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CIBC - Kanata, Centrum

CIBC in Kanata Centrum will be hosting a 'meet & greet' as well as book signings!445 Kanata Avenue,Saturday September 17th,between 11 am - 3 pm.I will be promotingThe Symbiot,The Hunt: Symbiosys,Necropolis, as well asA Dark Corner of My Soul.

Now @ Coles - Bayshore!

The Symbiot Seriesis now available atColes in the Bayshore Shopping Centre,100 Bayshore Drive,Nepean, OntarioColes,in the Bayshore Shopping Centreis now carryingThe Symbiot Series!Unfortunately, due to the small size of this location, book signing events do not seem to be an option."In The Symbiot, Weatherall has created a spine chilling tale reminiscent of the style of Stephen King."TDC Book Reviews “Reminiscent with Guy de Maupassant'sThe Horla"'Seph Sayers, Blogger & Reviewer"Lovecraftian atmosphere and themes at their best. Michel Weatherall is a master of this style of horror - he'll keep you up all night reading, then for days just thinking about it."Laurie Stewart, Author, from Apt613The Symbiot (Book I)Not all truths will set you free."In The Symbiot, Weatherall has created a spine chilling tale reminiscent of the style of Stephen King."TDC Book Reviews “Reminiscent with Guy de Maupassant'sThe Horla"'Seph Sayers, Blogger & Reviewer"Devoted music enthusiast and accomplished pianist, Lorne S. Gibbons, realizes the grim truth regarding a long lost and forbidden music as an evil entity is unleashed which threatens all existing life of Earth. As a crescendo of unknowable forces prepare to wipe out anyone in their way, Lorne and Veronica begin a race against complete annihilation. With little reinforcements, Lorne and Veronica have to fight against the god-aspiring creature to avoid further bloodshed. However, when godly power collides with humanity, the results are devastating."Joshua HubleyThe Hunt: Symbiosys (Book II)Fear the Future. The Rising is Coming.Following immediately on the heels of The Symbiot, its events segue directly into "The Hunt: Symbiosys".Barely eclipsing global extinction, the Gibbons' couple are forced to flee and hide from clandestine forces intent on their eradication.Centering between Montreal and Tokyo, this sequel introduces an unimaginable new world threat!A slow burning intercontinental chess match quickly escalates into its fast paced and violent conclusion!This book drops delicious hints of the advent of Lovecraftian-mythos monsters! Foreshadowing a hidden but impending doom, this entire sequel is haunted by an unnameable undertow which promises to reach fruition in this trilogy's upcoming conclusion, NecropolisNecropolis (Books III-V)Be Prepared. The Rising Has Come.Woven throughout this entire literary piece are the stories of characters forgotten about from the original novella, The Symbiot. Written as three separate pieces, following 6 story lines set in 3 different ages, Necropolis is intricate storytelling!The first piece tells the story of the fall and demise of the ancient Egyptian man-god, Pharaoh Nyarlathotep.The second brings us back to the characters we left in the previous book, ten years later. The promises hinted at in TheHunt: Symbiosys, do not disappoint and come to fruition in Necropolis, with full blown Lovecraftian-mythos monsters!It's Modern Tech versus forgotten aeons-old evil, with a reminiscent flavouring similar to Grandma Death's fictitious book (Donnie Darko, 2001)!It has been a decade since The Hunt and the Gibbons' children are humanity's last hope!The conclusion of The Symbiot Series spans three millennia - from Pharaoh Nyarlathotep's genesis and demise, to the discovery of the derelict Japanese Destroyer, the Yamayuki, to the world shattering rising of R'lyeh!The world is at its end!R'lyeh has risen!Cthulhu's high priest has awaken!Ia! Ia! Cthulhu Fhtagn!A Dark Corner of My SoulForward by Lydia Schoch (blogger & Goodreads Author)"An amazing collection of literary prose which Weatherall has kept locked in a desk drawer for two decades is now a short collection of dark and deeply disturbing  poems."The reader is transported into the mind of someone suffering and you can see the images of his words as if they were your own."As a sufferer myself, I was amazed at just how much he was able to write and convey how mental illness makes a sufferer feel. Those images which are so difficult to explain that haunt the head flow off the page, raw and exposed for all to see.I couldn't possibly choose a favourite in the collection as they were all so powerful and beautifully written. Michel  has a true talent and after reading I felt he was extremely brave to share such wonderful, if dark work."TDC Book ReviewsInterviews: CKCU-FM 93.1 Tuesday Special Blend, hosted by Adam Coombs (begins @ approx. 29:00)(July 26/16)CKCU- FM 93.1Literary Landscape, hosted by Kate Hunt(July 21/16) Daytime Ottawa, Live TVappearance,Rogers Channel 22(July 19th)CKCU - FM 93.1Wednesday Special Blendhosted byTic(Begins @ 67:20 - 119:11) (July 13/16) The Carol Anne Meehan Show, Live Radio Interview(June 17/16)​​Daytime Ottawa,with Derick Fage & Danaielle Allard,Live TV Interview (@ 2:07)(Nov 20/15)​Can't make it out?You can pick-up print edition copies of my books atthese locations.Google maps can also lead you there!Book Availablity.Prefer to order you print edition books online?You can find these titles:Michel Weatherall - AuthorSinging Pebble BooksPrefer ebooks?My titles can be found atAmazonApple iBooksBarnes & NobleGoogle PlayKoboSmashwords

Life-sized Statues!

