Jennifer at Book Den just posted a new interview with me on my two Seventh Star Singles, “Goodnight” and “For the River Is Wide and the Gods Are Hungry.”  We also talked about my upcoming novels, Poseidon’s Children, the first book in my epic, dark Urban Fantasy series, The Legacy of the Gods, and Spook House and Field of Screams, the next two Harmony, Indiana titles. 

Read the interview here!

Book Den is also giving away copies of all 8 Seventh Star Singles to three lucky people!  This contest will be open until January 31, 2012.  Good luck!

The Sci-Fi Guys have interviewed myself, Steven Shrewsbury, and Stephen Zimmer about our $0.99 short stories and other works available from Seventh Star Press.  They also rated my entries, giving “For the River Is Wide and the Gods Are Hungry” 4 out of 5 stars and  “Goodnight” a 5 out of 5! 

Read the interview here!

If you leave a comment at the end of the post with your name and e-mail, you’ll have a chance to win a copy of all 8 stories!  Good luck!

Michael West joins the Seventh Star Press  Seventh Star Singles line of $0.99 eBooks with “Goodnight,” the first short story in his Tales from Harmony collection for the Seventh Star Singles line.  Michael West’s Tales from Harmony collection features stories with ties to Harmony, Indiana, a location synonymous with horror and the site of many of his tales, including his novels The Wide Game  and Cinema of Shadows.

In this Tales from Harmony short story, a frightened child, in a rural Indiana farmhouse, attempts to fool the Angel of Death.

“Goodnight” was voted Best Horror Short Story of the Year in a 2005 P&E Readers Poll. First featured in the magazine Wicked Karnival #6, it was also included in Skull Full of Kisses, a single author collection from Michael West published by Graveside Tales. Now, it debuts Michael’s Tales from Harmony eBook short story collection.

Click here to download the story to your Kindle for just $0.99!

Click here to download the story to your Nook for just $0.99!

My new novel, Cinema of Shadows, is now available for Kindle and Nook e-readers, with other formats to follow.  All Seventh Star Press eBooks include the interior illustrations and everything else in the print versions.  Price is nice too,  just $2.99!

Just click on your reader of choice and download your copy now!

 
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Hello again, faithful readers!

Well, the old saying about time flying by when you’re having fun could not be more true.   These are truly exciting times at West Manor, full of new releases and more big announcements.  So without further ado, here’s a quick recap / status update…

The month began with the release of the book trailer for my debut novel, The Wide Game.  Produced by Darkrider Studios,  who also did the trailer for Skull Full of Kisses,  the clip perfectly captures the atmosphere and terror of the book.  I could not have been happier with it! 

I was then lucky enough to be Greg Hall’s guest on The Funky Werepig.  It was such a fun time!  We talked about the novel and I was able to hint for the first time at a big announcement.  (More on that in a minute.)

Then, on Tuesday, February 15th, The Wide Game was released by Graveside Tales Books.  As if that wasn’t wonderful enough, the Sci-Fi Guys gave the novel a glowing review.  You can now order the book here!

That same week, Dark Quest Books put the Fell Beasts anthology, featuring my short story “Sandwalkers,” up for presale.  I’m very proud of this story, and happy that my faithful readers can now order it here.

And then I got the word that another of my short stories, Blood and Silk, had been accepted for the upcoming The Beast Within 2 anthology, due out later this Summer from Graveside Tales Books!

And last, but certainly not least, I was only able to hint at it on The Funky Werepig, but late this month it was announced that I signed a three book deal with the good folks at Seventh Star Press!     The novels will all be set in the fictional town of Harmony, Indiana, and the first of them, Cinema of Shadows, will be released later this Summer.  The second novel, Spook House, will come out in 2012, and a third yet-to-be-titled book will be released in 2013. 

The novels will be available in hardcover, trade paperback, and E-book formats, and because they are all set in Harmony, Indiana, faithful readers can look for many of their favorite settings and characters from The Wide Game, and several stories in Skull Full of Kisses, to make an appearance. 

Look for more updates throughout the coming months.

And that’s about it.  February 2011 now slips into history.  But looking ahead to March, it is clear that there is much more excitement ahead! 

Stay tuned, faithful readers…

For Immediate Release
February 22, 2011

Seventh Star Press Proudly Announces the Addition of Award-Winning Author
Michael West in a Three Book Deal

Seventh Star Press is proud to announce the addition of award-winning
horror author Michael West to its family of writers, with the acquisition
of the novel Cinema of Shadows, and two more titles that will all have a
thematic connection with the town of Harmony, Indiana.

Building upon the recent additions of Jackie Gamber, with her YA Fantasy
Leland Dragon Series, and Steven Shrewsbury, with his dark-edged, heroic
fantasy novel Thrall, Michael West’s Cinema of Shadows continues to
demonstrate the range and quality of writing that is finding a home at
Seventh Star Press.

“Seventh Star Press clearly loves its authors and has great respect for
their work,” Michael said.  “Not to mention the fact that they put out
some of the most exciting and beautifully crafted books in the industry.
I am thrilled to be a part of the family, and hope readers will be equally
thrilled by what we have in store for them with these Harmony, Indiana
novels.”

Cinema of Shadows welcomes readers 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 the present day.

One momentous night, Professor Geoffrey Burke and his Parapsychology
students go to the Woodfield in search of evidence, hoping to find
irrefutable proof of a haunting.  Instead, they discover that, in this
theater, the terrors are not confined to the screen.

Michael West is a fast rising force in the horror world.  His work
includes novels such as The Wide Game (Graveside Tales), and a single
author collection, Skull Full of Kisses (Graveside Tales).  He also has an
array of short fiction published, spanning many magazines and anthologies,
including appearances in Shroud Magazine, and the Apex Science Fiction and
Horror Digest.

Amanda DeBord, who is also the editor of Stephen Zimmer’s epic urban
fantasy Rising Dawn Saga, will be handling editing duties on Cinema of
Shadows.

“I was so excited to learn that Michael was going to be a part of the
Seventh Star family,” Amanda commented.  “It’s been about five years since
I read my first Michael West story, but I haven’t forgotten the name.
He’s a fellow Midwestern writer, and really captures the atmosphere of
where I grew up.  This book was creepy from the get-go, and I think
everyone is going to love it.”

The first edition of the book will feature cover art and additional
illustrations from acclaimed fantasy/horror artist Matthew Perry.

The projected release date window for  Cinema of Shadows is late summer of
2011, with versions released in hardcover, trade paperback, and several
eBook formats, covering owners of the Kindle, the iPad, the Nook, Sony
eReaders, and other compatible electronic reading devices.

The second novel, Spook House, is being planned for a summer release in
2012, with a third novel to be released in 2013.  Both titles will involve
the town of Harmony, Indiana, as the location grows to become synonymous
with terror in the literary world.

Updates and additional information can be obtained at the official site
for Seventh Star Press, at http://www.seventhstarpress.com/, or at the author’s
site at www.bymichaelwest.com

My short story collection, Skull Full of Kisses, is now available as an Ebook via Smashwords.     For the low cost of $2.99,  you can download the complete work to your Kindle, Sony Reader, or computer and bring the nightmares with you whereever you may go!

If you don’t have an electronic reader, however, and you just love the feel of an actual book in your hands, fear not!  You can still find the traditional prin copy here for $12.95.