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Jason Parent - Featured Author for May - What Hides Within - May 1, 2024- May 31, 2024
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Terrifically scary! Welcome!
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I thought of you Sally when I saw the cover. Oh dear.... :)
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Ahhahahha you know, I've wondered that too once, its like some reverse Twilight Episode!
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How did this book come about Jason?
Sorry I’m a little late, but thank you for having me! I am happy to offer review copies to those interested. Just got back from a cruise and am catching up. I see the original cover posted here, lol - hate that thing. This was my first novel, and It’s had three publishers: Double Dragon, Bloodshot Books and now Crystal Lake (where it will hopefully stay forever). I liked the Bloodshot cover and kept it as it went to Crystal Lake. I’d say I’ve grown as a writer since this book, though I cleaned it up a bit with the Bloodshot publication. But this book is one of my most unique, genre-blending stories to date and will always be my first “baby” :). I hope you all enjoy it, and thank you for giving it a try!
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Hey Jason! :)
Thank you for the background info on how the book worked its way around to the different publishers.
The story is unique. The suspense is building for me with (view spoiler)
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Thanks, Kasia! I needed a get away and did have a great vacation. Now it’s back to work and currently at the dentist. Fun times lol
Hi Marie - how did this book come about? Well, when your starting off, some good advice is always to write what you know. Here, the settings, the activities, and even most of the characters are based on real people (shhh lol). I kayaked through Wilford Pond up to the point Clive reaches without going under the underpass, for example. I’ve also always had a fascination with spiders. But what happens at the Somerset PD - I was a little nervous to publish a scene like that in my hometown.
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Oh nice! I love how authors fit things in from their hometown and background into their stories.
I am thinking though that (view spoiler)
I am 38% into the story and really enjoying it! :)
I know you are a big Jeff Strand fan and this book kind of reminds me of his books. Was Strand an inspiration for this story? With the book being your first novel - the horror comedy of the story runs along the same lines as Strand.
Actually if I didn't know you and your writing style I would say that this book reads like a Strand novel. I have been giggling through some of the story as it is funny. I love the comedy horror. :)
Marie wrote: "Jason wrote: "Hi Marie - how did this book come about? Well, when your starting off, some good advice is always to write what you know. Here, the settings, the activities, and even most of the char..."Spiders don't scare me. In fact, I like them. I'm not saying I'd like to walk around with a camel spider on my back or play catch the funnel web spider with my toes - or have anything ever living in my ear - but I go out of my way not to harm them or destroy their webs, so long as they are outside the house. Sharks - they scare me. I'd take 1000 spiders over 1 shark.
As for Jeff Strand... hmmm? I don't think he was an inspiration. You are right, I am a huge Strand fan - and I have been fortunate enough to be at cons with him now more than a few times and he's always seemed like a good person as well - and I love horror comedy, but I don't think I had read anything by him yet when I was writing this. Maybe Dweller, which was my first Strand read and still one of my favorite books, but not a comedy.
I grew up with 80s campy horror. And those that were most fun for me were Night of the Creeps, Killer Clowns from Outer Space, and all the cheesy creature features that made me laugh instead of shiver. One of my favorite movies that came later was Slither, and I was hoping it would herald in a new error of horror comedy. Tucker and Dale Versus Evil is another great one. But they are few and far between, mostly languishing in B-movie bad effects, bad writing, and witless humor (not that What Hides Within doesn't have its share of lowbrow humor!).
What I am hoping is this - Strand will start getting movie deals left and right and usher in a new horror comedy error in film and books. Even if I am not part of it, I would still revel in it as a reader and viewer.
That reminds me - I need to start Wolf Hunt 2, lol!
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My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Marie wrote: "I did my review as I was able to "spin a web" of thoughts. lol :)My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Thanks so much for reviewing, and I am glad you liked it, Marie!
Synopsis of story:
Inside all of us, there is darkness. Inside Clive, it's tangible, and it's aching to get out.
What Hides Within tells the story of a man held captive by an unknown evil. Clive Menard is a spineless slacker leading an ordinary existence. But when Chester enters his life, it becomes far from ordinary.
Goodreads Author Profile of Jason Parent:
Jason Parent
Amazon link to buy the book:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C... (The ebook is also on Kindle Unlimited)
Please welcome Jason Parent!