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Two Moons Rising to be published in April

Bryan Cassiday’s new apocalyptic novel Two Moons Rising will be published in April.

Police investigate the murders of thirteen-year-old Lucinda Pugh’s parents who died in their beds after somebody soaked them in gasoline and set their house on fire in their hometown of Santa Loma, California.  All evidence points to Lucinda as the emotionally ill culprit, despite lack of motivation on her part.

When an exorcist attempts to exorcise her, Lucinda reveals that an alien invasion of Earth is imminent and her parents’ murders are just the beginning of a full-fledged assault.  As if on cue, a second moon, this one bloodred, appears in the sky, ushering in a tsunami and other untoward weather to Santa Loma, followed by a series of unspeakable murders that rock the town–murders committed by children.

Jake Caulfield, a local reporter desperate for a story that will launch his career, must find out if this is the end, and on the way he discovers somebody else’s life is more important than his own.

Audiobook for “I-15: highway to horror”

An audiobook for Bryan Cassiday’s YA horror story “I-15:  highway to horror” is now in production.

Audiobook for Zombie Maelstrom

The audiobook for Zombie Maelstrom should be coming out this year.  I’ll keep you posted.

Game Plan

For my next book, which is an apocalyptic science-fiction thriller, I am going to do things a bit different than I’ve been doing.  I’ve been self-publishing my zombie books and haven’t been submitting them to agents beforehand.  (My new book is not a zombie book, by the way.)  This time around, I will send queries to a score of agents that handle apocalyptic thrillers to see if they would like to represent my newest novel.  If they show no interest, all is not lost.  I will self-publish.  The book is ready to go.  It only needs to be proofed, which I will do when the time comes.

I started e-mailing queries to literary agents over a month ago and have received a few e-mails in return expressing lack of excitement on their part.  Many agents say they will not respond unless interested.  It doesn’t look encouraging.  I expect I will not hear from the majority of them that I have sent to.  I’m not going to wait a year to hear from them, though.  If I haven’t heard from them in a month, I’m writing them off.  These gatekeepers are not going to prevent my book from being published.

My book will get published, regardless of the opinions of certain agents.

“Boxed”–Zombie Short Story Free on Kindle 1/20–1/22/15

Bryan Cassiday’s terrifying zombie short story “Boxed” is free 1/20/15 thru 1/22/15 on Kindle at Amazon. “Boxed” is currently number 5 on the Kindle free sci-fi list.  Seven people are trapped in an elevator with a zombie that hasn’t turned yet.  Who is it?  Who will survive?

“Boxed”–Zombie Short Story Free on Kindle

Bryan Cassiday’s terrifying zombie short story “Boxed” is free today 1/20/15 on Kindle at Amazon. Seven people are trapped in an elevator with a zombie that hasn’t turned yet.  Who is it?  Who will survive?

Newest Book–Apocalyptic Novel

I am now working on an apocalyptic horror novel for this year.  As of right now, I’m not sure of the exact date of its release.  It will chronicle the effects of an alien invasion on a small town in Southern California.  The aliens claim to know the truth about the origins of mankind and they want to tell humanity.  The problem is, humanity doesn’t want to hear it.  The other problem is, the aliens want to take over planet Earth and subjugate man to their will.  Some humans join up with the aliens in their conquest of earth after the aliens promise them power over their fellow man.  Not all humans want to join the aliens, however–which means the bloody battle for Earth is on.

Favorite Bookstore

What was your favorite bookstore when they had bookstores?  Mine was Brentano’s. There was a big one in New York on Fifth Avenue, where my father used to go and buy me books when I was a kid.  In LA there was a good one in Century City, which I patronized.  I liked the bags they used for the books they sold at Brentano’s.  Sadly, bookstores are a dying species with only one major chain left–Barnes & Noble.

I have no problem buying books from Amazon on the Internet, though.  It’s very easy, and you don’t have to spend money on gasoline.  I can’t complain, except they don’t use bags anymore to pack books.  They use pasteboard.

Zombie Books for Xmas

Zombie books make good stocking stuffers.  Make your friends and family members happy by giving them zombie books as gifts.  I always looked forward to getting books for Xmas when I was young, and I still do.  That rectangular heavy thing under the tree.  I know what that is . . . I’ll open it last because I like it the most.

Bryan Cassiday Translated into French

Bryan Cassiday’s horror short story “A Way Out” is being translated into French and will be published in the May/June 2015 edition of the anthology Tenebres. “A Way Out” first appeared in the American horror anthology Comes a Chopper published in 2014 available at Amazon.