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Now available in paperback via Amazon.com.

The latest publication notch in Stephen King’s belt, QUALIA NOUS, is now available in paperback from Written Backwards via Amazon.com, and features my short story, “Cataldo’s Copy”. Yep. I’ve been anthologized with Stephen King, and I couldn’t be more thrilled.

My work in the same book as King’s is like seeing our kids play on the same playground, though I’m hopeful that Joe Hill and Owen King will take it easy on my eight- and ten-year-olds while they battle each other in tetherball. Or whatever the equivalent of that is…

The anthology, edited by the Bram Stoker Award®-nominated Michael Bailey, collects some of the best established and emerging talent in science-fiction and horror today:

• “The Jaunt” by Stephen King
• “The Vaporization Enthalpy of a Peculiar Pakistani Family” by Usman Tanveer Malik
• “The Shaking Man” by Gene O’Neill
• “Dyscrasia” by Ashlee Scheuerman
• “The Rondelium Girl of Rue Marseille” by Emily Cataneo
• “The Angel Chaser” by Erik T. Johnson
• “Psychic Shock” by Ian Shoebridge
• “Peppermint Tea in Electronic Limbo” by D.J. Cockburn
• “Second Chance” by John R. Little
• “The Effigies of Tamber Square” by Jon Michael Kelley
• “Shades of Naught” by Lori Michelle
• “The Price of Faces” by James Chambers
• “Simulacrum” by Jason V. Brock
• “Shutdown” & “Tomorrow’s Femme” (poetry) by Marge Simon
• “Lead Me to Multiplicity” by Peter Hagelslag
• “Cataldo’s Copy” by Christian A. Larsen
• “The Neighborhood Has a Barbecue” by Max Booth III
• “The Jenny Store” by Richard Thomas
• “Night Guard” by Erinn L. Kemper
• “A New Man” by William F. Nolan
• “Voyeur” by John Everson
• “Kilroy Wasn’t There” by Pat R. Steiner
• “In the Nothing-Space, I Am What You Made Me” by Paul Anderson
• “Dura Matter” by Lucy A. Snyder
• “Ruminations” by Rena Mason
• “Good and Faithful Servant” by Thomas F. Monteleone
• “Twelve Kilos” by Patrick Freivald
• “Breathe You In Me” by Mason Ian Bundschuh
• “18P37-C, After Andrea Was Arrested” by Elizabeth Massie
• “No Fixed Address” by Gary A. Braunbeck

Click here to order QUALIA NOUS, the latest anthology from Michael Bailey … and if you enjoy it as much as I think you will, you might also consider CHIRAL MAD, another sinister anthology from Written Backwards.

Christian A. Larsen is the author of LOSING TOUCH, featuring a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Piers Anthony, now available in paperback and ebook formats from Post Mortem Press.

Now available in paperback and Kindle editions.

Scott Southey, owner of Southcart Books in Walsall, England, says this weekend’s launch event was part of a “great day” that saw crowds gather for the release of CADAVERS, TERROR TREE’S PUN BOOK OF HORROR STORIES, and ZOMBIES GALORE, featuring my short story, “Son of Anubis”.

All three anthologies are products of Knightwatch Press, with CADAVERS, edited by Graham Stratford, exploring the various things that can happen to a simple body after we die. TERROR TREE’S PUN BOOK OF HORROR STORIES, edited by Theresa Derwin, collects eighteen short stories based on bad puns, and when you combine horror and comedy, you’re sure to get a few laughs, and some well-earned groans.

Edited by T.M. McLean, ZOMBIES GALORE features the fifteen stories (some frightening, some funny), and one handy field guide to handling the zombie pandemic:

• “Monday Matinee Madness” by H.G. Bleackley
• “Cinnamon Road” by A.A. Garrison
• “Son of Anubis” by Christian A. Larsen
• “The Seven Habits of Highly Successful Zombie Slayers” by Patrick D’Orazio
• “Pascal’s Wager” by David Johnson
• “Birthday Boy” by T. Fox Dunham
• “The Palace of Dead Rock Stars” by Theresa Derwin
• “Road Whore” by Timothy Frasier
• “Fire Team” by Al Halsey
• “The Dripping Nose That Wouldn’t Wipe” by James S. Dorr
• “The Last Line of Defence” by J.S. Lawhead
• “So They Ain’t Yankees” by Melanie Browne
• “Life Sentience” by Kaye Inglis
• “The Chicken in Black” by Nathan Robinson
• “Zombie: Death Day” by Johnny Andrews
• “Hungry” by Nicci Murphy

If you missed yesterday’s event, you can download ZOMBIES GALORE for Kindle, or pick it up in good old fashioned paperback. Visit Knightwatch Press on Facebook for more information about this and future titles.

Christian A. Larsen is the author of LOSING TOUCH, featuring a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Piers Anthony, now available in paperback and ebook formats from Post Mortem Press.

Now available in print and eBook formats.

Triskaidekaphobes beware … LOST IN THE WITCHING HOUR, an anthology featuring thirteen authors spinning tales about things that go ‘bump’ in the night, is now available from Breaking Fate Publishing … and you can pick it up for 25% off this weekend only when you order it through the publisher and use the promo code AUG14.

