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November 9, 2018
WHISPERS OF THE APOC Now Available in Hardcover!
Hey everybody! I'm very pleased to inform you that WHISPERS OF THE APOC, featuring my short "All Dolled Up" is now available in harcover from Amazon. I hope you'll check it out!
November 7, 2018
Brooklyn or Bust!
Hey, everybody! Slight change of venue from normal, so if you've been waiting for me to appear in New York City, this is your chance to meet me. The New York Review of Science Fiction will be hosting An Evening with Serial Box next Tuesday, November 13.
I'll be representing the "Silverwood: The Door" crew and doing a brief reading from one of my episodes. But authors from the other Serial Box stories will also be there, including:
Brian Francis Slattery, "Bookburners"
Michael R. Underwood, "Born to the Blade"
S.L. Huang, "The Vela"
Andrea Phillips, "Alternis," "ReMade," and "Bookburners"
E.C. Myers, "ReMade"
We'll be appearing starting at 7:00 pm EST at:
Brooklyn Commons Cafe388 Atlantic Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11217
I may bring four or five books to sign, but for the most part, plan to bring yours from home if you want an autograph. Hope to see you there!
I'll be representing the "Silverwood: The Door" crew and doing a brief reading from one of my episodes. But authors from the other Serial Box stories will also be there, including:
Brian Francis Slattery, "Bookburners"
Michael R. Underwood, "Born to the Blade"
S.L. Huang, "The Vela"
Andrea Phillips, "Alternis," "ReMade," and "Bookburners"
E.C. Myers, "ReMade"
We'll be appearing starting at 7:00 pm EST at:
Brooklyn Commons Cafe388 Atlantic Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11217
I may bring four or five books to sign, but for the most part, plan to bring yours from home if you want an autograph. Hope to see you there!
November 5, 2018
Final Thoughts
You've already seen it.
Everywhere.
Facebook seems particularly hung up on it. Every celebrity on Twitter is tweeting about it. I imagine it's a big deal on Instagram and SnapChat, though I can't be assed to figure those out.
The talking heads on TV want you to do it. Your family and friends are probably encouraging you to do it. (Or not do it, if they're dicks and they disagree with you.)
It's everywhere.
Vote.
Vote tomorrow.
Get out and vote tomorrow.
Have you voted already?
What's your voting plan? You do have a plan, right?
I've tweeted about it. I blogged about it on Friday. I'm blogging about it again today.
I'm probably wasting my time, if we're being frank. If you're actually reading this, you've probably already made up your mind about voting tomorrow. Hell, a lot of you have the option of early voting, so a lot of you may have already voted.
I don't. I just wanted to point that out. In Pennsylvania we don't have early voting, so the whole concept is especially foreign to me. We just get one day. Always have. Hopefully won't always in the future, but that's it. The first Tuesday in November is our only chance to make our voices heard in Pennsylvania. It makes it feel more consequential, perhaps.
It's our only chance.
So, like I said, if you're reading this, I'm probably not going to change your mind. On Friday I tried to reach out to the dedicated fence sitters. The ones who are deliberately not voting tomorrow. If you don't think there are people like that, you're mistaken. A lot of people consider the options, carefully weight them, and opt not to vote. The system and the people in it have ground them down. It's not, I believe, a lack of civil responsibility, but a lack of faith.
I was like that once. I didn't vote in 2000. I've regretted it ever since. It's not that my vote would have fixed the next eight years of misery I had to endure as a soldier in the Bush years. It's that I know if a few thousand people like me had thought differently, it would have a made a difference.
I've been wondering over the weekend about those words that I wrote on Friday. Why do I have such trouble expressing that you can be disappointed in the system, disappointed in the country even, but the only real voice you have for change is your vote? What is it that I find so hard to express about that?
And it came to me this weekend. If everyone voted, the abuses inherent in the system would melt away.
Don't like the two-party system? If everyone voted, third parties would have a far greater market share, and we would probably have a coalition government.
Don't like the abuses of the primary process? Imagine if everyone voted. There'd be no insurgent Trumps slipping through the cracks on the backs of a few firebrands. Primaries would mirror generals, and our candidates would all be much more moderate.
Don't like gerrymandering? Imagine if it didn't matter how you packed or cracked a district, because everyone in it was voting. Voters would be forced to choose their representatives rather than representatives choosing their voters.
