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This Town Needs a Monster Is NOW AVAILABLE

My latest book, This Town Needs a Monster, is now available. Thanks for checking it out!

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Bathos! Crippling ennui! Mind-numbing drudgery!
Brad Renfield is a white, middle-aged, lower middle class, Midwestern man stuck in Gethsemane, Ohio. Most of his friends have either died or moved away and his one remaining friend is so depressed he’s on the brink of suicide. Brad hasn’t really given much thought to the chasm of emptiness within him. He’s mostly been a loner, content with his job and his tiny apartment. He’s never thought much about being part of something. He’s never really thought about the bigger picture. Until he meets a beautiful (and possibly psychotic) girl named Dawn. Dawn leads Brad into a vicious world as hedonistically carnal as it is brutal, forcing Brad to decide if he’s going to dig deep within himself and continue to resist the community he’s remained apart from his entire life or embrace it and accept his new reality.


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Reading in Dayton

I'll be doing a reading at Cloverdale in Dayton, Ohio, October 20 at 9:30 with fellow authors C.V. Hunt, Dean Swinford, Tim Waggoner, and Douglas F. Warrick. Come by and pick up some books or just hang out!

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New Stuff

Hi folks. Thanks for sticking around. I know I haven't posted much on here but it's mostly because I've been really super busy for like the past three years or so. Mainly with writing and publishing and recording audiobooks and moving. I seem to have done quite a bit of that the past few years and will probably continue to do it.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I have a new book out. It's called Squirm With Me . It's available as a paperback, Kindle, and audiobook narrated by me. I narrated it in my attic. I'm not really a producer or sound engineer or anything so I don't really know what I'm doing. It's like that with most things. Hopefully it doesn't suck too bad.

I also narrated a book called Ritualistic Human Sacrifice  by C.V. Hunt. This was a book I really enjoyed reading and publishing. Check it out if you like social satire that devolves into a gooey, transgressive nightmare while still maintaining a certain level of hilarity.

I have a story in an anthology called If I Only Had Cocaine, and Other Drug Stories . It's FREE for the next few days. It also contains stories by Jerry Stahl, Marya Hornbacher, Wayne Gladstone, Sam Greenspan, Mark Jeffrey, Andrew Shaffer, Douglas Lain, and Ben Adelman. Edited by Will Paoletto.

I also realized I never posted a "Books Read 2015" list. If you're interested in what I'm reading, you can follow me on Goodreads.

Squirm With Me (Chapter One)

Pre-order HERE
Should ship sometime in February.
Thanks for the support!

Appearances

I will be leaving the house at least three times in November:

BizarroCon
November 5-8
Portland, Oregon

Friday the 13th: The Show
The American Legion
620 N. Broadway St.
Lebanon, Ohio 45036
8 PM
Signing and possible reading with authors C.V. Hunt and Douglas Warrick

The Potter House and Java Nation
November 21
1:00-5:00 PM
Signing with authors C.V. Hunt, Hope Jennings, and D. Harlan Wilson

Books Read 2014

Here's a list of the books I read in 2014. The ones with asterisks by them are ones I found myself liking a lot or recommending repeatedly. The ones with two asterisks by them are ones I published through Grindhouse or Atlatl Press, so, of course, I like those a lot but there's a pretty heavy bias there.

Hope you had a great year and keep reading!

