TONIGHT IS THE OFFICIAL RELEASE PARTY for my sixth novel, NightWhere. Huge thanks to everyone who has helped spread the word about the book’s release this week on Facebook and Twitter. And I hope some of you will be able to come down to Horrorbles horror and sci fi memorabilia store tonight in Berwyn, IL and help me celebrate the release in person! Starting at 7 p.m., I’ll be hosting the release party at Horrorbles and…
LAST WEEKEND WAS BOTH a Return and a New Beginning. I returned to the Horrorfind Weekend Convention in Gettysburg, PA after eight years. A lot of water has rushed under the horror bridge since the last time I was there. But it was also a new beginning… most of the reason I went was because my new publisher, Samhain Horror, was a sponsor. A preview of the print edition of NightWhere debuted there and I…
MY BACKLIST, THAT IS. And I can’t tell you how happy I am about that. Today I can proudly say, “My ass is Amazon’s!” When I signed my first paperback book deal with Leisure Books, the premier imprint for horror novels five years ago, I never imagined that the company would be essentially mothballed less than four years later… but the ebook revolution and flawed business models ultimately killed Dorchester Publications (and its imprints like…
I LOVE MOVIES almost as much as books. And actually, I really get to enjoy more movies these days than I do books, since it’s a lot easier for me to give up 90 or 100 minutes to a story than several hours. (I know, heresy from a writer, right?) But as much as I love film, I don’t remember the names of directors that much. Hitchcock, Argento, del Torro, sure. But who directed Friday…
I’VE BEEN WORKING at the same dayjob for almost 20 years, so at this point, I’ve stacked up a pretty good bit of annual vacation time. This year, for the first time ever, I decided to take two straight weeks off and do a driving vacation with the family. We toyed with doing the Grand Canyon, but decided Shaun might not be quite old enough at 7 to really remember that, so instead, given his…
Stop by The Writer’s Chatroom – I’m the guest there right now… from 7 p.m. Eastern til… I dunno. When everyone gets bored. I’ve got my laptop and my Newcastle and am setup out on the patio. It’s a perfect night to kick back and shoot the breeze! www.writerschatroom.com
IT’S BEEN SIX WEEKS since NightWhere hit the e-book shelves (and will be another 10 weeks still before the trade paperback is out in stores) but already there have been a bunch of great reviews that have turned up. And I’ve been interviewed about the book on Internet radio and online magazines as well. Here are some of the things that have turned up about the novel: INTERVIEWS THE ELECTRIC CHAIR SHOW (audio): http://electricchairshow.com/2012/07/the-electric-chair-013-danny-isnt-here/ SUSPENSE…
“NightWhere“ is a great new novel from John Everson. Though I highly recommend the book to all fans of horror and suspense, this does come with the warning that the subject matter is extremely graphic and intense in both sexual and violent content. It is never gratuitous, however, for to hold back anything depicted in its pages would betray the premise and the book would suffer for it. “NightWhere” proves that not only has Everson…
TO CELEBRATE MY SON’S 7th birthday this weekend, Amazon is offering the book I wrote for him, Peteyboo and the Worm, as a free download all weekend. If you have kids from 5-8 years old (or know parents who do), I hope you’ll download Peteyboo and help them discover the story of a hungry bug with 18 legs and 37 eyes who needed a friend. The book even includes a link at the end to…
Originally published on the Samhain Publishing Horror Blog. By John Everson on Jul 12 2012, 2:14 am OK, ADMIT IT. You started reading this because you saw the triple X in the headline, didn’t you? Well… I have to admit that I was using XXX to indicate a “fill-in” blank, but I hoped it would get your attention. Don’t run off just yet – we’ll get to the sexy stuff. But before we do, I…
