New Release! Bad Apples 3: Seven Slices of Halloween Horror

I'm pleased to announce the release of Bad Apples 3: Seven Slices of Halloween Horror. And I must say, I'm proud to have my humble contribution, "The Uncle Taffy's Girl," appear alongside excellent stories by authors whose work I greatly admire.

I'm biased, of course, but I do think this is the best Bad Apples yet.

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Celebrate Short Story Month with Edward Lorn's "The Morning Dew"

It's FREE (today only). It's a bit of weird horror. It's by Edward Lorn. It's Short Story Month!

Grab it!

Kill Your Thirst for Halloween Horror!

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A slice from the forthcoming BAD APPLES 2!

Promo image created by Edward Lorn

A Link and more Everson & Lorn

I finished a couple more stories by Edward Lorn slated to appear in his forthcoming collection Others & Oddities:

"The Red Door on Market Street"
"Just Short of Paradise"

"Red Door" is my favorite so far of those in this collection that I've not yet read. I also understand that the table of contents for this thing is growing, so I can look forward to more stories headed my way in the near future.


John Everson's collection, Cage of Bones & Other Deadly Obsessions, has thankfully gotten much better. I plowed through these sometimes delightfully goofy tales of orgasms and gore:

"Long Distance Call"
"Cage of Bones"
"Dead Girl On The Side Of The Road"
"Pumpkin Head"
"Direkit Seed"
"Every Last Drop"

The choices the characters make in these sex/death tales are often ridiculous, but the stories still entertain.

The stand-out so far from my Short Story Month reading is "The Summer People," by Kelly Link. I happened upon this one in The O. Henry Prize Stories 2013 anthology. Link's writing, as usual, was excellent, the story a wholly engaging and imaginative bit of Southern 'magical realism.' Recommended.

FREE Short Fiction from the Bad Apples People

Short story month continues and I felt it was appropriate to let folks know about some FREE short fiction available from the semi-humans behind the anthologies Bad Apples: Five Slices of Halloween Horror and Dead Roses: Five Dark Tales of Twisted Love.

"Serving Spirits," by Adam Light (Download FREE from Amazon)
"Crawlspace," by Evans Light (Download FREE from Amazon)
"Easy Pickings," by Jason Parent (Download FREE from Amazon)
"Got Your Goat," by Edward Lorn (Read it FREE online)
"I Will Tell You About Knoist," by Gregor Xane (Exclusive to New Release Mailing List Subscribers)
"It Came From Hell and Smashed the Angels," by Gregor Xane (Download FREE from Amazon, B&N, Kobo, or iTunes)

How To Wear Out Your Welcome at Some Dude's Blog

Musician, miniaturist, motorcyclist, book reviewer, and Master Confessor, Nev Murray, just wrapped up an eight night long feature on Dead Roses: Five Dark Tales of Twisted Love over at his blog, Confessions of a Reviewer. He ran a series of interviews with all of the creators behind the anthology and capped it all off with a review and an eBook giveaway.

Here's a table of contents for your reading pleasure:

Night 1: Interview: Mike Tenebrae (cover artist)
Night 2: Interview: Edward Lorn
Night 3: Interview: Jason Parent
Night 4: Interview: Gregor Xane
Night 5: Interview: Adam Light
Night 6: Interview: Evans Light
Night 7: Group Interview: Edward Lorn, Jason Parent, Gregor Xane, and The Light Brothers
Night 8: Nev Murray's Review of Dead Roses: Five Dark Tales of Twisted Love
eBook Giveaway: Confess for a chance to win one of four electronic copies of Dead Roses!

Dead Roses - Released!

I'm happy to announce that Dead Roses: Five Dark Tales of Twisted Love is now available at Amazon in paperback and Kindle editions. And, as a thank you to our fans, the Kindle edition's digital list price has been reduced from $4.99 to $2.99 for the first week.

This is a horror anthology of all new tales from the same people who brought you last year's Bad Apples: Five Slices of Halloween Horror. My contribution to this one is a novella(!) entitled Loving the Goat.

Well, here's a little more about all the stories in the book:

ELEANOR, by Jason Parent

When Father Stuart McKenzie finds a disfigured girl abandoned on the steps of his church, he decides the child is a blessing from God and raises her as his own. But the special needs of Eleanor demand more from Stuart than a father can give.

LOVE LIES IN EYES, by Evans Light

Nathan falls for a beautiful girl from across a crowded room, but she disappears before he can muster his courage. Obsessed with getting a second chance, he's about to learn that true love isn't only hard to find...it can be hard to lose.

PANACEA, by Adam Light

Decades of marriage haven't tarnished Rob's affection towards his dear wife Molly one bit, and he's not about to let cancer snatch her away, no matter the cost. But every medication has its side effects, some more than others.

