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March Plug #2 — Adrian Ludens

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Bedtime Stories for Carrion Beetles by Adrian Ludens
 
Synopsis
 
Nineteen tales of horror, mystery, supernatural suspense, and the weird West. 
 
A horde of insects invade one unfortunate man’s stomach and make it their home, a blind woman guards a cavern full of Civil War-era zombies, and a troubled teen digs up her father’s corpse, hoping to obtain closure. Visit a macabre secret museum where taxidermy and classic literature combine, discover the lengths one desperate mortuary assistant will go to for love, and learn why Jack McCall really killed Wild Bill Hickcok. 
 
Blurbs
 
“Adrian Ludens…will scare the hell outta you in Bedtime Stories for Carrion Beetles. I highly recommend anything Ludens writes!” -Ty Schwamberger (The Fields, Deep Dark Woods). 
“Understated, wistful, and somewhat sad. Bedtime Stories for Carrion Beetles was a creepy pleasant surprise, and I am looking forward to seeing more of his work. -K. H. Vaughan, Hellnotes
“This collection whisked me back to late nights as a child reading ‘The October Country’ or ‘Skeleton Crew’ – wonderfully imagined, truly scary concepts brought to life through character and location.” -Harper Hull, Amazon
 
Bio
 
Adrian Ludens lives and works in the historic Black Hills of South Dakota. Magazine appearances include Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Woman’s World, Big Pulp and Over My Dead Body. Anthology appearances include Blood Lite III: Aftertaste, Slices of Flesh, Blood Rites, Zombie Kong, and The Mothman Files. For more information visit adrianludens.com.
 
 
Available in trade paperback and for Kindle.
 

March Plug #1 — Dean Harrison

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These Unquiet Bones by Dean Harrison

Synopsis

Trying to get behind the truth of her mother’s death, Amy Snow unleashes the skeletons lurking in the dark of her father’s closet, and learns a terrible, twisted truth about her family tree. Meanwhile, a man named Adam is on a mission to restore Paradise to its former glory. To accomplish this, he must find “The Lost One”, a girl he calls Eve, and sacrifice her to the god she betrayed the day a talking serpent slithered into the Garden of Eden.

Bio

Dean Harrison is a longtime fan of horror fiction. Though he has spent some time out in the “real world” working as a shoe salesman, a security guard, an investigator, a loss prevention detective and a journalist, he has consistently returned to what he loves doing most–writing horror fiction. His short stories can be found in the horror anthologies FEM-FANGS, FELL BEASTS,  RELICS & REMAINS and CHRISTMAS IN HELL. His debut novel is THESE UNQUIET BONES. More is to come.

Dean lives with his family in his hometown of Mobile, AL, a city rich in ghost stories.

Learn more about Dean and his work on his website.

Available in Trade Paperback and Kindle on Amazon.

March Plug Month 2014

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In March of last year I opened up by blog to anyone who wanted some free advertisement for their work. I’ve decided to do it again this year.

If interested, email a jpg of your book cover, a short synopsis, a bio, your website link, where to purchase the book, etc, to ty_schwamberger@yahoo.com. Please format this information how it appeared in the posts from last year with the subject line “March Plug Month 2014”. I’ll then reply and let you know the date (unless you specify) when your info will appear on this site. Your book does NOT have to be of the horror variety to get a spot.

Good Luck!

Goodbye, 2013. Hello, 2014 (aka End Game).

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The year 2013 was a very good one for me, personally and professionally. On the personal side: I got married on June 15th, had a wonderful summer with my daughter, had a fantastic two week honeymoon (week one was a Caribbean cruise with stops in the Bahamas, St. Thomas & St. Martin, then the second week spent in Ft. Myers, FL), my new bride and I bought a new house, moved in on the 21st of December, just in time for us to spend Christmas week together with my daughter. On the professional side: House Call (based on my novella of the same name was released on DVD), DININ’ (my Bad Moon Books novella was optioned for film adaptation by Cinder Path Productions), two of my short stories came out in foreign languages, “Two Men, A Rat, And A Lady” (published in Tales of Obscenity Magazine), had articles published in both Tales of Obscenity and Beware the Dark Magazines, my novellas Last Night Out (Crowded Quarantine Publications) and The Killing Club (Crossroads Press) both came out during the year, along with other various articles and interviews.

