John’s Comments (group member since Aug 01, 2013)

John’s comments from the Freebies and Low Cost Books group.

It's the HORROR BEFORE XMAS Sale! This week my novels NightWhere and The Family Tree are both on sale for just 99 Cents on Amazon!

NIGHTWHERE: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...

THE FAMILY TREE: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...

NIGHTWHERE has been described as "50 Shades meets Hellraiser," "Eyes Wide Shut meets Hellraiser" and "Hellraiser meets Basic Instinct" by different reviewers and was a Finalist for the Bram Stoker Award the year it was released.

THE FAMILY TREE has been called "A sure-fire hit for anyone who loves '70s/'80s-styled pulp horror," "a creepy tale of family heritage and devotion that you won't soon forget" and maybe my favorite, "horror with a hard-on."

VIGILANTES OF LOVE, the 10th anniversary edition of my critically acclaimed 2nd collection of short fantasy and horror tales is on sale for 99 cents on Kindle this week! VIGILANTES offers 21 stories that explore the intersections of love, lust, music and the macabre!

Readers have called it:
"...a mixture of macabre, eerie, fantastical and just plain good..."

"...full of magic. Some of it gentle, some of it dark, but almost all of it lyrical and affecting.!"

"Thought provoking... really outstanding stories!"

Take a read here:
http://www.amazon.com/Vigilantes-Love...

My holiday collection Christmas Tales is now on sale for the holiday season for just $0.99 cents!

This modern fantasy collection has garnered a 5-star rating since its original release in 2010, and offers 3 seasonal tales designed to make your season bright! From a mysterious young girl who shows up on a cold Christmas Eve to a young boy who has to STOP using magic to learn the magic of the season, Christmas Tales offers three "ghosts of Christmas" in its three tales celebrating the magic of the season.

READER REVIEW: "The best stories are those that stay with the reader long after the last page is read. The three tales in John Everson's Christmas Tales manage to convey the true meaning of the holidays while still remaining unique and imaginative. Poignant, moving, and just about near perfect, these are stories of ordinary and not-so-ordinary people searching for the spirit of Christmas and finding it in the unlikeliest of places."

Curl up with a hot cup of cocoa or tea this week and read CHRISTMAS TALES!

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004GUS980/

Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/chri...

B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chris...

Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...

My 6th novel, NightWhere, was a Bram Stoker Award finalist in 2012 when it was released, and this week, for the first time since its release, the publisher has put it on sale for just 99 cents!

You can check it now on Amazon here:
Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/NightWhere-eboo...

Readers have called it "50 Shades meets Hellraiser" and reviews said things like:

"NightWhere isn't for everybody...Think Hellraiser meets Basic Instinct, and you have some idea about the dark contents of this novel. That being said, I loved NightWhere."
--Hellnotes

"I can guarantee once you start NightWhere you will not be able to put it down; it sinks its hooks into you and you just have to turn the next page to see what will happen next."
--Famous Monsters of Filmland

"...extremely well written, providing the kind of reading experience you get from Cormac McCarthy's The Road or Scott Smith's The Ruins -- relentless in both realism and emotional impact."
--The Horror Review

"The dialogue is crisp, the plotting is fast-paced -- it's a very confident piece of work, regardless of the subject matter. And is it scary? Yes, at times NightWhere is very scary...because this is a novel that can go anywhere. And it does."
--Bloody Disgusting

"NightWhere is a darkly erotic, deeply disturbing and hauntingly engaging tale that took my breath away - literally... This tale of heightened eroticism, degradation, masochism, graphic violence and often horrific imagery is the proverbial scrape across a chalk board or the fingernail stroke down one's spine that elicits an aching twinge and shudder; and, weirdly, leaves you wanting more. NightWhere may not be 'hauntingly beautiful', but it's a hell of a good read."
--Dark Haven Book Reviews

Here are the links to Amazon, B&N and Kobo:

Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/NightWhere-eboo...

Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/nigh....

Kobo: http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Night....

FREE TODAY - CAGE OF BONES & Other Deadly Obsessions!

20 tales of erotic horror! Readers call it "Sexy, Disturbing, Brilliant!"

My first critically acclaimed collection of short stories is on a free Kindle promotion today and tomorrow. Download a copy now!

http://www.amazon.com/Cage-Bones-Othe...

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Voodoo, witches, ghosts and mystery!

My second short fiction collection of fantasy & horror, VIGILANTES OF LOVE, is on a Kindle Countdown Sale until Saturday night on Amazon. It's also now available for Kindle Unlimited, so I'm trying to make a big splash with this one! So far it's had great reviews -- it has a 4.9 star average on Amazon!

Please download a copy and take a peek:
http://www.amazon.com/Vigilantes-of-L...

Here's one of my favorite Reader Reviews of the collection:
"There are several stories in Vigilantes of Love that I would consider not only above average, but superb. Quite simply, they are among the most enjoyable short stories that I have read in the past few years. Everson managed to put an emotional spin into these tales that affected me so deeply that I paused for awhile after reading each one. And it was not because any of these stories were overly intense, in fact, I thought their approach subtle, but still, they managed to pack one heck of a punch."

Here's the back cover description:
A woman lured by the Calling of the Moon… A girl who learns the powerful secret of the Seven Deadly Seeds… A boy who uses the power of music to open a hidden world…a man who finds the adulterous origin of a voodoo curse … Vigilantes of Love offers 21 tales of dark magic, the macabre and the dangers lurking just one step beyond.

