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Call for Scary submissions!

After the colossal success of Sci-Fi from the Rock and the sheer amount of amazing submissions we got for Fantasy from the Rock, Engen Books has decided to continue the From The Rock line with Chillers from the Rock, to be available in Spring 2018 at the 12th annual Sci-Fi on the Rock convention.

“The response from fans old and new over the course of this year has been overwhelming,” said Engen founder Matthew LeDrew. “Last year we we able to publish a number of first-time authors alongside established pillars in the Newfoundland science-fiction community like Kenneth Tam and Scott Bartlett, of Iceberg Publishing and Mirth Publishing, respectfully. This year we’ve got some equally stellar talent on board, as the formulae of combining new fiction writers with established fiction writers has worked out to the benefit of both and made for really great, new, dynamic collections that are at the top of everyone’s reading lists.”

The inaugural volume was titled Sci-Fi from the Rock, it in fact told PG-rated stories from the fantasy, science-fiction, and thriller genres. Fantasy from the Rock shifted to genre-specific fantasy stories to great success. This new collection will focus more on a specific tone than locking authors down to one particular genre: Chillers from the Rock will feature PG-13 thriller, chiller, creepy, and scary stories that will range over a broad mix of genres and show off our author’s abilities to excite and thrill in any setting. Each successive volume of From the Rock will showcase different talent within the Canadian writing scene.

Editors Ellen Curtis and Erin Vance are scheduled to return to helm the project.

[image error]Smoke and Mirrors author Matthew LeDrew has already expressed interest in returning to his thrillers series, Black Womb, for the collection.”One of the great things about what Vance and Curtis have done is made this platform where readers can feel safe trying indie fiction: they can get a little of everyone, a buffet of fiction, and decide what they like, secure that until their guidance the collection as a whole will be stellar. I’m looking forward to introducing people that may never have checked out my thriller series to some of its charms, and bringing old fans back for a little more of what they loved.”

Christopher Walsh, of the extremely successful Gold and Steel series, concurs: “[Engen Books] has created a place, at least locally, that helps local writers get a foothold in that world and gives the advice and encouragement needed to convince them to try at all,” said Walsh. “If not for Engen, I’m willing to bet there’s a lot of young writers telling stories outside of the local publishers scope that would not have any platform at all to try or would have given up entirely already.”

Other authors have expressed interest, but anyone can submit to be a part of this Spring 2018 collection! Deadline is October 31, 2017 but get your stories in as quick as you can, as it gives our wonderful editors more time to work with you and make sure it is as good as it can possibly be!

What is the target audience?

For this specific collection, we’re going for an equivalent of PG to PG-13. Rather than limit our authors creatively, we encourage them to write from the heart and allow us to work with them to fine-tune the work after the fact.

Example: for Sci-Fi from the Rock, Christopher Walsh’s story had featured a fair amount of cursing. As a compromise, we settled on switching it out for classic-comic style “#@$#” bleeps. We feel it captured the classic all-ages style we were going for while remaining true to his work, and both parties were happy with the arrangement. [image error]

Thank you all for submitting! | Fantasy from the Rock

Big thank-you to everyone who submitted their work for the 2017-releasing Fantasy from the Rock collection, which from the look of some of the talent we’ll be announcing in the coming weeks will be our best collection yet!

Anyone who applied should get an email letting them know if they made it in or not by January 7, 2017. Successful applicants should respond to that email — and agree to the terms that will be outlined in it — by no later than January 21 2017.

Erin Vance and Ellen Curtis will be hard at work over the next few days reading the newest submissions! We’d already had 15 or so stories that we thought were “sure things” before the deadline that had submitted early, but the amount of submissions nearly doubled in the final 24 hours before the deadline, so they have some work to do narrowing this down!

Good luck to everyone, an early congratulations to anyone who makes it in, and to anyone who doesn’t: don’t despair, sometimes your craft takes time, and be sure to submit again and request feedback from Ellen and Erin if you have questions!

Engen Asks: What were your favorite books of 2016? | Top Ten Tuesday

It’s that time of your for reflection and looking back! We left this up to our authors: best books overall of what they read regardless of pub date, of a particular genre, 2016 debuts, 2016 releases… their choice!

