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One of these days, I'll assemble a comprehensive list of formatted links of everything of mine presently available. In the meantime, here's the latest two you can order.
http://nvhbooks.webs.com/apps/webstore/products/show/497748
http://nvhbooks.webs.com/apps/webstore/products/show/497840
And hey, the latest NVF issue has me in there first, and also features a review of JAKE'S WAKE, a fine book I just read by John Skipp (one of my favorite horror writers) and Cody Goodfellow (a newcomer, who's style seems to blend well with John's). As to my take on the book, without giving too much away (and believe me, I'm not), think a cross between the classic evil corrupt backwoods preacher story and a zombie story (think Night Of The Living Dead), with some echoes of Skipp's own excellent novella CONSCIENCE. It's pretty much non-stop nasty, scary, disturbing, and often quite funny, from page 1 onward, fits the Joe Bob Brigs #1 Rule Of Horror (if you don't know what that is, look it up)... Of course not everyone who dies stays dead, but who does/doesn't come back from the dead/stick around, and why/why not lie at the heart of some far more profound plot twists, late in the book, which not only surprised me, but infused the story with some actual depth and meaning to which I had to give some thought after turning the final page. Bill compared CONSCIENCE to the works of Harlen Ellison (no small praise, especially coming from Bill), and while Skipp's the man, I sorta thought CONSCIENCE might've been a fluke. In short, apparently not. Highly recommended, though even less for people with weak stomachs than my work generally is. Can't yet say regarding the other material in the magazine, as I haven't yet had a chance to read it (and while I'm at it, I'm probably not exactly qualified to recommend my own writing, though I'm going to anyway, because I'm out to make a living doing this).
Love and pleasant dreams to all.
So does this mean I've been featured in a magazine with John Skipp? Ah well, a nutjob writer can dream...
http://nvhbooks.webs.com/apps/webstore/products/show/497748
http://nvhbooks.webs.com/apps/webstore/products/show/497840
And hey, the latest NVF issue has me in there first, and also features a review of JAKE'S WAKE, a fine book I just read by John Skipp (one of my favorite horror writers) and Cody Goodfellow (a newcomer, who's style seems to blend well with John's). As to my take on the book, without giving too much away (and believe me, I'm not), think a cross between the classic evil corrupt backwoods preacher story and a zombie story (think Night Of The Living Dead), with some echoes of Skipp's own excellent novella CONSCIENCE. It's pretty much non-stop nasty, scary, disturbing, and often quite funny, from page 1 onward, fits the Joe Bob Brigs #1 Rule Of Horror (if you don't know what that is, look it up)... Of course not everyone who dies stays dead, but who does/doesn't come back from the dead/stick around, and why/why not lie at the heart of some far more profound plot twists, late in the book, which not only surprised me, but infused the story with some actual depth and meaning to which I had to give some thought after turning the final page. Bill compared CONSCIENCE to the works of Harlen Ellison (no small praise, especially coming from Bill), and while Skipp's the man, I sorta thought CONSCIENCE might've been a fluke. In short, apparently not. Highly recommended, though even less for people with weak stomachs than my work generally is. Can't yet say regarding the other material in the magazine, as I haven't yet had a chance to read it (and while I'm at it, I'm probably not exactly qualified to recommend my own writing, though I'm going to anyway, because I'm out to make a living doing this).
Love and pleasant dreams to all.
So does this mean I've been featured in a magazine with John Skipp? Ah well, a nutjob writer can dream...