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Congregations Of The Dead

Congregations Of The Dead is the second of the Griffin & Price novels. 
In the small town of Wellman, Georgia, Sheriff Carl Price wants nothing more than to ticket speedsters and stop drunks from killing each other in the local bars. Unfortunately, things aren't working out for a simple life. His best friend, private investigator Wade Griffin, has taken on a case he normally wouldn't, to try and build his P.I. business and get out of the mercenary game, which leads to trouble with a major regional crime boss. With a missing teenager and a child abduction to solve, and tension brewing from the other-worldly Blackbourne clan, Griffin and Price have their hands full. But something dark rears its head in the form of a new mountain church and its mysterious and charismatic leader, Reverend Lazarus Cotton. Once more, Griffin and Price must use the deadly skills learnt in their past, and call upon even deadlier associates when the problems escalate out of their control. This book is a redneck adventure-horror of the darkest kind. In the small town of Wellman, Georgia, it's a damn hot summer.
It is not necessary to read the other Griffin & Price novels, BLIND SHADOWS (The first novel) or, A HELL WITHIN (Novel number three) but both will be available soon and rumor has it BLIND SHADOWS will come with a very special low price on the Kindle. 


If you are interested you can buy it right HERE.

Galaxies of wonder...for free!

So this just happened, and it's AWESOME!!!


Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine is offering up digital copies of its older magazines for free!

Just CLICK HERE for more information.

DINNER FOR ONE

This is coming soon. This is non-fiction. 




Dinner for One: A Journey to HealingForthcoming from James A. Moore and Haverhill House!"Dinner For One is a love letter from a man to his late wife. A way of saying farewell, but never goodbye. It's a record of love and loss and what it means to be human. Jim Moore is a large man with a large heart, and while that heart has been broken, it is, as Hemingway put it, 'strong in the broken places'."-- From the introduction by Charles R. Rutledge.

So apparently the Republican Party wants me dead.

And by me, I mean Diabetics everywhere.

You doubt me? Here: READ THIS.

I'm good, I'm covered. I have medical insurance. but if you and yours are having trouble with coverage, you can thank these asshats.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE remember this when the midterm elections come around.

it isn't just diabetes. that's just the easiest for them to point a finger at.

YOUR vote matters.

PLEASE remember that when you decide how you want to vote, I will NOT be voting with the sort of vile scum that want me dead because of a medical condition or who are JUDGING ME because of that same medical condition.

and in the meantime, if they are so worried about the Affordable Care Act damaging taxpayers, I think we should absolutely make certain that they PRACTICE WHAT THEY PREACH!!!! Please consider adding your name to this list. 

James A. Moore

Tor.com INDIGO sweepstakes!

Indigo Prize Pack Sweepstakes!SweepstakesWed Jun 14, 2017 3:30pm 85 comments 1 Favorite [+][image error]
Indigo , a collaborative novel from ten critically acclaimed authors, is available June 20th from St. Martins’ Press—and to celebrate, we want to send you a prize pack including one book by each of its co-authors! One lucky reader will receive a galley copy of Indigo and a copy of each of the following books: Sleep Like a Baby  by Charlaine Harris (advance reader’s copy)
Ararat  by Christopher Golden
City of the Lost  by Kelley Armstrong
Dogs of War  by Jonathan Maberry
Greywalker  by Kat Richardson
Rosemary and Rue  by Seanan McGuire
The Silence  by Tim Lebbon
The Family Plot  by Cherie Priest
Seven Forges  by James A. Moore
The Wraiths of War  by Mark MorrisIn Indigo, investigative reporter Nora Hesper spends her nights cloaked in shadows. As Indigo, she’s become an urban myth, a brutal vigilante who can forge darkness into weapons and travel across the city by slipping from one patch of shadow to another. Her primary focus both as Nora and as Indigo has become a murderous criminal cult called the Children of Phonos. Children are being murdered in New York, and Nora is determined to make it stop, even if that means Indigo must eliminate every member. But in the aftermath of a bloody battle, a dying cultist makes claims that cause Indigo to question her own origin and memories.Nora’s parents were killed when she was nineteen years old. She took the life insurance money and went off to explore the world, leading to her becoming a student of meditation and strange magic in a mountaintop monastery in Nepal…a history that many would realize sounds suspiciously like the origins of several comic book characters. As Nora starts to pick apart her memory, it begins to unravel. Her parents are dead, but the rest is a series of lies. Where did she get the power inside her?Comment in the post to enter!NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A purchase does not improve your chances of winning. Sweepstakes open to legal residents of 50 United States and D.C., and Canada (excluding Quebec). To enter, comment on this post beginning at 3:30 PM Eastern Time (ET) on June 14th. Sweepstakes ends at 12:00 PM ET on June 18th. Void outside the United States and Canada and where prohibited by law. Please see full details and official rules here. Sponsor: Tor.com, 175 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10010.

