Kindle Supernatural Sale! Rain, Nicholson, Bennington, Tufo

Big Supernatural Sale going on for Kindle! 13 books from the likes of J.R. Rain, Jeff Bennington, Mark Tufo, and me. 99 cents each (plus one $2.99 box set). Horror, zombies, paranormal, and more. Offer good Feb. 26-28. Stop, shop, and shock!

Amazon link to the list in your country: http://smarturl.it/supchills

My Ghost Box set will also be $2.99 in BN for Nook for a few days, as well as Amazon:

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ghost-box-set-scott-nicholson/1102726786

http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Box-Supernatural-Thrillers-ebook/dp/B0077U2IMO

99 cent books
Zombie Bits
http://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Bits-ebook/dp/B003WJRICE

American Horror anthology
http://www.amazon.com/American-Horror-ebook/dp/B0054R09VO/

Speed Dating with the Dead
http://www.amazon.com/Speed-Dating-Dead-ebook/dp/B003TZLWTG

Cursed! (with J.R. Rain)
http://www.amazon.com/Cursed-ebook/dp/B004CYEV1O

Ghost College (with J.R. Rain)
http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-College-Files-ebook/dp/B004PLNQ92

Mark Tufo

Zombie Fallout http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003A022YO

Indian Hill http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002HWSLVO

The Spirit Clearing http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0094JWLYG

Jeff Bennington

REUNION: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004S7AR0E

TWISTED VENGEANCE:  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006CB19R4

CREEPY (BOOK 2): http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009D9TH9Y

JR Rain

Zombie Patrol - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B00U7B6

The Body Departed - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0040JI3O2

Thanks!

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After, post-apocalyptic thriller for Kindle, plus free Kindle books

After: The Shock is now out in most ebook markets--look for it on sale for 99 cents from Dec. 19 to Dec. 21 (more or less.) Otherwise, it will be $3.99. (This post-apocalyptic thriller won't be free through any of the outlets, although I may make it eligible for the Prime loans on Amazon--and remove it from the other markets--depending on how holiday sales go. So grab it fast!)

Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AP6YRFS

Amazon.uk: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00AP6YRFS

BN.com: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/after-scott-nicholson/1113907177

Kobo: http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/After-The-Shock/book-fBjisootz0u_PUD1HK6KAQ/page1.html

If you want to see some of my research links, visit the book's page on my website. 

I also have a number of holiday specials rolling through, including some free Kindle books, with more to be announced. I will also be giving away three $25 Amazon gift cards to my newsletter subscribers, so if you haven't signed up, send an email to the Yahoogroup. Your address will never be sold, shared, or abused, and you will be the first to get big news, free books, and opportunities to win Kindle Fires and other prizes. Thanks for your support!

HOLIDAY SALES!

99-CENT SPECIALS

Dec. 17-20

The Skull Ring

http://www.amazon.com/Skull-Ring-Julia-Stone-ebook/dp/B003980ELA

Dec. 19-21

Crime Beat

http://www.amazon.com/Crime-Beat-ebook/dp/B004IK8FRI

Dec. 18-21

Too Many Witches (children’s book)

http://www.amazon.com/Too-Many-Witches-ebook/dp/B004WOXROG

 

BIG BOX SET BLOWOUT! DEC. 22 through Dec. 26
Sixteen box sets from bestselling authors!
http://smarturl.it/boxsets

