Category Archives: Writing

Now Available – BLACK (a novella)

My horror western novella, Black, is now available in print from Hazardous Press. And the publisher has made it extremely affordable at just $4.74. That’s for the print edition, mind you–not the ebook. That’s $4.74 for 84 pages of horror fun.

The Amazon blurb describes Black as “A horrific zombie western tale of a gunfighter cursed with unwanted immortality. It’s one thing to make a deal with the Devil; it’s another when the deal is made for you.”

It also features a lengthy, exclusive interview with Joe McKinney, the king of zombies. Again, all for under five bucks. Holy crap, right?

Just take a look at this beautiful cover designed by Matthew Revert and tell me you don’t want that in your hands RIGHT THIS INSTANT:

BUY BLACK TODAY!

 

Five-Finger Discount for They Might Be Demons (Oct 7-Oct 11)

Today, my bizarro flash fiction collection, THEY MIGHT BE DEMONS, is free on Amazon. The giveaway lasts all week, so make sure to share the earth-shattering news to all your friends and enemies. If you like pages with comprehensible words scattered across them, then this book is probably not for you. However, if you’re after an antidote to that “ice tea” you just drank, then I would definitely advise getting yourself a copy ASAP.

 

DARK BITS – Now Available in eBook, Paperback, and Hardback

Apokrupha’s Dark Bits anthology (edited by Jacob Haddon) is now available in eBook, paperback, and hardback. This is an anthology consisting of 52 (+1) horror flash fictions. It includes my story, “The Child, Smiling”, along with many other wonderful authors. Check out the Table of Contents below!

 

1. In Country – Robert Ford

2. The Delivery – Kevin David Anderson

3. Mowed – Jessica McHugh

4. Fatty – Mandy DeGeit

5. Listening – Jeff Heimbuch

6. Locking Up – William Whorton

7. The Miracle – Michael H. Antonio

8. Unconditional – Michele Mixell

9. Confusion in Southern Illinois – Wesley Southard

10. Autumn as Metaphor – G.N. Braun

11. The Long Haul – Mary Pletsch

12. Photograph (V) – Die Booth

13. Crab Feast – Cynthia Ray

14. The Old House – Angela Pritchett

15. Disturbance – Darryl Dawson

16. Seeds – Guy Anthony De Marco

17. You Have to Bleed a Little – Robin Devereaux-Nelson

18. Shroud – Bryce Hughes

19. To Kill a Ghost – Johannes Pinter

20. The Ones That Shine – James Roy Daley

21. Their Favourite Thing – Rebecca L. Brown

22. The Lying Dead – Sheri White

23. The Prescription – Matthew Wilson

24. Messages – David Greske

25. Still Life – Apple Ardent Scott

26. He Knew – William Gracey

27. The Child, Smiling – Max Booth III

28. Senseless – Edd Vick

29. The Scream – Mark C. Scioneaux

30. AM Radio – Chantel Delulio

31. Flesh and Blood- Jeremy C. Shipp

32. Don’t Blink – David Bernstein

33. Lost and Found – Sandy Shelonchik

34. The Treatment – Tracy L. Carbone

35. A Straightforward Proceedure – Tina Rath

36. The Third Prisoner – James S. Dorr

37. That’s Show Business – Bruce Boston

38. Lost – Richard Farren Barber

39. The Worst Sound – William Meikle

40. The Visit – Robert Smales

41. Up – Cameron Suey

42. Broken Eggs – Jamie Lackey

43. Little Lies are Better – Randolph Andrews

44. Visitors – Kenneth W. Cain

45. The Linguist – Kallirroe Agelopoulou

46. Promise Kept – Meriah L. Crawford

47. A Taste of Darkness – Chantal Noordeloos

48. Change – Keith Armstrong

49. New Start – Kathryn Ptacek

50. Kwick Stop Jesus – Dane Hatchell

51. The Door – Stephanie Jessop

52. Smokes – Carson Buckingham

  • +1 Just A Dream – Kevin Lucia

 

Dark Bits is a collection of 52+1 horror flash fiction stories.  Short, but not sweet, they move quick to grab you. Got a minute? Go ahead, try one.

