Interviews, Profiles, and Reviews
July 15th 2010
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Saturday, June 27th, 2009
For years now, she has hunted them. She has devoted every waking moment to their destruction. One by one her friends and lovers have fallen prey to these immortal beasts. Now even her freedom is at risk. But that’s okay with Laura Caxton. She doesn’t care if they throw her in prison. She doesn’t care if she lives or dies… as long as the vampires go first. Now there’s only one left. Justinia Malvern has been her greatest enemy since the beginning.
Malvern didn’t get to be three hundred years old by being stupid. She has studied Laura Caxton and knows all her secrets. She knows how tough this human vampire hunter is. And she knows that Laura has one weakness. One flaw that can be exploited. To stay alive, Malvern will do what she has always done: lay traps for the unwary, take advantage of every opportunity, and kill anyone who gets in her way.
There are twenty-three hours remaining before their final meeting. But what will happen when time runs out?
23 Hours is the fourth volume in the Laura Caxton series of vampire novels by David Wellington, published by Three Rivers Press. It is available for preorder now from all online bookstores, and will be on store shelves on June 23rd. This book can be read on its own, or enjoyed as the culmination of the classic modern vampire series.
I wrote a 30 second tale of terror for the radio! Listen in this Saturday (10/25/08) to hear me on Weekend America on NPR, or visit their website for the story and additional content, including a second, scarier story!
Curt Purcell at The Groovy Age of Horror reviewed both my two newest books and interviewed me at length.
I’ve posted a new serial novel at www.plaguezone.net . Dive in today!
Thirteen Bullets was featured in an article on Free Fiction in The Province, a Canadian newspaper. Read it here.
Another long but interesting interview, here at SkullRing.org, another great-looking horror blog.
Curt Purcell did an extensive interview with me, plus a review of Thirteen Bullets, which you can read here on his amazing horror blog, the Groovy Age of Horror.
Check out this interview at Murderati.com.
There’s a great review of Thirteen Bullets in the new issue of Locus.
Thirteen Bullets is reviewed–very favorably–in Fangoria No. 264. Look for “Hostel Part II” on the cover.
Thirteen Bullets got a great review from Paul Witcover, posted at SciFi.com.
A response to Howard V. Hendrix.
…and here’s what Scott Sigler (the incredible podcaster) has to say.
Monster Nation has been subjected to the Page 69 Test. On the same website is a great review and synopsis of the book.
Barnes and Nobles’ genre fiction newsletter, “Explorations” named Monster Island as No. 5 on their top ten list of best books published in 2006! Click here to see the list.
Frazer Dobson gave me a great review here. He’s trying to read a hundred books this year and apparently Monster Island was a “fast fun read” that got him closer to that goal.
My second book, “Monster Nation”, is available now on Amazon and in bookstores everywhere. This is a prequel to “Monster Island”, with all new characters. It’s been fully revised and features an expanded ending, so if you read it online there are plenty of new surprises. Also, be sure to email me if you buy the book and request your copy of the new chapbook, an electronic collection of short stories and illustrations by Joel Carroll.
I was featured on NPR, in their “Day in the Work Life” segment, on 10/27/06.
Curt Purcell’s blog The Groovy Age of Horror profiled me with a review of Monster Island and an interview (scroll down a little). UPDATE 10/24/06: Curt was kind enough to do another review, and another interview, this time covering Monster Nation.
Largehearted Boy has posted a Book Notes article I wrote on his blog. It’s a songlist for the ultimate halloween party.
Monster Nation got a great review here on SciFi.com, the SciFi channel’s website.
Thunder’s Mouth Press published my first novel, “Monster Island”, on April 3rd, 2006. This is the culmination of a two-year project, starting with the online serialization of the book. Thunder’s Mouth gave me the chance to clean up the story and add a whole new chapter to “Monster Island.” Now I’m working on promoting the book. Recently we’ve been getting some great attention:
I was interviewed for “What Would Jesus Blog”, which was a lot of fun, especially if you can keep your tongue in your cheek. Check it out!
Rod Lott over at Bookgasm.com gave me a good review here, and did a fantastic interview with me here.
You can hear an interview with me here on Scifidig, an hour long podcast with news, reviews and interviews of genre writers and filmmakers.
SciFi.com, the website of the SciFi channel, gave me a glowing review here. This is in addition to the feature they already ran on me (see below).
I will be attending Nuke Con in Council Bluffs, IA, October 6th through the 8th, as a special guest! In addition to signing books and meeting fans, I’ll also be observing a role-playing game version of a scene from my book.
Paul Goat Allen, who does Explorations, the Barnes and Noble sci-fi/f/h newsletter, gave me a Spotlight Feature and a terrific review in April. You can read it here, on the bn.com page for Monster Island.
Big press: I was interviewed in this article at in the New York Times about the current popularity of zombies.
Monica Kuebler wrote a great piece about Monster Island. You can read it in the latest (April) issue of Rue Morgue magazine this April
Joe Nazzaro covered the book in a great full-page piece in the latest issue of Fangoria
There’s a nice write up about Monster Island in The Agony Column. (scroll down)
The SciFi Channel’s news service covered the book earlier this year in a short but important piece, which you can read at SciFi Wire.
…and Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show has a review up here!