We Are Off to Spooky Mayhem

Alison Beightol and I will be heading to Orlando this afternoon to greet fans and autograph books at Spooky Empire's May-Hem Convention this weekend.  If you're in Orlando, drop by and say hello.  We have plenty of books to sign.

And there is only a week left in the contest to win a copy of Machina Mortis: Steampunk's Tales of Terror, Hunger Pangs, or Dead Water.  Please be sure to enter here.

Machina Mortis: Steampunk'd Tales of Terror Ia Available as a Trade Paperback

Machina Mortis: Steampunk'd Tales of Terror is available as a trade paperback from Amazon for only $11.69.  And the Kindle version is only $3.49.  So pick up your copies soon. 

Giveaway Contest: Machina Mortis, Hunger Pangs, Dead Water

Are you thinking to yourself, "Wouldn't it be awesome if someone wrote a steampunk story involving zombies?"  Or have you ever prayed for a living dead apocalypse so you could join in the fun and satisfy your curiosity about the taste of human flesh?  Or are you just craving a good, old-fashioned slow-zombie story?  If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you came to the right place.

In honor of Zombie Awareness Month, and to celebrate the recent publication of my latest zombie-related short stories, I am sponsoring a giveaway of two trade paperback and two e-book versions of the anthologies Hunger Pangs (which contains my short story "The Hunger") and Machina Mortis: Steampunk'd Tales of Terror (which contains my short story "Last Flight of the Bismarck"), as well as two e-book versions of my zombie novella Dead Water. 

The rules are simple.  Follow my blog and like my author's page on Facebook (if you already have done that, then you are half-way there).  Then leave a comment under this posting or on my Facebook posting saying you would like to enter, and please let me know if you have a preference of which anthology/novella you would like.  The contest will stay open until 31 May, at which point I will randomly choose the winners and will contact you for mailing information.  One set of books will be given away on each site, so you double your chances of winning.  This contest is open to everyone.

I know you're all chomping at the flesh, so hurry up and enter.  And good luck. 

So What Have I Been for the Past Three Weeks?

Writing.  I've made some significant headway on Rotter World II.  Over the past three weeks, I have written over 25,000 words, and am hoping to have the first draft completed and out to my beta readers by the end of the month.  Then I intend to spend the next few months finishing the final draft of Hell Gate (which has already garnered interest from a literary agent I know) as well as begin plotting the last book in the Rotter World trilogy and my next series about OSS officers in World War II battling Nazi occultism (yes, there will be Nazi zombies).  

Conventio wise, me and fiance/fellow author Alison Beightol will be attending the Spooky Mayhem Convention at the Rosen Centre in Orlando, Florida, from 24-26 May.  Sadly, Norman Reedus had to cancel due to prior commitments for AMC, but there are still plenty of other celebrity guests.  I will also be attending the Eyecon Convention at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia from 14-16 June where the focus this year will be on zombies, in particular The Walking Dead.  And if all goes well, I plan to attend the InfectScrantion convention in September plus more. 

And check back on Tuesday with this site and/or my Facebook author's page when I will be conducting a contest to win trade paperback and e-book versions of the latest anthologies I am included in.

My Interview With Take a Bite

Take a Bite, The Home of Zombie Authors, Discussions, Debates and Zombie Addicts, has been running a series of interviews with various zombie authors on writing and how we would handle the living dead apocalypse.  Today Take a Bite published my interview.  Please drop by and check out mine as well as the other great interviews. 

Soon The Vampire Hunters Trilogy Will No Longer Be Available

As I noted in a previous posting, Pill Hill Press, my publisher for The Vampire Hunters trilogy, has gone out of business.  I checked Amazon this afternoon, and there are only a few trade paperback editions of each novel still available.  Kindle versions are only available for The Vampire Hunters and The Vampire Hunters: Vampyrnomicon.  I have some trade paperbacks of all three books which I will be selling at conventions; however, once these are gone, then first-print editions of The Vampire Hunter trilogy will no longer be available.

I plan on self-publishing all three books later this year once any grammatical errors have been corrected, new artwork for the covers has been commissioned, and the formatting has been perfected.  I'm also considering adding new material, more than likely short stories detailing Drake's and Alison's early vampire hunting activities in Boston, or following what happens to Jim and Sarah after they leave Washington.  If anyone has something particular they would like to see included in a second edition, please let me know.

More information on this should be available in a few months.

I Will Be Attending Eyecon in Atlanta 14-16 June 2013

It's official.  I will be attending the Eyecon Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, from 14-16 June 2013.  This year's theme is The Zombie Apocalypse.  I will be selling copies of Rotter World as well as the anthologies Hunger Pangs ("The Hunger") and Machina Mortis: Steampunk'd Tales of Terror ("Last Flight of the Bismarck").  And for non-zombie enthusiasts, I will also have copies of the last first-edition prints of The Vampire Hunters trilogy.

As of now, other guests will be the cast of The Walking Dead, including Norman "Daryl Dixon" Reedus, Jon "Shane" Bernthal, Irone "T-Dog" Singleton, plus more.  This is definitely an event you don't want to miss.