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Her husband’s suicide is quiet: a sixty-milli equivalent injection of sodium potassium on the eve of what was supposed to be predictable cocktails with the Shorensteins.

But Claire Goldman’s mind is not only on the neat and rapidly cooling corpse of her husband, or the bias-cut Michael Kors that has begun to cling uncomfortably to her toned frame. She’s worried about her future, her life without her husband Gerald. He has after all rescued her from the dry basin of the Southern California valley and taken her to a gorgeous home in an exclusive enclave of San Francisco. He gave her sense of style, a sense of herself as something more than the pretty but vacuous daughter of Basque immigrants. But then why, mere moments after her husband’s funeral, is their family accountant implying she’s broke? And who the hell is this “Precious” her husband had on speed dial?

In an attempt at self empowerment, Claire decides to confront the secrets of her husband’s past. But nothing can prepare her for the surprise that awaits her. And what begins as a strained business arrangement develops into a redemptive friendship as Claire and “Precious” realize they have far more in common than the love and money of the same man.

“The Monster’s Muse – Memories of Golden Era Hollywood Horror” Novel Now Available

TheMonstersMuse.com is thrilled to announce the digital release of Bradford Tatum’s new novel set in Hollywood, in the golden age of horror.

The Phantom of the Opera. Dracula. Frankenstein. Defining gems of the gothic genre. But do you know who was the real muse behind these paragons of terror? Would you believe it was a ten year-old girl from war-defeated Germany?

“The Monster’s Muse” tells the incredible story of Maddy Ulm and her rise from the complicated shadows of Berlin’s first experiments with Expressionist cinema to the glamorous deserts of Hollywood. For Maddy has a secret. A secret that has given her unparalleled insight into the soul of horror. A secret that has an unimaginably terrible price as well. With characteristic candor, Maddy gives us both a privileged glimpse into the making of some of Hollywood’s most defining films as well a hellish and often humorous vision of her personal journey.

Bradford Tatum began his career as an actor appearing in such films as DOWN PERISCOPE and POWDER but now devotes more time to his writing. He was a staff writer for Dick Wolf on NBC’s DEADLINE starring Oliver Platt and has written and directed two award winning indy features, both of which are currently available on DVD. His latest project THE BOOK OF WATER just received a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. His novel I CAN ONLY GIVE YOU EVERYTHING won both the 2011 Next Generation Indie Book Award and the 2011 Independent Publisher Book Award.

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Starting this week, I CAN ONLY GIVE YOU EVERYTHING will be available at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena…

I Can Only Give You Everything was named winner in the General Fiction category of the Next Generation Indie Book Awards. This is the largest not-for-profit awards program for independent publishers

The novel also won the  Silver Medal in the Popular Fiction category at the 2011 Independent Publisher Book Awards. The medalists were chosen from 3,907 total entries: 3,059 in the national categories and 848 in the regional categories.

This is the official website of Bradford Tatum’s new novel “I Can Only Give You Everything.” On this site you can find a synopsis, reader reviews and a Q&A with the author. Check out what people are saying, and buy a copy for you and a friend.

You can read Chapter 1 in its entirety, listen to Bradford performing it, or download it as an ebook to read on your portable devices.

Enjoy the website, enjoy the book.

She has left.

I move my fingers forward and feel a ring of dampness beneath her. Like the condensation under a long sitting stone. No reek. No horror. Just the moisture given up after the last days of spare glasses of coral calcium water.

Above and behind her the doll is still tied. It hangs by its solid throat, suspended from the bed post with purple sparkled birthday ribbon. Hard knots.

A ravaged Barbie.

Blond polyester strands cropped close to the hollow head. The hard flesh colored breasts sheared clean with a heated steak knife. I helped her with that.

It is a twin. A reflection. The map our daughter has made of the changes.

I don’t have much time. The day will be here soon and with it the rustling in the next room and then the rest of our lives together without her.

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