Excerpt from: http://alboudreau.wordpress.com/2011/09/03/an-interview-with-aj-aalto/ "Please tell us about your latest work and what genre it falls into. My first dark urban fantasy novel will be launching soon, entitled “Touched”. The protagonist, Marnie Baranuik, is a bumbling forensic psychic and ex-preternatural biologist who has no social graces, and who would really prefer to hole up like a hermit, eat cookies and fail at Sudoku puzzles rather than solve ooky paranormal crimes. When a murder victim’s severed head appears in her mailbox, she no longer has a choice in the matter. Enter the FBI’s preternatural crimes unit, and Marnie’s hermit days are over. What were your inspirations for writing it? I was taking a break from writing an epic fantasy trilogy which had flaws so big they were melting my face. I decided to have fun with a character who had tons going for her, if only she could by some miracle manage not to cock it up. Because she’s a total spaz character, I get to throw mad crazy stuff at her—demons, psychotic psychics, a horny ex, an overly critical fuss-pot vampire, a ghoul or two—and watch her fumble, face-plant and fail spectacularly with most of it."
October 11, 2011 brilliant Slacker Heroes columnist Mark E. Stone did a review of Touched here that made me dance-around-on-tiptoes giddy for days, weeks…hmm, I’m still giddy, come to think of it.
November 23, 2011 the charming Gordon Bonett of Tales of Whoa fame did a fabulous review of Touched, which you can check out here.