MY BOOKS, If Anyone's Interested . . . . First of all, thanks so much to Demdike for giving me the OK to do this. I really appreciate it. Thought I'd take a minute to tell you all a little about my published work. Hopefully I can pique your curiosity enough to pick up a book or two . . . if so, I can't wait to hear hear what you think (good, bad, or indifferent)! :) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511Qg%2BTPUnL.jpg https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hair-Raisin...mes+Newman+666 Self explanatory. FANGORIA called it "a chump-stumping shock-cinema party book of the highest horror order!" Betcha I can stump a few of you. https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....1SNvU7DfQL.jpg https://www.amazon.co.uk/Midnight-Ra...+Midnight+Rain A dark coming-of-age suspense tale in the vein of STAND BY ME and BOY'S LIFE. In the year 1977, a boy witnesses a terrible crime in the woods bordering his hometown. He knows the killer. The killer knows him. Doing the right thing has never been so difficult. https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1336971941l/13648459.jpg https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wicked-Jame...+Wicked+newman My tribute to those "evil in a small town" novels that were all the rage in the '80s. High art? No way. But it's oh-so-fun. Demons and sacrilege and dismembered genitalia . . . what's not to like? http://images.bigcartel.com/product_...&h=1000&w=1000 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ugly-As-Sin...+as+sin+newman White-trash noir with a streak of twisted humor. Think COLD IN JULY, or BUBBA HO-TEP without the mummy. This one's about a professional wrestler who's horribly disfigured by 2 psychotic fans who think his "heel" character is the real thing . . . and that's just the first 10 pages! https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1394909462l/21466471.jpg https://www.amazon.co.uk/Animosity-J...imosity+newman What if your love of horror put your life in danger? A midlist genre author discovers the body of a murdered child one morning while he's out walking his dog. Gradually, his life becomes a living hell as his neighbors turn against him one by one . . . because if he writes "that kind of stuff" he must be some kind of weirdo, right? https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0...a0&oe=58063F7C Coming next month (limited edition, with a trade paperback and e-book due in December): A tale of bullying and bloodshed at a summer camp for boys. A little autobiographical, mostly not, but the hardest thing I've ever had to write all the same. I'm so very proud of this one, can't wait for folks to read it. |
I nearly bought Ugly as Sin on my kindle the other night but opted for Brian Lumley's Necroscope saga..... sorry! :read: BUT, I will get it soon, the synopsis kinda reminds me of the Sandman Slim books which I love. The Wicked looks like my sort of thing too. I am always in awe of authors, I tried myself once, two years it took me and what a pile of shite I wrote! I know I read it! Hope you get a bit more recognition and sales from this thread, more power to you. :nod: |
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The Wicked certainly interests me. I'll probably pick it up the next time i place a book order with Amazon, middle of next month. |
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Who are your influences James? What is your approach to writing? Do you think of scenes for example then work them into a story or a story first? I found Stephen King's On Writing and Danse Macabre fascinating reading. I don't really have a fave horror scribe, but buy all King's horror fiction and also love James Herbert, Ramsay Campbell and Richard Laymon as well as older work like Matheson and M R James. |
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I'm an avid reader when I have the time-I'll look out for some of your books. |
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Thanks for the interest, Reaper! Looking forward to hearing what you think. |
I go to Wigtown (Scotland's book town) every year whilst on holiday in Wickerville and come away with bags of books! There must be 8 or 9 second hand bookstores within minutes walking distance! Wigtown Book Town, Scotland's National Book Town in Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. |
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