Richard Schiver: October 2015

HHAC The Last Day: Leod D Fitz

Leod Fitz has been a writer for nearly as long has he has been a reader. Absurdly fascinated by the power of the written word, he realized at a young age that the only career which held any interest for him was that of an author. When he isn’t pouring his blood and sweat onto the page, he’s selling his blood to plasma clinics, and his sweat to a variety of employers. He’s worked as an animal caretaker, a shelf stocker, a farmhand and warehouse employee, but he’s always been a writer at heart.

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Meet Walter, the ghoul next door. He could be the most boring man alive…except for one small detail: Walter isn't human. Though he was raised by humans, Walter is, in fact, a ghoul, a mystical flesh-eating monster of myth. And now, for some reason, some one – or some thing is trying to kill him. Suddenly the monster who wanted to be human finds himself pursued by murderous hunters, hounded by werewolves, and embroiled in the absurdly complicated world of vampire politics.

""If you read one book this year, make it Awfully Appetizing by Leod D. Fitz. I don’t usually praise books as ‘amazing’ but this was probably one of the best books I have ever read.
The writing style is delectably witty, right down to the title. I must have looked ridiculous reading with a perpetual grin on my face, periodically bursting out in chuckles, but I don’t care. A book that can’t make me smile is a book not worth my time. This one was worth every line. The characters were fantastic. It took everything I love about the supernatural world, put it in a blender, added some rotten sheep brains and voilà! You get Walter, the leading man and one of the most interesting characters of all time. He is awesome, as is his family. Seriously, once you go ghoul you don’t go back. Vampires-shmanpires. The plot moved smoothly and kept me in until the last page. It was equally distributed between action, story, and fun, which made it that much better. It was unpredictable but not without foreshadow so you still get surprised but not feel like the twists came out of nowhere. The only downside of the book was that the second one isn’t out yet. I’m glad to see it’s a series and I will definitely be picking up the next one as soon as it’s available. Basically what I’m saying is, read it. You can thank me later."
—Anna Kopp

“Awfully Appetizing is one of the most original paranormal novels that I’ve read in years. Funny, thrilling, with unforgettable characters. Highly recommended!”
—Kenneth W. Harmon, author of The Devil’s Lament, and The Amazing Mr. Howard

Win your very own horror library.
Today is your last chance to enter for a chance to win an electronic horror library that contains the following ebooks. Simply tweet to your friends about the Halloween Horror Author Countdown, enter as often as you want. Tomorror one lucky winner will be chosen at random to receive a library containing the following 31 titles.

Blood Lily by Jenny Allen
The Misadventures of Bob by Jaime Johnesee
A Jar of Fingers by C.L. Hernendez
A Coin for Charon by Dallas Mullican
The Human Condition by Mark Taylor
Spook Lights by Eden Royce
Mateguas Island by Linda Watkins
In the Hands of the Unknown A.E. Hellstrom
Winchester Over by Dave Lund
The Complex by J Rudolph
The Dead Song Legend by Jay Wilburn
Zombie and Chainsaws by Mike Evans
Flight of Destiny by Francis H Powell
Through a Mirror Darkly by Kevin Lucia
Awfully Apetizing by Leod D Fritz
Darkly Wood by Max Power
Family Reunion by P. Mark DeBryan
Slice Girls by Carmilla Voiez
Cannibal House I by Shaun Adams
Zombies Inside by Rebecca Besser
Dark Crescent by Dev Jarrett
Werewolf Nights by Mari Hamill

Author T.W. Brown has added the first nine books of his Dead Series to the prize pool,
There are several ways to enter to win.

On Twitter tweet the following message:

Have you read Awfully Appetizing?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0100LTF4K
#2015HHAC #BookBoost

Don't forget to use the hashtag #2015HHAC so your entries can be tracked.

On Facebook go to my Facebook fan page, like and share the daily post about the countdown.
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What kind of horror do you like?

During the month we will track everyone's activity, assigning each action a number and at the end of the countdown a random number will be drawn. The person whose name appears next to that number will be the winner.

HHAC Day 29: Kenneth Harmon

Kenneth retired from a career in law enforcement and now lives in Fort Collins, Colorado with his wife and daughters. His publication history includes a novel, The Amazing Mr. Howard (JournalStone) and the nonfiction book, Ghost Under Foot: the Spirit of Mary Bell (Llewellyn), plus dozens of short stories. He has been a finalist for the Pikes Peak Writers Paul Gillette Memorial Award and a two-time finalist for the Pacific Northwest Writers Association Zola Award. You can learn more about Kenneth at www.kennethwharmonauthor.com

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It is 1932. The world has turned to dust. Lucifer stills walks among us, testing the faithful at every turn. Then he discovers the reincarnation of Eve in a Dust Bowl revival tent … and their ancient passion threatens the world again. When Lucifer and Eve were together in Eden, their relationship changed the fate of humanity. What will happen if God brings them together again?

Win your very own horror library.

Enter for your chance to win an electronic horror library that contains the following ebooks. Simply tweet to your friends about the Halloween Horror Author Countdown, enter as often as you want. On October 31st one lucky winner will be chosen at random to receive a library containing the following titles.

Blood Lily by Jenny Allen
The Misadventures of Bob by Jaime Johnesee
A Jar of Fingers by C.L. Hernendez
A Coin for Charon by Dallas Mullican
The Human Condition by Mark Taylor
Spook Lights by Eden Royce
Mateguas Island by Linda Watkins
In the Hands of the Unknown A.E. Hellstrom
Winchester Over by Dave Lund
The Complex by J Rudolph
The Dead Song Legend by Jay Wilburn
Zombie and Chainsaws by Mike Evans
Flight of Destiny by Francis H Powell
Through a Mirror Darkly by Kevin Lucia
Awfully Apetizing by Leod D Fritz
Darkly Wood by Max Power
Family Reunion by P. Mark DeBryan
Slice Girls by Carmilla Voiez
Cannibal House I by Shaun Adams
Zombies Inside by Rebecca Besser
Dark Crescent by Dev Jarrett
Werewolf Nights by Mari Hamill

Author T.W. Brown has added the first nine books of his Dead Series to the prize pool, bringing the total number of books to 31.

There are several ways to enter to win.

On Twitter tweet the following message:

Have you read The Devil's Lament?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01698Y82M
#2015HHAC #BookBoost

Don't forget to use the hashtag #2015HHAC so your entries can be tracked.