[image error][image error]Ali House: A native Newfoundlander, Alison is a graduate of the Fine Arts program at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College currently residing in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her first novel, The Six Elemental, was released in October 2016. She has also written for the anthology collections Bluenose Paradox and Sci-Fi from the Rock.

“Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel.  “Because survival is insufficient.” An entrancing book about theater, comics, humanity, and a deadly pandemic. Plus, she’s Canadian. Also, Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson.  A hysterical, ridiculous book about crippling depression and anxiety? That sounds like a terrible idea. And terrible ideas are what Jenny does best (from the description).”

[image error][image error]Amanda Labonté: As the co-owner of an educational business and mother of two she spends much of her day with kids of all ages. They give her some of the best reading recommendations. Her first novel, Call of the Sea, was published in 2015 with sequels scheduled for 2018 and 2019 through Engen Books.

“The Cinder series by Marissa Meyer: A space opera meets old fashioned fairy stories to create an addictive series that ties together more than satisfactorily.”

[image error][image error]Ellen Curtis: a writer and web TV personality born and raised in St. Johns, Newfoundland; whose aptitude for the written word began at a young age, when she began writing short stories, poetry, lyrics and novellas. She writes the Infinity series and edits the From the Rock series for Engen Books.

“Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson.”

[image error][image error]Peter Foote: Born and raised in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia, the son of an apple farmer, Peter Foote studied archaeology in university, is employed as a boiler and refrigeration operator, and runs a used bookstore out of his basement in his spare time. Believing that an author should write what he knows, many of Peter’s stories are a reflection of his personal life. “The Silence Between Moons” from 2016’s Sci-Fi from the Rock was his first published story.

“With The Shannara Chronicles hitting the small screen and author Terry Brooks revealing that he plans on bringing his four decade long series to an end, I found myself re-reading The Elfstones of Shannara. The magic and wonder was still there even though it’s been 20 plus years since I first read it. The hype and reviews of the T.V. show has also allowed my home-based business (Fictionfirst Used Books) to introduce a new generation to the World of Shannara.”

[image error][image error]Matthew LeDrew: Matthew holds an Honours Degree in English from the Memorial University of Newfoundland with a minor in Anthropology and studied Journalism at College of the North Atlantic in Stephenville, Newfoundland. He has written sixteen novels for Engen Books.

“Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson and Where Am I Now? by Mara Wilson. Both are wonderful biographies that show, in vastly different ways, what it’s like to be another person and teach more about the human experience, which is something I’m always excited about.”

[image error][image error]Paul Carberry: currently works as a pharmacy assistant and will soon be enrolled in the Reserves with the Canadian Armed Forces. He is currently living in his hometown of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, with his wife, Leah. His first novel, Zombies on the Rock, was released in 2015.

“Flight or Fight by Scott Bartlett, Sci-Fi from the Rock by Erin Vance and Ellen Curtis, The Tin Triangle by Linda Abbott, The Walking Dead Invasion by Jay Boninsinga, and The Dead Won’t Die by Joe McKinney.”

Wow, Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson got 3 out of 6 shout-outs. Looks like Engen might recommend that one!❤

Damnation Code by William Massa | Other Indie

[image error][image error]Damnation Code is a 2015 supernatural thriller by screenwriter William Massa and produced by the intensely-successful small press publishing  platform Critical Mass Publishing. It stars Mark Talon, a Delta Force Operator who has spent nearly a decade as a career soldier fighting America’s enemies abroad becoming entangled in the fight against a techno-savvy supernatural death cult after his reporter girlfriend is ritualistically murdered for getting too close to their operations. This book is the first in the Occult Assassin series, of which there are currently six titles (4 main entries and 2 side-books).

This novel is the perfect blend of genre and off-genre elements that proves Massa is a gifted, intelligent author. He knows exactly how to manipulate the reader — in a good way — using the tropes and recognizable storytelling elements of familiar genres. That’s what nobody ever tells young writers: tropes aren’t a bad thing. Tropes are just elements that recur over and over again in a particular type of literature. As humans we’re very good at noticing these patterns, and using them to predict what will happen next. A smart author — like Massa — will use these tropes to subconsciously set up expectations in the reader’s mind, only to subvert them at a critical moment. And without digging too deep into spoilers, that’s what happens here.

