So who wants a zombie ebook collection that'll make your friends jealous? How about if i told you it would be less than a $1 a book? Well right now, and for today only, some of the coolest names in horror are having a special ZOMBIE SALE. here's the full line up and the books that they are offering. First Activation - D. A. Wearmouth Autumn: The Human Condition - David Moody Last Bastion of the Living - Rhiannon Frater The Infection - Craig DiLouie Domain of the Dead- Iain McKinnon Downfall and Betrayal - Michael S Gardner The Forgotten - Jackie Druga Six Feet From Hell: Crisis - Joseph A. Coley Game of Straws Origins - SB Knight Beyond the Barriers - Tim W. Long Fish to Die For (666 Fish) - Keith Milstead The Undead Situation - Eloise J. Knapp Roms, Bombs & Zoms - Katie Cord (Evil Girlfriend Media) Epic Apocalypse - Apocalyptic Box Set ($1.99) James Cook, John O'Brien, Joe McKinney, Armand Rosamilia, Heath Stallcup, Shawn Chesser, and Mark Tufo So what are you waiting for? Go feed that kindle! www.amazon.com www.amazon.co.uk I was also lucky enough to interview some of these very cool authors, keep reading and see what they had to say, read some excerpts and get a heads up on some great Z' Plans. Joseph A. Coley Interview![]() Getting to know you & your book. Name, contact and purchase links, shoe size… actually, you can leave off the shoe size, that’s not really important… Joseph A. Coley, author of the Six Feet From Hell series. You can hit me up on FB www.facebook.com/joseph.a.coley Twitter: @JosephAColey Blog: www.sixfeetfromhell.blogspot.com I am not a hard person to get hold of. Shoe size is 11 ;) Tell us the name of the book you have in the Feed the Zombies event and a little bit about it. My offering to the event is Six Feet From Hell: Crisis, the fourth book in the series, and the newest entry. It was released on September 1st of this year. It is the beginning of a second set of three books in the 6FFH series. Tell us something unusual about it. It is set nine years after the end of the third book, and is the first one to be professionally edited by Monique Happy Editorial Services. Who’s your favourite character? And do you have a worst? My favourite character has got to be my series’ chief villain, Lieutenant Andrew Wyatt. He is based off of Michael Biehn’s Navy SEAL character in The Abyss. I really don’t have a least favourite one, they all have their good points, and if they don’t, then I just kill ‘em off… What work do you have coming up in the future? I have the fifth book in the Six Feet From Hell series coming up after the first of the year. The title of it will be Six Feet From Hell: Unity. I also have a serial novel available for free on Smashwords and Amazon titled R.I.P. Van Winkle that is an undead retelling of the Washington Irving classic…with a few surprises thrown in as well. Zombies, books & other things. What are some zombie books that you would recommend to others and why? I absolutely love The Remaining series by D.J. Molles. I try to read the first book in a series, but I have such a backlogged “to be read” list that I have a hard time getting to them. I recently finished The Retreat #1 – Pandemic by Craig DiLouie, Joe McKinney, and Stephen Knight. It isn’t straightforward zombie, but is a very good post-apocalyptic series. Do you have a Z’ Plan in place? You know if the apocalypse started a plan on what you are going to do and where you will hide out, and if so will you share it with us? For fans of the series and anyone who has read Six Feet From Hell: Response, all I have to say is “blueberry pancakes” – I can’t go into details…I’ve already said too much… What makes you want to write about zombies? Zombie fiction – in any form – is one of the best forms of escapist fiction out there. It draws you in with the premise of “what if?” and takes the average person and puts them in a situation of survive and adapt, or die. I think that many people are intrigued with what would happen if their bills, problems, and worries of everyday life were taken away and replaced with the simplicity of a survivalist mentality. Survival instinct is one of those things that you either have or you don’t, and there aren’t many that have it. How do you like your zombies? Slow and shambling or Fast and clever? Both. Depends on the background of the story. I lean towards slow and shambling, though. Michael S. Gardner Interview ![]() Getting to know you & your book. Name, contact and purchase links, shoe size… actually, you can leave off the shoe size, that’s not really important… Michael S. Gardner outbreakad@gmail.com