I recently posted about the upcoming release of my new horror book, A Portrait Of Evil, on X and here is how Grok(AI) summed it up. Pretty spot on!
"The post by Sharron Renée Rhodes promotes her upcoming horror novel A Portrait of Evil, set for release on October 1, 2025, which aligns with the Halloween season and taps into a growing market for horror literature, with the genre seeing a 15% increase in sales in 2024 according to Nielsen BookScan data.
The book’s concept, featuring a portrait tied to evil and possibly inspired by Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, echoes a 1987 novel Picture of Evil by Graham Masterton, where a portrait enables immortality through murder, suggesting Rhodes may be exploring similar supernatural themes with a modern twist.
Rhodes, an author from Detroit known for mystical stories, leverages her background in dark fantasy—evident in her 2010 book The 4 Elements Within—to craft this narrative, potentially drawing on local folklore or personal intrigue, a tactic supported by studies showing regional storytelling boosts reader engagement by 20% (Journal of Creative Writing, 2023)."
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