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My newest novel is out now in ebook and paperback!Psychiatrist Dr. Desmond Carter had always believed that his former patient, author Simon Ryan, was dead.
But, when a bloodstained manuscript penned by Ryan arrives at his office, Desmond begins to doubt everything he thought he had known—not just about the troubled author's past, but his own sanity. Desmond seeks the truth. Instead, he discovers the wellspring of madness.
In Pandemonium, the sequel to his acclaimed 2011 novella The Noctuary, Greg Chapman drags you deeper into the nightmarish reality of the Dark Muses—creatures forged from the very darkness in our own souls.
The words contained within will drive you mad… and damn you to Hell.
"A nightmarish exploration of free will and the power of words. Chapman has delivered a frightening read." - Kaaron Warren author of The Grief Hole
"Greg Chapman shows once again why he's at the forefront of Australian horror. Pandemonium is a heady mix of psychological thriller and supernatural scares that is sure to satisfy. You'd be insane not to pick up a copy." - Daniel I. Russell, author of Entertaining Demons
"The Noctuary is one of those stories that pushes the boundaries of storytelling, self-referential and recursive, at times self-consciously oblique, at other times frighteningly clear and precise. Once captured, the reader has no choice but to continue, to hold out hope in a world increasingly depicted as without any hope at all. Highly recommended." - Collings Notes
https://www.amazon.com/Noctuary-Pande...
Hi all,My debut horror novel, Hollow House, is on sale for just 99 cents for the Kindle for a limited time.
https://www.amazon.com/Hollow-House-G...
"The real hauntings in Greg Chapman's compelling,unnerving Hollow House don't happen in the title structure, but in thefinely-observed families surrounding it. This unusual, sometimes horrifyingand sometimes tragic tale may well makeyou look at your own neighborhood in a whole new (dark) light. Highlyrecommended!" - Lisa Morton, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of TheCastle of Los Angeles
"With his debut novel, Greg Chapman takes the standardhaunted house trope and puts it through a bloody ringer. Hollow House, anengrossing yet horrifying tale about that nondescript, near-to-condemnedhouse-next-door we have all encountered at some point in our lives, joyfullyreeks of the dark memories of Poe and Lovecraft. A first-rate thriller, don'tread this one alone, or in the deep of night, because that creak you hear mightbe more than just the old bones of your house settling. Yes, it might be muchmore." Brian W. Matthews, author of Forever Man, Revelation, and TheConveyance.
"A real page-turned, packed full of powerful horror imagery..." - Mark Smith-Briggs, Chronos Award-winning author
"As pure a slice of American Gothic as you will ever find, with Robert Bloch and Stephen King never far away." - Glam Adelaide Magazine
Lana wrote: "Greg, I'd be honoured to give a review of your novel. Bring it on!dragyntoothe@hotmail.com" Thanks Lana! I've added you to the list.
Frank wrote: "You know I do.frankerrington@hotmail.com" You're on the list Frank.
Do you want an advanced reader copy of my forthcoming debut novel, Hollow House, in exchange for a review? http://www.omniumgatherumbooks.com/ma...
No one in Willow Street pays it any notice, not the disgruntled Campbell family next door, not Alice Cowley and her suicidal daughter, or Mr. and Mrs. Markham down the road. Not even Darryl, the loner at number seventy, who is abnormal himself, thinks much about it. It is just the old Kemper House, forgotten and abandoned.
Until it makes itself known.
When the stench of death wafts from Kemper House through Willow Street, and comes to the attention of recent resident and newspaper reporter, Ben Traynor, it starts a chain of horrors that brings Kemper House's curse into their own homes and leads others direct to its door. Kemper House not only haunts its neighbours, it infects them with an evil that traverses time and reality itself.
If you're interested reply here with your best email address so the publisher can get in touch with you!
The ebook of y next novella, The Eschatologist, can now be pre-ordered through Amazon.http://www.amazon.com/Eschatologist-P...
David Brewer is trying to keep his family alive in a world torn asunder by a Biblical apocalypse. Yet there is salvation, in the guise of a stranger who offers survivors sanctuary. All they have to do is declare their faith in God's final - and bloody - plan.
"Madness and murder and miracles all abound in The Eschatologist. Reminiscent of Barker's early work, the end of the world has never been so bleak." -Tim Marquitz, author of the Demon Squad
The latest issue of SQ Mag is out and contains many tales, including mine, The Bone Maiden.Best of all, it's FREE!
http://sqmag.com/2015/04/30/edition-2...
My new short story collection is available for purchase in paperback and digital pre-order:Paperback - https://www.createspace.com/4932133
E-book - https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
Jun 10, 2014 09:20PM
NEWS!Looks like Halloween will be another cracker this year with a collection of some of my tales to be unleashed in October!
The collection, titled Vaudeville and Other Nightmares will be published by Black Beacon Books ( http://www.blackbeaconbooks.blogspot.... ), an emerging publisher from my home state of Queensland.
Read more here - http://wp.me/p1n4JW-js
Want e-copies of my first three novellas - for FREE?Just purchase a print or Kindle copy of my latest novella, The Last Night of October, post the receipt in the comments below and I'll send you mobi (Kindle) files of Torment, The Noctuary and Vaudeville.
How does that grab you?
Here are the links to The Last Night of October:
Trade paperback: http://www.badmoonbooks.com/product.p...
http://www.amazon.com/Last-Night-Octo...
