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Merry Christmas from Coscom Entertainment!

Merry Christmas from Coscom Entertainment!

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New Interview: Innsmouth Free Press - A.P. Fuchs, Author and Founder of Coscom Entertainment

From A.P. Fuchs's Website:

"Innsmouth Free Press conducted an interview with me awhile back and now the interview is published on their website.

Lots of topics covered: writing, the publishing biz, zombies, and more.

Enjoy!"

The War of the Worlds Plus Blood, Guts and Zombies NEW EDITION Now Available!

The Coscom Entertainment/Gallery Books reissue of The War of the Worlds Plus Blood, Guts and Zombies by H.G. Wells and Eric S. Brown is now available in bookstores nationwide, and at the following on-line retailers:

Paperback:

Amazon.com
Amazon.ca
Amazon.co.uk
Barnes and Noble
Simon and Schuster
Other On-line Retailers

eBook:

Amazon Kindle
Simon and Schuster

"A clever spin on one of the greatest pieces of end-of-the-world fiction ever written, The War of the Worlds Plus Blood, Guts and Zombies actually manages to add another level to Wells' classic tale of alien invasion. The living dead – an unexpected by-product of the arrival of the aliens – provides a constant threat to human and Martian alike. It's hard to tell where Wells' thoughtful prose stops and Brown's twisted madness begins. The curse of 'the Dead' is so cleverly interwoven into the original story that you'll be checking old copies, convinced the zombies were always there! A mash-up book that's actually worth reading!"

- David Moody, author of Hater and Dogblood

"Like the undead, Eric S. Brown is an unstoppable force in the genre. His fiction consistently delivers jolts to the heart and mind."
- David Dunwoody, author of Empire and Dark Entities

The story:

The invasion begins . . . and the dead start to rise.

There's panic in the streets of London as invaders from Mars wreak havoc on the living, slaying the populace with Heat-Rays and poisonous clouds of black smoke. Humanity struggles to survive against technology far beyond its own, meeting fear and death at every turn.

But that's not the only struggle mankind must face. The dead are rising from their graves with an insatiable hunger for human flesh. Friends, neighbours and loved ones lost to the war of the worlds are now the enemy and the Earth is forever changed.

It's kill or be killed, if you want to survive, otherwise you might become one of the walking dead yourself.

The last Coscom Entertainment release: Possession of the Dead by A.P. Fuchs

For our full list of books, please see: www.coscomentertainment.com

Announcing the Coscom Entertainment Monster Novella Series

Coscom Entertainment is proud to announce that starting in the next couple weeks it'll be releasing a whole new series of books--monster novellas.

In today's market, readers enjoy quick but fun reading, and writers know this, except normally they can't find a way to reach readers hungry for novella-format books. Usually publishers want either novel-length works, or short stories for anthologies. Very few cater to the novella crowd, and Coscom Entertainment has decided--and has always been its policy--to give readers what they want.

Now that time has come, and debuting in a couple weeks Coscom Entertainment will release the first of its new line of monster-themed novellas: The Weaponer by Eric S. Brown. Following quickly on its heels will be The Black Cat and the Ghoul by Edgar Allan Poe and Keith Gouveia, a unique mashup unlike anything you've ever seen before.

Not only will readers now be able to obtain monster fiction in novella format, but each new book in the series will be affordably released packaged with a standard cover with unique imagery embedded within, making the books both gorgeous and collectible for a reader's shelf or e-library on their favorite eReader.

Coscom Entertainment is excited to launch this new line and can't wait to see it grow both in its roster of authors, and especially where it matters most: an audience of readers who enjoy monster tales that are good old-fashioned fun, high-octane stories in a handy and collectible format.

Keep watching www.coscomentertainment.com for new releases in this exciting new line of books, or follow us on twitter @mrcoscom for updates.

Thanks.

Coscom Entertainment Christmas Kindle eBook Sale!

Coscom Entertainment has launched a massive Kindle book sale for its zombie, monster and superhero titles, with nearly everything at 50% off!

The following books are now available for under $5 for Kindle users.

Merry Christmas!