Voter apathy is a tool. That's what bothers me about it. The disingenuous bastards with the reptile smiles want you to believe it's all pointless and fixed and the outcome is determined in advance. And the more you believe that, the more it is. The less you engage, the more they can push you out. You may think not voting is a well-considered choice, but it's really some asshole using you.
In the Australian system, voting is mandatory. If you don't vote you pay a fine. They also have the option to vote "no choice." I'd feel a million times better about Americans who walked into the voting booth and had the option to choose no one than the people who feel morally obligated to sit out every election.
In America, it's about the ground game. It's about the get-out-the-vote operation. It's about, when you think about, falsifying the wishes of the electorate by encouraging some of them to stay home and others to go to the polls. It's a game of three card monte and it's bullshit.
The voters are the oversight for the government. If everyone voted, the desires of the electorate would have to be represented by the government. As it is, politicians have learned that if they can mobilize their base, they can win elections, and that means fuck the 2/3 of the electorate who disagree with you.
Think about that. While not always the same and not always precise, this country is basically composed of about 1/3 liberals, 1/3 conservatives, and 1/3 moderates. Anytime you take a stance, the person to the left and the right of you will disagree. And yet we can be governed. We can and have been governed for going on 250 years. Slowly, inexorably, we have sought to build a more perfect union. It has become more perfect as more and more people have been enfranchised.
Over the years, in various ways, sometimes peaceful, sometimes bloody, each American minority - including women who, rather ironically, are a majority - have fought and earned the right to vote. And now that we have it, some people choose, whether deliberately or not, not to use it. And it's fucking up the system.
The more people vote the better our system gets. I doubt we'll ever have a mandatory, Australian-style system. I'd love that. The ideologues would disappear in a puff of shit-flavored wind. There'd be no question about where the American people stand on any issue. We would just fucking let you know once a year. That would shut up the pundits, too.
No, we'll probably never get that. Or at least no time soon. But we can replicate it by packing the polls to bursting with as many bodies as possibly. We can attempt to replicate mandatory voting by making everyone want to vote.
I wish the system wasn't so fucked-up, too. I talked about that at length last week. I don't like my vote being nullified, or stretched, or diluted. I don't like a whole lot of fucking things. But I believe if we start holding our representatives' feet to the fire by pulling those levers tomorrow, we can right this ship.
Won't you join me?
Everywhere.
Facebook seems particularly hung up on it. Every celebrity on Twitter is tweeting about it. I imagine it's a big deal on Instagram and SnapChat, though I can't be assed to figure those out.
The talking heads on TV want you to do it. Your family and friends are probably encouraging you to do it. (Or not do it, if they're dicks and they disagree with you.)
It's everywhere.
Vote.
Vote tomorrow.
Get out and vote tomorrow.
Have you voted already?
What's your voting plan? You do have a plan, right?
I've tweeted about it. I blogged about it on Friday. I'm blogging about it again today.
I'm probably wasting my time, if we're being frank. If you're actually reading this, you've probably already made up your mind about voting tomorrow. Hell, a lot of you have the option of early voting, so a lot of you may have already voted.
I don't. I just wanted to point that out. In Pennsylvania we don't have early voting, so the whole concept is especially foreign to me. We just get one day. Always have. Hopefully won't always in the future, but that's it. The first Tuesday in November is our only chance to make our voices heard in Pennsylvania. It makes it feel more consequential, perhaps.
It's our only chance.
So, like I said, if you're reading this, I'm probably not going to change your mind. On Friday I tried to reach out to the dedicated fence sitters. The ones who are deliberately not voting tomorrow. If you don't think there are people like that, you're mistaken. A lot of people consider the options, carefully weight them, and opt not to vote. The system and the people in it have ground them down. It's not, I believe, a lack of civil responsibility, but a lack of faith.
I was like that once. I didn't vote in 2000. I've regretted it ever since. It's not that my vote would have fixed the next eight years of misery I had to endure as a soldier in the Bush years. It's that I know if a few thousand people like me had thought differently, it would have a made a difference.
I've been wondering over the weekend about those words that I wrote on Friday. Why do I have such trouble expressing that you can be disappointed in the system, disappointed in the country even, but the only real voice you have for change is your vote? What is it that I find so hard to express about that?
And it came to me this weekend. If everyone voted, the abuses inherent in the system would melt away.
Don't like the two-party system? If everyone voted, third parties would have a far greater market share, and we would probably have a coalition government.
