Word Clouds!

Are you a fan of word clouds?  I just started playing with Wordle, and it's an interesting distraction.  Here are some word clouds created based upon this blog:

A Schedule of Amazon Free Promotions for April 2014

April 2014

1st - Dead Lay ("zombie erotica" short story collection)
3rd - Twisted Tales for Twisted Minds (short story collection)
4th - Twisted Tales for Twisted Minds
8th - The Help (Dead Lay episode #3 - a "zombie erotica" short story)
9th - The Help 
10th - The Carrier (Dead Lay episode #2 - a "zombie erotica" short story)
13th - Shadow Schism (contemporary fantasy novel)
16th - Dead Lay
17th - Flesh Eaters (zombie novella)
18th - Flesh Eaters
21st - Zombie Gras (zombie novelette)

25th - Making the Best of the Zombie Apocalypse (zombie novella)
26th - Making the Best of the Zombie Apocalypse
27th - Making the Best of the Zombie Apocalypse

Subliminal Answers

Subliminal Answers by alishaadkins featuring Vintage Eyewear

Shadow Schism Book Cover - Nearly Done!

Preliminary cover art for Shadow Schism!  

A Schedule of Amazon Free Promotions for March 2014

 

March 2014

2nd - Zombie Gras (zombie novelette)
3rd - Zombie Gras
4th - Zombie Gras
9th - The Carrier (Dead Lay episode #2 - a "zombie erotica" short story)
12th - Shadow Schism (new contemporary fantasy novel)
13th - Shadow Schism
16th - Twisted Tales for Twisted Minds (short story collection)
17th - Twisted Tales for Twisted Minds
22nd - The Equipment (Dead Lay episode #3 - a "zombie erotica" short story)
23rd - The Equipment
26th - Daydreams of Seppuku (serial killer short novel)
27th - Daydreams of Seppuku
30th - The Carrier
31st - Dead Lay ("zombie erotica" short story collection)

A Schedule of Amazon Free Promotions for February 2014

 

February 2014
2nd - Flesh Eaters (zombie novella)
7th - Making the Best of the Zombie Apocalypse (zombie novella)
8th - Making the Best of the Zombie Apocalypse
9th - Flesh Eaters 
10th - Flesh Eaters
11th - Dead Lay ("zombie erotica" short story collection)
13th - Daydreams of Seppuku (serial killer short novel)
16th - The Equipment (Dead Lay episode #3 - a "zombie erotica" short story)
17th - The Equipment
19th - Daydreams of Seppuku
23rd - Zombie Gras (zombie novelette)
27th - The Help (Dead Lay episode #1 - a "zombie erotica" short story)
28th - The Help

Season's Greetings

Season's Greetings by alishaadkins on Polyvore

Dead Lay Incoming!

Final cover art files are on their way, and Dead Lay, the complete adventures of Lydia and Heracles, her zombie man servant, will be available very soon!

As always, my heartfelt thanks to Streetlight Graphics, who always do a phenomenal job!

A Zombie's Allure

What allure could a zombie possibly possess?  For a certain kind of woman, a shambling corpse can be everything for which she's ever hoped...

In preparation for the release of Dead Lay, The Help, the first short story in the collection, is free today at Amazon!  Be sure to snap it up.

Free Books at Amazon this Week

Several free promotions at Amazon this week:

Sunday, 1/19/14 - The Equipment is FREE

Monday, 1/20/14 - Shadow Schism is FREE

Tuesday, 1/21/14 - Shadow Schism is FREE

Thursday, 1/23/14 - The Help is FREE

Also, look for Dead Lay (the complete collection of the adventures of Lydia & Heracles) to be released this week!

Dead Lay: Available this Week!

WWCJD: What Would Carl Jung Do?

At long last, that question can be answered, for Shadow Schism (a novel based around the principles of Jungian psychology) is finally finished and available for purchase.

Nick considers his life to be relatively normal. However, when a folk singer tells him that he is the embodiment of sin and a raven informs him that he has been chosen to save humanity from impending cataclysmic disaster, he begins to rethink that assessment. Then, just when Nick thinks he might be regaining his sanity, a beguiling woman named Susan seeks his assistance from shadows that are attacking her in a parking lot. From there, things start to get weird. 

Although Nick is an unlikely (and not altogether willing) hero, when strange beings disguised as animals begin to talk to him, what real choice does he have but to listen? They tell him that mankind's collective unconscious is withering and dying, causing rifts to form between conscious reality and the shadow world. As these chasms grow, hostile animated shadows are beginning to leak into physical reality through the cracks. Unless he can seal the rifts, all of reality will be doomed. 

Reluctantly, Nick embarks on a surreal journey, encountering nine different animal totems and seeking the aid of a witch, an oracle, and evasive subliminal agents. He clumsily battles against the denizens of shadow as they invade waking reality in a variety of harrowing forms. With a bit of luck, he might even figure out how to win Susan's heart along the way. But will he be able to find a way to close the rift between worlds before it's too late? 

Happy New Year, & Shadow Schism Is Coming

Happy 2014!  I hope you are looking forward to as exciting and prosperous a year as I am (hopefully not false optimism this time).  

My big news for the moment is that Shadow Schism is finally complete and should be available at Amazon within the next week.  Yipee!

 image by Rohit Gowaikar.

Shadow Schism blurb:

Nick considers his life to be relatively normal.  However, when a folk singer tells him that he is the embodiment of sin and a raven informs him that he has been chosen to save humanity from impending cataclysmic disaster, he begins to rethink that assessment.  Then, just when Nick thinks he might be regaining his sanity, a beguiling woman named Susan seeks his assistance from shadows that are attacking her in a parking lot.  From there, things start to get weird.

Although Nick is an unlikely (and not altogether willing) hero, when strange beings disguised as animals begin to talk to him, what real choice does he have but to listen?  They tell him that mankind's collective unconscious is withering and dying, causing rifts to form between conscious reality and the shadow world.  As these chasms grow, hostile animated shadows are beginning to leak into physical reality through the cracks.  Unless he can seal the rifts, all of reality will be doomed.

Reluctantly, Nick embarks on a surreal journey, encountering nine different animal totems and seeking the aid of a witch, an oracle, and evasive subliminal agents.  He clumsily battles against the denizens of shadow as they invade waking reality in a variety of harrowing forms.   With a bit of luck, he might even figure out how to win Susan's heart along the way.  But will he be able to find a way to close the rift between worlds before it's too late? 

SHADOW SCHISM is a droll, unsettling tale of speculative fiction that will leave you questioning what is "real."