters have very real lives and horrific as the events are its pretty damn true to life.
A faithful companion to the Conflict of the Throne series, I highly recommend this book to fans of horror and thriller. There's just about enough blood and gore to satisfy even the most sadistic of readers.
The main thing about Rogue Battalion which a few of my friends noticed was that it wasn't like reading a book. It was more like reading through the script of an action movie. Personally, I felt it was like living the adventure. I would for this story to have gone on a little longer but it was very successful in leaving the reader wanting more.

The Resident Evil Series: A review

I remember back in 1997 I got my first Resident Evil game for the Playstation. I loved it. Looking back on the original it has made a lot of improvements since then. Graphic (without needing to be said really) have improved but the intricacy of the story has also gotten better.
Each one has gotten progressively more exciting. Although I found Resident Evil 4 a little difficult to contend with, Resident Evil 5 still stands as one of my favourite survival horror games.
Resident Evil 6 was great but I think it was trying just that bit too hard. The multi character stories that allows you to play as several different characters are reminiscent of Resident Evil 2 where you play half the game as Claire Redfield and half as Leon. However, to many cooks in the kitchen as they say. Resident Evil 6 had just one or two too many characters to play as.
That being said it was an exciting games and some of the cinematic cut scenes would have you forget that you were even playing the game. You really wanted to just sit back with the popcorn and watch.
Speaking of movies, Resident Evil has been turned into a movie franchise which has split fans into two base camps. The puritans believe that it is not close enough to the game (Alice?) and others who I guess don't really get the game think that it is better. I for one think the movies pay a very fitting tribute to the games and the survival horror genre in general. The second movie 'apocolypse' was - in this reviewers humble opinion - the best.
Looking forward to what is to come I'm sure there will be many more exciting role play adventures to come, more movies and more debating over which is better.

Red Snow by Vivika Widow... So what did I think?

Red Snow by Vivika Widow is a journey from one nasty happening to another with lots of intriguing plot in between.
It kind of reminded me of Bram Stoker's Dracula a little by the feel of the book and reactions of certain characters. The main heroine, Helena, was set to be a fairy tale damsel in distress but ironically she is the one to become a noble rescuer! Making use of this alternative structure on characters Vivika Widow makes a real statement for feminism without stamping over traditional values.
That's not to say the male characters in this book are without merit. In fact you are hard pushed to find any character in this story who won't fight their corner. It is very difficult to distinguish between the antagonists and protagonists because they are all pretty much out for blood!
The story itself takes its leaps and plunges. It can be breathtaking at one moment and bone chilling the next. The actual construction of the novel is cleverly placed with two main stories running in conjunction with each other.
With a body count that would make any slasher movie maker blush 'Red Snow' fools you into believing it is a classic story whilst underneath rages a horror worthy of screams.
Can someone say Graphic Novel?