P.N. Elrod Lunch Time Reading OMNIBUS - Now a Trade Paperback!

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This title has been offered for some months as an ebook and is now available as a hard copy trade size paperback from Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/P-N-Elrod-Lunchtime-Reading-Omnibus/dp/1463776632/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1315343235&sr=8-2

Vampwriter Books is working to have a "Look Inside" feature attached, but preview samples of ALL the stories are on the Vampwriter website: http://www.vampwriter.com/EBOOKS.htm

Will soon update the website to include the new cover for this book.

Hope you enjoy!

The Devil You Know Goes Digital!

Vampire PI Jack Fleming travels to Long Island to attend a funeral Problem: There's more than one body in the grave. Delving into his past, Jack follows clues leading to an old murder, new betrayals, and a hard look at the man he was vs. the vampire he's become.  The Devil You Know is a (nearly) direct sequel to book three of the Vampire Files, "Bloodcircle" and is full of spoilers for that novel. While this story can be read on its own, you will enjoy it more if you have read "Bloodcircle" first. You have been warned!

So....

What's more fun than one vampire on a case?... (Read more)

The Devil You Know is a (nearly) direct sequel to book three of the Vampire Files, "Bloodcircle" and is full of spoilers for that novel. While this story can be read on its own, you will enjoy it more if you have read "Bloodcircle" first. You have been warned!

It's gone live on Kindle:  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00538M1ZG

And Smashwords for all formats:  https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/62750

So....

What's more fun than one vampire on a case?

Two--especially when they don't like each other!

Wise-cracking, street-savvy vampire gumshoe Jack Fleming teams up with the archly genteel Jonathan Barrett, Gentleman Vampire, who's found a body on his Long Island estate and has no idea what to do about it.

Clues take Jack back to his old stomping grounds in the newspaper world, only slightly hampered by Barrett, who has his own ideas on how to conduct a murder investigation.

Before you can say "machine gun" both are up to their fangs in mobsters, murder, and mayhem in this fast-paced mystery adventure set in post-Prohibition New York.

This novel is also available as a signed, numbered, limited-edition trade paperback exclusively from VampWriter Books.

Just to be on the safe side with conservative parents, the author rates this one as having adult content because some of the characters use a bit of salt in their language.

PREVIEW EXCERPT! Check it out! 

Available for immediate download at Smashwords which supports all popular reading device apps including Kindle and NOOK.

Don't have an e-reader? Not to worry, you can download and read from your computer!

Prefer a hard copy book in hand? How about a limited-edition signed by the author? Click on the cover link in the left hand column.

Website Update--New Pages!

Vampwriter.com has some shiny new pages! I'm gradually updating the site--not easy with out of date software, but doable.

Biggest change: pages where one may read samples from the P.N. Elrod Omnibus! Rather than 20% from the front of the  book, you can read a few pages from ALL 16 tales.

And yes, this includes the NEW Vampire Files, story, DRAWING DEAD.

Here ya go! http://www.vampwriter.com/EBOOKS/EBOOKS.htm

And should anyone want to buy a copy, Smashwords has it available in all the popular formats, including the Kindle:

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/59945

Okay, shameless plug of the day complete. Have a great weekend!

P.N. Elrod Omnibus - The Lunch Time Reading Series - Launched!

Woo hoo! I'm feeling pretty good tonight.  Months of hard work, short sleep, and setbacks you don't wanna know about are past!

My first foray into the world of ebook publication has officially begun; I've uploaded a "reprint" collection of some of my favorite short works to Smashwords. It's called the P.N. Elrod Omnibus - The Lunch Time Reading Series, and was inspired by the fact that I like to read over lunch, and a short story is just the right length to get me through a sandwich with trimmings.

It's quite a collection, spanning 15 years of writing, containing a number of different genres. Many have been out of print for more than a decade. Yikes!

All of the stories got a fresh new polish and several had some detailed tinkering and rewrites. In the case of the space opera, it got a slight change of title and doubled in length.

Fans of the VAMPIRE FILES will be happy to know that I've included an a ALL NEW JACK FLEMING STORY!  Yay!

DRAWING DEAD was originally a 5,000 word scene that took place in THE DEVIL YOU KNOW, but even as I finished the scene I knew it wouldn't fit in the overall book. While it slowed the plot flow in TDYK, it works just dandy as a stand-alone story.

Smashwords has this 132,000 word collection available in a number of e-reader formats, and can be downloaded to your computer.

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/59945#longdescr

If you don't have, say, a Kindle or Nook, not to worry, you can download the reader software for FREE from their websites. I have both on my laptop and can read either just fine!

About 20% of the book is available to sample read, and I think that includes the entire first story, A NIGHT AT THE (HORSE) OPERA. It's still one of my personal favorites, where vampire Jack Fleming meets Harpo Marx--and some nasty debt collecting mobsters!

Yes, this is intended as a series. As I get more stories finished, and as others come available for reprint, I'll be doing more of these collections. They may not be quite this long, but ya never know!

Hope you enjoy!

Ya learn something new every day

What I have learned this week is what one of my characters thinks about me.


Um...yeah...straying into strange territory here, but I assure you I'm not putting on my crazy hat so I can talk about them like they live next door. That kind of thing makes one's readers wince, so I promise I'm not throwing birthday parties with prezzies for the characters; that would be silly.  

A simple greeting card is just fine! They've told me so.

Okay, never mind.

What sparked this blog was my having to do a thousand words for the OryCon32 program book. They wanted a short fiction from one of their guests of honor, and I was going to just have my vamp PI drop in for a short, hopefully amusing conversation. 

Those are usually fun!

But the con has reminded me that it's 20 years since Jack Fleming popped out of my brain to stalk across the pages of Bloodlist and 11 other books, and somehow I wound up addressing his moment of creation--but from Jack's point of view.

The piece has his byline, and he tells how he was born. If you think that sounds weird, imagine how *I* felt writing it! I've been taking dictation from him for 20+ years now, but it was unsettling. In a good way. I think. Still wrapping my head around it.

After the convention next month I'll post the piece on this blog, then this post will make more sense.  The thing that sticks with me is that after all the crap I put the guy through in the books he still likes me.

It's nice to know that no matter what, Jack Fleming has got my back.

Which is pretty cool. Bizarre, but cool.

Right, blog entry completed. I'm outta here.

NOW I'm going to put on my crazy hat and---

---get nekked at the airport! Wheee!

Have cabana boys and lots of chocolate standing by for after I make bail!