tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23433920774570604982024-03-05T20:15:02.601-08:00GenrefiedThe Blog of author James A. MooreJames A. Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504165634910099365noreply@blogger.comBlogger352125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343392077457060498.post-31599172518019922672021-10-04T16:26:00.001-07:002021-10-04T16:26:07.255-07:00A new book or two, a new free story or twoWell, looks like we're gonna have a free story to go with the release of THE GODLESS, book Five in the SEVEN FORGES series. <br><br>
THE DARK PASSAGE is available <a href="https://fantasy-hive.co.uk/2021/09/original-fiction-the-dark-passage-by-james-a-moore/" target="_blank"> Right herre.</a> <br><br>
And just because it's that time of year I have a new Halloween Anthology out as well. You'll fu=ind HALLOWEEN NIGHTS available for the Kindle, in Trade paperback and hardcover, too, at THIS LINK<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Halloween-Nights-Tales-Autumn-Fright-ebook/dp/B09GV39Z94/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1632300547&sr=1-1&fbclid=IwAR2g6cmP1H3RqAbCVJOqEqiI6NuAFI64bFhDgKoiknAX_qHjhHylcXAS9Ag" target="_blank"></a> <br><br>
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James A. Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504165634910099365noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343392077457060498.post-79332217205480429172021-06-24T14:40:00.005-07:002021-06-24T14:45:11.444-07:00The Merrimack Valley Halloween Book iFestival 2021
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We've got a list of authors for this year's Merrimac Valley Hlloween Book Festival. It's one hell of line up! October 9th at the Haverhill Public Libraryl from 10AM until 4:30 PM
Saturday, October 9th, 2021, from 10am to 4:30 p.m.
See you there! Start saving your book money now!
Michael Koryta
Richard Chizmar
V. Castro
Victor LaValle
Cina Pelayo
Gerald L. Coleman
Gaby Triana
Jonathan Janz
Jeannine Acheson
Gregory Bastianelli
Matt Bechtel
J. Edwin Buja
Michael Burke
Dana Cameron
Glenn Chadbourne
Michael Clark
Emma Clemente
Lola Clemente
Salvantonio Clemente
Tom Deady
Kristin Dearborn
Renee S. DeCamillis
Asher Ellis
Michael Evans
Doungjai Gam
Craig Shaw Gardner
Emma Jane Shaw Gibbon
Larissa Glasser
Christopher Golden
John Goodrich
Scott Goudsward
Lynne Hansen
John D. Harvey
Grady Hendrix
Cheryl Hunter
Pete-Bloodshot Kahle
Nicholas Kaufmann
Brian Keene
Todd Keisling
Toni L.P. Kelner
Patrick Lacey
Michelle Renee Lane
John Langan
Eric LaRocca
Kevin Lewis
Bracken MacLeod
John M. McIlveen
Jennifer McMahon
Hillary Monahan
James A. Moore
Errick Nunnally
Jw Ocker
DJ Palmer
Leigh Perry
David Price
Glenn Rolfe
Mary SanGiovanni
Cat Scully
Sheri Sebastian-Gabriel
Matt Serafini
Meg Smith
Thomas Sniegoski
Wesley Southard
Jeff Strand
David Surface
Morgan Sylvia
Paul Tremblay
Tony Tremblay
Kristopher Triana
Erin Underwood
Catherynne Valente
Richard B. Wood
Trisha Wooldridge
Douglas Wynne
Rio Youers
James A. Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504165634910099365noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343392077457060498.post-39245611570406003412020-07-12T15:14:00.000-07:002020-07-12T15:14:29.552-07:00The Twisted Book of Shadows wins the Shirley Jackson AwardMuch to my delight and surprise (There was STIFF competition), the Twisted Book of Shadows won the 2019 Shirley Jackson Award for outstanding achievement in the literature of suspense, horror and the dark fantastic.<br />
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I simply cannot put into words how much this means to me, and I will now blatantly quote my co-editor Christopher Golden from his Facebook post:<br />
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"<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I'm absolutely thrilled to learn that The Twisted Book of Shadows has won the Shirley Jackson Award. It means the world to me that this book, and these authors, has received this honor. While I'm extremely grateful to publisher</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1334098596&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARAKUbDRMpr2ACiGfLgW5bPDfoLx4Ji8ic8bFIGihCuLJ71YZSGBG6X_lBLqTZ0GqIWAQrC5eEjMToMz%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/mcilveen?__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARAKUbDRMpr2ACiGfLgW5bPDfoLx4Ji8ic8bFIGihCuLJ71YZSGBG6X_lBLqTZ0GqIWAQrC5eEjMToMz&fref=mentions" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="John M. McIlveen">John M. McIlveen</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, co-editor</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=637792993&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARCCkGJkhQHjlpgc4l5V9mvvomYon75KnVFEJEW-rG-nctpPA5P4_hX-GmVy2wv2wzIpfY7Qq-5W2tNk%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/james.a.moore1?__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARCCkGJkhQHjlpgc4l5V9mvvomYon75KnVFEJEW-rG-nctpPA5P4_hX-GmVy2wv2wzIpfY7Qq-5W2tNk&fref=mentions" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="James A. Moore">James A. Moore</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, coordinator</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100001320590832&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARBRy_gP2Ho5z_Tvh_DP4fd0Cx_sbm_AklOEjC_DwOsLTdJmaxzs2ZqB1AjLUk6ZimQXc8ACYWHfdRBd%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/MattJBechtel?__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARBRy_gP2Ho5z_Tvh_DP4fd0Cx_sbm_AklOEjC_DwOsLTdJmaxzs2ZqB1AjLUk6ZimQXc8ACYWHfdRBd&fref=mentions" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Matt Bechtel">Matt Bechtel</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, and editorial committee including</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=569962023&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARA5uae8DB0DEb6WSr9kNDRIe44WFm8KKPyDqOziZ1sTwaPD45yo5sNdtNEe2ZxtalZXc1bkJHOWO2QP%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/linda.d.addison?__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARA5uae8DB0DEb6WSr9kNDRIe44WFm8KKPyDqOziZ1sTwaPD45yo5sNdtNEe2ZxtalZXc1bkJHOWO2QP&fref=mentions" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Linda D Addison">Linda D Addison</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, Rachel Autumn Deering, Lee Thomas,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=117265&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARCmfBOrzd5CVNy8LddhyvrzSqInrS-M_JOIEqgknPPrRZgTqmBMDw7SXE_INyUD3q4Bck8sdFeSY_H-%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/nadia.bulkin?__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARCmfBOrzd5CVNy8LddhyvrzSqInrS-M_JOIEqgknPPrRZgTqmBMDw7SXE_INyUD3q4Bck8sdFeSY_H-&fref=mentions" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Nadia Bulkin">Nadia Bulkin</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, and</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100000512357145&extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARBqOCRDnAE_R2yl_mosvCJZiccMXJe0nk2L_gsNGg1THp7KajV9JtYsHrYr7rkXwS-TaL3ND-aBA2u4%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/destructo.grrl?__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARBqOCRDnAE_R2yl_mosvCJZiccMXJe0nk2L_gsNGg1THp7KajV9JtYsHrYr7rkXwS-TaL3ND-aBA2u4&fref=mentions" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="KL Pereira">KL Pereira</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">(as well as to every person who supported our gofundme with a donat</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px;">ion), I want to point your attention to the contributors. We sifted through 700 stories to find extraordinary stories. I'm so damned proud to be associated with the authors and the stories in this book, so <span class="_ezo" id="u_fetchstream_52_n" style="color: #f1765e; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 600;">congratulations</span> to the authors. If you haven't read the stories yet, you owe it to yourselves to do so.</span><br />
