Hi, Tammy! The Angel Cafe trilogy was finished years ago. Alas, the Simon & Schuster imprint that published the first two books no longer publishes fiction, so I’ve been unable to find a publisher for the third. I’m sorry I left you hanging! But — you never know, right? It’s nice to “see” you here! Thanks for asking.

Thank You,
Tammy Theiss

See, Bob? You knew they were alive, too!

Kristina, I tend to think that some of the vitriol I get from “affronted readers” is based in fear. Thinking outside the concrete, as you point out, CAN be scary. For some people, it can rock everything relied upon to get through life.

But that’s a whole other blog post …

Dale, I agree, both as a reader and as an author. Opening a story to the supernatural broadens plot possibilities. It makes me think in different ways. Of course, adding supernatural elements doesn’t mean I get to do whatever I want. Plot points still need to feel organic to the story. But the “what ifs” are intriguing!

Scott, it’s funny how when you’re a kid you want your dolls to be alive, but when you’re an adult, you really hope they’re not…

I tend to assume concrete explanations for mysterious things (the journalist in me, I guess) however, I think it would be foolish to assume we as a species already know absolutely everything about how the universe works. So, my thoughts can be summed up with my favorite Hamlet quote. “There are more things in Heaven and Earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” (I know there’s a “Horatio” in there but it’s more quotable without the name. Sorry, Shakespeare. )

p.s. Your doll test would have scared the daylights out of me as a kid. Maybe that’s why I grab onto the concrete, because to do otherwise is too scary!