Archive for the ‘thriller’ Category

Special $3.99 price for new Crossroad Press Kindle edition of my crime thriller novel WHITE KNUCKLE on Amazon for a limited time.

Friday, February 3rd, 2017

“Rookie FBI Special Agent Sharon Ormsby works as an analyst for the Bureau when she discovers evidence of a prolific interstate truck driver serial killer who has been on the road for forty years and killed over five hundred victims. His CB handle is White Knuckle and he is Jack The Ripper on eighteen wheels. Sharon is assigned to go undercover as a truck driver trainee with a helpful long hauler named Rudy to hunt White Knuckle down. With two million big rigs on the U.S. highway system, tracking down the killer is as impossible as finding a needle in a haystack. She wrestles with her own inexperience and doubts, under pressure to prove herself as an FBI agent. When the young agent gets on the serial killer’s trail, the chase escalates into a deadly game of cat and mouse in a cross-country pursuit that ultimately brings SA Sharon Ormsby face-to-face with White Knuckle in a pedal-to-the-metal, high-octane climax on a highway to Hell.”

From the publisher’s book description.

Available on Amazon at http://amzn.to/2jBV1bv

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THE WOLVES OF EL DIABLO and THE GUNS OF SANTA SANGRE available for preorder in signed and lined hardcover editions.

Wednesday, February 1st, 2017

ANNOUNCING ERIC RED’S DARK FANTASY SERIES: THE MEN WHO WALK LIKE WOLVES

BIRMINGHAM, UK, JANUARY 31st, 2017 – Short, Scary Tales Publications (SST Publications) owner, Paul Fry is very pleased to announce the first two titles in Eric Red’s dark fantasy series, The Men Who Walk Like Wolves, are now available for preorder. THE GUNS OF SANTA SANGRE and THE WOLVES OF EL DIABLO are available to order in a signed & lined trade hardcover edition, and in trade paperback edition direct from the publisher:

https://www.sstpublications.co.uk/The-Guns-of-Santa-Sangre.php

https://www.sstpublications.co.uk/The-Wolves-of-El-Diablo.php

Both titles will also be available in all eBook formats.

SST Publisher Paul Fry says: “I’m very happy to be publishing Eric Red’s dark fantasy series, as I’m a huge fan of werewolf novels, and weird western tales. And I’m really pleased to be publishing two brand new novels in the series, and re-releasing the very first book that started it all (THE GUNS OF SANTA SANGRE) in hardcover for the very first time. This series will appeal to a multitude of fans and is a lot of fun!”

About the Author: “Eric Red is a Los Angeles based novelist, screenwriter, and film director. His first two novels, a dark coming-of-age tale about teenagers called DON’T STAND SO CLOSE and a dark fantasy called THE GUNS OF SANTA SANGRE are available from SST Publications. His other two novels, a science fiction thriller called IT WAITS BELOW, and a mystery crime thriller called WHITE KNUCKLE, are available from Crossroad Press. His fifth novel THE WOLVES OF EL DIABLO, the sequel to THE GUNS OF SANTA SANGRE, will be published in hardcover, trade paperback and digital editions by SST Publications in August 2017. Mr. Red directed and wrote the films COHEN AND TATE for Hemdale, BODY PARTS for Paramount, UNDERTOW for Showtime, BAD MOON for Warner Bros. and 100 FEET for Grand Illusions Entertainment. His original screenplays include THE HITCHER for Tri Star, NEAR DARK for DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group, BLUE STEEL for MGM and THE LAST OUTLAW for HBO. His recent published horror and suspense short stories have been in CEMETERY DANCE magazine, WEIRD TALES magazine, SHROUD magazine, DARK DELICACIES III: HAUNTED ANTHOLOGY, DARK DISCOVERIES magazine, Mulholland Books’ Popcorn Fiction, among others. He created and wrote the sci-fi/horror comic series and graphic novel CONTAINMENT from SST Publications and the horror western comic series WILD WORK for Antarctic Press. Visit his website at www.ericred.com.”

About the Publisher: “SST Publications is an independent publisher of all things dark. They have published several books; the first title, COLD STORAGE includes an introduction by legendary author Graham Masterton. Their most recent books include the erotic horror anthology PEEP SHOW, VOLUME 2 and the debut dark, thriller novel DON’T STAND SO CLOSE by screenwriter/director Eric Red. They also published the classic erotic horror magazine PEEP SHOW, and have recently launched a new horror fiction & dark art magazine BEWARE THE DARK, which is a unique size (7.44 x 9.69 in), full-color, high-quality produced mag of between 100-130 pages bringing you the best dark and disturbing fiction and artwork. SST has also launched a new Art Book Series and will publish some of the best artists in the genre. The first title VEINS AND SKULLS is by award-winning professional illustrator Daniele Serra. SST owner Paul Fry has recently acquired the exclusive comic/graphic novel rights to Joe R. Lansdale’s entire ‘Hap and Leonard’ series of dark crime books, Richard Laymon’s classic horror novel THE CELLAR, and has signed a three-book deal with Cemetery Dance Publications owner Richard Chizmar, and a five-book deal multi-award winning author Ed Gorman. Paul has also recently signed a three-book deal with legend Clive Barker. SST publishes their titles in multiple formats which are distributed worldwide by Ingram, the world’s largest book distributor.”

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SST Publications

15 North Roundhay

Birmingham

B33 9PE
UK

Final cover art unveiled for my novels THE GUNS OF SANTA SANGRE and the sequel THE WOLVES OF EL DIABLO.

