The Wattpad serial, Feeding Frenzy: Curse of the Necromancer, won a Wattpad award.
Witches — necromancers — inappropriate table manners.
The three-hundred-year-old town of Loon Lake looks as calm as a pond, but below the surface, clans of magic users clash like hungry sharks.
Shy first-year student Tonya isn’t privy to her family’s darkest secrets, but when her college campus is overrun by a deadly eating epidemic, only she can resist the hidden, mind-controlling entity behind it.
Meanwhile, Tonya’s new friends, Priya, an installation artist, and Digital Ninjas Drake and Zain, want to create the creepiest art installation Loon Lake Cemetery will ever know. Too bad what’s lurking in the graveyard is a lot scarier than Priya’s giant spiders.
Untrained and overmatched by powerful conspirators, Tonya will need to develop magical abilities she never knew she had. Can she uncover the mystery behind the epidemic and save her town?
Winner of the coveted Watty Award, supernatural thriller Feeding Frenzy is a witch’s brew of intrigue with a dollop of comedy, a teaspoon of romance, and a pinch of horror.
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Readers say
“It’s been an amazing ride! …I’ve loved every minute of it!” —J. L. Weaver, author of the Penderry’s Bizarre series (England)
“A great ending! Loved it!” —Denise Murdoch (USA)
“Just when you think there won’t be any more surprises, Maaja Wentz throws us for a loop.” “It’s like I’m infected and you’re food because I NEED MORE.” —Helaine Duvenhage (South Africa)
“…great novel—it has been so much fun to read! The ending wrapped things up nicely, but it begs for a sequel. With Tonya’s discovery of her powers and the hints at this Loon Lake magic community…it feels like there is much more to come for Tonya and the gang.” —David J. Thirteen (Canada)
“Zombie…meet cake. Take a spooky town, a food obsession and wrap it all up in a wee bit of Maaja Wentz creepy, ghoul-tainted humor and you end up with the kaleidoscope that is Feeding Frenzy.
“This is for the sweet-toothed reader who likes fantasy and a little bit of everything else while they get their sugary fix. Seemingly unsatisfied with sticking to one genre alone, Feeding Frenzy Encompasses a little bit of horror and a whole lot of humor; a tale told through the eyes of a quirky, eccentric and sometimes awkward set of adolescent characters.
“If you’re looking for a quirky read that has unmistakable zombie roots, good old giggles, and packs enough dextrose to give you that next rush, then this book is for you!” —Jetta Frame for WattZombie reviews (Wattpad)
Feeding Frenzy: Curse of the Necromancer (Book one of the Loon Lake Magic Series)
978-0-9940283-1-0 (electronic book
978-0-9940283-2-7 (paperback
Kid’s Stuff
I write under Apricot Banks about Hubert the Hermit Crab and friends.
Hubert is losing his best friend to a bully
Meet Rainbow Reef’s fabulous fish kids: Emma and Aiden, the panicky pufferfish twins, Sparky the doggone friendly dogfish, Olga the eight-legged bully, Sturgeon the (wannabe) Surgeon, and Hubert, a tiny hermit crab with sky-high ambitions.
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Lost and stripped of his protective shell, Hubert has to dig deep — into the sand — uncovering a cave with a surprising secret.
Marina Royale is the first book in the Saltwater Spy School series. If you’re looking for fantastic sea creatures and laugh-out-loud adventures both kids and adults will enjoy, you’ll love these fast-paced stories from Apricot Banks.