Now, then, when I've offered these books to publishers, there has been a little problem that gets in the way. The 'Matt Hilton" brand is infinitely connected to Joe Hunter, and there is no desire to cause confusion either for the buyers or readers of Joe Hunter's adventures, so my publishers have politely declined to bring out the stand alone books, though I've received their blessing to bring them out elsewhere.
So here's what I'm doing instead:
I'm going to bring out my books as eBook originals, through my own self-publishing efforts called SEMPRE VIGILE PRESS. If demand is large enough I may look into the possibility of bringing out hardcopy editions - unless some nice horror publisher is reading this and makes me an offer.
A few weeks ago I published a young adult horror novella under the pen name J A Norton called 'Deliver us from Evil', primarily as an exercise into the hows, why, and wherefores of self publishing an eBook, while also working to get ready my first full length adult novel.
My first stand alone horror/thriller is called DOMINION, and it is now available through Smashwords.com to the US market, as well as all Amazon platforms.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B006GT3NPI
Spec-Ops
soldier, First Sergeant Ellis Kirby leads a JSOC unit into the Tora Ghar cave
system in Afghanistan in search of WMDs, but finds something much worse.
Infected by an ancient power summoned by an evil cleric Kirby and his
companions are whisked back to secret military laboratories in the US. The
plague of creatures - known as rakes - that is subsequently unleashed threatens
to wipe out the entire population of the United States and perhaps the world.
Kirby
wakens in his room to discover that everyone in the lab has been slaughtered,
and the monstrous flesh-eating creatures are loose and rampaging throughout the
land, killing and propagating their species with abandon.
Through
a country rapidly overwhelmed by the ravenous creatures, Kirby aims to return
home to his parents’ farm in Iowa, but on his return – following a perilous
cross country journey through rake-infested lands - he discovers that they are
dead, so chooses instead to take the fight back to the monsters and their
master.
Across
the same devastated landscape travel Bree and Jill Adams, sisters at odds, who
must face their past to survive the future, and three misfits collectively
known as the Ruby gang. Each must endure their travails before all of them are
thrown together, and then with Kirby, in a race to the eastern seaboard where
the final conflict between man and beast is destined to play out in a battle
encompassing modern warfare and ancient magic.
The
book isn’t a techno-thriller; it focuses on the human stories, and the terror
of the plague seen through the eyes of the central characters, and is one of
fear, horror, hatred and violence, but also of adventure, humour, courage, loyalty
and hope. It runs at over 175 K words, so is quite a hefty read.
One industry insider has described DOMINION as being like "28 Days later" meets "Aliens", an accolade I'll gladly take.
Hope you enjoy my first venture into self-publishing.
7 comments:
I've blogged it, and i hope that it nets you at least a few sales as it looks like a corking read! Hopefully someone will take pity on me and buy me a kindle for Christmas, then i'll snap it up as my first buy...
I meant that i hope my blog nets you at least a few sales, not the book itself. I have no doubt that it'll be a hit!
Cheers paul. yeah, i got your meaning, bud. Many thanks for spreading the word. All the sales it can garner will help.
It's about time these other ventures of yours got the chance to be enjoyed!! Good luck with it.
Many thanks, Lee.
Also watch out for 'Darkest Hour' coming soon. Ludis Kristaps agogo.
I love the sound of this book Matt. Due to the size I think I may treat myself later on and read it as my Christmas book over the holiday.
Good luck with it and the other stand alone novels you have planned.
Tony.
My thanks, Anthony. Hope you enjoy Dominion and it keeps you entertained.
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