Thanks for your support!
My latest novella, The Last Night of October is now available in trade paperback and for the Kindle from Bad Moon Books.The early reviews have been very favourable, which I'm very relieved about, given I'm such an outsider when it comes to Halloween.
Halloween has always held a fascination for me for that very reason. Ever since I've been a child, I've been jealous of the love of Halloween in the northern hemisphere, but I understand its allure - the opening of doors to the dead, the time for old secrets to emerge. I really wanted to capture that in my novella and I hope you all give it a go this Halloween. I'm also quite proud of this book, because it's the first one to feature some of my own artwork.
If you want to know what the reviewers thought I've provided the links below:
Literary Mayhem
Hellnotes
Horrible Book Reviews
And here are the links to buy the book:
Paperback - http://www.badmoonbooks.com/product.p...
Kindle - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FR152V4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOz9k0...
If you do buy the book please consider leaving a review or rating, either at the above Amazon link or at the book's Goodreads pages (Paperback) or (Kindle)
Midnight Echo Issue 9 has been released I don't have any fiction in here, but there's plenty of my art!In addition to some adverts, and the latest chapter of the vampire comic "Allure of the Ancients" I created five pieces for the corner art and an illustration to accompany Jonathan Maberry's Joe Ledger story "Changeling".
Midnight Echo is a fantastic magazine, produced by the Australian Horror Writers Association.
You can read more about Issue 9 here:
midnightechomagazine.com/2013/03/01/t...
Very proud to announce that I have a story in this amazing paranormal crime anthology.Featuring authors such as Stephn M. Irwin, William Meikle, Angela Slatter and Alan Baxter.
My story "A Matter of Perception" is sort of a Law & Order episode with a thick coating of the fantastique.
The anthology is available in print or electronic formats here:
www.darkprintspress.com.au/books_akad...
Enjoy!
Stephen wrote: "Very nice. I'll look forward to reading this."Thanks Stephen - Halloween just got a whole lot better! ;)
Very excited to reveal the artwork for my next novella "The Last Night of October", due to be published on Halloween by Bad Moon Books.View the cover here: http://darkscrybe.com/2013/06/09/cove...
Earlier this week some madness occurred over at Facebook... read the co-author Rocky Wood's post below. The good news is that our page has been restored:WITCH HUNTS banned from Facebook
And now a few words from my co-author on Witch Hunts: A Graphic History of the Burning Times:
Adventures in Censorship
A blog post by Rocky Wood, 29 May 2013
On Tuesday US time Facebook notified Lisa Morton, Greg Chapman and myself that the Facebook page for our graphic novel, 'Witch Hunts: A Graphic History of the Burning Times' had been suspended as someone had complained it contained 'bullying'. We could appeal. Lisa did so. Without any further communication the page was deleted for not matching 'community standards' and to top it all off we were all banned as owners of the page from posting on Facebook for 12 hours.
I have fought censorship all my life and now this insult from a faceless corporation which shelters behind US law but has no respect for the First Amendment. There was nothing on our page which is not in our book. We deal with an historic tragedy - the torture and killing of innocents for centuries under the guise of 'witch hunting'. Our book is a nominee for a major literary Award from a highly reputable writers group. And not one post one our page could be classed as 'bullying' anyone, except perhaps the long dead inquisitors and witch hunters who so savagely hunted 'witches' (read those cast out of society, those who lands or wealth were coveted, and those who fell under the dead eye of jealous neighbors).
One encounters soft core porn, outrageous personal abuse, bullying, misogyny, misanthropy, racism, hate speech from and against Christians, Muslims and other groups on Facebook without even trying. Facebook infests my News Feed with ads for sex sites and 'dating sites' that are clearly a cover for porn, and invites me to Like or get involved with many things that offend me. Yet I accept this is part of free speech on social media. I have been abused and personally vilified on Facebook - my answer is to delete and block the person. I don't run to momma and cry on her apron strings.
But here is the real nub of the matter. Why was this page deleted? Did one crazy person complain and if so, are all our pages at risk from lone vigilantes supported by this faceless corporation, which clearly uses algorithms rather than people to manage its business? Is Horror itself at risk in Facebook (for much horror is a lot more graphic than our book)? Is History that doesn't suit the world view of some at risk on Facebook? Or can say one author who doesn't like another author or their work sabotage their pages in this manner? I wouldn't expect that was what had happened here but what's to stop that in the 1984 world of Facebook?
How far is it from Facebook deleting innocuous pages such as ours to book banning, and book burning? That slope is very slippery. I unreservedly condemn Facebook's capricious actions, lack of transparency in dealing with complaints, and the outrageous censorship they have indulged in.
Barely two weeks before a book I am very proud of is a nominee at a major Award ceremony the Facebook page is removed. There is more than a little irony in Facebook figuratively burning our page at the stake. For those who care about Censorship I would appreciate your sharing this story. For this who support our book, please be sure we will be back. In the meantime our website remains at http://www.witchhuntsbook.com/ (at least until such time as Facebook or other Internet censors find a way to remove it).
Shame on you Facebook. And the next time you spam me with your offensive ads or try to force me to spend money promoting my own posts you can be sure of my reaction.
Rocky Wood
Melbourne, Australia
Our reactivated Facebook page is here - https://www.facebook.com/settings?ref...
