The Brazilian cover of Happy Hour of the Damned!!!

Now, the image is familiar to anyone that follows me, and that’s how it ended up on my Brazilian editor’s radar. I was really excited last year when she asked about it, interested in incorporating it into the cover. And now here it is.

I’m not going to lie. While I love this cover with the heat of a thousand suns, it saddens me to think that had the covers of the American books been as true to the nature of Amanda’s story, we might be discussing the fourth book today. Ah well. Things change and luckily, I’ve learned to be flexible, as this little video suggests…

Then!!!

The very next night from 6 – 9 PM at the Art Salon (2219 E. 21st Avenue, Denver) I’m taking part in this…

February 12th from 6-9pm

SCORNED LOVERS: Tarot Cards, Love Potions, and Voodoo Dolls.

The Art Salon is proud to present a fun filled evening of vibrant art dealing with love, loss, and what we do when we are in the midst of these things. Our salon will be home to a 9 foot tall voodoo doll that you can pin your own spell to, as well as an erotic reading from Mark Henry published author of the Amanda Feral zombie novels. While our theme is a bit salty, the mood at the salon is always upbeat and sweet. So grab a friend, a loved-one and an art lover and join us for some art, culture, and fun. See You There.

What you’ll get:

• Skinheads getting massacred.

• Filthy RV sex.

• Inappropriate VC Andrews jokes

• Homeless guys eating fishhooks

• Bizarre religious cults

• Mysterious dildos

* Vampires trapped in toilets

• Zombie bitches talkin’ shit!

Just sayin’.

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Contains the following dark SF stories published in Apex Magazine from July 1, 2009 through June 30th, 2010:

“She Called Me Sweetie”–Glenn Lewis Gillette
“…That Has Such People in It”–Jennifer Pelland
“Pimp My Airshiip”–Maurice Broaddus
“Kenny 149″–Brad Becraft
“Advertising at the End of the World”–Keffy R.M. Kehrli
“Fungal Gardens”–Ekaterina Sedia
“Ghost Technology from the Sun”–Paul Jessup
“A Poor Man’s Roses”–Alethea Kontis
“To Dream of Stars: An Astronomer’s Lament”–Peter M. Ball
“Benjamin Schneider’s Little Greys”–Nir Yaniv
“After the Fire”–Aliette de Bodard
“Overclocking”–James L. Sutter
“59 Beads”–Rochita Loenen-Ruiz
“Wondrous Days”–Genevieve Valentine
“White Christmas”–James F. Reilly
“The Lady or the Tiger”–J.M. McDermott
“p.a. chic”–Tobias Amadon Bengelsdorf
“Beyond the Garden Close”–Mary Robinette Kowal
“The Bride Replete”–Mary Robinette Kowal
“Dying with Her Cheer Pants On”–Seanan McGuire
“Seafoam”–Mark Henry
“The Last Stand of the Ant Maker”–Paul Jessup
“City of Refuge”–Jerry L. Gordon
“Sol Asleep”–Naomi Labicki
“Laika’s Dream”–Holly Hight
“Artifact”–Peter Atwood
“Schrodinger’s Pussy”–Terra Lemay

About the Editor:

Jason Sizemore is the owner and operator of Apex Publications. He also writes and edits, earning a Bram Stoker Award nomination for his first book, Aegri Somnia. He’s seen over thirty short stories published and four anthologies. He maintains a website at www.jason-sizemore.com.

Buy it here…
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And what, you ask, will this deal entail? Why AMANDA FERAL chewing up some pages, motherfuckers! ROAD TRIP OF THE LIVING DEAD is going to be the framework for a comic book series, culminating in a graphic novel bind-up. No other news just yet, other than I’ve agreed to script and we’ll be looking for artists soon (I hope). I couldn’t be more excited and the timing is great as the mass-market paperback of Road Trip is about to hit the shelves.

I’m equally excited for the possibility of people giving Road Trip a chance, it’s my favorite of the three books and by far the least known. They tweaked the cover a bit and the high gloss they put on it really makes it awesome!

Here’s a couple of places you can preorder the mmpb…

Barnes and Noble
Amazon

This has been a long time coming and I can’t wait to get back into Amanda’s head for some extra stuff not found in the book. I hope these guys know what they’ve gotten themselves into. I don’t think I can tame the filth. IT CAN’T BE TAMED!!!

