AVAILABLE MARCH 9th! Kettletop’s Revisionary Plot is my contribution to ZVR: This Means War. It’s the heartwarming tale of a desperate scientist’s trip through time in time in order to prevent the original release of the Z Virus and save his wife. (This is sure to work). Prior to the anthology’s release, the story will be available as a .99 download along with eight other Zombies vs. Robots shorts, which you can pre-order here or wherever you prefer to purchase ebooks.
PREORDER NOW! ZVR: This Means War takes IDW”s splatterific Zombie vs Robots comic book series – created by writer Chris Ryall and artist Ashley Wood – and expands it in ways that will redefine both zombie and robot fiction. A shambling cohort of top horror and fantasy writers from across the globe (okay, Canada, England, Australia, and Bakersfield) have devoted themselves to making evocative word-pictures in your brain of this delicious cult series. Featuring the Brain-Eating Talents of (in alphabetical order) Jesse Bullington (The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart, The Enterprise of Death), Nancy Collins (Sonja Blue, Swamp Thing, Vamps), Lincoln Crisler (Despairs & Delights, Magick & Misery), Brea Grant (Dexter), Robert Hood (Immaterial), Nicholas Kaufmann (Chasing the Dragon), James A. Moore (Vendetta), Norman Prentiss (Invisible Fences), Rachel Swirsky (“The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen’s Window”), Steve Rasnic (Bram Stoker Award Winner), Rio Youers (End Times), and Jeff Conner (editor/World Fantasy Award Nominee). Scheduled for release in April 2012. You can save 32% by pre-ordering now on Amazon.
CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY? Lord Acton originally wrote, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Modern pop-culture is brimming over with stories of bright, polished men and women with iron wills and indestructible moral codes, who throw themselves into a life of public service after being graced (or cursed) with cosmic powers, a magic ring, puberty-activated mutant genes or robot suits.
How about the people that look out for ‘Number One?’ People with flaws? People with serious psychological issues? People that have been looking for a ticket out of their circumstances and finally lucked into it? People who’ve devoted themselves to their success and have reached it, at long last? The nerdy kid who doesn’t have to be pushed around and isn’t willing to hide anymore? The jealous girl that’s tired of being the ‘other woman?’ The disenfranchised homeless man? The bored housewife who wishes she’d made some different choices? What would really happen if today’s people had superpowers?
Twenty or so dark stories of metahumans (people with superpowers) from new and established writers, with cover art from the wonderful Jessy Lucero. Scheduled for release in March ’12 from Damnation Books.
FOUR IN THE MORNING. A four-novella collboration between Tim Marquitz, Ed Erdelac, Malon Edwards and myself. There’s a loose theme binding the stories together; that of age and problems particular to different stages of life, dealt with in a speculative manner. The title is based on the mythological Riddle of the Sphinx. Scheduled for release in June ’12 from Damnation Books.
WILD 2: The sequel to my zombie-western novella, which was released in March ’11. While escorting Henry Waters to his new beginning at a Massachusetts prep school, Matthias and Juan uncover the reason for the school’s headmaster’s mysterious disappearance. Less cowboy. More questions. Scheduled for release in September ’12 from Damnation Books.
