Mysteria Lane an Anthology by Mary Janice Davidson, Susan Grant, Gena Showalter and P.C. Cast
The town of Mysteria…
“Hundreds of years ago, in the mountains of Colorado the small town of Mysteria was “accidentally” founded by a random act of demonic kindness. Over time it has become a veritable magnet for the supernatural – a place where magic has coexisted with the mundane world. “
Mary Janice Davidson, Susan Grant, Gena Showalter and P.C. Cast have spent some time in the last few months visiting Mysteria. Mysteria is a quirky, magical and idyllic hamlet where witches, fairies, vampires, werewolves and the like co-habit. They were nice enough to invite me to Knight Caps, the local watering hole, for a drink so we could discuss their visit and the people who live here. I must say it’s been a bit hard to concentrate on the conversation – there’s entirely too much eye candy and my focus isn’t what it could be. I mean I had no idea you were inviting your heroes for a drink too? Isn’t that Thad who just walked in with Falon, Quel Laredo, and Colin? Is this the boy’s night out? Be still my heart. Will Withering, Shay, Glory and Summer be joining us? I have to say I hope so otherwise my concentration will be shot to hell.
Marisa: Thanks for inviting me to Knight Caps for a drink. I must say that love seems to be in the air these days here in Mysteria – would any of you have anything to do with that?
PC: Well, I’m always up for a good shot of eye candy – and all the lovely benefits that go with it, especially in Mysteria. Actually the thing I love most about Mysteria is that our fantasies are unlimited and possibilities, especially for a smart woman, are endless…
(Shay and Quel exchange sly looks). “I’m here to hunt,” she says with a husky laugh.
Quel snorts and downs a shot of whiskey. “Not if I catch you first.”
Falon: witches can be blamed for anything. Except for Glory. Anyone blames her for something and they’ll soon find out there’s still ink in our revenge pen and we’re not afraid to use it. They might suddenly find themselves whisked to the town square, all their clothes gone.
Marisa: Alrighty then, I think I’ll avoid the fountain for a while. I really love the town of Mysteria, it seems like a great place to live. I’m thinking of moving here, do you have any advice to give me?
PC: I know Summer would recommend Mysteria highly to anyone. After all, she went away to college, and ended up right back in her hometown. I’m pretty sure she’d say Mysteria has more than magic on its side – it also has male magnetism!
Shay: “Whatever you do, do not drive your Porsche into the fountain. If you do, well, prepare for the consequences.” She throws Quel another hot look. “Diverting as they may be…”
Falon: Glory would offer only one piece of advice. Don’t make a play for her man and you’ll live long enough to enjoy your stay. (slow grin) Girl gets wicked jealous.
Marisa: I’ll try and remember that Falon. So, what’s up with the town’s wishing well? I hear it has some very potent powers – any thing you wish for comes true. I also heard that while you were here in Mysteria you were each granted one wish at the town’ wishing well. What did you wish for?
PC: Oh, crap! Summer stays wayyyyy away from the wishing well! With her backwards magic? Total and complete danger. Hell, I wouldn’t get near it, either – trouble, total trouble.
Falon: I avoid the well like it’s an old girlfriend who wants to hook back up. (shudders)
Shay: “To be a human.”
Quel: “To finally be able to stop my damn running. If you’re gonna find peace, you gotta let it find you.”
Susan Grant listens, surprised. “Wow. That’s some serious stuff, you guys.”
Marisa: Too true Susan, I think it might be time to order another round. By the way, rumor has it that you were all granted a special power in Mysteria. Can you talk about it? What was it?
PC: Okay, it’s so embarrassing you know about this! GENA, DAMNIT, YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO KEEP THIS A SECRET. But since I’m outted I’ll just come clean. Falon gave me her magic pen. You know, the one that can write any scene you want, and then make that scene come true for the author. I’ve, uh (god, it’s sooooo hard to admit this), well, I’ve decided to rewrite several of my favorite Goddess Summoning Books by hand and, uh, write MYSELF in as the heroines. Come one! Wouldn’t you???
Shay rolls her eyes. “My powers were taken away, fool human–”
“Shay! We’re her guest,” Susan Grant interrupts in an embarrassed whisper. “Be polite.”
