My Writing Projects for 2015 and 2016

Summer is nearing an end. I took advantage of my daughter's summer vacation, my wife having time off as she transitioned between jobs, and my having completed several projects that ran simultaneously to enjoy a few weeks of down time with my family. On Monday, my daughter and wife go back to school and work, respectively, so I'll be back in front of the keyboard typing away furiously. Trust me, I have a lot to keep me busy.

Rotter Apocalypse, the sequel to Rotter Nation and the final book in the Rotter World saga, is in the final stages of production and is scheduled for release around 10 October. This book is the best one in the series. I've been working on this project for close to five years now, and I'll miss the characters, at least those few (if any) who survive. Stay tuned for the exact publication date and promotional deals tied in with its release.

I'm about to begin a new project I'm very excited about, one that combines my two passions outside of my family -- history and horror. The series is titled OSS: Office of Supernatural Services and will tell the story of Allied intelligence officers battling Nazi occultists during World War II. There are a lot of unanswered questions about the war, such as the significance of the vault with twelve pedestals beneath the SS Obergruppenfuhrer Hall at Wewelsburg Castle. With OSS I plan on creating my own legend surrounding these mysteries while blending historical events and figures with intense action and horror. I've been waiting two years to wrap up the other series in order to begin this one.

The Hell Gate project is still going strong. Hell Gate is being shopped around. The first draft of the second book is completed and with my beta readers, and I'm drafting plot lines for the next four books in the saga. With luck, this series will begin publication in mid- to late 2016.

As of the moment I still do not have confirmed publication dates for the Monster Hunter: Doomsday anthology with my short story "From Space It Came" (a giant alien spider terrorizes Gainesville) or the third and final installment of The Vampire Hunters trilogy, Dominion. I'll pass along that information when it becomes available.

That's it for now. I plan on being busy until the spring. For my fans, I promise you the wait will be worth it.

Update on My Current Writing Projects

Rotter Apocalypse, the final book in the Rotter World trilogy, is scheduled for release 1 October 2015. The cover art has been completed and the manuscript is undergoing final edits. I'm very excited about this novel because I wrap up all the loose ends left hanging in Rotter Nation and detail the war between humans and living dead for control of the earth.

The Vampire Hunters: Dominion, the final book in my vampire trilogy, is being finalized and is set for release in August.

"From Space It Came" -- about a giant wolf spider that terrorizes Gainesville, Florida -- will soon be published in Emby Press' Monster Hunters: Doomsday anthology. The Kindle version will be released in the next few days; the print edition is scheduled for publication by late July. I will provide exact dates and links as they become available.

Hell Gate, the first book in my post-apocalypse young adult series, has been submitted to a publisher and I'm waiting to hear back. I am also revising the second book in the series and plotting out the third book.

Finally, this fall I'll begin work on my latest series -- OSS: Office of Supernatural Services. Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler make a pact with Satan to ensure success on the Eastern Front and guarantee the existence of the Thousand Year Reich, and it's up to  a small band of intelligence officers in London to uncover the details of this Faustian bargain and stop the Nazis before they conquer all of Europe.

Monster Hunters -- Doomsday Anthology To Be Released in April

It was just confirmed by Emby Press that the Monster Hunters -- Doomsday anthology is scheduled to be released this April, which includes my short story "From Space It Came" about a giant spider terrorizing Gainesville. I'll provide more details as they become available.

Below is a list of all the writers and stories to be included in the anthology:

1. The Mercury Cascade by Paul D. Hayes
2. The Trials of Blood by Robert Cristante
3. The Deadly Toy by Tom Howard
4. Allies of Convenience by Donald Jacob Uitvlugt
5. Besta Preto by Tim Jeffreys
6. Hardy by Jason Lairamore
7. The Sin that Slew the World by James Fadeley
8. Vengeance is 9 by Joyce Frohn
9. Zombies and Other Ways to Break Your Heat by Erika Dusen Tamindzija
10. Source by Benjamin T. Smith
11. The World Turned Upside-Down by John X. Grey
12. Flight of the Bumble-Beelzebubs by William R.D. Wood
13. Silver Tide by Jonathan Ward
14, Shadows by Jonathon Ward
15. From Space It Came by Scott M. Baker
16. At the Gates by David Dunwoody
17. Mr. Toad vs. Dracula by Gareth Barsby

Update on the Rotter World Trilogy, Other Projects

Several things came together this week that bring the release of the final two books in the Rotter World saga that much closer to fruition.

I received the edited proofs of Rotter Nation this afternoon and will begin reviewing them next week. I've also finished the final draft of the last book in the series, Rotter Apocalypse; after giving it a final read through, I'll send it out to my editor within the next two weeks. In addition, I'm in negotiations with an awesome artist to provide the cover art for both books. Tentatively, I'm hoping to have Rotter Nation released this May and Rotter Apocalypse this September.

The Vampire Hunters: Dominion, the final book in my vampire trilogy, is being finalized and is set for release in the next few months. In addition, I have a short story coming out soon with Emby Press' Monster Hunters: Doomsday anthology -- "From Space It Came," about a giant wolf spider that terrorizes Gainesville, Florida. Once I have specific release dates on these books, I'll let you know.

I'm halfway through the two special writing projects I talked about earlier, though as of yet I'm still not at liberty to go into details about them.

Once I have these projects squared away, then I can dedicate all my time toward my young adult post-apocalypse novels, which I'm really excited about. The first book is completed and ready for editing; I hope to begin its serialization release later this year or in January 2016. I've begun drafting the sequel and am plotting out the next five books.

