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May-June 2015 Group Read - Werewolves
Hi everyone! I'm honored to be included in the theme for this month, and just wanted to let everyone know Brackett Hollister The Werewolf Pack will be FREE to download Tomorrow, Tuesday May 5th, at Amazon. (It's also available anytime on Kindle Unlimited)http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00L...
Thanks again!
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For comic lovers, I highly recommend High Moon. It seems the guys behind it are finally starting it back up soon too, so we'll finally get the rest of the story!
I should probably read Quentin's book since he read all three of mine within the last 2 months lol.
Justin wrote: "I should probably read Quentin's book since he read all three of mine within the last 2 months lol."...and left honest, insightful reviews! Don't forget the insightful reviews!lol
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Quentin wrote: "Justin wrote: "I should probably read Quentin's book since he read all three of mine within the last 2 months lol."...and left honest, insightful reviews! Don't forget the insightful reviews!lol"
Yes and thank you!
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Can anyone recommend a good Weird Western in ebook form that has werewolves? I was going to read one of the books for the discussion but the ones mentioned were only in paperback. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
I need to look in to High Moon again. Started it long ago but lost track of it.
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Philip, I got really excited late last year when the official High Moon twitter account replied to me about working on the book again.
Ashe wrote: "Quentin, Dead Iron has a kindle option. http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Iron-Steam...
Philip, I got really excited late last yea..."
Ah yes, this Twitter thing. I really should do something with it.
Philip, I got really excited late last yea..."
Ah yes, this Twitter thing. I really should do something with it.
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I'm through Dead Iron (awesomely werewolfy -- review to follow) and the sequel, Tin Swift (less werewolf, more awesome), but I'm having to loop back around to read Hang Fire - A Short Story, which is basically book 1.5. It's also only available as an ebook, so I'm having to patiently assemble it from scraps and print it out. Entirely worth it.
I suspect book 3 in the series, Cold Copper is super-wwy, but if I actually read it then I've read all the books in the series. Which... grah.
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Ah, thanks Oddmonster, I'll probably give that one a try!
Quentin wrote: "Ah, thanks Oddmonster, I'll probably give that one a try!"Excellent! I'm going to try to finish it myself for this may-June period
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Hmmm... Apparently, I need to toss in some werewolf action in Ghost Marshal II.
"Werewolf Action" For some reason, that sounds dirty lol
"Hot Werewolf Action: the Lycanthropes of Ecuador".
Ghost Marshal isn't THAT kind of book! Although it would probably sell more copies.
Yeah, I've seen the sales figures on THOSE kinds of books. No wonder so many people write them.
"Brackett Hollister: The Werewolf Orgy"...I dunno.
While there are perilous few of THOSE type of Weird Westerns, luckily the one that is features werewolves. So, I guess we should add it to this month's reading list?
LOL Oddmonster. It always amazes me how regardless of what joke we make, there always REALLY is a book like the one we're making up!
So it's on your reading list, then? I'd just like to make sure we've got all the werewolf selections covered. I'm on Dead Iron, we've got a couple folks on Dreadful Skin, Justin's got Brackett Hollister: The Werewolf Pack. Someone needs to tackle the remaining pile of werewolves. So to speak.
Err, no, not on my reading list lol. I am going to read Dreadful Skin though, maybe start next week.
So, if people are looking for more werewolves, there is also Wilder's Mate, a weird Western with werewolves called "bloodhounds", who are basically dudes who can summon a wolf's violence at will (commence festive throat-ribboning), and who go cuckoo for ladyparts each new moon. It also has vampires (the Kindred kind, all black velvet, no sparkles), ghouls, a smidgen of steampunk and empowerment of sex workers. It's free on Amazon.
I may check that out just for the novelty of it.
Philip wrote: "I may check that out just for the novelty of it."I would be interested to hear other views of it. I wrote up my own views here.
Hey everyone, Im going to start Dreadful Skin within the next week if anyone else wants to read that one.
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Nice, Ashe! I'm getting pretty stoked about Demon in the Desert now too.
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Anyone else got any other werewolf westerns they've stumbled across? Or thoughts about ones you've already read maybe?
OK everyone I'm starting Dreadful Skin today if anyone else wanted to join in. I'll post my thoughts as I go.
Looking forward to this. I'm maybe 70 pages in, and tbh, I think I might be done with this book.
Oddmonster wrote: "Looking forward to this. I'm maybe 70 pages in, and tbh, I think I might be done with this book."You don't like it? I haven't actually started yet.
Quentin wrote: "You don't like it? I haven't actually started yet."There are some style choices that are affecting how well I'm able to get into the story. But seeing as how you haven't started it yet, I'm happy to pipe down and not spoil things.
Oddmonster wrote: "Quentin wrote: "You don't like it? I haven't actually started yet."There are some style choices that are affecting how well I'm able to get into the story. But seeing as how you haven't started i..."
Hm, now I'm curious. I'll let you know what I think once I get into it.
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Ashe wrote: "I think I'll start on Brackett Hollister tonight."Someone told me that was good, but you know how people are.
So I'm almost halfway through Dreadful Skin
So far it's decent, but I feel like part of the story is missing in a way. Maybe it will clear up as the story moves along. It's not a bad read though, a werewolf on a riverboat is an interesting concept.
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I couldn't have said it better myself Ashe, glad you're digging it lol.
Weird Westerns
Books mentioned in this topic
Wilder's Mate (other topics)Dead Iron (other topics)
Hangfire (other topics)
Tin Swift (other topics)
Dreadful Skin (other topics)
More...
Dead Iron
High Moon Vol. 1
Walking Wolf: A Weird Western, which can also be found in Dead Man's Hand: Five Tales of the Weird West
And finally, from our own Quentin Wallace, Brackett Hollister: The Werewolf Pack.
There are other books out there aas well, and if you find ssomething else, share it, and double check to see if it's on the group bookshelf. Have fun!