On Facebook go to my Facebook fan page, like and share the daily post about the countdown.
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What kind of horror do you like?

During the month we will track everyone's activity, assigning each action a number and at the end of the countdown a random number will be drawn. The person whose name appears next to that number will be the winner.

HHAC Day 28: Francis H Powell

I was born in a “dormitory town” called Reading, not famous for much, apart from a huge Rock festival, and for the fact that Oscar Wilde was sent to prison there and wrote “The Ballad of Reading Gaol”. My family then moved to a farm in the country, in Sussex, not too far from London. I was sent aged eight, to a boarding school, so I would spend long periods away from my family. Imagine having regular prison sentences, imposed upon you, as a child. At some of the schools I attended, there were psychotic teachers and cruel nasty children. I used to count the days when I could be reunited with my family. I became a recluse in the art room and painting was my salvation. I had a teacher who encouraged me to paint and introduced me to various artists, including Kandinsky. I went from austere harsh boarding schools to Art College, a very different environment. Later I moved to a remote village in Austria. It was not far from Vienna, but a very oppressive and strange environment. I thought I should try writing a book. I launched into it…nothing came of it. I do many creative activities, painting as well as writing music. Writing lay dormant, put to one side. Then later, living in Paris at this point in time, via an advert, I made contact with a man called Alan Clark, who had a literary magazine called “Rat Mort” (dead rat). I submitted four short stories for this magazine, encouraged by Alan, I began to write more and more short stories, and developed a style…I guess if I compare these stories to earlier efforts at writing…there has been a huge development…I am sure my early attempts were imaginative but raw.

1.) When did you first get serious about writing?

A.) I moved to a remote village in Austria. It was not far from Vienna, but a very oppressive and strange environment. I thought I should try writing a book. I launched into it…nothing came of it. I do many creative activities, painting as well as writing music. Writing lay dormant, put to one side. Then later, living in Paris at this point in time, via an advert, I made contact with a man called Alan Clark, who had a literary magazine called “Rat Mort” (dead rat). I submitted four short stories for this magazine, encouraged by Alan, I began to write more and more short stories, and developed a style…I have written many short stories of varied length.

2.) What is the hardest part for you about writing?

A.) Keeping cohesion. Keeping the intensity from the start of the story to the end.

3.) How did you feel upon publication of your first completed project?

A.) It is quite a big moment, it’s like when you get given your first one man show in a proper Art Gallery, or have your first track released by a record company on vinyl, you have a sense of personal satisfaction. You spend hours looking at this story on a computer and it is strange to see it in this new format, in paperback. Also I was intrigued because I did the illustrations as well as the cover for my book, so I wanted to see how they turned out.

4.) What is more important to you, story, or character? Why?

A.) I suppose in a way they both are of equal importance. I start my stories from different starting points. Sometimes a vague outline for a story comes into my head. Sometimes a character name comes into my head. For example “Little Mite” came to me, then I imagined what kind of character this person might be. Then I came up with the idea that she might be a sister bitch from Hell, who ruins her older sister’s dream wedding by carrying out an audacious appalling act. Story generally comes first but sometimes I build a story around a character I have imagined.

5.) What is a typical day like in your world?

A.) There is no such thing as a typical day for me, I try to fit in as much as I can. Generally I am woken up by my young son, much earlier than I would choose. I like to catch up with my e mails and also check out the news. It’s not a good thing to switch on a computer before breakfast, but I have to grab what opportunities I have. I travel to wherever I am working by bus or metro, or sometimes train. Most of my days are hectic. I am the kind of person who has many plates spinning at the same time. In the evenings I spend a lot of time on my computer. By the end of the evening I sometimes get to see a DVD, at the moment I am watching “The Prisoner” the 60s series with Patrick McGoohan.

My short stories are dark and surreal. They usually have an unexpected twist at the end. If the reader is enthralled enough to want to get to the end of the story and is entertained by the story, then the story has worked. I see my readers as being the types who stuck away in dingy bedsits, who never go out, not even open the curtains in the morning. I write about outsiders, freaks, odd balls, people rejected by society. I am championing the hard pressed. I guess, a lot of my characters are outsiders due to the fact that for long periods in my life, I have felt like an outsider. Maybe there are a few readers that fit this description…out there…I also have a lot of despicable characters in my story, the hunting, shooting fishing aristocracy, who I portray in a negative light. I don’t consider myself to be a horror writer. It is true some of my stories are very dark, but I like think they also contain elements of wit and wisdom. My favourite sentence in my book comes from a story called “Opium”. A Gangster, (named Gecko) confronted by a Preacher sent to rid a town of sin, says "Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man,"

Reality and paranoia get mixed up in the first story of my book. The story is called “Arrival”. A name pops into a man’s head and he can’t place it. The name Mr Weisler, becomes an obsession. Perhaps the crux of the story is when, the main character Branden Jay Houseman, believes that Mr Weisler is lodged in his stomach and then exits his stomach, in a manner not unlike the "creature popping from a man's stomach" in the 1979 alien film. Again we have to suppose that Branden’s imagination has gone wild, he is suffering a cruel hallucination.He simply has this absurd preoccupation with Weisler, who he fears is going to some terrible deed, steal his live in partner from him, for example.

The story never genuinely introduces Weisler, he is a shadow.

The second story “Snatched” is about a man who goes out for a walk with his new born baby, returns home only to find the infant is missing. There then follows many strong recriminations from his wife. I wrote this before I became a father or husband …was I writing about my fears about being an inadequate father or husband?

What are some of my other demons? Sibling rivalry seems to be one. “Slashed” is about a man who is the brother of a much lauded painter who in the story is simply called “Maestro” . The younger brother has lived in his older brother’s shadow all his life; he is also a painter, but a struggling one. Consequently he vandalizes all of his brother’s major works, having spent a drunken evening with his artist friends. He discovers other painful things his brother has inflicted upon him.

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“Flawless” is a story that among other things also seems to delve into sibling rivalry. The older brother develops an inexplicable skin disease, at the point of marrying a beautiful young girl. She then rejects him (rejection and betrayal are other demons that reside within me) and her younger brother steps in and asks the young girl to marry him. The older brother locks himself away, unable to bare the pain of this terrible betrayal.

“Seed” a story about a woman, desperate to have a baby, her husband can’t seem to provide, who then turns to an officer in her barracks to provide her with vital “seed” came about after watching a TV documentary about the United States and the fact that so many fathers are not the biological fathers of their children. An academic study from Liverpool John Moores University in the UK has come up with an eye opening discovery which is that 1 in 25 fathers are unknowingly raising another man's child. This story was again written before I became a father, the thinking behind this story, is extremely alarming, not only to me, but I imagine many other men.

