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December 21, 2020 · 10:10 pm

X-mas Wrap-up and Huge Giveaway

Happy Holidays!

The best part of 2020 is almost here – the end!

Speaking of gifts, here are two custom ornaments that Samantha Nielsen (aka Samsospooky) made patterned after my holiday books. They will haunt my tree for years to come.

My collection WE BLEED RED & GREEN is still free until Christmas Eve, don’t forget to grab a copy!

Reviews continue to roll in as the Christmas Spirit draws nigh. I especially enjoyed this article at HorrorFuel.com.

PODCASTS

Every year we put out our Christmas Specials, and even though they were virtual this year it was a great boost to my holiday spirits.

Part One of The Six Demon Bag 2020 Christmas Special is up (Part Two drops next week), and we’ve also posted a winter themed episode of Put Up Your Spooks. Click on the pictures to listen!

CHRISTMAS MAGIC

My family checked out the Holiday Road immersive drive-thru light show in Calabasas.

Fun Fact #1: Calabasas, site of the ‘Biggest Loser Ranch’ near Malibu, Ca, was the original location of the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride. I was lucky enough to be there both years before they moved to Griffith Park.

Fun Fact #2: ‘Calabasas’ is from the Spanish calabaza for ‘pumpkin’. Legend has it that in 1824, a Basque rancher spilled a wagonload of pumpkins on the road en route to Los Angeles. The following spring, hundreds of pumpkins sprouted alongside the road. The area was named Las Calabasas—the place where the pumpkins fell.

The event was delightful, but I couldn’t help but compare it to the Halloween events from this year and long ago. What winter wonderland wouldn’t be improved with a horde of zombie elves?

We bailed halfway through Netflix’s Jingle Jangle but enjoyed Hulu’s Happiest Season, and have plowed through the holiday episodes of The Great British Bake Off. There is homemade cookie dough in the freezer that we are saving for Christmas Eve.

Speaking of homemade, I ran a special homebrew one-shot RPG for my friends full of zombies, chest-bursting elves, Christmas themed puzzles and a Big Bad from a very obscure holiday horror movie (1983’s Blood Beat).

GIVEAWAYS, RAFFLES, & DEALS

The Holiday Horror Group Promotion is still going on until 12/24 and KJ’s Book Chat still has deals for fans of Urban Fantasy.

If you really want to fill the rest of your year with excitement check out the massive giveaway for The Superhero Mega Anthology.

You can join the email list for 500+ pages of superhero comics and prose, $600+ of art, posters, clothes and tons of free books.

My first superhero short story, From the Barrel of A Gun, is included. I’m also raffling off a signed copy of my follow-up superhero novel CRITERION.

Click here to enter the Rafflecopter giveaway

Now that you have enough free stuff to tide you over well into 2021 I’m going to sign off. I wish you and your loved ones a safe and happy holiday and a happy New Year!

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January 23, 2019 · 8:11 pm

Serpent’s Sacrifice

Superheroes? Check.

Kick ass women? Check.

First of a trilogy? Check.

99 cents? Only until January 31st.

Check out Trish Heinrich’s new novel Serpent’s Sacrifice, on sale now!

When a brilliant psychopath terrorizes the innocent, an untried hero is their only hope.

Alice was never one to back down from a fight. So, when her beloved aunt is brutally murdered, she vows to bring the killer to justice.

Even if it means becoming the legendary vigilante, Serpent.

But being a hero is harder than it looks. And with one mistake, Alice unleashes a nightmare on the city.

Can Alice protect the innocent without losing everything? Or will the city fall, and she with it?

Serpent’s Sacrifice is the first book in a bold new superhero series. If you like brave heroines, chilling villains, and fast-paced action, then you’ll love Trish Heinrich’s thrilling tale!

Get your copy of Serpent’s Sacrifice today and suit up for the superhero adventure you’ve been looking for!

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September 17, 2012 · 7:26 pm

Comikaze 2012: Bouncy House of Terror

I had a great time at Comikaze this year.  This is only the second year for Los Angeles’ very own convention and it’s growing fast.  There were many more exhibitors and activities this year but still plenty of breathing and elbow room.  It feels good to know that my money is going to Stan Lee, too.

My friend and I took the L.A. public rail system to the convention center, which is always a treat in itself.  Between the Con and the train it feels like our city is finally catching up with some of the other great cities around the country.

I skipped the Zombie Maze at this year’s San Diego Comic Con because it was really pricey, and I was prepared to skip the new zombie experience at Comikaze for the same reason.  I found out that Activision had decided to sponsor the Comikaze Zombie maze and give everyone discounted tickets.  We got our tickets immediately and rushed inside.

We were interrogated by some small children wearing headsets about whether or not we had signed liability waivers.  That was a bit odd.  They were doing a fine job, but I do wish they had suggested I take off my backpack.  Before I knew it we were inside and sprinting, full tilt boogie, through the zombie maze.

I saw a large collection of inflatable castles and bouncy houses.  Bouncy Houses?  I was a bit crestfallen, hoping for something more challenging and scary.  I’m training for the RUN FOR YOUR LIVES 5K after all.

These were not your ordinary inflatable castles.

First, I was wearing a large backpack and had my pockets full of phone-keys-wallet-tickets-sunglasses etc.  This made crawling through, under, over, up and down a lot more difficult.  It also reminded me that in the upcoming zompocalypse we won’t have storage lockers handy when it’s time to lay tracks.

Second, there was smeared blood inside the bouncy castles.  I hope I never see that again.

Third, there were zombies chasing us through the bouncy castles and up and down the inflatable slides.

Fourth, running and jumping and diving across inflatable vinyl non-stop is like sprinting through deep sand.  It is really exhausting, and of course there are zombies waiting at the bottom of each slide.

My friend and I were both soaked in sweat at the end and will never look at bouncy castles the same way.  Maybe turning into a sweaty, blood smeared geek 20 minutes into the convention was not the best way to start the day, but I have no regrets.

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That herring may actually prove sufficient for the task.

We saw a lot of the usual Con fare, including some nice spacious areas for FX makeup, gaming tables and even an indoor Quidditch match.

Elvira’s ride

Plenty of trunk space

I would like to see more publishers, authors and editors there, and I expect I will in the years to come.  Thanks Stan!

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