CINDER BLOCK, by Edward Lorn

Toby's dad may have hit the road long ago, but his mother still loves him - along with every other man in town, that is. But after the beautiful Lauren shines a light into his dreary world, he realizes just how crazy love can get.

LOVING THE GOAT, by Gregor Xane

Embattled comic book artist and notorious animal lover Bill Capra is willing to do anything (literally) to get his dirty paws on the fabled object of his desire, even if it means his own destruction.

(This book contains adult content and is suitable for mature readers only.)

Order a copy of Dead Roses now!

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(40% off for release week!)

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Signed Limited Edition 

Hardcovers & Paperbacks 

We're giving away Dead Roses!

With Valentine's Day behind us, it's time to give away some Dead Roses. Yes, this is from the same people who gave you Bad Apples last year.

Enter a Booklikes Giveaway to win 1 of 3 eBook copies of Dead Roses: Five Dark Tales of Twisted Love. Ends: March 9, 2015

Or click here for a chance to win 1 of 2 paperback copies of Dead Roses. Ends: March 15, 2015

And, if you've not already read Bad Apples: Five Slices of Halloween Horror, you can enter a giveaway to win 1 of 3 paperback copies of that, as well. Ends: March 1, 2015

Best of luck to all who enter!

Dead Roses: Five Dark Tales of Twisted Love will be released on March 16, 2015.

Signed Limited Edition hardcovers and paperbacks are available for pre-order here.

From the Creators of Bad Apples: Dead Roses: Five Dark Tales of Twisted Love

Happy Valentine's Day! 

I am pleased to announce that my newest novella, Loving the Goat, will be appear in forthcoming horror anthology Dead Roses: Five Dark Tales of Twisted Love. 

Check out the complete table of contents below:

Love Lies In Eyes by Evans Light 
Cinder Block by Edward Lorn
Eleanor by Jason Parent
Panacea by Adam Light
Loving the Goat by Gregor Xane







Release Date for hardcover, paperback, and eBook editions: 

March 16, 2015 

Signed limited edition hardcover and paperback editions are now available for pre-order. Signed edition orders include the eBook.

Pre-Order a Signed Edition of Dead Roses: Five Dark Tales of Twisted Love!

Fog Warning by Edward Lorn

Edward Lorn's not afraid. That's the scariest thing about reading his stuff. He's got no problem going into that dark basement without a flashlight, and you just know that it makes him so damned giddy to drag you down those rickety stairs right along with him.

He loves taking flawed people, real people, and putting them through the wringer. But I think he especially likes the wringer.

I'm pretty sure Mr. Lorn has his pockets stuffed with blank fortune cookie slips and whenever a harrowing moment of human devastation springs to mind, he jots it down on a little wrinkled piece of paper and saves it for later. I imagine he's got a giant bowl on his desk--the one he used to pass out candy on Halloweens past before the neighborhood kids stopped coming to his door--filled to overflowing with fortunes foretelling awful fates. And when he's writing, and he comes to a point in the story where he says to himself 'time for something awful to happen,' he grabs a slip of paper from this bowl and smiles like a mischievous little boy reaching out to snap a bra strap. Really. Fucking. Hard.

He grabbed a doozy this time around. And I can see him now jumping up and down in his chair and clapping his hands together like one of those little wind-up monkeys clanging their cymbals together.

Clang, clang, clang, hee, hee, hee....

Full Disclosure: I served as a beta reader for this story. I did some light editorial work on this one, too. Edward Lorn's also helped me out in this manner for some of my stuff. You may think that the above review is biased now that you know this.

Read this book!

Cruelty (Episodes 1-5) by Edward Lorn

Full Disclosure: You might think this review is biased because Edward Lorn and I are friends who help each other out with beta reading/editing/proofreading and the like. However, you must also keep in mind that I wouldn't offer to read early drafts of some creepy Internet stranger's work unless I really and truly enjoyed something else I'd read by that person. Early drafts are often pretty shitty. Lorn's aren't. But most are. And I didn't read this book as an early draft. I bought it fair and square from Amazon, and I'm under no obligation to review this book, and Edward Lorn's under no obligation to review any of my work.

Of all the works I've read thus far by Edward Lorn, this is my favorite.

I must also point out that the next installment of this serial was due out in September, and I don't have episode six of Cruelty on my Kindle yet.

My calendar must be broken.

Read this book!

Bad Apples: Five Slices of Halloween Horror Released!

I'm pleased to announce that this Halloween anthology is now available at your favorite Amazon location.

Amazon US | Amazon UK

Amazon Canada | Amazon Australia