Come to think of it, wiccaphobes and phasmophobes will probably want to leave the light on, too, while leafing through these spectral stories.

My own, “Crybaby Bridge” is a part of this collection of the macabre. It was briefly available as part of TALES FROM THE RIVER, which is now, sadly, out of print–so the release of LOST IN THE WITCHING HOUR is a bit of a victory for me–plus, I get to read the works of a dozen other authors.

Editor Kim Young has assembled a roster of talent from the cobwebbed corners of horror fiction and the name of the game is: “ghosts”.

• “Approaching” by R.T. Tandy
• “Sonic Fear” by Michael Kleen
• “Amanda” by Walter Conley
• “In My Dreams Are Halle’s Embers” by Rhesa Sealy
• “Never Too Late” by Rick McQuiston
• “Battlefield of Souls” by Richard Farren Barber
• “Crybaby Bridge” by Christian A. Larsen
• “What Happened to Little Caitlin” by Nicky Peacock
• “When the Goatman Comes” Amelia Cotter
• “Charlatan Charade” by Amy Braun
• “DO NOT DISTURB: The Glen Tavern Entities” by Jason Hughes
• “Cleopatra’s Ghost” by Anton Sim
• “The Patience Factor” by Rick McQuiston

Order LOST IN THE WITCHING HOUR by midnight on Sunday through Breaking Fate Publishing, and receive an additional 25% off using promo code AUG14.

Christian A. Larsen is the author of LOSING TOUCH, featuring a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Piers Anthony, now available in paperback and ebook formats from Post Mortem Press.

The long-awaited anthology, ZOMBIES GALORE, debuts tomorrow, with a launch event at  Southcart Books in Walsall, England.

Originally conceived as a follow-up to ZOMBIES GONE WILD, ZOMBIES GALORE passed through a number of editors’ and publishers’ hands before Knightwatch Press inked the final deal to take it public.

ZOMBIES GALORE cover art by Stephen Cooney.

Tomorrow’s event at Southcart Books in suburban Birmingham, England, is being billed as a “triple horror book launch and mini-con, with free entry, free cake, tea, and coffee … and lots of books.”

Host Jasper Bark (FOR THE NIGHT IS DARK), will be joined by guests Adam Millard (OF DEVILS AND DEVIANTS), David Croser (RICE PUDDING REALITY), Theresa Derwin (HER DARK VOICE), and Ash Hartwell (DARK MOUNTAINS).

Edited by T.M. McLean, ZOMBIES GALORE features the following tales of the restless undead:

• “Monday Matinee Madness” by H.G. Bleackley
• “Cinnamon Road” by A.A. Garrison
• “Son of Anubis” by Christian A. Larsen
• “The Seven Habits of Highly Successful Zombie Slayers” by Patrick D’Orazio
• “Pascal’s Wager” by David Johnson
• “Birthday Boy” by T. Fox Dunham
• “The Palace of Dead Rock Stars” by Theresa Derwin
• “Road Whore” by Timothy Frasier
• “Fire Team” by Al Halsey
• “The Dripping Nose That Wouldn’t Wipe” by James S. Dorr
• “The Last Line of Defence” by J.S. Lawhead
• “So They Ain’t Yankees” by Melanie Browne
• “Life Sentience” by Kaye Inglis
• “The Chicken in Black” by Nathan Robinson
• “Zombie: Death Day” by Johnny Andrews
• “Hungry” by Nicci Murphy

Many thanks to Michael S. Gardner for initiating the project, contributor Theresa Derwin, and finally T.M. McLean and Knightwatch Press for making ZOMBIES GALORE possible.

Christian A. Larsen is the author of LOSING TOUCH, featuring a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Piers Anthony, now available in paperback and ebook formats from Post Mortem Press.

ZOMBIES GALORE cover art by Stephen Cooney.

ZOMBIES GALORE, an anthology originally conceived as the follow-up to ZOMBIES GONE WILD, will finally be clawing its way up to the surface with a book launch event scheduled for August 30th from noon to 3:00 at Southcart Books in Walsall, England, just outside beautiful downtown Birmingham.

The event will be presented by ZOMBIES GALORE publisher Knightwatch Press and will be hosted by Jasper Bark (FOR THE NIGHT IS DARK), with guests Adam Millard (OF DEVILS AND DEVIANTS), David Croser (RICE PUDDING REALITY), Theresa Derwin (HER DARK VOICE), and Ash Hartwell (DARK MOUNTAINS).  With free cake, tea, and coffee to go with the interviews, readings, chats, it’s being billed as a mini-con, so if you’re in the Walsall area, you’d better go to this thing.

