I am always going to be eternally grateful for Wicked House Publishing and Patrick Reuman who created it. Patrick is a young man with a lot of ambition and an author in his own right who just decided to launch one of the fastest growing horror publishing houses on the planet. They were the publishing house that gave my novel DEVOURED to the world.
So far, however, they have become so big so fast they have not yet agreed to be publish any of my other work. This is going to make next year interesting as the sequel to DEVOURED is going to come out under a different publisher, but I digress. With even just the one novel, I am proud to be part of the Wicked House family.
It was while I was writing the sequel to my novel DEVOURED that Cassandra O'Sullivan Sachar floated the idea to several of us to create an anthology of Wicked House authors. The idea was we each created a short story set in the universe where one of our Wicked House novels was set. That was pretty easy for me, since I only had the one book.
Cassandra got lots of buy-in. Look at the list of authors who contributed:
Andrew Najberg
Blaine Daigle
William F. Gray
MJ Mars
Alex Reid
Elizabeth S. Devecchi
Josh Hill
S.E. Howard
Caleb Jones
Rod Labbe
Cassandra O’Sullivan Sachar
Joe Scipione
Bryan Alaspa
So, I created a story set in the same universe as DEVOURED but that sets up the sequel. Cassandra agreed, then Patrick agreed to publish it, and it is off and running now.
I cannot state more definitively how honored I am to be among that group of authors. Each of them have created tales set in their universes, and all of them are chilling and fun. If you have wanted to try Wicked House authors, this is kind of your sampler platter. It's a perfect way to start. Read the stories, get invested in the worlds, and then buy the novels.
Wicked Universe: A Wicked House Publishing Anthology is a great holiday release whether you are a horror fan or you know someone who is. I am proud of be part of it, and part of Wicked House Publishing. My thanks to Cassandra and Patrick for making this happen. And a big thank you to every one of those writers who have become trusted friends and compatriots as well as fellow writers.
My latest solo novel is called Newcomers and it is out now!
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