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The Rush ~ This Hungry Earth Reddens Under Snowclad Hills

Posted: August 19, 2022 in giveaways, Historical, horror
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I am so excited that THE RUSH by Si Spurrier & Nathan
C. Gooden is available now and that I get to share the news! 

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If you haven’t yet heard about this
wonderful book, be sure to check out all the details below. 

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This blitz also includes a giveaway
for 2 finished copies of the graphic novel from Vault & Rockstar Book Tours. So if you’d
like a chance to win, check out the giveaway info below.

 

 

THE RUSH: This Hungry Earth Reddens Under
Snowclad Hills (The Rush #1-5)

Author: Si Spurrier, Addison Duke (Colorist), Nathan C.
Gooden (Illustrations), Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (Letterer), Adrian F. Wassel
(Editor)

Pub. Date: August 9, 2022

Publisher: Vault Comics

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Pages: 136

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org

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Historical horror that chills to the bone, The RUSH. is for fans of Dan
Simmons’, The Terror mined with a Northwestern Yukon gold rush
edge. Answer the call of the wild north and stampede to the Klondike…

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ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD. ALL THAT HUNGERS IS NOT HOLY. ALL THAT LIVE
ARE NOT ALIVE.

This Hungry Earth Reddens Under Snowclad Hills.

1899, Yukon Territory. A frozen frontier, bloodied and bruised by the last
great Gold Rush. But in the lawless wastes to the North, something whispers in
the hindbrains of men, drawing them to a blighted valley, where giant
spidertracks mark the snow and impossible guns roar in the night.

To Brokehoof, where gold and blood are mined alike. Now, stumbling towards its
haunted forests comes a woman gripped not by greed — but the snarling rage of
a mother in search of her child…

From Si Spurrier (Way of X, Hellblazer) and Nathan C. Gooden (Barbaric, Dark
One) comes THE RUSH, a dark, lyrical delve into the horror and madness of the
wild Yukon.

Collects the entire series. For fans of The Terror, Fortitude, Coda,
and Moonshine.

Reviews:

“The book strikes a wealthy mixed vein of sophisticated psychological chills and
monstrous horror.”― Publishers Weekly

“Gritty historical drama meets supernatural horror in this sumptuously
drawn tale set during the Yukon Gold Rush.” ― PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

“The Rush is a chilling bit of historical horror.
Rugged and raw and thoroughly researched. It’s got such a wonderfully creepy
sense of menace but most of all it’s the moving story of a mother searching for
her child, that’s its beating heart. Wonderful work.”  — Victor
Lavalle (best-selling and award-winning author of he anthology, Slapboxing
with Jesus and four novels, The Ecstatic, Big Machine, The
Devil in Silver, and The Changeling, the fantasy-horror novella The
Ballad of Black Tom, and the comics series Destroyer and Eve)

“The Rush is a splendidly savage tale of frontier scum
and the doom they’ve brought down upon themselves, and the innocents cursed to
suffer alongside them. I for one can’t wait to see more.”  — Garth
Ennis (best-selling and award-winning writer, Preacher, and
writer/co-creator of The Boys)

 

 

 

 

 

About Si Spurrier:

His work in the latter field stretches from award winning
creator-owned books such as Numbercruncher, Six-Gun
Gorilla and The Spire to projects in the
U.S. mainstream like Hellblazer, The
Dreaming, and X-Men. It all began with a series
of twist-in-the-tail stories for the UK’s beloved 2000AD, which
ignited an enduring love for genre fiction. His latest book, Coda,
is being published by Boom! Studios at present.

His prose
works range from the beatnik neurosis-noir of Contract to
the occult whodunnit A Serpent Uncoiled via
various franchise and genre-transgressing titles. In 2016 he took a foray into
experimental fiction with the e-novella Unusual Concentrations:
a tale of coffee, crime and overhead conversations.

He lives in Margate, regards sushi as part of the plotting process, and
has the fluffiest of cats.

