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Better Hero Army is the (really cool) pen name of American author Evan Ramspott. Under the Better Hero Army name, Evan writes about zombies, gargoyles, fairies, aliens, and pretty much anything that doesn't belong in the mainstream (i.e., he writes about cool stuff under the BHA name). He has a really cool website at www.betterheroarmy.com, he's sometimes active on Twitter @BetterHeroArmy, and he's in a bunch of cool GoodReads groups.

Evan's other (not so cool) works of fiction are mainstream stories about social inequities and hardships (and are real downers by comparison).

When Evan isn't being a (cool) writer, he has a family and a day job and enjoys all three equally. Oh, and he likes the beach because it's also cool. ...more

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Better Hero Army Just today I was informed for either the fourth or fifth time that my book, Plagued, was the reason someone took up reading again. This time it was a …moreJust today I was informed for either the fourth or fifth time that my book, Plagued, was the reason someone took up reading again. This time it was a father whose two sons were fighting over who got to read it first, both boys fans of zombies but not fans of books in general. A mother told me the same thing a few months ago about her son being eager to read Plagued after his long, dry spell of not reading anything for pleasure. And again I heard of a brother reading it after his sister recommended it, and so on. And it's not that I'm happy that they decided to read my book, but that I'm glad that they've decided to read for pleasure at all. When I someday tally the accomplishments of my life, I'll be able to write down that I made some people want to read, and in the end, that'll be a better thing than any award I might ever achieve.(less)

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Better Hero Army February 2024 Update:

Stuck in endless production...

1. SINKHOLE, the sequel to the zombie western Nine Hours 'Till Sunrise. Picking up ten years after …moreFebruary 2024 Update:

Stuck in endless production...

1. SINKHOLE, the sequel to the zombie western Nine Hours 'Till Sunrise. Picking up ten years after the first book, the deaf girl Suzanna is all grown up and looking for vengeance in the wild, wild west...

The "in-development" pile consists of....

1. A new stand-alone fantasy book series (2 in the bag, actually). Yup, I'm going back to my adolescent roots and finally dusting off one of my earliest works and giving it a second go--who am I kidding? like one-hundredth go. It will be released under my real name, though, so don't look for it here.

2. A new stand-alone sci-fi horror / thriller / suspense...I don't know how to classify it. The world as we know it will be gone in 72 hours. This is not your usual extinction event / alien invasion kind of story, either, so get ready for some grim fortunes and beautiful humanity at the edge of the apocalypse.

3. The Plagued States of America Origins, Book 2 (working title: GONE). Penelope Hope has survived her ordeal on the set of the movie Hart Throbbed, but is now stuck in the quarantined city of St. Louis as the dead rise in ever growing numbers.

4. Book 7 of the pulse-pounding, blockbuster car-thief action movie franchise DRIFT & BURN! That's right, I got skipped-over for writing books 2 through 6, but I'm back baby! They came crawling back to me to write another.

5. The Hollow Mountain Butterfly series (Girlgoyle, Wingless, Archraven, and Stonewing) may be over, but Hedika's story has just begun. I'm working on a two-book (maybe three) continuation of the series called The Warcross Chronicles that picks up about ten minutes after Stonewing ends...and it's going to be a wild ride!

6. I'm still working on another stand-alone book concept that resides in the world of super-heroes. It's an idea that I've been kicking around for a couple years now, but with other projects taking my time, it's been getting very little love. Maybe a novella.

7. Yet another stand-alone fantasy book, this one also from my juvenile imaginings of grandeur, but restructured to remove all the boring world building I did at the cost of actually telling a story!(less)

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	The Midamerica Zombie Half-Breed Experiment (Plagued, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 649 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Girlgoyle (Hollow Mountain Butterfly, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 228 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rock Island Zombie Counteractant Experiment (Plagued, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ironville Zombie Quarantine Retraction Experiment (Plagued, #3) 4.46 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wingless (Hollow Mountain Butterfly, #2) 4.59 avg rating — 27 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Battle Creek Zombie Rectification Experiment (Plagued, #4) 4.05 avg rating — 21 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Angel Rise Zombie Retribution Experiment (Plagued #5) 4.56 avg rating — 16 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nine Hours 'Till Sunrise 3.60 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Soldierina 3.43 avg rating — 21 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Plagued States of America Zomnibus 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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So far in 2021 we've released Archraven (late ... it was supposed to go out in 2020) and Arecibo (on time ... on pi day). That's two books in one year. I haven't done that in a while ... bonus points if you can guess when ... I'll wait.

And while we wait, how about we go for three books this year. THREE!?! Are you crazy, you ask? Yes. Yes I am. The hope is that we'll finish out the Hollow Mountain Read more of this blog post »

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Plagued (6 books)
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“It was getting on Tiffany’s nerves. She didn’t need a drill sergeant. What she needed was a pair of pants. The dress only inhibited her legs. “Why do I have to wear this stupid dress?” Tiffany snapped. “Because you’re tailless,” D.K. replied evenly. “If you had a tail, you wouldn’t need a sail between your legs to help steer. When your wings get bigger, you won’t need the gown. Be thankful you’re not wingless, too. Now, try again.” I’d rather be wingless.”
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“Tiffany tried to reason her way out of having wings. They weren’t real. This was a crazy dream that she’d wake from at any moment. She pinched herself and held her breath, but nothing changed the fact that the woman in red, whose skin was unmistakably the color of granite, didn’t go away, nor did her wings, nor did the dream. I want to go home! But she was still stuck in this room.”
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