http://www.amazon.com/Betrayal-Novella-Michael-S-Gardner-ebook/dp/B00C0BVS1C/ref=la_B00C0C28MO_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1385512203&sr=1-4 http://www.amazon.com/Downfall-Michael-S-Gardner-ebook/dp/B00CS94UL6/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=8-1&qid=1385512278 Tell us the name of the book you have in the Feed the Zombies event and a little bit about it. Downfall: Downfall is a tale about one man’s struggle to find out who he is in a apocalyptic landscape. With the help of friends, Mathew Ryland forges through the wastes of what once was and battles the infected and demented to secure a foreseeable future. Betrayal: Betrayal is a novella set in a world where an infection has destroyed nearly all mankind. The undead roam the lands, and one colony sends out the last of their marines to forage supplies before the onset of winter. When all goes awry, the survivors are forced to entrust their future with a cocky pilot who is more selfish than he lets on. But in the city, there is more than supplies and undead waiting for them. Much more. Tell us something unusual about it. Downfall is a novel where the infected mutate and learn to hunt the living, providing, in some cases, to be fierce predators. Betrayal is a story in which science plays a fantastic role of changing the way the world once was. Who’s your favourite character? And do you have a worst? Downfall: My favourite character is also the worst character, a man by the name of Randy Clyde. He is all that is wrong with the world and enables certain characters to grow into themselves. Betrayal: My favourite character, again, is also the worst. Trevor Spencer is a cocky son of a bitch who will stop at nothing to ensure his success. Characters like this always make it fun for the other survivors. What work do you have coming up in the future? Downfall’s sequel, Aftermath, and Betrayal’s unnamed sequel. Zombies, books & other things. What are some zombie books that you would recommend to others and why? I would highly recommend Z.A. Recht’s Morning Star Saga and David Dunwoody’s Empire series. Both, in my opinion, are game-changers and should be on every fan of the genre’s shelves. Do you have a Z’ Plan in place? You know if the apocalypse started a plan on what you are going to do and where you will hide out, and if so will you share it with us? My plan is simply to rely on myself and what I’ve accumulated over the years. I’m a very friendly person, but in a real-time zombie apocalypse, it might just be best that you stay away. *grins* What makes you want to write about zombies? I grew up on zombies—before they had their time in the limelight—so it was only natural for me to write about them when I took up the craft. They, however, are just like vampires and werewolves and so on when it comes to writing: they put ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. For me, it’s not the zombies; it’s the characters. I prefer character-driven stories, so my preference of zombies is only because I am such a fan of their “villainy.” How do you like your zombies? Slow and shambling or Fast and clever Slow and shambling. Also, eating the person behind me, so long as they’re not a friend or loved one. ;) Excerpts For Betrayal & Downfall
Keith Milstead Interview![]() Getting to know you & your book. Name, contact and purchase links, shoe size… actually, you can leave off the shoe size, that’s not really important… My name is Keith Milstead. I was born and raised in the great State of Texas. Currently I am a displaced Texan since my wife Rhonda of 16 years asked that we move to Colorado. We bought a home in the mountains and now live with the wildlife and our rescue dachshund Baxter. If I could move the weather from Colorado down to Texas, it would be awesome but then it wouldn’t be Texas then, would it? Size 12 shoes btw. e-mail - univofnoco@yahoo.com Twitter - https://twitter.com/Psychman1957 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Keith.Milstead.Author Publisher website - http://www.jellingtonashton.com/keith-milstead.html Purchase link - http://www.amazon.com/Fish-Die-For-666-ebook/dp/B00FGL8A5K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1380348169&sr=8-1&keywords=Keith+Milstead Tell us the name of the book you have in the Feed the Zombies event and a little bit about it. My book is called FISH TO DIE FOR and basically it is the story of a television fishing show that is losing viewers and ratings. In a last gasp effort, the main character, James Poraque (which incidentally is an electric eel that