Here it is, faithful readers, the cover artwork for my first anthology as editor, Vampires Don’t Sparkle!  Created by Matthew Perry, who has done the artwork for my last three novels (Poseidon’s Children, Cinema of Shadows, and Spook House), I think it captures the animalistic demon that is the true “vampyre.”

Here is another look at the amazing table of contents:

Edited by Michael West
Foreword by Michael West
“A New Life” by J. F. Gonzalez
“What Once was Flesh” by Tim Waggoner
“The Darkton Circus Mystery” by Elizabeth Massie
“Robot Vampire” by R. J. Sullivan
“Beneath a Templar Cross” by Gord Rollo
“The Weapon of Memory” by Kyle S. Johnson
“The Excavation” by Stephen Zimmer
“Skraeling” by Joel A. Sutherland
“Dreams of Winter” by Bob Freeman
“Dracula’s Winkee: Bloodsucker Blues” by Gregory L. Hall
“I F*** Your Sunshine” by Lucy A. Snyder
“A Soldier’s Story” by Maurice Broaddus
“Rattenkönig” by Douglas F. Warrick
“Vampire Nation” by Jerry Gordon
“Curtain Call” by Gary A. Braunbeck

A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to cancer research institutions to fight the real horrors of Cancer.

Pre-order your copy of Vampires Don’t Sparkle! today!

Seventh Star Press is proud to unveil the brand new cover art by Matthew
Perry created for Michael West’s Cinema of Shadows, which will make
Harmony, Indiana a household name with horror readers everywhere.

A pre-ordering window is now open for readers interested in a limited
edition hardcover of Cinema of Shadows, which features a Matthew Perry
illustration not included in the regular editon.  Only 75 numbered copies
of the limited edition will be issued, at a price of just $34.95.

There is also a special pre-order offer for the regular trade paperback
edition.  Both of the pre-order offers include an array of Cinema of
Shadows collectibles, including a beautiful 14X20 poster of one of the
interior illustrations (also by Matthew Perry), a set of 5X7 glossy art
cards, bookmarks, a pair of buttons, and a magnet.  Copies can be
pre-ordered in the online store at www.seventhstarpress.com and will be
shipped August 1st, to ensure arrival before the book’s August 7th street
date.

Cinema of Shadows welcomes you to the Woodfield Movie Palace. 
 
The night the Titanic sank, it opened for business…and its builder died
in his chair.   In the 1950s, there was a  fire; a balcony full of people
burned to death.  And years later, when it became the scene of one of
Harmony, Indiana’s most notorious murders, it closed for good. 
Abandoned, sealed, locked up tight…until now.
 
Tonight, Professor Geoffrey Burke and his Parapsychology students have
come to the Woodfield in search of evidence, hoping to find irrefutable
proof of a haunting.  Instead, they will discover that, in this theater,
the terrors are not confined to the screen. 

Cinema of Shadows will ultimately be available in trade paperback,
hardcover, and a variety of eBook editions.

Spook House, the next Harmony, Indiana novel from Michael West, is slated
for 2012 release, with another title coming in 2013.
 
Updates and additional information can be obtained at the official site
for Seventh Star Press, at www.seventhstarpress.com , or at the author’s
site at bymichaelwest.com

Hello faithful readers!   Fellow author and artist Bob Freeman, who created the amazing cover art for my short story collection, Skull Full of Kisses, has done it again!  Behold the artwork for my first novel, The Wide Game: 

Full Cover Wrap Below:

(Click on artwork to see full size!)

The Wide Game will be released by Gravside Tales Books on February 15th, 2011!