Some of you prefer the more serious stuff.

For those of you in the latter category, on February 1st there’s…

Stay tuned for more information…

It’s been a seven-year wait, but I’ve finally written the fourth Andrew Mayhem novel, Lost Homicidal Maniac (Answers to “Shirley”). The print version will be out in early 2012, but you can get the digital edition for a scant $2.99 from Amazon or Smashwords.

And you can get slightly polished up digital versions of the first three Andrew Mayhem novels, too! Yes, you can get Amazon Kindle versions of Graverobbers Wanted (No Experience Necessary), Single White Psychopath Seeks Same, and Casket For Sale (Only Used Once!). Or you can get Graverobbers, Psychopath, and Casket in other e-book formats from Smashwords!

My werewolf novel Wolf Hunt is also available as a $2.99 e-book! It’s not a short story or a trunk novel; this baby is 75,000 words of bloody werewolf mayhem for three bucks. Get it from Amazon and/or Smashwords. Or order the trade paperback edition from Dark Regions Press!

And my zombie comedy novel The Sinister Mr. Corpse. Madness! Insanity! So while you’re buying the Andrew Mayhem series and Wolf Hunt, you can conveniently add a sixth book to your Amazon and/or Smashwords shopping cart.

And also my giant killer ants novel Mandibles. So while you’re adding the Andrew Mayhem series, Wolf Hunt and The Sinister Mr. Corpse, it’s simple to add another low-price e-book from Amazon and/or Smashwords! Seven novels for less than twenty-one bucks!

(P.S.: People who leave reviews on Amazon deserve great big hugs!)

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Wolf Hunt, which is technically a 2010 novel because of the hardcover limited edition, got its big push in 2011 and became one of my most popular books. The option for the movie version of Pressure was renewed for a third time, so you may see that at a theatre near you!

For 2012, two books are already complete. My first young adult novel, A Bad Day For Voodoo, will be available in February as a hardcover limited edition, and the paperback will be out everywhere in June. My suspense novella Faint of Heart should go up for pre-order “soon.”

What am I gonna write in 2012? I’ve got a bunch of different projects in various stages of completion (mostly the early stages). What kind of stuff do YOU wanna see?

Here’s to an awesome 2012 for everybody…

Andrew Mayhem is back! In this dark and hilarious new adventure, Andrew has started up a private investigation business with his best friend Roger (slogan: “We Solve Weird Problems”). Since his options in life will become somewhat more limited after his wife Helen gives birth to triplets, it’s his last-ditch effort to get out of being stuck with a corporate day job.

One of their first clients is an attractive woman named Shirley. Keeping with the kind of luck Andrew has had his entire life, her problem is: “I think I may be a serial killer.”

Yeah, he takes the job. Even after she insists on being handcuffed to him while they investigate the house where she might have stored the bodies of her victims.

But Andrew discovers that this day has much more danger in store than being handcuffed to a woman who may or may not be a homicidal maniac. Because Mr. Burke, the sadistic villain of his last adventure, has been watching Andrew and plotting a truly ghastly revenge…and the attack begins now!

Packed with the trademark demented humor, wild action, and grisly horror, this is the novel that Andrew Mayhem fans have been threatening to stab the author if he doesn’t write.

Foreword by the lovely and talented JA Konrath.

But I’m not here to talk about that one. Instead, I’m here to talk about the new digital editions of the first three books: Graverobbers Wanted (No Experience Necessary), Single White Psychopath Seeks Same, and Casket For Sale (Only Used Once).

These are not the first e-book editions of the Andrew Mayhem novels. In fact, the first two novels were originally e-book exclusives, back when you SUCKED if your books were only available digitally. But, in preparation for Mayhem IV, the Kindle editions went away for a few months, and now they’re back with shiny new covers (by Lynne Hansen) and polished up words.

Q: How much have these books been revised?