“Blackwidow” is a story about a woman who has to kill any man who utters any words resembling love, after they have made “love”. This story has to be born out of some trauma or traumas, I have suffered, following a relationship with a woman who has not wanted a relationship to develop further than sexual contact.

Lack of trust and paranoia also seems to be part of my story “Blindshot”. This is about a man, blinded in the war. While treated in hospital, he is seduced by one of the nurses. She reads him letters from his wife, but we can’t tell if the nurse is making them up. One of the letters is a letter of confession, in which his wife tells him she is pregnant, but the child is not his…but the result of an affair she is having in his absence. A lot of the paranoia is played out in his mind and he is driven towards suicide. Even this is beyond him.

Three preachers play leading parts in my stories. Preacher Moon is sent into a town that has fell under the spell of opium. His adversary is a gangster called Gecko. Preacher Moon is a “John the Baptist” type. He is very pious, but comes across as inhumane. This story features one of my favorite lines…"Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man," which is a line Gecko says following one of Preacher Moon’s threats. In my story Gomford, there is another preacher …The Reverend Salmon…who perhaps is the worst of the three. He is a dictator who rules over a village. The village is disrupted when a man comes back with a beautiful young bride and the men in the village fall under her spell and one by one seduce her, before falling into a deep depression and a deep sense of guilt. The Preacher has to save the village that is falling over the abyss. He has to break the spirit of the young girl, but it turns out he has a murky past and is a highly flawed character.

The last preacher is called The Reverend Bawdy, who features strongly in “Seed”. He is an alcoholic, who is licentious and has acquired a reputation for impregnating woman in Africa. He is the Regimental chaplain. He is intimidating to the main character, whose husband is absent on military duty. He is always probing and very sarcastic and seems to revel in the idea of being a womanizer, despite being married and a “man of the cloth”. My final story in my book is called “Cast from Hell”. In this story a man is rejected by Hell (for being too good) and is sent back to earth in the form of a beautiful woman. Hell is seen as being not a such a terrible place, more a boring existence. Back on earth the main character goes about “her” evil ways. As a child I was always shunted off to church. I came across an array of sometimes eccentric priests, some who doubtlessly took to the bottle. Religion certainly plays on my mind even today and I believe it is wrong to enforce notions of “hell” on an innocent child. What is Hell anyway? Isn’t there enough Hell on this earth anyway?

All of my stories are characterized by “outsiders”, “freaks” the “underdogs of this world”. In the end they rise to the challenge and defeat their oppressors. Manifested in my stories lay a lot of my demons, some of which have lain dormant for many years, but have been roused in my book “Flight of Destiny”.

Win your very own horror library.

Enter for your chance to win an electronic horror library that contains the following ebooks. Simply tweet to your friends about the Halloween Horror Author Countdown, enter as often as you want. On October 31st one lucky winner will be chosen at random to receive a library containing the following titles.

Blood Lily by Jenny Allen
The Misadventures of Bob by Jaime Johnesee
A Jar of Fingers by C.L. Hernendez
A Coin for Charon by Dallas Mullican
The Human Condition by Mark Taylor
Spook Lights by Eden Royce
Mateguas Island by Linda Watkins
In the Hands of the Unknown A.E. Hellstrom
Winchester Over by Dave Lund
The Complex by J Rudolph
The Dead Song Legend by Jay Wilburn
Zombie and Chainsaws by Mike Evans
Flight of Destiny by Francis H Powell
Through a Mirror Darkly by Kevin Lucia
Awfully Apetizing by Leod D Fritz
Darkly Wood by Max Power
Family Reunion by P. Mark DeBryan
Slice Girls by Carmilla Voiez
Cannibal House I by Shaun Adams
Zombies Inside by Rebecca Besser
Dark Crescent by Dev Jarrett
Werewolf Nights by Mari Hamill
There is more to come and the list will be updated as books are added.

Author T.W. Brown has added the first nine books of his Dead Series to the prize pool.

There are several ways to enter to win.

On Twitter tweet the following message:

Have you read Flight of Destiny?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0988664097
#2015HHAC #BookBoost

Don't forget to use the hashtag #2015HHAC so your entries can be tracked.

On Facebook go to my Facebook fan page, like and share the daily post about the countdown.
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What kind of horror do you like?

During the month we will track everyone's activity, assigning each action a number and at the end of the countdown a random number will be drawn. The person whose name appears next to that number will be the winner.

HHAC Day 27: David Reuben Aslin

David is the author of the Ian McDermott Paranormal Investigator series: Loup-garou - The Beast of Harmony Falls (Book I); Red Tide - Vampires of the Morgue (Book II); SCHIZOMEGA - Fresh Meat (Book III). David has also written The Evilution - Rise of the Antichrist (Dark Tomes - Book I)

In addition to being a writer of literary fiction, concentrating on the genres of Horror and Suspense/Thriller, David is an entrepreneur. He is the co-inventor/co-patent holder of the popular beverage dispenser The BrewTender.

David and his wife Denise have five children, all boys. He and his wife reside in Southwest Washington State.

The Evilution - Rise of the Antichrist (Book I)

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Synopsis:

Masquerading as the powerful Vatican Bishop, Cardinal David Xzytun — ultimate “Evil” has incarnated with intent to control, as puppet master, a Caesar for his new Roman Empire.
Standing tenuously on the side of hope amidst the encroaching apocalyptic doom is Dr. Paul Bradfield. A man conflicted between rational science and matters of faith regarding unexplained supernatural occurrences, and the horrifying deaths of several of his closest friends.

Only Jennifer Dowling, Bradfield’s true love. And Matt Larsen, his slovenly yet brilliant friend … recognize the unholy phenomenon which has fixated on, or perhaps emanates from Father Joseph, Bradfield’s dearest friend of all.

What will come of humanity when the clock counts down? Can one man make the difference, and stave-off mankind's ultimate doom at least for the time being? … when all roads appear to lead to one inexorable horrific beginning of the end … that is… The Evilution.

Win your very own horror library.

Enter for your chance to win an electronic horror library that contains the following ebooks. Simply tweet to your friends about the Halloween Horror Author Countdown, enter as often as you want. On October 31st one lucky winner will be chosen at random to receive a library containing the following titles.

