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October 16, 2018
Learn Your Nephilim Name for the ESCAPE FROM THE ISLAND OF MYSTE Contest!
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What kind of creature are you?
The Nephilim are a tribe of ancient creatures, thought to be myths. But they’ve been hidden in another world, on the Island of Myste! This exciting new fantasy novel about a 9-year old adopted girl trapped in another world releases on November 16th!
Learn how to create your own Nephilim name, so that you can get votes to have your Nephilim creature included in Book 3 of the Island of Myste trilogy, ESCAPE FROM THE ISLAND OF MYSTE, releasing in January 2019!
First, choose your Nephilim creature. Then use this code to turn your own name into a Nephilim name:
C = consonant
V = vowel
CC = 2 consonants together
[ ] = insert this letter
Use consonants and vowels from your own name as they appear in order. If you run out of letters from your first name, use letters from your middle or last name.
Once you have your Nephilim name, send it to me at: Randall@RandallAllenDunn.com so I can add it to the online form. Then use this link to start gathering votes from your friends to be named in ESCAPE FROM THE ISLAND OF MYSTE! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeQt7hT-N9L-_FY3asnmxjU8SMvNgka4vSqtnuueFr89GINGw/viewform?c=0&w=1
Choose your Nephilim!
[image error] Cen tauri (Centaur)
You are part of the Centauri tribe of brave hunters, experts with bows and arrows. You are a master at your craft, able to carve beautiful sculptures and tools from wood. You stand ready to defend the Centauri and the Nephilim against all threats, and hope to lead them together as one unified tribe.
Male – C, V, C, V, C, [I], [A], [R, or L, or D, or N]. Make one of your middle consonants a double letter.
Ex.: Kyle = K Y LL I A N
Female – C, V, C, V, C, [A, or I]. Make one of your middle consonants a double letter.
Ex.: Mitzi = M I T I ZZ A
[image error]Meral (Mermaid)
You belong to the school of Meral, the most beautiful of all creatures. You love to sing and play instruments like the harp or flute, and you love the beauty of nature and creativity. You hope to inspire others to develop their gifts and create the most amazing forms of art.
Male – C, V, C, V, C
Ex.: Troy Davis = T O R Y D
Female – C / CC, V, C, V, [A, or I]
Ex.: Sharona = SH A R O N I
[image error]Roc
You fly with the flock of giant Rocs, deadly birds of prey. Your wingspan is the size of a house, and your strong beak is sharp enough to chew through solid iron! You defend your own honor and the honor of the fearsome Rocs at all costs.
Male – C or CC, V, [K]
Change any C or Q/QU to a K, change any X to a Z, and do not use Y as a vowel – choose any other vowel to replace it.
Ex.: Xavier = Z A K
Female – C or V, C or V, [K, and/or A]
Change any C or Q/QU to a K, change any X to a Z, and do not use Y as a vowel – choose any other vowel to replace it.
Ex.: Angelina = A N K A
[image error]Taurusor (Minotaur)
You run with the herd of Taurusors, never flinching from battle, eager to demonstrate your might. You work with iron tools and heavy machinery, and band together as a mighty army. You’re prepared to do whatever is necessary to defend your allies and their territory to the very end.
Do not use E as a vowel – choose any other vowel to replace it.
Male – C or CC, V, C or CC, V, [G, or N]
Ex.: Gregory = GR U G O G, or GR I G O N
Do not use E as a vowel – choose any other vowel to replace it.
Female – C or CC or V, C or CC or V, C and [U]
Ex.: Angela = A NG LU
[image error]Pharai (Fairy)
You fly with the Pharai, full of joy and laughter, finding fun at every twist and turn. You love to play tricks and find the silliness in everything people say and do, even in your own silly mistakes! You want people to join in your fun and stop being so serious.
Pharai names are long, so add 2-3 syllables to your name and add as many extra consonants as you want to make it fun to say. You can use a short one-syllable version of it as a nickname. Male names usually end with a consonant. Female names usually end with a vowel.
