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October 31, 2013
Coffin hop paperback winner & final contest!
Congratulations to 
Trish Bliss for winning my Rafflecopter contest! I’ll be sending out a signed copy of the Four ’til Late paperback book ASAP.
For those who didn’t win, but would still like to read the book, I am giving away TWO more ebook copies to the first two who posts a link to the book on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, or their personal blog. You have to reply here that you did it, either with a link to the post/tweet/pin or by tagging me in the appropriate social media.
Here’s the link to post:
Four ’til Late by Eric Garrison http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E4WO7YA
An easy Tweet:
Great #Halloween read: Four ’til Late by Eric Garrison http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E4WO7YA @erichris #coffinhop
Thanks for your help!
October 30, 2013
Coffin Hop Winning Whiteboard Wednesday
Frogman Guard from Blue Spirit
Here is the winning suggestion, by Angela Graves Black, for today’s Whiteboard Wednesday! She asked to see the Frogman Guards from Blue Spirit, so here you go! Blue Spirit is currently out of print until sometime next year (probably Summer), when it will be re-released by Seventh Star Press. The only place you can get it now is in paperback format from me from what stock I have left.
October 29, 2013
A short excerpt from Four ’til Late
As part of the Coffin Hop blog tour, I’m posting a sample of Four ’til Late for you to read. I made a permanent page on this site for the whole excerpt, but I’ll start you off here. Happy hopping!
(We join Brett, Gonzo and Jimbo at the Effing Hole, a neighborhood bar in Effingham, Illinois, stopped off from their road trip for a bite to eat and a beer or two)
Brett said, “So what do you think about seeing an actual ghost on the highway back there? Was that cool or what? The guys on The Spook Board will be so jealous! ‘Course it’d have been better if I’d gotten a picture or better yet, video. It was a once-in-a-lifetime, that’s for sure!”
Jimbo snickered.
Gonzo gave him a dirty look. “I don’t know if it was a ghost or not. I don’t think I believe in ghosts. Whatever it was though, it was pretty strange. Anything that can make Brett here scream like a little girl sure is worth the price of admission.”
Brett protested. “Me? I seem to remember you just about going off the road, screaming your head off!”
Jimbo snorted. “You’re both out of your minds. It was fog. It’s a cliché, even. People have always been seeing things in the fog. Down in Bloomington, if you go off the main roads, out into the surrounding country, there’s always fog late at night. I’ve delivered out to the sticks and thought I’d seen all kinds of crazy things. Nothing scarier than this one time though.” He held up a finger while he drank more of his beer to wash down a French fry. (Read more)
October 28, 2013
What’s your favorite supernatural fantasy TV show?
Welcome to Coffin Hop Day 5! I have a little poll for your entertainment.
Oh, and don’t forget, I still have the Four ’til Late Paperback Giveaway going on until Halloween, be sure to enter!
So, Four ’til Late has been called “Scooby Doo for Grownups”, and has been compared to Supernatural. I think it’s somewhere in between. I’ve had many influences, from my own ghost hunting to many of the shows in the poll. What’s your favorite (and and feel free to tell us why in the comments)?
October 26, 2013
Character interview: Gonzo
(this interview originally appeared on the Jess Resides Here blog, I’m reposting here for the benefit of Coffin Hoppers)
Hi everyone, Eric Garrison here. As part of the Four ’til Late blog tour, I’ve been asked to interview one of my own characters from Four ’til Late. I’m sitting here at the Irish Lion in Bloomington, Indiana, talking with Roger…
Gonzo: Hey. We said no real names, right? It’s Gonzo to you, buddy.
Eric: Right, sorry, Gonzo. Just so the folks out there know, your nickname doesn’t come from the Muppets, right?
Gonzo: This is an interview? Come on. You said there’d be Jameson involved.
Eric: Bartender!
Gonzo: Ahh, that’s better. Yeah, I share my nickname with the great Hunter S. Thompson. There’s a guy who knew how to have a good time. And to write too, unlike some people.
Eric: Ha ha. Wait. Are you saying…
Gonzo: I’m just joshing you, kid. Ahh, this is the stuff. I could use one after that road trip.
Eric: So I’ve heard. Ghosts, demons…
Gonzo: What, you too? That stuff’s a bunch of crap. No, I meant all the damn drama. Jimbo and his psycho hosebeast of a girlfriend. Brett and Liz making kissyface in the back of Soccer Mom…
Eric: Soccer Mom is your van?
Gonzo: Yeah, it’s an inside joke. Not the best gas mileage, but she’s an excellent road trip machine. Got us there and back again, ya know?
Eric: Right, right. So you still don’t believe in the paranormal, not even after all you’ve been through?
Gonzo: You know what? My whiskey’s broken. How about a Guinness to console me?
Eric: Yeah, okay. Bartender? Make it two.
Gonzo: I’m not saying weird s**t didn’t happen, because it did. Can’t explain much of it. But it was my road trip, man! You understand that? I work my ass off and expect some quality time with my friends, some good music, good food, and a few drinks. To kick back. That’s not a lot to ask for, is it?
Eric: Well, no, but…
Gonzo: Right. So if Casper wants to f**k with someone, he can do it on his own time.
Eric: So you had a lousy time?