Here's what's available:

Monsters and Horror -

Animal Behavior and Other Tales of Lycanthropy by Keith Gouveia

Anna Karnibora by W. Bill Czolgosz

Bigfoot War by Eric S. Brown

Bits of the Dead: A Zombie Anthology edited by Keith Gouveia, illustrated by Sean Simmans

Blood of the Dead (Undead World Trilogy, Book One) by A.P. Fuchs

Dead Science: A Zombie Anthology edited by A.P. Fuchs

Don of the Dead by Nick Cato

Emma and the Werewolves by Jane Austen and Adam Rann

Hound: Curse of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Lorne Dixon

Magic Man Plus 15 Tales of Terror by A.P. Fuchs

Mr Jitterbones: A Jack the Ripper Story by A.P. Fuchs

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Praise the Dead by Gina Ranalli

Revolt of the Dead by Keith Gouveia

R.I.P. by Harrison Howe

Robin Hood and Friar Tuck: Zombie Killers by Paul A. Freeman

Snarl by Lorne Dixon

The Lifeless by Lorne Dixon

The Summer I Died by Ryan C. Thomas

The Undead World of Oz by L. Frank Baum and Ryan C. Thomas

World War of the Dead by Eric S. Brown

Vicious Verses and Reanimated Rhymes: Zany Zombie Poetry for the Undead Head edited by A.P. Fuchs

Zombie Fight Night: Battles of the Dead by A.P. Fuchs

Zombifrieze: A Zombie Graphic Novel by W. Bill Czolgosz and Sean Simmans


Superhero -

Axiom-man (Axiom-man Series, Book 1) by A.P. Fuchs

First Night Out (Axiom-man Series, Episode No. 0) by A.P. Fuchs

Doorway of Darkness (Axiom-man Series, Book 2) by A.P. Fuchs

The Dead Land (Axiom-man Series, Episode No. 1) by A.P. Fuchs

Axiom-man: Of Magic and Men (full-color comic book) by A.P. Fuchs

Axiom-man: Black Water (Axiom-man Series, A Cthulhu Story) by A.P. Fuchs

The Wraith (The Wraith Series, Book 1) by Frank Dirscherl

Valley of Evil (The Wraith Series, Book 2) by Frank Dirscherl

Cult of the Damned (The Wraith Series, Book 3) by Frank Dirscherl

Thanks.

Look What Came in the Mail: The War of the Worlds Plus Blood, Guts and Zombies

Simon and Schuster/Gallery Books sent us the off-the-press copies of The War of the Worlds Plus Blood, Guts and Zombies by H.G. Wells and Eric S. Brown the other day.

The book turned out amaaaazzzing. The cover art is out of sight, and though we've seen it before, to see it in the flesh just blew us away, not to mention the slick gloss and matte finish to the book. Just plain wow.

Check out these pics, then head on over to Amazon.com and snag yourself a copy of this beautiful book! (And for about $10, you just can't go wrong.)

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Vicious Verses and Reanimated Rhymes (edited by A.P. Fuchs) reviewed at Horrornews.net

Last year Coscom Entertainment put out zombie poetry anthology called Vicious Verses and Reanimated Rhymes: Zany Zombie Poetry for the Undead Head. It was the only zombie poetry anthology out there, and still is. You could almost consider it a benchmark in zombie achievement, if there is such a thing, and the reviews have all been positive thus far.

Horrornews.net is the latest place to review the book, and I'm really thrilled they enjoyed it.

Please read the review here, and grab a copy of the book for your collection by going here or clicking on the thumbnail above.

The anthology covers undead mayhem, survival, love, loss, guns, video games, and all kinds of graveyard delights. (Plus it would make a cool Christmas present to the zombie afficiando in your family.)

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A.P. Fuchs Free Zombie Book Offer (Buy One, Get One)

Get an eBook PDF of Zombie Fight Night: Battles of the Dead or Axiom-man (or both) for free!

All right, folks, here's the deal:

Snag a copy of either Undead World Trilogy books, Blood of the Dead and Possession of the Dead by A.P. Fuchs in paperback, then email your receipt to coscomentertainment at gmail dot com and weI'll email you back a free PDF of Fuchs's Zombie Fight Night . If you grab BOTH books in the trilogy, then we'll sweeten the deal by not only sending you a copy of Zombie Fight Night, but also a free PDF of Fuchs's first Axiom-man novel as well.

Offer valid until December 4, 2010, so this is a good chance to get an early jump on Christmas shopping.

Just click on the thumbnails below or the links above to go to the books' Amazon pages.

Thanks.

What are these books about?



Blood of the Dead (Undead World Trilogy, Book One)

One year ago, the world came to an end.

First came the rain.

Then came the screams.

Then came the undead.

