Into The Dark now available on Smashwords!
The paperback version of Into The Dark will be going live in the next day or so, but the Smashwords version of it has been posted already! And at the low, low cost of just $2.99, it is a great deal for all you e-book fans out there.
As mentioned in the prior post on this blog, there will not be a kindle version of book 2 or 3 by themselves, but due to the unedited version of the entire trilogy being on the kindle for the past few months, we will be re-releasing the entire trilogy on Kindle in March, along with another book-sized volume of short stories related to the world of the Dark Trilogy.
More details to follow on the paperback version of Into The Dark, but for now, here is the link where you can get the electronic version on Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/31068
Check it out, and feel free to drop a review on Smashwords or Amazon, your blog, your website, or where ever you like. I hope you all enjoy the second installment in my trilogy!
You can click on the picture and follow the link to Smashwords as well. Thanks.
Houdini Gut Punch is now on Amazon!
For those folks who prefer to get their books from Amazon instead of Createspace, I am happy to announce that Houdini Gut Punch is available on Amazon!
So check it out. My story, “Consumer’s Paradise” appears amongst it pages. If you dig bizarro, don’t miss this tome of disturbing stories and odd tales.
Hit the picture to go straight to Amazon so you can pick up a copy today.
Houdini Gut Punch now available on Createspace-soon on Amazon!
Well boys and girls, my foray into bizarro has become real. Houdini Gut Punch, with my short story “Consumer’s Paradise,” is now on sale over at Createspace and shall soon be available over on Amazon and in other locales. I am pretty proud of my first foray into bizarro and have received a few compliments on my story, so I am pretty jazzed up about seeing it in print. So give it a look see!
https://www.createspace.com/3498329
Cover for a new anthology I will be in revealed: Zombiality
Another anthology that I have a story in has a cover that has been revealed, and it is an antho that I am quite proud that I made the cut for. There are a lot of zombie anthologies out there that have given me the chance to stretch my capabilities as a novice writer, but I think that writing something for this anthology forced me to really think about what I was writing, who I was writing for, and what message I wanted to present with my story. I think the results are something I can be proud of and the editor seemed to be quite pleased with my story, and said that he liked its message. I hope that folks out there will give this one a shot and check it out-I realize that there will be folks who won’t, for many reasons, and that is okay. But for me, the bottom line is that I am proud to be a part of this anthology and do hope that my friends, family, and those of you who have enjoyed anything else I have written give this one a look see. Thanks!
Here is the cover art for it:
Into The Dark Cover revealed
Well, here is a finalized version of the cover for Into The Dark, along with the rough up of the back cover. Now it is all in my publisher’s hands-the formatting is complete and has been sent off to him and now the final cover has as well. Once again, a huge thank you goes out to Philip R. Rogers, artist extraordinaire, who created this masterpiece. His art can be found at philipr.deviantart.com/gallery/. Check it out and see how talented this guy is.
As you can guess, I am pretty dang thrilled about this and am excited to get this book out there to continue the story. More updates to come as I get them!
New Anthology I will be in-Strange Tales of Horror-cover revealed!
I had the privilege of being a part of May December’s first anthology release and I get that same privilege with NorGus, which is releasing Strange Tales of Horror and have revealed a rough of the cover art and the Table of Contents. My story, “VRZ” is in this book and I couldn’t be more excited about it. This is a anthology that covers a wide spectrum of strange horror tales and I am looking forward to checking out everyone else’s offerings.
Here is the cover:
Here is the Table of Contents:
Forward by Jeff Angus
Back Cover Description for the sequel to Comes The Dark and some other news.
I just wanted to pass on my first update on the sequel to Comes The Dark. The original plan was to release it in January, but with sales for Comes The Dark going as well as the have been, the publisher wants to strike while the iron is hot and push up the release of the next book to somewhere between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I was flattered by this, as it is a major vote of confidence in my trilogy. Given that the final edits are complete on the manuscript and I am about to send the book off to be formatted, once we have a cover, the book will be ready to go. So for now, it looks like we might have an early December release, just in time for Christmas! I feel all retail-y and stuff with having the book ready by then!
It is also about time that I revealed the name to the sequel to the second book in the trilogy, since I haven’t officially mentioned it before. Heck, I can reveal the title of the third book as well, while I am at it. Again, the entire trilogy is already written, so while I currently don’t have a firm date for the third book’s release (because we bumped up the second book’s release date), but my guess is that it will be in late spring of 2011, best estimate.
