Projects on the horizon? You betcha! Here they are, in chronological order of future appearance (which is to say, in order of most to least likely to be released in 2017): — A second edition of The Golden Age of Crap in print and ebook, complete with multiple full-color reproductions of poster and video cover…
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Looking for some easy Christmas giving? Enter for a chance to win TWO copies of The Last Christmas Gift — one for you, and one for your Secret Santa recipient! Goodreads Book Giveaway The Last Christmas Gift by Nathan Shumate Giveaway ends November 15, 2016. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter Giveaway
Their second date had gone very well so far. Stan, not-quite star athlete at Shadow Valley High, and Billie, not-quite Prom Queen, had spent over an hour at the Brookbank Falls, deep in the mountains that ringed Pine Bow County. During the winter months, these mountains drew skiers from around the world to challenge its…
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I aint had the dream abowt the corners for long years. I didnt no I misst it. Wen I first had it over and over, way back in the bigining, the corners fritened me so bad I almost left the wallow and wats here. But now I no that the corner cuttin into you is…
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The little cabin was nestled so far back into the trees that Grover Petersworth could barely make out the light from the two windows built into the log framework on either side of the cabin’s front door. Grover’s shiny new 1962 business sedan crunched over the gravel as he rolled the car to a gentle…
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That is not dead which can eternally drive And with strange eons even death may not arrive 1. Midnight Rider It was just past midnight when our—well he ain’t exactly a hero, a man called The Squid—pulled off the highway in Wendover to get himself some coffee and diesel. His big black Mack truck rumbled…
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Her entrails still steamed in the cool March air. Franklin Mercer wiped his eyes for the thirteenth time since he had walked into the house with his bouquet of flowers. The woman’s name was Rebecca Mercer, and she was his wife. Franklin pulled a pocket watch from his jeans and checked the time. Nearly two…
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“There she is, Cletus. Ain’t she a beauty?” Skipper waved his hand over the top of the battered steering wheel. In the distance, a ramshackle cabin crouched on the side of a hill as if it expected to slide into the gully below at any moment. The accompanying outhouse looked much sturdier and more securely…
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Chief Larry Delafontaine stood beside Detective Stephens and looked through the one-way glass into the interrogation room at Tommy, sweaty and fidgeting. Larry could feel his revulsion tugging down the corners of his mouth and working in the muscles of his chin, and for the first time in years he was thankful Louisiana still had…
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Three print copies are being given away through Goodreads! You can’t win if you don’t enter! Goodreads Book Giveaway Redneck Eldritch by Nathan Shumate Giveaway ends May 15, 2016. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter Giveaway
