Castle Macabre hosts The Things in the Darkness

Have a Halloween treat!  The next stop on my blog tour for The Things in the Darkness is here!

http://castlemacabre.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-special-halloween-treat-ira-ganslers.html

Keep following the tour at the following blogs:

PREVIOUS TOUR STOPS

Oct. 29, 2014
Creating Serenity Blog
Usually doing scary reads during her Horrifying Mondays, she’s agreed to kicking off the tour on a Wednesday!
Guest Article by Ira: What Inspired Him to Write!
http://www.creating-serenity.com/

Oct. 30
Castle Macabre Blog
Stop by for an excerpt from the novel! Is the protagonist possessed?
http://castlemacabre.blogspot.com/

UPCOMING TOUR STOPS
 
Nov. 3
David Spellman, reviewer
Amazon and GoodReads Review

Nov. 5
Hunter Shea, Author of Hell Hole, Evil Eternal, and More
Posting Guest article by Ira
http://huntershea.com/

Nov. 7
W.D. Gagliani, Bram Stoker Award Finalist for Wolf’s Trap and Author of Savage Nights
Posting Guest article by Ira
http://www.wdgagliani.com/blog.htm

Nov. 10
Keith Rommel, Author of The Cursed Man, Major Motion Picture Coming Soon!
Posting Guest article by Ira
http://keithrommel.weebly.com/blog

Nov. 12
Wag The Fox Blog
Posting Excerpt from the book!
http://waggingthefox.blogspot.com/

Nov. 24
Creating Serenity Blog
For her Horrifying Mondays, she’ll be reviewing the book!
http://www.creating-serenity.com/

Also, you can get all the information about the tour, including details about a contest with giveaways, here:  http://hookofabook.wordpress.com/the-things-in-the-darkness-tour/ 

The Things in the Darkness visits Creating Serenity

Check out the first stop of my blog tour for The Things in the Darkness.

http://www.creating-serenity.com/the-things-in-the-darkness-by-ira-gansler/

Keep following the tour at the following blogs:

TOUR STOPS
Oct. 29, 2014
Creating Serenity Blog
Usually doing scary reads during her Horrifying Mondays, she’s agreed to kicking off the tour on a Wednesday!
Guest Article by Ira: What Inspired Him to Write!
http://www.creating-serenity.com/
Oct. 30
Castle Macabre Blog
Stop by for an excerpt from the novel! Is the protagonist possessed?
http://castlemacabre.blogspot.com/
Nov. 3
David Spellman, reviewer
Amazon and GoodReads Review
Nov. 5
Hunter Shea, Author of Hell Hole, Evil Eternal, and More

Posting Guest article by Ira
http://huntershea.com/
Nov. 7
W.D. Gagliani, Bram Stoker Award Finalist for Wolf’s Trap and Author of Savage Nights

Posting Guest article by Ira
http://www.wdgagliani.com/blog.htm
Nov. 10
Keith Rommel, Author of The Cursed Man, Major Motion Picture Coming Soon!

Posting Guest article by Ira
http://keithrommel.weebly.com/blog
Nov. 12
Wag The Fox Blog
Posting Excerpt from the book!
http://waggingthefox.blogspot.com/
Nov. 24
Creating Serenity Blog
For her Horrifying Mondays, she’ll be reviewing the book!
http://www.creating-serenity.com/

Also, you can get all the information about the tour, including details about a contest with giveaways, here:  http://hookofabook.wordpress.com/the-things-in-the-darkness-tour/ 

Blog tour

The updated tour graphic for my blog tour which starts tomorrow. 

The tour dates scheduled so far are as follows:

TOUR STOPS

Oct. 29, 2014
Creating Serenity Blog
Usually doing scary reads during her Horrifying Mondays, she’s agreed to kicking off the tour on a Wednesday!
Guest Article by Ira: What Inspired Him to Write!
http://www.creating-serenity.com/

Oct. 30
Castle Macabre Blog
Stop by for an excerpt from the novel! Is the protagonist possessed?
http://castlemacabre.blogspot.com/

Nov. 3
David Spellman, reviewer
Amazon and GoodReads Review

Nov. 5
Hunter Shea, Author of Hell Hole, Evil Eternal, and More

Posting Guest article by Ira
http://huntershea.com/

Nov. 7
W.D. Gagliani, Bram Stoker Award Finalist for Wolf’s Trap and Author of Savage Nights

Posting Guest article by Ira
http://www.wdgagliani.com/blog.htm

Nov. 10
Keith Rommel, Author of The Cursed Man, Major Motion Picture Coming Soon!

