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- [Ghostly Tales of Route 66: Chicago to Oklahoma](https://conniecwilson.com/product/ghostly-tales-of-route-66-chicago-to-oklahoma/): \<div class="container container\-main"\>
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Quixote Press, 2009, \($9\.95\)
This first volume in a three\-volume trilogy of ghost stories set along historic Route 66 takes the reader from Chicago to Oklahoma\.
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Gold Medal Winner of an E\-Lit award in the Travel Book division – March 11 of 2009

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- [Hellfire \& Damnation Vol\. 1](https://conniecwilson.com/product/hellfire-damnation-vol-1/): "Hellfire and Damnation" is a series of short stories \(some based on true stories\) organized around Dante's "Inferno" and the 9 circles of Hell\. As William F\. Nolan \("Logan's Run," "Nightworlds"\) put it, "Her frame for this collection is unique: stories built around Dante's 9 circles of hell, a unifying concept that is classically fresh\. Many of these hellish tales are based on truth, amplified into fiction\. Her 4 stories set along Route 66 from Missouri through California are all true ghost stories\. The final statements of convicted prisoners on Death Row, as they await execution in Georgia, provide the dialogue for the story that takes us through the Gates of Hell, "Hotter than Hell\." Scott Edelman \("Sci Fi Weekly"\) put it this way "Connie \(Corcoran\) Wilson puts her characters through Hell in 'Hellfire \& Damnation,' and with her horrific stories, takes me along to places I did not want to go\." Gary Braunbeck \("Coffin County," "Far Dark Fields"\) said, "Hellfire \& Damnation" marks her not so much as a writer to watch, but ont to watch out for\. Exploring the 9 levels of Dante's 'Inferno' via contemporary settings and sensibilities, and the sins punished therein, this collection veers from sinister noir \('Going Through Hell'\) to the bizarrely whimsical \('Amazing Andy, the Wonder Chicken'\) to the outright, no\-holds\-barred horrific\. Never have the 9 Circles of Hell been so much fun\. I had a blast following Wilson on her tour of the Inferno, and you will, as well\." M\.J\. Turner of "Dark Scribe" magazine said, "A unique concept binds the tales in Connie Corcoran Wilson's short story collection "Hellfire \& Damnation\.' Unified by the theme of Dante's 'Inferno' and its 9 Circles of Hell, each story corresponds to the sin represented by the circle in which it appears and each takes readers deeper into the bowels of Hell\.\.\.Subjects of many of the tales in the collection seem ripped straight from the headlines, and Wilson's cool and matter\-of\-fact style serves only to make the stories more disturbing\."