Gonzo: Well, I wouldn’t go that far. I did enjoy tazing that zombie trucker guy.
Eric: Zombie? Hey, that’s paranormal…
Gonzo: Yeah, shut up. That’s what Brett called him. Easier than explaining how the guy had too many screws loose and didn’t know how the shower worked. Hey, you know what’s better than a Guinness?
Eric: sigh Two Guinness?
Gonzo: I think I’m beginning to like you, kid.
Eric: Fine, answer a couple more questions, and I’ll get another round.
Gonzo: You sir, are a gentleman and a scholar.
Eric: So you don’t believe in ghosts, but you can’t explain things. What’s the strangest thing you saw on the trip?
Gonzo: Jimbo in a skirt takes the cake. Liz didn’t do a bad job making him up for the Halloween street party, but damn that guy makes an ugly woman.
Eric: Uh… Okay, what’s the strangest thing you couldn’t explain?
Gonzo: I think it’ll always be a mystery to me… Well, I just shouldn’t say.
Eric: Please, go on?
Gonzo: Well, it’ll haunt me to the end of my days, you know.
Eric: What will?
Gonzo: If you must know. It’s beyond my comprehension what they put in the gumbo at the Rum Boogie in Memphis. That s**t has me craving it, even weeks later. I probably don’t want to know.
Eric: sigh You know what I mean, Gonzo.
Gonzo: Ha! That’s funny, and you know it. You need some of the Irish yourself, and you’d know it’s true.
Eric: Gonzo, please.
Gonzo: I’d tell you more, but I’m a bit dry.
Eric: Just answer it, already, or something terrible will happen to Soccer Mom in the next book!
Gonzo: Now you’re just being nasty. Fine. I can think of rational explanations for just about everything, except for that f**king glowing hand I saw.
Eric: Yeah?
Gonzo: We were at the Effing Hole. A fine drinking establishment, but you wouldn’t want to eat there. We’d been served some soggy fries and I’d had a couple of beers, when the lights went out. No lights but some candles on the tables. Except this sort of greenish glow from the TV. It was off, you understand? Well, this shape glowed in the middle of that dead screen, a brighter green, moving like it was alive. A hand, pressing on the screen. From the inside, kid. I saw lines on the palm, and if Liz’d been there, she could have told it’s fortune. Thought it might press hard enough to bust through the glass, but then the lights came back, and the TV was back to normal.
Eric: I think that’s going to give me nightmares.
Gonzo: Pansy. You wrote the damn story.
Eric: Why do you think I wrote that in there?
Gonzo: Good point. Know what helps me forget nightmares?
Eric: Way ahead of you. Bartender, make it two Jamesons this time.
October 25, 2013
Tell me your roadtrip terrors!
What is the scariest thing that ever happened to you on a roadtrip?
That’s the subject of my Coffin Hop Day 2 contest! Whoever tells the best scary roadtrip story wins an ebook copy of Four ’til Late!
October 24, 2013
Week-long Coffin Hop Four ’til Late Paperback Giveaway!
Enter to win a Four ’til Late paperback book!
This is running through Halloween, and many of the options allow you to enter every day. It also helps me out by getting the word out about my book. Win-win! 
Brought to you by the Coffin Hop web tour! Click on the icon to the right (during Oct 24-31, 2013) and see what other authors are doing for the Halloween season.
Coffin Hop Whiteboard Wednesday CONTEST!
http://www.coffinhop.com
IF YOU DARE!!!
Greetings, and welcome to the first day of the 2013 Coffin Hop! This year I am participating every day from October 24th through Halloween with a different post or contest.
I’m kicking it off with a contest… Since yesterday was Whiteboard Wednesday, let’s see who has the best idea for my next terrible drawing?
Reply here or on my Facebook page with what you want me to draw for next week’s Whiteboard Wednesday, and whatever I like best will win the fame and glory of getting credit for the idea. I know, it’s too much to handle. But you’ve got to be brave and throw out ideas! I’ll pick a winner on Friday.
I’ll have more contests later in the week, I plan to give away ebooks and a paper copy of Four ’til Late, and maybe other surprises. Come back and see! And while you’re at it, click on THIS whiteboard monstrosity to go to the much more artfully done Coffin Hop website to see all the other author blogs and contests.
Unless you’re chicken. You’re not chicken, are you, McFly?
October 16, 2013
Whiteboard Wednesday – Sinking Down Teaser!
I have a new tradition on my Facebook page, every Wednesday, I post one of my silly whiteboard drawings. I won’t post all of them here.
This one is special. It’s concept art I sent to Bonnie Wasson, the Seventh Star artist I work with for my Road Ghosts cover and interior artwork. She showed me a preliminary workup of the cover, based on this silly sketch and some text description.
Hers is stunning.
I’ll have a big cover reveal when it’s getting toward ready, but for now, here’s your teaser!
October 14, 2013
Giveaway: review copies of Four ’til Late
I’m testing out Rafflecopter and also would like more reviews posted on Amazon for Four ’til Late. If you’d like to read my book and give me an honest review, click on the book to the right and enter through Rafflecopter.
Really though, just leave me a comment here or drop me an email at ecg at homebrew dot net sometime today (Oct 14, 2013) or tomorrow and let me know you’re willing to help out. I’m limiting it to the first three who respond.