Blood Lily by Jenny Allen
The Misadventures of Bob by Jaime Johnesee
A Jar of Fingers by C.L. Hernendez
A Coin for Charon by Dallas Mullican
The Human Condition by Mark Taylor
Spook Lights by Eden Royce
Mateguas Island by Linda Watkins
In the Hands of the Unknown A.E. Hellstrom
Winchester Over by Dave Lund
The Complex by J Rudolph
The Dead Song Legend by Jay Wilburn
Zombie and Chainsaws by Mike Evans
Flight of Destiny by Francis H Powell
Through a Mirror Darkly by Kevin Lucia
Awfully Apetizing by Leod D Fritz
Darkly Wood by Max Power
Family Reunion by P. Mark DeBryan
Slice Girls by Carmilla Voiez
Cannibal House I by Shaun Adams
Zombies Inside by Rebecca Besser
Dark Crescent by Dev Jarrett
Werewolf Nights by Mari Hamill

Author T.W. Brown has added the first nine books of his Dead Series to the prize pool.

There is more to come and the list will be updated as books are added.

There are several ways to enter to win.

On Twitter tweet the following message:

Have you read Evilution - Rise of the Antichrist?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B015M4UR74

#2015HHAC #BookBoost

Don't forget to use the hashtag #2015HHAC so your entries can be tracked.

On Facebook go to my Facebook fan page, like and share the daily post about the countdown.
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HHAC Day 26: Lacey Lane

Lacey Lane was born in the UK and as a child loved writing stories. At the age of 31 she decided to rekindle her passion for writing. Her debut ebook The Revenge of the Pumpkins was first published in October 2014 followed by The Ultimate Guide to Frugal Living in April 2015. "I love to write. I currently have three ebooks published. The Revenge of the Pumpkins and The Ultimate Guide to Frugal Living and my new book The Little Book of Horrors. The Little Book of Horrors will also soon be out as my first paperback."

Besides writing she also likes

1.) When did you first get serious about writing?

A.) Just over a year ago. I love horror and released my first ebook on Halloween. It's a free short called The Revenge of the Pumpkins.

2.) What is the hardest part for you about writing?

A.) My grammar sucks, so I am constantly learning and trying to improve. I also find it hard to find the time to sit down and write. I have been known to write on my mobile phone when I am on the go because it's sometimes the only chance I have to write.

3.) How did you feel upon publication of your first completed project?

A.) Absolutely fantastic!

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4.) What is more important to you, story, or character? Why?

A.) That's a hard one. I think it depends on the individual story. To be honest, I'm a "pantser" so I just write what flows out of me.

5.) What is a typical day like in your world?

A.) Get up, eat, work, eat, sleep. In between I try to write and spend time with my family. My work schedule can be crazy, so I can go for long periods of time without writing.

Lacey can be found on Facebook and Twitter

https://www.facebook.com/laceylaneauthor
http://www.twitter.com/laceylaneauthor

Her amazon author page: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lacey-Lane/e/B00VYMFOYK/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_3?qid=1444814160&sr=8-3

Win your very own horror library.

Enter for your chance to win an electronic horror library that contains the following ebooks. Simply tweet to your friends about the Halloween Horror Author Countdown, enter as often as you want. On October 31st one lucky winner will be chosen at random to receive a library containing the following titles.

Blood Lily by Jenny Allen
The Misadventures of Bob by Jaime Johnesee
A Jar of Fingers by C.L. Hernendez
A Coin for Charon by Dallas Mullican
The Human Condition by Mark Taylor
Spook Lights by Eden Royce
In the Hands of the Unknown A.E. Hellstrom
Winchester Over by Dave Lund
The Complex by J Rudolph
The Dead Song Legend by Jay Wilburn
Zombie and Chainsaws by Mike Evans
Flight of Destiny by Francis H Powell
Through a Mirror Darkly by Kevin Lucia
Awfully Apetizing by Leod D Fritz
Darkly Wood by Max Power
Family Reunion by P. Mark DeBryan
Little Book of Horrors by Lacey Lane

Slice Girls by Carmilla Voiez
Cannibal House I by Shaun Adams
Zombies Inside by Rebecca Besser
Dark Crescent by Dev Jarrett
Werewolf Night by Mari Hamill

Author T.W. Brown has added the first nine books of his Dead Series to the prize pool.

There is more to come and the list will be updated as books are added.

There are several ways to enter to win.

On Twitter tweet the following message:

Have you read Little Book of Horrors?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B016N02GCA
#2015HHAC #BookBoost

Don't forget to use the hashtag #2015HHAC so your entries can be tracked.

On Facebook go to my Facebook fan page, like and share the daily post about the countdown.
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Or you can comment on any or all of the countdown posts by answering the following question:

What kind of horror do you like?

During the month we will track everyone's activity, assigning each action a number and at the end of the countdown a random number will be drawn. The person whose name appears next to that number will be the winner.

gardening and reading.

HHAC Day 25: Kevin Lucia

Kevin Lucia is the Reviews Editor for Cemetery Dance Magazine, and he writes a quarterly column "Horror 101" for Lamplight Magazine. His short fiction has appeared in several anthologies.

He's currently finishing his Creative Writing Masters Degree at Binghamton University, he teaches high school English and lives in Castle Creek, New York with his wife and children.

He is the author of Hiram Grange & The Chosen One, Book Four of The Hiram Grange Chronicles, the short story collection Things Slip Through, the novella duet Devourer of Souls, and the novella quartet Through A Mirror, Darkly. He's currently working on his first novel.

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There are a lot more truths in the books we read, than we'd like to admit.

What if a book delves into the lives of the very town you live in? Reveals to you some personal stories of people you know? Or thought you knew.

Bookstore owner Kevin Ellison faces this truth when a mysterious book shows up in Through a Mirror, Darkly by Kevin Lucia.

"Arcane Delights. Clifton Heights' premier rare and used bookstore. In it, new owner Kevin Ellison has inherited far more than a family legacy, for inside are tales that will amaze, astound, thrill...and terrify.

An ancient evil thirsty for lost souls. A very different kind of taxi service with destinations not on any known map. Three coins that grant the bearer's fondest wish, and a father whose crippling grief gives birth to something dark and hungry.

Every town harbors secrets. Kevin Ellison is about to discover those that lurk in the shadows of Clifton Heights."

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When a child mysteriously disappears from a small town and even his mother seems indifferent, it’s time for the new sheriff to step in.

