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The Reverend's Powder Now Available on Kobo

 

In addition to being available on Kindle, the e-book version of The Reverend's Powder is now available on Kobo.  

For more on The Reverend's Powder, check out the original Kindle post!

The Reverend's Powder Available Again on Kindle

 

My novelette, The Reverend's Powder, has made its triumphant return to Kindle!  It'll also be making its return as an e-book on other platforms in the near future!  As well as in a slim paperback format for those interested.  The above cover is for the e-book only.  The paperback will have different artwork.
For those of you that don't know, or don't remember, The Reverend's Powder was one of the first long-form stories of mine that was published in the small press.  Tom Moran and Sideshow Press scooped it up and published it as a chapbook way back in 2010.  There were two limited editions.  One was a limited edition trade paperback and one was a limited edition hardcover.

Here's what some people said about it oh those many years ago:

 “The Reverend's Powder explodes out of the gate from the very first sentence and is a one-sitting thrill ride through love, life, faith, and the bittersweet taste of revenge.” -Gord Rollo, author of THE JIGSAW MAN 

"With the white-hot intensity of a holy-rolling blowtorch, Williams delivers a blistering gutter-Gospel on the deception that preys on blind faith, and the long, bloody road to truth and forgiveness. When there's no more room in Hell, let the worst sinners burn in the mind of Erik Williams." -Cody Goodfellow, author of RADIANT DAWN and PERFECT UNION 

"The Reverend's Powder is a gripping little tale. I’d say 'It grabs you from the first sentence and never lets you go!' but that’s kind of trite, so instead I’ll point out that...it comes highly recommended." -Jeff Strand, author of DEMONIC

"If less is more, then Erik Williams's The Reverend's Powder is definitely more. With stripped-down prose that foregoes flowery wordplay in favor of in-your-face brutality that cuts to the heart of the protagonist's plight, Williams has created the perfect horror tale for a quick read in bed, lights off, blankets up, sleeping partner oblivious to the violence your ingesting." -Kevin Wallis, author of BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THINGS

Anyway, if you're interested in the Kindle version, you can get it here.

Qualia Nous Volume 2 and Me

It's with pure delight that I can now tell you my short story "Bilocation in Liminal Space" has been accepted by Michael Bailey for inclusion in Qualia Nous Volume 2. Publication will probably be in 2024 but nothing is firm yet.

There are still a couple of more writers to be added to the ToC but the majority of them are listed right there in the image.  Check it out.  You may recognize a few (other than me).

More to follow.

If you're wondering what to expect from Volume 2, and if you haven't checked out Volume 1, here's the write up:

QUALIA NOUS, winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award and nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in an Anthology, is a literary blend of science fiction and horror. Contains short stories, novelettes, and poetry from established authors and newcomers from around the world. Features Bram Stoker Award winning stories by Usman T. Malik and Rena Mason (both tied for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction), as well as stories by Stephen King, Emily B. Cataneo, Erinn L. Kemper, Patrick Freivald, William F. Nolan, Elizabeth Massie, John R. Little, Gary A. Braunbeck, and many others. 

And to learn more about the antho and the other splendid works published by Written Backwards, check out their site.

No Context Post #4

No Context Post #3

No Context Post #2

Because I like Tombstone.

No Context Post #1

I'm a firm believer in sucking people into movies and shows with clips or scenes where they have no idea what it's related to or have no idea what happens after said scene.  I've often gotten people hooked on The Wire with simple quotes from the show.  So, if I can provide a random scene that entices someone to follow up on said show or movie, I've done my part.

I used to do a weekly bit called Fight Scene Friday that tried to do the same thing but it was way too demanding on my time and I ran out of fight scenes available on YouTube I could actually talk to. Mainly, I just ran out of time.

However, below, you'll find two installments in what I hope is the first of many No Context Posts where you'll find a scene or two from a movie or show, want to learn what the fuck happened after, and go watch it.  Also, if you think you can do better, go write it.

Scene 1.  Apocalypse Now!  Of course.

Scene 2.  The Hunted.  Fuck me if you can't find a better WTF scene and mind scramble yourself into a better potential where is this coming from/where is this going roads.

Cocaine Bear is Cool and All. But Bigfoot Crank Stomp Take Batshit Crazy to Another Level!!!

"This book gives new meaning to the word OUTRAGEOUS! It's so totally off-the-wall while at the same time so unputdownable that it blew my creative doors off. The whole time I was reading it I was PISSED that I hadn't thought of it."
--EDWARD LEE, author of HAUNTER OF THE THRESHOLD and HEADERBigfoot is real and he's addicted to meth!It should have been so easy. Get in, kill everyone, and take all the money and drugs. That was Russell and Mickey's plan. But the drug den they were raiding in the middle of the woods holds a dark secret chained up in the basement. A beast filled with rage and methamphetamine and tonight it will break loose.Nothing can stop a sasquatch on a drug-fueled rampage. And before the sun rises, there is going to be a lot of dead cops and junkies.

"[Erik Williams] has an almost Hitchcockian way of knowing when enough is enough, cutting from shameless wallows in gore to neat moments of suggestion, where you get it without having to watch it." -John Skipp, Fangoria
"This book is everything you could possibly want in a book about a rampaging mythical creature looking for his next hit, delivered in compulsively readable style with a real cinematic eye for pacing and exciting scenes. If B movie levels of gore, black humor and action are your thing, this is the book for you." -Blu Gilland, FEARnet
For the B&N crowd: https://bit.ly/3ye5JJ4Amazon: https://amzn.to/3ZHq1q7Bookshop: https://bit.ly/3IWOcKf Cocaine Bear is Good but BFCS is the OGAlso, death metal band Troglodyte's most recent album The Hierarchical Ecological Succession: Welcome to the Food Chain has a track titled "Sasquashed (Bigfoot Crank Stomp)" on it. Yes, that's right, my Bigfoot Crank Stomp inspired a death metal song.  Has Cocaine Bear done that yet?  Didn't think so.

Drive-By Review - Small Town Crime

 

Another movie that slipped under my radar that has everything I like in a movie.

CrimeVery flawed protagonist trying to reassemble his lifeGreat castOkay writing

I say okay writing because it's just that.  There's nothing memorable about the dialogue or the plot.  Which is good.  Sometimes simple plots and dialogue that can be easily spat out by a good cast are enough.  In this case, both are.

If the plot had been complicated, the movie would've been unwatchable outside of the cast.  They keep it grounded and the simplicity of the plot keeps it moving.  It's an above-average movie to discover on cable or, in my case, streaming.

The biggest weakness of the flick is the two hitmen.  They're not interesting and, for professional killers, they're dumb.  But they're not bumbling dumb.  They're just stupid.  Yet they're not supposed to be, at least the way the film tries to sell them. 

In my opinion, they shouldn't have spoken at all.  It would have stuck to the overall point of the movie; small simple crimes that fall quickly into extreme outcomes.  It would have made them a helluva lot more interesting, too.  All they had to be were mysterious vessels of murder.  

This is my long way of saying they were overwritten.

Also, the parents of the first murder victim had about as much charm as empty chairs.  

Anyway, at about 90 minutes, it's a good watch.

Demon and Guardian Updates

If you're wondering where links and images to my books Demon and Guardian have gone, well, they've been removed for now.

Why?

Because they are no longer for sale.  You see, the rights to both have reverted back to me.  So, the e-books and paperbacks by the original publisher are no longer available.

That doesn't mean new versions won't be available in the future.  It just means they're not available right now.

If you're a publisher and are interested, you can always drop me a line.

More to follow...