1. Drinking Until Morning by Justin Grimbol**2. Don Quixote by Cervantes3. Nosebleed/Cablejuiceby William Pauley III4. All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers by Larry McMurtry*5. Cocaine Nightsby J.G. Ballard*6. Sixty-Five Stirrup Iron Road by Edward Lee et. al.7. Three to See the King by Magnus Mills8. The Secret of Crickley Hall by James Herbert9. A Fan’s Notesby Frederick Exley*10. The Neighborsby Ania Ahlborn11. Them by Jon Ronson*12. Gun Machine by Warren Ellis13. Afraid by Jack Kilborn14. Gutmouth by Gabino Iglesias15. The Egg Said Nothing by Caris O’Malley16. Child of Godby Cormac McCarthy*17. Explorers of the New Century by Magnus Mills18. Speaks the Nightbird by Robert McCammon19. Hitler: The Terminal Biography by D. Harlan Wilson20. Freud: The Penultimate Biography by D. Harlan Wilson*21. Douglass: The Lost Autobiography by D. Harlan Wilson22. The Circle by Bentley Little23. The Dream Wardby Jon R. Meyers24. The Wrong Caseby James Crumley25. The Average American Male by Chad Kultgen26. Sabbath’s Theaterby Philip Roth*27. The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All by Laird Barron28. Big Brother by Lionel Shriver29. Cold Hand in Mineby Robert Aickman30. The Descendantsby Kaui Hart Hemmings*31. Frank by Jon Ronson*32. Invisible Monsters Remix by Chuck Palahniuk33. Beauties in the Deep by Zachary T. Owen34. The Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon Ronson*35. The Average American Marriage by Chad Kultgen36. Why Not You and I?by Karl Edward Wagner37. The Fix by Steve Lowe38. Long After Midnight by Ray Bradbury39. Monsieur Painby Roberto Bolano40. The Troop by Nick Cutter41. Guns by Josh Myers42. The Wide, Carnivorous Sky by John Langan43. The Snakes of Boring by Cameron Pierce44. Mr. Mercedesby Stephen King45. Carsick by John Waters*46. Clive Barker’s First Tales by Clive Barker47. Galveston by Nic Pizzolatto48. Wild at Heartby Barry Gifford49. Perdita Durangoby Barry Gifford50. Sailor’s Holidayby Barry Gifford51. Sultans of Africaby Barry Gifford52. Consuelo’s Kissby Barry Gifford53. Bad Day For the Leopard Man by Barry Gifford54. The Imagination of the Heart by Barry Gifford55. Books of Blood Volume 1 by Clive Barker56. The Dinner by Herman Koch57. The Books of Blood Volume 2 by Clive Barker58. Summer House With Swimming Pool by Herman Koch59. The Spectral Linkby Thomas Ligotti60. Books of Blood Volume 2 by Clive Barker61. Books of Blood Volume 3 by Clive Barker62. Logan’s Run by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson63. Books of Blood Volume 4: The Inhuman Condition by Clive Barker64. Waking Nightmaresby Ramsey Campbell65. The Tommyknockersby Stephen King66. The Shudderingby Ania Ahlborn67. The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry68. Care of Wooden Floors by Will Wiles69. The Goldfinchby Donna Tartt70. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami71. The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale*72. Books of Blood Volume 5: In the Flesh by Clive Barker73. The Ask by Sam Lipsyte74. Selected Ambient Works Volume II (33 1/3) by Marc Weidenbaum75. Chick Bassistby Ross E. Lockhart76. Hell’s Waiting Room by C.V. Hunt**77. Hard Bodies by Justin Grimbol**78. Empty Mile by Matthew Stokoe*79. The Grove by John Rector80. Journey to Abortosphere by Kirk Jones81. Wolf in White Vanby John Darnielle82. Books of Blood Volume 6 by Clive Barker83. Night in the Lonesome October by Richard Laymon84. Wetlands by Charlotte Roche*85. Consumed by David Cronenberg86. Magic Terrorby Peter Straub87. Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis*88. Beautiful Youby Chuck Palahniuk89. Revival by Stephen King90. Hearers of theConstant Hum by William Pauley III**91. Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautigan92. Arafat Mountain by Mike Kleine**93. Ghost Chant by Gina Ranalli**94. Naked Friends by Justin Grimbol**95. Burn Down the House and Everyone In It by Zachary T. Owen**96. Misery and Death and Everything Depressing by C.V. Hunt**97. The Atrocity Vendor by Nick Cato**98. Springhill Mine Disaster by Richard Brautigan
99. In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan

Creep House: Horror Stories

CREEP HOUSE: HORROR STORIES
NOW AVAILABLE
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Pre-order Creep House, Order Other Signed Books

If you're interested in pre-ordering Creep House or ordering any of my other books (listed below in startling chronological order) PayPal 13 USD per title to andersenprunty (at) hotmail (dot) com and I will ship them to you the first week of September. Add 5 USD if you're outside the US. The books will be signed. I will also include a sticker or two and a handwritten note on a leftover manuscript page of Sociopaths in Love. If you're interested in one copy of everything, send me 200 USD. August 31st will be the last day I'm taking orders.

Thanks for your amazing support!

Books:

The Overwhelming Urge

Jack and Mr. Grin

Zerostrata

The Beard

Morning Is Dead

My Fake War

Slag Attack

The Sorrow King

Fuckness

Hi I'm a Social Disease: Horror Stories

The Driver's Guide to Hitting Pedestrians

Sunruined: Horror Stories

Pray You Die Alone: Horror Stories

Fill the Grand Canyon and Live Forever

Satanic Summer

Bury the Children in the Yard: Horror Stories

The Warm Glow of Happy Homes

Sociopaths in Love

Creep House: Horror Stories

Creep House: Horror Stories

Creep House: Horror Stories
Zombies. Werewolves. Vampires. Mummies. Satanic cults. Unspeakable cosmic horror. Welcome to Twins Springs, Ohio.
Contents:
The Calming Wood
May to May
Candy Heart
Running From the Roses
The Man Who Hated Stephen King
The Existential Dread of Complacency
King Creep
Coming October 13th!
Cover painting by C.V. HuntCover design by Matthew RevertPre-order info coming soon...