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<br />James A. Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504165634910099365noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343392077457060498.post-87909878396823464362020-06-02T17:05:00.003-07:002020-06-02T17:50:18.311-07:00Back in the Saddle Again...Charles R. Rutledge and yours truly are at it again. Sort of. We've told several stories revolving around Griffin & Price, the private investigator and sheriff of Wellman County, who keep getting themselves into supernatural troubles. We started with <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Blind-Shadows-Griffin-Price-Novel/dp/1720105340/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=blind+shadows&qid=1591141303&s=books&sr=1-1" target="_blank">BLIND SHADOWS,</a> (we fixed the typos, honest!) Moved on to<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Congregations-Dead-Griffin-Price-Novel-ebook/dp/B078Z7TN4L/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&qid=1591141768&refinements=p_27%3AJames+A.+Moore+Charles+R.+Rutledge&s=books&sr=1-4&text=James+A.+Moore+Charles+R.+Rutledge" target="_blank"> CONGREGATIONS OF THE DEAD</a> and then slid into <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hell-Within-Griffin-Price-Novel/dp/1976876532/ref=pd_sbs_14_1/141-4885288-1518448?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1976876532&pd_rd_r=59c5d6ff-5b99-4c34-b7e0-cff1e08c9792&pd_rd_w=adoT8&pd_rd_wg=e4yzx&pf_rd_p=665be1f4-8d3b-46dd-91b4-582d3cec8dd6&pf_rd_r=25VHNFF23XDP3MS18NWT&psc=1&refRID=25VHNFF23XDP3MS18NWT" target="_blank">A HELL WITHIN.</a> There's even been a novella, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07J9MJ3MW/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2" target="_blank">CALL UP THE DEAD,</a> included in one of the SNAFU anthologies by Geoff Brown. We visit Wellman a goodly amount is my point.<br />
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So we're visiting again. Currently, we're writing THE TOURIST'S GUIDE TO HAUNTED WELLMAN. It's NOT a Griffin & Price novel, though you can expect cameos. It's a story of what happens when things go very very wrong for some amateur parapsychologists. I won't say more than that right now, except to add that other recurring characters from yours truly and Charles will be showing up to handle the events.<br />
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We're around a fifth of the way through so far and plugging away.<br />
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Expect bloodshed. Heh heh heh.<br />
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<br />James A. Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504165634910099365noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343392077457060498.post-78227993542534341992020-05-29T11:07:00.000-07:002020-05-29T11:07:27.034-07:00Come watch Dracula with me and a few friends <div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="5vjbk" data-offset-key="2prus-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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James A. Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504165634910099365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343392077457060498.post-49784407988258280132020-05-12T09:57:00.003-07:002020-05-12T09:59:06.093-07:00Predator: Stalking Shadows comes out Thursday<a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781789094411?fbclid=IwAR2evyhUdfsZOyp01vmjRPHBOe3Pz4B1_ofm57VIDwOK6aeidcRP5hG_Qto" target="_blank">PREDATOR: STALKING SHADOWS</a><br />
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by yours truly and the amazing <a href="https://www.markmorrisfiction.com/" target="_blank">Mark Morris</a>! And yes, it's true, Dutch is back!<br />
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<br />James A. Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504165634910099365noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343392077457060498.post-34594563758918601892020-05-04T16:00:00.001-07:002020-05-04T16:00:19.560-07:00Well, that was awkward.I managed to sign myself off of Genrefied and onto an old Blogspot account from 2009. Happily, someone wiser than me pointed out the likely problem and was completely correct in her assumptions.<br />
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So I'm back after a rather long hiatus.<br />
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The latest news? Currently, after much radiation and chemotherapy, I am cancer-free. I am pleased and currently, I am recovering. It has not been an easy road.<br />
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I was surfing around earlier today, recovering from a couple of pages of writing and considering what to say next, when I ran across a negative review on Amazon. Weird, I know but there it was a one sta review written about somebody other than me. I looked at it for several seconds, wondering how I managed to get back to my own reviews, and then read it carefully.<br />
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Sure enough, it's a different James.<br />
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have you noticed how many one-star reviews are, well, nitpicky in the extreme? I mean on a level that is absolutely silly.<br />
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the biggest complaints seem to be that the same phrase was used more than once (in 85,000 plus words, it can happen) and that the author didn't do all that could be done with the setup.<br />
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Yeah. I can say that later part about damned near every book I've ever read. Not everyone is going to see a situation the same way that I do. Or that you do. Or that anyone does. It's the nature of the beast.<br />
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It's just that the truly negative reviews don't even try to understand that. Instead of understanding something they condescend it. When you resort to a one sentence review and it's negative you aren't even trying any longer. I can and will ignore your reviews, especially if you do the same with almost everything you review. (It sin;t that's hard to check, folks, honestly.)<br />
