Hello! We're Michael McCarty and Mark McLaughlin, authors of the rollicking horror/adventure novel, MONSTER BEHIND THE WHEEL.
MONSTER BEHIND THE WHEEL will be published August 2008 by Corrosion Press, an imprint of Delirium Books, P.O. Box 338, North Webster, IN 46555, www.DeliriumBooks.com . The novel will be released in both hardcover and trade paperback editions, and pre-orders are available now.
Here's a little bit of the plot: As a child, young Texan Jeremy Carmichael fell from a Ferris wheel at a carnival. He landed on a beautiful young woman and his fall was broken. Unfortunately, so was the woman's spine.
Years later, Jeremy is injured in a car accident while delivering pizzas. The accident opens the gates between the worlds of the living and the dead, awakening a malevolent supernatural presence -- the spirit of a cruel man named Frank Edmonson. Frank had been the policeman who'd arrived at the scene of the carnival accident, years earlier. The woman who'd died had been Frank's lover.
Frank wants revenge on Jeremy and wishes to re-enter the world of the living by taking over the young man's body. Jeremy finds himself constantly visiting the realm of the dead in dreams and visions. But is that Frank's doing, or is there another reason...? In his dreams, Jeremy is repeatedly drawn to the River of Time, which flows through the land of the dead.
Frank Edmonson has a cunning masterplan which involves a sleek, deadly muscle-car called Monster. Frank uses the car to gain more and more of a foothold over Jeremy's life. But what Frank doesn't know is that Jeremy isn't your average pizza delivery boy....
What happens next? You'll have to read the book to find out more!
ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
MICHAEL McCARTY is the author of two books of interviews, GIANTS OF THE GENRE and MORE GIANTS OF THE GENRE, and a story collection, DARK DUETS. MORE GIANTS OF THE GENRE was on the final ballot for the Bram Stoker Award, Best Nonfiction Work in 2006. He lives in the Iowa/Illinois Quad-Cities with his girlfriend, Cindy. Visit his personal website at http://www.geocities.com/mccartyzone
Here's Mike, looking thoughtful! Mike contributed an article, "Why We Write Horror," to the new revised edition of ON WRITING HORROR: A HANDBOOK from Writer's Digest Books. Mike has lots of books coming out in 2008 (including his first novella, MONSTER HUNTER, and his first solo novel, LIQUID DIET) -- check the LATEST NEWS section below to find out more!
MARK McLAUGHLIN is the author of several story collections: MOTIVATIONAL SHRIEKER (Delirium Books), PICKMAN'S MOTEL (Delirium Books), SLIME AFTER SLIME (Delirium Books), AT THE FOOTHILLS OF FRENZY (written with Shane Ryan Staley and Brian Knight, Solitude Publications), and more. Mark is single and enjoys spending time with his friends.
Mark's notorious, outrageous, and salaciously provocative story collection SLIME AFTER SLIME was originally released as a limited-edition hardcover (now sold out), and is now available as a trade paperback -- check out
www.DeliriumBooks.com .
Also, check out the equally outrageous story collection, AT THE FOOTHILLS OF FRENZY & Other Freakish Forays from Solitude Publications,
www.SolitudePublications.com .
Mark has won the Bram Stoker Award for the poetry collection, THE GOSSAMER EYE (written with Rain Graves and David Niall Wilson). Find out more about Mark at http://www.geocities.com/mcmonstrous.
Together, Michael and Mark have written dozens of stories and articles, as well as MONSTER BEHIND THE WHEEL. Now they're working on another novel -- a futuristic adventure filled with demons and robots!
MARK McLAUGHLIN'S LATEST NEWS:
Mark is the author of a new limited-edition poetry chapbook called PHANTASMAPEDIA. Visit myspace.com/phantasmapedia to find out more about the 32 creatures who inhabit this strange little book. And while you're there, sign up to be a MySpace Friend of PHANTASMAPEDIA!
Mark's newest collection from Delirium Books is called PICKMAN'S MOTEL and it is now available. Just 300 copies of this collectible edition have been printed, so order now, before they're all snatched up and you're left in the cold, holding out your hands and crying, "Please sir, I want some more!" ... but alas, no more are forthcoming! Spare yourself that heart-wrenching disappointment and get yours today!
This hardcover chapbook features kinky horror stories of the eldritch variety. It's full of squamous and rugose creatures engaging in nasty fun -- because they have needs too, ya know. Find out more by visiting www.DeliriumBooks.com/pickman.shtml .
MICHAEL McCARTY'S LATEST NEWS:
COMING SOON: At the beginning of 2008 - GHOSTS OF ROUTE 66 by Michael McCarty and Connie Corcoran Wilson, 13 true ghost tales following Route 66 from Chicago to Oklahoma. Coming from Quixote Press!
Check out an interview with Michael on the Creature Feature Tomb Keeper website -- www.CountGore.com/vault.htm .
On that same website, you'll find reviews of DARK DUETS and MONSTER BEHIND THE WHEEL -- www.CountGore.com/tomb.htm .
2008 (and January 2009) will be an extraordinary year for Michael McCarty. Eight of his books will be released:
ALL THINGS DARK AND HIDEOUS
by Mark McLaughlin and Michael McCarty, coming Feb. 2008
A story collection with gruesome monsters a'plenty.
Rainfall Books
LITTLE CREATURES
by Michael McCarty, coming March 2008
A story collection that proves monsters don't have to be big to be scary.
Sam's Dot Publishing
GHOSTS OF ROUTE 66 (BOOK ONE)
by Michael McCarty and Connie Corcoran Wilson, coming March 2008
A collection of ghost tales from the open road.
Quixote Press
MODERN MYTHMAKERS
by Michael McCarty, coming March 2008
His third and greatest interview book.
McFarland & Company
MONSTER BEHIND THE WHEEL
by Michael McCarty and Mark McLaughlin, coming July 2008
The first novel for both of them! Demons, zombies and vengeance from beyond the grave.
Corrosion Press/Delirium Books
MONSTER HUNTER
by Michael McCarty, coming Sept./Oct. 2008
His first novella. A twisted tale of boy-meets-ghoul!
Skullvines Press
LIQUID DIET
by Michael McCarty, coming in late 2008
His first solo novel. The ultimate vampire satire.
Demonic Clown / Black Death Books
ATTACK OF THE TWO-HEADED POETRY MONSTER
by Michael McCarty and Mark McLaughlin, coming Jan. 2009
A poetry collection unlike any you've read before!
Skullvines Press
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