And in the meantime, be sure to download STOCKING FULL OF COAL, an erotic short story written by none other than Amanda Feral, herself. Don’t be shy, it doesn’t bite…it punches!

Haven’t updated in a while and couldn’t think of a better reason to get back to it than to wish everyone that celebrates it a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

While I’ve been quiet, I’ve been working on tons of stuff for y’all. One such “stuff” is my first erotic short story under my “Amanda Feral” pseudonym (or is it the other way around?). It’s called Stocking Full of Coal and it’s available for download on all platforms from Ellora’s Cave. If you love Amanda’s voice you’ll dig this short about bruisesluts, acceptance, hot sex and Christmas. No seriously. It’s a Christmas tale.

I had hoped to announce another awesome tidbit about Amanda this year, but it doesn’t look like I’ll have the okay. I can say that I’ve signed a contract to do something very different with Amanda (Yes, even more different than the dirty prons). My young adult book is almost ready. Jim, my agent, has been putting me through my paces on the revision front, so Velveteen is becoming a much better book than I’d ever imagined it could be. Cross your fingers for a quick sale in the new year!

As always, follow me on twitter for daily stuff and updates and crap!

Huge congratulations go out to my friends who were also nominated, including Michele Bardsley, Dakota Cassidy, Carolyn Crane, Lauren Dane, Molly Harper, Megan Hart and Jeanne Stein!

Sunday I took the Doctor on a tour of infamous Tacoma landmarks including the Bull’s Eye gun shop home of the weaponry used in the DC Sniper attacks, our lovely Hilltop area and Bob’s Java Jive, a huge coffee pot which is actually a bar. We used to hang out there on Friday nights to watch the owner’s “presumably autistic” son play piano. Or maybe I’m just remembering it all through Pabst Blue Ribbon brain.

On Tuesday, we did Marination Mobile, which is the most amazing food truck in the country (Hawaiian/Korean/Mexican fusion). Spam sliders and spicy pork tacos were consumed with finger sucking abandon. Then it was off for some knuckle riding!

On the Fremont Troll! That’s Nicole’s friend Dr. Ruth up on the troll’s shoulder and yes, that’s a fullsize Volkswagen bug in the hand not wearing Nicole’s poon as a bandaid.  Did the usual shopping and slurping down ice cream and hanging at Kat Richardson’s boat (also prowling of yachts might have happened, I’m not saying it did, I’m just making conversation). Then we met up with Richelle Mead for Happy Hour and nachos and such before Kat’s reading (in support of her new release, Labyrinth–go pick it up), which was awesome. We afterpartied at a little bar down the street and had this huge room to ourselves. The foulness that was discussed would burn holes in people’s brains, but that’s pretty par for the course.

The next day, Nicole and I did our author event. There we are now, cracking ourselves up. And before you start, yes, we realize we’re completely juvenile peeing ourselves over dirty words and stuff. But if that’s wrong, we don’t wanna be right!

After the reading, we went to this place called Pies and Pints. I had neither, though our friend (and internet stalwart) Synde had the most amazing mac ‘n cheese EVAH with so much bacon you could smell the pigginess!

Good times.

But afterward, it was back to work on my adult proposal which is coming together finally. I’m finally pulling the outline together which is helping in finishing the sample chapters. But the stress is still there and I’m at that point in the author life-cycle where I’m nearly back to aspiring. But them’s the ropes. Wish me quick sales or a back alley Doc who won’t mind prescribing me some Valium.

That big news I mentioned a while back is still in a holding pattern until we get a contract in our hands and by our I mean my agent’s so, I probably jumped the gun in mentioning it and drawing out the mystery, ugh. Suffice it to say, it’s something I’m totally excited about still. Among other things. More about all that later.

Well, I think that’s it for an update on my side. What’s up with all of you?

Bet there: 7:00 at University Bookstore!

I’ve been told there’ll be drankin’ and chattering and such, so can’t wait.

Then on Wednesday, August 4th!!!!

Nicole and I will be plopping our filthy asses down at Third Place for Books in Ravenna to read smut, talk shit and sign stuff. 7:00 sharp. Be there!

1. Nick Kroll is freakin’ hilarious. From Fabrice Fabrice to the Ed Hardy Boyz, you gotta check him out. Here’s some stand up that made me cry like a funeral home full of grass pollen.

2. Antoine!

I’m pretty sure this one is self-explanatory. Antoine needs to replace Katie Couric as a National News Anchor.

Thoughts?