Shay explains, refusing (though tempted) to argue with her creator. “The powers I’d relied upon for ten thousand years were lost in that blasted fountain. I had to come up with human wiles in order to survive, weak as they may be.”
“Weak?” Quel reacts with a very male chuckle. “I thought you enjoyed those human traits when we were in bed. Mine anyway.”
Shay smiles. Running her fingertip along his thigh, she practically purrs.
Gena: Well, see, Gena asked for a clone to do all her work for her. So boom, here I am. She’s currently taking a nap, the lazy bum.
Marisa: Well, would you mind asking Gena, the original Gena, to clone me? Oh, wait, there are already two of me. I heard they’re having a big Halloween celebration here in a few weeks. What kind of festivities will you all be planning?
PC: I think Colin is going to try to get Summer to loosen up and enjoy some meat. And I can promise you she’s going to go along with it!
Quel: “Other than demon hunting, if it involves beer, burgers, and–”
“Me,” Shay interrupts.
“–football then I’m happy.” Quel stops, realizing what she’s said. “You, naked,” he clarifies.
Gena’s clone: If I know Falon – and I had better, as I was doing Gena’s work even before his creation – he’ll have something private (aka naked) planned. Glory will happily go along with it.
Marisa: Sounds like Halloween in Mysteria could get very interesting. I think I’ll have to come back for all the fun. Thanks so much for inviting me to spend some time in Mysteria – I certainly enjoyed it. I know some of our viewers will have some questions – so I’m opening it up to them for now. I know P.C. that you have a stop to make at the wishing well and won’t be back until this afternoon so we’ll see you then but I’m sure Susan and Gena will hold down the fort until you arrive.
Oh,and did I tell you, one random poster will receive a copy of the new anthology Mysteria Lane. And Mary Janice is sorry she could not be with us today but is offering signed copy of her new book!
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Buffie
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 7:24 am:
OMG! What a fabulous blog!!!! I’m SO loving this. I will definitely have to check out this anthology. Who knows, maybe I’ll find some new authors to read
Mysteria sounds like a very intriguing place, especially with all the hot guys running around 
I know it is early in the morning, but I must say that is one smokin’ hawt cover!!!!!! I’m going to admit this now . . . I want to do some things to that guy on the cover
Did you see those abs
Gannon
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 7:44 am:
Ladies, y’all are too much! I love to start the day off with a laugh! Mysteria Lane sounds like an excellent read—my kind of book, for sure.
And I completely agree with Buffie. That is one HAWT cover!! I can think of all sorts of unspeakable things to do with Mr. Abs-of-Steele!;)
Pam P
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 8:44 am:
Oh yeah, fabulous abs! Mysteria is definitely a fun, quirky town, can’t wait to revisit next month. Great blog you all.
Stacie Mc
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 9:10 am:
Free the clones! Cloning is slavery (also very unfair since I don’t have one)! Honestly, Gena shouldn’t be allowed one unless she brought enough for everybody.
Maria Lokken
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 10:01 am:
Yo Marisa – I’m not your clone. Well not most of the time anyway.
I loved this book – and the premise, While Mysteria has some very strange folks living there, it’s a place I might go for vacation. And if, I ‘accidentally’ fell into the wishing well – I would definitely want to emerge 6 feet tall, with a totally worked out body, and powers to create whatever struck my fancy… oh, I don’t know… a few million in the bank, a fast car, a closet full of designer jeans… hmm… I’m checking my GPS right now to see how long it will take to get there.
Buffie
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 10:06 am:
Maria, don’t forget to create a few hunky guys too
Maria Lokken
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 10:18 am:
Ahhh Buffie – (smacking myself upside the head) how could I forget?! Thanks for the reminder.
Marisa
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 10:38 am:
BIG ANNOUNCEMENTHey You All – Mary Janice Davidson just called me from Mysteria – and unfortunately her computer fell down the wishing well and can’t be with us today- she said she’d get Thad to work on it for her so she might try to stop by later today. BUT – she is going to give away 5 signed NEW books that no one has read yet to some random posters. Woopee!!!
Marisa
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 10:38 am:
Hey Susan, Gena and P.C. when I was talking to Mary Janice she told me Mysteria Lane has been optioned for a movie. Do tell….
gena showalter
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 10:49 am:
The first, Mysteria, was the one optioned
We were all over the moon! Would be fabulous if Mysteria Lane was picked up as well.
