The rollouts continue, and the dogs keep coming. Perro Chupacabra is the latest release. (Murder Dog is still in pre-sale for $2.99 before going up to $3.99). Perro Chupacabra is a novella, so I’ve docked it down to $1.99. It is also a part of the Zombie Dog series, calling between Ghost Dog and the upcoming Murder Dog.

As participants in my newsletter know, this is a unique “dog” book because unlike everything else I’ve written, the title changes format. My wife suggested the change, which follows the Spanish language format of noun before modifier. I conferred with everyone on the newsletter (thanks for the votes, y’all!), and the title was changed.

Perro Chupacabra is not a standalone adventure. It provides the ligaments between the two books. But I think it is more than just ligature. This story really changed how I thought it should end. Without giving anything away, there is the “hero rides into the sunset” ending I thought it would have, and then there was the ending that popped up in the last five pages or so. It isn’t a twist ending, and I don’t know if anyone would notice the change. Maybe I will post more about it later in the year, though. Of all the endings in the Zombie Dog series, it might be my favorite. If you read it, I’d love to hear your opinion.

I usually try to give some trivia for each of the books. So here goes:

Perro Chupacabra was based in Puerto Rico because I had the opportunity to visit the island. The trek through El Yunque National Forest happens because I fell in love with El Yunque when I was there.

The chupacabra cryptid originates in Puerto Rico, though in this world chupacabras aren’t goat suckers but rather undead dogs parasitized by a version of tarantula wasp. This is accurate to their appearance in earlier books where the dogs are called chupacabras.

This is the closest I’ve come to writing a full-on zombie story in the George Romero tradition.

The character for Moncho was inspired by trackers I met while in Search and Rescue.

The novella was influenced by the graphic novel ” Puerto Rico Strong.”

Believe it or not, Perro Chupacabra was also influenced by the 2008 Rambo movie. Like John Rambo, I thought Angie would leave the country after the events of Ghost Dog.

Perro Chupacabra was originally planned to be a full novel. My original idea was to have Ghost Dog, Voodoo Dog (which became a short story), Perro Chupacabra, and then Murder Dog. I felt that was too much time between Ghost Dog and Murder Dog, which is why I made those books a short story and a novella.

Perro Chupacabra is available now on Kindle. Happy reading!

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