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CHECK THIS OUT! Audible has partnered with SiriusXM and Pandora for ‘Chapter and Verse’, where authors talk about the songs that inspired their writing. They’re launching it with Nicholas Sparks, Wendy Walker, and me. Here’s the link to the announcement:

https://variety.com/2021/digital/news...

AND…here’s a link to my playlist for THE WEREWOLF’S 15 MINUTES: https://pandora.app.link/Krsp4CyFFlb

Book Release!

EMPTY GRAVES: TALES OF THE LIVING DEAD -my first all-zombie short story collection. Available from ANY online bookseller. Introduction by Ken Foree (star of DAWN OF THE DEAD).

https://www.google.com/search?client=... --this link will help you find your favorite bookseller.


PRAISE FOR EMPTY GRAVES:

And this is what Judith O'Dea (Barbara in the original NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD) has to say: “Never did we who performed in George Romero’s 1968 Night of the Living Dead ever imagine our film would be instrumental in giving birth to a zombie apocalypse that for over 50 years, has flamed a ghoulish fascination with the walking dead. And now, to my mind, there is no one better than author Jonathan Maberry to keep that apocalypse alive and thriving. His short story collection Empty Graves: Tales of the Living Dead is truly one of the most well written, fascinating collections about of our beloved zombies that I have ever read. Yes, I shuddered at the vicious relentlessness of the ghouls, but I also shed tears and laughter at the depth of humanity Jonathan brought to each story. Stephen King, eat your heart out. Jonathan Maberry stands tall beside you as a master of horror.“

“If you're looking for tense excitement and walking dead meat, welcome to the world of one of the masters of the zombie tale. Maberry could give a haint the willies.” –Joe R. Lansdale is a NY Times bestseller, ten-time Bram Stoker Award winner, Edgar Award winner, World Horror Convention Grand Master Award, and Raymond Chandler Lifetime Achievement Award.

“A horror triumph…just razor-sharp stuff. Maberry grabs you by the heart -- then smashes you with rabbit punch prose. Each story explodes off the page.”: - New York Times Bestselling Author and Emmy Winner Max Brallier, author and creator of The Last Kids on Earth.

"If Ernest Hemingway wrote about the undead, you would have something approaching these brilliant, surgical excursions into zombie lit by Jonathan Maberry in his new collection EMPTY GRAVES. Action packed, character-driven, disturbing as hell, and excruciatingly humane, these stories stick with you, and will live alongside the best of the genre. Highest recommendation!" -- Jay Bonansinga, New York Times bestselling author of THE WALKING DEAD: RETURN TO WOODBURY.

“A big, meaty feast of classic zombie thrills." -NY Times bestseller Isaac Marion, author of Warm Bodies

"The hardest-working man in horror delivers a kaleidoscopic no-bullshit crash course in nuts-and-bolts zombiepocalypse survival. The meticulous details are stunning. But it's the emotion that floors me most." -- John Skipp, author, filmmaker, musician, and editor of Book of the Dead, the very first Zombie Anthology
Empty Graves: Tales of the Living Dead

Join me on TOMORROW (10/29) for a FacebookLive event tied to the launch on RAGE, the first book in the new JOE LEDGER: ROGUE TEAM INTERNATIONAL series of weird science thrillers.

9pm Eastern; 6pm Pacific.

It will be over on my AUTHOR PAGE: www.facebook.com/jonathanmaberry

Prizes for the best questions!!!

Vault of Shadows
(Book #2 of The Nightsiders)
By Jonathan Maberry
For Ages: 8 - 12

Vault of ShadowsMilo must choose between risking his life to save both the human and magical universes—or to live and save only his own—in the explosive and fast-paced follow-up to the first novel in the Nightsiders series, which Kirkus Reviews called “the perfect mix of science fiction and magic” in a starred review.

After joining forces with the magical Nightsiders and surviving a trip to the enemy Bugs’ Hive ship, Milo Silk still has a lot to fear.

The Huntsman has pledged a revenge worse than death on Milo, a group of nefarious fairies are bent on taking back Earth, and zombie-like holo-men are trapping humans for the Bugs to take. Even more unsettling is that the Witch of the World has disappeared and a mysterious boy is haunting Milo’s dreams in her stead.

