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I Don’t Want to Tell No Stories #WinterZombie

A Round Robin Story Written and Told by the Authors of the 2016 Winter of Zombie Blog Tour   1 My name is Edna Grace Childers. My mother called me Grace Child. The kids at church back when I still taught Vacation Bible School back in the 50s and 60s before schools were integrated called …

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Best Author Grand Strand Happening List 2016

by Jay Wilburn In May, voting opened for the Happening List for the Grand Strand. The Grand Strand is a section of beach in South Carolina that includes Myrtle Beach in Horry County near Conway where I live. Businesses, charity organizations and people are included in all sorts of different categories. One of those categories …

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A Journey of Support and Thankfulness …

I’m in the process of trying to get on a kidney transplant list. I have been going through a wide range of tests including ultrasounds, echos, EKG’s, stress tests, and more. Lots of blood draws. They have to check my levels and compare my blood to potential living donors. This is a good thing. It …

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The Case for D Alexander Ward …

I’m a big fan of D Alexander Ward’s work. I appreciate his influence over the current state of our genre as both an author and as an editor. Blood Savages is a creative work with a spectacular horror trope. D Alexander Ward was kind enough to provide 4 paperback copies of Blood Savages for readers …

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Vampire Christ and other terrible ideas …

by Jay Wilburn Do we just write things to get attention or to stir up trouble? Maybe. Controversy sells. Bad press is press which is generally better than no press and sometimes even better than good press. So maybe … If I write a story called “Vampire Christ: Blood of the Lamb,” I might be …

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Nurse Blood Teaser

by Rebecca Besser Rebecca Besser resides in Ohio with her wonderful husband and amazing son. They’ve come to accept her quirks as normal while she writes anything and everything that makes her inner demons squeal with delight. She’s best known for her work in adult horror, but has been published in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for a variety …

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Authors After Dark Savannah Wrap Up

by Jay Wilburn This year was the final Authors After Dark (AAD) convention. The organizers are moving on to other things. Armand Rosamilia and I discovered this convention after attending the Novel Experience Expo in Atlanta. Both of these conventions are focused primarily upon romance. I ghostwrite a good bit of romance for various outlets, …

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Teaser from Wayne’s Father an unauthorized audiobook biography

by Jay Wilburn Wayne’s Father is a work that will only be released as an audiobook as the story can only truly be appreciated when read aloud in Wayne’s unique Southern accent. Also the legal team at the publisher is concerned that any written record left behind of these stories will only serve to disparage …

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Teaser from The Great Interruption

by Jay Wilburn Excerpt teaser from The Great Interruption Book 1: Leap Year The entire novel is available in Kindle and Kindle Unlimited for page reads and in paperback, but see what you think now … Chapter One: Reprocessing After … “I had seizures when I was a kid, but it has been years. I …

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Scares That Care Weekend 3 WRAP UP

by Jay Wilburn I want to start off by thanking Joe Ripple, Brian Keene and the entire Scares That Care team for all the work they put on before, during, and after the event in front of and behind the scenes to make this weekend great. It is not about us, but they worked hard …

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