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Okay, that's my rant for today.<br />
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I'm back to work on THE GODLESS, book five of the Seven Forges series.<br />
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Keep smilim=ng,<br />
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Jim<br />
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<br />James A. Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504165634910099365noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343392077457060498.post-42133613327306829252019-10-07T08:27:00.002-07:002019-10-07T08:27:50.251-07:00The first review is up for THE TWISTED BOOK OF SHADOWS, and I am pleased. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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"<span style="background-color: white; font-family: futura-pt; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.54px; white-space: pre-wrap;">While the above-mentioned were the standout entries, the rest were pretty damn good on their own, too. Taken on the whole, </span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: futura-pt; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.54px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Twisted Book of Shadows</em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: futura-pt; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.54px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> was a very strong anthology, and I greatly appreciated the editors’ focus on introducing readers to potentially new talent and underrepresented writers. Golden, Moore, and McIlveen went above and beyond in their approach to soliciting and selecting the stories included here, but it’s hard work that fully paid off. It’s also a great lesson for other editors and publishers to learn from, and I do hope we see more anthologies like this hitting the market in the coming years."</span><br />
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James A. Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504165634910099365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343392077457060498.post-77988211420440285662019-09-20T08:00:00.001-07:002019-09-20T08:00:39.977-07:00Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival, 2019: You want to be there!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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James A. Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504165634910099365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343392077457060498.post-32254307163761644292019-08-07T06:04:00.000-07:002019-08-07T06:04:07.993-07:00BLOODLINES is available for pre-order<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white;">So here's the cover for BLOODLINES by the ever amazing Edward Miller. This is the third and final book in the BLOOD RED series. If all goes according to plan BLOOD HARVEST will be available as a trade paperback and e-book within the next couple of months. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Black Stone Bay has seen more than its fair share of violence and bloodshed, death and disease, and still it perseveres.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">All that has happened to the town could be placed on the vampire known as Jason Soulis. He has made the 'Bay his petri dish upon which to create new, stronger versions of the undead. He has watched as first a plague of vampires attacked the town and then a plague created by vampires spread an unholy infection through the area, killing young and old, weak and strong, without bias. Soulis has spent over a hundred years attempting to make the perfect predator.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">One of his nightmares left wandering Black Stone Bay has a new target and this time that victim takes matters into her own hands. She calls on a man who saved her once before, Jonathan Crowley, the man called the Hunter. That would hardly concern Soulis, safe and thousands of miles away, but something from his past has come to haunt him. One of his experiments he'd long forgotten has come back from the dead and intent on only one thing: destroying Soulis and all that he has ever cared for.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">The bloodlines that Jason Soulis has created are gathering now for one final conflict, and Black Stone Bay is the battlefield where all will be decided. Blood will flow and the town will again be reminded that the night has very sharp teeth.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">"<span id="yui_3_2_0_1_13195550561761013">A vampire tour de force. James Moore outdoes himself with BLOOD HARVEST, the sequel to his absolutely fantastic novel BLOOD RED. As I come to expect from Paul at Earthling, the book itself is first rate and the cover art is fantastic. If you haven’t had a chance to see the quality books that Earthling puts out, then now is your chance.</span>"<br /><span class="quotefrom" style="font-style: italic;">—<span id="yui_3_2_0_1_">Famous Monsters of Filmland</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">"The sequel to BLOOD RED by Bram Stoker nominee Moore combines strong storytelling and solid characters to produce a sometimes violent, sometimes eerily moody horror novel filled with vampire lore. The author’s fans and lovers of vampire fiction will grab this tale of a town under siege.."<br /><span class="quotefrom" style="font-style: italic;">—Library Journal</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">"In BLOOD HARVEST, Moore reminds us why he is one of horror’s most reliable novelists. I can think of no writer, other than King, who gives us such strong characters. That makes the horror that follows all the more heinous. BLOOD HARVEST<em> </em>is terror at its finest, and James A. Moore comfortably sits at the top of horror’s pantheon of greats. Highly recommended."<br /><span class="quotefrom" style="font-style: italic;">—Mark Justice, POD OF HORROR</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">"BLOOD HARVEST is spectacular. It rivals the original book (BLOOD RED) in terms of quality, intensity, and gruesomeness. One of the best books of Moore's career… helps establish him as the most talented horror fiction writer in America today."<br /><span class="quotefrom" style="font-style: italic;">— Horror World</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">"For those of us who like our vampires evil, Moore provides the real stuff."<br /><span class="quotefrom" style="font-style: italic;">— CHRONICLE on BLOOD RED</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">"This novel does what all the best vampire novels do; it shitcans the stereotype and digs for blood beneath the skin."<br /><span class="quotefrom" style="font-style: italic;">— Rick Kleffel, The Agony Column on BLOOD RED</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">"Moore has woven together the best threads of vampire lore with lust, power, and brutality to create a stunning work of bloodthirsty horror that's not to be missed."<br /><span class="quotefrom" style="font-style: italic;">— MONSTERS AND CRITICS on BLOOD RED</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">"His work stands toe-to-toe with the best of King, Koontz, and McCammon. He's simply one of the ten best authors working in the field today."<br /><span class="quotefrom" style="font-style: italic;">— Garrett Peck, CEMETERY DANCE WEEKLY</span></span></div>
