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January 28, 2021 · 6 Comments

Altered Helix by Stephanie Hansen | Book Excerpt

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Welcome to the Prism Book Tour for Altered Helix by Stephanie Hansen. Stop by each blog for excerpts and reviews from the book!

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Altered Helix
(Altered Helix #1)

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Altered Helix
(Altered Helix #1)
by Stephanie Hansen
Young Adult Fantasy Novella
Paperback, Audiobook & ebook, 96 Pages
May 19, 2020 by Hypothesis Books

I didn’t want to take the traditional path. First, I wasn’t ready for college. Second, I was going to live with my best friend, Tiff, and work at the Haunted House. Third, did I mention the hot guy Josh that works there too?

The most exciting thing about Austria’s new job, at a local haunted house, was the fact that the toughest looking people screamed the loudest. But when she meets the boy without a home, Josh, Austria’s life takes intriguing and eventful turns. Up until now, Josh has managed to hang with his Street crowd, but they’re in danger, and so is Austria, the girl Josh recently fell for. The group finds themselves joining forces with previously considered enemies who also now find themselves in danger.

Deeply compassionate and full of twists, Altered Helix captures the struggle of polarized people that must work together for the greater good.

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Altered Helix Book Excerpt

It’s amazing how easy it is to let go when you realize you have no other choice. Something changes in my body. The blood flows so fiercely I must be bleeding out. I’m dizzy. There’s a strong metallic scent. My eyes roll back. I must be spinning. Could every particle be floating away from me one by one? I feel weightless, as if I’m floating in the air. As if I don’t have a body, but just my soul is rising.

I feel emotions I’ve never felt. I don’t have fear, anger, or regret. Facts and figures that I never knew before run through my head. I know planets that I’ve never seen in a textbook or on the internet. I know the rate at which a black hole rotates. I feel emotion from the clouds, empathetic with the wind. I feel love from the sun. Not just light and heat, but actual love like a dear friend’s. What is all this?

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About the Author

Stephanie Hansen is a PenCraft Award Winning Author. Her short story, Break Time, and poetry has been featured in Mind’s Eye literary magazine. The Kansas Writers Association published her short story, Existing Forces, appointing her as a noted author. She has held a deep passion for writing since early childhood, but a brush with death caused her to allow it to grow. She’s part of an SCBWI critique group in Lawrence, KS and two local book clubs. She attends many writers’ conferences including the Writing Day Workshops, New York Pitch, Penned Con, New Letters, All Write Now, Show Me Writers Master Class, BEA, and Nebraska Writers Guild conference as well as Book Fairs and Comic-Cons. She is a member of the deaf and hard of hearing community.

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  1. Sarah L says

    January 29, 2021 at 2:17 am

    Looks like an interesting book.
    Thanks for the contest. 

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  2. Daniel M says

    January 29, 2021 at 6:58 pm

    sounds like a fun one

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  3. Amelia says

    January 31, 2021 at 1:45 pm

    Thanks for the chance to win!

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  4. Laurie Nykaza says

    February 1, 2021 at 4:32 am

    Great cover love to read the book too.

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  5. gloria patterson says

    February 1, 2021 at 4:50 pm

    the cover draws you in I think this would be very interesting

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  6. Shakeia Rieux says

    February 3, 2021 at 3:37 am

    The book cover is nice!

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