Claire Merrick

Author of urban fantasy. First novel publishing with Cannon in 2025.

[Claire Merrick @cmerrickwrites]

@BaenBooks In 20 years, everyone will ask the little guy why he got into neuroscience.

[Claire Merrick @cmerrickwrites]

Happy fourth! Y'all better have all your fingers at the end of the day.

[Claire Merrick @cmerrickwrites]

"I need your skills. Want to help me pull off a heist?"
"Sure. What are we breaking into? A bank? Casino?"
"Virginia Beach art museum."
"Ooh, are we stealing a Monet painting?"
"No. I want that bookcase."
"…but…is it a really expensive bookcase?"
"It's not about the money!"

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Book is available now on Amazon

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My neighbor's Soy Sauce gave The Screaming Tree 5 stars for black cat shenanigans.

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You never know what you'll find when researching mythical creatures from different cultures.

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Read the story of Snowy here https://t.co/SgnwrNAMQm

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Bea learns why the rules of Verity exist in this preview of my book The Screaming Tree. https://t.co/ykTZCrvnCN

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“Every once in a while, we get someone who thinks he can play with the Faces. I remember one feller. Added red stripes to his green house. One by one, little stripes along the siding. The old witty bragged about it…Then he started seeing things in the mirrors."

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Close to release date! The Screaming Tree weaves a tense mystery in a small mountain town at mercy of an ancient tree. Bea, the new girl in Verity, TN, tries to make sense of its arbitrary rules and must choose a side in the divided town.

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RIP David Hockney, who made the world infinitely better by painting his sleeping dachshund over and over and over.

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Construction update! The real-life tree at the center of my book still stands, and I can still visit it. For now. The next bit of work might prevent future visits. But "The Screaming Tree" is happening! June 19. You can pre-order an ebook or physical copy now.

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My first ever reading! As "The Screaming Tree" nears its release date, I'm getting ready for LibertyCon.

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Why formatting matters.

[Raconteur Press, LLC @raconteur_press]

Yes.

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The Life-Saving Service is vital to my state's history. They saved thousands (millions?) at sea. They also took part in dominating the air, as the markers show at the Wright Brothers monument. They were later merged with the Revenue Cutter Service to form the Coast Guard.

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The message in most of the books when I was a kid was, "That cute dog is gonna be dead by the end."

[Aelfred The Great @aelfred_D]

Nowadays kids’ books have messages like “believe in yourself” and “you can do anything” but when I was a kid the messages were things like “a lady who has a candy house wants to cook and eat you” and “sometimes wolves can disguise themselves as old women”