Don't like the abuses of the primary process? Imagine if everyone voted. There'd be no insurgent Trumps slipping through the cracks on the backs of a few firebrands. Primaries would mirror generals, and our candidates would all be much more moderate.
Don't like gerrymandering? Imagine if it didn't matter how you packed or cracked a district, because everyone in it was voting. Voters would be forced to choose their representatives rather than representatives choosing their voters.
Voter apathy is a tool. That's what bothers me about it. The disingenuous bastards with the reptile smiles want you to believe it's all pointless and fixed and the outcome is determined in advance. And the more you believe that, the more it is. The less you engage, the more they can push you out. You may think not voting is a well-considered choice, but it's really some asshole using you.
In the Australian system, voting is mandatory. If you don't vote you pay a fine. They also have the option to vote "no choice." I'd feel a million times better about Americans who walked into the voting booth and had the option to choose no one than the people who feel morally obligated to sit out every election.
In America, it's about the ground game. It's about the get-out-the-vote operation. It's about, when you think about, falsifying the wishes of the electorate by encouraging some of them to stay home and others to go to the polls. It's a game of three card monte and it's bullshit.
The voters are the oversight for the government. If everyone voted, the desires of the electorate would have to be represented by the government. As it is, politicians have learned that if they can mobilize their base, they can win elections, and that means fuck the 2/3 of the electorate who disagree with you.
Think about that. While not always the same and not always precise, this country is basically composed of about 1/3 liberals, 1/3 conservatives, and 1/3 moderates. Anytime you take a stance, the person to the left and the right of you will disagree. And yet we can be governed. We can and have been governed for going on 250 years. Slowly, inexorably, we have sought to build a more perfect union. It has become more perfect as more and more people have been enfranchised.
Over the years, in various ways, sometimes peaceful, sometimes bloody, each American minority - including women who, rather ironically, are a majority - have fought and earned the right to vote. And now that we have it, some people choose, whether deliberately or not, not to use it. And it's fucking up the system.
The more people vote the better our system gets. I doubt we'll ever have a mandatory, Australian-style system. I'd love that. The ideologues would disappear in a puff of shit-flavored wind. There'd be no question about where the American people stand on any issue. We would just fucking let you know once a year. That would shut up the pundits, too.
No, we'll probably never get that. Or at least no time soon. But we can replicate it by packing the polls to bursting with as many bodies as possibly. We can attempt to replicate mandatory voting by making everyone want to vote.
I wish the system wasn't so fucked-up, too. I talked about that at length last week. I don't like my vote being nullified, or stretched, or diluted. I don't like a whole lot of fucking things. But I believe if we start holding our representatives' feet to the fire by pulling those levers tomorrow, we can right this ship.
Won't you join me?
November 2, 2018
For The Dedicated Fence-Sitter
I want to address someone I don't normally address on this blog: the person who's planning not to vote on Tuesday.
Now, if that's you, you've most likely already closed this blogpost. You don't need to hear another shrill rant about the importance of voting. And God knows I have no interest in giving one. So this won't be that.
For that small percentage of you that are still reading, though, I want you to know this: I'm just like you. I can't say why you, personally, are going to be sitting out this election but I'm going to guess it's one of a few reasons.
The first is that you might not have time. You work a job, maybe two jobs, have kids at home, an actual life and shit to deal with. You really can't go spend an hour waiting in line to vote, even if you want to. And I'm sure if that's you, you don't need another "make the time" speech, and I sure as shit don't want to give you one. You know your own schedule and your own life.
Others of you are shitbirds. You don't care about voting, civic duty, or probably much of anything else. Nothing's going to turn you around, so I'm not even going to waste my time trying with this paragraph. Shitbirds are going to be shitbirds.
But for some of you not voting is a deliberate choice. Not a failure. Not an oversight. A conclusion arrived upon after careful consideration.
Maybe you're disgusted with the candidates. It's hard to blame you. The politicians who have made it through the muddy stream of popular election and remained good and honorable are few and far between. Most of these people are power-hungry, or amoral, or, perhaps worst of all, rich fucks who were born rich and who have that shit-eating grin of someone who knows they'll always get their way. That's who politicians are, with exceptions being few and far between, so you're not wrong to dislike them.