Meet Chris Baker, the new sheriff of the quiet Adirondack town of Clifton Heights. As one inexplicable case after another forces him to confront the townsfolk in The Skylark Diner, it’s the furtive Gavin Patchett that hands Chris a collection of not-so-fictional short stories that tumbles him into a world of monsters, ageless demons, and vengeful citizens. As Chris reads through the stories the veil starts to lift, and he soon questions what is real and what’s not, and whether he really wants to know.

Nothing will ever be the same again.

So welcome to Clifton Heights, New York, an average Adirondack town, and nice enough in its own right. Except after dark, under the pale light of the moon. Or on a road out of town that never ends, or in an old house on the edge of town with a will of its own.

Maybe you shouldn't have left the interstate, my friend. But you saw our sign, turned down our road, figuring on a short stay. And maybe it will be.

Or maybe you'll never leave.

While you’re here, pay a visit to The Skylark Diner. Pull up a chair and I'll tell you about our town. It's nice enough, honestly. Except after dark. Or on cold winter days when you're all alone...

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Old Webb, an abandoned grammar school just outside Clifton Heights, is the place to be late summer nights in Webb County. A gathering place for friends to be themselves, away from grownups who have forgotten what it means to be young and free.

The summer of 1992, Kevin Ellison spent his Saturday nights there like everyone else. Everything was running according to plan: a college basketball scholarship, school, all the things everyone expected of him.

Then he met a girl named Michelle Titchner, and everything changed...

Win a Horror Library

Enter for your chance to win an electronic horror library that contains the following ebooks. Simply tweet to your friends about the Halloween Horror Author Countdown, enter as often as you want. On October 31st one lucky winner will be chosen at random to receive a library containing the following titles.

Blood Lily by Jenny Allen
The Misadventures of Bob by Jaime Johnesee
A Jar of Fingers by C.L. Hernendez
A Coin for Charon by Dallas Mullican
The Human Condition by Mark Taylor
Spook Lights by Eden Royce
Mateguas Island by Linda Watkins
In the Hands of the Unknown A.E. Hellstrom
Winchester Over by Dave Lund
The Complex by J Rudolph
The Dead Song Legend by Jay Wilburn
Zombie and Chainsaws by Mike Evans
Flight of Destiny by Francis H Powell
Through a Mirror Darkly by Kevin Lucia
Awfully Apetizing by Leod D Fritz
Darkly Wood by Max Power
Family Reunion by P. Mark DeBryan
Slice Girls by Carmilla Voiez
Cannibal House I by Shaun Adams
Zombies Inside by Rebecca Besser
Dark Crescent by Dev Jarrett
Werewolf Nights by Mari Hamill

Author T.W. Brown has added the first nine books of his Dead Series to the prize pool.

There is more to come and the list will be updated as books are added.

There are several ways to enter to win.

On Twitter tweet the following message:

Have you read Through a Mirror Darkly?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00Y348FU6
#2015HHAC #BookBoost

Don't forget to use the hashtag #2015HHAC so your entries can be tracked.

On Facebook go to my Facebook fan page and share the daily post about the countdown.
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During the month we will track everyone's activity, assigning each action a number and at the end of the countdown a random number will be drawn. The person whose name appears next to that number will be the winner.

There may also be daily contests as a couple of authors have expressed a desire to hold smaller giveaways on the day of their post. So check back often and enter as many times as you like by tweeting about the contest, don't forget to use the hashtag #2015HHAC so your tweet will be counted.

HHAC Day 24: Mari Hamill

"Werewolf Nights" is the first novel for author Mari Hamill, who has an English degree from Harvard, comparative literature degree from the Sorbonne Nouvelle and a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of Michigan. The world traveler - she's lived in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico; Boston; Montreal; Paris; Venice; and Lausanne, Switzerland - speaks French, Spanish, German and some Italian. She now lives in Venice, Calif. Hamill's love of fantasy was sparked by Metro Comics, her family's comic book store, in Guaynabo.

Werewolf Nights

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Synopsis:

Threatened by financial ruin, widowed bakery owner Catherine Mercy leads a solitary life with more interest in reading about werewolf lore than in finding a man. Her one true love disappeared after high school and her now deceased husband kept her trapped in the house claiming that a werewolf might hunt her down one day, just as her grandmother repeatedly warned her. When Hollywood interrupts the town's monotony by shooting a werewolf movie on location, Catherine's best friend Anne pushes her to audition. Already in her thirties, Catherine feels ridiculous trying to become an actress, but lands the leading role.

Catherine's daily routine turns into a hair-raising adventure as fame begins to surveil her wanderings and she falls for her sexy costar Greg Byron despite this actor's neon warning sign that flashes conceited womanizer. He's also smitten by her, but just when they are about to find happiness, a wolf bites him.

While Greg's features turn lupine, Catherine discovers a resemblance between the movie script and her family's history. Frightened, Catherine recruits werewolf expert Steve to figure out if the movie's werewolf legend is real and if Wolfern, the werewolf her grandmother dreaded, has finally come for her. If so, Greg will turn into a werewolf. Only undoing Greg's curse and destroying Wolfern before the next full moon can save their love and their lives.

Mari Hamill blends fantasy, intrigue, and passion to create a chilling, unique story.

HHAC Day 23: Linda Watkins

Linda Watkins currently resides in Western Michigan and, in another life, was a Senior Clinical Financial Analyst at the Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine. She was born on the east coast, but grew up in a suburb of Detroit. Upon graduation from college (Carnegie Mellon, '70), she moved to the San Francisco Bay Area where she lived and worked for thirty years. Taking early retirement, she moved briefly to Oregon, then to an unconnected island off the coast of Maine (Chebeague Island, ME).

She lived on Chebeague for seven years and it was there that she wrote her award-winning debut novel, MATEGUAS ISLAND. The physical characteristics of Chebeague served as the model for the island depicted in MATEGUAS and, in fact, the description of house the Andersen family inherits is based on the 150-year-old home Linda owned, right down to the buttercup yellow floors she painted herself.

Linda moved back to Michigan in the summer of 2013 and, in 2014, both MATEGUAS ISLAND and its sequel RETURN TO MATEGUAS ISLAND were published.

Since publication, MATEGUAS ISLAND has been the recipient of several major awards:

2014 Gold Medal in Supernatural Fiction, READERS' FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD COMPETITION

2014 First Place Award in Contemporary Gothic, CHANTICLEER BOOK REVIEW, PARANORMAL AWARDS

2015 Outstanding Novel in Horror/Suspense, IAN BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS

In addition, RETURN TO MATEGUAS ISLAND was named 2015 Finalist in Horror by READERS' FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD COMPETITION.

