Making My Novels More (P)interesting

Is there really a Site R and a Fort McClary? How was Antioch laid out during the Crusades, or Peenemunde at the end of World War II? What did the Amerika Rakete look like? Or a Pontiac Torpedo staff car or a Buffalo-Springfield two-wheel roller?

Do these questions keep you up at night?

Your quest for answers has been fulfilled. For those of you on Pinterest, I have several boards posted there for Yeitso, The Vampire Hunters: Vampyrnomicon, Nazi Ghouls From Space, and Rotter World. Each of the boards contains maps, photographs, and other research material I used when writing the books. Rather than just let them sit on my computer taking up hard drive space, I thought I'd Pin them and hopefully give the readers a better feel for the respective books. 

I have other boards on writing, monsters, history, and post-apocalyptic art that are also entertaining and, in some instances, informative (who would have thought).

The Vampire Hunters: Vampyrnomicon Is Available for Kindle

This is a big week for me. Not only was the Kindle version of Nazi Ghouls from Space released, Emby Press released the Kindle version of Vampyrnomicon, the second book in The Vampire Hunters trilogy. The paperback version should be available within a few weeks.

The third and blockbuster finale of the trilogy, Dominion, is scheduled for publication in spring 2015.

The Vampire Hunters: Vampyrnomicon

Within the vaults of the Smithsonian Institute lies the key to finding the Vampyrnomicon, the Book of the Undead, that contains the history and secrets of the vampires.  According to legend, whoever possesses the book can establish a vampire nation on earth – or destroy the undead once and for all.  With an opportunity to end the war against the undead so close, Drake Matthews is determined to find the book.  

But the vampires also want The Vampyrnomicon.  When Master Chiang Shih and her coven of the most powerful and dangerous vampires arrive in Washington to claim the book as their own, the hunters find themselves facing their most dangerous enemy yet.  With the stakes so high, so is the ferocity of the struggle.

Stay Tuned for Some Exciting News

In between finishing the first draft of Rotter Apocalypse and preparing to have The Vampire Hunters: Vampyrnomicon released this week, I've been working on a special project near and dear to my dark little heart that should be available to my fans in time for the Walker Stalker Convention in Atlanta 17-19 October and Spooky Empire 24-26 October. So stay tuned.

Cover Art for Upcoming Projects

Below is the cover art for two projects that will be released in October.

On 10 October, Emby Press will be releasing The Vampire Hunters: Vampyrnomicon, the sequel to The Vampire Hunters. In this novel, Drake Matthews and Alison Monroe battle The Master for control of the Vampyrnomicon, the book that reveals the darkest secrets of the vampire society.

Also scheduled for release by Emby Press on 10 October is the Monster Hunter -- Doomsday anthology. It contains my short story "From Space It Came" about a giant wolf spider mutated by radiation that crashes to Earth inside the space station and threatens a Florida college town. Below is a list of the other writers and stories that will appear 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 Patrick Van Slyke
15. From Space It Came by Scott M. Baker
16. At the Gates by David Dunwoody
17. Mr. Toad vs. Dracula by Gareth Barsby

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.

I Will Be Attending Winter Garden Wonderfest 30 November 2014

On 30 November 2014, I will be attending the Winter Garden Wonderfest at the Bella Room Banquet Hall in Winter Garden, Florida. I'll be signing copies of my novels and anthologies, including my newest books Yeitso and The Vampire Hunters: Vampyrnomicon, which will be released this fall. This is a convention dedicated to the Florida Geek Scene, so if you're a local you need to check this out.

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.