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About Nathan C. Gooden:

An
award-winning illustrator and sequential artist, Nathan C. Gooden is
Art Director at Vault Comics. Nathan studied animation at the Pratt Institute
in Brooklyn, and worked in film production, before co-founding Vault Comics.
Nathan’s previous works include Brandon Sanderson’s Dark One (Vault), Barbaric
(Vault), Zojaqan (Vault), and  Killbox (from
American Gothic Press). He lives in Southern California, where he plays a lot
of basketball and hikes constantly with his wife. 

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The Island Mother by Jon Cohn ~ Author Guest Post And Giveaway

Posted: July 30, 2022 in giveaways, horror, Supernatural, thriller
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The Island Mother

by John Cohn

Genre: Supernatural Thriller, Horror

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White Lotus meets Midsommar in this supernatural thriller centered around
an emotionally codependent woman on the run from her own life. She
finds paradise, but it may come at a cost that she’s unable to
pay…

After barely escaping from a toxic relationship with a drug dealer,
emotionally codependent Leigh decides to start her life over
somewhere far from the hills of Kentucky. She feels inexplicably
drawn to Hawaii, where she manages to land a job in an exclusive
resort.

At first, it almost seems too good to be true, and of
course, it is. Supernatural horrors start manifesting all around
Leigh and her new co-workers, and soon she starts having disturbing
nightmares of impossible creatures calling out to her. To make
matters worse, Leigh’s violent ex-boyfriend is close on her tail,
leaving a trail of bodies in his wake.

“An edge of your seat page-turner.”
“An intriguing supernatural thriller with lots of horror elements, keeping THIS
reader flipping pages till the very end.”

Now trapped in the midst of all these dangers, Leigh can’t help but fall
back on old habits. She finds comfort in the arms of her new boss, an
upbeat hospitality manager who seems almost too perfect. In order to
survive paradise, Leigh will need to learn from her past mistakes or
she will be doomed to repeat them.

From author Jon Cohn, comes the next great horror book that blends danger,
supernatural creatures, and the unknown into an unforgettable read.

 

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Main Characters:

    1. Leigh Ramos
    2. Jesse Peacock
  • Kai

 

Character Descriptions:

 

Leigh –

Leigh Ramos is a young woman with an extreme codependency addiction and has been on a streak of bad luck that has lasted her whole life, thanks to her mother’s pattern of running when things go haywire, that she seems doomed to repeat.

Every man she meets seems wonderful, at first, until they all end up being dirtbags who sometimes put her in actual danger.

Despite her best efforts to live her own life, she seems to be forever stuck in a cycle of starting over, and this new life she’s entered into is no different. She only hopes she can break the cycle before it kills her.

 

Kai –

Ever since he was young, Kai has been searching for a purpose.

As a high school dropout working in a call center, he realized greatness wouldn’t happen to him unless he went out and sought it himself.

Six years later, Kai is one of the heads of the hospitality staff at The Mahalo Club, the most exclusive beach resort in Hawaii. He has everything he could ever want… a job that gives him purpose, a group of loyal co-workers who are also his best friends, and a home in the most beautiful place on earth.

The only thing he’s missing is someone to share it all with.

 

Jesse –

As far as Jesse is concerned there is nothing more important in this world than family. That’s why he is so fiercely loyal to his uncle, despite him being a meth cook.

Due to Jesse’s natural size, he’s been an enforcer for his uncle’s business for years, and though he doesn’t like to hurt or kill, he will do it if it means protecting his family.

That is until he met Leigh.

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Jon
Cohn has been giving himself nightmares reading horror books ever
since he was a small child, and he revels in the opportunity to do
the same to others. When he is not busy writing spooky stories, Jon
is a professional board game designer and publisher. He specializes
in games that– you guessed it– focus on horror, and hopefully a few
laughs. He lives in San Diego, CA with his wife and two little
monsters, Luna and Gizmo.

