Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Goodreads Giveaway: The Old Person Curse

Enter this Goodreads Giveaway for a chance to win a free ebook of the first book of my children's horror series, Between Dark and Light: https://tinyurl.com/6ydtdumj! The book is called The Old Person Curse and the giveaway ends on November 7, 2021.

12 years old one day, 80 the next…

Azie has no idea she and her family just moved into a cursed Victorian house in small town upstate New York. Until she learns about the Old Person Disease. Apparently, all the kids who ever lived in Azie’s new house over the past few generations died of a mysterious illness nobody ever knew the source of or how to cure. The disease slowly made the victims’ skin crinkle and hair gray out like an elderly person’s until they died a few days later. And now the same thing’s happening to Azie! Can she and her new friends find out what’s at the root of the bizarre illness and finally stop it—before she and future generations meet the same untimely fate?

Between Dark and Light is a series of nonconnected children’s horror books featuring strange, eerie, supernatural events. Ages 10 & older!


Saturday, August 21, 2021

Introducing BETWEEN DARK AND LIGHT: My New Series of Scary kids' Books!

I am incredibly proud and pumped to announce that the first two books in my brand-new series of scary kids’ books, Between Dark and Light, are available now on Amazon. Plus, the first one is currently only 99 cents! Between Dark and Light is a series of nonconnected children’s horror books featuring strange, eerie, supernatural events for kids 10 and older. Although the books will appeal to fans of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps and Max Brallier’s Last Kids on Earth, I personally like to think they can be enjoyed by anyone (regardless of age) who likes short, spooky tales haha. Below are the covers and back-cover summaries of the first two books:

 

The Old Person Curse (Between Dark and Light #1)

12 years old one day, 80 the next…

Azie has no idea she and her family just moved into a cursed Victorian house in small town upstate New York. Until she learns about the Old Person Disease.

Apparently, all the kids who ever lived in Azie’s new house over the past few generations died of a mysterious illness nobody ever knew the source of or how to cure. The disease slowly made the victims’ skin crinkle and hair gray out like an elderly person’s until they died a few days later. And now the same thing’s happening to Azie! Can she and her new friends find out what’s at the root of the bizarre illness and finally stop it—before she and future generations meet the same untimely fate?

Available now on Amazon.

                                     The Horror at Grover Canyon State Park (Between Dark and Light #2)

Some canyons hold deep, dark secrets,

While on a family vacation at Grover Canyon State Park in Colorado, thirteen-year-old Sandy and her younger brother Pete go off exploring and accidentally access a laboratory hidden beneath the canyon. They spot an overly waxy-looking corpse slouched at the reception desk and, freaked out, immediately flee the lab. But that’s just the very beginning of the sheer horror in store for them, their parents, and everyone else who happens to be at Grover Canyon State Park that dark, fateful day.

Available now on Amazon.

About Between Dark and Light 

These first two eerie tales were born during the covid-19 pandemic, and I have lots of ideas for future installments. The first one’s around the length of a Goosebumps book, the second a bit longer, and they’re likely to stay in that range in general. I’m hard at work on the third book of the series, a ghost story called Uncle Jed’s Secret, and have written much of an alien story called Why They Came and a fantasy/psychological thriller called The Mire Witch, though we’ll see how things pan out. Although the books are eerie and dark, there are also “lighter,” more poignant moments; hence, the name Between Dark and Light. In any case, while I’m hard at work on the next installments in the series…

Pick Up One of My New Scary Books for Kids Today!

Feel free to pick up an installment or two today or share this with someone you think might enjoy the series. Even if they don’t give you “goosebumps,” so to speak, they’re still creepy stories full of mystery, horror, and plot twists galore. Happy spooky reading, everyone!

Friday, June 5, 2020

Merl Webcomic

Introducing Merl!!!, a webcomic I have officially created about an eccentric, stodgy, egg-shaped man named Merl Wadsworth. The first four strips are available for perusal on my brother blog, https://merlcomic.blogspot.com/. Fair warning, it's an adult webcomic that can be a bit dark and crass at times, but hopefully it'll bring a smile to your face should you check it out. I'm hoping to post a new strip once a week on Sunday, but we'll see how it goes. Enjoy!



Sunday, June 17, 2018

The Fourth Generation Now Available as an Audiobook!

It's been a little while since I last posted, but I return to the blog bearing exciting news: My debut young adult dystopian novel, The Fourth Generation, is now available as an audiobook! It can be found on Amazon, iTunes, and Audible. I personally love the narrator's voice and style! Check it out/take a listen today!

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

PICKET TOWN Officially Released

I'm a little late announcing this on my blog, but my latest book - a middle-grade science fiction called Picket Town - is now officially available on amazon.com: https://tinyurl.com/yb9jf3s2. It actually officially released April 24 - whoo-hoooo! It's an alien story with a dystopian and psychological thriller feel to it, and it's published by Clean Reads. Below is the cover and a short description. Check it out!




Don’t go into the woods…

Just when twelve-year-old Amanda’s town couldn’t possibly get any more boring, a bacterium breaks out. The disease only affects kids, giving them cold-like symptoms and a ring of gross, purple sores on their foreheads. Even more disturbing, none of the infected have returned from the hospital.

Meanwhile, Amanda drags her wimpy friend Sam along to explore the woods near her house. They stumble on what appears to be a spaceship in a clearing, but before they can begin to wrap their minds around that bizarre and eerie discovery, something flies out of the ship. Something they couldn’t possibly ever expect. Something far more terrifying than they ever could’ve imagined. 

And something that poses a major threat to not only their town, but the entire world.

Thursday, March 22, 2018

PICKET TOWN Available for Pre-order

Hello, all! I am super honored and pleased to announce that my latest book, a science fiction adventure for the middle-school crowd (though I like to think anybody can enjoy it) is available for pre-order on amazon.com: https://tinyurl.com/yb9jf3s2. It's called "Picket Town" and it officially releases on April 24, published by the awesome indie publisher Clean Reads. For those interested in a few more details, it's an alien story with a dystopian and psychological thriller feel to it. For those interested in the full book summary, keep reading :)



Don’t go into the woods…

Just when twelve-year-old Amanda’s town couldn’t possibly get any more boring, a bacterium breaks out. The disease only affects kids, giving them cold-like symptoms and a ring of gross, purple sores on their foreheads. Even more disturbing, none of the infected have returned from the hospital.

Meanwhile, Amanda drags her wimpy friend Sam along to explore the woods near her house. They stumble on what appears to be a spaceship in a clearing, but before they can begin to wrap their minds around that bizarre and eerie discovery, something flies out of the ship. Something they couldn’t possibly ever expect. Something far more terrifying than they ever could’ve imagined. 

And something that poses a major threat to not only their town, but the entire world.

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Writing Humor

Today I'm over at author-and-everything-publishing-&-writing-related-extraordinaire Janice Hardy's blog talking about writing humor (a little preview: it's quite tough). Stop on by! https://tinyurl.com/y8xdk7vo