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\<div\>Book 5,\<strong\>\<em\> The Christmas Cats Care for the Bear\</em\>\</strong\> is the story of a small bear named Fred who is treated badly by the other bears because he has funny hair and is pudgy\. The Christmas Cats, true to their tradition of helping animals in distress, find a way to bring Fred out of his funk and back into society\.\</div\>
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- [Laughing Through Life](https://conniecwilson.com/product/laughing-through-life/): Quad City Press: July, 2011, $10\.95 paperback; $2\.99 E\-book
A collection of humorous essays and anecdotes that reviewers have compared to “Erma\-Bombeck\-meets\-David\-Sedaris\.” Whether as a political observer on the campaign trail in 2004 \(avoiding arrest at Coors Amphitheater, but just barely\), a young mother and teacher, or grandmother to twin two\-year\-olds \(pictured on the cover\), this book will help you to laugh through life, providing many chuckles over familiar and universal life situations, whether lost cell phones or golfing foibles\. Check the Amazon reviews at Connie Corcoran Wilson\! Winner of a NWPA \(National Women’s Press Association\) award, June, 2012\.
Review from “UReadMoreBooks\.blogspot\.com” on 12/11: “An amusing book to read\. I have to say that I really enjoy Connie’s sense of humor\. She has written some interestingly funny essays and put them together in this book\. There were several laugh\-out\-loud moments while I was reading the book that I can honestly say that, even as I am now thinking of them while I am writing this, I am still smiling…Connie has certainly experienced many interesting events, such as covering the 2004 and 2008 presidential campaigns which she shares in th book\. I did find much of it to be quite humorous\. I didn’t really expect to laugh as much as I did at the end of the book\. Coincidentally, I am not speaking solely of the chapter entitled “The End\.” Her conversational piece with the Verizon Guy was wonderfully amusing, but, for me, the final laughing began with the “R\.I\.P\. Gerard” and continued all the way to the end\! I want to say thank you to Teddy Rose for putting this book in my hands\. I agreed to read it and review it here, which I am very glad I did\.”
From “A Life Sustained” and Courtney of Iowa City, Iowa, on 12/10/2011
“The thirty\-one essays that make up Laughing through Life \(Quad City Press, 2011\) by Connie Corcoran Wilson represent a broad selection by this prolific writer: a collection of “hits,” if you will\. Topics range from anecdotes of everyday life to notable bits from the local news to coverage of the 2004 and 2008 Presdiential elections\. They span a large chunk of time —at least 25 years\. A fellow Midwestern woman, Wilson writes with honesty, an eye for detail, and without pulling any punches\. She seems to always be searching for the kernel of levity in all interactions and stumbles upon some poignant life lessons along the way\. My personal favorite detailed a conversation between the author and her cell phone company regarding her daughter’s phone usage: we all should be so bold\. Corcoran’s observations are wry, and we might take a lesson from her willingness to say exactly what is on her mind\.”
- [Hellfire \& Damnation Vol\. 2](https://conniecwilson.com/product/hellfire-damnation-vol-2/): "\<strong\>Hellfire \& Damnation II\</strong\>" by Connie \(Corcoran\) Wilson is another tour of the 9 Circles of Hell described in Dante's Inferno\. It picks up where the first collection of short stories \(2011, www\.HellfireandDamnationTheBook\.com\) left off, using the framing device of the sins punished at each of the 9 Circles of Hell in Dante's "Inferno\." Winner of the \(IWPA\) Silver Feather award, sequel to the E\-Lit Gold Medal award winner Hellfire \& Damnation, Hellfire \& Damnation II as a tour of Dante's Inferno doesn't require that you have read the first collection of short stories, which also illustrated the sins punished at each of the 9 Circles of Hell\. There are no recurring characters, but there are 11 short stories, accompanying illustrations and a "From the Author" section explaining the inspiration or each story\.

As 5\-time Stoker winner Gary Braunbeck said: "I really don't know how she managed to do it, but Wilson surpasses her previous Hellfire \& Damnation collection with its sequel\. Her writing is stronger, streamlined, and often lyrical, despite the nastiness her words describe\. This is another impressive collection of tales from a writer I could very well learn to hate if she gets much better\. Seriously, Connie, can't you write just one stinker so the rest of us will feel a little bit better?"

New York Times best\-selling author Jon Land, the author of the Caitlin Strong series says: "Connie \(Corcoran\) Wilson's Hellfire \& Damnation II is a remarkable collection of somber, noirish, flat\-out scary and altogether satisfying stories that seek to find hope in a dark world that defies it\. Her subtle irony and penchant for finding terror in the least expected places will generate comparisons to Stephen King and Ray Bradbury, with just a hint of Philip K\. Dick thrown in\. But don't be fooled: Wilson has a wondrous voice in her own right and her tight, twisty tales establish her as a force to be reckoned with\."

Nate Kenyon, award\-winning author of Diablo: The Order and Day One said: "Take a twisted ride through Hell and back with Connie \(Corcoran\) Wilson's \<strong\>\<em\>Hellfire \& Damnation II\</em\>\</strong\>\.\.\.\.\.Frozen corpses, homicidal authors and sociopathic presidential candidates just scratch the surface of this inspired collection\. Don't miss it\!"

Terrie Leigh Relf, author of The Waters of Nyr and co\-author, with Henry Lewis Sanders, of Blood Journey and The Ancient One said, "Whether Connie \(Corcoran\) Wilson has been visited by Dante's spirit or eavesdropping by Hell's confessionals, \<em\>\<strong\>Hellfire \& Damnation II\</strong\>\</em\> definitely delivers on its title\. There is a fine line between good and evil within these pages\. A very fine line\. Be careful that you don't teeter into the abyss\. From a Norwegian army deserter trapped in Limbo within the Colorado ice to parents pondering the sale of their organs to fund their college\-bound son, these stories abound with life's\-\-\-and death's\-\-\-ironies\."

Brian Pinkerton, author of Rough Cut: "Connie Wilson's new short story collection Hellfire \& Damnation II sends the reader spiraling down Dante's 9 Circles of Hell with devilish twists and turns of time and place, across eleven superb short stories\."

If you enjoy scary short stories that will linger long after you've finished reading them, this is the book for you\.

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