Shaun Meeks's Blog - Posts Tagged "monsters"
Free is good!
For the next two days, Amazon is offering my book, At the Gates of Madness for free digital downloads. This will be the final free offer of the first edition of the book. Make sure to get it now while you can.
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The Final Hours
Only a few hours left to get your free digital download copy of my book, At the Gates of Madness. So far the free giveaway has been great, so let's keep it going! Tell your friends, share it on your wall. This is the final free giveaway of the first edition.
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Reviews of At the Gates of Madness
While there are a few reviews up here of At the Gates of Madness, Barnes and Noble has 28 up, all of them are pretty positive and make me damn happy that so many people seem to be liking what I write. I spent a lot of time on those stories, and even though I am not 100% happy with it due to some editing issues, people seem to be over looking it and taking it for what it is. Hopefully more people will add reviews on here for it, but for now, you can head over there and see what people think.
It is also the cheapest site for the print copy (wink wink, nudge nudge):
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/at-th...
It is also the cheapest site for the print copy (wink wink, nudge nudge):
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/at-th...
Working
Over the last week I have been super busy trying to get some things done. I hit a snag with my completed story, Miriam, which I had sent out way back in July. On Monday I was told that the people I sent it to never received a copy, despite the email I received from them stating they had. What can you do?
Good news is, I sent it out again and have my fingers crossed on it.
I have also been hard at work putting the stories together for the collectiob with my brother called Brother's Ilk. It's coming along nicely, but I keep getting side track with other projects. One of them is the storyline for a graphic novel I want to do called Scars. It's a pretty epic story that cross the horror and martial arts genre.
What I've been working hard on as well, is a new series of books I want to do called The Shymoar. It will be at least 3 books and is slightly different from my normal writing. It will still be horror, but will border on a fable as well. Picture Harry Potter meets Clive Barker's Cabal (Nightbreed). I will be co-writing this one with Gillian Kirk and may be looking for an illustrator to add something special to it.
Good news is, I sent it out again and have my fingers crossed on it.
I have also been hard at work putting the stories together for the collectiob with my brother called Brother's Ilk. It's coming along nicely, but I keep getting side track with other projects. One of them is the storyline for a graphic novel I want to do called Scars. It's a pretty epic story that cross the horror and martial arts genre.
What I've been working hard on as well, is a new series of books I want to do called The Shymoar. It will be at least 3 books and is slightly different from my normal writing. It will still be horror, but will border on a fable as well. Picture Harry Potter meets Clive Barker's Cabal (Nightbreed). I will be co-writing this one with Gillian Kirk and may be looking for an illustrator to add something special to it.
Strange Brew
Today I received an email that my story, They Say the Dead Don't Drink, has been accepted and will be features in the upcoming release called A Six Pack of Stories. The anthology is all about beer, but don't worry, it's still a horror story. I actually wrote this one around 10 years ago and only rediscovered it this year while going through all my old stories. I won't give the story away, but it is a twisted one.
The good news is, even though I only received the acceptance letter today, the anthology is due out early December of 2012. It will be available in print and in digital formats. Once I get the links, I'll be sure to post them all here.
The good news is, even though I only received the acceptance letter today, the anthology is due out early December of 2012. It will be available in print and in digital formats. Once I get the links, I'll be sure to post them all here.
House in the Valley
Last night I finished the firat draft on my new story, House in the Valley. The story seemed to take on a life of it's own as I went along, starting off with just a first line, then two days later I had over 12,000 words done. The story in an apocalyptic tale pf a group of people trapped in a house in the valley of death, trying to figure out how to survive and how to keep their humanity. The story follows the main character, simply known as the gun man moving back and forth from the house to how he arrived at the house. I will be working hard on editing this one so that I can include it in the upcoming release, Brothers Ilk early next year. I am putting together the TOC of my stories and my brother's and will be releasing it in the next few weeks.