Edited by T.M. McLean, ZOMBIES GALORE will feature the following authors and titles, in addition to my own “Son of Anubis” and many others:

• “The Birthday Boy” by T. Fox Dunham
• “Monday Matinee Madness” by H.G. Bleackley
• “Cinnamon Road” by A.A. Garrison
• “The Dripping Nose That Wouldn’t Wipe” by James S. Dorr
• “Hungry” by Nichole Murphy
• “Road Whore” by Timothy Frasier
• “So They Aren’t Yankees” by Melanie Brown
• “The Last Line of Defence” by Jeff Lawhead
• “The Seven Habits of Highly Successful Zombie Slayers” by Patrick D’Orazio
• “Zombie Death Day” by Johnny Andrews
• “The Palace of Dead Rock Stars” by Theresa Derwin

The above table of contents is not complete, or even in order. It’s all so hush-hush, I’m surprised I can even get away with telling you, but I guess the government chooses its battles. Now, if I were to tell you about the zombie measles, I’m sure the CDC would be all over me.

Christian A. Larsen is the author of LOSING TOUCH, featuring a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Piers Anthony, now available in paperback and ebook formats from Post Mortem Press.

While there was something for everyone at Barnes & Noble’s Summer Writers Day this weekend, including poetry, children’s literature, memoirs, local history, puzzles, philosophy, and theology, programming was heavy on horror, mystery, science-fiction, and thrillers–moreso than ever before.

Jack Ketchum liked THE NEW BLACK. So will you.

I finally had the chance to personally meet Richard Thomas, editor of THE NEW BLACK, an anthology of neo-noir stories that Jack Ketchum says “ought to be the New High Standard for dark fiction anthologies. It’s loaded with intelligence and talent. Every one of the pieces in this extraordinary compilation is worthy of your full attention.”

I sat next to Michael Matula, author of TRY NOT TO BURN, about a rookie cop who is shot and killed, and then has to find a way out of Hell. Matula called it a “lighthearted romp”, but you know he’s being sarcastic, because pretty much everybody’s dead in his story. This was my fourth event with Matula. We’re becoming regulars at this kind of thing.

Kirkus Indie Reviews: “A sharp murder mystery held together by likable characters.”

JoBe Cerny, the voice of the Pillsbury Doughboy (if you can believe it–and you should), wrote the non-fiction book HOW ACTORS MAKE MONEY AND CREATE CAREERS, which, as far as I can tell, kills none of its participants off, but he showed some range with his murder mystery RED CIN. That’s right–the voice of the Pillsbury Doughboy is killing people off.

J. Michael Major, whom I met at a book signing last year in Woodstock, was there talking about his writing and publishing process … and ONE MAN’S CASTLE, which won the 2014 Lovey Award for best first novel. Murder. Revenge. Life on the run … ONE MAN’S CASTLE has it all–and more, and it definitely brought up the body count at Barnes & Noble.

Ariane Tucker has finally escaped GTX, the research facility that created her, and now she’s on the run.

And the keynote speaker yesterday was Stacey Kade, author of THE PAPER DOLL series of science-fiction thrillers for young adults. THE HUNT, the second in the series, was published by Disney-Hyperion this year. Her first book for Disney-Hyperion, THE GHOST AND THE GOTH, a paranormal young adult romance, was published in 2010.

Of course, I was there, too, peddling copies of LOSING TOUCH, winner of the 2013 Preditors & Editors™ Readers’ Poll for best horror novel, and the inaugural DRAWA Award® for best first novel. But after hanging out with these folks, I’m thinking that maybe I’m not always the skeeviest guy in the room. Sometimes.

Christian A. Larsen is the author of LOSING TOUCH, featuring a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Piers Anthony, now available in paperback and ebook formats from Post Mortem Press.

Today’s the day for the Barnes & Noble Summer Author’s Day, a free event that might just land you a new favorite book or writer.

Come to the Barnes & Noble on Green Bay Road in Racine to talk about reading, writing, and what gets stuck inside an author’s head that can only come out on the page.

LOSING TOUCH, on the shelf at the Racine Barnes & Noble.

I’ll be signing copies of LOSING TOUCH, and participating in the following author’s panel, moderated by Ann Marie Pilot:

• Michael Matula (author of TRY NOT TO BURN)
• Richard Thomas (editor of THE NEW BLACK)
• Anita Meyer (author of THE PRIMORDIAL LANGUAGE)
• Carol Schaufel (author of BY THE GRACE OF GOD AND YOU)
• Christian A. Larsen (author of LOSING TOUCH)
• Diana Kanecki (author of SUMMER LOVE)
• George Fennell (author of RACINE, WISCONSIN)
• J. Michael Major (author of ONE MAN’S CASTLE)
• JoBe Cerny (author of RED CIN)
• Marcie Eanes (author of PASSION’S ZEST)
• Bernice Willms (author of CHILD OF THE HEART)

From 1:00 to 2:00 p.m., young adult writer Stacey Kade (author of THE HUNT) will be hosting a workshop for attendees, and from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m., readers and authors will mingle during the ‘open house’ portion of the program, signing copies of their books.

It all starts at 11:30 today at the Barnes & Noble in Racine, 2710 South Green Bay Road in the Southland Center. Make some time to come on by and support a brick and mortar bookstore, right in your own backyard. And support the authors who live there, too. We’ll love you for it.

Christian A. Larsen is the author of LOSING TOUCH, featuring a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Piers Anthony, now available in paperback and ebook formats from Post Mortem Press.