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~ Signature Sheets - THE 13TH

Well, I survived my crazy booksigning roadtrip through Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Louisville over the weekend, and will eventually blog a bit about the adventure. For now, suffice it to say that it was a great trip, and I met lots of horror fans and interesting book readers in general!

For everyone anxious to see the upcoming Necro Publications collector's edition of my new novel THE 13TH, you'll be happy to know that today at lunchtime, I camped out at a Mexican restaurant and signed all the s

~ Signature Sheets for THE 13TH

Well, I survived my crazy booksigning roadtrip through Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Louisville over the weekend, and will eventually blog a bit about the adventure. For now, suffice it to say that it was a great trip, and I met lots of horror fans and interesting book readers in general!

For everyone anxious to see the upcoming Necro Publications collector’s edition of my new novel THE 13TH, you’ll be happy to know that today at lunchtime, I camped out at a Mexican restaurant and signed all the s

~ SACRIFICE Tour, Week One

Over the past week and a half, I’ve signed copies of Sacrifice at 15 bookstores in San Diego and St. Louis as well as in Peoria, Springfield, Bloomington and Fairview Heights, IL. Talk about covering plenty of ground!

LEG ONE - SAN DIEGO:

Since I was out in California on day job business, the Sacrifice book tour officially kicked off in San Diego on April 24th, at Mysterious Galaxy Books.

Paul Gifford, who publishes as P.S. Gifford, came out with his son and picked me up from my business meeting t

~ SACRIFICE Launch on Friday

Tomorrow night —  Friday, April 24 — I’ll be doing a booksigning to celebrate the launch my 2nd horror novel SACRIFICE at San Diego’s Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore. I’m really looking forward to getting back over to Mysterious Galaxy — it’s a great store, and tomorrow should be a lot of fun. I’m hoping to meet lots of horror fans there, since this is my kickoff event for SACRIFICE — and my first booksigning in San Diego.   

For information on the event, check Mysterious Galaxy’s site! For more info

~ Covers: THE 13TH & OFIARA!

[image error]It’s been a pretty good week, all told.  I’ve slowly been recovering from the head and chest cold that totally laid me out last week (I’ve had it more than two weeks now, and amazingly, am still coughing from it!). But more importantly, just a couple weeks before my second novel, Sacrifice, hits the streets, I’ve gotten the cover art for the Leisure paperback edition of The 13th, my third novel (click the thumbnail for a larger version).

The book will be out in mid-October - just in time for Hall

~ SACRIFICE in Famous Monsters of Filmland!

The first review of SACRIFICE went live today at Famous Monsters of Filmland. Here’s an excerpt:

The pacing is non-stop, I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough. Just when I thought I’d get a chance to relax Everson kicked it up a notch and threw another atrocity at me…. If you like your horror “razor” sharp, bloody, ominous and dark you will love this book, it is genuinely disturbing.

All I can say is, I hope everyone enjoys the book this much. Check out the full review!

~ Dark Arts Books’ LIKE A CHINESE TATTOO Nominated for Bram Stoker Award

Yesterday, it was announced that the latest title from Dark Arts Books – LIKE A CHINESE TATTOO – was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in an Anthology. Needless to say, Bill Breedlove and myself - the founders of Dark Arts Books - are more than pleased!

The Bram Stoker Awards are awarded every year by the Horror Writers Association for superior achievement in horror.  This year, the Stoker Awards will be handed out during the Stoker Awards Weekend, June 12-14 in Burbank,

~ Birthday, the Horror Way!

Yesterday, I turned 43.

I haven’t cared much about birthday parties for a long time, but yesterday — I think I had one of the best ones of my life! It wasn’t really a “party” per se, but rather a movie night with a couple friends that I went to high school with. We’d actually planned to get together a couple weeks ago to watch horror movies, and winter colds intervened.

So instead, Larry and Lisa, and Larry’s brother Lon (that’s a lotta Ls!) came over for pizza, beer and movies last night. Lon mak

~ SACRIFICE Contest!

For those who aren’t already subscribed to my John Everson ~ Dark Arts e-Newsletter,  I wanted to let you know — I sent out the March edition of the newsletter this morning, and I’m running a contest for my subscribers to win a free signed copy of SACRIFICE next month when it comes out. There’s also an excerpt from the book available via this month’s newsletter.

If you didn’t get a copy and you want to get in on the contest (or if you’d just like to get the newsletter!) please sign up at http://w

~ 2009 SACRIFICE Tour Dates!

[image error]The countdown clock is back on my home page: there are now less than 60 days until the official release date of my second novel, Sacrifice! If you’re anxious, you can pre-order the book through Amazon, Books A Million, Borders and Barnes & Noble sites — or check in with your favorite bookseller.

Over the past couple weeks, I’ve been getting back in