EVERYTHING* IS FREE!

 

 

To celebrate my 50th birthday, I'm giving away my books.

Yes, Lords of Kobol and Colonies of Kobol are free (as is Caprica), but now my other scifi/horror ebooks are, too.  No longer will you have to shell out the princely sum of 99¢ to read these monoliths of modern literature.

DISPLACED: A Baltimore police officer awakens in his car, sitting atop a chunk of road in the middle of a cornfield. For the next several hours, he fights his way through strange creatures, meets up with odd companions and comes under siege by terrifying beasts. Displaced is an action-packed, sci-fi mystery that will keep you turning the page until the very end.  

DIARY OF A SECOND LIFE: Three hundred years after the end of the world as we know it, young Wess Marin feels compelled to leave his insular community and strike out in hopeful desperation on his own. He aims to stop the menace that still ravages mankind, but on his way, he will encounter terror, both from the living and the dead. Wess finds a gleaming city, but will they help him realize his goal?

8 DAYS: Imagine the end of the world is coming in eight days. What will you do in the time left to you? Now, imagine that the world doesn't end after all. How do you feel about what you've done? Follow the stories of several people and the world as they tackle these questions in the near-apocalypse novel 8 Days.

THE ART OF DEATH: An evil art museum curator has found a Babylonian artifact and performs a ceremony in the light of a Blood Moon to gain eternal life. He needs sacrifices, lots of sacrifices, and he gathers monsters from the world's folklore to do his bidding. Follow his victims as they fight for their lives in one hellish night at the museum. Vampires, werewolves, mummies, and more await you in The Art of Death!

Check out the Scifi/Horror tab on my website for links!  Enjoy!  And be sure you leave a glowing review, too!

* - Not everything is free.  My sexy adult books are not.  Neither are my shirts and posters and stuff on Etsy.  But the other books are.  Feel free to wish me a happy birthday by buying a poster or something.

Free Books for Halloween

Just because I'm a good guy, I wanted to hand out some treats for Halloween.  In this case, my pair of "scary" books.  These will be free and all I ask in return is that you rate and review them.  And maybe share them with people you think will like them.  OK?

First up, my "teen road trip zombie novel":

Three hundred years after the end of the world as we know it, young Wess Marin feels compelled to leave his insular community and strike out in hopeful desperation on his own. He aims to stop the menace that still ravages mankind, but on his way, he will encounter terror, both from the living and the dead. Wess finds a gleaming city, but will they help him realize his goal?

Join this young adult on an adventure of self discovery. Armed only with a blade and his wits, Wess must traverse many wild miles to bring about an end to the Darkness.

The persistence of hope, the triumph of will over adversity, the denial of superstition ... to achieve these things, Wess must fight the inhumanity of some, the horror of others and his own doubts.

Find it HERE and use code "SU98T" to get it for FREE.



Next, my "balls-out monster bash":

Dr. Mason Karlow is a distinguished art museum director and curator with decades of experience around the globe. He's entering his twilight years as he prepares to open his latest and greatest facility. He's also quite evil.

In a bid for eternal life, Karlow has found a Babylonian artifact and must perform an ancient ceremony in the light of a Blood Moon. He needs sacrifices, lots of sacrifices, and he gathers monsters from the world's folklore to do his bidding.

Follow Karlow's victims as they fight for their lives in one hellish night at the museum. Vampires, werewolves, mummies, and more await you in The Art of Death!

Find it HERE and use code "XY29Z" to get it for FREE.


Thanks again.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!

Did you get a new Kindle, Nook, iPad, Fintoozler, or other device?  Fill it up with my books.

My Lords of Kobol books are always FREE.  Download them in a host of different file formats for your device's needs HERE.

Displaced is a scifi, time travel action piece.  A Baltimore cop wakes up on a farm in Georgia ... along with cavemen, dinosaurs, a robot, and more.  Sounds crazy, but it's fun.

Get it for 99¢ at Smashwords here.  Also available at B&N, Kobo, iTunes, and Amazon.

Diary of a Second Life is a post-post-apocalyptic zombie story.  It's not like any zombie thing you've seen.  This is set centuries after the end of the world we know and it follows one teen as he breaks out of his insular community to try and understand himself and the world.  Crassly, I call it a "teen zombie road trip novel," but it's deeper than that.

Get it for just 99¢ at Smashwords here.  Also available at Amazon, iTunes, Kobo, and Barnes & Noble.