Friday, January 27th, 2017

Coming soon in hardcover, paperback and digital editions from publisher SST Publications.  The artwork is by John Gallagher.  The novels are the first and second books in my dark fantasy werewolf western trilogy.

“In THE GUNS OF SANTA SANGRE, three 1800s gunfighters battled a ferocious pack of werewolves in Old Mexico. In the sequel THE WOLVES OF EL DIABLO, the three outlaws rob a Federale steam train in the badlands of El Diablo transporting a fortune in silver bars, but when a savage werewoman hungry for revenge on the men who killed her brother leads her bloodthirsty gang of wolfmen in an attack on the train, the outlaws find themselves trapped on a highballing railroad in the middle of the desert fighting fifty werewolves. This time it’s bigger action, more lycanthropes, more silver bullets, and much more Werewolf Western thrills!”

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Special $3.99 Kindle price on new Crossroad Press edition of my science fiction novel, IT WAITS BELOW!

Tuesday, January 24th, 2017

“It waits no more! In the 1800s, an asteroid carrying an extraterrestrial life form crashed to earth and sunk a Spanish treasure ship. Now, a trio of salvage experts dives a three-man sub to the deepest part of the ocean to recover the sunken gold. There, they confront a nightmarish alien organism beyond comprehension, which has waited for over a century to get to the surface. It finally has its chance. As their support ship on the surface is ambushed by deadly modern-day pirates, the crew of the stranded sub battles for their very lives against a monster no one on Earth has seen before.”

Order IT WAITS BELOW on Amazon at: http://amzn.to/2ketOZf

Excellent new review of my novel WHITE KNUCKLE by John Harrison.

Friday, December 9th, 2016

“I ordered a copy of Eric Red’s White Knuckle from Amazon after reading a few rave notices from people whose opinions I usually respect and find reliable, and after diving just a few pages into the book I had become seduced and lost within its pages. White Knuckle is a gripping thriller about a prolific, truck driving serial killer who has spent over forty years criss-crossing the United States, abducting his victims and keeping them bound, helpless and terrified within a secret steel chamber installed underneath his big rig. A young, novice female FBI agent teams up with a seasoned, ex-con trucker to cruise the interstates in the hope of finding the maniac who has been leaving bodies all across the country. It quickly turns into a personal game of cat and mouse for both agent and killer, with each of them seemingly gaining the upper hand in turn, until the story reaches its frenzied climax.
Fast-paced, violent and gruesome, but with a true sense of character and a remarkable detail for life on the open road, White Knuckle is a cracking good read, with a few moments of genuine tension that help the book live up to its title (White Knuckle is the CB handle for the killer). The book has a real cinematic feel to it, not surprising as author Red has penned a number of excellent screenplays over the years, including The Hitcher (1986), Near Dark (1987), Blue Steel (1990) and Body Parts (1991, which he also directed).
I had a few minor quibbles with the story, mostly some moments of convenience and the odd detour into territory that seemed a bit far-fetched and over-the-top compared to what the bulk of the book delivers, but they did nothing to diminish my enjoyment of White Knuckle. Highly recommended if you feel like reading a gritty, pulpy thriller that contains elements of movies like Duel (1971), Breakdown (1997), Silence of the Lambs (1991) andThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), yet combines them into something wholly of its own. I’ll definitely be checking out more of Eric Red’s horror fiction in the near future.” –John Harrison.
Read the full review at: http://bit.ly/2gijj3J

My new novel THE WOLVES OF EL DIABLO is coming soon.

Monday, December 5th, 2016

The werewolf western sequel to THE GUNS OF SANTA SANGRE will be published this spring in hardcover, trade paperback and digital editions by SST Publications.  Here’s a preview of the wraparound cover art.

My novels WHITE KNUCKLE and IT WAITS BELOW have a new home and publisher with Crossroad Press in January 2017.

Tuesday, September 13th, 2016

Both books will be released in brand new editions.

Striking artwork by Bryan Yentz inspired by my upcoming novel, THE WOLVES OF EL DIABLO.

Tuesday, August 16th, 2016

The werewolf western sequel to THE GUNS OF SANTA SANGRE is coming soon in hardcover, paperback and digital editions from SST Publications and editor Paul Fry.

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Terrific review of my road thriller novel, WHITE KNUCKLE, from Shock ‘Till You Drop.

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

“It’s a blistering, breathless page turner, hard-boiled, brutally violent and yet totally character driven. A mean, smart and often harrowing gasoline-soaked work…We cannot recommend this one enough and we’re very pleased to be living in a world where Red continues to spin his (Jack the) ripping yarns.” – Chris Alexander.

Read the full review at : http://bit.ly/2aeM8yT

WHITE KNUCKLE is available in trade paperback and digital editions in bookstores, from Samhain Publishing, or on Amazon at http://amzn.to/1STW9jo

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Enter to win an autographed BAD MOON Blu Ray from Shout Factory in exclusive contest on Arrow In The Head at JoBlo.com.

Monday, July 18th, 2016

“ERIC RED’s werewolf classic BAD MOON finally gets the respect it deserves by way of SCREAM FACTORY’s quality laced and packed Blu-Ray (released on July 19 with a director’s cut of the film, a slick Making Of doco, the AITH commentary we had done years ago and more!) and we’re giving away 3 autographed copies (by writer/director Eric Red)!”

To read the rest of the article and enter the contest, go to AITH at JoBlo.com: http://bit.ly/2ao3eIz