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October 20, 2013
#Review of @JimmyPudge ‘s The Booty Goblin #amreading
There’s a new little monster everyone should be afraid of. The Booty Goblin is a little demon that has the strangest means of killing his victims. I love the mythos Pudge creates around this character. I love how the only thing it can say is ‘booty booty booty’. And per usual, Pudge’s easy style makes reading this story a breeze. I bought this book 2 days ago and barely read any of it the first day. One of the things I love most is the complete impossibility of predicting who is going to make it to the end of the story. Once again, I was wrong. Pudge isn’t afraid to kill major characters before the third act. Ramps up the tension, leaving the reader wondering whom to hang his hopes on. I would highly recommend this story to anyone who has ever read and enjoyed a book by Jimmy Pudge.
Download a copy here. Only $0.99.
October 19, 2013
October 18, 2013
Z-Flash #3 #amreading #free
Don’t forget to download a copy of The Best Night of the Year.
Flint, MI – June 23, 2010
An earthquake in central Canada was felt across the border in states such as New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan. In Flint, a city approximately sixty miles northwest of Detroit, the seismic activity was also felt when a two mile stretch of land cracked open.
“We were on our way to the bowling alley when it happened,” Jim Butcher, a resident of Mt. Morris stated. “Everything just shook and we just stopped right where we was and just looked at it.”
The ‘it’ Jim referred to was the two mile stretch of land that had just cracked open. The devastation churned up earth and street alike, including a large section or Corunna Road and cutting through Glennak Cemetery which is located there.
“A man climbed out,” 87 year old Betty Harvest stated. “He was covered head to foot in dirt. I don’t know, but he seemed upset.”
Even though Chief of Police Montalvo Keye has stated there were no reported injuries or deaths as a result of the natural disaster, the unidentified disheveled man had been seen by several people.
“Yeah, Dirty Man was in there,” a resident who wished to remain anonymous stated, referring to an abandoned home on Asylum Street, just north of Court. “We came home one night and saw him going in. A couple kids already went missing that week so my husband called the police. But nobody ever came, so a group of guys got together and went in. My husband said he was in there and tried to bite him. They beat on him, but they left after my husband fainted. At the hospital, nobody would tell us anything. That was a month ago. Now the doctors won’t even return my phone calls. And the police still never came to take a statement.”
“Dirty Man killed my best friend,” Ron Johnson, a teenager out of Grand Blanc stated. “We were urbexing one of the old GM plants over on Van Slyke. It wasn’t even real in there. Maybe the plant had been closed a few months. We were about to leave when we saw him. He looked sick—I mean like dying. Bones and stuff were hanging out of his face. The back of his suit was split up the middle in the back. Weird. But my friend wanted to call 911 for him before we broke out. That was when he grabbed me. He was real strong. If you look at my wrist you can see the scar from when he broke it. Compound fracture. Pete got him off, but then I couldn’t help him. Dirty Man started biting him… and then he started eating him. It was all I could do just to run away.”
The last sighting of ‘Dirty Man’ was verified on August 3, 2010. Glenn Beckitt was driving west on Miller Road, a main street through Flint when he struck a man he described as disheveled and filthy. EMS was quick to respond after he called 911 and the man bit off the finger of one paramedic before being subdued.
“They didn’t know what they was doing,” Pat Logue stated. “I mean, I been to the hospital before. I OD’d twice and I struggled both times. You don’t punch the patient. That’s how he got his finger bit off, he hit him. That’s what he get.”
All three local hospitals had no reports of anyone fitting ‘Dirty Man’s’ description being admitted or of an injured EMS worker.
Have you read Z-Flash #2?
October 17, 2013
#ComingSoon Z-Flash #3 #Friday
If you’ve been enjoying my Z-Flash stories, stop by tomorrow for the third installment. I actually wrote these things about 2 years ago and did nothing with them. In my minor amount of research I’ve learned that duels were actually a popular way of settling disputes in the land of ago and that fascinates me. I may just write a ton of zombie stories based on that alone.
In the meantime, have you checked out the new cover to The Best Night of the Year?
October 16, 2013
Got My Copies, #Book Fair, Here I Come!