Let me know what you think:
http://www.amazon.com/Vigilantes-of-L...

My erotic horror collection CAGE OF BONES & OTHER DEADLY OBSESSIONS is on a KINDLE COUNTDOWN DEAL - just $0.99 cents this week! Perfect Valentine's Reading ... for horror fans! :-)

http://www.amazon.com/Cage-Bones-Othe...

For longtime indie horror fans, this was one of the first hardcover releases from Delirium Books. Reviewers call it: "Sexy, Disturbing, Brilliant!" and "...a dark and tantalizing show well worth the price of admission."

Here's the Amazon description:

Meet a witch who conjures genital dragons while singing Manilow. A woman who provides a true window to her soul. And a real cage of bones! Not to mention "Pumpkin Head," a dark tale of jack-o-lanterns...and the dangers of Halloween lusts...

Download CAGE OF BONES while it's just 99 cents!

http://www.amazon.com/Cage-Bones-Othe...

Anyone who's read my novels knows that light modern fantasy is not my usual fare... but I love Christmas, and a couple years ago, I put together a collection of three light fantasy tales in an e-book called, appropriately enough, CHRISTMAS TALES. And it's now on sale for $0.99!

I hope some readers will find it adds some warmth to their holiday season. CHRISTMAS TALES offers my own three "ghosts of Christmas" among its three stories celebrating the magic of the season, as well as the lyrics of some of my original holiday songs.

One Reader Review summed up the book like this:
"The best stories are those that stay with the reader long after the last page is read. The three tales in John Everson's CHRISTMAS TALES manage to convey the true meaning of the holidays while still remaining unique and imaginative. Poignant, moving, and just about near perfect, these are stories of ordinary and not-so-ordinary people searching for the spirit of Christmas and finding it in the unlikeliest of places."

I hope you'll download a copy of CHRISTMAS TALES and enjoy it with a cup of cocoa this season!

You can find it here:

AMAZON: http://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Tales...

AMAZON UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Christmas-Tal...

B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chris...

KOBO: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/book...

SMASHWORDS: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...

You can also visit my Christmas page and hear some of my original Christmas pop songs! Check it out here:

http://www.johneverson.com/xmas.htm

A lot of my titles are currently on sale on Amazon for the season, so I thought I'd post about it here!

Amazon has chosen my novels THE PUMPKIN MAN, SIREN and THE 13TH to appear on a HALLOWEEN HORROR KINDLE DEALS FOR $1.99 list. There are also a bunch of books by Richard Laymon, Jack Ketchum, W.D. Gagliani and more. Check those out here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html...

PLUS:
My erotic horror short fiction collection CAGE OF BONES & Other Deadly Obsessions is on a Kindle Countdown Deal this week for just 99 cents!

I've always been really proud of this book -- CAGE OF BONES was my very first short fiction collection -- hell, my very first book, period -- originally issued as a limited edition hardcover from Delirium Books way back in 2000. Only 300 copies were printed (they were all signed and numbered as a collectors edition release). It's now in paperback and e-book from Dark Arts Books.

CAGE OF BONES includes 20 stories, most of them erotic horror. Several of them have been reprinted a number of times, including "Pumpkin Head," which has become one of my most popular stories (originally printed in Grue Magazine) and "Cage of Bones" which originally appeared in the Necro Publications magazine Into The Darkness.

The last reader review on Amazon said "If I could give this six stars, I would!"

Another reviewer wrote: "While they were billed as 'erotic horror' I wouldn't have said they were that naughty. They were more horrifying and the sex was in context. I applaud the author for being able to take me on a terrifying non stop rollercoaster ride, leaving me breathless and gasping at the end of each story. Great stories but don't read them alone or with the light off."

Here's the link:

http://www.amazon.com/Cage-Bones-Othe...

Back in 2006, my novelette FAILURE launched a "hardcover chapbook" line for Delirium Books. I got to create the wraparound cover art for that and the next several releases in the line, which was a lot of fun and really allowed me to stretch creatively.

This week, my imprint Dark Arts Books has reissued FAILURE with new updated cover art as well as a new author Afterword. A new edition of my first short story collection, CAGE OF BONES & OTHER DEADLY OBSESSIONS, will follow shortly - and will be available in paperback for the first time ever!

The new edition of FAILURE fixes a bunch of typos and just looks a lot better than the previous Darkside Digital edition. It now includes some design touches with dropcaps, titlepage & asterisk artwork and more. The original full wraparound cover art is included at the end of the book.

To celebrate the reissue, the novelette is free this week on Amazon -- I'm hoping lots of people will download, enjoy this twisted little tale and spread the word about the book so it finds a new audience.

Check out the new edition and download your free copy here:
http://www.amazon.com/Failure-ebook/d...

The story revolves around three teens, who are lured into a twisted occult plot by a wizard with the promise of sex and drugs. But they never realized that the old man's intentions were far darker than voyeurism.

Here are a couple of the reviews that the original edition received:

"Failure is one nasty tale -- full of evil spells and bloodshed. It's fast-paced and unforgettable."
--Wicked Karnival

"...kind-of like reading a novella-length version of lyrics to a Slayer song ...Failure is an impressive, fast-paced read that shoves your face into the sleaze and then takes off like a drive-by shooting. For a short story, this sucker packs quite a punch."
--The Horror Fiction Review