Get Bundled Up For Summer

I'm excited to announce I just put out three new bundles!

The first two are for The Unearthed series. By buying a bundle, you're basically getting a free novel:

Bundle 1 ($9.99): The Lost, The Accused and the Damned, The Hysteria
Bundle 2 ($9.99): The Accused and the Damned, The Hysteria, The Traveler




















The other bundle is for my zombie series, In The Blood. This series is (so far) four short stories that combined are equal to the length of a novel. I do have plans to extend this series, but probably not until next year (after I get through some more novels!). So for now, you can pick up the whole series as one title here:

In The Blood Omnibus (1 - 4) Zombie Series

Kindle Unlimited subscribers will be pleased to see I've made all these bundles available through KU, meaning you can read several stories for the price of one borrow.

FREE STORIES

Harm is currently free on Amazon, iTunes, B&N, Kobo, and Scribd.

I'm working on getting Frontier Justice free on Amazon and elsewhere too.

I plan to make In The Blood (maybe the first two installments) free as well, as soon as my period of exclusivity with Kindle Unlimited ends.

Why all the free stories?

Well, readers have enjoyed my shorts but they don't buy them. This is not surprising to me because as an avid reader myself, I'm the same way: I much prefer novels and rarely plunk cash down on a short. For me it's a no-brainer. I can spend a buck on story I'll read in twenty minutes, or I can spend five bucks on a story that will give me hours of entertainment.

So why not just offer these stories for free and get more people reading my stuff? Win-win, if you ask me.

You can help make Frontier Justice free on Amazon by reporting a lower price. (There's a button on all book pages to do this).

And keep an eye out for more free offers in the near future. I'm toying with making The Unearthed free for awhile to see if it brings more readers into the series. We shall see.

This Happened Yesterday

IN THE BLOOD #4 DROPPED

Freebies today and tomorrow!

Grab a copy and tell your friends!

MORALE WAS DOWN
IN THE BLOOD

In The Blood #3 Is Available Now

This is the longest of the bunch yet clocking in at 29,000 words which I believe makes it a novella as opposed to a short story. But I'll leave that (un)important distinction to the scholars and professors who would probably scoff at this story as lowbrow anyway and get on with the synopsis.

WARNING: In The Blood #3 is NOT your typical zombie story.

The infected have zero page time in this short story.

 The feds have cancelled Echo Camp’s orders with no warning. No more cure will be delivered for the foreseeable future.

But with tens of thousands of lives hanging in the balance, Teague has to do something.

Racing against time, Teague must work quickly to gather vital information from disparate, sometimes opposed, groups at Echo to write a report that will convince the feds to reverse the cancellation. If he succeeds, the feds will restock their rapidly dwindling supply of cure.

If he fails, thousands could die.

And that’s not the only problem.

People have started to disappear from Echo. The walls are good at keeping infected out, but not so good at keeping uninfected in. As Teague investigates, the mystery deepens and it’s unclear if they’ve left of their own accord or if something else—something much more sinister—is happening.

Hooked yet? If yes, read on and find out.

ONE MORE WARNING:

I repeat, this is NOT your typical zombie story.

There are no action sequences; gory, violent killings; or plots involving our heroes getting trapped in small spaces and being surrounded by a horde of the undead.

This is a cerebral thriller that explores how organizations work—and don’t work—to accomplish their goals.

 
This ~29,000 word short story expands the In The Blood universe. Filled with complex, intriguing characters, In The Blood #3 continues to explore what it means to be human.

GET IT FOR $0.99 HERE.

GET YOUR FREE COPY OF IN THE BLOOD

HERE

When I wrote In The Blood, my intention was to tell a simple, standalone story about a family driven apart by a viral outbreak and the difficult decisions they were forced to make to survive while trying to retain their humanity. I had a blast writing it as I got the chance to tell some of it from a zombie’s perspective. To me the story wasn’t about whether the Robinsons reunited as a family. What was more important was exploring the decisions they made along the way, so that at the end of the story the reader could fill in the blanks and come up with what they thought happened next.

Lo and behold, readers enjoyed the story enough that they started asking me for a sequel. In my mind that was an interesting hypothetical—I’d never intended there to be one. But the demand was there, so I sat down and started thinking about where I could take the story and characters and the larger world next.

And I came up with a few ideas...

So enough with me burying the lead, what I'm really here to say is THERE WILL BE MORE SHORT STORIES SET IN THIS UNIVERSE.

Two of which will be out in December.

I have to thank the readers, because without your urging, these stories might never have existed.

Pretty cool, huh?

All of this has got me jazzed to write a bunch of connected short stories that, when all is said and done, will hopefully form a big sweeping story that spans years and dozens of characters.

At least, that's the plan anyway ;-)

But I can only do that if there’s interest, and the best way to let me know there’s an interest is to leave me a review HERE.

Great Reviews of In The Blood

"This book is different than other zombie books. the struggles that the characters go through were interesting.
This book gives you a zombies perspective. That in and of itself was worth the read."

"Highly recommended if you are ready for a different take on the zombie apocalypse."

"Keep writing Evan, I'll keep reading! Readers, be brave, take a peek at this story and read it all the way!"

"While this is a typical setting for a zombie story, the thing that made this book fresh and appealing were the unique devices the author offered in using the Internet Forum Chat Room as a way to relate information and advance the story. Also, the twist he introduced regarding the zombies themselves was something I had never seen used before and provided a whole new angle I had never considered. Overall, the writing is clear and the dialogue realistic. The horror of the situation is also palpable as the characters are placed in very undesirable positions and forced to make choices one should never have to imagine."

"I really enjoyed this book. This book is a very short read and I didn’t want this book to end because I wanted…scratch that I needed more. I didn’t want this story to end, why you ask? Well because Evan Ronan sucked me into this world of infected people, Jimmy, and Sally."

"Definitely makes you think about what you might be capable of, if your survival was threatened, and your actions were no longer restricted by the rules of society. Grim and forbidding."

LAST DAY TO GET A FREE SHORT STORY

Pick up your free copy of In The Blood today. Tomorrow it'll be back to $0.99.

FREE SHORT STORY TOMORROW

Pick up your FREE COPY of In The Blood tomorrow on Amazon.

FREE SHORT STORY

Limited time offer:

Grab In The Blood for free on Friday and Saturday HERE.

Here's the blurb:

The virus has spread. A father becomes infected and his daughter must go on alone. After parting ways both struggle to hold onto that most important thing: their humanity.

Told from the perspective of the father--now a zombie--and a daughter--now forced to be a savage--In The Blood is a violent, moving short story about what it means to be human.

Who's With Daryl?

Looking forward to tonight's The Walking Dead. I have no idea who Daryl has with him.

If after tonight's episode you didn't get enough zombies, check out In The Blood. It's a quick read.

In The Blood - A Zombie Short Story

Love zombies? If yes, click here.

Love zombies, but tired of reading the same old zombie story? If yes, click here.

Interested in reading a story partly told from a zombie's point of view? If yes, click here.

Were you an English major and have you been waiting for someone to write the 21st century equivalent of an epistolary story? If yes, click here.

Don't have enough time to read a full-length zombie novel but need to get your zombie fix? If yes, click here.

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IN THE BLOOD: The virus has spread. A father becomes infected and his daughter must go on alone. After parting ways both struggle to hold onto that most important thing: their humanity. Told from the perspective of the father--now a zombie--and the daughter--now forced to be a savage--In The Blood is a moving, violent tale of what it means to be human.