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crime thriller series available for preorder

Kensington originally published these books using a "Jacob Stone" pseudonym. I have the e-book rights back, and all five books in the series are now available for preorder.

Introduction for Buxton and Other Stories

 The Introduction for my new short story collection Buxton and Other Stories:

One of thedefinitions Merriam-Webster gives for fantastic is ‘conceived or seeminglyconceived by unrestrained fancy.’ Another is ‘so extreme as to challengebelief.’ Since all the stories in this collection fit either of thosedefinitions, or at least graze them, I considered calling this collection TheFantastics. But there's a double problem with that: First, there’s the 1960play The Fantasticks, which could cause some confusion, and second, Merriam-Websteralso gives a third possible definition of ‘excellent, superlative’, and thatmight convey more than a whiff of conceit.

Sincemy first short story collection was titled 21 Tales, and there are twentystories in this collection, I briefly considered the title Almost 21 MoreTales. But the stories in this collection are very different from my earliernoir stories in that first collection.

Whilethese stories run the gamut from science fiction to horror to mystery,relationships are at the core of most of them—whether it’s the relationshipbetween a husband and wife, a couple which have just started dating, twopartners, a baseball player on his last legs and his parents, or a reporter andthe truth.

Buxton and Other Stories

 

Paperback and kindle versions of my new short story collection Buxton and Other Stories are now available. You can read more about this collection on my free substack. 

More about Blood Crimes

I write about my crime/horror novel Blood Crimes over on my free substack.

New version of Blood Crimes

 

New paperback and kindle versions of crimes are now available.

More about Everybody Lies in Hell

 

Over on my free davezeltserman.substack.com, I have some fun with Everybody Lies in Hell illustrations, as well as talking a little bit about the book.

Conclusion for horror story Sweer

 Part 2 and conclusion for my horror story Sweet now up on my free davezeltserman.substack.com

A horror Story -- Sweet: Part 1

Part 1 of my horror story Sweet has been published on my free davezeltserman.substack.com 

After writing this story for the Skin & Bones anthology, I couldn't let go of some of the ideas in it, and it led to my eventually writing my horror novel Husk.

How I came to write Husk

 Over on my free davezeltserman.substack.com I've posted an article on how I came about writing Husk.

Short story: Killing Time until the Next EON

 Part 2 and conclusion to Killing Time until the Next Eon is now up my always free davezeltserman.substack.com.