This is going to an exciting and productive year for me. To all of you who have been waiting for my next works to hit the shelves, thank you for your patience. I hope the wait is worth it.

What's Ahead for 2015

Between travel and a revolving door of medical conditions, I didn't get as much (read "any") writing done the last three months of 2014. For better or worse, I gave myself a mental break. That ends today because I plan on hitting 2015 running like I have a horde of fast zombies right behind me.

I'm putting the finishing touches on the Rotter World saga. Rotter Nation is being copy edited now and, with luck, should be released in Kindle and print editions this spring. I've begun the final edits on Rotter Apocalypse, the last book in the series, and am hoping to have that one published by the early winter of 2015.

Hell Gate, my young adult post-apocalypse series about a failed scientific experiment that opened portals between earth and Hell, is still in the works. In the next few weeks, I'll be discussing with my agent publishing options for the series. In the meantime, in the coming days I plan on starting the first of up to five sequels to Hell Gate, with the second book being set in Russia.

Not that it'll produce results this year, but I've started intensive research on my next series about OSS officers battling the Nazi occult in World War II. Once I have the Rotter World saga published, I hope to run the OSS and Hell Gate series concurrently.

The Vampire Hunters: Dominion, the final book in the trilogy, will be published by Emby Press this February (date yet to be determined). But that will not be the end of the story. There may be a follow-on short story or novella later in 2015.

"From Space It Came," my short story about a giant wolf spider that invades earth, will be published this spring in Emby Press' Monster Hunters: Doomsday anthology.

As for appearances and book signings, nothing is yet set in stone. I plan on attending Spooky Mayhem (May) and Spooky Empire (October) as well as the Walker Stalker Convention in Orlando this June. I'm looking into other venues through the year. Of course, I'll post about them once they are set up.

That's it for now. Time to get off the Internet and back to the writing. Thank you all for following me in 2014. I intend to make 2015 a lot more fun for all of us.

2014-2015 Release Dates for My Other Novels

In addition to Yeitso, which was released 23 August, I have four more novels, a novella, and a short story coming out over the next year:

The Vampire Hunters: Vampyrnomicon (Emby Press). Drake Matthews and Alison Monroe battle The Master for control of the Vampyrnomicon, the book that reveals the darkest secrets of the vampire society. Scheduled for release 10 October 2014.

The Vampire Hunters: Dominion (Emby Press). Drake Matthews and Alison Monroe must deal with a vampire apocalypse in Washington that threatens to engulf the world. Scheduled for release early 2015.

Rotter Nation (Permuted Press). The sequel to Rotter World.  Mark Robson sends Natalie Bazargan and her Angels on a cross-country suicide mission to transport the Revenant Virus vaccine to the government-in-exile in Omaha while his team wages a vendetta on a local rape gang. Scheduled for release 14 July 2015.

Rotter Apocalypse (Permuted Press). The surviving Angels join the war to take back America from the zombies, and Mark Robson must deal with the many mistakes he has made during the apocalypse. Scheduled for release 29 September 2015.

Nazi Ghouls From Outer Space (Self-published novella). A failed attempt by the Nazis to put three men into space during the last days of World War II comes back to terrorize the American southwest years later in the form of flesh-eating ghouls. Release date TBD.

"From Space It Came" in the Monster Hunter -- Doomsday anthology (Emby Press). A giant wolf spider mutated by radiation crashes to Earth inside the space station and threatens a Florida college town. Scheduled for release 10 October 2014.

A Long Overdue Update

I realized while writing the previous posting that it has been a month since the last time I blogged. I know sometimes life gets in the way, but I'm still going to slap myself in the nose with a rolled up issue of Famous Monsters of Filmland and say, "bad writer."

Yeitso, my next novel, is scheduled for publication in May by Blood Bound Books. It's my homage to the monster movies of the 1950s. Also next month, my short story "From Space It Came," about a giant spider from space, is scheduled for publication in Emby Press' Doomsday anthology. My publishers and I will be running contests and giveaways tied to their release.

I recently finished off several interviews or guest blog postings with various websites, including my interview with Days of the Undead; I'll be linking those here and to Facebook and Twitter as they become available.

Rotter Nation, the sequel to Rotter World, is with Permuted Press now waiting to be reviewed. After some considerable procrastination as a result of lack of creativity (i.e I can't decide exactly how to end the series), I'm about to sit down and crank out the last book in the trilogy. So keep checking my blog, because I'll probably be complaining about writer's block several times over the next few months.

I'm also hoping to hear soon about Hell Gate, my young adult post-apocalyptic novel, that is currently with an agent.

Convention wise, Alison Beightol and I will definitely be attending Spooky Mayhem in May and Spooky Empire in October. I'm looking into attending a few other conventions, and will let you know when/where I'll be appearing.

Other than that, not much new. So I'll get back to writing now, if I'm not preventing the pets from aggravating each other. Ciao.

I Am Now an Official Resident of Florida and am Celebrating by Having a Short Story Published

This week myself and fellow author/fiancee Alison Beightol moved into our new home. We still have a lot of unpacking to do, and hopefully will be all settled in soon.  Once we do, then I can get cracking on being a husband- and stepfather-to-be and get back to the writing. 

And speaking of writing, I just heard that my short story "From Space It Came" was accepted by Emby Press for inclusion in their upcoming Monster Hunters - Doomsday anthology.  I'll provide more details as they become available.