Sunset on Ramree: HIstory's Deadliest Crocodile Attack -- 99 Cents on Kindle

Now that I have the rights back to several of my shorter works, I'm going to make most of them available for 99 cents each this summer. Considering the price of an ebook novel averages about 5 dollars, it's only fair that novellas and shorts cost a fraction of that.

So for starters, I've decided to take advantage of Amazon's self-publishing option for the reissue of Sunset on Ramree: History's Deadliest Crocodile Attack, my Award-winning* novelette based on true events during WW2.

I'm happy to report sales have already spiked for Ramree, so the 99 cents option is looking like a good one for these shorter books. Other titles I'm publishing on Kindle include The Eleven Hour Fall trilogy, the Esther May Morrow paranormal collection, and Cafe at the Edge of Outer Space.

*EPIC Winner 2011 - Best Historical Fiction

Sept 1st - Launch Day at Damnation Books!

Not long to wait now...for the grand opening of Damnation Books, a superb new dark fiction publisher! As the author of Val and Tyne, one of the twenty-five inaugural titles, I can honestly say this has been the smoothest pre-publication process I've been a part of. My story was treated with care and respect from day one, and the owner, Kim Richards, has gone to great lengths to ensure all our titles reach the widest possible online readership. I haven't read the other stories yet, but if the management is anything to go by, Damnation deserves to go far.

Here’s the opening line up of authors and titles. Every single book will be offered in ebook and digital formats beginning September 1st. Only novels and novellas will be available in trade paperback.

Amy Grech - Blanket of White - Horror Novel length Short Story Collection
Christian Saunders - Apartment 14F: an Oriental Ghost Story - Paranormal/Horror Novella
Collette Thomas - Deadly Games Book 1 in Todd Hollow Series - Thriller/Erotica novel
Cory Cramer - Symptoms of a Broken Heart - Horror/Erotica Novella
Edward M. Erdelac - Dubaku - Horror Novella
Edward P. McDermott - On the Lake where the Loons Cry - Thriller Short story
Mark Edward Hall - The Haunting of Sam Cabot - Horror/Psychological Novella
Geoff Chaucer - Concubine - Horror/Erotica Short story
James Dorr - The Garden - Science Fiction Novella
Jason Kahn - The Killer Within - Thriller Short story
Joel Arnold - The Siege - Science Fiction/Paranormal Short Story
John B. Rosenman - Green in our Souls - Science Fiction Short story
John W. Podgursky - The One-Percenters - Psychological/Thriller novella
Lawrence Dagstine - Visitation Rights - Paranormal Short Story
Lily - Eden Fell - Dark psychology/philosophy Novella
Michael McLarnon - Dark Isle - Horror Novel
Noel Hynd - The Prodigy "Author's Revised Edition" - Thriller Novel
Robert Appleton - Val and Tyne - Horror Short Story
Alan Spencer - The Body Cartel – Thriller/Horror Novel
S. A. Bolich - Who Mourns for the Hangman? - Dark Fantasy Short Story
Ted Kehoe - Trip Trap - Horror Short Story
Tim Marquitz - Armageddon Bound - Urban Fantasy Novel
Yolanda Sfetsos - Faithless Book 1 - Erotica Novella
The Zombie Cookbook - Horror/Comedy AnthologyContributing authors include: Lisa Haselton, Cinsearae Santiago, Becca Butcher, Carla Girtman, Scott Virtes, Karina Fabian, Dawn Marshallsay, Lin Neiswender, & Kate Sender.

Where can you find our books September 1st?

Definitely here at our own website. http://www.damnationbooks.com/

We will have books for sale at Fictionwise, Mobipocket, Amazon digital, Shortcovers, as well as, a host of online bookstores.

However, we want you to shop here first. http://www.damnationbooks.com/

So much so, we’re offering variable pricing on ebooks from our website only. What the heck is variable pricing? It works like this: At 12:01 A.M on the day a new book goes live on our site, it’s offered free. Yes, you read correctly. The first copy is FREE! With each download the book rises in price by five cents until it reaches its full retail price. At that time, the book remains at full retail price. Coupons and discount codes are not applicable for any book until it reaches its full retail price.

This means that every single one of the books listed above will be launched using the variable pricing at 12:01 A.M. on September 1st 2009. Awesome, huh?

One more thing—we’re hosting a launch party at Killercon http://www.killercon.org/ in September. We invite you to join us for some fun, free stuff and a chance to meet a few of our authors. While you’re at the convention, be sure to visit our table in the Dealer’s Room.

Damnation Books - Artwork for Val and Tyne

Check out the new artwork for my upcoming release, Val and Tyne. The talented artist is Matt Truiano and you really should take a look at his portfolio:

http://www.matttruiano.com/

Val and Tyne is a short horror story filled with black comedy and gruesome special effects (literally). It will be released on September 1st at the grand opening of Damnation Books, as one of twenty-five inaugural titles.

http://www.damnationbooks.com/

The CEO, Kim Richards, and her team have done a fantastic job setting up this new publishing house. If you have a dark tale you'd like to submit, check out the guidelines at the above link.

See you on the dark side,

Rob

Val and Tyne at Damnation Books!

How did they do that? You sure you want to know? The submission guidelines called for dark, dark, plenty dark. I thus came up with a singularly twisted spin on undead re-animation, titled Val and Tyne. It's a one of a kind short story--a wicked mix of movie-making, black humour, and Frankenstein science. Oh, and Tyne Daly.

Damnation Books, a brand new e-publisher, launches this September with twenty-five titles. Its spotlight (or should that be shadow?) is on all things dark in fiction. The owner, Kim Richards, was formerly the marketing manager/editor at Eternal Press, as well as being an EPPIE Award finalist this year for her horror Death Masks. I can't wait to see what dark forces she assembles for this new venture.

http://www.damnationbooks.com/

Keep an eye out for Val and Tyne this September.

More info soon.

NEW Paranormal horror e-book published!

My new paranormal horror novella The Stag Antler is out now to buy at:

http://www.clublighthousepublishing.com/


Part Conan-Doyle, part Dennis Wheatley, it's a retro-style mystery set in 1913, in which a somewhat naive small-town Police Inspector is thrust headlong into a murderous supernatural pursuit. Who, or what, is The Stag Antler, the apparition responsible for a nationwide, and later international investigation into the occult? And can it be stopped? The ghoul's quarry, millionaire Edward Barnham, isn't telling all he knows. From the misty moors of Leighton, England to the dry desert of Cordoba, Spain, get ready for a chase into darkness and mounting fear.

Check out the book trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKuex6NXmp4