Cool - butreallycreepy!Life size statue of H.P. Lovecraft in Guillermo del Toro's library. (Not sure I'd want thatglaringat me in my library!!)(I have my eye on a life-sized Blackamoor/Egyptian statue/floor-lamp. Still trying to negotiate a happy price. Pics to follow!)

The Byward Market - Awesome Time Again! August 26th

Yet again, the Byward Market's Authors' Market doesn't dissappoint!Our very own Mayor,Jim Watsondropped by to show his support of our local author literary community(left to right:Michel Weatherall,Mayor Jim Watson,Nathalie Beaupréand Ania Bula)It was a great sunny day filled with fantastic conversations with Ottawa locals, fans, and fellow authors,Nathalie Beaupré(author of "Why I am Perfect"), andAnia Bula ofSplain You a Thing (author of "Young, Sick, and Invisible")(Great conversations and networking - both enlightening and uplifting.) Wish I have more days like this!Oh yeah - and on a side note - sold books too!

The Refuse Chronicles' Covers

The Refuse Chroniclesare aseries of short stories or novelettes nestled between the events ofThe Hunt: SymbiosysandNecropolis, with their conclusion following 14 years after the event inNecropolis.As a collection of novelettes, continuingthe Symbiot Series, individual ebook titles will include:UNCGSC: The FacilityMatriarchHeidlebergDas GhulConvergenceWith theses titles either currently available or upcoming in ebooks, the entire collection -The Refuse Chronicles- will be available in print editions in the near future.UNCGSC: The Facilitytakes place in an isolated research facility deep in Antarctica where experimentations into artificial sentience take place. But the question is,whatis awakening?Matriarch.An unidentified corpse on the desolate cold beaches of Northern Newfoundland and the mysterious otherworldly weave of the body's sweater, leads the police investigator onto bizzarre cultic conspiracies.Heidlebergis set in 1944, in the city of Heidleberg, German during the Nazi's reign, this novelette revisit Donita de LaFontaine during the Second World War as she strives to protect her 12-year old daughter, Nadia, from the Nazi's nefarious conspiracies with Cults in their desperate attempt to claimThe Music of the Spheres.Das Ghuldiscovers and opens UNCGSC files - both old and new - as the world spanning organization becomes painfully aware of the machinations of an ancient and conniving Cult intent on their and humanity's demise!This collection includesMother-MachineandCoffee @ Pequods! and Twelves Steps.(There currently is no cover art yet for Das Ghul.)Convergence.The dead can speak. Secrets are no longer hidden.The seemingly unconnected activities from the previous four novelettes converge with their horrific revelations. From Cultic abductions in 1999, Nazi's of 1944, to the subterfuge machinations ofThe Esoteric Order of Dagonand theUNCGSC,to the discovery of a horrific ancestery of 1719, and the finale with the return of an adult Tamara Takahara in 2019 and it's obliterating consequences!​Fear the future. UNCGSC: The Facilityis currently available fromSmashwords for FREEdownload, for a limited time only! ~ Coffee @ Pequods! ~is available fromAmazon,Kobo, andSmashwords Mother-Machineis available fromAmazon andKobo.(Mother-Machine is currently available for FREE through Goodreads).

Back on The Byward Market!

I'm back!Welcome toThe Authors' Market!Did you know the City of Ottawa Markets Management has launched an initiative at theByward Market?Outdoor space amongst the Market vendors allow local authors to highlight, showcase, promote and sell their works!Rumour has it, our very own Mayor, Jim Watson, may be dropping by to show his support!And even more exciting news! I'll be joined by local author,Nathalie Beaupréwith her children's book,Why I Am Perfect: An Empowering Book Written for Children First.I will be there onFriday, Aug. 26thbetween 10:00 am - 3:00 pm, promoting and selling several of my books!You'll be able to pick-upthe entire Symbiot Series, a fiction/horror series set in aLovecraftian world,  as well as ashort collection of dark poetry.Come down! Meet and greet with me! Check out my work! Get your books signed!Follow me onFacebookandTwitterfor future releases and exciting updates!Interested in hearing more from me? Check out several of my TV and/or Radio interviews:(I'm on at c. 2:07)(I'm on at c. 67:20)(I'm on at c. 29:00)And the excitement doesn't stop!I have just released a new novelette and it's available to download forFREE for a limited time at Smashwords!Want to check out my work before checking me out at The Byward Market? Here's your chance!

Great Time @ Parkdale Market!