Male
Ex.: Scott = Scottiotti, nicknamed Sco.
Female
Ex.: Alyssa = Alyssira, or Alysianinavina – Aly, for short.
[image error]Garagula (Gargoyle)
You dwell among the Garagula, watching others from the sidelines and studying their every move. You are clever and manipulative, identifying the flaws in other people’s thinking and turning it back on them. You guide others into truth by pointing out the falsehood of their own beliefs.
Male – C or CC, V, [R], V, [K]
Ex.: Vishnu = V I R U K
Female – C or CC, V, [R], V, [K], [A]
Ex.: Sheena = SH E R A K A
October 5, 2018
B I G C O V E R R E V E A L ! ! !
Hello, Readers!
Time for a shiny new cover reveal!
This one has been a long time coming.
Ready?
Here we go!
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Getting warmer …
Even warmer …
Starting to boil …
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Almost there ……
Just over the horizon …
Here it comes.
Get ready
for the
ride
of
your
life!
Isn’t this cool?
Big thanks to my awesome designer, Jessica Ozment!
Soon I’ll be updating the book online, so watch for that.
Thanks to all who have given such positive feedback on this story. I think this cover reflects it perfectly.
And I hope it will appeal more to teen readers, now that I’ve identified myself as a Young Adult ThrillerWriter!
Thank you all for your support!
Keep believing!
– RAD
August 18, 2018
2 TALES – Quick Haunting Mystery & Suspense Reads!
Haunting stories that stay with you long after the last page.
A SIMPLE MISTAKE
New employee Sybil Strang is left to lock up the rural convenience store, alone. Was she mistaken, or did she really see a gun in her final customer’s hand?
At her new job, Sybil Strang hears her phone customer being attacked and likely killed. Later, when the elder woman appears alive and unharmed, denying any such assault, Sybil determines to uncover the truth. Whatever it costs her …
Lester Auger finally found a way to purchase the car of his dreams.
He should be careful what he wants …
A disturbing shadow falls over a forgotten town, unnoticed by everyone except for an old shopkeeper …
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May 9, 2018
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D E N
Catch 20-year old athlete Amy Raven as she fights for her life and reputation, to escape 20 Stalkers trying to capture her for keeps in an abandoned theme park!
“A one-person Hunger Games filled with traps and ambushes! Hair-raising!” – Thom Reese, author of The Empty
T H E R E D R I D E R
Come along for the ride with Helena Basque, a 16-year old Red Riding Hood fighting a cult of werewolves who scarred her face in childhood. Now it’s their turn to fear her!
R E D R I D E R
R E V O L U T I O N
Continue following Helena’s adventures in Book 2 of the Red Rider saga, Red Rider Revolution, as she discovers an even deadlier pack of wolves who threaten her friends, her reputation, and even her sanity!
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April 18, 2018
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March 23, 2018
FREE EBOOKS! Grab some action this weekend!
Sat-Sun March 24th & 25th!
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March 14, 2018
link to guest post: Confessions of a Squeamish Horror Writer
Wonder why a Christian would write a horror story? Check my guest blog on #RaleneBurke’s #ShineBeyond site!
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February 26, 2018
Guest Post: A.K. Preston – The Gevaudan Project
[image error]Today we have a guest post from A. K. Preston, author of the newly released thriller, The Gevaudan Project. The title refers to the Beast of Gevaudan, a legendary beast that I also researched for part of The Red Rider. It was reported to be a large wolf that terrorized France in the 18th century. A. K. Preston has created a modern day version for a Michael Crichton style science fiction thriller you won’t want to miss! Here he is with a brief description of his novel. Welcome, A. K.!
A team of naturalists find themselves facing a nightmare beyond anything they have ever known – and the product of unspeakable evil.
Philip Caster, a former Green Beret now working as a zoologist, leads an international team in Indonesia whose revolutionary new program may spell salvation for the endangered Sumatran tiger. They will release six artificially-conceived cubs into the wild, accompanied by their surrogate mothers. The effort will prove the feasibility of in vitro breeding as a new tool against extinction. But its success is overshadowed by the sudden emergence of a horror beyond reckoning. Something has been unleashed in the forests of Sumatra. A life-form never meant to walk the earth. One that claims humanity as its only prey.