Part of what I think makes the independent market so great is that it much quicker adapting to — and subverting — the problems with genre. Because of turnaround time getting sales numbers back and quarterly market research, traditionally published books can take a long to pivot if the whims of readers change. They also tend to like things “in their box”: romance is romance, thrillers are thrillers, occult is occult, and never-shall-they-mix. Massa subverts all that in a way I often respect and have tried to emulate, taking a intensely supernatural story and first framing it in a natural, grounded world. And in doing so, he takes the groundedness of a contemporary war novel and mixes it with the thrills of a psychological and supernatural thriller, set in the three-act story structure of a classic superhero tale. It is these intricate, inter-woven mesh that makes Messa’s script unpredictable and exhilarating to read.

[image error][image error]By ‘superhero’ I don’t mean capes and cowls either. I don’t mean the aesthetic, I mean the formulae. Formulae, like trope, isn’t a bad thing if used creatively, and Massa’s mastery of structure undoubtedly comes from his his history as a screenwriter. Throughout the novel the well-versed eye can see the elements of graphic-novel style at play: the prose starts methodical and aggressively normal in the first chapter, hammering in the “realness” of the world so the reader is unprepared for the insanity that follows. We’re then introduced to a far-too-storybook romance with a perfect female lead, Michelle. After she’s taken, Talon slowly — over the course of this first adventure –accumulates his supporting cast: there’s his billionaire benefactor Casa, his tech-expert / Microchip / Moneypenny Becky, and his link to the police force, Serrone. All these elements are great. they are worked in organically. You can recognize them for what they are only after they are in place, never before, giving the reader multiple “oh I figured it out” moments as they go through the prose.

In a lot of ways, Mark Talon owes a lot to The Punisher, and the mention of “Microchip” above was intentional in that regard. This book can be summed up — if need be — as “what if the Punisher’s family had been killed by Cultists, not by criminals?” The story they progresses from there as you would expect. In boiling it down to a simple analogy I feel as though I’m not giving Massa or Mark Talon their credit: this book is a thrilling read with an interesting — if not unfamiliar — premise. And let’s not forget, both Christopher Golden and Rick Remender have tried the ‘mystical Punisher’ trick before to lackluster results, so it’s to great credit that I say Massa has made this book one of my favorites I’ve read in 2016.

[image error]I love taking the Freudian method of dream analysis and applying it to literature. Quick/Dirty rundown: you take the part of the book that bothered you the most, then spin the analysis so that that is what the book is about. At least, what it’s about for you.

A few things early on competed — or at least, I thought they would compete — for the role of “what bothered me most” about Damnation Code, but what finally stood out is that one of the big action set-pieces of the novel took place in a heavily recognizable — and named — Apple Store.

Now it’s not that there was a real-world product prominently featured that bothered me: longtime readers will know I’m a huge fan of K-Mart Realism. The choice to use the real Apple Store — and to call it the Apple Store, is a decidedly bold one. Most authors would have gone for those annoying slight alterations, calling it The Pear Store or something like that. Although the brand-name-recognition, and its repetition, is what made it stand out for me, I think what bothered me is what it must represent: in the novel, The Apple Store was used as the meeting place for the new-age techno death-cultists and their leader, Zagan. In picking that place — such a prominent, real-world location — for the meeting of a group of fanatically-obsessed followers paints a picture of what this novel is about: not one man versus the occult, but the old guard versus new-generation hipsters.

There’s evidence to support this as well. On page 30, Talon experiences PTSD-like symptoms after the death of Michelle, while Zagan’s cultists are able to commit atrocious acts without such drawbacks: a metaphor for a more violently-jaded current generation, possibly. On page 68, Talon sees what he describes as his ‘worst fear’ come to bear: not that Michelle died, but that she died because of her job and he couldn’t protect her, pointing to a previous-generation family dynamic with the man as the protector, as well as hinting at a deep-seeded fear of women entering the workplace. And, perhaps most blatantly, on page 73 when Talon is told his coffee is $4.00 he thinks to himself: “What is happening to this country?”

