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BREAKING NEWS

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:32:00 +1200

Blake Crouch’s latest novel PINES will be published August 28th, still awhile away. But trust me - it will be worth the wait. PINES is a thriller with all the hallmarks a great Crouch novel normally offers, and then some. There is an added layer of mystery that kept me on the edge of my seat while reading, trying to grasp what the hell was going on. PINES is available now for pre-order on Amazon as ebook. For a dollar more you can pre-order PINES in paperback.

More good news? PINES will have a sequel!

Irish Drinking Socks, by Maia Sepp, is a short story about loss, love and what’s left behind...

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 11:41:14 +1300

Irish Drinking Socks, by Maia Sepp, is a short story about loss, love and what’s left behind - a soon to be condemned broken down house full of memories and an old pair of socks. This is a modern romantic story full of life and love set in urban New York, to be followed by The Sock Wars later this year, a novel featuring the same characters. Buy Irish Drinking Socks from Amazon, soon also available from KOBO. Read an excerpt of Irish Drinking Socks here.

Last month Blake Crouch’s RUN reached #8 of the (paid) Best Sellers of Amazon’s Kindle...

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:41:00 +1300

Last month Blake Crouch’s RUN reached #8 of the (paid) Best Sellers of Amazon’s Kindle Store - now FULLY LOADED, his collection of 10 short stories, has reached #9 #8. Which is fantastic, and quite amazing considering collections of short stories usually don’t sell as well as novels do. Buy FULLY LOADED from Amazon today.

A novelette by J E Medrick. In NIGHTMARE the relationship between a mother and her son is strained...

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:27:00 +1300

A novelette by J E Medrick. In NIGHTMARE the relationship between a mother and her son is strained on good days, like hell on others. But unlike Medrick’s YA ICARUS HELIX series no special genetic powers come in to play. A compassionate and helping hand offering to turn the situation around does so in unexpected ways. Buy NIGHTMARE from Amazon today.

Release the RABBIT! In 2010 Suzanne Tyrpak asked me to design the cover to Dating My Vibrator....

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 22:06:46 +1300

Release the RABBIT!

In 2010 Suzanne Tyrpak asked me to design the cover to Dating My Vibrator. I thought someone (Blake Crouch most likely) was having me on. Turned out Suzanne was (and still is) a close friend of Blake, and like her the title was as real as it gets. For pulling the funniest title out of the bag in 2010 I sent her the above illustration as a thanks. The Chairman was very pleased.
Buy Dating My Vibrator from Amazon today.

Even though the original cover for SICK (see below) was well loved by many, including myself and...

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:37:00 +1300

Even though the original cover for SICK (see below) was well loved by many, including myself and Brett Battles, we thought it better to update the design to match the realism of EXIT 9’s cover, SICK’s follow up. Buy the excellent SICK and EXIT 9 from Amazon today.

KING CITY is Lee Goldberg’s new novel, featuring Major Crimes Unit detective Tom Wade....

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:14:11 +1300

KING CITY is Lee Goldberg’s new novel, featuring Major Crimes Unit detective Tom Wade. After secretly working with the Feds to nail seven of his fellow cops for corruption he now is a pariah in the police department. Exiled to patrol a beat in King City’s deadliest neighborhood… with no back-up and no resources Wade has no hope of survival. This is vintage Goldberg! Exclusive to Amazon pre-order KING CITY today. Publication as ebook and paperback 15 May 2012.

CHANGES, Charles Colyott’s debut novel, is an excellent mystery featuring Randall Lee, an...

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:00:28 +1300

CHANGES, Charles Colyott’s debut novel, is an excellent mystery featuring Randall Lee, an American acupuncturist and Tai Chi master. He becomes a reluctant translator and Chinese expert for the police, investigating the mysterious murder of a woman in a seedy massage parlor. CHANGES comes highly recommended. Buy CHANGES from Amazon today.

Catherine Ryan Hyde has written numerous bestselling novels, the most commonly known Pay It...

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:29:00 +1300

Catherine Ryan Hyde has written numerous bestselling novels, the most commonly known Pay It Forward, adapted into a movie in 2000. Laura Rennert, of Andrea Brown Literary Agency, representing Catherine, asked me to design the covers for Second Hand Heart and When I Found You. These covers are only used in the United States and Canada. Buy Second Hand Heart and When I Found You from Amazon today.

Favorite Kills is the third collection of short stories by Top Suspense Group. It contains 12 short...

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:54:08 +1300

Favorite Kills is the third collection of short stories by Top Suspense Group. It contains 12 short stories, written by Harry Shannon, Bill Crider, Vicki Hendricks, Max Allan Collins, Paul Levine, Libby Hellmann, Dave Zeltserman, Lee Goldberg, Joel Goldman, Naomi Hirahara and Ed Gorman.

Death of A Serpent introduces Serafina Florio, a forty-something midwife with seven children and...

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:40:18 +1300

Death of A Serpent introduces Serafina Florio, a forty-something midwife with seven children and diminishing funds. When three prostitutes are killed and left on their madam’s doorstep, and the police show little interest, the madam asks her lifelong friend Serafina to help find the killer. Susan Russo Anderson’s mystery set in nineteenth century Sicily is rich in atmosphere and detail, and her protagonist unlike any other. This mystery will surely excite sleuths and lovers of historical fiction alike! Buy Death of a Serpent from Amazon today!

Fall Of Darkness is the first book of the Legend Of Zodiac trilogy, written by John D. Glass. When...