So wonderful to be here! (says Gena and her clone) Yep, clones for everyone!!
And PC, you know me and secrets. . .we’re givers LOL
Buffie
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 11:11 am:
WOW, 5 copies!! That is wonderful, and also very generous of the ladies!! Thanks gals!
Maria Lokken
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 11:14 am:
Oo la la… a movie option. What great news. Mysteria Lane is equally terrific, so they’d be crazy not to pick it up as well.
(Says Maria and her clone Marisa – or maybe not – maybe there are four of us- oh too scary a thought0
Marisa
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 11:15 am:
If there are four of us why don’t any of us have a secretary?
AJ
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 11:45 am:
OMG! can i have a Gena clone to keep in my cupboard? I can steal all of her good ideas and take her out for parties and things so people can admire her hotness
I love the sound of this book. You ladies are already getting a load of my cash next week
(need to buy the rest of the Lords of underworld series and the latest PC and Kristen Cast) *shakes fist* if you all weren’t so talented i’d be upset lol.
Dev
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 11:58 am:
I really enjoyed the Mysteria anth. I read it from cover to cover last summer while I was on vacation and have been (im)patiently waiting for this one! Cannot wait to get my hands on it.
Susan Grant
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 12:16 pm:
Hey y’all, I was hanging around at the wrong place–hee hee, i’m so spacey sometimes–and wondered where everyone was. I, too, love the abs on that man. I want him on all of my covers! Thanks everyone for coming to the party.
Marisa
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 12:21 pm:
Hi Susan and Gena – glad you could be here today. I know P.C. will be here later and Mary Janice is going to try to get here if Thad can get her computer out of the well and in working order. But I wanted to ask both of you, if this particular Mysteria Lane anthology was going to be made into a movie – who would be playing Falon and Glory and Shay and Quel?
Karin
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 12:21 pm:
Anything in Colorado is worth a visit. It makes me sad, though, that I haven’t stumbled across Mysteria before – obviously I haven’t explored my own state thoroughly enough. *sigh*
I’m with Gannon about the interview though. A bit of laughter is the best way to start the day. Well, that and the eye candy that was present.
MK/Kati
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 12:23 pm:
Hi Ladies – I’m zooming in and out, but thanks so much for joining us here at RNTV, and many thanks to you all for the hours and hours of enjoyment you’ve provided.
I’m intrigued at the premise of this book, but can I also take a moment to SQUEE at Gena?
Gena, I’m over the moon in love with your Lords of the Underworld series! When do we get the next installments, and how much farther will you go with the series? It seems like there are so many possibilities for the books!
Stacie Mc
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 12:35 pm:
Yippie on the extra books from MaryJanice! Thanks for sharing the clones Gena. Can you make mine one of the guy on the cover? I have some *ahem* “things” he could do for me.
Susan Grant
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 12:36 pm:
Gosh, tough question. I’m really not sure. Mysteria was optioned for a TV minseries actually so I bet they’d choose from TV stars for the cast. I hope Mysteria Lane coming out revives the whole thing. After the writers strike hit, we never heard anything more.
Susan Grant
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 12:40 pm:
By the way, if anyone wants to win a signed copy of Moonstruck, my latest, pop on over to Vicki’s blog. I think all you need to do is comment and you’re entered.
http://vickilane.blogspot.com/2008/09/moonstruck-by-susan-grant-contest.html
Karin
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 12:44 pm:
Though you haven’t heard anything about the Mysteria miniseries since the writers strike, can you tell us how long the miniseries was planned to be?
gena showalter
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 1:17 pm:
I see bad boy Colin Farrel as Falon and myself as Glory. Oh, wait. I guess I should pick an actress lol Hmmm, maybe…I’m drawing a blank. Maybe because I want to pair myself with the delicious Colin.
MK/Kati thank you so much! The next one is Sabin’s story and it’s called The Darkest Whisper. I’ve written it and turned it and and it’s supposed to come out May 09 though I hear that might be changed
I plan to write a book for every Lord. Aeron is up next!
