Last 2 days at $0.99 launch price

I stopped on the side of the uneven dirt road. The rains had come and gone, absorbed into the parched African dust, leaving only devastation in their wake. In the human world.

Mother Nature held a different view. Green shoots peekabooed through the cracked mud, long sleeps ended by a lover’s kiss. Soon there would be fruit on the scattered trees, and backyard vegetable patches would yield their meagre feasts. But soon wasn’t today.

I turned my gaze towards home. I could already see cooking fires flaring up between the few remaining shacks. A chill spread from the bottom of my spine. I shrugged myself deeper into my threadbare jacket, hands pushed deep into the side pockets.

We’d only received electricity recently in the township, and not everyone was lucky enough to be wired into the grid yet. Cable theft was still a problem. The informal nature of the community was another. Neither problem was insurmountable. They would be resolved and overcome, in time. African time, which runs differently from Western time.

In the meantime, people did what they had to do to survive. Whatever it took.

Extract from Dancing in Valhalla. 13 twisted tales of music, magick, mayhem & murder. Some torn from newspaper headlines in sunny South Africa where, for many, these are part of everyday life.

Now available on Amazon. Also available in paperback.

Within the next few days, I’ll be switching this book to Amazon’s Kindle Select, making it available exclusively through Amazon. If anyone wants a copy from another retailer, now’s the time to grab it here.

Thanks to everyone who came out to Pagan Freedom Day, especially if you bought one of my books.

And thanks to everyone who bought a copy online at the special launch price, pushing me to No. 1 in Amazon’s new release rankings for African Literature.

I really appreciate your support. Without you, I would have no reason to write.

Cheers.

Stephen who?

It’s not polite to boast. But some guy called Stephen is a couple of places behind me in Amazon’s new release horror rankings.

Ah, that felt good…

Get Dancing in Valhalla for only $0.99 on Amazon – click here

 

 

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#1 New Release on Amazon

Happy to announce that Dancing in Valhalla is currently the #1 New Release in African Literature.

#2 in World Literature Short Stories. Edged out by Russian porn. I can live with that.

Thanks for your support.

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Launch price still $0.99 till end of April

The shop stood between two large, ornamental buildings, the function of which seemed to be lost in the mists of time. It was only half the height of its neighbours, and stood a few feet back from them, as if to hide itself from the world. The bright, almost gaudy paintwork of the village was completely foreign to this shop.

The window was grimy. The walls were filthy. The door was warped. The only thing that caught Rob’s attention was the display in the window. It was surrounded by posters and pieces of cardboard bearing scratchy hieroglyphics. Rob didn’t understand these, but the objects in the window needed no explanation.

They were shrunken heads.

Sneak preview from Dancing in Valhalla – 13 twisted tales of music, magick, mayhem & murder – launching across the internet in less than a week. You can get it now – and till the end of April – for the reduced launch price of just $0.99.

Only a few retailers currently list the pre-order edition. Find them at Books2Read. After the 21st of April, it should be available everywhere. Unless I decide to go with Amazon exclusively…

Read some of the stories for free here in ePub or Kindle format. No sign in, no email tracking, no forms to complete. Just select your free stories, download, and read.

If you like them, feel free to check out my other published work on Amazon or other retailers.

Go to my Tree of Links to find where to follow me on FaceBook, Twitter, WordPress, Goodreads, Tumblr and elsewhere. Read & watch interviews I’ve endured. Find out about events I hope to survive, paperback sales & signings, and new releases.

I’ll be selling and signing paperback copies of Burning Roses and – if I can get them printed and delivered in time – Dancing in Valhalla at the Pagan Freedom Day in Germiston on 27 April. Event details here. Pop in. Say “hi.”

Thanks for your support.

Cheers.

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Launch price $0.99 till end of April

The driver was definitely dead.

No pulse. No longer breathing. And no reaction when I nudged him a little, just to make sure.

To be honest, I did only nudge his legs. But from the way the top half of his body was sprawled across the bonnet, intertwined with fragments of the windscreen, I didn’t really expect him to respond. And I had to get out of the car as soon as I could. The stench of death was overpowering.

So where were the others? Two open doors on the passenger side, and I could sense that there had definitely been more than one person on the scene. Then there was the tell-tale trail of blood that led away from the passenger door, unmistakable mustard drops leading into the woods.

I had to follow them. It wasn’t even close to being a conscious decision. They drew me away from the dirt track, deeper into the darkness that haunted this desolate part of the world. I knew there were a handful of cabins scattered around, inhospitable scars on the landscape, reeking of wood smoke and dead animals, providing meagre shelter for the unwashed outcasts who chose to live amongst these hills rather than with their own kind.

Sneak preview from Dancing in Valhalla – 13 twisted tales of music, magick, mayhem & murder – launching across the internet on 21 April. You can get it now – and till the end of April – for the reduced launch price of $0.99. Only a few retailers currently list the pre-order edition. Find them at Books2Read.

You can read some of the stories for free here in ePub or Kindle format. No sign in, no email tracking, no forms to complete. Just select your free stories, download, and read.

If you like them, feel free to check out my other published work on Amazon or other retailers.

Follow work in progress and upcoming releases on FaceBook or on my blog.

Or check out my Tree of Links for all of the above links and many more, showing where to find interviews I’ve endured, events I hope to survive, paperback sales & signings, and FREE STUFF.

Thanks for your support. Special thanks to everyone who came out to Rusty Hook yesterday. And to Jasper Dan & friends for providing the soundtrack while I sold and signed books.

Cheers.

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