Dillon the Monster Dick
Don't worry, the title has nothing to do with porn. What is it then? This is a new book and short stories series I am developing. Without giving too much away, I was writing a new short story this week, originally called Gossip, about a guy hunting down a monster that is terrorizing a school. The story seemed okay, a quicky flash fiction piece that I was going to send off to somewhere like One Buck Horror. As I started the second draft, the story began to grow into something more, a back story popped in here and there and the main character, Dillon, began to take on a life of his own. So much so, that as I was writing it, I realized that he was going to be a new ongoing character and by the end of the day I had six short stories outline and the overview of two novels involving him. So who is Dillon? On the surface he is a dark and sarcastic guy that makes a living hunting down monsters and demons. He has a website called MONSTERDICK.COM (why he calls it that is explained in the story Monsters Love Trees and is an going joke) where people contact him if they have a problem with things that go bump in the night.
Now, there are a lot more layers to Dillon and the things he hunts, not to mention people that help him and hire him to do work. There will be a bit of a Noir feel to some of the stories, but what I like about them so far is that I will be able to let out some of my strange sense of humor in these ones.
Right now, two of the stories with Dillon in it are done, The Undergarment Eater and Monsters Love Trees. I hope to get these polished up pretty quick and send them out, hoping that one of the publishers will see the sense of humor and the potential for a series here. I will keep you all up to date on releases.
Now, there are a lot more layers to Dillon and the things he hunts, not to mention people that help him and hire him to do work. There will be a bit of a Noir feel to some of the stories, but what I like about them so far is that I will be able to let out some of my strange sense of humor in these ones.
Right now, two of the stories with Dillon in it are done, The Undergarment Eater and Monsters Love Trees. I hope to get these polished up pretty quick and send them out, hoping that one of the publishers will see the sense of humor and the potential for a series here. I will keep you all up to date on releases.
Shutdown update
My latest novel, Shutdown, has had some real ups and downs in the last year. It was slated to be released the spring of 2013, but after losing the original manuscript in a computer accident, I had to start the project from scratch. It was a little disheartening to have to do that, and I gave up on it for longer than I should have.
Thankfully, I have gotten back on board with it and am now closing in on a finish for it. Last week I managed to get 16,000 words done in four days, so with that said, I should be done writing and editing the book by the end of July. Or sooner.
The book is about a hacker, Tim "Mouse" Jones, who is hired to break into a building owned by a genetics corporation called GenCross. He is hired to steal a file from the mainframe, then upload a virus into the computer that will shut down the building's entire network and wipe all the files from its memory. But when things go wrong and Mouse finds himself trapped in the building, trying to stay out of jail isn't his only concern, he also needs to stay alive.
I have already been contacted by a few publishers about sending the manuscript to them and look forward to sending it off once it's done.
Thankfully, I have gotten back on board with it and am now closing in on a finish for it. Last week I managed to get 16,000 words done in four days, so with that said, I should be done writing and editing the book by the end of July. Or sooner.
The book is about a hacker, Tim "Mouse" Jones, who is hired to break into a building owned by a genetics corporation called GenCross. He is hired to steal a file from the mainframe, then upload a virus into the computer that will shut down the building's entire network and wipe all the files from its memory. But when things go wrong and Mouse finds himself trapped in the building, trying to stay out of jail isn't his only concern, he also needs to stay alive.
I have already been contacted by a few publishers about sending the manuscript to them and look forward to sending it off once it's done.
Progression of Dark Reaches
This weekend I finished putting together Dark Reaches and have shipped it off for editing. This will be my third collection of short stories, the first two being At the Gates of Madness and Brother's Ilk (with James Meeks). As it stands right now, here is the table of contents:
Introduction
The Soldier
Dreams of a Dead Man
Angel in the High Tower
The Creek
House in the Valley
Give Me Convenience
In the Sun
The Undergarment Eater
Mr. Stand
Under the Apple Tree
Down at the Farm
Family Lessons
Shifty
Accidents
Miriam
Afterward
There are reprints from magazines, new versions of two stories and also some brand new fiction. I am hoping to get this out by December of this year or January of next year. As it stands it is 92000 words long, which translates into about 400 pages, but there may be some changes to it as three stories might be getting picked up very soon; The Undergarment Eater, In the Sun and Shifty. I am working hard and writing new ones to replace these, so this for now is a touch and go ToC.