Maybe you think your vote doesn't matter. And that is also hard to argue with. It really doesn't. Not your vote. Yours will be diluted by the votes of 50 million of your closest friends and neighbors. Some of them are hopeless morons, and a lot of the ones that aren't just straight up will disagree with your views. And your vote will be further diluted by gerrymandering, voter suppression, and a system that's set up to enfranchise some at the expense of others. And that's all before you even get to the elecoral college.
Maybe you just think the whole goddamned system is a mess. And that, my friend, is also hard to argue against.
I'm the same as you. I think the American system of governance is utterly corrupt. It barely counts as a democracy, in the sense that the people rule. And, yes, I understand how a representative democracy is supposed to work, but kids, this ain't it. Like I mentioned above, there's gerrymandering, there's voter suppression, there are a million little tricks and tools that let the people in charge keep the plebes like you and me away from the decision-making process. And that's just the illicit stuff. With Citizens United bribery is legal in our country. The rich are calling the shots, and they've set the whole thing up to be as close to an autocratic, kleptocratic oligarchy as possible while maintaining the barest sheen of voting to keep the masses from revolting.
I'm probably not making a very good argument for you to vote on Tuesday, am I?
Well, I agree. The whole thing's a mess, the two party system is a joke, and we'd all be better off if things were very, very different. What is really called for is a revolution. Tear the whole thing down and start again. That's how I've felt for a long time. I didn't vote in 2000 for every reason I've listed above and then some.
And you know who won the presidential election in 2000? That's right: Al Gore. But you know who got seated in 2000? That's right, George W. Bush. One of the absolute worst presidents of all time, although, sadly, he seems like a downright statesman considering the current occupant of the White House.
I lived in horror through the Bush years. It almost seems quaint now, but for me it was an utter shitshow. I got sent to Iraq for...well, no reason really, when you get right down to it. I almost got sent back to Afghanistan after I'd left the army because of Bush-era policies. Just about everything was a nightmare. Personal privacy is a joke now, after however many Patriot Acts.
Sometimes I think about what the state of the country would be like today if Gore had been seated. Maybe historical forces were already in play, and things wouldn't be terribly different. But when I think about Gore, a dedicated environmentalist, being president for eight years right before, you know, we now get summers in November, I truly believe everything would have been very, very different.
See, here's the thing: in spite of all the shenanigans and the electoral college and all that shit, we do still have elections in this country. They've been reduced to a shadow of actually representing popular desires, sure. But until an Emperor Palpatine from "Star Wars"-level villain steps in and actually declares America the First Global Empire, elections are still going to dictate who is in power.
You've already figured all of this out. You're smart enough to see that all these assholes, these moneyed interests, and hell, let's just be blunt, the Republican Party, are putting their fingers on the scales in every way they can to keep your voice from being heard. They're laughing at your childish wish for a representative democracy. They think it's quaint, and they can just legislate a million tiny structural changes that will prevent you from having a voice in how you're governed. And they are loving the fact that you've become disenchanted and decided not to vote.
Look, here's where we're at, my friends. There is genuinely a "Star Wars"-level villain in the White House. You've been paying attention. You've seen that he wants nothing more than to abolish the media, and the next step is probably abolishing free and fair elections, or at least the husk of what used to call free and fair elections.
Remember when I said above the system is utterly corrupt? I changed that from "hopelessly" corrupt. Because it's not hopeless. There is hope. Just a shred.
This is it. This is our chance. Maybe our last chance. All the bastards trying to hold us down are expecting a whimper this year. Well, the only way we fight back is if we roar. If you go out, even just you, the people who have given careful consideration to the matter and decided voting is futile, if even you go out and vote that scale with the finger on it can flip the other way. And it'll snap on the bastards who've been holding it like a mousetrap.
Elections are still being held. They may not be next year. We're really at that point. But this year we need everyone in America to get out there and exercise the only option left to us for fixing our brokedick system. Maybe after that the powers that be will be so spooked that they'll make a few moves to make a few things right. Maybe gradually we can reclaim our representative democracy, make it worthy of the name again. But if you don't make a move this year, the whole fucking thing could be sunk. And that's not me being Chicken Little, that's just me being a pragmatist. Like you.
Now, if that's you, you've most likely already closed this blogpost. You don't need to hear another shrill rant about the importance of voting. And God knows I have no interest in giving one. So this won't be that.
For that small percentage of you that are still reading, though, I want you to know this: I'm just like you. I can't say why you, personally, are going to be sitting out this election but I'm going to guess it's one of a few reasons.
