Welcome. We're doing something different, taking a little trip into deviation.

We're taking a trip into the darker side for this issue.

My favorite poem of all time is Edgar Allan Poe's "Annabelle Lee." I love the darkness, the unending love the narrator has for his young bride. I love his madness. It inspires me and my own writing.

Personally, I love tragic stories and lots of drama. I write dark love stories and love reading them. Nothing makes me love a book more than reading the heart-wrenching emotions that come along with lost love. If a hero has psychological issues, it's all for the better.

In my own stories, my heroes and heroines have so much baggage they need a forklift to carry it around. Tortured souls run amok. Love is found, then lost.

So send your dark love stories and poetry in. Send in your articles on alternate styles of romance.

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Update on Romancedivas.com!!

Jax, Kristen, and Lisa are still working on getting our new forum up and running! After the Great Crash of '05, we lost a lot of members accidentally, but hopefully, you'll all come back to us. We have a chat with Lori Foster coming up, as well as a couple more chats with Mr. Romance's Adam Hatley, Bruce, and TJ. Also, Judi McCoy will be hosting a free workshop this month! I'll post the dates and topic soon.