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:42:33 +1300

Fall Of Darkness is the first book of the Legend Of Zodiac trilogy, written by John D. Glass. When seventeen-year-old Gwen Carson is brought to Edinburgh, Scotland by an uncle she has never met she quickly realizes everything in her new life is not as it appears to be. Vampires, magic and danger inhabit the city’s dark alleys and its secret underworld as an ancient truce between bitter enemies teeters on the edge of collapse threatening to explode into a war that will engulf the city with terrifying consequences for its inhabitants. Caught in a race against time Gwen begins piecing together the mystery that just might save them all…until the dangers begin to multiply threatening the fulfillment of her destiny. Excellent reading! Buy Legend of Zodiac, Fall of Darkness, from Amazon today. The second book will be published soon!

Last year I designed the cover for Robert Swartwood’s The Serial Killer’s Wife. It had...

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:23:00 +1300

Last year I designed the cover for Robert Swartwood’s The Serial Killer’s Wife. It had a pulpy feel, with some branding elements linking it to The Dishonored Dead (an excellent and decidedly different zombie novel), a cover I had done shortly before. But perception and focus change, and after the design of the cover for his thriller Man Of Wax it seemed logical to update the design of The Serial Killer’s Wife. Above is the new design, below the first cover. Buy The Serial Killer’s Wife as ebook from Amazon today, or opt for the paperback (for a very limited time still available with pulpy cover I believe - collectible!).

Or buy The Dishonored Dead from Amazon, if you’re in the mood for a fantastic and unique zombie novel.

Blue and Gray Tales of Mystery is a collection of short stories by Brendan Dubois. The seven very...

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:55:06 +1300

Blue and Gray Tales of Mystery is a collection of short stories by Brendan Dubois. The seven very different short stories share the leitmotiv of the bloodiest conflict on North American soil - the Civil War. Buy Blue and Gray Tales of Mystery from Amazon today.

Dave Zeltserman has written two kick ass novellettes mixing hard boiled crime with government...

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:45:15 +1300

Dave Zeltserman has written two kick ass novellettes mixing hard boiled crime with government conspirency. In The Hunted unemployed protagonist Dan Willis lands a position at The Factory. Doing what his new employer has trained him for - hunting down and terminating insurgents hell bent on destroying his country, a sense of discomfort takes the better of him. He soon discovers no one is safe from The Factory, including himself. It basically goes from bad to worse for Dan from there. Exciting stuff! Buy The Hunted from Amazon today. I’m sure you’ll buy The Dame shortly after.

A new cover for Hunting Season, a novellette written by Blake Crouch and Selena Kitt. This love...

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:30:16 +1300

A new cover for Hunting Season, a novellette written by Blake Crouch and Selena Kitt. This love story is a bit different from the regular as the cover suggests. A bloody good read, not as much for vegetarians. Buy Hunting Season from Amazon today.

Above one of the two cover designs for DOUBLE IMPACT, containing Lee Goldberg’s excellent...

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:23:00 +1300

Above one of the two cover designs for DOUBLE IMPACT, containing Lee Goldberg’s excellent novel Watch Me Die and the roller coaster novelette McGrave. The above cover would work well as a printed cover, not as much as ebook cover. Hence the ebook cover below. If you haven’t bought either of the two titles DOUBLE IMPACT contains, this is an excellent volume to get introduced to Lee’s writing. Buy DOUBLE IMPACT from Amazon today.

Michael Loynd’s All Things Irish is a heartwarming and humorous yarn about the Irish Meg...

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:54:01 +1300

Michael Loynd’s All Things Irish is a heartwarming and humorous yarn about the Irish Meg McKenna and her mother’s Irish store in a somewhat hostile seaside village in Door County, Wisconsin. When locals threaten to put her mother’s newly opened Irish shop out of business, Meg returns, attracting unexpected surprises, laughter, friendship, romance, and more bad Irish luck—which her mother swears is a good thing. Buy All Things Irish from Amazon as ebook (currently available for US$0.99 - a steal!) or as paperback today.

The City Of The Dying is Mark Samojedny’s first novel, and the start of the Eradicus Purify...

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:20:18 +1300

The City Of The Dying is Mark Samojedny’s first novel, and the start of the Eradicus Purify series. After a Mexican drug cartel steals eighteen million dollars’ worth of Oxycontin from a pharmaceutical manufacturer in Mexico City, it ends up on a truck headed for the Continental Freight terminal in Strickland, Illinois, setting off a chain of horrors that tears through not only Strickland and the nearby wealthy city of Vinings, but the entire United States. Trapped in the middle of it all is Eradicus Purify. This is an exciting debut! Buy The City Of The Dying as ebook or as paperback from Amazon today.

Jean Giraud/Moebius 1938 - 2012

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 19:51:00 +1300

Jean Giraud, the creator of the comic strip Blueberry died Saturday at age 73. While I loved the Blueberry series, it was Giraud’s alter ego MOEBIUS that made a huge impact on me in my teens as I was discovering my love for the graphic arts, illustration more specifically. His work is definitely one of the reasons that set me on my path to illustration and graphic design, something I’m forever grateful for.

It started in the summer of 1976 or ‘77, on holiday with my parents in France. Browsing in a bookstore I found the book above. I had never seen anything like it and desperately wanted to have it. Being 12 at the time I had to convince my parents to buy it as they wondered what the attraction was - I have cherished ARZACH ever since. The book is a collection of four wordless short comic strips each displaying the enormous artistic and storytelling talent MOEBIUS was gifted with. It is as amazing today as it was 35 years ago.

I have read it countless times since and for two decades collected his books. At the time MOEBIUS’ work heavily influenced my illustration style. The comic strip below is a clear indication of his influence, while at the same time displaying my complete lack of talent for creating comic strips. It is the only comic strip I ever finished and it was published in 1981 in VULPES, a school magazine of SPINOZA Lyceum, Amsterdam.

To see pages upon pages of Jean Giraud and MOEBIUS art, please go to http://theairtightgarage.tumblr.com/