The first is that you might not have time. You work a job, maybe two jobs, have kids at home, an actual life and shit to deal with. You really can't go spend an hour waiting in line to vote, even if you want to. And I'm sure if that's you, you don't need another "make the time" speech, and I sure as shit don't want to give you one. You know your own schedule and your own life.
Others of you are shitbirds. You don't care about voting, civic duty, or probably much of anything else. Nothing's going to turn you around, so I'm not even going to waste my time trying with this paragraph. Shitbirds are going to be shitbirds.
But for some of you not voting is a deliberate choice. Not a failure. Not an oversight. A conclusion arrived upon after careful consideration.
Maybe you're disgusted with the candidates. It's hard to blame you. The politicians who have made it through the muddy stream of popular election and remained good and honorable are few and far between. Most of these people are power-hungry, or amoral, or, perhaps worst of all, rich fucks who were born rich and who have that shit-eating grin of someone who knows they'll always get their way. That's who politicians are, with exceptions being few and far between, so you're not wrong to dislike them.
Maybe you think your vote doesn't matter. And that is also hard to argue with. It really doesn't. Not your vote. Yours will be diluted by the votes of 50 million of your closest friends and neighbors. Some of them are hopeless morons, and a lot of the ones that aren't just straight up will disagree with your views. And your vote will be further diluted by gerrymandering, voter suppression, and a system that's set up to enfranchise some at the expense of others. And that's all before you even get to the elecoral college.
Maybe you just think the whole goddamned system is a mess. And that, my friend, is also hard to argue against.
I'm the same as you. I think the American system of governance is utterly corrupt. It barely counts as a democracy, in the sense that the people rule. And, yes, I understand how a representative democracy is supposed to work, but kids, this ain't it. Like I mentioned above, there's gerrymandering, there's voter suppression, there are a million little tricks and tools that let the people in charge keep the plebes like you and me away from the decision-making process. And that's just the illicit stuff. With Citizens United bribery is legal in our country. The rich are calling the shots, and they've set the whole thing up to be as close to an autocratic, kleptocratic oligarchy as possible while maintaining the barest sheen of voting to keep the masses from revolting.
I'm probably not making a very good argument for you to vote on Tuesday, am I?
Well, I agree. The whole thing's a mess, the two party system is a joke, and we'd all be better off if things were very, very different. What is really called for is a revolution. Tear the whole thing down and start again. That's how I've felt for a long time. I didn't vote in 2000 for every reason I've listed above and then some.
And you know who won the presidential election in 2000? That's right: Al Gore. But you know who got seated in 2000? That's right, George W. Bush. One of the absolute worst presidents of all time, although, sadly, he seems like a downright statesman considering the current occupant of the White House.
I lived in horror through the Bush years. It almost seems quaint now, but for me it was an utter shitshow. I got sent to Iraq for...well, no reason really, when you get right down to it. I almost got sent back to Afghanistan after I'd left the army because of Bush-era policies. Just about everything was a nightmare. Personal privacy is a joke now, after however many Patriot Acts.
Sometimes I think about what the state of the country would be like today if Gore had been seated. Maybe historical forces were already in play, and things wouldn't be terribly different. But when I think about Gore, a dedicated environmentalist, being president for eight years right before, you know, we now get summers in November, I truly believe everything would have been very, very different.
See, here's the thing: in spite of all the shenanigans and the electoral college and all that shit, we do still have elections in this country. They've been reduced to a shadow of actually representing popular desires, sure. But until an Emperor Palpatine from "Star Wars"-level villain steps in and actually declares America the First Global Empire, elections are still going to dictate who is in power.
You've already figured all of this out. You're smart enough to see that all these assholes, these moneyed interests, and hell, let's just be blunt, the Republican Party, are putting their fingers on the scales in every way they can to keep your voice from being heard. They're laughing at your childish wish for a representative democracy. They think it's quaint, and they can just legislate a million tiny structural changes that will prevent you from having a voice in how you're governed. And they are loving the fact that you've become disenchanted and decided not to vote.
Look, here's where we're at, my friends. There is genuinely a "Star Wars"-level villain in the White House. You've been paying attention. You've seen that he wants nothing more than to abolish the media, and the next step is probably abolishing free and fair elections, or at least the husk of what used to call free and fair elections.
