When Millie was a child, she and her twin sister, Lilly, made a pact: they would get even with everyone who let their mother die. Twenty years...

Fractured Reflexion: Two Sisters. One Promise. No Escape. by Misty Dawn Bratcher
Misty Dawn Bratcher

Misty Dawn Bratcher

Misty was born in Harristown Ill, moved to Missouri when she was 12 and then on to Oklahoma. 

She's worked as a journalist for a local newspaper and a content writer for several businesses. Although she loves the work, her true passion is storytelling. 

Misty would tell tall tales to the neighborhood children when she was little. She continued the storytelling with her children and now her grandchildren.

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Fractured Reflexion: Two Sisters. One Promise. No Escape.

When Millie was a child, she and her twin sister, Lilly, made a pact: they would get even with everyone who let their mother die. Twenty years later, that childhood vow resurfaces in the most horrifying way. After the tragic loss of her twins, Lilly, the EMTs, and medical staff connected to the girls’ care turn up dead—each murder staged with...

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Where Are all the Children: One Mother’s Journey Through Loss, Love, and Liberation

Where Are All the Children traces one mother’s harrowing journey through grief, resilience, and the relentless pursuit of justice.

After years trapped in the shadows of trafficking, Anna escapes with her newborn son, Alex. Haunted by the sacrifices that made their freedom possible, she joins forces with a vigilante to expose a network of...

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Deadly Run: The Chase That Never Ends

Tommy never wanted to break the law. But when his wife, Jen, is diagnosed with a life-threatening condition and the operation costs more than they could ever afford, desperation drives him deep into the depths of the dark underworld.

Tommy soon discovers every choice he makes pulls him deeper into a world of violence and betrayal. What started...

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When Millie was a child, she and her twin sister, Lilly, made a pact: they would get even with everyone who let their mother die. Twenty years later, that childhood vow...

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Every Story Starts with a Thought, Moment, or Memory

As a suspenseful crime fiction, psychological thriller author, my writing process is about plotting twists that push my characters to the edge, make them face and fight their biggest fears. My characters don’t just move through danger — they evolve, become a better, stronger version of themselves.

Creating Characters is Where My Stories Begin

I first start by creating a protagonist. I then ask myself what's the character’s worst possible...

When a Story Becomes Something More.

My books are more than a crime thriller story. They are about my character's journeys and their fight to survive despite all the pain, the suffering, the trauma and heartache they're forced to endure. And most importantly, their relentless determination to win.

Each of my carefully crafted stories carries a single message, a truth: that even in the darkest moments, there is still small glimmer of hope because without even the smallest sliver of light the...

My Why

I'm actually asked this quite a bit. Why do I do what I do on a day to day. I feel storytelling is my calling my passion. It's what I love what I was born to do. I've been telling stories to friends, family, anyone who would listen since my toddler days, many moons ago. 

Secondly, I have all these ideas these plots running through my head dying to be told.

Thirdly by creating characters, plots, and different scenarios I get to play pretend all day tap into the kid in me again. I...