As death unfolds around them, Caster and his circle of friends must uncover the truth behind an abomination: the instrument of dark and all-too-human forces pursuing a twisted ideological vision. Their creation has killed already – and their plans will consume millions more.
The idea for The Gevaudan Project came to me somewhat by accident. I had always cherished a dream of becoming a published author, but most of my stories ideas at the time derived from classical space opera. Like many authors entering that genre for the very first time, I succumbed to a rather severe case of “worldbuilder’s disease.” My creative output largely became an incomprehensible mess of fictive timelines, political systems, cultures, etc. with no actual narrative writing to speak of. Being a full-time student, the demands of my schooling produced its own dampening effect.
Ultimately, a clean slate was the only thing that got me anywhere as a writer. I used my spring break in 2012 for a solo trip of Washington D.C. I had never taken a completely self-guided tour before, and the adventure of it appealed to me. I remember sitting in my hotel room the night after my plane landed, watching a special on Animal Planet for lack of any other programming to hold my interest. This particular episode centered on a man-eating crocodile of monstrous size that had terrorized a village in the Philippines for months before it was ultimately hunted down and captured alive. The show’s subject matter seemed the furthest thing removed from the story ideas I’d been considering at that time – I had settled on it that night to give myself a rest from them. But it suddenly occurred to me that a small corner of my intended fictional universe had been illuminated. The centuries-long future history I had in mind would necessarily grow out of events taking place within our own twenty-first century. What if one of them involved a scenario similar to what I was watching that very moment – but with an added element of human evil and scientific horror?
There was another level of inspiration too. Sometime earlier, I had learned of the “Beast of Gevaudan” through an online episode of Animal X (perhaps passingly familiar to any cryptozoology enthusiasts reading this). In eighteenth century France, an unknown animal had killed approximately one hundred children, youths, and women over the course of three years, eluding multiple attempts to capture or kill it by professional hunters and soldiers (equipped by the full resources of the French Crown). In the end, a lone farmer killed it, ending what had been a rampage of both death and fear across the province of Gevaudan. To this day, modern scholars debate precisely what this creature was. Perhaps a wolf-dog, even a hyena or something else entirely. It is precisely the mystery, the seeming unnatural “wrongness” of its identity and its actions that makes this story so fearfully compelling almost 200 years later.
This legend intrigued me enough to remain in the back of my mind a long while. Now, both elements joined together to birth the germ of an idea. What if our own age had its Beast, a monster completely unknown to our current understanding? Not just unknown, but unnatural, literally embodying the evil ascribed to the original beast in an age more superstitious than our own? What if this creature had a deliberate purpose – one more unholy and terrifying than the monster itself?
In The Gevaudan Project, I hope to achieve a modern parable, exploring the fears and dangers of our times and perhaps those of future generations. For every age will have its monsters – some human, some not. Our stories remind us they can be beaten.
Curious for more? Click to enjoy this sample from A.K. Preston, The Patron!
December 21, 2017
COVER REVEAL – RED RIDER REVOLUTION!
Here it is! The cool new cover for Book 2 of the Red Rider saga,
RED RIDER REVOLUTION!
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Isn’t that awesome???
I’m very excited about this beautiful cover, and about the novel itself, available on New Year’s Eve day – Dec. 31st, 2017!
If you enjoyed The Red Rider, you’ll LOVE the sequel, full of action, intrigue, drama, and a lot of nasty werewolves that Helena plans to take down – if she can!
If you missed The Red Rider , you can still catch it at a discounted Kindle price of .99 cents right now to learn how she started her war against the wolves.
Thank you for your support, and have a safe and happy holiday!
– RAD
December 16, 2017
There’s a Cover Reveal coming …!
next Friday Dec. 22nd!
for
RED RIDER REVOLUTION
publishing this month!
#RedRiderRevolution
#coverreveal
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