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The Survivors by T. C. Weber ~ Check out the peek inside

Posted: July 4, 2022 in apocalypse, horror, Novella
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Welcome to the book tour for new novella, The Survivors by T.C. Weber! Read on if you dare!

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The Survivors

Publication Date: May 5th, 2022

Genre: Post-Apocalyptic Horror/ Novella

Publisher: Solstice Publishing

In a calamitous future, runaway climate change has made the planet nearly uninhabitable. Civilization has collapsed, and every day is a struggle. Lucy, a young mother of two, dreams of a better life by bringing back vanished knowledge. But the rest of her group is focused only on day-to-day survival—at any price. When a deadly hurricane destroys their home, Lucy’s group is forced on the road, where they must cope with hunger, searing temperatures, and vicious rivals. And their nightmare is just beginning…

TRIGGER WARNING:
This book contains scenes with horror, violence, and gore, and may not be suitable for all readers.

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A churning wall of water speeds toward us, many times higher than any waves I’ve seen before. Knees shaking, I grip my daughter and infant and back away.

Angelica grips her talisman and challenges the approaching waves. “Por favor, deténganse, Espíritus! Los adoraremos mejor!”

The tower shudders and shakes. Spray slaps up the windows, like the water’s trying to pull us down.

The window in front of Angelica cracks, jagged lines marching across its surface. It shatters inward. Shards of glass fly into the room, along with howling wind and spray strong enough to knock everyone off their feet—even Thal. Lengths of grass tear away from my woven vest and skirt.

Angelica screams, a high-pitched shriek that sounds like an animal being ripped apart.

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About the Author

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Ted Weber has pursued writing since childhood, and learned filmmaking and screenwriting in college, along with physics and ecology. His first published novel was a near-future cyberpunk thriller titled Sleep State Interrupt (See Sharp Press). The first book of a trilogy, it was a finalist for the 2017 Compton Crook award for best first speculative fiction novel. The sequels, The Wrath of Leviathan and Zero-Day Rising, are also out. These were followed by Born in Salt, a character-oriented alternate history novel that pits an Illinois farm boy against a ruthless fascist government. His latest work, The Survivors (Solstice Publishing), is a post-apocalyptic horror novella in which a young mother is forced on the road and struggles to survive a living nightmare.

Mr. Weber is a member of Poets & Writers and the Maryland Writers Association, and has run numerous writing workshops. By day, Mr. Weber works as an ecologist, and has had a number of scientific papers and book chapters published. He lives in Annapolis, Maryland with his wife Karen. He enjoys traveling and has visited all seven continents.

For book samples, short stories, and more, visit https://www.tcweber.com/

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Books From The Backlog #73 ~ You Let Me In

Posted: May 19, 2022 in horror, thriller
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If you’re like me, you have a pile of books beckoning to you from your lists. Carole hosts this fun feature where you can share some of those older books and perhaps nudge you to finally read them. If you want to join in on the fun, head over to Carole’s Random Life In Books and leave a link to your post.
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You Let Me In

by Camilla Bruce

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Genre: Horror / Thriller

Synopsis

I wanted someone to know, you see. To know my truth, now that I am gone. How everything and none of it happened.

Everyone knew bestselling novelist Cassandra Tipp had twice got away with murder.

Even her family were convinced of her guilt.

So when she disappears, leaving only a long letter behind, they can but suspect that her conscience finally killed her.

But the letter is not what anyone expected. It tells two chilling, darkly disturbing stories. One is a story of bloody nights and magical gifts, of children lost to the woods, of husbands made from twigs and leaves and feathers and bones . . .

The other is the story of a little girl who was cruelly treated and grew up crooked in the shadows . . .

But which story is true? And where is Cassie now?

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I bought this back in March 2020.

This one sounds so me. And what a stunning cover!

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The above cover is the one I own. Here are some alternative covers.

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The Friday 56 #245 ~ Comorbidities

Posted: May 13, 2022 in horror, Novella, The Friday 56
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Welcome to The Friday 56 hosted by Freda’s Voice.