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James A. Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504165634910099365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343392077457060498.post-82704162338412142342019-06-13T12:49:00.001-07:002019-06-13T12:49:28.715-07:00the Fifth Annual Merrimack Valley halloween Book Festival's list of attending authors<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The lineup for The 5th Annual Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival, which will take place October 12th, 2019 at the Haverhill Public Library in Haverhill, MA, from 10am to 4:30pm. (*indicates first appearance at MVHBF)<br />There are several other authors I'm waiting to hear from, but without further ado, the preliminary lineup...</div>
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I will also be gathering quite a few short stories, old and new alike, set in the world of the SEVEN FORGES and will likely have that ready for print in July or so.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">“Moore has created a brilliantly realised world here; his characters continue to get better with each book. It’s still exciting, it’s still fresh, and brilliantly vivid. Fantasy does not get much better than this.”</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">– </span><b style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">Morpheus Tales</b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">“</span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">Seven Forges</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> is an excellent, enjoyable, and thoroughly entertaining fantasy debut into a new world of swords and sorcery, complete with romance, intrigue, and danger.”</span><b style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">– Attack of the Books</b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">“James A. Moore dedicates </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">Seven Forges</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> in part ‘to the memory of Fritz Leiber and Robert E. Howard for the inspiration.’ That dedication sets the bar high, and caused me a bit of readerly apprehension, because so many writers have imitated badly those two greats of the sword and sorcery tradition. Moore is far more than an imitator, though. He does some fresh, counterintuitive things with the genre conventions. More than once, he startled me into saying out loud, ‘I didn’t see that coming.’”</span><b style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">– Black Gate</b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">“Wow, that twist. In some ways I think I should have seen it coming, and I kind of did, but </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">Seven Forges</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> just lulled me into security and BAM! Craziness!”</span><b style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">– Anya, On Starships and Dragonwings</b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">“I thoroughly enjoyed </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">Seven Forges</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> although I was left speechless by the ending and left wondering for days whether there was to be another book in the series. There were so many threads of stories left open that I need to know what happens next.”</span><b style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">– The Bookish Outsider</b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">“Moore does a fantastic job of building worlds and characters in </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">Seven Forges</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> as we hop on board the train that is about to meet its doom.”</span><b style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">– Troubled Scribe</b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">“</span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">The Blasted Lands</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> is the example of how I want to see a sequel. Slowing the pace down somewhat, focusing on exposing the envisioned world more and more but without loosing momentum and the thread that carries the story. James A. Moore gave rise to many questions in </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">Seven Forges</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> and now starts answering them, he continues to develop his characters and mainly Merros and Andover’s stories were the most interesting for me, they showed so much of the world and the story, I have the same feeling of when I finished </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">Seven Forges</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">, it’s been a few days but the story is still racing through my mind and when I think about one scene, many follow-ups pop up. Few authors achieve to get me so addicted to their works. And well the ending. yes I am going to say it again WOW. There will be war and it wont be pretty.”</span><b style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">– The Book Plank</b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">“Where </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">Seven Forges</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> teased a reader with the Sa’ba Taalor and their strange land, </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">The Blasted Lands</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> goes a long way toward fulfilling their promise, revealing much more about their culture and history as well as hinting at the origin of the waste lands themselves. And while the Sa’ba Taalor are still the stars of this show, Mr. Moore has also deftly turned the Fellein characters into more than cardboard scenery for his master race, as Drash Krohan, General Dulver and Andover Lashk shine in their own special ways. All in all, this novel was a great read, and this series is definitely one to watch for any true fantasy aficionado.”</span><b style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">– Bookwraiths</b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">“From living mountains to the secret behind the veils of a nation, Moore pushes and pulls the story through questions and answers, keeping the reader on their toes. For me, </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">The Blasted Lands</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> is more immersive and thrilling than some of the fantasy masterpieces. Moore shapes a story which appeals to fans of all types, showing how fantasy can be a grand equalizer. </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">The Blasted Lands</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> does this and more, making it not just a sophomore book in a series but a genuinely good story.”