Posting Guest article by Ira
http://keithrommel.weebly.com/blog

Nov. 12
Wag The Fox Blog
Posting Excerpt from the book!
http://waggingthefox.blogspot.com/

Nov. 24
Creating Serenity Blog
For her Horrifying Mondays, she’ll be reviewing the book!
http://www.creating-serenity.com/

MORE STOPS TBA!! If you’d like to join the tour, contact Erin at hookofabook@hotmail.com as soon as possible.

Follow the details of the tour here:
http://hookofabook.wordpress.com/the-things-in-the-darkness-tour/

Two new contests for "The Things in the Darkness"

Check out the contests set up by my talented and hard-working publicist, Erin Sweet-Al Mehairi for my new horror novel "The Things in the Darkness":

http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/231aa30b13/.

Also, if you put up a review on Amazon and/or Goodreads and e-mail her the link @ hookofabook@hotmail.com, you will be entered for another drawing for a $20 Amazon gift card now through December 31!

Help spread the darkness, tweet #darknessemerges. 

Book Review – "B-Movie Attack" by Alan Spencer

There is a lot to be said about B-movies.  While many people may complain about the low quality, the shoddy effects, or the general cheesiness of these films, many others realize that these are the things that make them great in their own right.  In B-Movie Reels, Alan Spencer gives us everything great about B-Movies while not skimping on the quality of his prose just because of the source material.  In B-Movie Attack, Spencer shows us that he was only beginning.

No B-movie monster stays dead forever!

It was supposed to be a fun screening of an old schlocky horror film at a university auditorium. Unfortunately, Morgue Vampire Tramps Find Temptation at the Funeral Home was possessed by demons able to bring the hideous title characters to life. Now the vampires are alive…and they want company. After gaining access to a vault filled with horror films confiscated by film censors, the vampires have set out to unleash an army of monsters on Chicago with each reel they show. Who will survive an invasion of creatures from B-movies like The Intestinator, Slasher Girls, and The 500 Foot Hooker? And what will be left of them?

The stakes are raised in B-Movie Attack as Spencer takes the story out of a small, isolated town and into a large city.  With the change in scenery comes a huge increase in the potential number of victims and Spencer makes great use of them all.  The action never lets up from the moment the rollercoaster of terror starts to take the plunge down the first hill.  The gore flows through the pages and with Spencer’s talent with words, you can see every moment of it as clearly as if it were jumping off the page right at you.  That doesn’t mean that Spencer doesn’t take the time to give us characters that are well fleshed out.

While the cast of regular characters is not large, mainly we get monsters and monster fodder, this actually works as a strength in the story.  Instead of spreading out the page count with a large number of characters, we are given focus on several in detail so that we actually manage to care about what happens to each of them in the burgeoning madness.  Not that this stops Spencer from treating them as dispensable. 

Overall, Alan Spencer’s B-Movie Attack is great fun that would fit as well on the screen as it does on the written page.  Spencer maintains the spirit of B-movies throughout his tale, making this a must-read for any fan of the genre.  So let’s check out the Rage Circus breakdown.

Story Concept - 4/5

Story Execution - 4/5

Story Flow - 5/5

Character Development (give-a-damn factor) - 4/5

Gripping visuals/details - 5/5

Entertainment Value/Story Engagement - 5/5

Editing (including grammar and spelling) - 4/5

Overall – 4.42/5 – GET CAUGHT UP IN THE B-MOVIE MADNESS.  READ B-MOVIE ATTACK!

B-Movie Attack is available through many retailers including direct from the publisher, Samhain Publishing at:

Print version - https://www.samhainpublishing.com/book/4292/b-movie-attack

E-book version - https://www.samhainpublishing.com/book/4292/b-movie-attack

It is also available on Amazon at:

http://www.amazon.com/B-Movie-Attack-Alan-Spencer-ebook/dp/B008N1OX4C/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1413774198&sr=8-2&keywords=b-movie+attack

The darkness is on its way!

Books are shipped thanks to my wonderful and helpful wife!  If I will be seeing you at the Scarewaves screening or the release party, I have held on to yours to give to you personally.

Kickstarter supporters, enjoy your sanity while you can.  The darkness is on its way!

Interview - Indie Horror Director Marcus Koch

I got the chance to talk with Indie horror director Marcus Koch and delve into the mind responsible for "100 Tears." Check out my latest interview on From Dusk Till Con.

Marcus Koch Interview

Now available for sale!

http://www.amazon.com/The-Things-Darkness-Ira-Gansler/dp/1500449806/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1412261117&sr=8-1&keywords=ira+gansler