The Haven became the only place in the city free of the walking dead. A place of community. A place to be safe.

Now, things have changed.

The zombies are coming to the Haven, seeking out the remaining survivors of the human race.

Joe Bailey prowls the Haven's streets, taking them back from the undead, each kill one step closer to reclaiming a life once stolen from him. Billie Friday and Des Nottingham soon have Joe to thank for their lives.

As the dead push into the Haven, the trio is forced into the one place where folks fear to tread: the heart of the city, a place overrun with flesh-eating zombies.

They soon discover they are not the only humans there. After meeting an old man with a peculiar past, Joe and the others must make one last stand against the undead or unwillingly meet the same fate.

A desperate escape leads them to a place thought impossible to exist and to a discovery that will shake the future.

Welcome to the end of all things.



Possession of the Dead (Undead World Trilogy, Book Two)


Angels.

Demons.

Giant Zombies.

Things have changed.

Ever since returning through the Storm of Skulls to the present day, Joe, Billie and August have discovered the world they now inhabit, is not the world they left behind. The zombie threat has evolved to gargantuan proportions. Now aided by giant undead—massive monsters with phenomenal strength and power, with deadly appetites just as vast—the zombie population moves to devour any and all life.

Separated from his friends, Joe learns that not all hope is lost for humanity when he meets, Tracy, a woman who exudes a strength to rival his own. Tracy brings him to the Hub, an underground sanctuary where life continues in a dead world, but his thoughts linger on his missing friends.

August and Billie have problems of their own, and soon learn the same plight that affected a past friend of theirs now affects many: zombies with shapeshifting capability. Now, anyone is suspect. Yet even with this newfound knowledge, more is heaped upon them when the agenda of the undead is revealed and humanity is the one caught in the crossfire.

A war is raging, one between angels and demons, monsters and man.

And it's only escalating.




Zombie Fight Night


In 2027 A.D., the Zombie Apocalypse took the world by storm and no one was prepared. Countless lives were lost as humanity battled to regain control of their planet. Eventually, they did, and out of the ashes of fallen civilization rose a new world, one bent on revenge against the hordes of the undead that took everything from them.

Enter Tony Sterpanko, entrepreneur extraordinaire who found a way to capitalize on humanity's thirst for vengeance against the zombie. He created Zombie Fight Night, a worldwide craze where the undead men and women who remained from the apocalypse faced off against people and beings that once existed on Earth or were existing for the first time.

It is ten years later and at Blood Bay Arena, fortunes are won and lost. Men are made millionaires over night. Others are not so lucky and find themselves broken and destitute.

Mick Chelsey is one such man: gambling addict, lousy husband and Zombie Fight Night fanatic.

Except now, in order to still watch the fights and try to win back all he's lost, he needs to bet fast and big otherwise death will come for him.

Let the battles begin.

Zombies fight Bigfoot, werewolves, vampires, Axiom-man, Bruce Lee, samurai, kickboxers, robots and more in this ode to blood-and-guts action from Blood of the Dead author, A.P. Fuchs.

You ready to get it on



Axiom-man

One night Gabriel Garrison was visited by a nameless messenger who bestowed upon him great power, a power intended for good. Once discovering what this power was and what it enabled him to do, Gabriel became Axiom-man, a symbol of hope in a city that had none.

One night after a routine patrol, a mysterious black cloud appears over the city. Flying over to investigate it, Axiom-man is stopped short when the cloud's presence shakes him to the core. An electrifying fear emanates from the cloud and he can barely get near it. Quickly, the cloud takes flight and leads him on a wild goose chase throughout the city, only to flee from him in the end. Almost immediately after the cloud's appearance, a new hero arises, Redsaw, clad in a black cape and cowl. The people, now enamored with this new super-powered marvel, seem to have forgotten about Axiom-man and all he's done for them.

Except something's wrong. That same fear that emanated from the cloud drips off Redsaw like a foul smell and Axiom-man can barely get close to him without feeling ill.

What is Redsaw's agenda and who is he? And why is it every time Axiom-man gets close to him it feels as if his powers are being sucked away?

As if that wasn't enough, Gabriel's day job hasn't gotten any easier. His co-worker and the woman he adores, Valerie Vaughan, has little interest in him, and his boss has made it clear that one more day late to work will be the day he cleans out his desk. Then there's the new trainee, Gene Nemek. What is his fascination with Redsaw and why is he never around when Redsaw appears?