is known as THE ONE WHO PUTS YOU TO SLEEP!)) heads to the Middle East and risks his life and the life of his crew to catch the rarely seen and extremely dangerous “Zombie fish” and “Cannibal fish”. Together with these predators and located between the Afghanistan /Pakistan borders, will James catch this living creature of the dead or become bait food for the fish? That is the tale I have spun!! Tell us something unusual about it. Interestingly, the live version of this fish, the Wallago Attu is an actual fish, catfish actually that can grow up to 8 feet long and weigh up to 300 pounds. They have been known to eat anything that fits in their mouths, even small animals, babies and young children. The people of Afghanistan and Pakistan actually fish for these creatures that can easily feed an entire village. Who’s your favourite character? And do you have a worst? My favourite character is Cat Scratch. He is never given a name other than that because all he listens to is Ted Nugent music. He is a wild man and a multi-talented ex-military sharp-shooter. Who could be a better person to have than a guy with a gun when you are between Taliban and Al Qaeda troops, fishing for a killer fish! What work do you have coming up in the future? I am working on a novel set in East Texas called BAPTISM about a visitor to the down that starts making the main character Jeremy Steelwagon and the town citizens a bit nervous about their mortality. Will Jeremy overcome the psychological and physical abuse by his grandfather? How will the stigma of abuse affect Jeremy in the long run? How will it affect the people in Uncertain? Time will tell. I am also working on a novelette called HOLE IN THE HEAD, a story about goldfish diseases that cross the human / fish species barrier and become infectious. I am also working on another novelette called ENTOMOPHOBIA which is the term for fear of insects. I should have HOLE IN THE HEAD done very soon, BAPTISM by January and ENTOMOPHOBIA soon after that. Zombies, books & other things. What are some zombie books that you would recommend to others and why? The DEAD CITY series by Joe McKinney has some of the finest writing about the living dead I have read in a long time. Jonathan Mayberry continues to show he is an established writer of the genre. I have been given the opportunity to read a lot of new writers such as THE HARVESTING by Melanie Karsak, which has left me drooling for the next instalment because she has written a truly original plot in the genre. Ray Wallace has written a couple of One Way Out books where you make certain moves throughout the book that can lead to your demise or find the one way out. The one I have read most recently was ESCAPE FROM ZOMBIE ISLAND. Thom Brannon has written a fantastic story of apocalyptic event where certain people develop certain powers to fight the Dark Lords called LORDS OF NIGHT. There are Do you have a Z’ Plan in place? You know if the apocalypse started a plan on what you are going to do and where you will hide out, and if so will you share it with us? Well, I live in Colorado so I am near the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) in Cheyenne Mountain which is the most protected place in the world and supports the NORAD missions of aerospace warning and aerospace control and provided warning of ballistic missile or air attacks against North America. So I would run by Mickey D’s and grab a few crates of McRibs; a truck load of Diet Cokes; download all the Kindle e-books from all the authors I love and head to the hole in the mountain, live with the soldiers down there blowing the crap out of the zombies. Oh yeah, I’d also take my wife. What makes you want to write about zombies? I actually hadn’t intended FISH TO DIE FOR to be a zombie story, it just sort of fell in that category. I had intended the creature to be a by-product of nuclear weapons and just the DNA it fed on. Then, I guess since zombies are the genre of the present, I was led into the tale by my love of all things zombie!! How do you like your zombies? Slow and shambling or Fast and clever I like the mixture of the two; that adds an amount of suspense for when you encounter them. You don’t know whether they are fast or slow so you’re not sure if you can just wander away or if you have to run away at top speed. Either way, I am a fan of the saying “I don’t have to run faster than them, I just have to run faster than you!! Fish To Die For Excerpt & Cover
So what have we learnt today about these amazing writers...apart from the fact that they all have exceptionallly large feet?
