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In case you don't remember me, I was the one who was going to come to your Chattanooga Book signing that was canceled.
I really enjoyed Covenant and recommend it to anyone here who enjoys a good oldfashioned haunted cliff tale. What fun!

Anyway, thanks for all your support on Covenant -- I hope you'll enjoy Sacrifice as much (or more!)

I really enjoyed the circle of friends and their interaction with the protagonist.
It was a great read while sitting on the porch in the late afternoon.
I look forward to your next book(s) John!

I listed Covenant as one of my top ten novels of 2008 on myspace. I loved the book because you got right to the point, were bold as far as the perversion between the group of women in Terrel was concerned and you were original and scary as I found out more and more about the spirit terrozing the town. I can see why you won the Bram Stoker Award. It had everything: romance, suspense, sex and brutal fright. Good job.

Recently finished Covenant myself and loved it man! Was really impressed and I'm looking forward to picking up Sacrifice now.
Cheers, my friend.
Gord


Gord, I'm really looking forward to reading JIGSAW MAN - you've gotten amazing reviews on that everywhere I turn it seems. Unfortunately, it also seems that I'm about a year behind on my reading LOL!

Hope to see you at either WHC or the Stoker Weekend, John. I'd like to do both but I doubt I'll have the cash. I'm leaning towards the Stoker Awards.
Cheers,
Gord






Ask the bookstore to get COVENANT for you. I'm sure they'll be happy to do so. Then you can have TWO great reads!

Thanks for help sell my point Lon.

I can tell you now that I want to read more of the stories.
A personal whine here.
The 13th, a limited release from Necro Pubs, is a very cool book with a very cool cover. Only problem, for me, is that I'll never be able to get that edition since it's a limited (read expensive) release. The "public" release has a much different and much less cool cover.
I know, Envy is a Sin. Good thing it's not my only one or it would feel lonely! -grin-
The basic thing is that John Everson can write a damn good story and I will continue trying to get a hold of all of them for my permanent library.



And I'm very excited about this weekend -- Leisure has shipped the first box of THE 13TH directly to the hotel I'll be at in Milwaukee on Friday. So the paperback edition will officially debut at Zombie Con X in Wisconsin!

So great to hear from you on here. Your story in "Poe's Children" is terrifying....
Thanks,
Michelle Mitchell-Foust

Sorry, I was thinking of COVENANT (terrifying).... not Poe's Children... sorry about the mix-up...
CHEERS,
Michelle


I simply bemoan my own circumstances in that I can rarely get them. I feel that anything that can be done to support an author is well worth it. They tend to get shafted too often. writing is a passion, but it's also damn hard work!



Here is the summary of COVENANT from Amazon:
Joe Kieran has found that unearthing the truth for a newspaper can be painful, and telling it, heartbreaking. Hiding from his past big city exposés in the quiet coastal town of Terrel, he stumbles upon a web of mysterious teen suicides that somehow connect a ring of five women. Is there really a malevolent presence inside Terrel Cliff that holds all of the town in thrall as Angelica, a fortune teller, suggests? Or is there a murderous covenant between five women to sacrifice their first-born? When Angelica is kidnapped right under his nose, Joe suspects that there is more at work in Terrel than a dark, tragic streak.
Deep beneath the remains of a long-demolished lighthouse on its tragic cliff, Joe discovers Terrel's secret history and salvation. And in his desperate bid to save two women, he forges a new covenant, one that puts his own soul in deadly danger.