Evidence for the opposition regarding Zagan’s cult exists in plenty as well. There is the aforementioned Apple Store connection, but also the presence of tech-savvy elements from social media, binary tattoos, and Matrix references. All this adds up to a book that is, for me, about a morally-upright ‘Greatest Generation’ coming to odds (and to terms) with the rise of a new generation whose differences unsettle and scare him. Will his ideals survive? Well, that would be telling.

Everyone needs to pick up Damnation Code. It is an amazingly well-written masterpiece of modern fiction, combining elements of everything that is hot in the market right now in a way that will make it still fresh and exciting twenty years from now. I’ll be picking up its sequel, Apocalypse Soldier, soon as well.

Occult Assassin 1: Damnation Code[image error] is available now in print and eBook formats.

‘Other Indie’ is a recurring series of articles on Engen Books in which authors highlight the best in independent publishing, in the hopes of helping readers break through the cluster of books they may not be sure about in an age when anyone can publish via digital formats. Engen Books is an independent small-press publishing company based in St. John’s Newfoundland and is proud to highlight the talent of independent authors not our own. Damnation Code is © 2015 William Massa. This review is © 2016 Matthew LeDrew.  ‘Other Indie’ banner photo credit: Steve Lake.

Call of the Sea | Amanda Labonté

After a heated fight at sea between twins Ben and Alex, Ben vanishes from their boat without a sound or even a ripple in the water. Unwavering in his dedication to find his brother, Alex begins the adventure of a lifetime armed only with the help of a local girl named Meg and his own mysterious musical abilities… the key to which, and to the mysteries that surround him, may be tied to the alluring song of the dangerous girl he finds among the ocean’s frothing waves.

Includes a sneak preview of the upcoming book “Return to the Sea” by Amanda Labonté

Call of the Sea

Amanda Labonté

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Purchase:

Canada:

Call of the Sea (amazon.ca)

Call of the Sea(chapters.ca)

US:

Call of the Sea (amazon.com)

Call of the Sea (Barnes&Noble)

Title Information:



ISBN:
978-1-926903-32-3


Release Date:
Nov 18, 2016


Status:
Available


Book Type:
Paperback (5 x 8 in)


Cover Price:
Buy Local: $20 / EBook: $4.99


Page Count:
229




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Reviews

“A mysterious figure in the ocean, a suspicious loss in the waves, a riveting treasure hunt, and surprise after surprise, how could anyone not want to read this novel?”

~Alice Kuipers, author of 40 Things I Want to Tell You and Life on the Refrigerator Door.

“Call of the Sea is a vividly imagined novel of folk lore and legends smoothly mixed with realistic, colourful characters of an East Coast village. Amanda Labonte’s paranormal coming of age story effortlessly lifts you along with Alex’s journey to the brink of suspended disbelief…”

~BR Myers, author of Asp of Ascension and Girl on the Run.

Engen asks: What bookish things would you like left under the tree this year? | Top Ten Tuesday

[image error][image error]Ali House: A native Newfoundlander, Alison is a graduate of the Fine Arts program at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College currently residing in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her first novel, The Six Elemental, was released in October 2016. She has also written for the anthology collections Bluenose Paradox and Sci-Fi from the Rock.

“Whitecoat: The Champions of 1940 by Kenneth Tam. I read the Prologue in Sci-Fi from the Rock in 2016 & have wanted to read this book since then.”

[image error][image error]Amanda Labonté: As the co-owner of an educational business and mother of two she spends much of her day with kids of all ages. They give her some of the best reading recommendations. Her first novel, Call of the Sea, was published in 2015 with sequels scheduled for 2018 and 2019 through Engen Books.[image error]

“Moleskin minis. Because sometimes ideas need to be portable.”

[image error][image error]Ellen Curtis: a writer and web TV personality born and raised in St. Johns, Newfoundland; whose aptitude for the written word began at a young age, when she began writing short stories, poetry, lyrics and novellas. She writes the Infinity series and edits the From the Rock series for Engen Books.

