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A Horror Wuss likes a Horror Book

5/3/2022

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I'm a giant wuss when it comes to scary stuff, so the fact that CD has gotten me to read any is a big feat. Well, I can handle scary books better than movies, but I am still a big wuss. And CD writes good books.

And with a name like Revenge of the Space-Surfing Butt Monkeys how can I not be intrigued?


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The truck was burned beyond recognition, but it was in better condition than its occupants. The two bodies inside the pickup truck were little more than piles of ash. Constable Bennett made retching sounds at the sight of them, and he had seen some pretty grotesque stuff last year. Tanguay felt a little sick herself.

“The truck was spotted by a skier earlier this evening,” explained Bennett, after he had regained his composure and wiped his thick moustache with the back of his uniform sleeve.

“A skier?” Marie-Ann asked. “In May?”

“Well, you know, one of those weirdos with the roller skis and the poles.” Bennett made motions with his arms as if he was skiing. Or was he dancing? Marie-Ann suspected the man had never skied in his life. She supposed people did worse things than roller skiing, but it wasn’t particularly safe on a dark road outside of town. There were no streetlights or buildings of any kind for several kilometres in either direction. The truck was in the ditch off the side of the road, partially obstructed by trees and brush. “Any ID?”

“The truck was rented in Halifax a week ago by a German tourist named Hans Meier. Meier and the truck came across on the ferry with another man, Klaus Fischer, last Wednesday, but no one saw them since they arrived in Port-aux-Basques.”

Port-aux-Basques was the landing point of the ferry from Nova Scotia, about two hours from Gale Harbour. “That’s random. Two Germans show up in Newfoundland and mysteriously explode?”

“Maybe they were listening to that European techno music and went off the road?” Now Bennett made different arm motions that Tanguay figured were supposed to be dancing, but it looked like he was trying to shake off a wet shirt that was sticking to his flabby arms.

“They didn’t go off the road.” She shook her head. “Not while they were alive.”

“No, I know. There are no tire marks.”

“And no scorch marks on the trees. The car was burned before it was dumped here.”

“So, our Germans were burned, and then someone dumped their bodies here?” Bennett walked around the truck to the passenger side. He reached out and touched the door handle. “Why the hell would someone…”

“Bennett, don’t touch—”

But the constable had already pulled the handle, and the door popped open. The body in the passenger seat flopped out onto the ground; the burned flesh ripping and tearing like the steaks that time someone burned and dropped the BBQ at the RCMP picnic. Coincidentally, it had been Bennett operating the grill that day, too.

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Newfoundland, Canada, 1993.

It's been a year since a handful of kids defeated the Psycho Hose Beast in the sleepy town of Gale Harbour, Newfoundland. Our heroes have entered into the era of rollerblades, Super Nintendo and oversized plaid shirts… unless you’re a goth, then it’s the era of Maybelline eyeliner, boots with too many buckles, and infected safety-pin piercings.

Thirteen-year-old Niall O'Neil is navigating a blossoming relationship with his crush, Harper Jeddore. Unfortunately, the power that allowed them to defeat the monster from the deep is still within them, and they are no closer to understanding or controlling it. When just touching your girlfriend can kill innocent bystanders, it complicates the already precarious practice of teenage dating.

But lurking in the backdrop of teenage romance, a sinister power is growing in Gale Harbour, and dangerous people are turning up in the small town with possibly deadly intentions.

Will the kids defeat this new threat? What did the US Air Force leave in the abandoned Hansen Air Force base? What is a space-surfing butt monkey? And most importantly—will anyone get to touch a boob?

GO BUY IT!
AMAZON US: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09RKG6772
AMAZON CANADA: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B09RKG6772
AMAZON UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09RKG6772

Aboot* the Author

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C.D. Gallant-King is a comic fantasy and horror writer currently based in Ottawa, Ontario, though he was born and raised in Newfoundland, in a town eerily similar to Gale Harbour. He has self-published four novels, including HELL COMES TO HOGTOWN, which was a semi-finalist in Mark Lawrence’s 2018 Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off. His short fiction has appeared in multiple anthologies by Mystery & Horror LLC and Dancing Lemur Press, as well as in The Weird and Whatnot magazine.

Contact Information:
http://cdgallantking.ca
https://twitter.com/CDGallantKing
https://www.facebook.com/cdgallantking
https://www.instagram.com/cdgallantking/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09RKG6772
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60387932

*Did you see what I did there?

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Want to play 13 facts about the Ouija board

5/1/2022

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This is going to look like a weird post, but I have a reason for it. I was organizing my blog and removed some posts I plan to repurpose. The problem? Someone had pinned the graphic below and it led to a broken link. Because I deleted the post! _-_ So people are seeing an error. EEK!