Whereas Diary takes place after the end of the world, 8 Days takes place in a world that almost ended.  Imagine what it would be like to discover that an asteroid was only a week away from destroying all life on the planet?  What would you do with your remaining time?  Now ... imagine that the asteroid missed.  How do you feel about what you've done?  Those are the basic questions posed to all humanity in 8 Days, my "near apocalypse" novel.

Get it for just 99¢ at Smashwords here.  Also available at Amazon, B&N, and iTunes.

The Art of Death is a horror action novel that follows an evil old man, an art museum director.  He's designed a new museum, found a Babylonian artifact, and gathered monsters from the world's folklore for one purpose: to kill a lot of people so he can live forever.  Vampires, werewolves, shapeshifters, zombies, and a whole lot more populate this supernatural Die Hard of a story.

Get it for just 99¢ at Smashwords here.  Also available at Amazon, B&N, and iTunes.



Maybe you want something more ADULT?  Yes, I've written some erotica, too.

Sexcalation is a semi-autobiographical story about a married couple who end up having "fun" (shall we say) with another couple next door.  It started off as a sex-filled romance novel with little-to-no romance, but it ended up as a bit more than that.

If you get Sexcalation HERE at Smashwords, use coupon code BP27Z to get it for just $2.99.

The Red Kick is written like a comic book series.  The action (both in the bedroom and not) is written with POW, BANG, BIFF punch-ups.  It follows the titular character, a stripper who uses her seedy nightlife for intel on the criminal underbelly of her city.  When her time on the pole is done, she puts on her mask and becomes a vigilante who prowls the streets and puts a stop to nefarious deeds.  In this series, she uncovers a plot that could destroy her city and kill thousands.

You can download the first "issue" HERE for FREE in multiple formats.

If you like that and want all five "issues," you can get it HERE at Smashwords for just $2.99 if you use the coupon code NT23S.

Thank you very much and Happy New Year!

"The Art of Death": Real Museum Pieces in the Book

I've made no secret that the real Virginia Museum of Fine Arts heavily influenced the fictitious Richmond Museum of Fine Arts.

See?

After the JUMP, you'll see pics of many things at the VMFA (and elsewhere) that inspired various scenes and such in The Art of Death.

Even if you can't make it to the VMFA, maybe it'll make you want to visit your own nearby art museum.

"The Art of Death": Monsters

The Art of Death is available now and its big attraction, I think, is the preponderance of monsters.  Lots of monsters.  Maybe too many.

This is going to get spoilery, but I'm going to list all of the monsters and give (in brief) some of their powers and attributes.

Personally, I'd rather you just read the book yourself and discover them all in turn.  But we're an impatient society, I guess.

Find the monsters after the JUMP.

"The Art of Death": Characters

There are six primary human characters in The Art of Death (download links are HERE).

What follows the JUMP is a semi-spoilery examination of them and their inspirations.  If you want to go into the book virginal, I'd suggest not reading.

"The Art of Death": DOWNLOAD NOW!

Dr. Mason Karlow is a distinguished art museum director and curator with decades of experience around the globe. He's entering his twilight years as he prepares to open his latest and greatest facility. He's also quite evil. 

In a bid for eternal life, Karlow has found a Babylonian artifact and must perform an ancient ceremony in the light of a Blood Moon. He needs sacrifices, lots of sacrifices, and he gathers monsters from the world's folklore to do his bidding. 

Follow Karlow's victims as they fight for their lives in one hellish night at the museum. Vampires, werewolves, mummies, and more await you in The Art of Death!

Available at Smashwords HERE for 99¢

Available at Amazon HERE for 99¢
Available at iTunes HERE for 99¢
Available at Barnes & Noble HERE for 99¢
Available at Kobo HERE for 99¢
Available at Inktera HERE for 99¢
Available at Blio HERE for 99¢

Learn more about THE ART OF DEATH: designing an evil art museum, the monsters, the characters, and real museum pieces in the book.

Reviews:

5 stars out of five on Amazon


"The Art of Death is a great book. Thanks for a reason to keep learning about other cultures. It really is a great read."
-- Isabel


"Really had a great time reading this book, trying not to give much of it away I have to say that the many creatures/monsters that it features is very interesting, the author took the time to do his research and this shows in the variety of them, which is not often seen, (gave me plenty of new tales to search for online). It's well written, enough of a back story for the characters that you get why they do what they do, but not too much to distract from the action of what's happening."
-- I Martin

"The Art of Death": Deleted Scene and Tone

My initial inspiration for The Art of Death came from the idea of an evil museum curator gathering a bunch of artifacts and raising the classic Universal monsters (Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, Wolf Man, etc.) to do his bidding.  Sounds pretty fun.

