My upcoming projects

-I have two novels contracted and waiting on word of their progress with The Twisted Library: The Vale of Shade and Hairy Bromance. The Vale should be done editing this month, so if everything works well, it should be out by June. This will wrap up the Jotenheim saga (hopefully to my readers' satisfaction). I can't wait for people to read Hairy Bromance!

-I've sent out The Wardmaster to a wonderful publisher and if anyone has some free fingers to cross for me, I'd appreciate it.

-I'm editing/re-writing The Door to Halloween, which I hope to have done in the next week. This kid's fantasy is an Oz-like celebration of the best holiday and the love that transcends the mortal veil. My lovely wife has agreed to illustrate it, and with any luck it will be available by the end of the summer (well before you have to start thinking about costumes!)

-Next week I begin a non-fiction project about my father-in-law, Richard Brown, and his experiences in Vietnam. I am a little daunted by the scope of this book, but excited about the prospect of recording this for posterity. More on this as I progress...

-And who knows, I just might find some time to whip out a short story or five in the meantime!

I hope you are all doing well. Remember if you get bored, buy one of my books. It is the panacea for all tedium and ennui. Oh, and write a review, pretty please?

Trav

The Night Library is on sale!

Head on over to Amazon.com, and pick up a beautiful print edition of The Night Library for only $10.08. Then you can imagine you are reading it, spooking yourself out in the 90's and getting ready for the season finale of X-Files. Or you could just read it and enjoy yourself! (and write a review!)

Free promotion of The Night Library!

April 1st and 2nd (no fooling)! The Night Library is available for the kindle (and free kindle apps) for free. Spread the word! The library has always been free, right?

The Night Library

I am very pleased to announce that The Night Library, an anthology of 21 of my spookiest and best stories will see print by the end of next week and should be available as an kindle e-book in the next few days. I will update the blog with links as soon as they go live. Here's the back cover blurb:

Searching these sinister stacks you will find:

A church picnic at a haunted reservoir where only a twelve year-old boy is aware that something waits in the water...

A burnt-out teacher finds a friend... in his cancer...

The secret to surviving the zombie apocalypse...

An inoculation for Lycanthropy which may be more horrible than the disease...

Young lovers, that on the eve of World War II, partake of a most forbidden fruit...

A haunted carnival ride that delivers its passengers into the unexpected...

21 tales of night terror, night madness, nightmares, night woe and night wonder...

Welcome to The Night Library

Be warned: the late fees are killer!

Big things to come...

1. I wrote a weird horror story the other night and sent it into what is shaping up to be a killer anthology. I don't know if I'll make it in, but I'll still be happy. I like the story a lot, and it will fit in nicely with my new anthology, which I will self-publish very soon, which contains all of my best published and unpublished horror and weird tales. I will update as soon as I am done editing.

2. I am currently editing my latest novel: The Wardmaster. This one has werewolves, vampires, zombies, ghouls, mutant monsters, witches, jedi-like warriors, inter-dimensional cross-overs and motorcycle mamas. Yeah, it is a big sprawling epic, and I'm sure it will find a home soon.

3. The Vale of Shade should be done the editing process by the end of the month. Then hopefully it will be a hop, skip and a jump to publication. This is the sequel and the final volume of the Jotunheim saga which began with Test of a Prince.

4. Still waiting to find out where we stand with Hairy Bromance. I am very excited for folks to read this horror comedy road trip buddy extravaganza about a sasquatch and a werewolf. The novel is contracted, were just waiting for the editing...

5. I wrote a middle-grade book about twins separated by death, but brought back together again when they find The Door to Halloween. This is a heartbreaking fantasy, that for whatever reason I've shelved for some time. I plan to dust this baby off, give it a polish and see what the world thinks of this one, soon...

Work progresses...

My car broke down yesterday. I enjoyed the day quite thoroughly. That's how weird I am. The house was silent and still, I couldn't get to work so I wrote my heart out. Wrote more than 8k words and Wardmaster reached 83k. I am really looking forward to writing during vacation next week. I hope to have the novel finished by the end. Honestly, what I am looking forward to the most is seeing how it will all (or not) work out for my beset heroes. This one has everything, and I believe people are going to love it. My biggest issue right now is paying for editing and a cover.

Update

Hi, everyone. If you haven't checked out my new novel, Test of a Prince, please head on over to Amazon.com (link to the right) and read a few chapters. I guarantee you'll be hooked.

I have been working on a new dark fantasy epic, The Wardmaster. This is approaching 80K, and I should have the book done by the end of the month. This one has psychic knights, zombies, ghouls, vampires, mutants, evil carnival freaks, werewolves, and more. I haven't quite figured out how I'm going to publish this monstrous adventure, but I'm leaning toward self-publication, which means it will be available soon (by June, if all works out).

I have been collecting my short published (and some unpublished) dark fiction for a killer anthology which will definitely be available for the kindle by April or May. I already have a cover. My very talented artist friend, Curtis Hale, has given me permission to use one of his paintings for it. I am very excited to have people read these twisted stories that saw print in some very obscure but wonderful publications.

I'm still waiting to hear about the progress in editing with my sequel to Test of a Prince, The Vale of Shade. I'm also biting my nails to the quick (actually I have never bit my nails) waiting to hear when Hairy Bromance, a horror-comedy road trip odyssey. When I know more, you'll know more.

After these projects, what, you may ask, will I turn my imagination toward?

Well, I have always loved superheroes, and find that as I'd like to read good superhero fiction (it's pretty rare) then I think I'd love to write it. I have a world I've been developing for a few years now. I believe this summer will be a good time to crank out a tale of heroes, villains and people in funny costumes. We'll see.

In any case, thanks for reading, and buy my book, read it, and write a review on Amazon. I will be most appreciative.

Take Care,
Trav