The horrific humor anthology, ‘A Sharp Stick in the Eye (and Other Funny Stories)’ is now available

This anthology includes the stories:

Vengeance is Mine by Brian Asman

A Trunk Story by John McIlveen

Norwegian Wood by Roy Bryan Bishop

Route by J.C. Raye

My Corner Office by Martin Zeigler

The Same Deal by Daniel Becker

The Three Little Piggs by David Price

Al’s All Nude Barbeque by Wayne Faust

My Dinner with Krampus by James FW Thompson

The Zombie in My Office by Jim Horlock

Nerds vs. Jocks vs. Cthulhu by Eric Cline

Case of the Killer Beard by A.P. Sessler

Contractual Obligations by Renee Miller

Clyde the Necrophile by Jeff Strand

The collection was edited by award-winning editor Rob Smales. You can purchase the paperback or Kindle version here.

The ‘Echoes of Darkness’ Sale Ends Tonight

It’s Monday afternoon. Just chiming in to let you know that the 25% off sale on the Echoes of Darkness paperback ($8.99) and the 50% off sale on the Kindle edition ($1.99) ends at midnight.

Get you physical and digital copies before this sale goes back into the vault as Disney use to say.

Celebrating an Upcoming Release with a Book Sale

To celebrate the upcoming release of A Sharp Stick in the Eye (and other funny stories), edited by Rob Smales, we’re putting Echoes of Darkness—Smales’s short story collection—on sale now for a limited time! You can pick up the paperback for only $8.99 (that’s 25% off!), or pick up the Kindle version for only $1.99 (50% off)!

But hurry up and act now—these amazing prices will end on August 14.

Say . . . isn’t that the release date of A Sharp Stick in the Eye?

You can buy Echoes of Darkness here: https://tinyurl.com/smalessale

You can preorder A Sharp Stick in the Eye (and other funny stories) here: https://www.amazon.com/Sharp-Stick-Other-Funny-Stories/dp/0997932945


Link to video promoting sale: https://youtu.be/uXsw7aAtrG8

August is ‘Peculiar’ Month!

August is ‘Peculiar’ Month!

August is Peculiar Month!

Books & Boos Press is delighted to have partnered with Sci-Fi Saturday Night to create My Peculiar Family II: Celebrations.

When Chyna Dale discovers antique tintypes of family members she never knew existed, she becomes obsessed with uncovering their mysterious identities. Why hasn’t she heard of them before? What were they like? Most of all, what can this hidden bloodline tell her about herself and her past?

Plagued by questions, Chyna soon discovers that the deeper into her history she goes, the more peculiar her family becomes.

Fifteen established and emerging writers who have been featured on the hit show Sci-fi Saturday Night have been united to explore the strange family history of Chyna Dale in this thrilling new collection of short stories.

To learn more about this project and claim your free short story from this collection, please visit http://tinyurl.com/peculiar2.

The Horrific Humor Anthology, ‘A Sharp Stick in the Eye (and Other Funny Stories),’ Eyes an August Release Date

We’re all excited here at Books & Boos Press for our upcoming release, A Sharp Stick in the Eye (and Other Funny Stories). This anthology of horrific humor features fourteen talented authors, including the king of darkly funny fiction, Jeff Strand. The full lineup is:

Brian Asman

John McIlveen

Roy Bryan Bishop

J.C. Raye

Martin Zeigler

Daniel Becker

David Price

Wayne Faust

James FW Thompson

Jim Horlock

Eric Cline

A.P. Sessler

Renee Miller

Jeff Strand

The collection was edited by award-winning editor Rob Smales, and is scheduled for release on Aug. 14.

Your ‘Three A.M. Wake-Up Call’ is Available

We have released the final installment of the Terror Project series, THREE A.M. WAKE-UP CALL, this past Tuesday (June 5).

In coordination with our new release, we’re putting the first two books in the Terror Project on sale:

TRIPLICITY and THREE ON A MATCH will be $9.99 (30% off) for the paperback and $1.99 for the e-book (50% off) from June 4–10.