I couldn't use trademarked characters, of course, so that sent me looking around the world for "real" monsters of folklore and myth.  I found quite a few really, really cool ones.  Unfortunately, "real" monsters aren't very fun.  They're gruesome.  Parts of this book became a splatter fest thanks to these things.  I mean, I needed to consult thesaurus.com for "entrails" synonyms.

Needless to say, some of the "fun" concepts I had in mind early on seem painfully tone deaf now.  Below, you'll find one such scene.  It's been altered in the final book.

"Wait."  The others stopped in the outer room and looked back at her.  Reed walked toward the portrait that Leigh had been staring at.  "I've heard noises before in here.  Beeping."  She pulled on the frame and it didn't budge.  Then she reached for the right side of the frame and tugged.  The portrait swung out from the wall, revealing an electronic safe.

"Wow," Terry said.

"Good work," Chaney said.  He walked up behind her and saw the keypad.  "Any idea about the combination?"

"No."

Leigh looked at it and said, "How many digits?"

"Looks like four," Lyons said. 

"Are there letters on the buttons?" she asked.

"No.  But what if the safe locks up after three failed attempts or something?"

Millie shook her head.  "I don't even know where to begin."

Griffin took a step back and sat on the arm of that leather chair.  "Well, he's supposed to be evil, right?"  Terry looked at him and the former officer said, "Try six-six-six."

Leigh shook her head and Terry said, "Really?"

Millie tapped the keys and three sixes appeared on the panel in blue light.  Then the safe clicked.

"You've got to be kidding me," Lyons said.

"But that's not even four digits," Leigh said.

One "funny" thing I will be keeping are some of the chapter titles.  I chose many of them depending on the focal monster, but I also chose some because they're over-the-top dramatic (eg, "The Grim Gala").  There are also a few that feature a group of monsters instead of just one.  For those I went with titles derived from Bobby "Boris" Pickett's song "Monster Mash."  Sure, we all know "Monster Mash," but did you know that there were three sequels?  You'll see the names for those in the book.

The Art of Death will go live on Wednesday.

"The Art of Death": Yet Another Chapter!

Just a couple of days away from The Art of Death being published ...

Quick synopsis: evil museum curator uses ancient Babylonian ceremony to sacrifice hundreds for eternal life.  He raises spirits and creatures from artifacts gathered from around the world to do his bidding.

Want even more concise?  Monsters on the loose in a museum.

Read another chapter after the JUMP.

"The Art of Death": Another Chapter

Just days away from the release of my horror-action novel, The Art of Death.  Simply put: a museum curator conducts an evil, ancient ceremony to sacrifice the lives of hundreds in exchange for eternal life.  To kill them, he raises spirits and creatures from artifacts gathered from all over the world.

Read another chapter from the book after the JUMP.

"The Art of Death": Sample Chapter

My "evil art museum" book is coming along nicely.  I don't think I'm too far away from being finished with it.

As I race toward the finish line, I thought I'd give you a taste of how it will be.  The basic story is this: the curator of a new art museum has brought many creatures and monsters to life in order to sow havoc during a "blood moon" as part of a ritual.  This is the story of just one such creature.  (It hasn't been fully edited, so there may be some typos, poor word choice, etc.)

Read after the JUMP.

"Blood Moon Rising" and the New Title

I know it's been a while, but I've been writing rather steadily since New Year's.  And that's good!  We're midway through March and I'm nearing the finish line.  The final chapters have been outlined so now it's just a matter of actually writing them.

In the meantime, let me go ahead and officially announce the title change for the book.  Yes, I announced and stuck by Blood Moon Rising for quite a while, even making multiple versions of the cover for it.  The more I typed, however, the more that other title kept coming to mind.  And it made that much more sense.

Still, I stuck by BMR.  Why?  Well, it's stupid, but in my mind, the movie ends with (SPOILER REDACTED) while a certain Creedence Clearwater Revival song plays.

Like I said, it's stupid.

Still, even with the new title, I guess the movie could end the same way.

So, yeah.  The new title is also the name of the exhibit in my "evil art museum" that leads to the shenanigans:

Stay tuned for more soon!

"The Art of Death": Designing an Evil Art Museum

If you're a reader of mine, you know I love to map things.  Not only does it help me plot out the action for a given story, it also helps provide some visual punch to what would otherwise be a boring wall of text.

Since ninety-five-plus percent of the story for The Art of Death takes place in a museum, I had to design it.  I just plain had to.

I'll go into the designs and the basic story behind them after the JUMP.