I can't have that so I'm redoing the original post. If you've come from that Pinterest post, hi, hey. What's up?
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  1. The first ever Ouija board was invented by a toy shop in 1891: According to various sources, it was a Pittsburgh toy and novelty shop called Danziger's & Company.
  2. During World War I, Ouija boards could be found in almost every household in the U.S. (Kind of makes you wonder. Were people trying to contact soldiers who died in battle?)
  3. In 1922, Ouija board sales outsold Monopoly: Three million Ouija boards were sold in the year 1920. Over the next two years, they jumped over the sales of Monopoly.
  4. Ouija board got its patent without proper paperwork: Elijah Bond carried an Ouija board to the patent office and asked it to spell out the name of the officer. Which it did and the officer was so spooked he approved the patent without finishing the paperwork.
  5. The Ouija board named itself when asked for it: They had no idea what to call it and decided to ask the board and that's what it spelled.
  6. The word Ouija means "good luck": Apparently the word is Egyptian.
  7. Emily Grant Hutchings said that the book "Jap Herron" was dictated by Mark Twain's ghost through an Ouija board.
  8. People who take fatal decisions based on the boards are often related in one way or another: A mother-daughter duo played with an Ouija board after taking a lot of hallucinogenic pills and later burned their own house. Investigators found out they were related to a person who attempted to kill his dog after playing the same game.
  9. The most demonic spirit in an Ouija world is called Zozo. Crazy fact here: I followed a Youtuber for a while who got an Ouija board. She got rid of it after the name Zozo was spelled out.
  10. Bill Wilson, the co-founder of Alcoholic Anonymous wrote the famous 12-step recovery program using an Ouija board: Bill had a spook room in his house and he used to contact spirits in order to seek their guidance for his own research. He was also found to be on LSD sooo.....
  11. Six intelligence officers with top-secret security clearances were arrested for messing with supernatural forces through Ouija board: The officials claimed the souls predicted the Gulf War and an earthquake in 1990. Later, they went AWOL on orders from the board. They were found and arrested for their misbehavior.
  12. The 1973 film The exorcist abruptly stopped the Ouija obsession with a mass fear of spirit infestation.
  13. The scientific concept on which Ouija boards are based is called Ideomotor Effect: The ideomotor phenomenon is a psychological phenomenon wherein a subject makes motions unconsciously. (source)
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#IWSG Take 2

4/6/2022

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The first Wednesday of every month is the Insecure Writer's Support Group. Posts go up the 1st Wednesday of every month. Check it out here and join if you need support with your writing. Don't forget to stop by and say hi to the co-hosts: Joylene Nowell Butler, Jemima Pett, Patricia Josephine, Louise - Fundy Blue, and Kim Lajevardi!

Hey look, my name is in there. Why yes I may have forgotten I volunteered. Life has been a little hectic since I told Alex I'd help, to say the least.

April 6 question - Have any of your books been made into audio books? If so, what is the main challenge in producing an audiobook?

If you've been to my blog today and noticed the post looks different and the comments are gone, it's because it is. My original post had been about how my writing life seems to be shifting and I wasn't sure how to feel about it. The comments were kind and well intention but a few accidentally hit on a pet peeve of mine. Well, it's more than a pet peeve because it utterly infuriates me. It picks at an old and painful wound from my teens. It's not their fault. They had no idea, but for my sanity. I opted to delete the original post. Thanks to everyone who had commented and tried to help. This apparently isn't a topic I'm ready to discuss with the public yet. Lesson learned.

Don't Leave Yet!

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I want to give a shout out to Alex's new book, Cassadark. It released yesterday.

His world is unraveling…
 
Bassan’s father is stepping down from command. His best friend almost dies when Bassan freezes. Now, he’s being sent across the galaxy to speak at an important conference. Despite saving the eleven races years ago, he’s paralyzed by doubt. Could things get any worse?
 
Once there, new acquaintance Zendar convinces Bassan to visit his planet for a humanitarian mission. Bassan’s special connection to ancient technology is the key to saving Zendar’s people. One problem though—it’s a prisoner planet.
 
On Ugar, he discovers things aren’t so straightforward. As each truth reveals itself, the situation grows more desperate. If he can’t find the right answers, he might die along with Zendar’s people. Can Bassan summon the courage to be a hero again?

Links:
iTunes – https://books.apple.com/us/book/x/id1574189874
Amazon – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0982FL3SH
Barnes & Noble – https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/2940164947033
Kobo – https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/cassadark
Scribed – https://www.scribd.com/search?query=9781939844859&language=0
Goodreads – https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58461762-cassadark

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