Ghosthunters Be Damned!

THIS GHOSTING TIDE by Simon Clark (2009 Bad Moon Books / 116 pp. / tp)

I don't know about you, but I simply can't stand the popular "Ghosthunters" series that runs on cable TV. To me, it's just a bunch of guys running around in the dark yelling "I just saw something! Yahhhhh!" for an hour an episode. I just fail to see the allure of it and am still amazed at its popularity.

Enter Simon Clark. During the first chapters of his latest novella, THIS GHOSTING TIDE, I was worried Clark was perhaps too influenced by this program (or one similar to it)...but it doesn't take long for this to become anything but a typical ghost story.

Our group of misfit ghost hunters follow a tip from someone who says they've seen an unusual phenomena, and end up encountering a powerful, malevolent force (similar to what Clark tackled in his novel DARKER), setting the stage for a satisfyingly different take on hauntings. Clark even throws in a touch of humor (that works) and pens a memorable scene where exposed coffins resemble stonehenge on a low-tide beach as "ghost-possessed sea creatures" attack.

Don't let the NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS-looking cover art fool you; THIS GHOSTING TIDE is a lot of spooky fun and should please ghost fans tired of the same old story.

It's Back!

After a disgustingly long hiatus, the infamous CREEPY comics magazine is back. This time Dark Horse has taken over and is releasing it in standard comic-book size. While every tale is a lot of fun, the second (a variation on the old CROSSROADS legend) is especially good. Check it out!

There's even a variant cover:

My First Book Signing

On Friday, July 31st, my old buddy Chris Iannace will open his club MARTINI RED (here in Staten Island, NY) for a book launch party to honor my debut novel, DON OF THE DEAD. Anyone in the NY/NJ area is welcome (see flier below for details).

It should be a really fun time (my friends are all wonderfully demented), and I'll be doing a reading around 9PM.

IN OTHER DON NEWS: DON continues to invade the country!

The lovely Jill "Spoongirl" from PA!

The lovely Karen P. from FL!

The DON Starts to Claim Turf!

My debut novel has already appeared in NYC:

(that's artist Ken Botte from Manhattan)

...and a few hours later showed up in Pennsylvania!

(That's the lovely Jill "spoongirl")

Where shall THE DON strike next? We'll see!

There's several ways to order a copy right here:http://coscomentertainment.com/donofthedead.html


Much thanks...

You'll Want to Visit this Zone

THE GRAY ZONE by John R. Little (to be released 9/1/09 by Bad Moon Books / 91 pp. / tp)

Little won a Stoker Award for his 2008 release, MIRANDA, which dealt with time travel in a most unique way. It wouldn't surprise me a bit if he wins another for THE GRAY ZONE, another foray into time travel in a way you probably wouldn't expect.

20-year old Henry Davidson is vacationing in Aswan, Egypt (the year is 1984). He is befriended by a child, Achmed and his father, Mohammed, who show him around. One day the father gives him a strange powder to drink while they take a felucca ride down the Nile. Before he knows it, Henry is somehow in Montreal, 1982, at the time he first laid eyes on his future wife, Cassie. When he "returns" to Aswan, Achmed explains to him that humans have the ability to remember their future as well as their past . . . and hence the idea behind THE GRAY ZONE.

Little reveals Henry by "jumping" through his life from 1975 and up to 2014, each section giving just enough detail that you can't wait to get back to that particular time period. From family secrets to scientific thought, to a shocking family tragedy, THE GRAY ZONE is yet another must-read novella from John R. Little, an author who is (arguably) one of the finest writers in the genre today. Don't miss this.

New Interview @ FEARZONE

L.L. Soares interviewed me for Greg Lamberson's mega-horror site FEARZONE. Check 'er out right here: http://www.fearzone.com/blog/nick-cato