 

This is a really fun meme!

The only rules are to grab a book (any book), turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader and find a sentence or a few (no spoilers) that grabs you and post it.

Then go over to Freda’s Voice and leave your link so we can visit your 56!

My 56 for this week is from:

Comorbidities

  by James C. Harberson III

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Genre: Horror / Novellas

From page 56 in the paperback.

Infected cats covered Sheriff Hal’s cruiser, screeching and hissing, impatient to devour the soft prizes inside the hard shell.

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I confess, that cover had me wanting the book. Then I read the synopsis. SOLD!

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Books From The Backlog #72 ~ There Are No Monsters

Posted: May 12, 2022 in horror
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There Are No Monsters

by Sebastian Leyendecker

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Genre: Horror

Synopsis

Creature horror unlike any you have ever read . . .

Book I of The Nocturne Society

There are no monsters. Not anymore. Nobody knows that better than the leftovers of The Nocturne Society. After all, they disbanded their society thirty years ago because they believed their work was done.

After decades of inactivity, the aging hunter Brockmann is called back into action when he faces something he had considered impossible. An inhuman creature of unnatural origin has appeared at a murder scene. To stop the unspeakable horror the creature spreads through the harbor city of Hamburg, he must team up with a young man who couldn’t be more different.

The first book of The Nocturne Society drags readers right into the world of the long-disbanded secret society, where the supernatural inhabitants of our world are considered to be long extinct. But are they really gone?

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I bought this back in February 2021.

The creepy cover hooked me right away. Then the Lovecraftian theme sealed the deal.

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The above cover is the one I own.

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I also grabbed the second book.

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Another wicked cover!

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Books From The Backlog #71 ~ The Sun Down Motel

Posted: May 5, 2022 in horror, Mystery, Supernatural
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The Sun Down Motel

by Simone St. James

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Genre: Mystery / Horror / Supernatural

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Something hasn’t been right at the roadside Sun Down Motel for a very long time, and Carly Kirk is about to find out why in this chilling new novel from the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of The Broken Girls.

Upstate New York, 1982. Viv Delaney wants to move to New York City, and to help pay for it she takes a job as the night clerk at the Sun Down Motel in Fell, New York. But something isnʼt right at the motel, something haunting and scary.

Upstate New York, 2017. Carly Kirk has never been able to let go of the story of her aunt Viv, who mysteriously disappeared from the Sun Down before she was born. She decides to move to Fell and visit the motel, where she quickly learns that nothing has changed since 1982. And she soon finds herself ensnared in the same mysteries that claimed her aunt.

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I added this back in February 2020.

The cover caught my eye. And the synopsis sounds right up my alley.

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The Litter by Kevin R. Doyle ~ Excerpt and Giveaway

Posted: May 4, 2022 in giveaways, horror
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Welcome to my stop on the virtual book tour for The Litter organized by Goddess Fish Promotions.

Author Kevin R. Doyle will be awarding a $10 Amazon or B/N GC to a randomly drawn winner, and a second drawing for a free e-Book copy of the book, via rafflecopter during the tour.

And you can click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour.

The Litter

by Kevin R. Doyle

Genre: Horror

Synopsis

They kept to the shadows so no one would know they existed, and preyed on the nameless who no one would miss. Where did they come from, and who was protecting them? In a city that had seen every kind of savagery, they were something new, something more than murderous. And one woman, who had thought she had lost everything there was to lose in life, would soon find that nothing could possibly prepare her for what would come when she entered their world.

 

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“I’ve never seen anything like this,” Pam said.

“Still think it was a dog?” her partner asked.

“What else could it have been? It doesn’t take the ME over there to know that this guy’s been all chewed up.”

“What I’m getting at is it may not have been a single animal.”

“Come again? Are you thinking of a pack or something?”

“Well,” Gonzales said, “just looking at it . . .” He waved his arm in the direction of the mess on the pavement.