But none of these threats compare to what may happen to the world if the humans and the Nightsiders don’t unite to fight for each other.

The Wall Street Journal ran an article about X-FILES ORIGINS, the new teen series in which I'll be writing the young Dana Scully novels and Kami Garcia (Beautiful Creatures) will be writing about young Fox Mulder. http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2016/0...

Grab this now!

OUT OF TUNE Volume II edited by Jonathan Maberry]Out of Tune: Book 2

The second in my series of horror & dark fantasy anthologies inspired by y folk songs and murder ballads. Includes never-before-published stories by Allison Pang, David J. Schow, Cherie Priest, Dan Abnett, David Mack, Rachael Caine, James A. Moore, Deborah Grabien, Delilah S. Dawson, Eric J. Guignard, Josh Malerman, JC Koch (aka Gini Koch), Rachel Aukes, Nik Vincent Abnett. With folklore commentary by Nancy Keim Comley. Cover art by Ryan Brown. Interior illustrations by John Coulthart.

I am extremely honored to be included in this list: 100 Authors you Buy Without Looking at the Blurb

http://forreadingaddicts.co.uk/polls-...

KILL SWITCH by Jonathan Maberry
Print, eBook and audio. New Release!
St. Martin's Griffin
Kill Switch

What do you do when the power goes off?

Terrorists have acquired a terrible new weapon that can crash the power grid and plunge America into a new dark age. A coordinated attack is planned to shut out all lights and emergency services to ten major cities. Planes will fall, hospitals will go dark, no help will come.

And in that terrible darkness, a dreadful plague will be released. If the lights go off, nothing can stop the bioweapon from killing millions.

At the same time, the intelligence services are being torn apart from within by a plague of betrayal, murder, and suicide. Even the Department of Military Sciences is stumbling in its response to the growing threat.

Time is running out, and Joe is being hunted by a terrifying new kind of assassin. A team of remote viewers have the ability to take over any person and turn ordinary citizens into killers. Where can you turn when there’s nobody left to trust?

Joe Ledger faces his deadliest challenge as friends and allies become enemies and all of the lights begin to go out…

Listen to a 10 minute sample of KILL SWITCH, the new Joe Ledger novel by Jonathan Maberry (out 4/22). Read by Ray Porter. https://soundcloud.com/macaudio-2/kil...

Rot & Ruin Costume/#cosplay contest!

As part of the lead-up to the launch of BITS & PIECES (Book #5 of the Rot & Ruin) I’m launching a cosplay contest. The producers of the Rot & Ruin movie, actor Louis Ozawa Changchien (slated to play Tom Imura in the movie), and Rachael Elle (a top #cosplayer) will judge.

Here are the rules: Post a photo of yourself as one of the characters from the Rot & Ruin books or comics. Enter as many times as you want. There will be winners in each of several categories (see below). Each category will have a prize; and there will be one overall grand prize winner (see prize descriptions below):

CATEGORIES:

Best Solo Character Costume (from any of the books or comics)

Best Group Photo (two or more)

Best New or Original Rot & Ruin Character

Best Rot & Ruin Zombie.

Best Rot & Ruin Bounty Hunter or Zombie Hunter

PRIZES
** Top winner in each category will win: A Rot & Ruin box set; a signed photo of Louis Ozawa Changchien; a Rot & Ruin Warrior Smart post; a signed Rot & Ruin graphic novel.

** GRAND PRIZE WINNER will have a character named after her/him in a brand new Rot & Ruin short story.

** Three Runners Up in each category will win Rot & Ruin comic book posters signed by Jonathan Maberry and actor Louis Ozawa Changchien

ENTRY RULES:

** A pictures must be of characters from, or inspired by, the Rot & Ruin series.

** All photos must be uploaded to the Rot & Ruin Contest Facebook page.

** You may enter as often as you want, and in as many categories as you want.

** All entries must be in by midnight September 10 2015 (Pacific time). No exceptions.
Bits & Pieces