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Merry Christmas One and All – A Little Christmas FEAR!!!!

Richard Freeland — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:22:15 +0000

Sometimes Christmas can be a little scary. Dealing with all that last-minute rush traffic, fighting through hordes of shoppers worse than packs of ravaging zombies, wondering uneasily why your children seem – CHANGED, somehow…

And then you get the credit card bill – YAAAHHHHHHH!

So to take your mind off all that, here’s a little Christmas present, just for you. Sit down, turn the lights down low, grab an eggnog, relax and ENJOY!

Just make sure the door is locked beforehand.

The Twelve Days of Christmas HORROR

On the first day of Christmas, undead Santa gave to me,

A corpse hanging in a pear tree

On the second day of Christmas, undead Santa gave to me,

Two severed heads, and

A corpse hanging in a pear tree

On the third day of Christmas, undead Santa gave to me,

Three full crypts,

Two severed heads, and

A corpse hanging in a pear tree

On the fourth day of Christmas, undead Santa gave to me,

Four Eldritch Gods,

Three full crypts,

Two severed heads, and

A corpse hanging in a pear tree

On the fifth day of Christmas, undead Santa gave to me,

FIVE MOLDY THINGS!!!

Four Eldritch Gods,

Three full crypts,

Two severed heads, and

A corpse hanging in a pear tree

On the sixth day of Christmas, undead Santa gave to me,

Six psychos slaying,

FIVE MOLDY THINGS!!!

Four Eldritch Gods,

Three full crypts,

Two severed heads, and

A corpse hanging in a pear tree

On the seventh day of Christmas, undead Santa gave to me,

Seven fangs a-dripping,

Six psychos slaying,

FIVE MOLDY THINGS!!!

Four Eldritch Gods,

Three full crypts,

Two severed heads, and

A corpse hanging in a pear tree

On the eighth day of Christmas, undead Santa gave to me,

Eight vampires sucking,

Seven fangs a-dripping,

Six psychos slaying,

FIVE MOLDY THINGS!!!

Four Eldritch Gods,

Three full crypts,

Two severed heads, and

A corpse hanging in a pear tree

On the ninth day of Christmas, undead Santa gave to me,

Nine werewolves howling,

Eight vampires sucking,

Seven fangs a-dripping,

Six psychos slaying,

FIVE MOLDY THINGS!!!

Four Eldritch Gods,

Three full crypts,

Two severed heads, and

A corpse hanging in a pear tree

On the tenth day of Christmas, undead Santa gave to me,

Ten Dark Lords creeping,

Nine werewolves howling,

Eight vampires sucking,

Seven fangs a-dripping,

Six psychos slaying,

FIVE MOLDY THINGS!!!

Four Eldritch Gods,

Three full crypts,

Two severed heads, and

A corpse hanging in a pear tree

On the eleventh day of Christmas, undead Santa gave to me,

Eleven zombies groaning,

Ten Dark Lords creeping,

Nine werewolves howling,

Eight vampires sucking,

Seven fangs a-dripping,

Six psychos slaying,

FIVE MOLDY THINGS!!!

Four Eldritch Gods,

Three full crypts,

Two severed heads, and

A corpse hanging in a pear tree

On the twelfth day of Christmas, undead Santa gave to me,

Twelve mummies crumbling,

Eleven zombies moaning,

Ten Dark Lords creeping,

Nine werewolves howling,

Eight vampires sucking,

Seven fangs a-dripping,

Six psychos slaying,

FIVE MOLDY THINGS!!!

Four Eldritch Gods,

Three full crypts,

Two severed heads, and

A CORPSE HANGING IN A PEAR TREEEEEEE!!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS, and to all, good nightmares!

“Equinox – Six Declinations” Scores 8000 Downloads In August

Richard Freeland — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:06:01 +0000

Thanks, everyone, for the record month of downloads “Equinox – Six Declinations” had in August (a record for me, anyway – a drop in the bucket for some name authors, I’m sure). 8000 folks took a chance and downloaded the book to their Kindle.

That blew my mind, and I appreciate everyone who read the book, and those who took the time to review it on Amazon (out of 8 reviews, “Equinox – Six Declinations received five 5-star reviews!).

I’d set the book’s price to free to make it available to a wide audience of potential readers (hoping to build a fan-base), and it definitely paid off. September wasn’t quiet as good as August, but October is October downloads are picking up (hopefully from word-of-mouth, as I haven’t had time to do much marketing).

Looking forward…

November – watch for “Annaleah’s Dress”, a contemporary fantasy short story.
Sometime around the first of 2012 – “Seed”, my historical/fantasy/thriller, will hit the Kindle bookstore (just in time for you folks who get new Kindle’s from Santa for Christmas!). Check out the preview.

Again, thanks for reading my scribblings. Have a great Halloween!

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Sample Sunday

Richard Freeland — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 01:10:09 +0000

This Sunday I’ll start participating in an experiment David Wisehart of the Kindle Author blog thought up, called “Sample Sunday”. The premise – authors place samples of their work, be they short stories, excerpts of novels, works-in-progress, poetry – whatever strikes their fancy – on their websites or blogs. Then, come Sunday, they Tweet these samples to the world at large, for your enjoyment.

All in all a great way for new authors to gain exposure, and for rabid readers to appease their literary hunger for new and exciting stories. David started this little experiment in December 2010 (another creative approach to giving new authors a promotional shot in the arm, complimenting his already popular interviews), so I’m a little late to the party. But, as the saying goes, better late than never.

For any budding writers who read this and who might want to contribute their own work to Sample Sunday, the Twitter hashtag is #SampleSunday, or #ss for short.

By the way, if you plan to or you have published your work electronically and it’s suitable for Kindle , check out David’s Kindle Author blog. He might be willing to interview you. Heck, he even did one with me.