Remember when I said above the system is utterly corrupt? I changed that from "hopelessly" corrupt. Because it's not hopeless. There is hope. Just a shred.
This is it. This is our chance. Maybe our last chance. All the bastards trying to hold us down are expecting a whimper this year. Well, the only way we fight back is if we roar. If you go out, even just you, the people who have given careful consideration to the matter and decided voting is futile, if even you go out and vote that scale with the finger on it can flip the other way. And it'll snap on the bastards who've been holding it like a mousetrap.
Elections are still being held. They may not be next year. We're really at that point. But this year we need everyone in America to get out there and exercise the only option left to us for fixing our brokedick system. Maybe after that the powers that be will be so spooked that they'll make a few moves to make a few things right. Maybe gradually we can reclaim our representative democracy, make it worthy of the name again. But if you don't make a move this year, the whole fucking thing could be sunk. And that's not me being Chicken Little, that's just me being a pragmatist. Like you.
October 19, 2018
The Quintessential "Exquisite Corpse" Post
"Exquisite Corpse" is available now for free exclusively from Serial Box.
Here are some other places you can learn more about "Exquisite Corpse" around the internet:
A release day announcement on Paul Cornell's blog
A spotlight on Publishing Perspectives
A spotlight on Tor dot com
An announcement on Horror New Network
A spotligh on City Guide New York
October 17, 2018
Free Release - "Exquisite Corpse"
Hey, everybody! If you're looking for something free (and who isn't) make sure to sign up for "Exquisite Corpse" coming at you from Serial Box. The release is this Friday. Follow along as some of the best horror writers working today (and me, for some reason) craft a story one chapter at a time.
Sign up here!
Authors: Cassandra Khaw, Paul Cornell, Brian Keene, The Sisters of Slaughter, Paul Tremblay, Richard Chizmar, Christopher Golden, Stephen Kozeniewski, Nick Mamatas, Alyssa Wong
Follow along as these masters of horror delve into the darkest corners of their imaginations and either set their fellow players up for success, or back them into narrative traps and laugh maniacally as they try to escape. How does it work? It begins with a prompt from horror experts Dread Central. Each author picks up the story where the previous writer left it, adding their own nightmarish short installment and passing it on to the next (un)lucky participant to create a twisty, turny, occasionally peculiar, always terrifying ride. Ten installments will be released hourly for free on October 19th in text (less than 5 mins to read) and atmospheric 3D audio (between 5 and 10 mins to listen).
October 15, 2018
EVERY KINGDOM DIVIDED Limited Edition...Going Fast!
Hey everybody! I am absolutely floored and crying just a little bit to learn that after being available for just a few hours, the Limited Edition of EVERY KINGDOM DIVIDED from the redoubtable Thunderstorm Books has fewer than 5 copies remaining. If you see this blogpost and you hurry, you might still be able to grab a copy. Thanks, everyone!
2035 A.D. After the 2nd American Revolution.
Jack Pasternak, a laid-back California doctor, receives a garbled distress call from his fiancée in Maryland before her transmissions stop altogether. Unfortunately for Jack, citizens of the Blue States are no longer allowed to cross Red America. He is faced with an impossible choice: ignore his lover’s peril or risk his own life and sanity by venturing into the dark heart of the Red States.
When the armies of the Mexican reconquista come marching into Los Angeles, his hand is forced. Joined by a wisecracking barista with a shocking secret, Jack heads east in an old-fashioned petroleum-fueled automobile.
The journey is a minefield of dangers, as they face partisan warbands, feral Wal-Mart dwellers, and missionaries from the Mormon State of Deseret. But all that is merely a prelude to the final showdown between the politicized armies of the former United States, who are poised to clash mere miles from Jack's missing fiancée...
October 12, 2018
Silverwood: The Door Giveaway!
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October 10, 2018
Cover Reveal: STAYING ON TOP by Elizabeth Corrigan
Hey everybody! If you've followed my blog very long at all you know I do lots of conventions. Elizabeth Corrigan is one of my convention partners, and a hell of an author. (Oh, not to mention she got me published my first tiem around - making her my oldest friend in the industry.) She's got a new novel coming out next month, the sequel to CATCHING A MAN, which, if you haven't read, you're missing out. But enough from me, let's check out the new book and learn a little bit about it.