</span><b style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">– Literary Escapism</b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">“The </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">Seven Forges</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> series is epic fantasy the way it should be done, and </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">City of Wonders</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> is no exception. It’s character driven without sacrificing the action, intrigue, and wonder that’s at the heart of all good fantasy. That Moore throws in a dash of horror only makes his recipe better.”</span><b style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">– Adventures Fantastic</b><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></i><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">“City of Wonders</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> is a deeply immersive book, one that will hook you from start to finish.”</span><b style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">– ZireV</b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">“Moore’s writing completely transports, his characters are fantastically fantastic, and the tension he weaves through it all is expertly done. Oh, and the twists? You’ll love those too. There are few authors I read where I wish I could write as well as them, but James A Moore is one them.”</span><b style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">– Amanda J Spedding</b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">“The </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">Seven Forges</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> series is epic fantasy the way it should be done, and </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">City of Wonders</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> is no exception. It’s character driven without sacrificing the action, intrigue, and wonder that’s at the heart of all good fantasy. That Moore throws in a dash of horror only makes his recipe better.”</span><b style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">– Adventures Fantastic</b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">“</span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">The Silent Army</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> delivers an avalanche of action and a bleak world full of strong characters. This is a worthy conclusion to the Seven Forges series.”</span><b style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">– Cowering King</b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">“The prose is sharp, the pace wonderfully timed with great action tempered with some wonderful lulls to allow you to get your breath back. Back this up with some great characters alongside a world that is delightfully designed all round makes this a series that continues to go from strength to strength. Finally, and this is the clincher for me, Moore gives the characters a depth with their dialogue that not only shows their devotions but also gives them a roundedness that allows you to become fully immersed. Cracking.”</span><b style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">– Falcata Times</b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">“</span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">The Silent Army</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> is a book that improves on every facet that made its predecessors great. This feels like a satisfying conclusion to the first arc of a much bigger story, because this book ends a bunch of plot threads that began right back at the start of the first book, but it leaves some big threads wide open begging for more. I need more stories set in this world. Please indulge me, Mr Moore.”</span><b style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">– Fantasy Book Review</b><br />
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James A. Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504165634910099365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343392077457060498.post-64201081355730524302019-04-01T17:03:00.001-07:002019-04-01T17:04:55.032-07:00Religion as a Dark Force in Fantasy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It’s an interesting thing, religion. In the right hands and mindset it can make amazing things happen. Communities can get together and build villages in short order. Homes and farms ruined by natural forces can be restored in short order because neighbors and friends can gather together and work as a unit. Often times those units are started by the religious leader in an area. The Amish raise barns in a day that no single person could manage in a month. <o:p></o:p></div>
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But then we have to look at the other side of that coin. Atrocities have been committed in the name of God or gods. The witch hunts in Europe devastated tends of thousands. Wars were fought in the name of God, not because it was a different god, but merely because the way of worshipping said god did not match up. Well, okay, and because there was land and gold to consider, but it was all done in the name of the one god. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The Crusades. The Holy Inquisition. Do you follow the right god? Do you know Jesus? Have you taken Him as your savior? Will a few days of torture show you the error of your ways? As the old song “One Tin Solider” said, do it in the name of heaven, you can justify it in the end. The concentration camps and Holocaust happened because the Nazi’s found a way to blame their woes on the Jewish and a few others. Something similar seems to want to happen right now in the US of A and the notion unsettles me deeply.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Religion makes scapegoating easy.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And so we have this very article. Darker Gods in fantasy. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Most times, not always, of course, the gods of fantasy settings are either benevolent or they can be negotiated with. Sometimes they have vast powers and sometimes they are very stingy with the miracles, but they’re still there and they usually have good motives. The Christian overtones in THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA are evident to anyone even vaguely familiar with the Christian faith, as one example.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On the flip side of that coin there are the Gods of Order and Chaos in the worlds of Michael Moorcock’s Eternal Champion books. Arioch, a lord of Chaos, offers his favorite follower, Elric, help at a moment’s notice if only Elric will remember to be an obedient follower. Sometimes even when Elric forgets, which is often. Still, however reluctantly, he will help his follower.