Apocalypse Monday

I've been playing Fallout 4 this weekend, so I thought this image was appropriate for life after the apocalypse. 

Blood Bound Books Is Offering a Fantastic Deal: Buy/Review One Book, Get One Book Free

That's right. Between now and 27 October, Blood Bound Books is offering as part of its reader loyalty program a deal in which anyone who buys a Blood Bound Books title from Amazon and leaves an honest review as a “verified purchaser” will receive a FREE e-book from the publisher's catalog. Click here for the details on this offer.

This a perfect opportunity for any of my fans who haven't read Yeitso yet. The Kindle version is only $2.99, and the paperback is selling for $10.31. If you have read Yeitso, still check it out. Blood Bound Books has a lot of other great horror novels and writers to read. So what are you waiting for?

Yeitso Is Available in Paperback and Kindle

Yeitso is now available from Amazon in both trade paperback and Kindle formats.

Congratulations to the Yeitso Trivia Contest Winners

Congratulations are in order for the winners of Blood Bound Books' Yeitso trivia contest. Each of the winners received a free digital copy of the novel. I hope you all enjoy the book.

- Nicholas Cheech Perez
- Theresa Jeffreys
- April Hawks
- Jim Thomas
- Paul Synuria II
- Christinna Viruet
- Kirsten Milliron

Yeitso Will Be Released 23 August

The much-anticipated release (at least by me) of Yeitso is scheduled for next Saturday, 23 August. Prior to that, Blood Bound Books will be running a week-long trivia contest to give away a free e-book version of the novel.

What is Yeitso? As I've mentioned before, it's my homage to the 1950s B-grade giant insect movies that influenced me as a Monster Kid. Below is the official description from the jacket cover:

Yeitso brought me back to those glorious Saturday afternoons of my youth watching Creature Double Feature. - Peter Schwotzer, Famous Monsters of Filmland

Big city life is dangerous. Rape, murder, gangs… not the best place to raise a teenage daughter on your own. That’s why big-city cop and recent divorcee Russell Andrews agreed to move to the desert and be the sheriff of a sleepy little New Mexican town. But the desert has secrets. Giant secrets. Secrets that eat men alive and threaten entire towns. Andrews comes face to face with a thing out of a myth, something that modern man has no name for. The Navajo call it Yeitso.

Yeitso is the perfect blend of small town quirk and pulpy monster madness that will leave you cringing and wanting more! - Ryan C. Thomas, author of Salticidae and Hissers.

It's giant killer beetles! How can you not love it? - Jeff Strand, author of Mandibles

Trivia Contest for Yeitso

Blood Bound Books is counting down to the release of Yeitso with seven days of trivia. Winners will receive a FREE digital copy of the book. The games begin Saturday, 16 August, at noon! Go to the Blood Bound Books' Facebook page to enter, or keep checking in here.

What I've Been Up To, and What Lies Ahead

May has been a busy month for me because I've been working on three writing projects. 

-- I've reached 13,000+ words in the third book in the Rotter World series, tentatively titled Rotter Apocalypse. The second book, Rotter Nation, is with Permuted Press and should be released later this year.

-- The final edits are being incorporated into Yeitso, and the cover art should be finished soon; I'm anticipating a release date from Blood Bound Books sometime in July or August.

--  The dinner conversation my family had earlier this week about Nazi space zombies is rapidly turning into a novella. For the hell of it, I conducted some research last night while watching Warehouse 13 and the novella started to write itself. 

As for upcoming events, Alison Beightol and I will be attending Spooky Mayhem in Orlando from 30 May - 1 June where we'll be meeting fans and signing copies of our books. I'll be attending other conventions in 2014, but nothing has been finalized yet. Also, I'm talking with Emby Press about re-releasing The Vampire Hunters: Vampyrnomicon later this year.

My Fifth Novel Is Scheduled for Publication

I am very proud to announce that I have signed a contract with Blood Bound Books to publish my fifth novel Yeitso in early 2014. The novel is a departure from usual vampire and zombie fare. This book is my homage to the Sci-Fi/monster movies of the 1950s. And unlike my previous works, the language and gore is kept to a minimum (but there is still plenty of action).  I will post more as details become available.