Legend of the Luna

By Sumiko Saulson

Book One of the serialized tale of "The Moon Cried Blood," the Legend of the Luna introduces us to the Lunae, and to the character Leticia Gordon. Book One of the serialized tale of The Moon Cried Blood, Legend of the Luna introduces us to the Lunae, four clans of witches who have been endowed with their powers by the moon personified. The spirit of Mother Moon has endowed each Luna clan with a different power: the power to see into the future belongs to the Luna of Beyond, the ability to revisit the pass belongs to the Luna of Before, the Luna of Below can see into the hearts of men, and the Luna of Above can see changes made to the timeline. We are also introduced Leticia Gordon, the thirteen year old protagonist of this story. Distraught and stricken by a series of tragedies, this young girl is now suddenly faced with the dawning revelation that she belongs to not one, but two of these lines of Luna, known collectively as the Lunae.

Introduction by Y.A. Author Greg Wilkey

Series Overview:

It is said that the Wolf may howl at the Moon, but the Moon never howls at the Wolf. In the gritty urban streets of Los Angeles in 1975, Leticia Gordon is forced to come to terms with many things: the tragic death of her stepmother and baby sister in a car accident, fear she’ll wind up in foster care, and the sudden revelation she belongs to a long line of powerful witches known as Lunae – who exhibit first power at menarche (first menstruation). Running from foes natural and supernatural, will her newfound powers be the turning point that elevates her position of honor, or will it destroy her like the dark forces that consumed her father? In a world turned upside down where time itself seems in flux, in whom can she trust?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Iconoclast Productions
• Release date: Jan 29, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311298416

Sumiko Saulson

Sumiko Saulson is a science-fiction, fantasy and horror writer and graphic novelist. She was the 2016 recipient of the Horror Writer Association's "Scholarship from Hell." She is best known for her non-fiction reference guide "60 Black Women in Horror Fiction." Her novels include "Solitude"," The Moon Cried Blood, "Happiness and Other Diseases", "Somnalia", "Insatiable" and the Amazon bestselling horror comedy “Warmth." She has written several short stories for collections and anthologies, including the Carry the Light award winning science-fiction story "Agrippa." She writes for the Oakland Art Scene for the Examiner.com, SEARCH Magazine and horror blogs HorrorAddicts.net and SumikoSaulson.com, which featured a 2013 Women in Horror Month interview series. The child of African American and Russian-Jewish American parents, she is a native Californian who grew up in Los Angeles and Hawaii. She is an Oakland resident who has spent most of her adult life in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Legend of the Luna

Book One of The Moon Cried Blood Series

Sumiko Saulson

WWW.SUMIKOSAULSON.COM

ICONOCLAST PRODUCTIONS

SAN FRANCISCO * OAKLAND * BERKELEY * VALLEJO

Legend of the Luna

Book One of The Moon Cried Blood Series

Praise for The Moon Cried Blood

Cycles of the moon, Generations of women, a young woman unaware of her incredible gift. A delicate weaving of history, character development and esoteric overlay that makes for an interesting saga. I read it twice, I missed a lot in the first round with all the symbolism. A lot of work went into the background and technical aspects of the writing itself and it shows.

- M. E. Valenzuela

This is not a Twilight or Harry Potter book. In my opinion, it's better. There is a very complex plot that thickens with every page. The characters, and there are many, are quite detailed. You don't know what's going to happen, even as it's happening. That has been missing with many books these days, and I'm glad to see it here.

Lance S. Elliot

Copyright Notice

Legend of the Luna

Book One: The Moon Cried Blood

By Sumiko Saulson

Published by Sumiko Saulson at Smashwords

Copyright 2012 Sumiko Saulson

Third Edition 2014

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Dedication

Dedicated to my parents, Carolyn Ann and Robert Allen Saulson, who taught me to read at three and constantly encouraged my artistic pursuits, and to the editor who sent the short story this is based on back to me with an encouraging letter.

History

The Moon Cried Blood started out as a short story written a very long time ago, when I was still in high school, and too shy to send it to more than one publication. An editor at Fangoria wrote back and told me that although the story wasn’t the proper genre, they liked my writing and encouraged me to send them something else.

I was too insecure to do it, but after Solitude, I decided that I should re-write the tale as a horror story that retained the the elements of the suspense genre found in the original short story. In the end, the short story grew into a novel. Chapter Two of this book contains many of the elements of that short story. I dedicate this book to the editor whose name I have forgotten who took out the time to write me that kind letter.

The third edition of the novel contains improvements in proofreading and certain editorial changes based upon reader feedback.

Credits

Editor: Michael Reikowsky

Proofreaders & Beta Readers: Brian Mueller, Phillip Cohen, James P. Anderson, Greg Wilkey, Taletha Wagoner, Buffie Peterson, Natalya Fay, Amy Bellino.

Spanish Language Translators: Beth Johnson and M Blau Bockstiegel

Special Thanks To: Christopher Rice, Eric Shaw Quinn, and the staff at the Dinner Party Show. Most of my beta readers and my editor are fans of the internet radio show who I met through their Facebook page.

You can listen to the Dinner Party Show http://www.TheDinnerPartyShow.com

Thanks also to the reader reviewers who offered constructive criticism on the First and Second editions of this novel, which I have utilized in re-editing, proofreading, and improving the story.

Prelude

The year was 2026. The girl’s name was Lita. She was young, but looked even younger. The ravages of the disease she had endured for so many years left her short and thin, and delayed her puberty. Today was