“Kindles and Amazon gift-cards, so I can expand my library from the comfort of home. Also socks to stay comfy. That, and the  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: The Illustrated Edition.[image error]”

[image error][image error]Matthew LeDrew: Matthew holds an Honours Degree in English from the Memorial University of Newfoundland with a minor in Anthropology and studied Journalism at College of the North Atlantic in Stephenville, Newfoundland. He has written sixteen novels for Engen Books.

“Honestly? Rapture by Carol-Ann Duffy. It’s very unlike me but I heard a few of her poems read once and it just captivated me, some of her use of language was very emotionally resonant for me. Not something that ends up on my bookshelf in the normal run of a day, so I’ll leave it to Santa.”

[image error][image error]Paul Carberry: currently works as a pharmacy assistant and will soon be enrolled in the Reserves with the Canadian Armed Forces. He is currently living in his hometown of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, with his wife, Leah. His first novel, Zombies on the Rock, was released in 2015.

“My favorite thing to do is read to Dana and lately I’ve been reading her my old favorite so books I’m looking for include Say Cheese and Die, Stay out of the Basement, Ghost Camp, Bad Hare Day, which are Goosebumps books by RL Stine.”

That’s okay Paul! Half the Engen Authors picked comics!

Black Womb: Ultimate Collection announced

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We were going to keep it secret, but Ellen Curtis spilled the beans to a local YouTuber at a recent show, so it seems like we should maybe get out ahead of this one.

WorldBuilding Step #2: Create Life!

For some stories you’re going to spend a TON of time doing research and answering questions that seem less important than your plot: and sometimes not a single bit of that information is going to make it into the final draft. But doing the research is helpful. It can ground your idea, make you sure of your choices, and give you confidence to move forward with a strange concept.

Or, if you’re like me, you find research fun, and eventually have to remind yourself that you need to stop researching and actually write the story.

For my characters’ powers, I’d originally planned on five Elements : Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Spark (later renamed Electricity). I wanted the first four because I’m super original, and also because they’re literally the four elements of western culture. I included Spark because – if Dr. Frankenstein taught me anything – it’s that you need a ‘spark’ to create life.

Then I started wondering how my characters would get these powers. Mutation? Gamma radiation? Mutant insect bite? Could there be a mutant beaver* biting people, giving them the power of water? And if so, what kind of animal would give fire? Fire ants? Fireflies? Dragons?

My brain had basically turned into a five-year-old and wouldn’t stop asking me ‘But how would that work? And WHY?’  It was annoying, and really, really effective.

Eventually I settled on genetic tampering, and soon Elementals were born!

‘But, how did Ice come into the mix?’ You’re no doubt asking. ‘I know there’s a sixth Element – it says so right in the title.’

Well, it’s all DNA’s fault. I wanted each element to correspond to a nucleobase in DNA, but you can’t do that with five elements. Well, you could, but it’d involve a lot of thought, and it was much easier to just add a sixth Element. I didn’t want to use metal or wood, so I settled on Ice.

After that, I fell down the research-rabbit-hole hard. I started researching DNA, making up names for my new nucleobases, and pairing them up (even though this is never mentioned in the story and probably never will be). Then came Punnett square research; wondering which hair and eye colours would be dominant and which would be recessive; and the invention of Independent genes.

I had never taken biology in school, yet this subject was proving to be more helpful than physics & chemistry.

Knowing the intimate details of how everything worked helped with certain plot-points. Whenever a character had a question, I knew how to answer it; and whenever a decision had to be made, I had the science to back me up.

It’s like an underground basement – someone else might not know it’s there, but the whole house is being supported by it.

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Side note: There aren’t many days left to submit your stories for Fantasy From the Rock. If you haven’t submitted yet – get on it!

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*Of course it’d be a beaver – I’m Canadian. A moose bite would give the power of Earth, of course, and a Canadian goose for Air.

Only 17 days left!! | Fantasy from the Rock

That’s right, only 17 days left before the submissions for Fantasy from the Rock close on December 31, 2016! We already look to have twelve amazing new authors, some new, some established, and some award winning on board, with formal announcements to come once the deadline is closed. You’ve still got time to be a part of this great new collection!

After the colossal success of Sci-Fi from the Rock this past 10th Anniversary weekend, Engen Books has decided to continue the line with Fantasy from the Rock, to be available in Spring 2017 at the eleventh annual Sci-Fi on the Rock convention.

