Vive La Covenant!

Vive La Covenant!!! Today marks the debut of my first novel, COVENANT, in France! Translated by Thomas Bauduret, Covenant was released today by Riviere Blanche Press, under the title LE PACTE DES SUICIDES. If you are French, speak French, or know somebody that answers “oui” to the question “parlez-vous français?” please check it out here: http://www.riviereblanche.com/collection-noire-n86-le-pacte-des-suicides.html

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A Valentine’s Gift and Sale: VIGILANTES OF LOVE

TO CELEBRATE VALENTINE’S DAY weekend, my 10th anniversary collection, Vigilantes of Love, is just 99 cents this weekend on Amazon! Vigilantes of Love was originally released by Twilight Tales Books in Chicago back in 2003, and  the current expanded edition was reissued with an updated cover from Dark Arts Books in 2013. The book contains 21 short fantasy and horror tales and is perfect for Valentine’s Weekend, with fantasy stories that celebrate love and horror…

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LAST WEEK to order a Violet Eyes signed hardcover edition from Sinister Grin!

LAST MONTH, Sinister Grin Press began taking pre-orders for the limited, signed and numbered hardcover edition of my 7th novel, the spider-fest, Violet Eyes. This is a special limited collector’s edition of the book, and will only be available on an order basis, so if you want a copy, sign up for it this week — the order period is almost done — Sinister Grin will stop taking orders on January 31st and the book…

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TODAY’S THE DAY… for Sacrificing Virgins!

MY FOURTH FULL COLLECTION of short stories, Sacrificing Virgins, is finally on sale today! Some preview copies debuted at the HorrorHound Convention in Indianapolis a few weeks ago, but today is the day you can finally order an e-book or trade paperback copy on all the major bookstore outlets! If you have enjoyed my fiction (and I’m not sure why you’d be on this mailing list if you haven’t!)  please consider taking a minute and…

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NightWhere is on a 99 cent sale this week!

MY SIXTH NOVEL, NightWhere, was a Bram Stoker Award finalist in 2012 when it was released, and this week, for the first time since its release, the publisher has put it on sale for just 99 cents! I’m hoping some more people will discover and enjoy this decidedly non-mainstream novel over the next few days while it’s on sale! You can check it now on Amazon. Readers have called it “50 Shades meets Hellraiser” and…

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Losing Balance – a Dark Day for Horror

IT WAS SUPPOSED to be the launch of a celebration, but instead, this has turned out to be a black week in horror. And a crossroads point for many up-and-coming horror authors. For many of us, it’s a week of deja vu.  If you follow a lot of horror authors on blogs, Facebook and Twitter, you’ve already heard various versions of the Samhain Horror story. And you’ve seen many different emotional responses to the news. I…

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Happy Halloween – go Trick Or Treat for some books!

I HAVE HAD A GREAT TIME this month hosting the horror author “takeover” of the Not Now…Mommy’s Reading book review site!  Every day, the site’s owner, Blu, has sponsored a contest for the authors that she and I have pulled in to be featured for the day. And the authors have been amazing… we’ve gotten to read brand new flash fiction, rare reprints, blogs about … all sorts of topics…  and a couple days ago,…

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Halloween Week: Readings, Contests, Horror Book Sales!

THIS IS THE BIG WEEK, and today’s a big day! I have a handful of things going on for the horror holiday, so I just sent out an e-newsletter with a bunch of points that I thought I’d repost here: ▶ This afternoon, from 5-7 p.m., I’ll be speaking and signing books at the Barnes & Noble, Southland Center in Racine Wisconsin, as part of their annual HorrorFest. My friends W.D. Gagliani and Chris Larson…

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Not Now… Mommy’s Reading has become Not Now, Mommy’s Screaming!

THIS MONTH, TO CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN, I am serving as the “Horror Host” for the Not Now…Mommy’s Reading book review site! And I’ve lined up a whole calendar of events, fiction and prizes you don’t want to miss! Blu, who runs the site, asked me a few weeks ago if I’d host a “horror takeover” of the blog this month to celebrate Halloween. So I put the word out and a month’s worth of amazing authors…

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SACRIFICING VIRGINS will have a sneak peek debut at HorrorHound Weekend!

MY FOURTH FULL-LENGTH short story collection, Sacrificing Virgins, is due to be released the first week of December — it’s available for pre-order now on Amazon — but if you’re going to be at HorrorHound Weekend in Indianapolis this weekend, you can grab a preview copy directly from me! I will be at the Samhain Publishing booth Friday night – Sunday afternoon, and Samhain let me know this week that they will have a sneak…

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