FREE BOOKS

Dec. 18-20

Fangs In Vain

http://www.amazon.com/Fangs-Sabrina-Vickers-Vampire-ebook/dp/B00AK12TE4

Dec. 21-22

Duncan the Punkin (children’s book)

http://www.amazon.com/Duncan-the-Punkin-ebook/dp/B004S2CQFS

Dec. 24-25

Drummer Boy

http://www.amazon.com/Drummer-Boy-Supernatural-Littlefield-ebook/dp/B003F77EP4

Dec. 26-27

Kiss Me or Die

http://www.amazon.com/Kiss-Me-or-Die-ebook/dp/B0041D88TW

Dec. 28-29

October Girls

http://www.amazon.com/October-fantasy-paranormal-romance-ebook/dp/B00433TD0I


99 cent books after Christmas

Dec. 27-29

Disintegration

http://www.amazon.com/Disintegration-A-Mystery-Thriller-ebook/dp/B0048EL5M6

Dec. 31-Jan. 3

The Home

http://www.amazon.com/The-Home-ebook/dp/B009I5KI1O

Speed Dating with the Dead

http://www.amazon.com/Speed-Dating-Dead-ebook/dp/B003TZLWTG/

 

  

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Post-apocalyptic thriller AFTER for Nook and Kobo

Now out for ebook:

AFTER: THE SHOCK

The first book in the After post-apocalyptic thriller series.

A massive solar storm erases the world's technological infrastructure and kills billions. While the remaining humans are struggling to adapt and survive, they notice that some among them are...changed.



At BN for Nook

At Kobo
Amazon Kindle version coming Dec. 15

Author Harry Shannon

Author Harry Shannon is a talented guy and I was lucky enough to win a copy of his first collection BAD SEED way back when we both had darker hair. Since then, he's piled up the properties. A musician, counselor, filmmaker, author, family man--and guy.

 

What is the working title of your next book?The Hungry 3: At the End of the World, co-written with Steven W. Booth. The novel should be out in February, 2013. It concerns the further adventures of Sheriff Penny Miller of Flat Rock, Nevada, who is still braving the Zombie Apocalypse.

Where did the idea come from?

The first book The Hungry began as a short zombie story written for a charity anthology. Steven and I had so much fun doing it we continued on and finished the novel version on a lark. It sold very well, so The Hungry 2: The Wrath of God followed in August. We're still not sure if this finishes a trilogy or if we'll feel compelled to do more.

What genre best defines your book?

Zombies, baby! And tongue in cheek horror, I guess.

What actors would you choose to play the part of your characters in a movie? 

The actress featured on all three covers of The Hungry books is the lovely Ms. Gillian Shure, who co-starred in my micro-budged ode to 80's horror Dead and Gone back in 2007. She has become so connected in my brain with redheaded Sheriff Penny Miller it has become difficult to imagine anyone else playing the part. Our fans tell us Norman Reedus, who plays Daryl on The Walking Dead, has simply got to play her biker friend Scratch.

What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?

Sheriff Penny Miller and her friends hide out at a hunting lodge in the snowy mountains of Colorado, hoping to escape the zombie plague. It is not a Merry Christmas.

Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?

All three of The Hungry novels are published by Genius Books, which is owned by my co-author Steven.

How long did it take you to write the first draft?

We do an outline first, emailing back and forth, working out just the key beats of the story in rough chapter form. Once that is set, Steven generally does the rough, I rewrite that and send it back. Once we get going the actual first draft (one pass for each of us) generally takes us about three months.

What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?

I suppose we'd be considered a mix of drama and comedy. We have loads of redneck humor, a touch of Zombieland or Shawn of the Dead, but the satire is mixed with genuinely creepy scenes similar in tone to the zombie work of Jonathan Maberry and Joe McKinney. Joe and Jonathan are friends of ours, and fans of Sheriff Penny Miller. In fact, Joe wrote the introduction to the first book.

Who or what inspired you to write this book?

I've always loved zombie lore, particularly the George Romero school and the 1970's classic Night of the Living Dead. I'm from Nevada, and often set stories and novels in that state. When we were writing the charity story, it just tickled me to combine those two and see how a redneck Sheriff in a small town might react to facing a horde of the undead. We began in the jail, in a salute to Rio Bravo, and it took off from there and became a series.

What else about the book might pique the reader's interest?

