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Police Service of Northern Ireland faces demonic threat — in new supernatural thriller

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Tim C. Taylor

It’s here! Published today is our page-turning supernatural thriller, Bridge of Blood, by Philip McCormac.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland detectives face an onslaught of problems: gangsters, paramilitaries, corrupt Catholic priests, and mistrust. But there are allies and heroes too — after a fashion — such as Father Shane Hickey, sent back from Colombia in disgrace, but an expert in exorcism. His skills are sorely needed because lurking behind the evil, exploiting human frailties, is the demon imprisoned since the Portadown Massacre of 1641: Laldaboth.

Out now in paperback from amazon.com ($12) & amazon.co.uk (£8). Kindle edition from amazon.com | amazon.co.uk at special launch price of $2.99/ £1.99. ePUB edition to follow Spring 2013.

See the Bridge of Blood webpage for more information and updates.

Posted in Book launch | Tagged demons, detective fiction, exorcism, horror, Laldaboth, northern ireland, paranormal thriller, portadown massacre, PSNI, supernatural thriller | 1 Comment

A controversial novelette about climate change from Greyhart author Andy West

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Tim C. Taylor

Greyhart author Andy West has recently posted a science fiction novelette to a the ‘Watts Up With That’ website. It claims to be the world’s most viewed site on global warming and climate change, and at 133 million hits on its stat counter, it might well be right.

Andy’s story is called ‘Truth’ and is available as a free downloadable PDF. You can see his post and his story here.

Just released! Andy has also co-written a techno-thriller trilogy filled with secret sects and events in the middle ages reaching the modern day. It’s called the Waters of Destiny, and is rather like Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code, except better written (IMHO). Best of all, the first book is free from the trilogy website http://www.watersofdestiny.com/books.html

Andy will be releasing his collection of philosophical science fiction stories through Greyhart Press early in the new year. Entitled Evolution: Engines of Life, it is something we haven’t done before: a themed collection of stories, the theme being evolution.

One busy guy!

Posted in Announcements | Tagged andy west, books about climate change, climate change, da vinci code, dan brown, techno thriller, waters of destiny, watts up with that | 1 Comment

Win a copy today of our supernatural thriller, Bridge of Blood, published tomorrow.

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Tim C. Taylor

Our supernatural thriller, set in Ireland, will be published tomorrow, but you can win a paperback copy today by following this link to the competition hosted on Goodreads.

One of the best books I’ve read in a very long time is “The Last Sunset”, by my brother Bob Atkinson. This is why…

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Thomas Rydder

One of the best books I’ve read in a very long time is “The Last Sunset”, by my brother Bob Atkinson. This is why….

via One of the best books I’ve read in a very long time is “The Last Sunset”, by my brother Bob Atkinson. This is why….

Posted in Thoughts | Tagged Bob Atkinson, cover art, debut novel, eBooks, fantasy, fort william, goodreads, historical romance, Kindle, Lochaber, SCottish Highlands, time-travel, YA fantasy | Leave a comment

A Christmas message from Crustias Scattermush

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Tim C. Taylor

Over on our sister website, ATaleForATale.com, there’s a Christmas message from Crustias Scattermush for young human readers. There’s some exciting news, and a homemade Christmas card. Whether that’s Crustias in the picture, I can’t say.

Crustias is the senior branch Repositarian of the Repository of Imagination, which is getting ready to open a branch on our world in 2013.

Alien Legends. Sphere image (c) DragonFly22

We’ve been hosting some information on one of the repository’s forthcoming release, Alien Legends, on our Greyhart site while Repositarian Scattermush is readying his operation.

(banner image (c) Bruce Rolff – Shutterstock)

Posted in Announcements | Tagged Alien Legends, Colin R Parsons, Gill Shutt, The Repository of Imagination, YA fantasy, YA science fiction | 1 Comment

Zombie novel sensation, Death Flu, sweeps America by storm…

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Tim C. Taylor

… well, okay, that’s pushing the truth a bit far, but congratulations all the same to debut Michigan novelist, Scott Brietzke, whose first Death Flu book is in the top#100 Amazon Kindle charts for his genre (or the closest, there isn’t a ‘zombie’ category on Amazon). Well done, sir!

If you want to try Death Flu for yourself, it’s 25% off until Christmas.

The news has been grim indeed today. It’s difficult to remind myself of the fun things in life when there’s tragedy in the news. So as a placeholder to remind myself of innocent pleasures, I’m ending this post with a link to an old item from the archives to enjoy when I’m ready. It’s about two of my favorite things: zombies and Lego.

Posted in Promotions | Tagged Lego, Michigan, Michigan novelist, zombie apocalypse, zombie bestseller, zombie novel, zombies | 4 Comments

Our occult thriller, set in Northern Ireland, to be published next week

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Tim C. Taylor

I’m delighted to announce that Bridge of Blood by Philip McCormac will be published next Tuesday, initially for paperback and Kindle eBook editions.

Old enmities run deep in the Northern Ireland setting of this page-turner that is part detective thriller and part occult horror. Old scores remain to be settled, and the oldest of all concerns the demon Laldaboth; after 350 years of imprisonment under the Bridge of Blood, he is eager for revenge!

Not a book for the easily offended…

Philip has a long history of writing Western thrillers and he has combined his formidable writing skills with his love of scary stories in this modern-day page turner.

Sadly, we have seen on the news these past couple of weeks how enmities do indeed still run deep in the violence over the Union Flag Dispute. Although Bridge of Blood does not shy away from the tensions between the Protestant and Catholic communities, the real division in the book is between humanity and the evil that is demonkind.

Win a copy!

Over at Goodreads there’s a copy of the paperback up for grabs — winner to be announced December 18th. The giveaway is live here and runs until Dec 18th.

Posted in Book launch | Tagged books about northern ireland, northern ireland, occult horror, Philip McCormac, supernatural thriller | 2 Comments

Post-apocalyptic and supernatural thrillers… spread the word!

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Tim C. Taylor

An ad campaign is running right now for some of our recent launches and I thought you might like to see some samples.

Meanwhile, Bob Atkinson has been touring the world of book blogs and has just been interviewed about his Romantic adventure, The Last Sunset, over at Kaisy Daisy’s Corner.

Last , but certainly not least, a big thank you to all our beta readers who have responded so far with comments on supernatural thriller set in Northern Ireland, Bridge of Blood by Philip McCormac. We’re putting finishing touches now to the final version for publication.

Much more on this soon…

Posted in Announcements | Tagged book offer, northern ireland thriller, scotland, Scottish literature, supernatural thriller, zombie, zombie apocalypse | 4 Comments

Think you know about the Scottish Highlands? Learn from someone who knows…

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Tim C. Taylor

Our time travel Romance set in the Scottish Highlands, The Last Sunset, continues to pick up great reviews. Readers love its powerful mix of action, humour, romance, and that ‘what if?’ question some great books leave in your mind after closing the back cover.

Author, Bob Atkinson, who lives in Lochaber where the novel is set, has been busy posting guest articles and being interviewed. Bob writes some of the best guest posts of any author in my opinion. Here’s a recent selection:

Bob writes a guest post on the turning point in history: Culloden