International Reviews

I thought I would draw attention to some nice international reviews of The Muse of the Monstrous -- from both sides of the Atlantic.  For example, I just noticed what John Willson had to say at Amazon Canada.  He observed that the book was "Full of weird, original meditations... Strange morsels of incongruity, casual horrors, alluring mysteries, people made lonely by their perceptions, their obsessions, the lucky few who see behind the curtain and suffer for it, willingly."  And at Amazon UK, Beccameriel writes "Very enjoyable weird fiction short stories with a distinctly Lovecraftian sensibility."  I don't know either of these folks, but I'm very glad they enjoyed the book!  My thanks goes out to everyone who has taken the time to read my work.  And keep checking back, there are lots of weird things in the works!

Paperback Toad

“Our islands are not perfect places – not quite paradise – but I think they have something to teach the angry continents, with all their dusty empires.”

- Jane Chan, The Temple of the Golden Toad

If you can’t visit Hawaii, or discover toad monsters, do the next best thing… pick up a copy of the second adventure of the Shakespeare Sisters.  The Temple of the Golden Toad is now available in paperback!

http://www.amazon.com/Temple-Golden-Shakespeare-Sisters-Adventure/dp/1508769109/

Behold the Toad!

The second adventure of the Shakespeare Sisters is now available as an e-book on Amazon!  Will you dare to enter... The Temple of the Golden Toad ?  If you haven't met the Shakespeare Sisters yet, you might want to go check out their first adventure, The Shadow of the Yeti.  Hurry, though... you have to be quick to keep up with these young ladies!

Abigail and Samantha are globe-trekking British teenagers in the 1930s, investigating paranormal mysteries and confronting dangerous creatures with their explorer-feminist Aunt Gillian, a pet fox named Hastings, and other intriguing companions.  Girl power, monsters, zeppelins, and much more... I bet you've never read anything quite like this retro pulp series!
 

  http://www.amazon.com/Temple-Golden-Shakespeare-Sisters-Adventure-ebook/dp/B00SHKURRG/

Suitable for young adults, certified extraterrestrials, and all forms of artificial intelligence!

Paperback Sorcery

"Long ago, so long ago, the spirits or souls of some people fused with the trees.  And when those people died, the trees died with them -- but something new emerged.  We see before us what I thought only a rumor or wild tale -- the ghosts of the trees, the echoes of humans, the faceless haunters of the dark."
- Countess Natasha Gloom, A Season for Sorcery

Fog and Tea: Book 3  is now available in paperback!

http://www.amazon.com/Season-Sorcery-Fog-Tea/dp/1500874353/

Dark Lanterns

I'm starting up a new blog.  DARK LANTERNS will feature Sherlock Holmes, H.P. Lovecraft, and possibly other weird, mysterious, or pulpy classics.  Check it out!

http://dark-lanterns.blogspot.com/

Fog. Tea. Three.

The Poisonleaf Wood awaits...

... and the epic adventure continues.

A Season for Sorcery
Fog & Tea: Book Three

http://www.amazon.com/Season-Sorcery-Fog-Tea-Book-ebook/dp/B00LAKC1UQ/

http://fogandtea.blogspot.com/
 

Shirley Shadow

Everyone had a motive.  Someone had a gun.

My new mystery, "Shirley Shadow and the Long-Expected Bullet," is available as an e-book on Amazon!

http://www.amazon.com/Shirley-Shadow-Long-Expected-Stephen-Jankiewicz-ebook/dp/B00ISV8DY8/