Pre-Order Play Dead!

Are you ready to play...dead? I'm pleased to announce that you can now preorder my next novel, PLAY DEAD, at Shocklines.com ($27, signed) and ProjectPulp.com ($25.59) and get the book delivered to you piping hot off the press when it's published this August. Note: pre-orders from these online bookstores are for the trade hardcover edition, not the special limited "Grimoire" collector's edition (which likely be priced over $100 and probably sell out fast to collectors after its announcement). PLAY DEAD will also be available on publication through amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, booksamillion.com and directly from the publisher. If you want…

Playing Dead Cards

My next novel, PLAY DEAD, is being published in a collector's edition that will not only have a "sculpted" cover but also include an actual pack of playing cards -- all with original artist renderings in the spirit of the book. My publisher (Raw Dog Screaming Press) provided this sneak preview of a few of them (yes, the digits are on the wrong side...this is just a draft to give you an idea of what they'll look like). Cool, no? If all goes well, this deck might even be available in time for World Horror Convention in NYC this April,…

CONTEST: Mash Your Own Monsters

To celebrate the 3rd Volume of the The Goreletter (launched today), I'm hosting a new contest. You must subscribe to the e-mail newsletter edition of The Goreletter to participate. No big whoop...give it a try! Invent a wacky Monster Mash, based on characters from actual horror films -- not books or videogames. Give it a title and a slugline...even include a brief summary of the plot, if you like (keep it under 50 words please). Send only one. I'll publish all submissions in the next issue of The Goreletter -- and give my top two favorites (subjectively chosen) free prizes!…

"We look at death through the cheap-glazed windows of the flesh, and believe him the monster which the flawed and cracked glass represents him." -- James Russell Lowell (died 1891)

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