Today, Linda lives with her three aging rescue dogs (Splatter, Spudley and Jasper) and is at work on the third novel in the series, GHOSTS OF MATEGUAS. Serious about dog welfare and rescue, all net proceeds from sales of THE MATEGUAS ISLAND SERIES are donated to Linda's charitable trust, The Raison d'Etre Fund for Dogs, Dedicated to Rescue and Research.

1.) When did you first get serious about writing?

A.) I got serious about writing in early spring, 2010. Before that, I had only written poems, songs, and bits of whimsy for my own enjoyment. But in 2010, two things happened that changed all that.

First and foremost, it was something my sister, who is also an author, said about my writing. I had been cleaning out cupboards and happened upon a short story I'd written years before for my father's birthday. It was just a piece of fun fluff and I scanned it into my computer and, on impulse, emailed it to her. She got back to me saying something like, "and I always thought I was the writer in the family!" That got me thinking.

The second thing that spurred me to write a novel was the invention of the iPad. At that time, I was living on an island not unlike the one depicted in MATEGUAS ISLAND and depended upon a ferry to get back and forth to the mainland for appointments, shopping, etc. The boat only ran every 2-3 hours and that could mean a lot of 'down' time waiting. The iPad gave me something to occupy that time and, it was mostly on that device that I wrote the first draft of MATEGUAS ISLAND.

On Amazon, http://bit.ly/MATEGUAS
At B&N, http://bit.ly/mateguas-nook
On iBooks, http://bit.ly/mateguas-iBooks
On KOBO, http://bit.ly/mateguas-kobo

2.) What is the hardest part for you about writing?

A.) Number one would be finding the time to do it. I have two novels and a novelette out right now and, since I am independently published, it is on me to do all the promoting, advertising, etc. to get my work noticed. That takes a lot of time.

Secondly, editing and knowing when your work is truly finished. I am constantly tinkering with my writing; always looking for a better phrase or way to get my message across. But there comes a point when you have to put that baby to bed, but finding that point is not always easy.

3.) How did you feel upon publication of your first completed project?

A.) Excited and scared. I actually published my first piece by mistake. I'd written a short prequel to MATEGUAS, entitled SECRETS, A STORY OF LOVE AND BETRAYAL, that spans the two years before Karen and Bill move to the island. I used that piece for a test run on Amazon. After I loaded the manuscript and cover up on KDP, I hit the 'publish' button thinking that, like so many other websites, it would take me to another page, showing a summary of what I'd done and then ask me again if I wanted to publish. Boy, was I wrong!

4.) What is more important to you, story, or character? Why?

A.) Character. My books are very character-driven. The supernatural elements act as catalysts to move the plot along and help the characters reach their final emotional destinations. I try to make my people as realistic as possible and then put them in unrealistic situations to see how they'll react. I like to read novels in which the characters are rich and complex and, thus, that carries over into my writing.

In print or eBook on Amazon,http://bit.ly/ReturnToMateguas
In print or eBook at B&N, http://bit.ly/RTM-NOOK
On Kobo, http://bit.ly/RTM-Kobo
On iBooks, http://bit.ly/RTM-iBooks

5.) What is a typical day like in your world?

A.) I am the 'mommy' to three aging, special needs rescue dogs and my world revolves around them. One is diabetic and having a very rough time right now; another is almost completely blind and exhibiting signs of canine cognitive disorder (doggie Alzheimer's); the third has severe arthritis in his rear hips and legs and travels with me once a week to Grand Rapids for laser and acupuncture therapy. Needless to say, they take up a lot of my time - walking, feeding, medicating, loving, etc.

When I'm not taking care of my 'kids', I'm usually at the computer either writing or promoting my work. When I'm working on a novel, I set aside blocks of time during the day to set down on virtual paper what I composed the night before. I do most of my writing in my head while I'm in bed, trying to go to sleep. It's then that my creative juices flow most readily.

For more information on The Mateguas Island Series, please visit
http://www.mateguasisland.com

For more information on Linda and her other works, please visit her blog at
http://www.lindawatkins.biz

Win your very own horror library.
Enter for your chance to win an electronic horror library that contains the following ebooks. Simply tweet to your friends about the Halloween Horror Author Countdown, enter as often as you want. On October 31st one lucky winner will be chosen at random to receive a library containing the following titles.

Blood Lily by Jenny Allen
The Misadventures of Bob by Jaime Johnesee
A Jar of Fingers by C.L. Hernendez
A Coin for Charon by Dallas Mullican
The Human Condition by Mark Taylor
Spook Lights by Eden Royce
Mateguas Island by Linda Watkins
In the Hands of the Unknown A.E. Hellstrom
Winchester Over by Dave Lund
The Complex by J Rudolph
The Dead Song Legend by Jay Wilburn
Zombie and Chainsaws by Mike Evans
Flight of Destiny by Francis H Powell
Through a Mirror Darkly by Kevin Lucia
Awfully Apetizing by Leod D Fritz
Darkly Wood by Max Power
Family Reunion by P. Mark DeBryan
Slice Girls by Carmilla Voiez
Cannibal House I by Shaun Adams
Zombies Inside by Rebecca Besser
Dark Crescent by Dev Jarrett

There is more to come and the list will be updated as books are added.

There are several ways to enter to win.

On Twitter tweet the following message:

Have you read Mateguas Island?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0159B318W
#2015HHAC #BookBoost

Don't forget to use the hashtag #2015HHAC so your entries can be tracked.

On Facebook go to my Facebook fan page, like and share the daily post about the countdown.
https://www.facebook.com/RichardSchiver

Or you can comment on any or all of the countdown posts by answering the following question:

What kind of horror do you like?

During the month we will track everyone's activity, assigning each action a number and at the end of the countdown a random number will be drawn. The person whose name appears next to that number will be the winner.

There may also be daily contests as a couple of authors have expressed a desire to hold smaller giveaways on the day of their post. So check back often and enter as many times as you like by tweeting about the contest, don't forget to use the hashtag #2015HHAC so your tweet will be counted.