The Best Night of the Year is #96 in the #Kindle Store
If you haven’t gotten a copy, download yours here. I would like to say thank you to everyone who has purchased a copy! I had no idea how this relaunch would go, but it has been a fantastic experience so far. A lot of people are responding to the new cover and I couldn’t be happier with it. Now if we could just do something about that 47,700 number. My next goal is to crack the top 100 in Kindle sales.
October 15, 2013
So Where’s “Axe to the Face” Already?
You’re probably wondering what’s going on with this title if you’ve been to the Facebook page at all. Well, I’ve had a few things come up that put the brakes on this title for a moment. First, the relaunch of The Best Night of the Year, including developing a new cover and adding a third story (all at only 99 cents? That’s insane!) and preparing a new in-print book of short stories (still a work-in-progress; I’m unhappy with the cover). I’m also going to be at a local book fair this weekend at a library in Ferndale, Michigan and I’m trying to get as ready as possible for that.
But I do have the manuscript for Axe and I have worked on it, but I’m nowhere near as close to finishing with it as I’d like to be. I’m hoping I can have it ready in the next week, it really would have been nice to have it available in time for Halloween, but it looks like that may not happen.
So that does push a few things back, but as I’ve been juggling a few ideas for a NaNo project, I’ve kind of been keeping that particular space open. I may have my idea set for my project, which is somewhat of an homage to the writing style of one of my new favorite authors. I don’t want to reveal too much because I may switch gears at the last minute and do something else. Besides, I’m still having trouble with the dictation feature on my smartphone and haven’t been able to use that as effectively as I need.
October 13, 2013
Trill Blood #review
For starters, there are many errors. Missing punctuation, wrong punctuation, the total lack of indentation. I choose to believe this was rushed rather than the author not knowing better. But setting grammatical errors aside, this reads like something you might have read before by a Laurell K Hamilton or a LA Banks. That should be a good thing but this comes off as repetitive. Again, I choose to believe this is the author wanting to write something and publish quickly. But there are things that need to be addressed. And maybe with an expanded story things would be more illuminated. Like why Joseph calls Jill half breed when they have the same parents. Or why their father doesn’t look angry but looks ready for war. And what exactly is ‘trill blood’? It was a nice twist at the end but there’s a lot to slug through to get to it.
October 12, 2013
Dead Alert #TheWalkingDead Newsletter
Can’t wait another day for zombies? Try Fleshbags.
October 10, 2013
10 Ways to Get Ready for The Walking Dead Season 4 Premiere This Sunday 9/8c
Finally! The Walking Dead Season Premiere airs this Sun., Oct. 13 at 9/8c on AMC. Here are ten ways to get ready for Episode 1, “30 Days Without an Accident.”1. Catch up on (or re-experience) the entire series via The Walking DeadZombie Apocalypse Week Marathon all week long on AMC.
2. Watch The Walking Dead Season 4 trailer from Comic-Con then check outa sneak peek scene from Season 4.
3. Check out ten sneak peek photos from the The Walking Dead‘s upcoming premiere.
4. Watch the new three-part webisode series, The Walking Dead – The Oath, directed by Greg Nicotero.
5. Bookmark The Walking Dead Story Sync, a two-screen experience for your smartphone, tablet or Internet Browser. (Sign on for the Premiere this Sunday at 9PM ET/PT.)
6. Play the The Walking Dead Ultimate Fan Games to test your devotion to the series.
7. Turn yourself into a zombie with the Dead Yourself App. (Afterwards, submit your portrait to AMC’s Zombify Yourself Challenge for a chance to see your self-portrait on TV.)
8. Sign up for Dead Alert: The Walking Dead Newsletter to keep up-to-date between seasons and possibly win swag.
9. Go to TalkingDead.com, where you can ask host Chris Hardwick and guests Scott M. Gimple and Nathan Fillion questions about the new Season Premiere.
10. Watch the last five full episodes of The Walking Dead Season 3 on amc.com by using your cable provider log-in.
Don’t forget: You can always join a conversation with fellow fans in The Walking Dead Talk forum.
The Walking Dead returns this Sun., Oct. 13 at 9/8c on AMC.
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October 11, 2013
The Big #Cover Reveal #amreading #amazon #smashwords
Here it is. I’m very happy with it as you can see it’s tremendously better than the previous incarnation. I’ll have it uploaded to Amazon sometime tonight as well as Barnes and Noble and Smashwords. It’ll take a little longer to get everywhere else.
You can download your copy on Amazon here.
