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Showing posts with label Dark Fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dark Fiction. Show all posts

Wednesday, 5 December 2012

Featured on Goodreads.



Those who are regular visitors will know of my enthusiasm for a large-membership reading community on the web: Goodreads is an excellent site for writers to interact with readers, for readers to chat about their favourite books, read reviews, gain recommendations, and, in fact, join in almost any activity you can imagine that deals with the world of books. It is, in short, a book-lovers' paradise. If you're not already a member, I urge you to join this community.
But, just for good measure, it turns out one of my books is featured there at present. Ten Tales for Tomorrow is an anthology of dark speculative fiction, which has earned praise from those who've read and reviewed it. You'll find more details, and buying links, on the Published Work page of the blog.
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Wednesday, 31 October 2012

Free Until the Witching Hour


Heir to Death’s Folly, a new book available exclusively as a Kindle ebook, is free until midnight tonight (that’s PST. For UK readers, you have until 07:00 Thursday), so regular visitors have a chance to obtain it without cost. If you take advantage of the offer, I’d appreciate a review, but you’re under no obligation, of course.

No Kindle, but want to read it? Download free software from Amazon to read Kindle books on your PC, laptop, iPad, iPhone, Android phone, tablet or Mac; use this link from the UK http://amzn.to/Uaqusr  and, for USA readers, this link http://amzn.to/UaqUiu , where you can also add it to your browser, Windows Phone 7, Blackberry, and Windows 8 devices.

The story? I won’t give anything away, but a young woman is in peril…
This is the short blurb:
At Kasim's insistence, Julie takes him to visit her Aunt Agatha. Desperate for money, he intends to hasten Agatha's death so Julie will inherit her fortune sooner. But their search for the legendary family treasure leads them into dangers they could never have envisaged. Will Julie escape the fate that awaits her in the ancient tower rumoured to house the hoard?

 Woooo! Scary, eh?  Enjoy your goosebumps!

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Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Halloween Ebook, Free for 2 Days.


Heir to Death’s Folly, available exclusively as a Kindle ebook at present, is published under the KDP flag. And I’m giving it away free for two days, so that my regular readers can have it at no cost, to celebrate Halloween. Should you take advantage of this offer, I’d appreciate a review, but you’re under no obligation, of course. I just want you to enjoy the story and feel the terror.

For those who don’t own a Kindle, but want to read it in the offer period, or later (when, by the way, it will cost you $2.99 or £1.86), you can download free software from Amazon so you can read Kindle books on your PC, laptop, iPad, iPhone, Android phone, tablet or Mac, just follow this link if you’re in the UK http://amzn.to/Uaqusr and click on the appropriate link on the site. For USA readers, follow this link http://amzn.to/UaqUiu  and you can add other devices to the list as follows: your browser, Windows Phone 7, Blackberry, and Windows 8 devices.

What’s the story about? Well, I won’t give too much away, but a young woman is being taken into danger…
The short blurb is as follows:
At Kasim's insistence, Julie takes him to visit her Aunt Agatha. Desperate for money, he intends to hasten Agatha's death so Julie will inherit her fortune sooner. But their search for the legendary family treasure leads them into dangers they could never have envisaged. Will Julie escape the fate that awaits her in the ancient tower rumoured to house the hoard?

And the period of the free offer?
From now, PST (Monday), to midnight PST on 31 October (07:00 Tuesday to 07:00 Thursday, here in UK). So, get your copy sooner rather than later, or you may miss out. Of course, if you wait, I earn a bit of cash for my work and that’s great. But, either way, I’m happy as long as I have readers. Enjoy.
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Monday, 29 October 2012

New Book Published for Halloween


I’ve a new book out for the coming holiday. It’s a story of around 10,000 words in the Gothic horror tradition, so should get those goosebumps rising.

Heir to Death’s Folly is available exclusively as a Kindle ebook at present, under the KDP flag. And it’s going to be free for a couple of days, so that my regular visitors have a chance to obtain it without cost. Of course, if you take advantage of this offer, I’d appreciate a review, but don’t feel under any obligation to write one.

If you don’t have a Kindle, but want to read it in the free period, or later, you can download free software from Amazon to allow you to read Kindle books on your PC, laptop, iPad, iPhone, Android phone, tablet or Mac, just follow this link from the UK http://amzn.to/Uaqusr and click on the appropriate link on the site. For USA readers, follow this link http://amzn.to/UaqUiu  and you can add other devices to that list as follows: your browser, Windows Phone 7, Blackberry, and Windows 8 devices.

So what’s the story about? Well, I don’t want to give too much away, but a young woman is in danger…
The short blurb is as follows:
At Kasim's insistence, Julie takes him to visit her Aunt Agatha. Desperate for money, he intends to hasten Agatha's death so Julie will inherit her fortune sooner. But their search for the legendary family treasure leads them into dangers they could never have envisaged. Will Julie escape the fate that awaits her in the ancient tower rumoured to house the hoard?

And, what’s the timetable for the free offer?
From midnight PST tonight (Monday) to midnight PST on 31 October (which is 07:00 Tuesday to 07:00 Thursday, here in UK). So don’t delay, get your copy sooner rather than later, or you may miss out.

Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Contribution to Mankind, by Linda Acaster, Reviewed


Here we have a collection of short stories by an author who knows her craft. The tales are all dark but, as with all good tales of the sort, carry patches of light. Linda Acaster has an uncanny knack of undermining assumptions so that the reader finds her stories end rather differently from what might have been expected. Nevertheless, the endings are all apt; there is nothing either false or contrived about them, it's merely that they lead to places not ordinarily considered.

The author employs her considerable imagination to take the reader into unfamiliar worlds where all is not as it seems on the surface. Although ghosts and spirits populate some of these stories, they don't arise from the regular menu of ghost stories. Each has its own take on experiences that take us out of our normal, cosy world and plunge us into possibilities we might otherwise not encounter.

As always in this writer's fiction, the language employed is both apt and accessible without being either patronising or too clever. She uses a down to earth tone to set the scene and to portray her characters. And the characters are beings we might all have met, even those populating the other worlds she sometimes takes us into.

There is irony, some just desserts, and a glance into our possible distant future within the tales in this collection. I enjoyed all the stories and commend them to you.

As a bonus, the book also contains the opening chapters of Linda Acaster's 'Torc of Moonlight', a superb paranormal romance novel that stands out as more than just a great example of the form but as a demonstration that such works can truly transcend the narrow definition of the genre and appeal to the widest readership.

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