Page to Screen: John Carpenter’s They Live

"At the end of the show the hypnotist told his subjects 'Awake.' Something unusual happened. One of the subjects awoke all the way. This had never happened before. His name was George Nada and he blinked out at the sea of faces in the theater, at first unaware of anything out of the ordinary. Then he …

Page to Screen: Bubba Ho-Tep by Joe R. Lansdale

Welcome to Page to Screen, where I will opine on the film (and TV) adaptations of horror and fantasy short stories, books and novellas. Today's topic is....Bubba Ho-Tep. “Wait,” you're probably saying. Bubba Hotep—the memorable movie starring the one and only Bruce Campbell as a still-alive, elderly Elvis suffering through his dotage in a Texas …

24/7 Demon Mart: The Graveyard Shift

24/7 Demon Mart: The Graveyard Shift Coming October 2019. Stay tuned for an exclusive, limited-time 99 cent ebook preorder. (Regular price is $3.99 ebook, $9.99 paperback) Coming soon! When the clock strikes midnight, the beer cave inside the 24/7 Dairy Mart fills up with more than cheap beer. Demons gather behind the forties and tallboys. …

$100 Amazon gift card giveaway for Sci-fi and Fantasy fans!

Aw, yeah. It's FINALLY here. It's giveaway time! Me and my author pals are giving away a $100 Amazon gift card to TWO lucky winners! To enter, just follow one (or all) of us on Bookbub or share the giveaway on facebook! Click to enter here or click the image above. And good luck. May …

Monday news bits, epic American road trip edition

Hello lovely humans. It's Monday and I'm overdue for a news update! First. Jess, Rising is free as an ebook until Labor Day weekend. So if you STILL don't have your copy, get it now for FREEEEEEEEEE!!! Second. Stay tuned to this blog for my latest series of musings about film adaptations of horror-comedy and …

Happy July: 14 free no-strings ebooks for long weekend vacation reading!

Hello wonderful readers! Yay! It's July! A very happy 4th of July to those of you in the U.S.  If you're like me, you're already full-on into a long weekend of fireworks, parades, hot dogs, cookouts, beer drinking and flag waving. I'm squeezing in a Weird Al concert tonight, too! For those of you in …

Why the heck are all your books set in Ohio??? Confessions from flyover ‘Merica.

Okay, so, apparently I have a thing for Ohio, and I didn't realize it. The three books I've written thus far, as well as the nine more I have planned, are all set in Ohio. I didn't think that was weird until one of my New Orleans friends asked me why I didn't set my …