Tag: horror

Gnomus & The 7th House

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I announced here about T Allen Press publishing a short story via Kindle each of the next 12 months. “Gnomus” & “The 7th House” is the first installment. As an added bonus, the first release contains two stories.

Description:

“Gnomus” is a 2,200 word short story. The tale centers around Steven whom is newly retired and is becoming increasingly annoyed by his wife’s “to do” list. Little does Steven know Deborah has an unique way to make sure he completes everything on her list.
 
The follow-up to the previous story is 6,600 words and entitled “The 7th House”. This tale takes place at a haunted house attraction where Steven exacts his revenge on Deborah’s nasty little way of making him do what she wants.
 
Visit Amazon to download over 8,500 words of terror-filled fun for less than a buck!

The Fields — A New Review

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Wag The Fox posted this today about my atypical zombie novella, The Fields. You can still purchase the Trade Paperback, eBook and Audio Book editions on Amazon.

“It turns out that one way to go forward with the zombie genre is to go backwards–in time, anyway. Ty Schwamberger’s novella, The Fields, offers up the story set in the days following the American Civil War of Billy Fletcher, a young plantation owner in dire need of help to keep the farm going before the tobacco crop dies. He inherited it after his father passed away, a cruel slave-owner who didn’t just exploit those indentured on his farm, but tortured them as well, even burying slaves behind his expansive tobacco fields. Even his son wound up the receiving end of more than a few beatings for showing sympathy for the slaves and other deeds considered sins in his father’s eyes.
 
But despite vowing to run the plantation differently from his father, to work the land himself rather than resort to slave labor, the young man is failing. Enter a man named Abraham who knocks on Billy’s door one day and offers him a solution. There’s no real telling where Abraham came from, but he sure seems to know a lot about Billy and his father, and assures Billy that what he needs to do is follow in his father’s footsteps. And that’s something that Billy is adamant about avoiding, because he doesn’t want to be a slave-owner like his father. But what if the slaves are already dead?
 
This was a tremendously creepy zombie story, due mainly because of the racial current running through it. The idea that a person would only be enslaved during when they’re alive, but when they’re dead as well, is an unsettling one to say the least. One thing I had trouble envisioning as I read the book was the farm. Billy, Abraham, and the zombies jumped off the page, but the plantation itself felt very much like a stage-dressing when I was expecting something much more vivid. But, maybe tobacco fields just aren’t that much to look at.
 
Apex seems to have a knack for showcasing books in the zombie genre that stray from the road most traveled, though it’s sad to here the Zombie Feed imprint is no more. Ty is an emerging talent in the horror genre, to be sure. I’d only read some of his short fiction prior to this, so it was nice to sit down with a longer work and see how he brings a story to life when there’s a little more room to breathe. I’ve got a couple more of his novellas on my to-be-read pile, and I’m definitely looking forward to checking them out, too.”

12 for 12

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For each of the next 12 months (including this month) T Allen Press will publish a short story via Kindle. All come from my short story collection For After Midnight. The 332 page Trade Paperback, eBook or Audio Book editions can still be purchased on Amazon. If you’ve never read any of my stuff, but always wanted to, you’ll soon be able for only .99 cents each month. Below is the cover of the first Kindle release, followed by the full release schedule. Note: a few releases will contain more than one story, since the lengths are fairly short.

“Gnomus” & “The 7th House” – September 2012 (coming next week)

“The Halloween Hero” – October

“Spare Rib Soup” – November

“Liquid Courage” – December

“Urban Monsoon”, “Cake Batter” & “Future Hall-of-Famer” – January 2013

“In the Woods” – February (Update: This short story will not be released, as it’s the Prologue & Epilogue to my novel, Deep Dark Woods, coming early 2013)

“Jacob’s Mind” – March

“Rebirth: The Rise of Pharaoh Masika” – April

“One Brew Too Many?” – May

“The Ringmaster” – June

“Hunger” & “Thirst” – July

“All in the Line of Duty” – August

Audio Books — On Sale!

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From Today through Sunday, September 2, ACX is cutting the price on my two audio books — For After Midnight and The Fields.

Details:

  • Narrated by Randy Capes
  • Length:7 hrs and 23 mins
  • Release Date:03-07-12

Table of Contents

In The Woods
Urban Monsoon
Gnomus
The 7th House
Hunger
Rebirth: The Rise of Pharaoh Masika
Web Blog
Spare Rib Soup
Cake Batter
Future Hall-of-Famer
The Ringmaster
Thirst
The Halloween Hero
The Legend of Johnston’s Creek
Liquid Courage
Jacob’s Mind
One Brew Too Many?
All in the Line of Duty (bonus novelette)

Buy the audio book edition of For After Midnight here for only $5.95. You can still purchase the Trade Paperback and Kindle editions on Amazon.

Details:

  • Narrated by Randy Capes
  • Length:2 hrs and 16 mins
  • Release Date:06-06-12

Synopsis

Billy Fletcher learned to farm the family’s tobacco fields–and beat slaves–by the hands of his father. Now, his father is dead, the slaves have long since been freed, and the once-lush fields are dying. Salvation by the name of Abraham knocks on the farmhouse door, bringing wild ideas. He can help Billy Save the plantation and return the fields to their former glory… by raising his father’s slaves from the dead.
 
Can the resurrected slaves breathe life back into the Fletcher farm? Having brought the slaves back from graves that his father sent them, can Billy be the kind master his father wasn’t? Is keeping the farm worth denying the men the freedom they earned with death?

Billy’s conscience holds the key to those mysteries, but not the biggest one: what does Abraham really want from the former slave owner’s son?
 
Welcome to The Fields.

Buy the audio book edition of The Fields here for only $6.95. You can still purchase the Trade Paperback and Kindle editions on Amazon.

Relics & Remains

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You might remember me posting a few years ago about editing an anthology entitled, Relics & Remains. After dozens of emails, talking with various publishers and basically never thinking this incredibly awesome anthology would dig itself out of its grave, I’m pleased to announce Relics & Remains has been picked up by E-Volve Books (Naked Snake Press). Below are the almost, long-forgotten details.

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’ & Grinin’ by Thomas A. Erb 

Whispers at the End of Creation by Maurice Broaddus 

Nailed by John Everson 

“Chomp” A Cautionary Tale by Jeff Strand

Synopsis

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’s some words of advice… 

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

Relics & Remains will be released around Halloween 2012 in Trade Paperback and eBook.

Dead Souls by Michael Laimo

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On his 18th birthday, Johnny Petrie learns he was adopted when he inherits a farm in Maine, abandoned for the 18 years since his natural family died at the hands of his father, the local preacher. Eager for a new life, he leaves home to start over in his new dwelling. However, as he digs into his past, he soon uncovers the horrifying details of his father’s questionable teachings. In a frightening revelation, he also learns that his return has revived decades-old forces trapped in the home and sets in motion a heart-stopping finale to a ritual that already claimed the lives of his family.

Order the first release from Odium Media on Amazon.