Well, Keith seems to have a bad-ass survival plan worked out and there should be room in his vehicle for us since he most likely forgot his wife, stay away from Michael though because he might just push you in front of the next shambling zombie to make his getaway, and Joseph may or may not have some blurberry pancakes to share with us, but he won't tell me so I can't be a 100% certain on that... ...Oh yeah, and all their books are priced ridiculously low for today only, so go get your zombie fix now before it's too late! As always... Happy reading! Claire
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![]() I'd like to introduce to you all Alison Williams, the lovely and newly published author of The Black Hours. She's a great and fascinating writer, who writes dark historical fiction. It's not something that I normally read myself, but having met Alison previously on another writing site I decided to give it a go. You know my motto is to try everything! Well, I'm glad that I did, because I'm loving it. She writes with an eloquence that you don't normally see, and the book itself is both gripping and fascinating. Inthis post you'll find an excerpt and a giveaway, so make sure to enter and get yourself a copy of this great book and support this lovely indie writer! I'll let Alison tell you more... I have been writing ever since I can remember – scribbling down and (badly) illustrating stories in exercise books whenever I wasn’t actually reading (which was most of the time when I was awake). After getting married and having two children, I worked in education until deciding to bite the bullet and do what I have always wanted to do which is to write full-time – it only took me until my forties! I now work as a freelance writer with articles published on line and in magazines. From 2011-2012 I studied for a Masters in Creative Writing with the University of Glasgow. As part of my studies I wrote my first novel ‘The Black Hours’ – available now on Amazon. History fascinates me – but not so much the kings and queens, the emperors, the military heroes or the great leaders. More the ordinary people whose lives were touched by the decisions, the beliefs and the whims of those who had power over them and who now fill our history books. When I was about ten years old I went with my family to visit Winchester Cathedral. As we wandered through this magnificent building with its arches, its pillars, its carvings and beautiful windows, my mother was looking less than impressed. Wasn’t she inspired? Awed? No, not at all – ‘All I can think of’ she said ‘is the poor buggers who had to build it.’ And that remark has stayed with me since. What was it like to be one of those ‘poor buggers’ toiling to create the soaring gothic arches of Winchester cathedral? Or a 17th century mother living in London, scared to death as the plague took hold? How did it feel to a woman in Berwick-Upon-Tweed in 1296 watching the English troops storming through the town? And what about all of those accused, tortured and horribly murdered in the witch trials that swept through Europe? How did it feel to be one of those women, terrified and desperate? It is this that fascinates me – how it was for the ordinary people, caught up in events they couldn’t control. It is their stories that I want to tell. Links: http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Black-Hours-Alison-Williams/dp/1492801402/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1383328662&sr=8-1&keywords=the+black+hours http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Black-Hours-Alison-Williams-ebook/dp/B00G505UUO/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1383328662&sr=8-1 The Black Hours Blurb‘Look upon this wretch, all of you! Look upon her and thank God for his love and his mercy. Thank God that he has sent me to rid the world of such filth as this.’ Alison Williams Interview Name: Alison Williams Website: alisonwilliamswriting.wordpress.com Link to your Amazon page and or any other place that your books can be purchased: http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Black-Hours-ebook/dp/B00G505UUO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1383080839&sr=8-2&keywords=the+black+hours http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Black-Hours-Alison-Williams/dp/1492801402/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1383080839&sr=8-2 Where did you grow up? Born in Bromley, Kent, then moved to Basingstoke, Hampshire at the age of seven. What made you start writing? I've always loved reading and have written 'books' ever since I was little. I trained as a journalist but I always wanted to be a novelist. When I hit forty I decided it was really time I did something about it and began to draft the first ideas behind 'The Black Hours'. It was really difficult juggling work, looking after two children and writing and I knew I needed