“The response from fans was enormous and overwhelming,” said Engen founder Matthew LeDrew. “We we able to publish a number of first-time authors alongside established pillars in the Newfoundland science-fiction community like Kenneth Tam and Scott Bartlett, of Iceberg Publishing and Mirth Publishing, respectfully. Engen Books has always been a fan of placing new talent alongside established talent, giving those new voices a chance to shine in a way they may have have otherwise.”

While the inaugural volume was titled Sci-Fi from the Rock, it in fact told PG-rated stories from the fantasy, science-fiction, and thriller genres. This new collection will focus more heavily on genre-specific stories, with each successive volume then showcasing different talent within the Canadian writing scene.

Editors Ellen Curtis and Erin Vance are scheduled to return to helm the project.

As Fierce as Steel author Christopher Walsh will be returning his fantasy series, The Gold and Steel Saga to the collection. “My short story, In Defense of Our Home, will take readers back over eight centuries before the events of As Fierce as Steel to a historical era of great upheaval in Illiastra. The events unfolding in the story surround that of the dwarves of the ancient city of Dhalla, through the eyes of a warrior known as Axel the Goldenhair. He and his closest allies stand at the gates of their city, awaiting the arrival of a terrifying foe that has promised to wipe the dwarves from existence.

Other, award-winning authors have expressed interest, but anyone can submit to be a part of this Spring 2017 collection! Deadline is December 31, 2016 but get your stories in as quick as you can, as it gives our wonderful editors more time to work with you and make sure it is as good as it can possibly be!

What is the target audience?

For this specific collection, we’re going for an equivalent of PG. Rather than limit our authors creatively, we encourage them to write from the heart and allow us to work with them to fine-tune the work after the fact.

Example: for Sci-Fi from the Rock, Christopher Walsh’s story had featured a fair amount of cursing. As a compromise, we settled on switching it out for classic-comic style “#@$#” bleeps. We feel it captured the classic all-ages style we were going for while remaining true to his work, and both parties were happy with the arrangement. [image error]

Engen asks: What books are you most looking forward to in the first half of 2017? | Top Ten Tuesday

[image error]Ali House: A native Newfoundlander, Alison is a graduate of the Fine Arts program at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College currently residing in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her first novel, The Six Elemental, was released in October 2016.

“Fantasy from the Rock, of course. Also, The Wicked + The Divine: Volume 5 by Kieron Gillen.  This series has a terrific concept, & I never know what they’re going to do.

[image error]Amanda Labonté: As the co-owner of an educational business and mother of two she spends much of her day with kids of all ages. They give her some of the best reading recommendations. Her first novel, Call of the Sea, was published in 2015 with sequels scheduled for 2018 and 2019 through Engen Books.[image error]

“Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare. The next book in the Dark Artifices series. What can I say? It’s addictive.”

[image error]Ellen Curtis: a writer and web TV personality born and raised in St. Johns, Newfoundland; whose aptitude for the written word began at a young age, when she began writing short stories, poetry, lyrics and novellas. She writes the Infinity series and edits the From the Rock series for Engen Books.

“Fantasy from the Rock. I love working with all these different authors and everything coming together in such a special way. We’ve got some great stuff lined up this year.”

[image error]Matthew LeDrew: Matthew holds an Honours Degree in English from the Memorial University of Newfoundland with a minor in Anthropology and studied Journalism at College of the North Atlantic in Stephenville, Newfoundland. He has written sixteen novels for Engen Books.

“I’m looking forward to King’s Cage from Victoria Aveyard, the newest in her Red Queen series. The End of Oz by Danielle Paige also looks interesting, and the next volume of The Vision by Tom King. If you aren’t reading Vision, you’re missing out on something really special.”

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Paul Carberry: currently works as a pharmacy assistant and will soon be enrolled in the Reserves with the Canadian Armed Forces. He is currently living in his hometown of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, with his wife, Leah. His first novel, Zombies on the Rock, was released in 2015.

“I know they’re not novels but the next 12 Walking Dead comics! The comics are better than the show”

That’s okay Paul! Half the Engen Authors picked comics!