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#CoffinHop is in full swing, with 100 Master Blasters of Horror swinging for the fences. I am going to endeavor to highlight a few of them in the next 7 days. First up, Senor Rob Mosca, aka “Jack Babylon”, who you can meet and greet at http://jack-babalon.dreamwidth.org/ where he’s giving away an autographed copy of the book. Me? I’m going to give you the low-down on this gonzo tome, then offer up a digital copy of High Midnight and a copy of my story Living Dead at Zigfreidt & Roy.

High Midnight is the debut novel from Rob Mosca, a vibrant new word artist with a taste for the bizarre and a talent for lean, mean action and Sergio Leone-style setups.

Jumping back and forth between a recent timeline and a near-future post-apocalypse where the world is rife with “walkers”, and the town of Unity, Texas is sitting on a fault-line to hell and overrun with cryptids, supernatural beasts, and the occasional murderous clown.

Keeping the peace in this no-man’s land of lost chances and dying dreams is Laredo Beaumont – ex-trucker, former enmascerado, current aimless drunk – and his Dostoyevsky-reading, knife-throwing, European man-monkey deputy Cicero. Long story short? A pack of clown-faced madmen come looking for the sheriff and death comes to Unity. In between there’s Chihuahua Yetis, Hyenathropes, mad zombie carnage, ghost whores, drinkin’ thinkin’, stinkin’ and a sex scene that is both beautiful and utterly surreal in its strangeness.

Well-written in a gritty style with a mix of the low-down bravado of Bukowski and the jokey cool of Tarantino, filtered through a B-movie lens. This is the Spaghetti Western/Southern Fried Caper/Halloween Monster Mash you never knew you wanted. Get it, read it, pass it along and give Rob Mosca a reason to write another one of these high-concept thrill rides.

Now, to win a digital copy of High Midnight and a copy of my story Living Dead at Zigfreidt & Roy, go to Rob Mosca’s site “Confessions of a Fuck-up Artist” and report back here in the comments with the name of his soon-to-debut Zombie serial. I’ll pull a name at random and announce the winner tomorrow morning. Then get to hopping at the Official #CoffinHop website and visit some of the 100 amazing horror authors on display this week!

P.S. *Don’t sweat if you don’t see your comment. I’ll keep them hidden until tomorrow morning, so as not to give the game away 😉

Here it comes, the new most wonderful time of the year! COFFIN HOP!

There are LITERALLY 100 different horror authors ready to shock you! Thrill you! Cajole you into a sense of safety and comfort and then ROCK YOU!

So, for the next week, from today until the 31st, check back here for a new post and a new contest every single day. Then go check out 9 or 10 or 32 of these amazing authors and see what they have to offer… Prizes abounds! Free books! Goodies and ghouls galore!

COFFIN HOP!

Now, for this weeks EvilAxel spesheeealliteees…

Later today I will be posting a Book Club review of Rob Mosca’s High Midnight attached to that post will be a contest to win a Kindle copy of the book.

Tomorrow will be “Movie Day” and, in addition to some Halloween movie massacre goodness,  you’ll have a chance to win your choice of three of these godawful Z-movie gems

Titles include: Boy Meets Girl, Red Silk, Sixteen Tongues, The Deviants, Lucky, Night of the Sharks, Satan’s Cannibal Holocaust, Urban Flesh, Syngenor, the legendary Monsturd and many more!

More contests will be happening every day with free ebooks, copies of A Career Guide to Your Job In Hell, custom bookmarks from Designs By The Divine Ms Liz and a custom Victorian Gothic-style choker also from The Divine One

Worst picture taker ever! But you get an idea of the kind of swag we’re talkin’ bout! Zombie stickers! Vampire tissues! Melting hands! Vintage Nudie Horror Posters!

So stay tuned to your friendly neighborhood Axel Man, and be sure to check out the excellent authors on the COFFIN HOP!

My short story Living Dead at Zigfreidt & Roy is now available to purchase fo yo Kindle and other e-Readers!

Another version of this story was published as “Blood on the Strip” in Dark Moon Digest #3, but this is the lengthened and unexpurgated original version, returned to its original title and adorned with a magnificent cover by the infinitely reliable Eye Crave Productions.

Get it for your iPad, Nook or eReader at Smashwords!!

PICK IT UP FOR A BUCK on Amazon!

*From Amazon and Smashwords reviews*

• “…you can’t help but dig the Deadwood-esque dialogue… With shades of noir, western and horror, this short story is definitely worth your time.” (5 stars)
• “..all the glitz of a major Vegas show, nicely entwined with dark magic and undead animals… a unique twist on the zombie genre.” (5 stars)
• “…a fantastic short story – full of action, well-developed characters and explosive description” (4 stars)