to have some sort of structure to force me to spend a reasonable amount of time on the writing. So I decided to study for a Masters in Creative Writing. This really helped as it gave me deadlines that I needed to stick to and also provided me with some wonderful readers and editors who still read through my work. Is it something that you have always wanted to do? Definitely. If you had asked me at the age of ten what I wanted to be I would have said a novelist. And if you'd asked me at twenty and thirty! What is your favourite genre to read, and do you have any favourite books or authors you would like to recommend? I have a real interest in historical fiction (obviously) particularly Hilary Mantel. I think 'Wolf Hall' is fabulous but I actually prefer the somewhat lesser known 'A Place of Greater Safety' about the French Revolution. Outside of historical fiction, I think Alice Walker is wonderful. Elizabeth Kostova writes beautifully - 'The Swan Thieves' is brilliant. Do you ever base your characters on anyone that you know, or are they solely from your imagination? I really enjoy taking a period or person from history and looking at the story from a more obscure angle. So my characters are usually based on real people but the novels as a whole will also be from the point of view of those affected by that characters actions. So in 'The Black Hours' I was intrigued by Matthew Hopkins, the real Witchfinder General, but I also wanted to tell the story of how it must have been to be one of his victims. I think we sometimes forget that these events really happened, that people really suffered and reduce them to a number or to a list of names. Tell us about your latest book. The story/plot. 'The Black Hours' takes place in 1647 in the small village of Coggeshall, where seventeen-year-old Alice Pendle finds herself at the centre of gossip and speculation. Alice and her grandmother are cunning women - they use traditional cures and herbal remedies to help others, particularly women during labour. Matthew Hopkins, who actually existed, was responsible for the deaths of more than 200 women in a two-year period, a lot of whom were persecuted for being different or for having this sort of knowledge. 'The Black Hours' tells the story of what happens when Hopkins is summoned to Coggeshall. What gave you the idea? I've always been interested in the ordinary people behind the well-known stories in history. I think that the women tortured and murdered through religious intolerance, ignorance and superstition through the ages (and now) is a terrible tragedy that is not often addressed in fiction, or indeed in history. We tend to forget that these were real people, with families, children, hopes, dreams and lives. Whenever I've read about history I've imagined myself in the shoes of those I've read about, and something about the story of these persecuted women really struck a chord. What genre is it? Dark historical fiction Who is your favourite character? And why. I feel very close to Alice. Although she is the hero of the story in some ways, I also wanted her to be human and to feel how someone would have felt in her situations in. I think that all too often we expect our protagonists to be feisty and courageous, but I wanted Alice to behave and react in the way that a normal, ordinary young girl would in these circumstances. I also love Jennet - flawed though she is. She was so interesting to write. And worst? Matthew Hopkins! Although he has some serious competition in the form of Tom Everard! What are your hopes for it? I think that in the current climate it is so difficult for any new aspiring writers to break through. I hope that 'The Black Hours' is just the beginning of my writing journey. What’s the project that you’re going to be working on next? My next novel is provisionally titled 'Remember, Remember'. It tells the story of the infamous Gunpowder Plot from a rather mysterious point of view. There are rumours and speculation that Guy Fawkes was married but very little evidence to back this up. The novel is based on the premise that he did have a wife, and I find it fascinating to imagine what it would have been like for her, witnessing the persecution of her fellow Catholics and the fear she must have felt at her husband's involvement in such a dangerous plot. It is in the very early stages of research at the moment but I'm enjoying reading up about this period in history. What’s the best piece of advice that you have been given in regards to your writing, and by whom? Read your writing out loud. I honestly can't remember who told me to do this, but it works. This helps with so many things - typos, pace, dialogue, flow. I'm lucky that I work from home and the only one who thinks I'm mad when I do this is the dog! Now we get an excerpt from The Black Hours! The Black Hours Excerpt
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