You can read The Hungry: At the End of the World by itself come February, or buy and read the first two now and start from the beginning. Either way, be sure to make a very, very big bowl of popcorn, dim the lights and be prepared for a mix of laughs on scares. These novels have been a ton of fun to write, and we think anyone who loves shambling monsters is bound to enjoy reading them.

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Slow Zombies and Halloween

We hardcore horror fans think of Halloween as "Amateur Night," since we're 365/24/7, but there's no reason not to throw some extra monster love at the end of October.

While I prefer ghosts as my favorite supernatural entity, if you take it to the level of creatures, I have to give zombies the nod over their fang-bearing, red-eyed brethren in arms. The Night of the Living Dead ranks in my Top 10 pantheon, and last year I even participated in first zombie walk  I just love the relentless nature of the living dead, their relatively calm persistence, their focus on the prize. As you may be able to tell, I am a fan of the Slow Zombie.

I remember watching Fulci's Zombie on back-to-back nights in a theater in Chapel Hill, NC when I was in college. It's the only movie I've ever seen twice in a theater, and I have no idea what I was thinking. I even went alone to that second showing, so I must have been seeking some private connection with the horrors that unfolded (or maybe I just dug the groovy synth soundtrack). I enjoyed 28 Days Later but I find most modern zombie movies are too jokey and self-referential and attention-deficit-disordered, as if zombies have now jumped the shark (cue that really cool scene in Zombie where...well, just watch it).

I guess it's hard to keep fresh, and NotLD definitely borrowed from the The Last Man on Earth with Vincent Price. Even the old-school, Haitian zombie movies like I Walked With a Zombie captured an atmosphere of dread., instead of the shock-horror that modern audiences expect. I hate to sound like a grumpy old geezer ("Quit playing on my lawn, you kids!") but I would love to see a revival of the slow zombie, where the experience was less that of a shoot-em-up video game and more like, "It doesn't matter what you do, we're gonna get ya."

But, heck, I guess I'd still take a bad zombie movie over a good romantic comedy any day. Got any suggestions for good Slow Zombie movies?

(Zombie Bits, my Z collection with bonus material from Jonathan Maberry, Joe McKinney, and Jack Konrath, is available at Amazon, BN, Apple, and Kobo. The Murdermouth comic is still in development as I seek ways to raise funds for it.)



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Tuesday round-up

I'm gearing up for a super dooper giveaway/promo event in September and I'm looking for a core handful of supporter/promoters to spread the word about my books and earn lots of gift cards and good old American cash. I'm still formulating the details but if you're eager and willing, then the more you promote, the more you earn. Details to come, but a good first step is to sign up for my monthly newsletter: scottsinnercircle-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

In other news:
I posted on "Author Empires" and J.K. Rowling's massive self-publishing venture at Indie Reader: http://indiereader.com/2011/07/author-empires/

I've signed to do short stories in Z: Zombie Stories for Nightshade Books and Unnatural Disasters edited by D.J. Pyle. I think I have a couple of other stories coming, and book news dead ahead, some of it having to do with Chronic Fear (which was originally going to be released June 21).
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Forever Never Ends on sale

If you are quick and clever, you can take a journey to a remote Appalachian mountain where an alien entity is infecting the environment. An unlikely trio-a clairvoyant psychologist, a reclusive multimillionaire, and a drunken dirt farmer--team up to take on the organism before the infection can spread.

Forever Never Ends is on sale at Amazon and BN.com for 99 cents in ebook. You can also get the ebook at Haunted Computer and get free bonus books by Vicki Tyley and David Burton. Signed paper copies also available.

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Zombies have good taste

The Best of All Flesh is now out from Elder Signs Press, with my contributor copy showing up in the mail yesterday. I was fortunate to have stories in all three of the "All Flesh" books edited by James Lowder, and this collection grabs the best of these zombie-flavored tales, including my spiritual manifesto "Murdermouth." Do zombies have flavor? I don't know, but you will be exhibiting good taste by indulging.