HHAC Day 22: Jay Wilburn

Jay Wilburn lives with his wife and two sons in Conway, South Carolina near the Atlantic coast of the southern United States. He has a Masters Degree in education and he taught public school for sixteen years before becoming a full time writer. He is the author of many short stories including work in Best Horror of the Year volume 5, Zombies More Recent Dead, Shadows Over Main Street, and Truth or Dare. He is the author of the Dead Song Legend Dodecology and the music of the five song soundtrack recorded as if by the characters within the world of the novel The Sound May Suffer. He also wrote the novels Loose Ends and Time Eaters. He is one of the four authors behind the Hellmouth trilogy. Jay Wilburn is a regular columnist with Dark Moon Digest. Follow his many dark thoughts on Twitter, Instagram, and Periscope as @AmongTheZombies, his Facebook author page, and at JayWilburn.com

1.) When did you first get serious about writing?

A.) I came in third in a zombie story contest in 2010 and that was my first real pay for writing. I left teaching after sixteen years in February of 2013 and began writing full-time. That made things pretty serious.

2.) What is the hardest part for you about writing?

A.) Continuing to believe in your own myth so that you can keep going and keep doing your best even with the evidence that you may not make it and all the people telling you it is impossible.

3.) How did you feel upon publication of your first completed project?

A.) I thought I had conquered the world. It turned out the world still had some fight left in her, but I think I may have world on its heels. I’m pushing hard in these final rounds of fighting.

Amazon

4.) What is more important to you, story, or character? Why?

A.) Characters. Both develop through the process. Consistent, strong, full characters can elevate any story in a way the best story struggles to do with weak characters. I try to give the best story I can, but the characters carry it.

As I have ghostwritten to pay my bills and to support my own terminal writing habit, I’ve had to move fast with story and drive toward deadline. I can’t afford the luxury of writer’s block. In that drive, I’ve come to hesitate less with the direction of stories. I make a choice and move the characters in that direction. When the characters come to a metaphorical turn in the road, I don’t worry so much about whether they go left or right. I make decision and send the characters off. There is a story down both those paths. The characters will make something out of either one and different characters may explore the other path in another form some day.

5.) What is a typical day like in your world?

A.) I get up and fix breakfast for the kids. We get them dressed and off to school. My wife usually drops them both off. If I have errands to run, I’ll take them and then get groceries or whatever done early.

Then, I sit down and write. I work through taking breaks every few pages. I pick up one kid, give him a snack, go over homework, and go back to writing. Sometimes I remember to eat. Then, we go pick up the other kid. We do homework which takes longer since he is older. I do a little more writing and then I fix dinner.

Dead Song started as a short story, but will now be a twelve book epic dodecology. The Dead Song Legend tells the story of Tiny Jones. He will be a legend in the recovery era, but the truth behind his story is far more complicated than the fantastic tales of his travels across zombie infested America. He crossed the country recording music of the survivors and in the process reminded people why they had survived. His influence changed the people, the culture, and the history as he captured their voices, songs, and music. He would also uncover the mythical Mud Music which seemed to sing to the zombies and uncover hidden truth behind the darkness of the world.

Dead Song Legend Dodecology Book 1: January from Milwaukee to Muscle Shoals
Start the series here: http://amzn.to/1CvxbST

Dead Song Legend Dodecology Book 2: February from Vicksburg to Cherokee
Coming soon.

Check out the first soundtrack to the series, The Sound May Suffer: Music from the Dead Song here http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/thesoundmaysuffer6 or on Spotify. The hard CD is also available on Amazon.

Win your very own horror library.
Enter for your chance to win an electronic horror library that contains the following ebooks. Simply tweet to your friends about the Halloween Horror Author Countdown, enter as often as you want. On October 31st one lucky winner will be chosen at random to receive a library containing the following titles.

Blood Lily by Jenny Allen
The Misadventures of Bob by Jaime Johnesee
A Jar of Fingers by C.L. Hernendez
A Coin for Charon by Dallas Mullican
The Human Condition by Mark Taylor
Spook Lights by Eden Royce
In the Hands of the Unknown A.E. Hellstrom
Winchester Over by Dave Lund
The Complex by J Rudolph
The Dead Song Legend by Jay Wilburn
Zombie and Chainsaws by Mike Evans
Flight of Destiny by Francis H Powell
Through a Mirror Darkly by Kevin Lucia
Awfully Apetizing by Leod D Fritz
Darkly Wood by Max Power
Family Reunion by P. Mark DeBryan
Slice Girls by Carmilla Voiez
Cannibal House I by Shaun Adams
Zombies Inside by Rebecca Besser
Dark Crescent by Dev Jarrett

There is more to come and the list will be updated as books are added.

There are several ways to enter to win.

On Twitter tweet the following message:

Have you read The Dead Song Legend?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B016OQNI0W
#2015HHAC #BookBoost

Don't forget to use the hashtag #2015HHAC so your entries can be tracked.

On Facebook go to my Facebook fan page, like and share the daily post about the countdown.
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Or you can comment on any or all of the countdown posts by answering the following question:

What kind of horror do you like?

During the month we will track everyone's activity, assigning each action a number and at the end of the countdown a random number will be drawn. The person whose name appears next to that number will be the winner.

There may also be daily contests as a couple of authors have expressed a desire to hold smaller giveaways on the day of their post. So check back often and enter as many times as you like by tweeting about the contest, don't forget to use the hashtag #2015HHAC so your tweet will be counted.

HHAC Day 21 Thomas Kleaton

A freelance horror writer living in the woods near Auburn Univesity with his wife Sheila, Thomas Kleaton is slowly emerging as a master of the short tale. His work has made appearances in The Horror Zine, Dark Eclipse Magazine, as well as the anthologies Cellar Door: Words of Beauty, Tales of Terror, Serial Killers Tres Trias, Bones, The Horror Zine Magazine Summer 2014, The Riding Light Review Special Halloween Horror Issue #1, Spooky Halloween Drabbles 2014, Speculative Valentine Drabbles 2015, and What Has Two Heads, Ten Eyes, and Terrifying Table Manners? His drabbles, horrific tales of exactly one hundred words, have also appeared on Hellnotes.

1.When did you first get serious about writing?

I decided two years ago to finally attempt putting words on paper to entertain others; I’m making this my second career whether the pay is good or not. Writing is something I enjoy, so I decided it was now or never and began submitting short stories. I ask myself if I am sure this is something I want to do from now on, and the answer is always yes.

2.What is the hardest part for you about writing?