That’s not too shabby for one year, right? I would agree. Well, for the most part. See, I have no qualms with the personal side, because, honestly, it can’t get much better than that for anybody. There was, however, something brewing on the professional side. More on that later.

So, you ask, what’s on the horizon professionally for Ty Schwamberger in 2014? You’ll see a column hosted by me in Beware the Dark Magazine #2, the hopeful funding and filming of DININ’, audio book editions of The Killing Club, DININ’ and Last Night Out, a new edition of The Fields (Severed Press, which will include the original Introduction by Jonathan Maberry, along with a brand new Forward by Joe McKinney and an Afterward by me), an original mummy novella, The Desert (Severed Press), the mid-year release of my creature novel, Deep Dark Woods (Crowded Quarantine Publications, with original cover art by Nick Rose) and the late-year release of a tentatively titled novel, The Bad Apple (T Allen Press). Those are the items currently set in “stone” (given the state of this business I use that term as loosely as possible). I’m also currently in discussions with a publisher to potentially release some additional foreign language editions of my catalog, as well as being in the VERY beginning of talks with a well-known horror news site to do some exciting work for them.

Ok, it’s time to backtrack a bit. Actually, it’s time to go way back. Back to the beginning. Early 2008. The completion of my first novel. Now, fast forward to 12/31/14, or, what I like to call: END GAME.

The date I retire from writing fiction (books, at least).

Remember the following for future reference:

The End is the New Beginning.

The Death of a Horror Writer.

My vision.

Part of (another) Club

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Exactly two years ago I was welcomed as an Active Member of the Horror Writers Association.

Today I was accepted as the newest active member of the International Thriller Writers.

You can learn about the ITW here.

March Plug #11 — Joshua Lisec

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The Phoenix Reich by Joshua Lisec

About

When underachieving college student Max Meyers learns that the death of his father, a popular United States Senator, has been prematurely ruled a suicide, he sets out on a mission to learn the truth—a mission that leads him to uncover an international conspiracy dating back to the final days of Nazi Germany.
 
Author Joshua Lisec’s title, “The Phoenix Reich,” seizes readers’ imaginations through a tangible combination of contemporary action coupled with mysterious archival revelations found in Nazi history. As a source of suspense and intrigue, “The Phoenix Reich” results in an electrifying adventure. Lisec’s novel transports readers to the front seat of action through well-crafted characters who simultaneously appear both familiar and enigmatic; all of which is delivered in tightly woven narrative.
 
Bio
 
Joshua Lisec is a novelist and freelance writer from Dayton, Ohio. Inspired by his love for the classic action-adventure novel, Joshua decided at age seventeen to embark on an adventure of his own—to write the first epic tale of a young hero whose story would be nothing less than terribly wonderful. Three years later, The Phoenix Reich was born. You can learn more on his website.

You can Pre-Order the Trade Paperback here.

Relics & Remains — Now Available!

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Relics & Remains. Edited by Ty SchwambergerSynopsis

People have always been fascinated about the past. Some even going to great lengths to uncover what’s taken place long ago. But sometimes when people venture into locations that aren’t suitable for the living, bad things can happen.

That’s when these self-proclaimed explorers start to unearth strange looking, ancient artifacts and the cursed remains of the once-living. They think they’re going to be rich and famous. But, that might just be the furthest from the truth. To them, taking that risk is what it’s all about…until things start to go wrong.

So, for those of you into ‘finding’ strange things, here are some words of advice…

Proceed with caution when digging up someone else’s Relics & Remains.

Table of Contents

“Good For What Ails Ya” by Mike Oliveri

“Many Faces” by Wrath James White

“Centuries of Torment” by Adam P. Lewis

“The Black Diamond” by Michael Laimo

“Caroline’s Playhouse” by Dean Harrison

“The Painter” by Deborah LeBlanc

“Rachel Alhazred’s Tablet” by Steven L. Shrewsbury

“Adrift” by Dora Machado

“Monkey Paw 2.0” by Tim Deal

“Pickin’ & Grinnin’” by Thomas A. Erb

“Whispers at the End of Creation” by Maurice Broaddus

“Nailed” by John Everson

“’Chomp’ A Cautionary Tale” by Jeff Strand

Click here to check out the book trailer. Then go download this anthology to your Kindle or Nook.

The Trade Paperback will be available for purchase next week.