“That’s insane, Enrico. Who the hell ever heard of a pack of dogs attacking people in the middle of a city?”

“You ever hear of one dog doing anything that even remotely looks like that?”

“What about rats?” she asked the older cop, fearful he would laugh in her face.

“I actually thought of that myself for a moment there. It’s not the most far-fetched of possibilities.”

“No?”

“Not at all. Once, I saw what was left of an old wino eaten by rats, back when I’d been on the force not much longer than you have. But that was a guy who’d crawled under the porch of a house, probably trying to escape the weather. Besides, long ago as it’s been, from what I remember, that body didn’t look anything like this.”

“No, huh?”

“Not really, no. It looked more like he’d been nibbled on till he was worn down to practically nothing.”

Pam pointed towards the corpse.

“That’s not a bunch of nibbles,” she said.

About Author Kevin R. Doyle:

A high-school teacher, former college instructor, and fiction writer, Kevin R. Doyle is the author of numerous short horror stories. He’s also written three crime thrillers, The Group, When You Have to Go There, and And the Devil Walks Away, and one horror novel, The Litter. In the last few years, he’s begun working on the Sam Quinton private eye series, published by Camel Press. The first Quinton book, Squatter’s Rights, was nominated for the 2021 Shamus award for Best First PI Novel. The second book, Heel Turn, was released in March of 2021, while the third in the series, Double Frame, came out in March of 2022.

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We All Fall Before The Harvest by C.M. Forest ~ Excerpt and Giveaway

Posted: April 28, 2022 in Excerpt, giveaways, horror
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We All Fall Before the Harvest

by C.M. Forest

Genre: Horror

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In the guts of a nameless city, career criminal Owen fights for his sanity and his life. After stealing a morbid piece of artwork at the behest of his boss, Owen discovers the original owners of the grotesque painting are part of a twisted cult known as The Family—and they’ll stop at nothing to get it back.

The longer Owen possesses the painting, the more it warps his mind and alters the very world around him. Between those that want him dead, his own dark past, and his crumbling grip on reality, the walls are closing in. Unstable but determined, Owen is the only thing standing between our world and the coming Harvest.

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What inspired you to write this book?

 

I fricking love cosmic horror. It’s a subgenre that I haven’t touched much upon in the past, but always wanted to. When I had some free time on the schedule for a new project, I knew it was going to be cosmic horror. That’s about all I knew at first, but it was enough.

 

What can we expect from you in the future?

 

In the very near-future (as in June!), I have novel being released through Eerie River Publishing. The book, called Infested, is a parasitic horror story, and is very near and dear to me. I’d been working on it for a long (seriously, it has been so long) time, and it’s nice to see it finally coming out.

 

Beyond that, I have another novella in the works, and a second novel that needs a final coat of paint before I can parade it out into the world.

 

Can you tell us a little bit about the characters in (Name of book)?

 

Owen? Well, Owen is a bad man. That’s not up for debate. He’s done things, awful things, that haunt him daily. He’s the kind of guy that, when you see him walking toward you, you cross the street. I’m a big fan of crime noir stories, and wanted to channel that sort of protagonist into We All Fall Before the Harvest. Somebody living in a state of constant grey.

 

What did you enjoy most about writing this book?

 

Not to sound like a psycho, but I liked the cruelty of it. The story is mean and that’s what I wanted. There’s a dangerous, nasty masculinity to the prose that adds a visceral sheen to the entire thing. I reveled in it.

 

If you had to do it all over again, would you change anything in your latest book?

 

I am a creature of regret in most aspects of my life. Heck, I regret eating the blueberry Pop Tarts this morning instead of the strawberry! But, in the case of this book, I really don’t have any. It was a perfect storm of creativity for me that resulted in something I’m proud of.

 

If your book was made into a film, who would you like to play the lead?

 

My knee-jerk answer to this question is a young Russell Crowe. He seems pretty shady. He’d be perfect!

