FREE for July 25th,2017: The Music of 1997

If you liked the film, The Butterfly Effect, you should read the novella, The Music of 1997, by Troy McCombs. It is the literary equivalent of The Butterfly Effect. Below is a blurb.

Stephen Stanson had it rough: no job, no friends, no girl, no life. He hasn't even listened to any modern music that he's liked for quite some time: 1997, to be exact.

The first song he hears from that era, he learns one night while flipping through TV channels and finding a music video station, can take him back to 1997... where suddenly he has a chance to fix everything that went wrong.

But there are two complications: he only has the time of the duration of the song(s) to work the problems out, and the songs themselves only work until Stephen gets used to them. After that, they can't transport him back to 97 anymore.

So here he is, stuck between 2001, his present, and 97, the best year of his life before everything fell apart.

Can he repair his broken past? Only time will tell, and of that, he's got little left.


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Wanna know why people really kill themselves in the Suicide Forest? This is why:

Enter above (on picture) for a chance to win a free e-copy of the short story. Four will be given away. Below is a blurb. Click on picture to go to site for entry in contest!

Some drugs are dangerous... but this one might damn your soul...

Determined stoners Chaz Markis and Hayden Couter set out to find Devil's Root, a little-known and perhaps mythical hallucinogen that may or may not exist. Supposedly, it only grows in Japan's Aokigahara Forest, the infamous Suicide Forest, and is somehow responsible for the rash of suicides and odd occurrences that have happened there. As they venture deeper into the woods and farther from civilization, they soon discover that maybe all the other drugs they have a past with are much safer and far less powerful.

Nothing is worse for Adam McNicols than high school. Soon, when he breaks, nothing becomes worse for his enemies than Adam himself! Graphic violence! Reader's discretion is strongly advised! Free ebook today only, the 26 of October.

 

Damaged

 

 

 

My NEW zombie epic, Puppeteer of the Dead, is almost here!

Puppeteer of the Dead: Book 1: The Living Dead

 

 

 

The end of the world begins at 30,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean, hundreds of miles from land. A military aircraft en route to Denver, loaded with deceased American soldiers, disappears into an aberrant mass of storm clouds that appear almost out of nowhere. The pilots are startled by a sudden commotion in the cargo bay, where the air trays are kept. What they find stuns them all: the dead moving, alive and angry and hungry for human flesh--this is the first reported incident.

Days pass. The bodies of the recently deceased return to life, first near landmasses near the ocean, then elsewhere. They cannot be killed in any practical way, only incapacitated by dismemberment or blinding. Medical and military facilities around the globe work together in order to solve this baffling, unparalleled mystery. What they discover is maddening. These zombies are ingrained with a malignant root system, put there by some unknown and sinister force which is controlling them remotely.

The fate of the world rests with a small, unassuming group of people looking to find refuge from the dead and hopefully survive Armageddon. It's Maynard Dunn, a family man and ex-marine, who will lead them: Peter, an unrenowned psychic; Andrew, a brilliant scientist and biologist; Tony, a reckless teenage boy with homicidal tendencies; Faith, a suicidal and agoraphobic young woman; and Don, an old geezer with dementia who can hear the voice of pure evil.

This is Book 1 in a series of three, titled Puppeteer of the Dead: The Living Dead. Book 2, which I haven't started yet, will deal with the internal corruption among the remaining survivors; and three, the malign force behind the zombies themselves.

IF you're interested in winning a free paperback copy, comment. I'm giving away a select few, randomly. Thanks

Favorite horror movie theme?

"Halloween" is an iconic horror movie theme everyone knows well. Then there's the sharp screeching of strings used in Friday the 13th. If you've ever seen Phantasm, you know that's also got a killer theme. Creepy and atmospheric. Name your favorite horror movie score you've ever heard, and how you think it/ they shaped the movie they belong to.

Name your favorite H.P. Lovecraft story. Explain why.

Lovecraft isn't as big a name as Stephen King--but not because he's not as good. King kills it, yes, but Lovecraft creeps the shit out of me like no other author can do. King does at times, sure. Lovecraft gives me goosebumps, though. Something about his atmospheric tales, his luxurious prose, his attention to detail--yet no detail, other than the "horrible, indescribable abominations", when it comes to creature description--really excites me as a writer. And a reader.

As for my fav Lovecraft story? Hard to say. Here are some: From Beyond, Reanimator (yes, both are movies, too), the Call of Cthulhu, The Outsider, Cool Air, Whisperer in Darkness, Colour out of Space, just to name a few.

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What Is Your Favorite Horror/Thriller/Suspense Movie Twist?

The Sixth Sense. Dead Again. Jacob's Ladder. Orphan. There are lots of movies, horror and non, with endings that'll leave you gasping, saying, "I did not see that coming!" Describe what movie YOU think has the best twist ending. It can be any genre, just mention why you prefer it over others like it.
Just leave your opinion/description in the COMMENT section. Ready? Set? Twist!