The Year So Far…(and a pretty good one to boot!)

I started out the year with some modest goals while I tried to build on the beginning success of last year.  2011 was my first full year of writing and I finished the year with 10 stories in 8 anthologies.  My goal was 5, so I thought I did ok.  Raising the bar higher for 2012, I found myself with 5 stories already finding homes in 2012.  The running total now is 15 tales in 13 books, so be sure to collect them all!  This year should also see the release of my first novella if everything stays on course and according to plan.  I’m not going to say much at this point except that the manuscript is in the editor’s hands and we will begin polishing it up soon.  My goal is to have it ready for the book signing I have lined up in October.  More to come on the event later…

The anthologies getting to print have been steady this year so far also.  Ten Silver Bullets, Zombie Writing, Short Sips: Coffee House Flash Fiction V.2, Undead Tales 2, and a new printing of Undead of Winter have been released since the first of the year with several more coming shortly.  The shelf in the office is growing larger and looks more impressive with every release.  Good trend to have and to celebrate the release of Undead Tales 2, I will have a drawing from all blog subscribers on May 15, 2012.  Anyone who is an active subscriber and comments on this post by that date will be entered to win an autographed copy of the anthology.

I enjoy the spinning of yarns for those who like the darkness hiding in the everyday recesses of life.  If you read and follow any new or established author, go to their Amazon page, their Facebook page, or their Twitter @BrentTAbell (click on the word and the nice little link will take you there or you can get there from the links on the side of the page) and ’LIKE’ them or the books they’re involved in.  Let all of us know if you liked it or not, give some feedback, or just tell us you’re reading us.  That my friends is what keeps us going, not some blind ambition to get rich.  Well, if I can, I won’t turn it down.

I have stuff to do on some projects, so be sure to take a few minutes and do some liking!

Goodnight and here are the new release covers…

“Ten Silver Bullets” Now on Kindle!

The full moon has risen and Ten Silver Bullets is now available on Kindle here.  The print version is at the printer now, so I will post info about it when it becomes available.  The book is full of great stories to keep you up on those nights when the moon is full and howls fill the air.  Crowded Quarantine Press and editor Adam Millard put together an awesome book and I was given the honor of closing it out with my story “For Our Sins: A Fable”.  Go check it out and enjoy. 

Goodnight…

Over the Pond We Go!

Well, the  2012 Invasion has left the states and landed on the shores of the UK.  Crowded Quaratine Press has accepted my story “For Our Sins: A Fable” for their Ten Silver Bullets anthology coming soon.  The book will be available in the US, UK, and other places around the world.  I would like to thank Adam Millard for the chance to be read by a new audience and for the cool email about my tale.  The contract is signed and everything is ready to go.

The story is my take on the origins of the werewolf.  When I thought about the legends, I sat back and tried to re-imagine the reasons they exist in the fictional world.  What I came up with was how the actions of two beings can harm the others around them for generations.  I had a lot of fun with the story and I hope that everyone digs it.

It should be out soon and I’ll have the links when it becomes available.  It was cool to see the full cover with my name on it.  

 

Now, I would to thank all of the people who have stopped by the site.  When I started it, I didn’t think it would amount to very much, but I may have been wrong.  There have been people stopping by now for 45 consecutive days and I am about reach 1,000 visits.   Its been great to have you all come by and check things out.  In the next few days I will posting my review of Jeff Strand’s Faint of Heart. 

Goodnight…