Another little HOT SINATRA related item today…

To help out with this months Evolved Publishing release Hop, gearing up towards the big November 26 Release Bonanza, I whipped up a Mossimo Cole mini-adventure.

CAUTION! May contain: Whiskey, Bacon, sexy secretaries in states of undress, Hip Hop record producers, angry wives and testicular gunshots!

Then be sure to check out some of the other great offerings on this hop, most of them offering up actual physical book-books, with SIGNATURES no less.

This is why I love these cats at Evolved. Real books. CHECK IT:

Megan Morrison hosts Desert Rice – http://skybluemission.com/2012/11/15/one-of-my-new-favorite-books/

Lane Diamond hosts Davey the Detective – http://lanediamond.com/

Got some ISBN numbers from my publisher, in case you’re into that kind of thing, and HOT SINATRA is now loaded up on Goodreads,  so you can add it to your To-Read list, or keep an eye out for it showing up on the Amazon for pre-order sometime soon. Also, keep your eyes open for the debut of LET IT SNOW: SEASONS READINGS FOR A SUPER COOL YULE which features A Manlove & Kickerdick X-Mess Special. Just in case you can’t wait til January.

Coming January 15, 2013. Moss Cole is a private detective, the kind you thought only existed in old movies and afternoon reruns. He’s smart, talented, sometimes even charming. You’d think he could find a better gig than carrying on his grandfather’s legacy as a ‘Private Dick.’ Cole is out of money, out of ideas, and out of his league. That’s why he’s stuck looking for a stolen Sinatra record… a record that may be just a figment of an old man’s imagination. Of course, if that were true, Moss wouldn’t have so many people busting down his door.
A vivacious redhead, a foul-mouthed Irish rock star, and a whip-smart little girl only complicate the job, when all Cole wants is a good cup of coffee and some Hot Sinatra.

If only he can stay alive—and in one piece—long enough to find it.

Advance Praise for “Hot Sinatra”

“Axel Howerton is one of the best new crime fiction writers out there—hell, one of the best writers, period. Do yourself a favor and settle into Axel’s groove.” – Scott S. Phillips, Author of Squirrel Eyes and Tales of Misery & Imagination, and Writer/Director of Stink of Flesh and Gimme Skelter

“Moss Cole sizzles hotter than bacon.” – Red Tash, Author of Troll, Or Derby and This Brilliant Darkness

• Publisher: Evolved Publishing (January 15, 2013)
• Language: English

• ISBN-10 (E-book): 1622535006
• ISBN-13 (E-book): 9781622535002

• ISBN-10 (Paperback): 1622535014
• ISBN-13 (Paperback): 9781622535019

• ISBN-10 (Hardcover): 1622535022
• ISBN-13 (Hardcover): 9781622535026

STAY TUNED FOR LINKS AND REVIEWS APPROACHING THE JANUARY, 2013 RELEASE DATE!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! And a most joyful #CoffinHop to you all!

First things first… I will announce the winner of Mondays comic-book creeper pack contest… tomorrow…

I will also announce the winner of the Super Secret Mega Awesome Monster pack (and it’s contents)… tomorrow. All I’m gonna say is that it will go to one random commenter who has also liked my FB page. So get commenting/liking. Also, I’ll award TWO more prizes of the DEATH BY DRIVE-IN Collectors EP!

Because today is for the childrens. The childrens in all of us. Go check out the special All Hallows Eve content around the #CoffinHop, including devilish ol’ ME, rambling on R.L. Treadway‘s site, and waxing maniacal about MMA mutants and The Cleve’ on Bloody Bookish!

Then enjoy this years Ariescope Halloween short, which has become a tradition here on AxelHowerton.com. I should warn you, these are not for the squeamish, nor the easily offended.

And while you’re at it, check out our favorite video of all fackin’ time, kid. All youse gotta do is watch that shit.

Fackin’.

Okay, okay. I know I said Friday for the last contest, but new shit has come to light, man.

First, I’m running the #CoffinHop , man. I gotta keep an eye on everybody else.

Then, I had a good time rambling on for R.L. Treadway about “Why Horror Isn’t Scary Anymore” which you can check out on her site tomorrow.

THEN… best part of the story… dream come true… I got an email from The Dudley Lama himself, asking if I could whip something up for possible inclusion in the upcoming LEBOWSKI 101 book, kind of a treatise on all things Lebowski. Being a devout Brother Shamus, as well as a long-standing member (and licensed priest) of the Church of the Latter Day Dude, I was left about as brainlessly overwhelmed as if I’d just downed a half dozen Caucasians. (Check out the pic there of me and The Miz and #1 son for Halloween 2008. I’m the Dude in the Dudely raiment.) Suffice it to say, I am now hard-at-work trying to research my article on the ties between Detective Fiction through the ages, and His Dudeness, Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski. Praise Be to CCR.

In any case here are the winners of the first contest, as drawn by #2 son as he sang the “Daddy Ate My French Fries” tune from Adventure Time, in his skivvies, with a mouthful of pumpkin-cinnamon cookies:
KYM AMARAL & HEATHER POWERS

Congratulations, kids. You have each won an e-book copy of the COFFIN HOP: DEATH BY DRIVE-IN Collectors EP. I’ll be contacting you bb email to find out what file type you’d dig.

Now for today’s contest. It’s COMIC BOOK DAY!!! and I’ve got a pantload of awesome books for the winner. One copy each of Nicolas Caesar‘s FILTHY CAKE and THE PIT AND THE COMPENDIUM, one copy of ROBOT LINCOLN & ZOMBIE JACKSON, one RL&ZJ poster, and a handful of other titles TBD. I will also include a chapbook copy of my mini-anthology LIVING DEAD AT ZIGFREIDT & ROY.  All you have to do is LIKE my FB page, just over there to the right… Then comment and tell me you clicked it. Here’s a comic Red Tash made for me the other day.

 And here’s why:

Now get to Hoppin’!