THE SLIPPER PROPHECY: An Alternate Ending to Cinderella
My brand new short story is now live on Wattpad! It’s under 1,000 words and an alternate ending to Cinderella – and I’m not telling you any more than that. 🙂 Hope you enjoy it!

My brand new short story is now live on Wattpad! It’s under 1,000 words and an alternate ending to Cinderella – and I’m not telling you any more than that. 🙂 Hope you enjoy it!
On Wednesday, September 27 at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time, listen to my interview on CJRU 1280 AM’s All My Books, a wonderful bookclub show hosted by Jacky Tuinstra Harrison. We’ll be talking all about Locke and Keye, including inspirations, how etiquette and respect for authority of the Victorian era play into the book, the mantra the locksmiths […]
You read that right! Win your paperback copy of Anatomy of a Darkened Heart signed by me, personalized, and specially gift-wrapped for you! Enter now through October 10, U.S. residents only. Goodreads Book Giveaway Anatomy of a Darkened Heart by Christie Stratos Giveaway ends October 10, 2017. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter Giveaway
The day has come! Locke and Keye is now available as the newest member of the Dark Victoriana Collection family. I can’t wait to hear what you think of this book, and remember – if you haven’t read Anatomy of a Darkened Heart, you can still read Locke and Keye as a standalone novel. Amazon   Smashwords Createspace   Barnes and Noble […]
Remember that time I was a NaNoWriMo YouTube Guide? I can’t believe it’s been almost a year since then! I learned a lot of great lessons from being a YouTube Guide, and I’m sharing them in my latest guest blog post on Writing Belle’s website:Â http://www.writingbelle.com/2017/09/award-winning-author-christie-stratos.html. There are some lessons you learn only by making mistakes, […]
Locke and Keye‘s release is only 8 days away! You can pre-order on Amazon and Smashwords so you can start reading it on the day. Since Locke and Keye is a standalone novel, you don’t have to read Anatomy of a Darkened Heart first, but if you want a copy of my debut novel, then enter my Amazon giveaway! […]
Author Marnie Cate has created a new series for Go Indie Now! Check out the premier episode of Author Insight, where a small group of authors – J.M. Northup, Mari Collins, me, and your fabulous host Marnie – talk in-depth about some topics like strangest thing to research and character names that we didn’t like […]
I just LOVE references to food, traditions, design, and other things from a particular time period. Here are six mentions of cakes from the 19th century. One is magical. 🙂
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It’s here, the time is finally here! At last I can show you the cover I’ve been holding on to for months! Locke and Keye (Dark Victoriana Collection Book 2) Coming September 7, 2017 “Brothers in the art of keeping secrets.” This is the mantra Mr. Locke’s carefully chosen five employees must repeat together every […]
