Ryan Keith Johnson

press release: Author Ryan Keith Johnson is releasing his next book. The title is Blue Dragon Fantasy: Faded Memories and Short Stories. This 200-page book is a collection of 33 short stories that range from fantasy, horror, romance, drama and comedy. The book will come out in February at Amazon.com, BarnesnNoble and other sites online. The author is having a book signing and reading on Thursday, August 20, from 5-7 pm at Frugal Muse.

In Blue Dragon Fantasy; Faded Memories and Short Stories you can read dramatic short stories called “She Says” and “She Says II” that are stories about grandmothers and how important they are. You can also read short stories that are horror, such as “The Flesh Beast”, “The Tooth Fairies” and the “Rototiller Bitch”. The strongest work of fantasy for all readers is “The Vampire and the Angel”. The story was inspired by a close friend's love for the Twilight saga, and begins when a female vampire finds a baby angel. Before she decides to kill it and drink its blood she decides to take it home and mend its broken wing. As the baby angel grows up to become a powerful Archangel she learns the value of her heart and that love is more than a feeling it’s a lesson to help you on your way. The angel goes to great lengths when the other vampires discover what’s going on.

You can also find the short stories in another book that was released called The Legacy Anthology. This 800 page book has 200 song lyrics and poems, 73 short stories, 20 illustrations, 14 new compositions and a novella. The book is also available as an E-book and is available now on Amazon.com, BarnesnNoble and other bookstores online.

Johnson is the son of Karen and Lynde Johnson of Hudson; he was born in Stillwater, Minn., and grew up in Somerset. In 2007 he published The King’s Retribution; in 2008 he published Strip Me Of My Gold and received the Editor’s Choice Award for best poem. In June 2011 he published What I Think About You; Song Lyrics and Poetry. In August he published his first Christian novella Lion Ascend and two months later he published his first horror and thriller novella called The Temple of the Incubus.