3 Picks with Tim Meyer

 

This week, 3 Picks features the horror author Tim Meyer. Tim is known for his gripping horror books like The Switch House and Limbs. He recently release Wormwood with fellow author Chad Lutzke and new release from Grindhouse Press (releases Feb. 5th, 2021) Paradise Club.

I'm Frank J. Edler, author of various horror comedies and voracious reader. Who didn't grow up in the 90s and not read R.L. Stein's Goosebumps series of YA Horror. There's a good chance Tim Meyer may have grew up to become a world-class romance writer had it not been for classic Goosebumps books. No doubt, Tim is still influenced by those books so I asked Tim what his 3 Picks are for adult horror with Goosebumps appeal.

Here's his 3 Picks:

Pick 1: Dream Woods by Patrick Lacey - I think I called this "a Goosebumps book on blue meth" (or something like that) when it first came out. It's about a sinister amusement park. That's all I'll say except go read it. Paired with: One Day at HorrorLand or Horror at Camp Jellyjam

Pick 2: The Worm and His Kings by Hailey Piper - Read this a few months ago and was blown away. It has a much grittier feel than anything R.L. Stine ever wrote, but wow...what a story. More adjacent to vintage Barker, but this one will definitely satisfy fans of those creature-feature Goosebumps tales. Also for fans of taloned monsters. Paired with: The Beast from the East and Calling All Creeps! 

Pick 3: The Handyman by Bentley Little - I feel Bentley Little's entire bibliography is a natural progression for any old-school Goosebumps fan, but this is one of those stories that took me by surprise. For fans of the more Twilight Zone-type Goosebumps titles. Paired with: Let's Get Invisible! and Piano Lessons Can Be Murder

Those are some great Picks Tim! Lots of people are talking about the Lacey and Piper books and Bentley Little is, well, Bentley Little. I haven't read any of these titles and I will be adding them to my enormous TBR pile.

You can find out more about Tim Meyer at: https://timmeyerwrites.com    

What are your picks for adult Goosebumps style horror books? How about your favorite classic Goosebumps title? Let us know in the comments!

3 Picks with Armand Rosamilia

This week, 3 Picks features the author of many horror, contemporary and crime thrillers, Armand Rosamilia. Armand is a Jersey Boy now living in Jacksonville, Florida. He's best known for his Dying Days zombie series, Belford Stories contemporary fiction series and Dirty Deeds crime thriller and mystery series.

I'm Frank J. Edler, author of various horror comedies and voracious reader. I'm a big fan of Florida crime fiction writer, Tim Dorsey. Tim Dorsey is best known for his Serge Storm series of crime caper books. The series numbers more than twenty books and counting. There are many great books in the series and all of them are laugh-out-loud funny. You don't even need to read the series in order to enjoy the books. '

I can't get enough of them. And that's why I'm asking Armand for his 3 Picks for books as good as Tim Dorsey's Serge Storm books.

Here's his picks.

Pick 1: Michael Wiley's Daniel Turner Mysteries trilogy, set in Jacksonville FL. Very gritty and noir. Great storyteller, and Michael is also a great guy.


Pick 2: Dawn Lee McKenna's Forgotten Coast Florida Suspense Series. Currently 10 books. Also a Florida series, and her characters are amazing. I could read 200 pages of them interacting and be happy. An actual plotline is a bonus.


Pick 3: Wayne Stinnett's Caribbean Adventure Series. Currently 20 books and... starts off in Florida. You sense a theme? Another author who creates amazing characters I can never get enough of.

Thanks Armand. They all sound like great reads! Not just great crime picks, great Florida crime picks! Bonus! You can find out more about Armand Rosamilia's crime fiction and more at ArmandRosamilia.com 

What are your 3 Picks for Florida Crime Thrillers? Let me know in the comments.

Death Goes To Bat

 A Death in Toledo is my latest release and a return to the world of Grim Reapers introduced in Death Gets a Book. 

A Death in Toledo is the story of a Grim Reaper, tasked to return the soul of Lawrence Nurdle. Lawrence is a dork who fancies himself a goth edge lord who, tries to win the favor of his ex-girlfriend, only to get himself killed by a coven of vampires. 

Its a simple enough task for Death until the leader of the vampire coven, Drokk, transforms Lawrence with the blood ritual. Lawrence is no longer dead, he's undead and that creates a problematic loophole for Death. Death can only escort dead souls to the River Styx and on to the Hereafter. 

Now, Death must convince Lawrence to kill himself so he can be brought to the end of his mortal journey. Drokk is not willing to give up Lawrence so easily, he's got plans for him as well. And it just may have to be settled over a game of the great American pastime, a baseball game.

Supernatural beings square off again competing for another lost soul in the all-new Death book, A Death in Toledo. 

This book is a stand alone set in the world of Grim Reapers I've created. You can enjoy reading it without having read Death Gets a Book. Or, if you've already enjoyed Death Gets a Book this a fun new story featuring a different cast of Grim Reapers set in the same world.

A Death in Toledo is available now in Paperback and Kindle eBook and is available to subscribers of Kindle Unlimited. It is just 99 cents for the Kindle version until Jan. 24th, 2021.