A: Tweaks here and there. If you printed both versions out, placed the pages on top of each other, and held them up to a light, you’d see a lot of small changes to Graverobbers and occasional changes to the other two. But basically they’re the same books. There’s no “Author’s Preferred Edition” because editors never made me mess with the books in a way that caused me to scream “You’re compromising my creative vision, you corporate fiends!”

Q: So if I’ve already read them, should I buy them again?

A: They’re only $2.99 each. If your copies are boxed up and you’re not 100% sure where they are and there might be spiders in there with them, and you want to refresh your memory for the fourth book, then yes. Or if you originally read them on a Gemstar Rocket Reader and want to start your new Kindle Fire experience off right. Otherwise, nah. But tell all of your friends to buy them for sure.

Q: Do they contain sample chapters of other books?

A: No.

Q: Why the hell not?

A: Because when I’m reading a book, and I think I’ve got another 10-15 pages left, I get really annoyed when the book suddenly ends and there’s a preview for another book. Am I the only person who feels this way? If I am, I’ll totally add all the sample chapters you want, but they just tend to piss me off.

Q: Do I need to read the books in order?

A: Not really. The three books (and the fourth) are self-contained adventures, though there’s a continuity that runs through the series, and later books have spoilers for the earlier ones. Obviously, the best way to enjoy the Mayhem Experience is to read ‘em in order, but you can skip ahead to Casket if you want, no problem.

Q: I’m convinced! Gimme gimme gimme some links!

Graverobbers Wanted (No Experience Necessary)…

Amazon Kindle Edition

Smashwords Edition (almost all other e-book formats)

Single White Psychopath Seeks Same…

Amazon Kindle Edition

Smashwords Edition 

Casket For Sale (Only Used Once)…

Amazon Kindle Edition

Smashwords Edition

Q: What about Nook or Apple versions?

A: Those feed over from Smashwords. So they’ll be available soon.

Q: E-books can just bite me. What about print editions? Where can I get those?

A: Pretty much anyplace you order books. Such as Amazon.

Q: I can’t wait…these are gonna be sweeeeeeeeeeeeet…[wipes drool off chin].

A: Thanks!

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McBride has written a lot of fantastic stuff, but with his novel Bloodletting I thought “This guy should really be a Big Name Author.” Now, there are plenty of authors who should be getting more recognition, but you can kind of understand why they aren’t. (For example, as much as readers enjoyed my novel Benjamin’s Parasite, nobody was saying “I can’t believe this wasn’t a New York Times bestseller!” because it’s silly and disgusting and waaaayyyy over-the-top). McBride’s novel The Infected is almost literally non-stop action and gory violence, and while hardcore horror fans love the hell out of that book, you can see why it might have been too much for mainstream publishing.

But then there’s Bloodletting. Yeah, the story goes completely bonkers by the end–in a good way–but everything about this book screamed “Huge numbers of people would love this.” It’s not niche. It’s a broad-appeal, big-scale, heavily researched, awesome novel that fans of Michael Crichton should be gobbling up.

And he has continued that storytelling tradition, bringing us to Burial Ground, which I will call “a scientific action/adventure thriller.” Again, he has done more research on any given page than I do in an entire novel. It’s about a jungle expedition in Peru, and though I’m pretty sure Mike hasn’t been wandering the Peru jungle, you could be forgiven for thinking that he wrote the novel while surrounded by vegetation and primitive tribesmen.

Like tales of adventure? You’ll love this book. And the best part it, for the next few days, the e-book edition is only 99 cents! It’s not a short story, novella, or even a short novel…it’s a full-length book that is destined to become a word-of-mouth bestseller. Order the book (or at least get the free sample) NOW!!!

Kindle edition from Amazon.

A bunch of other editions from Smashwords.

Nook edition from Barnes & Noble. 

Coming December 2011…

Covers by Lynne Hansen. Keep watching this website for details. Don’t turn away for a moment. Buy a separate computer if you need to do other stuff.