 

How did you come up with name of this book?

 

I never name my stories until they are finished (or very close to being finished). The working title for this one was simply Below. Why? I can’t even remember. I think it had something to do with water. Anyway, sometime during the second draft, I started honing in on the actual title. Novellas have a certain flair with their titles, and, in that spirit, I came up with We All Fall Before the Harvest.

 

If you could spend time with a character from your book whom would it be? And what would you do during that day?

 

Yikes. I wouldn’t want to be around any of these people. They’re awful! But, if you could stomach it, spending a few hours with The Family would probably be quite educational—and terrifying.

 

Are your characters based off real people or did they all come entirely from your imagination?

 

I sometimes use real folks as inspiration for characters in my stories, but for this book, everybody sprang from my imagination.

 

Do your characters seem to hijack the story or do you feel like you have the reigns of the story?

 

I’m definitely in control. The best my characters can achieve are small acts of sabotage against me, but, like some sort of corrections officer, I always get them back in line.

 

If your book had a candle, what scent would it be?

 

Hmm, let’s say, rotting vegetation, manure, pork rinds and a subtle undertone of patchouli. Yum!

 

Fun Facts/Behind the Scenes/Did You Know?’-type tidbits about the author, the book or the writing process of the book.

 

I wrote this book super-fast (for me at least). It took little less than a month and it was initially going to be a road trip story which would have concluded for the climax in Nova Scotia.

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C.M. Forest, also known as Christian Laforet, is the author of the novel Infested, as well as the novella We All Fall Before the Harvest. A self-proclaimed horror movie expert, he spent an embarrassing amount of his youth watching scary movies. When not writing, he lives in Ontario, Canada with his wife, kids, three cats and a pandemic dog named Sully who has an ongoing love affair with a blanket.

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Shifter ~ The Healer Chronicles by Michael J. Bowler

Posted: April 16, 2022 in giveaways, horror, Science Fiction, YA
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Shifter (The Healer Chronicles Book 2) by [Michael J Bowler]
 
Genre: Teen and Young Adult Horror/Science Fiction
Publisher: Michael J. Bowler, Author
Date of Publication: 4/12/2022
ISBN: 978-1-7333290-5-7
ASIN: B09R2K41L7
Word Count: 105K
Cover Artist: Streetlight Graphics
 
Tagline: Alex fears his power. Andy craves it.
 
Book Description:
 
Fifteen-year-old Alex and his learning-disabled friends barely survived the events of Spinner, but their nightmare has only just begun. 
 
Alex’s wheelchair has never stopped him from doing what he wants, but his supernatural power to heal every human ailment known to science has put him in the crosshairs of a dangerous doomsday cult that will stop at nothing to capture him and his long-lost twin, Andy, who can shift illness from one person to another. When the boys combine their “gifts,” they unleash the power to control life and death.
 
Now Alex, Andy, and the others have been kidnapped by the U.S. military. On a creepy Air Force base in the remote Nevada desert, they must decide who to trust and who to fear while uncovering secrets this base wants to hide from the world. Who is the young boy with unusual abilities who’s treated like a soldier? What is hidden in an ultra-secret hangar that no one can access? And what unnatural experiments are conducted in that closed-off laboratory? 
 
As Alex unravels these mysteries, he strives to bond with his twin, but Andy is distant and detached, trusting no one. He’s also more attracted to the dangerous power they wield than Alex would like. When misplaced faith in science ignites a hidden lust for supremacy, rescue can only come from the most unlikely source, and Alex must confront a terrible truth. 
 
The Healer Chronicles continue…
 
 
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He studied his silent brother, staring upward as though hypnotized.

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“You okay, Andy?”

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Without dropping his gaze in the slightest, Andy said, “You dreamed about Teacher too,
didn’t you?”

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Alex flinched, his breath momentarily on hold. “Yeah.”