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Let’s take a moment to define what a god is, shall we? For the sake of argument I’ll say that a god in a fantasy setting is a being of extreme power who, for the price of worship or the occasional sacrifice, can be coerced into aiding the heroes of a tale. Okay, or the villains. Mostly, however, it seems to be the heroes. In Greek myths the gods are often arbitrary in who they will help. In the Norse mythology they’re a bit more nihilistic, having already stated that they know when and how they will die and how they will be reborn when the time is right. Follow them properly and you’re not guaranteed eternal life, so much as the chance to fight by the side of the gods when the final days arrive. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The rules are often different in fantasy settings. The gods of Lankhmar, who are so horrific that mentioning them by name is punishable by death. They do not follow the typical rules of gods in Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser series of books. The Creator and the Elohim play their own semi-benevolent parts in the CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT THE UNBELIEVER, courtesy of Stephen R. Donaldson. <o:p></o:p></div>
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But let’s stretch this notion. Let’s look at Sauron from THE LORD OF THE RINGS (J.R.R. Tolkien, of course.). Sauron is powerful enough as to be very nearly undefeatable. Even when he is severely wounded, he is not killed and merely retreats to lick his wounds. Is he a god? Hard to say. He is certainly worshipped as one by the orcs and the goblins, who fear him and serve him. He is powerful enough to corrupt kinds, advisors and sorcerers alike. When he gives a command, he is obeyed. What he wants he can take by force or by the use of his pawns. His power, the greatest part of it, is locked into a ring that, merely by being worn, corrupts the bearer. Surely if he got that power back, he would effectively be a god. So we can call him a malignant deity and the exception to the rule. <o:p></o:p></div>
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H.P. Lovecraft’s gods were not gods at all but rather aliens so vast in the scope of their power that mortals confused them for gods. Really, at that point what is the difference? In the end the Lovecraftian pantheon is indifferent to human beings or any form of worship. They might respond to a summons, but there is no particular desire on their part to be worshipped. <o:p></o:p></div>
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In my own works the gods are not always benevolent. They can be, but it’s more the exception than the rule. In the Seven forges series I have a new pantheon of seven gods, the Daxar Taalor, who are very active in the lies of their followers, and actively aggressive toward the older and more established Fellein Empire. They have shaped their people as weapons against a long-standing enemy. The older gods, from several pantheons that have mostly faded away, are weaker, and have little energy left to them that they use to the benefit of anyone. <o:p></o:p></div>
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In THE LAST SACRIFICE the gods are, well, not very nice. In the mythology presented, they have punished the world every time they have been disobeyed and this time around, they’ve decided to end the world, or at least destroy all life on the planet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s an out, but it won’t be one beneficial to the hero of the story.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The gods of old are angry gods, demanding gods and the sort of deities that insist on sacrifice and punishment. It’s in modern mythologies (forgive me, but for the sake of this article no religion is truly safe) that we see the notion of a benevolent deity. Depending on the interpretation The Lord and his son Jesus have set up the notion of a kinder, gentler world, where merely following the rules of good conduct are enough to ensure a place in the Kingdom of Heaven. In the old school religions, from Babylon on down the line, the gods are, at best capricious, and at worst demanding of sacrifice and unswerving fealty. They can be harsh masters, or just plain indifferent. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Ultimately that’s the point of THE LAST SACRIFICE. In a world where nature is cruel and gods are merciless, how much should one endure before deciding enough is enough? Even if you decide it’s time to fight back, how does one go about taking on and besting a god or a pantheon? And if the gods decide the world will end because of your actions, how do you justify all that you do?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sometimes the gods are indifferent and sometimes they are angry. When and how do you fight back?<o:p></o:p><br />
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James A. Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504165634910099365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343392077457060498.post-16984274482970312652019-03-23T13:41:00.000-07:002019-03-23T13:41:06.774-07:00Ain't those pretty?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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James A. Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504165634910099365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343392077457060498.post-61438406937994716602019-03-20T13:06:00.002-07:002019-03-20T13:06:14.273-07:00Hardcover BOOMTOWN<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I'm off to a meeting with my publisher at Twisted Publications in just a short while.<br />
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I will be getting Hardcover copies of BOOMTOWN from him at that time.<br />
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I am pleased.<br />
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James A. Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504165634910099365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343392077457060498.post-30178303027035195872019-03-17T12:23:00.000-07:002019-03-17T12:23:21.444-07:00Warning Shots<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I don’t normally give a warning on my books. I write horror and dark fantasy. I usually assume that is enough of a warning. I mean, seriously, if you come to a horror novel with the notion that you<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span> aren’t going to be made uneasy at some point, you’re maybe reading the wrong horror. <o:p></o:p></div>
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There are exceptions to every rule. There are scenes in BOOMTOWN that involve violence against children and sexual assault. In the case of the latter, it is mentioned but none of the scenes are “on screen” as it were. That’s deliberate. I don’t believe that sexual assault should ever be taken lightly and I certainly have no desire to stimulate any fantasies. The point in the story is simply that, sadly, in both the past and the present these sorts of assaults happen. They are not, I believe, truly sexual in nature. They’re a dominance play, a power trip and a way to make someone suffer. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find them loathsome.<o:p></o:p></div>