I am also working on a book cover for this, as I prefer to do my own. This one will be based on the story in it called Miriam and will have Mina LaFleur modelling. Can't wait to get it done and put it out.
Introduction
The Soldier
Dreams of a Dead Man
Angel in the High Tower
The Creek
House in the Valley
Give Me Convenience
In the Sun
The Undergarment Eater
Mr. Stand
Under the Apple Tree
Down at the Farm
Family Lessons
Shifty
Accidents
Miriam
Afterward
There are reprints from magazines, new versions of two stories and also some brand new fiction. I am hoping to get this out by December of this year or January of next year. As it stands it is 92000 words long, which translates into about 400 pages, but there may be some changes to it as three stories might be getting picked up very soon; The Undergarment Eater, In the Sun and Shifty. I am working hard and writing new ones to replace these, so this for now is a touch and go ToC.
I am also working on a book cover for this, as I prefer to do my own. This one will be based on the story in it called Miriam and will have Mina LaFleur modelling. Can't wait to get it done and put it out.
The Gate at Lake Drive
The Gate at Lake Drive
Well, it's finally here. The Gate at Lake Drive has been released from IFWG Publishing. If you've read the short story, The Undergarment Eater, you'll be familiar with the main character, Dillon the Monster Dick. If you're not, don't worry, this'll be the first of many novels featuring him. It also includes the short story mentioned above.
So what's it all about? Here's a clip from the back of the book:
"Meet Dillon, the Monster Dick. He’s a detective of sorts, a man hired to hunt down things that have come into our world that have no right to be here. Whether it’s a monster made up of paint cans and rags, spirits hidden in carpets or animals possessed by demons, Dillon will dispatch them as soon as he finds them.
His new job is up in northern Ontario, where the mayor has hired him to deal a swarm of creatures that seem to be coming from a whirlpool in the middle of the lake. When he hears this, he’s more worried than he’s ever been. In all the years Dillon has been a hunter, he’s never once heard of a flock of monsters coming into this realm at the same time.
Dillon heads there with his new friend, burlesque performer Rouge Hills and finds nothing is what it seems. It’s not just one type of monster, but something far worse trying to be born into our world. The odds are stacked against him, but since the money is good, there’s no turning back.
From Shaun Meeks, the author of At the Gates of Madness and Shutdown, comes book one in the Dillon the Monster Dick series."
If you like horror, monsters, demons, monster hunters, zombies, noir and burlesque, this one is for you.
Well, it's finally here. The Gate at Lake Drive has been released from IFWG Publishing. If you've read the short story, The Undergarment Eater, you'll be familiar with the main character, Dillon the Monster Dick. If you're not, don't worry, this'll be the first of many novels featuring him. It also includes the short story mentioned above.
So what's it all about? Here's a clip from the back of the book:
"Meet Dillon, the Monster Dick. He’s a detective of sorts, a man hired to hunt down things that have come into our world that have no right to be here. Whether it’s a monster made up of paint cans and rags, spirits hidden in carpets or animals possessed by demons, Dillon will dispatch them as soon as he finds them.
His new job is up in northern Ontario, where the mayor has hired him to deal a swarm of creatures that seem to be coming from a whirlpool in the middle of the lake. When he hears this, he’s more worried than he’s ever been. In all the years Dillon has been a hunter, he’s never once heard of a flock of monsters coming into this realm at the same time.
Dillon heads there with his new friend, burlesque performer Rouge Hills and finds nothing is what it seems. It’s not just one type of monster, but something far worse trying to be born into our world. The odds are stacked against him, but since the money is good, there’s no turning back.
From Shaun Meeks, the author of At the Gates of Madness and Shutdown, comes book one in the Dillon the Monster Dick series."
If you like horror, monsters, demons, monster hunters, zombies, noir and burlesque, this one is for you.