Chiral Mad 2 to publish “Flowers Blooming in the Season of Atrophy”

Michael Bailey of Written Backwards has accepted my story, “Flowers Blooming in the Season of Atrophy” for his newest psychological horror anthology, Chiral Mad 2. All proceeds will go toward benefiting Down’s Syndrome charities.

“Flowers Blooming in the Season of Atrophy” details the aftermath of a horrific school shooting from multiple points of views of those affected. It will join eight other already announced authors, including Gene O’Neill, Gary McMahon, Erik T. Johnson, Andrew Hook, Ramsey Campbell, Mort Castle, David Morrell, Jack Ketchum, and John Skipp, with more to be announced in the future.

Here is what the editor, Michael Bailey, had to say about the news on Facebook:

Max Booth III submitted a story called “Flowers Blooming in the Season of Atrophy,” which I can’t get out of my head. It’s been stuck there for a while. So, it’s going in the book. Welcome to Chiral Mad 2! The anthology will most likely lead with 1. Jack Ketchum, 2. Max Booth III, 3. Mort Castle

That’s right. I will be following an original Jack Ketchum story. I will be the delicious, juicy meat in a Jack Ketchum, Max Booth III, and Mort Castle sandwich.

I am having a hard time picturing a bigger honor right now, to be honest. Stay tuned for further updates.

 

Hazardous Press to Publish BLACK (a novella)

COMING OCTOBER 2013 FROM HAZARDOUS PRESS!

 

I have sold my horror western novella, BLACK, to Hazardous Press. It will be released this October!

BLACK was previously published in the anthology, WELCOME TO HELL (edited by Eric S Brown), and my personal story collection, TRUE STORIES TOLD BY A LIAR, and it has now been revived and expanded to be printed solo. Joe McKinney will also interview me about zombies and the interview will be collected in the back of the novella as “bonus content”.

Thanks to Robert Helmbrecht for taking a liking to this story and believing in it enough to publish it. It’s one of my favorite stories and I can’t wait to share it with a wider audience.

The cover was, of course, designed by the always wonderful Matthew Revert.

Cheers.

 

Now Available: Sex, Drugs & Horror

Just released from James Ward Kirk Fiction is the anthology, SEX, DRUGS & HORROR, featuring my short story, “Sex Demon From Hell”. The book is described as thus: “Sex, Drugs & Horror is an all-out assault on the senses. Everything—from Splatterpunk to Horror Erotica will find a home here. This one is not for the squeamish or prudish. Filled with chills and thrills, this anthology will not disappoint!” I am honored to share a ToC with some familiar faces in the horror field. You can buy this now for paperback here. Check out below for the table of contents.

Introduction by J. Daniel Stone
“Red in the Hood” by Timothy Frasier
“The Witches” by Roger Cowin
3 Love Poems by Roger Cowin
“Love is a Gun” by Roger Cowin
“My Sweet” by Mathias Jansson
“Brothel of hell” by Mathias Jansson
“Flesh, Blood, and Bones” by Shawna Bernard
“Dentist” by Shawna Bernard
“Nightwing” by Shawna Bernard
“She” by Selene MacLeod
“Corpus Delectable” by Sydney Leigh
“Fair Play” by Brigitte Kephart
“Chalk” by K. Trap Jones
“Skin Flick” by Ken Goldman
“Happy as Cotton Candy” by William J Fedigan
“Sex Demon from Hell” by Max Booth III
“Smoke and Mirrors” by J. Daniel Stone
“My Dead Celebrity” by Shaun Avery
“Blood Soaked” by Jason Hughes
“Necessary Cold Ruthlessness” by Timothy Frasier
“Diagra” by Simon Critchell
“Senhpi ez hrl Dmajld (Coitus of the Damned)” by Christian Riley
“Just Take It” by Robert Holt
“Sunset Lake” by David Price
“Ashtray Kiss ” by Michael Lindquist
“Doing it for JRD (Justice, Revenge and Deliverance)” by David Eccles
“A Brief Held Beauty” by B.T. Joy
“Head Blown Out” by David L Tamarin
“Old Tricks” by Michael Zunenshine
“Sinister Desires” by Michael Randolph