**My apologies to Salvatore Buttaci and William Pauley III, I meant to do this for them ages ago.
Wrong Minds And Other Fictions
by Jason Michel
Jason Michel is a dark horse. This compilation of Wrong Minds And Other Stories prove it: Darkness infused with light, morbidity flayed to show philosophy, his words are poetry lulling you into Grimm like nightmares. These stories are very gruesome in the way of old fables, yet they show the reality of life that so many of us have forgotten. If we forget life’s old truths, we aren’t truly human anymore. And being human is what these shorts are all about. If you are inclined toward the old gothic literature like Mary Shelly, Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson - you will love Mr. Michel’s work. I highly, highly recommend this book.
Purchase Wrong Minds And Other Fictions or visit Jason's personal website.
Green Water Lullaby
by Lori Titus
Green Water Lullaby opens with French Doors, and invites you into its pages. This short story collection smells like vanilla and flows like honey. The grace of Lori’s smooth writing makes a reader vulnerable to her sweet voice of horror. She baptizes you into a world of suspense. But when you’re ready to come up for air, she holds you under, drowning you in the town’s mysteries. Evil secrets of murder, brotherhood, the occult… who could have guessed so much darkness resides in the sleepy little town of Chrysilis, or Lori Titus’s mind for that matter. This is an e-book you don’t want to miss.The E-book format is very user friendly and easy on the eyes.
A Family of Sicilians:Stories & Poems
This is wonderful collection of stories about Sal’s experiences in Italy. Reading the works, one feels swept away to a beautiful country filled with people involved in life, love, and hard work. This book must be read with a hot cup of coffee and a box of tissues. Sal’s magic will work wonders on your heart, as he always does mine.
Purchase A Family Of Sicilians or visit Sal's personal website.
Toe Tags
edited by William Pauley III & Brian Barnett
Toe Tags is a collection of debauchery sewn together by William Pauley III and Brian Barnett. Horror has delivered its grimmest, its grittiest - the ungodly
morbid truth through the minds of Angel Zapata, Lori Titus, Graeme Reynolds, Robert C. Eccles, Nathan Rosen, Joshua Day, Chad Chase, William Pauley III, Brian Barnett and more.
If those names aren’t enough to catch your curiosity, the carnivals, talking tattoos, devils, zombies, magicians, the rage will snatch your eyes and force you to keep reading on. You know you are getting good quality horror, when the stories still pop up in your mind and scare you long after you’ve read them.
Purchase Toe Tags or visit William Pauley III's personal website.
Howl: Tales Of The Feral And Infernal
edited by Mark Anthony Crittenden
This savage collection of morphing creatures and nightmares has already achieved status by hosting three authors of honorable mention merit by Ellen Datlow. Between these pages, stories of werewolves, ravens, demons, owls, lizardmen, The Lady Red, fanged puppies (and more) explore awakenings of the animal within. Give in to the fierce extremes of lust and love. Mark Crittenden leaves a torch on the dark path of horror. Hurry. Read it. Or something will eat you.
Purchase Howl or visit Mark's personal website.
Rotten Little Animals
by Kevin Shamel
I've already plugged this, but I'll do it again. Zombie cats, Stinkin' Rats, Dirty Birds and other filthy scoundrels kidnap a child and create the same evil humanity does. Doesn't get more bizarre than Kevin Shamel's mind. Note: While inclusive of talking animals, this has adult material and is by no means a story for children. Read at your own risk.
Purchase Rotten Little Animals or visit Kevin's personal website
Something’s Not Right
by Trevor McPherson
This ebook collection features a handful of stories by a clever sci fi cook. His unique twilight zone writes are entertaining and intelligent. For under a buck, you are getting one heck of a deal.
Purchase Something's Not Right or Visit Trevor's personal website.
19 comments:
Its nice to see independent publishing surviving.
Hi David, yes,not only surviving but a full out frolicking. Frolic everyone!
Jodi, you are amazing in all the right ways. Thank you for once again coming through.
You're welcome, bud. ;-)
So very cool that you're spotlighting this titles, Jodi... In the 60s, all of us writers had all the counter-culture magazines, chapbooks and "little magazines."
I'd like to think that we bloggers are sort of like them... Spotlighting and spreading the word for great books like that is a great way to carry on the tradition.
I love this - it's so true - support everything that's good! which includes independents
Gar!
Indy press is so vibrant and vital, diverse and eclectic and offers us writers that most likely we'd never get the chance to read. great spotlight Jodes and some fine works highlighted!
Great work Jodi. There are some fine writers there and you can only wish that this is the start of something bigger for them. Thanks for the post.
Impressive list, and the writers involved are enough to catch my interest. Great idea, Jodi.
Thanks for swinging by everyone and I hope you choose to buy a book/ ebook and check out the authors. Creativity in any form is a cause worth supporting.
ps. Anthony, They supported each other with class in the 60's, and that is a great way to look at blogging today. ;-)
Good promotional work, Jodi. Some new ones there I haven't seen before. Glad to see Trevor selling off his site, that's the way to go. Direct payments to authours give us the best deal and allow us to respond to our readers more effectively (in terms of release schedule and feedback). Hurrah for the 21st century! And hurrah for Jodi MacArthur!
Exactly, Barry! Hurrah for the 21 st century. ;-)
You're a friend of the little guy, Jodi. I've already got a couple of these on my Amazon "wish list".
--John
A great list of reads and nice little blurbs on each. Small press bows to you!
I guess I better get better at that reading crap before I try to dig up money for books, lol. FIne thing you're doing here. They look like great reads.
Good promotional job :)
You have nice place here!
marinela x x
Ohh, I was particularly interested in Wrong Minds and Green Water Lullaby. Added to reading list!
Thanks for this Jodi, and cheers for small presses! ;)
Jodi, I'm a little late but thanks a ton for including one of my books here! You're a gem for helping authors gain some extra exposure.
Sal Buttaci
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