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That said, it’s best to remember, even when you write horror, that some horrors hit too close to home. As this is a western, you can expect shoot-em-ups. As this is a book with monsters, you can expect fangs. As this is a novel that, as I feel all books do, investigates the human condition in one form or another, there are human monsters, too. I mostly avoid sex in my novels. I make mention of it, but there’s no reason for gratuity in these cases. Not for me, at least. <o:p></o:p></div>
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James A. Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504165634910099365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343392077457060498.post-9038685305858653432019-03-08T09:52:00.001-08:002019-03-08T09:54:14.261-08:00Cover Comparison: BOOMTOWN<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So the cover being used for BOOMTOWN was done by <a href="https://zachmccainart.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Artist Zach McCain</a> about ten tears ago. It was done for BOOMTOWN, but it was delayed by, oh, a decade.<br />
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Why the delay in publication? Entirely my fault. It was entirely my fault. Simply put, I lost my wife while writing BOOMTOWN. She had a long, miserable run of bad health that resulted, ultimately, in her going on hemodialysis for almost eighteen months and then her body simply gave out. The official cause of death was heart attack, but that was only the tip of the iceberg.<br />
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Darnedest thing. I lost my wife and lost my way on the novel at exactly the same time. I simp,y could not look at the manuscript for a few years. Yes, years. and even when I DID look at it, I was haunted by my grief. There was simply too much of me tied into the work for me to work on it without opening up wounds that had not healed yet.<br />
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Enough of that, The point of this article is that Zach's work was gorgeous back then and it's gorgeous now. When I initially started working with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HaverhillhousePublishing/" target="_blank">Haverhill House </a>Publishing on (It's actually coming out from TWISTED PUBLICATIONS, which is part of HAVERHILL HOUSE) BOOMTOWN I suggested several artists. Some were too busy and others, well, just didn't quite get the job done as well as we might have hoped. I was feeling a bit frustrated when I remembered the gorgeous work Zach had already done.<br />
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So we contacted Zach about the cover art and he was all for it. The problem was that the files he had for the art were too small to use for publishing. So he had to rework the picture and adjust it. He also wanted to change the font. It had been a decade and I defy any artist or writer to look back at their work from ten years ago and not want to make changes.<br />
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So here, for the first time, is a comparison of the two pieces. Pretty much just because I find the differences fascinating.<br />
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The original cover:<br />
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And here's the reworked version by Zach:<br />
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I love them both, but I think Zach outdid himself with the changes.<br />
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Of COURSE I put the back cover up there, too, because, well, I could.<br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Boomtown-James-Moore/dp/1949140970/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?crid=2OGACZMR4PNBB&keywords=boomtown+james+a.+moore&qid=1551982661&s=gateway&sprefix=Boomtown+Ja%2Cstripbooks%2C133&sr=8-1-fkmrnull&fbclid=IwAR2oh8x9hnULYyOj40eRLqZ0nxuSWAdMbNnotdAawE2xLaRio52RBfGPWJA" target="_blank">And because I can, here's a link to where you can pre-order BOOMTOWN I hardcover, and (theoretically as it isn't up yet) as a digital download. </a><br />
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James A. Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504165634910099365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343392077457060498.post-35814852372321188612019-03-07T10:32:00.001-08:002019-03-07T10:32:16.645-08:00Here's the link to preorder BOOMTOWN in hardcover. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Right <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Boomtown-James-Moore/dp/1949140970/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?crid=2OGACZMR4PNBB&keywords=boomtown+james+a.+moore&qid=1551982661&s=gateway&sprefix=Boomtown+Ja%2Cstripbooks%2C133&sr=8-1-fkmrnull&fbclid=IwAR2oh8x9hnULYyOj40eRLqZ0nxuSWAdMbNnotdAawE2xLaRio52RBfGPWJA" target="_blank">HERE!</a><br />
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James A. Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504165634910099365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343392077457060498.post-75895979334355043272019-02-23T10:29:00.000-08:002019-02-23T10:29:08.899-08:00slowly the cover manifests....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here's the back cover text for BOOMTOWN all laid out and pretty. :)<br />
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In a few days, I should be able to provide links.<br />
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James A. Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504165634910099365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343392077457060498.post-34100655065146020722019-02-20T10:55:00.002-08:002019-02-20T10:55:37.246-08:00AVENGERS: INFINITY Dust Jacket<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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That's just pretty! Coming out April 30th. </div>
