Robert C. Eccles's Blog

Hi, everyone!

If anyone's in the Ann Arbor area, please stop by and see me at the Kerrytown Bookfest Sunday, September 9th, 11am-5pm. I have booth #132.

Bob

http://www.kerrytownbookfest.org/

Ann Arbor.com published a nice article about "Tiny Terrors" today - check it out!

http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment...

Bob

Hi, everyone!

In memory of Ray Bradbury, here's a story of mine that was inspired by his writing. It's called "Reflection", and it's one of the many stories in my collection Tiny Terrors, available in the Kindle Store at Amazon.com.


Reflection

The Martian ambassador and the leader of the mission from Earth stood together at the edge of the pond.

“We call this ‘The Pond of Truth,’” the Martian said.

“What does it do?” asked Colonel Beckwith.

“When one looks into the pond,” the Martian explained, “one sees one’s true nature in the reflection.”

“Is that so?”

“It is.”

“Is it ever wrong?”

“No,” said the Martian. “Never.”

Colonel Beckwith leaned over the pond. In the reflection he saw himself drawing his photon pistol and blasting the Martian in the head.

Suddenly the Martian ambassador’s hands wrapped around Colonel Beckwith’s neck. He shoved the Earthman to the ground and pushed his head beneath the pond’s surface. The pond was full of some sort of Martian acid, which dissolved Colonel Beckwith’s head in a matter of seconds.

The Martian tossed the headless body behind him and looked into the pond. Once the surface settled, the Martian saw the same thing reflected that he had seen before the Earth mission arrived: his family, enjoying a meal of roasted human flesh.

“No,” the Martian said, smiling, “it’s never wrong.” He grabbed the Colonel’s body by the ankle and headed for home.

Hi, everyone!

I am pleased to announce that "Tiny Terrors", an e-book collection of more than 60 of my short horror stoties, is now available from Black Hound Digital Press!

Grab your copy through the Black Hound website:

http://www.blackhound.co.uk

Or at Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/Tiny-Terrors-eb...

If you don't have a Kindle, you can download a free Kindle app for your computer while you're at Amazon.com.

Thanks, and I hope you enjoy Tiny Terrors!

Bob

Hi, everyone!

Black Hound Publishing tells me that "Tiny Terrors", an e-book collection of more than 60 of my short horror stories, will be available in mid-May!

The stories range in length from 100 words to several thousand words. Most are between 100 and 1,000 words.

Some are creepy. Some are distrurbing. Some are funny. I think you'll enjoy all of them.

More details to follow!

Bob

Hi, everyone!

Happy to say that an e-book collection of my short horror stories should be out toward the end of April.

Black Hound in the UK is publishing "Tiny Terrors", a collction of about 60 stories dating from when I first started writing in 2008 to this year.

I'll keep you posted as we get closer to the release.

Bob

Hi, everyone!

I have a couple of stories that are doing pretty well in the P&E poll, but I could sure use your help if you haven't voted already. Please vote for “The Bobble Head of Doom” in the horror category:

http://www.critters.org/predpoll/shor...

And for “Virtual Memory” in the sci-fi/fantasy category:

http://www.critters.org/predpoll/shor...

Thanks for your support!

Bob

Hi, everyone!

Check out this wonderful 2012 calendar from the Great Lakes Association of Horror Writers! Each month is a horror movie classic as interpreted by members of the organization. I did "The Shining". Grab your copy today!

http://greatlakeshorror.com/calendarp...

Thanks!

Bob

Hi, everyone!

I'm proud to have played a role in a unique new collection of werewolf tales (or tails).

"Tooth and Claw: A Werewolf Anthology" is available now! Not only will you get seven wonderful werewolf stories, you'll also get audio narrations of each story (I narrated many of them), along with custom music and artwork created especially for this collection.

You can pick up all seven stories, or grab individual stories. You can choose the text versions, the audio versions or both.

Here's a link to the anthology:

http://liquid-imagination.com/toothan...

If you like werewolf stories, you're going to love this anthology!

Thanks!

Bob

Hi, everyone!

Issue 11 of Liquid Imagination Magazine is live, and as usual, I had the pleasure of narrating most of the stories. Check it out!

http://liquid-imagination.com/site/?p...

Bob