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. . . where things are far from normal. A young couple takes a meal in a roadside dive, and discovers everyone knows more than your name. Two good 'ole boys find that some things don't make good pets. A detective has more than just clues to help him solve crimes.
A young girl runs from the pain of her parent's death, into a world of rednecks, and a strange house that seems haunting familiar. A group of survivors huddle in a parking deck, surrounded by creatures who were once human. My worlds push the boundaries of fiction, mixing apocalyptic, horror, paranormal, and a dash of the weird; these are the sandboxes I create. Original stories, memorable characters, and a unique vision await you. Your world will never look the same again...
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August 2017:
EVIL UPRIVER
A songwriter stops for the night in an idyllic southern town, but discovers it slowly changing around him. As tempers grow shorter, and the people stranger, he must decide who to trust. Only one other person seems resistant to the changes - a local bar owner with a tragic past. Half a mile upriver, a strange new establishment sits outside of town.
A haunted mine, home to numerous deaths over the years, complicates the situation. Adam and Sonja must decide which is the bigger threat, and battle the evil upriver.
THREE PLAYS FOR A DIME. . . ALL YOU NEED FOR A GOOD TIME
Outside, on the porch, the light gathered into a sphere above the front steps. Streaming from all directions, it formed an intricate web that settled into a man shape. Above him, neon buzzed as the sign by the road flickered to life. Silently, it came to life, throwing ribbons of light into the air. The neon flickered, then steadied, and the man who now stood on the front porch smiled. The sign began rotating even before the letters were formed, pale shapes lit by the glowing glass. They slowly brightened as the sign revolved.
…OCHET... RICO... RICOCHET…OCHET...
"I call it a ricochet," Lyles said, working the dry rag in and around the cut-glass tumbler. "Emotion equals energy, and you humans produce it in abundance. I am able to collect and preserve these . . . ricochets." The rag vanished, and the glass hung suspended above his upturned palm. It began to rotate, spinning first on one axis, then flipping to a second and then third.
Blue Cole's third novel, Evil Upriver, will be released in late August, 2017. Please visit the EVIL UPRIVER Facebook page for book tour information, photos, and up to the minute news.
A haunted mine, home to numerous deaths over the years, complicates the situation. Adam and Sonja must decide which is the bigger threat, and battle the evil upriver.
THREE PLAYS FOR A DIME. . . ALL YOU NEED FOR A GOOD TIME
Outside, on the porch, the light gathered into a sphere above the front steps. Streaming from all directions, it formed an intricate web that settled into a man shape. Above him, neon buzzed as the sign by the road flickered to life. Silently, it came to life, throwing ribbons of light into the air. The neon flickered, then steadied, and the man who now stood on the front porch smiled. The sign began rotating even before the letters were formed, pale shapes lit by the glowing glass. They slowly brightened as the sign revolved.
…OCHET... RICO... RICOCHET…OCHET...
"I call it a ricochet," Lyles said, working the dry rag in and around the cut-glass tumbler. "Emotion equals energy, and you humans produce it in abundance. I am able to collect and preserve these . . . ricochets." The rag vanished, and the glass hung suspended above his upturned palm. It began to rotate, spinning first on one axis, then flipping to a second and then third.
Blue Cole's third novel, Evil Upriver, will be released in late August, 2017. Please visit the EVIL UPRIVER Facebook page for book tour information, photos, and up to the minute news.
Immediate Dead Review: Grand Central ReviewLeverett Butts, author, professor, and all-around good guy, has a review of Immediate Dead in the Winter/Spring 2016 edition of Grand Central Review. Check it out, why don't you?
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Immediate Dead
As an Atlanta homicide detective, Michael Bennett is a cop with a secret. Since childhood, he has been cursed with the ability to hear the words of the immediate dead. Isolated by his gift, called ‘The Reaper’ by the other detectives, he works best alone. His newest in a long string of partners, Sandy Cooper, realizes something’s not quite right with Bennett. They must overcome themselves, their past, and their reluctance to work together when doctors begin dying in a brutal fashion.
Sleeping Sickness
Alan Rivers wakes up one morning and discovers all the adults in his neighborhood and worldwide are in a deep sleep, never to awaken. He and a group of friends struggle for survival in a world that has suddenly regressed. The struggle is compounded by nature, outsiders, and other kids within his community. Several months after the adults went to sleep, they discover it wasn't a one-time event. Around the age of 18, everyone becomes a sleeper. Believing it's the premature end of life, the struggle for control grows more violent. As the opposing faction takes over, Alan must choose between living under their control with no preparation for the future, or overthrowing a bully who has grown into a tyrant. After losing someone he'd grown to love, Alan is now faced with his own impending birthday when he will find out what a sleeper really is.
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