So here they are. The second book will be entitled: Into The Dark and the third book will be called Beyond The Dark. The artwork for all three covers is being done by the incredible Philip R. Rogers and the second and third cover will retain the same feel as the first one, though I am not exactly sure what either will look like. I think I will know pretty soon about the second cover-at least a rough sketch, and I am excited about checking that out. Philip’s work is awesome and if you ever need an artist, check out his work at philipr.deviantart.com/gallery/.
Okay, so here is the back cover description for Into The Dark:
Six weeks ago, the mysterious virus came out of nowhere and engulfed the world. Everyone infected seemed to die … then rise again.
Jeff Blaine did his best to hold his family together and to protect them from the horrors scratching at their door, but in the end, they were ripped away from him like everything else that ever mattered.
Lost and alone, Jeff decided his only option was to destroy as many of the monsters that stole his life away before they destroy him as well. But when he discovers Megan, George, and Jason, three other survivors not interested in giving up just yet, he reluctantly accepts that there might still be a reason to fight and live to see another day.
Traveling through the blasted landscape their world has become, the quartet discovers that the living dead aren’t the only danger with which they must cope. Even other survivors who promise safety and security from the hordes of ghouls roaming the wastelands will test loyalties and their faith in humankind.
Jeff and his small band of newfound friends must forge a semblance of life in the newly blighted world. And they will have only the light of their own humanity by which to navigate as everything around them descends into the dark.
Again, the book should be released sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I am already getting excited about it!
My interview on Blog Talk Radio
My interview with Sonar 4 tonight, for those who didn’t get the chance to check it out live.
Lori Titus and Tonia Brown did a great job and it was a lot of fun talking about Comes The Dark, some of my short stories, and the absolutely horrendous book I wrote back in high school that remains locked away forever.
Check it out!
Cover for “Eye Witness: Zombie” Anthology
I am quite excited about this anthology from May December Publications. It is being released soon and contains a story of mine that is derived from the same world as Comes The Dark. I won’t reveal the connection, but suffice it to say, there are a couple of characters that appear in my trilogy that also appear in my story, “A Soldier’s Lament.”
This one should be out in the next month or so, and my copy is on its way from the publisher. I can’t wait to get my hands on it!
Cover for “Doomology”, another anthology I will be in soon!
Another anthology that I am excited to be a part of, Doomology, from the Library of Science Fiction and Fantasy, has produced it’s cover and I am thrilled by this. My story, “You Only Die Twice” appears in it. Another one to check out once it is on the shelves. More details to come once it is available.
Cover of the “No More Heroes” anthology released
Another anthology that I will be appearing in, this one filled with superheroes and villains, will be coming out later this year. The cover art was just released and I am thrilled with it. I am excited about being involved in this one, as it gave me a chance to stretch my wings and write in a completely different genre. My hope is that this anthology will do well so that there is an opportunity to continue some of the stories that have been developed with this new world of good and evil.
So check out this cover. This one is going to be cool!
Final Cover of Comes The Dark complete as well as formatting…as well as a few other things
Well, the file is pretty large, so it would be tough to add it here, but the finalized cover is complete for the book and it looks great. Philip Rogers did a fantastic job with it and was able to fit all the blurbs on the front and back along with all the logos and other little touches that will make this complete.
Since it’s a pdf, it’s too large to effectively post here.
Also complete is the formatting for the inside of the book. An ISBN number needs to be set up for the book and then a proof will be ordered from the printers, which I get to look over and make sure it looks good. If it is all set, then the book gets rolling.
In some ways, it is pretty scary that things have gotten to this point so quickly. I sort of find it hard to believe that my first book is this close to being completed so that I can start bugging everyone to start buying this sucker.
In other ways, it feels completely right after such a long saga. Many thanks to Michael West, aka Dr. Pus, for making all of this possible. I can’t repeat that enough. The man is driven and dedicated to his authors, and I have always felt as if the Library is a wonderful home for a lot of great people, with Doc as our wonderfully wild patriarch. Imaging a trip to Pittsburgh in September to meet him and everyone else is almost too much to imagine. It’s going to be a profound experience. Especially since I will be on one of the author panels with the chance to read from my book.
As Doc has told me more than once: “Buckle up and keep your hands and feet inside the cabin-it’s gonna be a wild ride!”
Update: I was able to get a lower sized version of my wraparound cover saved…so here it is:
Updated Cover and back of Comes The Dark
Here is the updated version of the cover and back of Comes The Dark. Note that there will be some more text and some other touches added still. Philip Rogers, the artist, is incredible, and more of his artwork can be found here: http://philipr.deviantart.com/gallery/
