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Writing Background

Retirement in 2014 from my long-time profession as a psychologist/psychotherapist meant simply moving on to another interesting line of work. I began to write fiction full-time.

 

Writing was not unfamiliar to me. I’d always had a penchant for writing snappy essays and papers in school and managed a campus newspaper at university. I also experimented with writing poetry off and on since I was a young adult.  

 

Later on, I wrote lyrics for original songs, and this, of course, is poetry in musical form. I might add that I wrote non-fiction, with over twenty newspaper articles published on varied psychological and relationship topics.

 

From 2014 -2026,  I produced three aforementioned novels. I began with a  Gothic psychological thriller/horror called The Symbol and eventually branched into a gripping crime - mystery series. The series features a dynamic PI duo, Jeremy and Monica Hale(nee Sauve) and their insightful detective colleague, Tony Vasquez.

 

I have also produced six short stories, which I think are quite original too. Five of these are in the horror genre: The Seventh Year, Sofi’s Dream, Ask And You Shall Receive, The Strange Journey Of Eugene Whitloch, and GR Enterprises. I have one sci-fi space story, Eden II. My intention is to eventually produce an anthology of these stories for publication. I think they make good reading, so stand by!

Peter Fratesi's books and stories are works of fiction. Their names, characters, organizations, places, events, and public positions are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictionally.

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