TRIPLICITY will also be coming out on audiobook any day now (I received an email from ACX on Wednesday saying it was “heading to retail,” but no indication of when it will be available). Tony and Rob, I’ll update you when it’s available.

THREE ON A MATCH is heading into audio production now, with an anticipated October release date for the audiobook. Then our narrator will move on to the final book.

Terror Starts at ‘Three A.M.’ in June

Books & Boos Press is pleased to reveal the cover for our upcoming release, Three A.M. Wake-Up Call. The third and final installment in the Terror Project series, the collection features three novellas: “Chew Toys” by Nick Cato, “Clinton Road” by Rob Watts, and “Roons” by David Daniel. 

The cover was created by artist A.L. Cortez, who designed the covers for Triplicity and Three on a Match, the other two books in the series. “I wanted each book to share elements that tied them together—the recurring central figure, whom I’ve come to think of as a ‘terror muse’—and repeating illustrations forming a pattern in the background. But I also strived to make each cover uniquely its own.”

The stories in Three A.M. Wake-Up Call bring the series to an end by returning to more traditional, haunting horror. Cato’s “Chew Toys” answers the question, What if Son of Sam killer David Berkowitz wasn’t lying about his neighbor’s dog ordering him to kill? with entertainingly gruesome glee. Watts’s “Clinton Road” follows the path of a woman struggling with the disintegration of her marriage who takes up residence on a road steeped in urban legend and rumored paranormal activity. The collection ends with Daniel’s “Roons,” in which a man in his middle years returns home to find a haunting mystery that has waited decades to be unearthed.

Three A.M. Wake-Up Call is scheduled for release the first week of June.

Hebron Author Signing at Local Author Fair

Author Stacey Longo will be participating in a local author fair in Glastonbury, Connecticut, this coming Saturday (March 24).

The Welles-Turner Memorial Library’s Local Author Fair will be taking place in the Community Center’s Community Room from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.

Her newest title, My Sister the Zombie, which was published by Storyside Press and takes place in Glastonbury, will be available for sale.

The Riverfront Community Center is located at 300 Welles Street in Glastonbury. The RCC has plenty of off-street parking with spaces on either side of the building.

Post Christmas Sale

Books & Boos Press has placed many of its Kindle titles on sale until Dec. 31. Many different titles are now only .99 cents on Amazon.

Abandoned by Dan Foley

My Mom, MS, and a Sixth Grade Mess by Stacey Longo

Echoes of Darkness by Rob Smales

Secret Things by Stacey Longo

Triplicity by Tony Tremblay, Rob Smales, and Stacey Longo

My Mom Has MS by Stacey Longo

Where Spiders Fear to Spin by Peter N. Dudar

Sasha & Jake by Terry George

Are you looking to meet some authors?

Our authors will be reading and signing in multiple places during the month of October.

Author John Valeri.

Author John Valeri.

Listen to and meet Dan Foley, Stacey Longo and John Valeri at the Mary Cheney Library on Oct. 14 from 2 to 4 p.m. for Indie Author Day. They will be discussing the writing process, getting published, and marketing one’s work. The library is located at 586 Main Street in Manchester, CT.

Author Dan Foley.

Author Dan Foley.

Meet authors Longo and Rob Watts at Super Megafest in Marlborough, MA. on Oct. 21 and 22. They will also be hosting a panel, So You Want to be a Writer, at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 22. Rob Smales will be joining them for the panel.

Authors Stacey Longo and Rob Watts.

Authors Stacey Longo and Rob Watts.

Meet authors Foley, Smales and Tony Tremblay at the Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival at the Haverhill Public Library in Haverhill, MA. ​from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Special guests include authors Brian Keene, Mary Sangiovani, and Joe Hill.

Author Tony Tremblay.

Author Tony Tremblay.

Meet Smales at Super Megafest on Sunday, Oct. 22. He will be talking about writing and other topics with Longo and Watts on the So You Want to be a Writer panel at 11 a.m.

Author Rob Smales.

Author Rob Smales.