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November Book Sale

For the entire month of November, I am offering a discount on hardcovers of my book, The Hook, in my Online Personal Store. I have a huge overstock on hardcovers and I’m offering free shipping as well as a discounted price. Typically, it would cost $25 for the book and $5 for shipping and handling for a total of $30. Throughout November, this coupon code HOOK2025, will take $10 off the purchase of a hardcover for The Hook where you are only charged $20 at checkout (while supplies last). 

Also, on Sun, Nov 30 and Mon, Dec 1, for Cyber Monday, you can download a free copy of my short story on Kindle, Death Roll. Get copies of both these stories in time for the holidays.

The Hook Synopsis:

“It’s 1976 and Ernest Kemp is looking for his wife and daughter. After leaving the US Navy, he finds his way to Hallowell, Maine. He’s an outsider and the townsfolk don’t trust him. Their suspicions increase when someone starts killing children. After being falsely accused and arrested, Ernest teams up with Samantha Belcher as she investigates the murders for the Kennebec Journal. They discover the murders are ritualistic sacrifices. Ernest and Samantha’s issues rise as bullfrogs roam all over town and three new outsiders resemble women from a 100-year-old news article. Will they find the killers and Ernest’s family before another child dies?”

Death Roll Synopsis:

“The Asena I crew are the first human space mission to the planet Neptune. Their mission is to gather scientific data and test new artificial gravity equipment on their ship. An accident causes the ship to loose fuel, preventing them from returning to Earth. After several weeks in the sleeping pod, Lt. Commander Chengsi Tian wakes to find his crewmates missing and presumed dead. He reviews past video logs and tries to learn what happened to the crew. Something is on the ship, but when did it come on board?”

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Conventions and New Things

I am pleased to announce that I have finalized things and will have a table at Phoenix Fan Fusion in Phoenix, AZ. The convention takes place on Friday, May 24-Sunday, May 26, 2024. This is the second largest pop culture convention in the country, and this will be my first time selling at the convention. This will hopefully introduce my work to a whole new crowd of people. I will have more details about this as we get closer to the event. 

Also, I am releasing a new book later this year. This September will be five years since I published my collection of short stories, The Morbid Museum, and a new edition of this book is coming soon. You can already find it for pre-order on many outlets. This new edition will feature two previously unpublished stories as well as an excerpt from my next collection of short stories, The Baku Banquet, which I hope to finish in time for a Fall 2025 release.

I will have more information about other conventions and events later this year. Stay tuned for more details.

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The Hook: A Novel Coming March 7

After a lot of work, my first full length novel is almost here. You can pre-order the eBook now or wait until March 7 to purchase it or the hardcover. The details haven’t fully shown up on different purchase sites yet, but that should change in the next week. It will be some time before I have it available in my own personal store. I’ll send out an announcement once I have my copies. Details and purchase links are located below. Thank you for your continued support and I look forward to hearing everyone’s thoughts about my newest book.

Synopsis

It’s 1976 and Ernest Kemp is looking for his wife and daughter. After leaving the US Navy, he finds his way to Hallowell, Maine. He’s an outsider and the townsfolk don’t trust him. Their suspicions increase when someone starts killing children. After being falsely accused and arrested, Ernest teams up with Samantha Belcher as she investigates the murders for the Kennebec Journal.

They discover the murders are ritualistic sacrifices. Ernest and Samantha’s issues rise as bullfrogs roam all over town and three new outsiders resemble women from a 100-year-old news article. Will they find the killers and Ernest’s family before another child dies?

Praise for The Hook

“Pack is deft when it comes to balancing the plot and the characters, and the dynamic between his intriguing, flawed characters is authentic. Fans of gripping supernatural thrillers will be glad to sink their teeth in this one.”
~ Prairies Book Review

“Pack creates a vivid sense of doom, deftly portraying an intriguing world of brutal slayings, centuries-old curses, deadly rituals, otherworldly beings, and ordinary people who are caught between these anomalies. Readers will be on the edge of their seats until they turn the last page.”
~ BookView Review

“Penned with a gritty grace that blurs the line between reality and something far stranger than fiction, the surprises build slowly with a deft layering of suspense, weaving together different genres and themes, and fronted by an engrossing protagonist.” 
~ Self-Publishing Review

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