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Now it was Martin who looked confused. He shifted position on the chair and that’s
when Alex noticed the gun strapped to his belt. Martin studied them both in the
dark, his face hidden in shadow. “What are you guys talking about?”

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When Andy remained silent, Alex pulled his gaze from his brother’s back and faced
Martin. “A teacher we both had. She’s part of the group that’s trying to get
me. She says she’s gonna find me no matter where I go.”

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Martin’s expression turned from grim to resolute. “I’ll protect you.” He patted the gun
in its holster.

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Alex eyed his brother once more. “She…she said you belong to her, Andy.”

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Alex thought he saw his brother recoil, but the moon wasn’t completely full, so he
couldn’t be sure.

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“I won’t be in a cage ever again,” Andy said quietly, his voice almost a whisper,
as though talking to himself. “I told that to Teacher and I meant it.”

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Martin leaped to his feet, startling the boys.

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Alex whirled to face him. “What?”

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Martin threw a finger to his lips and reached down, pulling out the gun and pointing
it over Alex’s head.

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Now Alex heard it. Movement. The sound of people trying hard to be quiet, but a
slight crunch of gravel gave them away.

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Martin waved the boys behind him and darted in front, gun aimed toward the house.

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A red light rounded the corner and before Alex could even think of the red light
that had killed Juan back at the church, Martin fired his weapon. One pop,
muffled, like he had a heavy sock over the barrel. The red light spun crazily and
then toppled to the grass.

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Alex glanced at Andy with wide eyes. They’d been found!

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After that, everything happened so fast Alex could barely process it. Another figure
rounded the corner with a gun and fired. A tiny burst of light accompanied the
pop of a gunshot, and then Martin grunted, collapsing to the lawn.

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“Martin!” Andy dashed around Alex’s chair and knelt by the unmoving form of their
protector.

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More figures rounded the corner of the house and bore down on them. Alex backed up,
but suddenly Andy grasped his hand. Alex felt the rush of power surging through
him—just as it had at the church when they’d brought Roy back to life—heavy
floodwaters that meant their combined powers had been activated. He looked down
at Andy, still kneeling beside Martin’s body.

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Andy whispered, “Death, to me!”

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Alex stiffened, his vision growing dim, his mind filled with a gray nothingness that
terrified him.

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As though from miles away, he heard Andy hiss, “Death to them!”

 

 

 

About Author Michael J. Bowler:

Michael J. Bowler is an award-winning author of the five-book urban fantasy series The Lance Chronicles, the mystery-thriller The Film Milieu Series, the supernatural-sci-fi The Healer Chronicles, and several standalone books. He also writes screenplays. His horror screenplay, “Healer,” was a Semi-Finalist, and his urban fantasy script, “Like A Hero,” was a Finalist in the Shriekfest Film Festival and Screenplay Competition, and his sci-fi screenplay, “The God Machine,” was the 2017 Scriptapalozza First Place Winner.
He worked as producer, writer, and/or director on several ultra-low-budget horror films, including “Fatal Images,” “Hell Spa,” “Club Dead,” and “Things II.”
He taught high school in Hawthorne, California, both in general education and to students with learning disabilities, in subjects ranging from English and Strength Training to Algebra, Biology, and Yearbook.
He has also been a volunteer Big Brother to eight different boys with the Catholic Big Brothers Big Sisters program and a long-time volunteer within the juvenile justice system in Los Angeles.
He has been honored as Probation Volunteer of the Year, YMCA Volunteer of the Year, California Big Brother of the Year, and 2000 National Big Brother of the Year. The “National” honor allowed him and three of his Little Brothers to visit the White House and meet the president in the Oval Office. He also adopted a child in 2020.
His goal as an author is for teens to experience empowerment and hope; to see themselves in his diverse characters; to read about kids who face real-life challenges; and to see how kids like them can remain decent people in an indecent world. The most prevalent theme in his writing and his work with youth is this: as both a society, and as individuals, we’re better off when we do what’s right, rather than what’s easy.
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