Parkdale Market Book FairI had a fantastic time at the Parkdale Market's Book Fair!(Here I am 'peddling my wares') promotingThe Symbiot Series.(Don't forget to check out my latest release, UNCGSC: The Facility, my first excusion into sci-fi/theology fiction, available fordownload for FREE from Smashwordsfor a limited time only!)Despite questionable weather! (That's me setting up under the blue canopy), the best part of this particular event?Meeting and conversing with two beautiful women: Nathalie Beaupré (author of the children's bookWhy Am I Perfect?)andKaeli Van Regan(author ofParenting Your Way!)both of which I would consider my friends!(And of course, my friend Liam Gibbs and hisIn a Galaxy Far, Far Awry!)(And, of course, my friend, Matt, who accompanied me to this event - unfortunately be behind the camera so appears in no photos.)Special thanks need to be extended to Megan ofThe Byward Marketfor organizing and coordinatingThe Authors' Marketas well as thisParkdale Market Book Fair!

UNCGSC: The Facility - FREE ebook

The first draft ofUNCGSC: The Facility(ISBN: 978-1-988253-03-9 (digital))is now available atSmashwords for FREEfor a limited time!Coming soon to Amazon, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Google Play, and Apple iBooks.Get your free download fromSmashwords, and rate it onGoodreads!​Following the theme of hybrid-genres (Lovecraftian Horror(The Symbiot),Horror-Action(The Hunt: Symbiosys), and evenWeird Fiction(Necropolis)), this novelette doesn't neatly fit into any genre, carrying elements of Sci-Fi, horror, and theology.Currently the 17th vignette of the upcomingThe Refuse Chronicles.UNCGSC: The Facilitywill take us to the most  extremely remote facility on the planet, where experimentations into Artificial Intelligence, Turing Tests, and Sentience are carried out!​This novelette fleshes out the backstory of a character fromNecropolis, although it may still be enjoyed as a stand-alone.​Set in a mysterious'Dead Zone'of  Antarctica,UNCGSC: The Facilitycouldn't be more isolated.​Like all vignettes ofThe Refuse Chronicles, this links itself intoThe Symbiot Series.It is awakening. The question is,whatis awakening?

The Monster of Weird Fiction

Genres.I  am always asked which genre my books are in.Ultimately, on the back of my books, above the ISBN barcodes, just left of the price, I inevitably label"Fiction/Horror."I have never been comfortable with labels and categories.Truth be know, I believe my first title,The Symbiot, is in the genre ofLovecraftian Horror.The second,The Hunt: Symbiosys, is a littlemore difficult to define. Whilethe third -Necropolis- I would clearly put in the genre ofWeild Fiction.This issue has very recently came to my attentionin categorizing my soon to be released novelette,UNCGSC: The Facility.It will mark my first excursion into Sci-Fi... sort of. It goes beyond sci-fi, blending significant elements of Theology into it. I'm not sure it fits a genre.I often times hesitate using the termWeird Fiction. You elicit strange sideway looks. It is a subgenre not commonly known or heard of. And I am not a fan of creating more and more categories just to fit one's work into. If we're going to use a genre-system then it should be relatively simple.I like the genreWeird Fiction,more than because of what it is and what it is defined as.Weird Fictionblends horror, fantasy, and sci-fi elements. It encompasses theghost-storyand other tales of the macabre. It crosses conventional genre boundaries. (I believe the short storyMother-Machineis something betweenGhost-storyand possiblyGothic Horror).What attracts me most toWeird Fictionis that fact that itpredates genres. Conventions had not yet been established and the authors within the 'genre' (Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Lord Dunsany, Arthur Machen, Clark Aston Smith, Richard W. Chambers, F. Marion Crawford to name a few giants) were - quite literally - free to compose, create, and write as they saw fit. No labels. No categories. They did not writeintoa system of what was expected, but rather simply wrote.I'm sure by now you must have at least once followed the linksWeird Fictionleads to. But I think it'd definition may be somewhat beyond that. It supercedes definition. It came from a  timebeforecategories, and thus may defy categorization.It is one of the reason -as I mentioned in my hour-long interview with 'tic' of CKCU's Wednesday Special Blend interview- why I tend to write and function in a solitary capacity. I don't want to be 'taught' or told what I can or cannot do. I don't believe in having creativity hampered, stifled, or restrained. I fear, possibly, membership into literary groups may produce these effects.I have no problem with a piece of writing being defined, labeled or categorized after its inception. But to begin writing/creation with these preconceived conceptsbefore... I'd prefer not.So I'll end with a question: What isWeird Fiction? I believe it represents a time before categories. And that's a good thing. I think we should all write this way.

UNCGSC: The Facility

UNCGSC: The FacilityHere is an updated preview of yet anotherRefuse Chronicles'vignette's cover!Currently the 17th vignette ofThe Refuse Chronicles,and soon to be released as a novelette!UNCGSC: The Facilitywill take us to the most  extremely remote facility on the planet, where experimentations into Artificial Intelligence, Turing Tests, and Sentience are carried out!​Set in a'Dead Zone'of  Antarctica,UNCGSC: The Facilitycouldn't be more isolated.Like all vignettes ofThe Refuse Chronicles, this links itself intoThe Symbiot Series.It is awakening. The question is,whatis awakening?