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April 25, 2017

JUST PUBLISHED! Dark Screams: Volume Six featuring Stephen King, Lisa Morton, Nell Quinn-Gibney, Norman Prentiss, Joyce Carol Oates, and Tim Curran!

Richard Chizmar and I are pleased to announce that the eBook edition of Dark Screams: Volume Six from Hydra is now available for immediate download and we hope you’ll check it out!

Purchase the eBook:
Amazon.com • Amazon.ca • Amazon.co.uk • Barnes & Noble • iBookstore • Kobo

About the Book:
Dark Screams Volume Six
Stephen King, Lisa Morton, Nell Quinn-Gibney, Norman Prentiss, Joyce Carol Oates, and Tim Curran plunge readers into the dark side in this deeply unsettling short story anthology curated by legendary horro...

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Published on April 25, 2017 18:25

April 20, 2017

JUST ANNOUNCED! Dark Screams: Volume Seven featuring Robert McCammon, Brian Hodge, James Renner, Kaaron Warren, Bill Schweigart, and Mick Garris!

Richard Chizmar and I have once again joined forces with the cutting edge team at Hydra, a division of Random House, to produce five more volumes in our acclaimed Dark Screams horror eBook anthology series! Each volume collects stories by the best authors working in the business today, and we’re pleased to announce that Dark Screams: Volume Seven will be published on July 25, 2017!

About the Book:
Dark Screams Volume Seven
Robert McCammon, Brian Hodge, James Renner, Kaaron Warren, Bill Schweigart, and Mick Garris reve...

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Published on April 20, 2017 11:56

April 19, 2017

A Voice From The Oklahoma City Bombing That Haunts Me To This Day: “Whoever did this, I hope you’re happy”

On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols blew up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. Everyone over a certain age probably remembers this iconic photo featuring one of their victims.

According to Wikipedia, “McVeigh stated in his authorized biography that he wanted to minimize non-governmental casualties.”

From the same article: “He parked the Ryder truck in a drop-off zone situated under the building’s day-care center…”

Over the years, I’ve found mysel...

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Published on April 19, 2017 06:00

April 18, 2017

THE HALLOWEEN CHILDREN reviewed by The Behrg: “Beautifully crafted, this is horror that will affect even the most jaded of horror fans.”

Early reviews are now appearing for The Halloween Children, my novel co-written with Norman Prentiss, which will be published as an eBook by Hydra/Random House this June.

For example, The Behrg has posted a review that represents a very fair and balanced assessment of the novel — and of course I would say that considering the praise you’ll find in this short excerpt:

The savvy reader begins to get the real picture of what’s going on by what’s NOT being said. I’ve always enjoyed the unreliabl...

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Published on April 18, 2017 10:50

April 7, 2017

JUST ANNOUNCED! Reading Stephen King edited by Brian James Freeman!

I’m very pleased to announce Reading Stephen King, an anthology of essays by some seriously incredible writers, will be published later this year by Cemetery Dance Publications!

About the Book:Reading Stephen King
Stephen King has inspired millions of readers with his writing for more than four decades, and this special volume of essays gathers together some of his high-profile fans to discuss why they love reading the works of Stephen King.

Many of these fans are acclaimed authors of fiction in their own right....

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Published on April 07, 2017 06:00

March 22, 2017

DISCOUNTED! Dark Screams: Volume One featuring Stephen King, Kelley Armstrong, Bill Pronzini, Simon Clark, and Ramsey Campbell!

Dark ScreamsVolume One featuring stories by Stephen King, Kelley Armstrong, Bill Pronzini, Simon Clark, and Ramsey Campbell is on sale for just 99 cents for a very limited time only! Read more or place your order:

Amazon.com • Barnes & Noble • iBookstore • Kobo

Dark Screams Volume One

 

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Published on March 22, 2017 14:09

March 13, 2017

Coming in June! THE HALLOWEEN CHILDREN eBook Edition!

I’m very pleased to report that The Halloween Children, the novel I wrote with Norman Prentiss for Earthling Press, will be re-released as an eBook from Hydra/Random House this June! You can read more about the book at these links:
Amazon.com • Amazon.co.uk • Barnes & Noble • iBookstore • Kobo

The Halloween Children eBook

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Published on March 13, 2017 17:28

March 10, 2017

JUST ANNOUNCED! Dark Screams: Volume Six featuring Stephen King, Lisa Morton, Nell Quinn-Gibney, Norman Prentiss, Joyce Carol Oates, and Tim Curran!

Richard Chizmar and I have once again joined forces with the cutting edge team at Hydra, a division of Random House, to produce five more volumes in our acclaimed Dark Screams horror eBook anthology series! Each volume collects stories by the best authors working in the business today, and we’re pleased to announce that Dark Screams: Volume Six will be published on April 27, 2017.

About the Book:
Dark Screams Volume Six
Stephen King, Lisa Morton, Nell Quinn-Gibney, Norman Prentiss, Joyce Carol Oates, and Tim Curran...

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Published on March 10, 2017 06:00

February 20, 2017

NEW COVER! Dark Screams: Volume Five featuring Mick Garris, J. Kenner, Kealan Patrick Burke, Del James, and Bentley Little!

As I mentioned earlier this week, the cutting edge team at Hydra, a division of Random House, recently hired Kealan Patrick Burke to create new covers for the first five volumes in the Dark Screams series, and today I’m thrilled to show off what he came up with for Volume Five:

Dark Screams Volume Four

Purchase the eBook:
Amazon.com • Amazon.ca • Amazon.co.uk • Barnes & Noble • iBookstore • Kobo

My thanks goes out to Kealan and the Hydra team for their incredible work on this series!

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Published on February 20, 2017 06:00

February 18, 2017

NEW COVER! Dark Screams: Volume Four Featuring Clive Barker, Heather Graham, Lisa Morton, Ray Garton, and Ed Gorman!

As I mentioned earlier  this week, the cutting edge team at Hydra, a division of Random House, recently hired Kealan Patrick Burke to create new covers for the first five volumes in the Dark Screams series, and today I’m thrilled to show off what he came up with for Volume Four:

Dark Screams Volume Four

Purchase the eBook:
Amazon.com • Amazon.ca • Amazon.co.uk • Barnes & Noble • iBookstore • Kobo

I’ll post the other new covers over the next few days, but each one is amazing! My thanks goes out to Kealan and the Hydr...

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Published on February 18, 2017 06:00