About STAYING ON TOP:
STAYING ON TOP
Valeriel Investigations Book 2
by Elizabeth Corrigan
Publication date: November 6th 2018
Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Mystery
Kadin Stone should be over the moon—or at least one of the two moons that grace the sky of Valeriel City. She has a great job working as an aide for one of the best homicide detectives in the city, and her boyfriend is on the verge of proposing. Getting married means she’ll have to give up her day job, but wedding bells have been her life goal for as long as she can remember. But she’s not happy, and she can’t quite figure out why.
Until Duke Baurus DeValeriel walks back into her life.
Kadin cleared Baurus of a murder charge six months ago, and she thought that was the last she’d see of him. After all, they move in completely different circles. But Baurus has need of a homicide detective after a rising film star dies at one of his parties. He’s convinced Kadin is the only one who can solve the case. Kadin’s only too happy to lend her expertise, but as the case progresses, she gets the feeling that Baurus wants more from her, and she’s not sure what she has to offer.
As the case leads Kadin from one tawdry secret to another—secrets only she seems capable of uncovering—she questions whether marriage is what she wants out of life. But it’s not always easy to decide whether to follow your dreams or follow your heart.
Goodreads
Amazon (pre-order)
Sequel to:
About Elizabeth Corrigan:
Elizabeth Corrigan has degrees in English and psychology and has spent several years working as a data analyst in various branches of the healthcare industry. When she's not hard at work on her next novel, Elizabeth enjoys singing, reading teen vampire novels, and making Sims of her characters. She drinks more Diet Coke than is probably optimal for the human body and is pathologically afraid of bees. She lives in Maryland with two cats and a purple Smart Car.
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About STAYING ON TOP:
STAYING ON TOP
Valeriel Investigations Book 2
by Elizabeth Corrigan
Publication date: November 6th 2018
Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Mystery
Kadin Stone should be over the moon—or at least one of the two moons that grace the sky of Valeriel City. She has a great job working as an aide for one of the best homicide detectives in the city, and her boyfriend is on the verge of proposing. Getting married means she’ll have to give up her day job, but wedding bells have been her life goal for as long as she can remember. But she’s not happy, and she can’t quite figure out why.
Until Duke Baurus DeValeriel walks back into her life.
Kadin cleared Baurus of a murder charge six months ago, and she thought that was the last she’d see of him. After all, they move in completely different circles. But Baurus has need of a homicide detective after a rising film star dies at one of his parties. He’s convinced Kadin is the only one who can solve the case. Kadin’s only too happy to lend her expertise, but as the case progresses, she gets the feeling that Baurus wants more from her, and she’s not sure what she has to offer.
As the case leads Kadin from one tawdry secret to another—secrets only she seems capable of uncovering—she questions whether marriage is what she wants out of life. But it’s not always easy to decide whether to follow your dreams or follow your heart.
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About Elizabeth Corrigan:
Elizabeth Corrigan has degrees in English and psychology and has spent several years working as a data analyst in various branches of the healthcare industry. When she's not hard at work on her next novel, Elizabeth enjoys singing, reading teen vampire novels, and making Sims of her characters. She drinks more Diet Coke than is probably optimal for the human body and is pathologically afraid of bees. She lives in Maryland with two cats and a purple Smart Car.
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October 3, 2018
Release Day Announcement: Silverwood: The Door
SILVERWOOD: THE DOORby Brian Keene, Richard Chizmar, the Sisters of Slaughter, and Stephen Kozeniewski
I've been talking about it all year, and the day is finally here. Do you dare to open...The Door?
Deep within the forest of Silverwood, California, a crack between dimensions has appeared. A dark force that lurks among the trees is growing stronger, determined to return home if it can only gather the strength to open the door—bad news for a Cub Scout troop and the employees of Hirsch Capital on a company retreat nearby. As their darkest fears and impulses power the mysterious force, their bonding exercises take a deadly turn. Will anyone be able to keep their minds long enough to close the door before our world is torn apart?
I've been talking about it all year, and the day is finally here. Do you dare to open...The Door?
Deep within the forest of Silverwood, California, a crack between dimensions has appeared. A dark force that lurks among the trees is growing stronger, determined to return home if it can only gather the strength to open the door—bad news for a Cub Scout troop and the employees of Hirsch Capital on a company retreat nearby. As their darkest fears and impulses power the mysterious force, their bonding exercises take a deadly turn. Will anyone be able to keep their minds long enough to close the door before our world is torn apart?