For me the difficult part is imagining the scenario in the story, the plot. Sometimes I can write and the plot I planned out takes a wild turn during the progression of the story and I end up with something completely different than what I envisioned. I’m constantly looking for that moment in the story that defines what was written from its beginning, the magical unveiling that rewards the reader for having followed the story to its frightening end.

http://www.amazon.com/Horror-Zine-Magazine-Summer-2014/dp/069225255X

3.How did you feel upon publication of your first completed project?

Simply put, I felt as if I were on a rocket ship soaring to Mars with Mr. Ray Bradbury himself. Nothing trumps the satisfaction you get upon learning that something you wrote, something you poured your imagination into and staked your reputation upon, will be published in a book or magazine for others to enjoy. It puts you on the moon.

4.What is more important to you, story, or character? Why?

Characters. Characters make life interesting, and interesting characters will always be read. Story is simply the end result of how the characters react to a situation, how their motivations, fears, love, and intellect deal with the known or unknown.

5.What is a typical day like in your world?

I get up, then check my email and Facebook messages. Work at my day job until around five p.m. while trying to come up with new story ideas during my idle time. I do carry a pocket memo book for any ideas I come up with. If I have a lot of idle time at work, I may brainstorm a drabble or read a horror story on my Kindle Cloud Reader. After work I try to write for at least an hour every night. If the muse isn’t cooperating, I will watch a horror movie. At bedtime I try to read for at least an hour, visiting new authors’ works or maybe even Mr. Ricky Hawthorne or Mr. Sears James from Ghost Story.

Links to contact Thomas:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thomaskleaton

Internet Speculative Fiction Data Base: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?204301

Wordpress: http://thomaskleaton.wordpress.com/

Email: thomaskleaton@centurytel.net

Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Kleaton/e/B00FRSQPVS/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_2

Win your very own horror library.
Enter for your chance to win an electronic horror library that contains the following ebooks. Simply tweet to your friends about the Halloween Horror Author Countdown, enter as often as you want. On October 31st one lucky winner will be chosen at random to receive a library containing the following titles.

Blood Lily by Jenny Allen
The Misadventures of Bob by Jaime Johnesee
A Jar of Fingers by C.L. Hernendez
A Coin for Charon by Dallas Mullican
The Human Condition by Mark Taylor
Spook Lights by Eden Royce
In the Hands of the Unknown A.E. Hellstrom
Winchester Over by Dave Lund
The Complex by J Rudolph
The Dead Song Legend by Jay Wilburn
Zombie and Chainsaws by Mike Evans
Flight of Destiny by Francis H Powell
Through a Mirror Darkly by Kevin Lucia
Awfully Apetizing by Leod D Fritz
Darkly Wood by Max Power
Family Reunion by P. Mark DeBryan
Slice Girls by Carmilla Voiez
Cannibal House I by Shaun Adams
Zombies Inside by Rebecca Besser
Dark Crescent by Dev Jarrett

There is more to come and the list will be updated as books are added.

There are several ways to enter to win.

On Twitter tweet the following message:

Have you read Thomas Kleaton?
http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Kleaton/e/B00FRSQPVS/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_2
#2015HHAC #BookBoost

Don't forget to use the hashtag #2015HHAC so your entries can be tracked.

On Facebook go to my Facebook fan page, like and share the daily post about the countdown.
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HHAC Day 20 Mike Evans

Mike Evans lives in Iowa with his wife and children. He writes for character depth because he wishes for you to love the character, regardless if they are the villain or the hero. He likes to write from a unique perspective, doing things with books that no one has done before. He keeps his characters realistic, there are no superhero like events that will happen. There are no perfect characters in his books, everyone has their flaws much like that of life.

1.) When did you first get serious about writing?

A.) When I started writing the first Orphans book that’s when things got serious

2.) What is the hardest part for you about writing?

A.) Just finding the time to do it. I try not to write when my kids or wife are awake so I usually write at lunch and at four in the morning with coffee, lots of coffee.

3.) How did you feel upon publication of your first completed project?

A.) It was very cool and at the same time it’s kind of a realization that the first book won’t put you on easy street and you have to learn all the good with the bad. But the zompoc genre has been great seeing how vocal and supportive they are.

4.) What is more important to you, story, or character? Why?

A.) I think character for sure. Anyone can write a zombie story or a assassin story but if you don’t care if they die it doesn’t matter how good the story is.

5.) What is a typical day like in your world?

A.) I typically get up at 4 in the morning and write for two hours before I get my kids up and ready for school. I go off to the dayjob and from there take time at lunch and write freehand but i’m thinking about taking my laptop with me to speed up the never ending process. Unless I am reading over a book from a editor and accepting changes etc I write everyday. I don’t have a desired word count but typically 1200 is normal or more if time allows. I am a few books ahead right now so there isn’t a huge rush to put out 5000 words a day

The Orphan:

http://goo.gl/a5brM2

Zombies and Chainsaws Vol I:

http://goo.gl/JBZuDy

Win your very own horror library.
Enter for your chance to win an electronic horror library that contains the following ebooks. Simply tweet to your friends about the Halloween Horror Author Countdown, enter as often as you want. On October 31st one lucky winner will be chosen at random to receive a library containing the following titles.

Blood Lily by Jenny Allen
The Misadventures of Bob by Jaime Johnesee
A Jar of Fingers by C.L. Hernendez
A Coin for Charon by Dallas Mullican
The Human Condition by Mark Taylor
Spook Lights by Eden Royce
In the Hands of the Unknown A.E. Hellstrom
Winchester Over by Dave Lund
The Complex by J Rudolph
The Dead Song Legend by Jay Wilburn
Zombie and Chainsaws by Mike Evans
Flight of Destiny by Francis H Powell
Through a Mirror Darkly by Kevin Lucia
Awfully Apetizing by Leod D Fritz
Darkly Wood by Max Power
Family Reunion by P. Mark DeBryan
Slice Girls by Carmilla Voiez
Cannibal House I by Shaun Adams
Zombies Inside by Rebecca Besser
Dark Crescent by Dev Jarrett

There is more to come and the list will be updated as books are added.

There are several ways to enter to win.

On Twitter tweet the following message:

Have you read Zombies and Chainsaws?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B013NMYJYY
#2015HHAC #BookBoost

Don't forget to use the hashtag #2015HHAC so your entries can be tracked.

On Facebook go to my Facebook fan page, like and share the daily post about the countdown.
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During the month we will track everyone's activity, assigning each action a number and at the end of the countdown a random number will be drawn. The person whose name appears next to that number will be the winner.

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