The Devil’s Guests

Master of extreme horror Matt Shaw has written a new novel…but he blackmailed a bunch of other authors to help him out. (To be fair, I don’t know that the others were blackmailed. I only know my own situation. I assume that Mr. Shaw has deeply incriminating material on all of the other participants, but I don’t know that for sure, so don’t think less of them.)

(I do encourage you to think less of Matt Shaw, though. I mean, the dude blackmailed me into writing a chapter for him. Who does that?)

The book is The Devil’s Guests. I wrote a guest chapter. My chapter is lowbrow and childish and I’m ashamed to think that you may read it. It comes out on February 7th, a dark day indeed, but you can pre-order it right HERE.

 

 

Dread State

I don’t post about politics on my website (though on social media I’m perhaps a tiny bit more outspoken) but I did write the foreword to Dread State, a collection of politically themed horror stories. Check it out HERE.

DWELLER Audiobook

The audio edition of Dweller, which is read by Scott Thomas (who also did the audio editions of Wolf Hunt, Wolf Hunt 2, and Pressure) is now available on Audible!

Click HERE to give your ears something to do.

It’ll be up on Amazon and iTunes in the next few days. And remember that most of my audio editions are available ridiculously cheap if you buy the ridiculously cheap e-books (and you can bounce between the two without losing your place!). It happens automatically with no timeframe, but I’ll keep ya posted…

 

January Newsletter

I just sent out the January 2017 issue of my newsletter. It contains the usual nonsense, along with a brand-new short story.

Check it out HERE.

If you think, “Goodness, what a delightful short story that was! I want to read this newsletter every single month for free!” click HERE.

 

 

Some 2017 Appearances

I’ve finally updated the “Appearances” page on my website. Here’s where you can hunt me down…

January 11, 2017. YBOR CITY LIT CRAWL. Tampa, Florida. A pub crawl with people reading at each spot, brought to you by Wordier Than Thou. I’ll be reading at the 6:45 PM spot (when people are still relatively sober) at Tre Amici@The Bunker. Click the link for the full schedule of locations and authors.

January 28, 2017. DREADFEST. Mount Dora, Florida. A mini horror convention at the W.T. Bland Public Library. I’ll be giving the keynote speech, and also participating in the mass signing. Free and open to the public.

February 10, 2017. RUSKIN BRANCH LIBRARY MEET N’ GREET. Ruskin, Florida. There’ll be panel discussions and the opportunity to get your books signed! Free and open to the public. 6:30 – 8:30 PM.

March 12, 2017. SAFETY HARBOR WRITERS & POETS CONFERENCE. Clearwater, Florida. I’ll be giving a talk about “The Fiendish Craft of Generating Suspense.” Register now!

March 15-16, 2017. School visits. You can’t go unless you’re a student or a teacher. Otherwise it would be creepy.

April 7, 2017. TRINITY PREP AUTHOR FESTIVAL. Winter Park, Florida. YA authors! Books! Panel discussions! Fun! Free and open to the public.

April 27-30, 2017. STOKERCON II. Long Beach, California. Yep, once again I’ll be emceeing the Bram Stoker Awards! George R. R. Martin is a guest of honor, so few will survive.

July 20-23, 2017. NECON. Portsmouth, Rhode Island. The most fun weekend of the year, back for its 37th year. 37!

Into Painfreak

Into Painfreak: A Journey of Decadence and Debauchery. 

This book takes us deep, deep into the bowels of Painfreak, the traveling club that arises out of the dark and calls to those seeking the ultimate in pleasure and pain. If you wear the invisible mark of the bone on your hand then enter through the door. Many come to experience the ultimate in decadence and debauchery. And many get lost in a labyrinth filled with depraved sex, beautiful death, and wonderfully horrible sights. You’ve been given the mark, now step into the heart of…PAINFREAK.

Golly.

Yep, I wrote a story for this one! (“Coping Mechanism”) All of the charming tales in this collection are set in the world of editor Gerard Houarner’s Painfreak. Most likely you’ve figured out by now that this one isn’t for the kiddies.

Get your copy HERE.

Welcome to 2017!

We made it!

2016 saw the publication of three novels: The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever, Blister, and Cyclops Road. And kind-of the publication of a novella, An Apocalypse of Our Own, which was serialized for the DarkFuse book club but will be available to everyone else this year.

2017 is gonna be crazy. I promise.