James A. Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504165634910099365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343392077457060498.post-69827072360907637182019-02-15T11:23:00.002-08:002019-02-15T11:23:25.673-08:00Excerpt from BOOMTOWN<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So, here's the first scene from BOOMTOWN:<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Carnivalee Freakshow"; font-size: 22.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">CHAPTER ONE<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: "Carnivalee Freakshow"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">FROZEN MOMENTS<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Trapper<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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“There’s something wrong with the world when it’s cold enough to freeze a waterfall.” The <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">trapper</span> spoke to himself, or just possibly his horse, but neither of them responded. The proof of his comment lay above him and to his left, a frozen wall of white ice that only two days before had still been running water. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The cold was all-encompassing, a living thing that seemed to thrive on sucking the heat from the world around man and stallion alike. He called his horse Stomper <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">and</span> it was a massive thing, meant for hauling wagons. The black beast barely seemed to notice his weight or the burden of the sled behind it, but the cold sent plumes of steam from its muzzle with each breath. Covered in the thick coat he’d sewn for it<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">, his</span> stallion looked more like a locomotive than it did an animal. He wouldn’t see his beast of burden and closest living acquaintance killed by the elements if he could help it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It wasn’t the elements, however, that had <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">done</span> most of the killing in the area. If <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">he</span> had to guess it was Indians. Someone must have driven them half mad if they were responsible for the bodies he kept finding. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The idea had been, as it always was, to shoot enough bison and foxes and wolves to load his sled with furs. <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Instead,</span> he’d been gathering the dead for the last two days. He didn’t have it in him to leave them frozen to the ground for animals to feast <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">on</span>. His mother would surely rise from her grave and beat his fool head into a new shape if he ever got that callous. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Didn’t much help him get his work done, but there was enough money set aside and as a trapper and hunter it wasn’t overly likely that he’d starve any time soon.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The latest body showed itself on the left side of the trail, and he nodded his head and tugged the reins. Stomper came to a halt and snorted agreeably. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The trapper slid from his saddle with practiced ease and walked over to the latest grisly find. Nine bodies so far, each one cut, shot and in different stages of undress, depending on the sex. <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">There were two women who had</span> likely been of marrying age among the dead. There was also a little girl child and an old woman who should have never headed from the east to the wilds. Only the crone had any clothes on her by the time the murdering dogs were done. The others had been treated as poorly as the whores in San Francisco, and that was poorly indeed.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The man in the snow stared with dead eyes behind thin spectacles. The frost on the lenses hid the color of his eyes and made him look blind as well as dead. <o:p></o:p></div>
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That he was dead was obvious. Even if he’d not been frozen to the ground there were lacerations on his skin and shreds of meat and flesh peeking from under his tattered clothing. Like the waterfall a short way back the trickles of blood had frozen into twists of crimson that hung suspended from his wounds. If he had to guess, the trapper would have told anyone curious that he suspected the man had been dragged behind a horse for a while. His shoes were torn apart—a pity that, as they could have fetched a few cents—and his clothing, thin and fine and no doubt very expensive, had peeled half way from his body during the long trip. Ropes still bound his hands and cut into the flesh of his wrists and forearms. He’d very likely fought hard to get away before his attackers had finished with their job. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Well, sir, I’m sorry to meet you this way.” He looked the body over again and frowned. Someone, his killers or otherwise, had turned out the man’s pockets and taken everything that might have value. The cloth of his vest was split where his watch fop had been torn away. The derby he’d likely worn at one time was nearby and judging by how clean it was, he guessed it had been dropped by the killer after the fact.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I reckon we should get to work, old boy.” The wind let out a moan from the nearby trees and sent an additional shiver through him. No one else bothered to reply and he reckoned that was for the best.<o:p></o:p></div>
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He took the <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">axe</span> and <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">pick</span> from the bundle he kept on Stomper’s flank and got to digging. The night before had seen a hard, freezing rain and the body was stuck in a thick caul of ice and mud.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ten minutes later he had a rope wrapped around both wrists—new rope that had not frozen into the ground—and he tied that to Stomper’s sled before urging his horse forward. The ground gave up <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">its</span> prize reluctantly, and for a moment the trapper thought the corpse would break like a sapling before it finally came free with a crunching sound.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Once uprooted the dead man slithered stiffly across the ice and bounced off two aspen trees before coming to a rest. He slid the body across the ice until he could wrestle the weight onto the back of the sled.<o:p></o:p></div>
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He had leather aplenty and he used it to lash the body on top of the other corpses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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“Well, sir. You’re the tenth and I pray the last. Let’s see about getting you to Carson’s Point. Might be we can arrange a funeral for you.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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The rain started again, dropping from the sky in a half-frozen state and solidifying as soon as it touched the ground. The sound it made as it rattled to the earth was not unlike a dozen sets of teeth chattering away.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I’d never wish a good man to hell, sir, but I reckon it just might be warmer <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">at</span> either end of the journey than it is here.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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