MERRIMACK VALLEY HALLOWEEN BOOK FESTIVAL 2017

MERRIMACK VALLEY HALLOWEEN BOOK FESTIVAL 2017Author Christopher Golden says, I founded this event in 2015. Last year, the turnout was huge and I promised that this year would be even bigger and better. I intend to deliver on that promise. Last year, a number of authors debuted new books and chapbooks at the event, and I know the same will be true this year. I anticipate a great many debuts and exclusives—including something of mine, but that’s for later.
The MERRIMACK VALLEY HALLOWEEN BOOK FESTIVAL 2017 will be held on Saturday, October 21st, 2017, from 10am till 4:30pm. Once again, the event will be held at the Haverhill Public Library (Haverhill, MA) and is FREE and open to the public. Sponsored by River City Writers, Andover Bookstore, Haverhill House Publishing, and--of course--Haverhill Public Library.
So…who’s going to be there? We’re expanding a bit this year, adding a number of writers primarily known for their mystery and thriller novels, and our total number of attending authors and artists has passed FIFTY. Among them, we’re thrilled to welcome back Joe Hill. Joe’s new book, Strange Weather, debuts around the country on October 24th…but we’ve made special arrangements with Joe’s publisher and our friends at Andover Bookstore to have Strange Weather make its official debut three days early, at the Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival. Joe will be on hand to sign them, of course.
We’re also thrilled to welcome Alice Hoffman, who will join us as part of her tour for her own October release, The Rules of Magic. One of our panels during the festival will be “Joe Hill & Alice Hoffman: In Conversation.”(Please note...the Joe & Alice: In Conversation event WILL require registration. The event is free, but due to space concerns, you will have to register in advance for that event. More information to come.)But I know you want the full list of attendees, so here you go, first for newsletter subscribers, as promised!MERRIMACK VALLEY HALLOWEEN BOOK FESTIVAL 2017
Joe Hill
Alice Hoffman
Hank Phillippi Ryan
Sarah Smith
Gregory Bastianelli
Matt Bechtel
Stephen Bissette
Daniel Braum
Dana Cameron
Glenn Chadbourne
Jason Ciaramella
Joseph Citro
Kristin Dearborn
Rachel Autumn Deering
Barry Lee Dejasu
Amber Fallon
Dan Foley
Craig Shaw Gardner
Christopher Golden
Scott Goudsward
Catherine Grant
Kat Howard
Christopher Irvin
Nicholas Kaufmann
Brian Keene
Toni L.P. Kelner
John Langan
Fred Van Lente
Livia Llewellyn
Bracken MacLeod
John M. McIlveen
Hillary Monahan
James A. Moore
Holly Newstein
Errick Nunnally
Jason Parent
Philip Perron
Charles R Rutledge
Mary SanGiovanni
Rob Smales
Thomas Sniegoski
Paul Tremblay
Tony Tremblay
Kenneth Vaughn
Trisha Wooldridge
Douglas Wynne
Rio YouersI hope to see you all there!
Saturday, October 21st, 2017!

Trust me ,if you can make it to this one, you should!

INDIGO comes out June 20th!

Investigative reporter Nora Hesper spends her nights cloaked in shadows. As Indigo, she’s become an urban myth, a brutal vigilante who can forge darkness into weapons and travel across the city by slipping from one patch of shadow to another. Her primary focus both as Nora and as Indigo has become a murderous criminal cult called the Children of Phonos. Children are being murdered in New York, and Nora is determined to make it stop, even if that means Indigo must eliminate every member. But in the aftermath of a bloody battle, a dying cultist makes claims that cause Indigo to question her own origin and memories.Nora’s parents were killed when she was nineteen years old. She took the life insurance money and went off to explore the world, leading to her becoming a student of meditation and strange magic in a mountaintop monastery in Nepal…a history that many would realize sounds suspiciously like the origins of several comic book characters. As Nora starts to pick apart her memory, it begins to unravel. Her parents are dead, but the rest is a series of lies. Where did she get the power inside her?In a brilliant collaboration by New York Times and critically acclaimed coauthors Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden, Kelley Armstrong, Jonathan Maberry, Kat Richardson, Seanan McGuire, Tim Lebbon, Cherie Priest, James Moore, and Mark Morris join forces to bring you a crime-solving novel like you’ve never read before.


You can pre-order your copy right HERE

COMING SOON!

Coming in July from Cohesion Press.James A. Moore and Charles R. Rutledge bring you Congregations of the Dead, featuring sheriff Carl Price and P.I. Wade Griffin.During one of the hottest summers they can remember, Price and Griffin each have their own problems to deal with when they learn something dark has moved into their neck of the woods. To survive, they must call upon all their deadly skills as well as a few friends.Congregations of the Dead mixes hard-boiled crime fiction with blood-chilling horror and a tonne of action!
More information coming soon!

ALIENS: BUG HUNT

ALIENS: BUG HUNT. 4/18 in HC, paperback and eBoo. All new stories set in the world of #Alien#Aliens from Titan Books. Featuring Brian Keene,Christopher Golden, Dan Abnett, David Farland,Heather Graham Pozzessere, James A. Moore,Jonathan Maberry, Keith DeCandido, Larry Correia,Marina Lostetter and Mike Resnick, Matt Forbeck,Paul Kupperberg, Rachel Caine, Ray Garton, Scott Sigler, Tim Lebbon, Weston Ochse and Yvonne Navarro. Now THAT is a killer lineup!

Coming Soon from The River City Writers

If you are in the area and interested, now's a pretty good time to look into signing up.