Maria Lokken
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 1:21 pm:
Gena – Every Lord! Oh my – be still my heart… lots to look forward to, yippee!
susan grant
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 1:34 pm:
Karin we heard as long as an 8 hour miniseries. that’s what we are hoping for!
susan grant
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 1:34 pm:
and maybe there was a movie in the mix, too. it was so long ago my brain is foggy on all the details.
Gannon
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 2:56 pm:
A movie option….very cool!
susan grant
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 3:08 pm:
Hey, Gena, I see you said you’re on the tour–how fun. Remember that time the four of us Mysteria authors did the signing together? Too bad we all don’t live close enough to repeat it! Unless we made clones of us and sent them to signings. Do ya think people will be able to tell?
Maria Lokken
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 4:02 pm:
Susan – it depends on if you could program the clones with a sense of humor. Otherwise, we’d know for sure it wasn’t really you.
susan grant
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 4:16 pm:
Well, i am off to get presentable and go to my daughter’s water polo game, then my son’s. I’ll be back after dinner to check on y’all and make sure no one is nekkid and dancing on tables (Gena? Maria?)
Karin
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 5:02 pm:
An eight hour miniseries with a movie option would be fantastic. I’ll just cross my fingers that it all works out that way.
Gena, I’m glad that you’re going to be writing a book for every Lord. I’ve read all of the current stories at least twice and I’ve been looking forward to Sabin’s story – though not as much as Aeron’s or Paris’s. I know I’ll be rereading them a few more times just to get my fix of the Lords. *sigh*
Karin
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 5:10 pm:
Susan, speaking of water polo, did you watch our water polo teams in the Olympics? They were fantastic!
Gannon
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 6:17 pm:
Nekkid table dancing?! I can’t imagine anyone around here doing that!! *snort*
Fedora
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 6:36 pm:
Wait, I just popped in here, and clearly I’m late for the fun–nekkid table dancing!? What is going on here?
Loved the interview today, and am currently enjoying the first anthology, Mysteria! How exciting to know there’s more coming! And there’s going to be a miniseries!? How incredibly cool is that! Do you writers have input on how they adapt for the screenplay, or is that done completely separately?
gena showalter
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 7:12 pm:
Susan, a tour would have been a blast!
Dancing on tables? Sign me up!
We didn’t write the screenplay, that was done separately.
Fedora
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 8:09 pm:
Ah, no screenwriting for you all, then? Maybe you could help with casting
And if we can place orders for clones, I’d like a handsome one who’s excellent at housework and childcare. How long do I need to wait for delivery?
Joanie T
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 10:38 pm:
Adding this latest Mysteria book to my list as it has some of my favorite authors! Can’t wait to read it and too exciting about a miniseries/movie!
I heart books
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 11:08 pm:
How was it like putting this book together? How did you all decide to work together?
susan grant
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 11:38 pm:
I heart books: Here’s the skinny on how the Mysteria anthos began. In 2005, we, along with other authors, were invited to contribute a short story for a project to aid the victims of the tsumani tragedy in Asia and later the Katrina victims. A full 100% percent of our earnings for “Bewitched, Bothered, and Bevampyred” went to the Red Cross, and continue to do so. Bewitched, Bothered, and Bevampyred was released in paper and electronic format in early March 2005, with each chapter penned by a different bestselling author in an episode format resembling a television series. Four of us authors loved our characters so much that we thought they deserved longer stories, so MaryJanice, PC, Gena and I got together and created an anthology: Mysteria!!! Talk about an instance of something good coming out of something good!
susan grant
on Sep 24th, 2008
@ 11:41 pm:
Karin, I never got to see the WP teams compete! (sob) I was either working or sleeping! We had some amazing teams, though. I’m so proud of my kids playing this sport. It really takes endurance. They’re in awesome shape–and eating me out of house and home!
Pam P
on Sep 25th, 2008
@ 6:38 am:
Sure hope you hear more about the TV series, that would be so cool.
All those Lords of Gena’s and nakid dancing, oh my!! LOL
Karin
on Sep 25th, 2008
@ 1:21 pm:
Susan, I missed most of the Olympics as I was out of the country on vacation for all but the first 4 days of competition. I just caught up by watching the encore videos at nbc.com and absolutely fell in love with the WP teams. They were so fantastic and I give your son and daughter major kudos for playing a sport that requires that much endurance.