Showing posts with label In the Woods. Show all posts
Showing posts with label In the Woods. Show all posts

Sunday, October 25, 2015

Trick-or-Treat! New Release!

Nothing says Halloween like my 5th Annual Haunted Open House! This year’s Book Party celebrates the release of my new installment in the “By Moonlight” shape-shifter series along with some awesome author guests (including Darynda Jones!), blog hop giveaways and great steals and deals!

First, the new release . . .



“Complex characters, vivid writing and intriguing plot twists keep readers coming back to Gideon’s magical NOLA.” —Publishers Weekly

He feared no man, no foe, no obstacle or challenge . . .

Burdened by the weight of his secrets and his father’s sins, the need for redemption pulls Cale Terriot from his duty to his clan and the arms of his new mate into deadly intrigues in a rival territory. His dangerous masquerade in a high-stakes Shifter fight club is about to be exposed to those who would show no mercy – if he can survive in the ring.

How to protect a prince turned king made pawn?

Fearing she’ll lose her soulmate to the darkness he carries inside, Kendra Terriot, newly made queen in the Shape-shifter House of Terriot, must provide him with an heir in order to save his life . . . and his soul. But first she must risk all to coax him back from the edge of violence inherited with his crown.

Can her love tear him from an unbreakable vow that can only end in death?

“Every delicious word Nancy Gideon puts on the page exhilarates with a sensuous ferocity. Hopelessly addicted.” —Darynda Jones, NY Times Bestselling Author

Cale Terriot is the ultimate mix of naughty and nice – just right for your Trick-or-Treat pleasure. Enjoy!!

Add to that, here’s another sweet treat . . .


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Last year’s spooktacular reads, REMEMBERED BY MOONLIGHT (the precursor to UNLEASHED BY SHADOWS) and Indie horror movie novelization IN THE WOODS are available this week at the scary-good price of $0.99! 


Visit my Haunted Open House to fill up your treat bags with more goodies – excerpts, free reads, book trailers and playlists, deleted scenes and other yummies for the tummies.

May all your frights be delightful!!
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Sunday, January 25, 2015

Doing the Monster Mash

by Nancy Gideon

My first brush with the paranormal was on late night Creature Feature when I’d sneak downstairs to be scared witless watching monster movies with my older sister. Dracula, Wolfman, The Blob, Frankenstein, Swamp Thing . . . I wouldn’t sleep a wink all night sure every creak and groan of our old house meant something was trying to get in.


It wasn’t until I was older that I understood that the allure of these creatures wasn't just the fright factor. I discovered a strange affinity, not for the crusading hero, but for the tragic monster. In these poor maligned beasts, I found an appealing humanity, the want to be loved, accepted, to belong. Sorta like the wounded heroes of the books I’d begun to read . . . only with a bit more bite. Isn't it the hint of danger and potential threat that makes the dark hero one of our favorites? Isn't it the nobility of the marauding monster that makes you feel sad when it's destroyed because its intention was misunderstood or because it was only defending its own right to survive?

I’ve taken up the cause of those powerful yet vulnerable beings in my vampire and shape-shifter series, to redeem the undesirable and frightening. But it wasn’t until I was offered the chance to write about truly monstrous monsters when approached by ambitious young director Lynn Drzick in the mid-‘90s to do a novelization based on his horror screenplay for a soon-to-be filmed horror Indie that I got back to the roots of my fascination.

IN THE WOODS is a monster story. It has real human heroes— firefighters who’d stumbled upon a terrible secret trying to protect those they love and police officers tracking down a vicious serial killer to save their community. But it also has the creature factor with not just one, but TWO unnatural beings tearing up the scenery, one with a mindless instinct and the other with intelligent purpose. Bring those four separate pieces together and . . . well, use your wildest imagination. I did. And it was gloriously gory fun!

IN THE WOODS just had its 15 Year Anniversary as a classic horror film and is about to be released on Blu-ray (with a commentary track I just recorded with the director and leading man DJ Perry! Squee! Movieaholic fangirling! More about that on my recent blog post . . .) and on Video On Demand, so what a perfect time to resurrect the novelization!

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Hundreds of years ago their battle began . . .

In an age of knights and sorcery, a good king must raise a monster to protect his people from the demon unleashed by a dark-hearted enemy determined to claim his kingdom. But once called forth upon blood-drenched fields, can such evil ever be truly laid to rest?

To a present day community held hostage by fear, a serial killer will soon be the least of its worries after two off-duty firefighters enter a forest and find a grave. What they dig up isn’t a victim or family pet. When they race from the woods, they bring a timeless hell with them . . .
Reviews:

"Horror and mystery combine to delight readers with a work reminiscent of early King." -- The Mystery Zone

"Horror at its finest and most eerie!" -- Midwest Book Review

"Horror fans be on the look-out for this terrifyingly delicious novel!" -- Vampyres

IN THE WOODS is currently available on Kindle, but will soon be released in other e-formats as well as paperback. Get in touch with your inner beast while waiting for Penny Dreadful to return to Showtime!

What monsters did you secretly cheer for when you were growing up? How about now?



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