From flying over city streets and soaring at dizzying heights, to balancing a secret identity with destiny, Axiom-man must discover what Redsaw's presence means and how it ties into the messenger's life-altering visit before the city—and the world—are enamored with an evil that has haunted the cosmos since the dawn of Time.

Thanks again.

Coscom Entertainment at the Central Canada Comic Con

When: Friday, October 29 at 4:00pm - October 31 at 6:00pm
Where: The Winnipeg Convention Center, 375 York Ave., Winnipeg, MB

Hi folks,

Coscom Entertainment is back at this year's Central Canada Comic Con. We're talking a crazy huge venue with all kinds of comics, games, toys, celebrity guests, artists, costumes and more. Three days of super fanboy and fangirl fun!

Myself and Coscom Entertainment will be back again this year. It's our fourth year and we've had a blast at each and every one of them. It's honestly the thing I look forward to most every yea...r.

We'd love for you to attend not only for a good time of all things fandom, but also to celebrate the release of my zombie novel, Possession of the Dead , and my wife, Roxanne's, loveable comic book, Fuzz Society .

What's Possession of the Dead about? Glad you asked. (Okay, I asked for you, but whatever.)

Angels.

Demons.

Giant Zombies.

Things have changed.

Ever since returning through the Storm of Skulls to the present day, Joe, Billie and August have discovered the world they now inhabit, is not the world they left behind. The zombie threat has evolved to gargantuan proportions. Now aided by giant undead—massive monsters with phenomenal strength and power, with deadly appetites just as vast—the zombie population moves to devour any and all life.

Separated from his friends, Joe learns that not all hope is lost for humanity when he meets, Tracy, a woman who exudes a strength to rival his own. Tracy brings him to the Hub, an underground sanctuary where life continues in a dead world, but his thoughts linger on his missing friends.

August and Billie have problems of their own, and soon learn the same plight that affected a past friend of theirs now affects many: zombies with shapeshifting capability. Now, anyone is suspect. Yet even with this newfound knowledge, more is heaped upon them when the agenda of the undead is revealed and humanity is the one caught in the crossfire.

A war is raging, one between angels and demons, monsters and man.

And it's only escalating.

Please note this is the sequel to Blood of the Dead , which is always a hot item at the cons.

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As for Fuzz Society, it's the polar opposite of zombies, but cool nonetheless. The story is:

Come along for a big-scale adventure with Lyra Ladybug--the cutest bug you'll ever meet--who's full of curiousity, and who's not afraid to stand up for herself even though she's tiny. Watch as she gets carried along through Gossling Park on a gum wrapper, and finds herself lost in a land so familiar yet so far from her own, only to meet up with new friends along the way. Perhaps even one who's more than friends.

It's fun, adventure and budding romance in this first issue of Fuzz Society!

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We'll also have a table LOADED with zombie and superhero books, plus a few other cool fandom-related items. Just look for the table with the black and white Coscom Entertainment banner, or me, the big hairy guy standing next to a cute ladybug.

Come by, say hi, and let's talk comics and art, books and writing, and anything else you want!

See you there.

Thanks.

Alice in Zombieland by Lewis Carroll and Nickolas Cook Going Out-of-Print. Last chance for a copy.

Alice in Zombieland by Lewis Carroll and Nickolas Cook is going out-of-print very soon to make way for the new Source Books mass market edition. That said, this is your last chance to own the original before the new version--complete with illustrations--comes out.

Like our other first editions of mash-ups going out-of-print, there's a chance the originals can be worth something in the future.

Thanks.

Presently, the book is still available at:

Paperback:

Amazon.com
Amazon.ca
Amazon.co.uk
Barnesandnoble.com
Other On-line Retailers

eBook:

Amazon Kindle
Fictionwise.com
Drivethruhorror.com
Smashwords.com

Synopsis:

Can Alice escape Zombieland before the Dead Red Queen catches up to her?

When little Alice falls asleep, she finds herself in an undead nightmare of rotting flesh and insanity. Following a talking rat, she ventures further into this land of zombies and monsters.

There's also something else troubling poor Alice: her skin is rotting and her hair is falling out. She's cold and there's the haunting feeling that if she remains in Zombieland any longer, she might never leave and forever be caught between life and death.

Have a seat at the table for the Tea Party of your life and explore the wondrous adventure that is Zombieland.

The last Coscom Entertainment release: Possession of the Dead by A.P. Fuchs

For our full list of books, please see: www.coscomentertainment.com