Winer 2011 (II)
My new novel is just out, available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords. Other formats, including print, are coming soon.
It’s called RUN, it’s a thriller, and here’s the pitch:v
Picture this: A landscape of American genocide...
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A rash of bizarre murders swept the country...
Senseless. Brutal. Seemingly unconnected.
A cop walked into a nursing home and unloaded his weapons on elderly and staff alike.
A mass of school shootings.
Prison riots of unprecedented brutality.
Mind-boggling acts of violence in every state.
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The murders increased ten-fold...
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The President addressed the nation and begged for calm and peace...
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The killers began to mobilize...
Y E S T E R D A Y
All the power went out...
T O N I G H T
They’re reading the names of those to be killed on the Emergency Broadcast System. You are listening over the battery-powered radio on your kitchen table, and they’ve just read yours.
Your name is Jack Colclough. You have a wife, a daughter, and a young son. You live in Albuquerque , New Mexico . People are coming to your house to kill you and your family. You don’t know why, but you don’t have time to think about that any more.
You only have time to...
R U N
This isn’t horror in the same way some of my other work is...this is a story about a family thrown into a nightmare none of us could fathom and how they pull together to try and survive. This is a fast, scary, pedal-to-the metal ride, but it has a real heart beating at its core. It’s about a family’s love under the worst conditions imaginable. I’ve been working on this book for over two years, between other projects, and I’m more excited about it than anything I’ve ever written.
In light of the changing landscape in publishing and the phenomenal opportunities available to writers through ebooks, I have decided to release this one myself. This is a first for me.
A lot of people are asking me, "Are you giving up on print and traditional publishing?" No. In fact, I've just made DESERT PLACES, LOCKED DOORS, and a complete novella and short story collection called FULLY LOADED available on Amazon as $10 trade paperbacks. SERIAL UNCUT and DRACULAS are already available in that format, and RUN will be within the month.
I’ve also added two new short stories and a novella since the first of the year, and the follow-up to SERIAL, my collaboration with J.A. Konrath, called KILLERS. It’s now available in all formats, and coming soon to print. Here’s the description:
Guess who’s back?
A sequel two years in the making...
First there was SERIAL...
Acclaimed thriller writers Blake Crouch and Jack Kilborn pitted their skills against each other in a psychotic game of serial murder. Crouch wrote about Lucy, a hitchhiker who killed drivers. Kilborn wrote about Donaldson, a driver who killed hitchhikers. Then they brought their characters together and tried to slaughter one another on the page.
SERIAL has been downloaded over 350,000 times. The film rights have been optioned, and it is currently available as an ebook, in print in various collections, and forthcoming in audio.
Now comes KILLERS...
At the end of SERIAL, Donaldson and Lucy didn't die. When they each wake up in a hospital, under arrest for their crimes and guarded by the police, each burns with a single, overwhelming desire:
To escape and finish what they started.
That’s going to be difficult with the deputies posted outside their hospital rooms and their life-threatening injuries, but these killers are hell-bent on finding a way.
Beyond a thrilling piece of horrifying suspense, KILLERS takes the collaborative literary experiment begun in SERIAL to the next level. Crouch wrote the first part. Kilborn wrote the second, and then, unaware of each other’s opening section, they wrote the third part together in a Google Doc where they could simultaneously write in real time. All bets were off, and may the best psycho win.
KILLERS is three times the length of SERIAL, and if you loved SERIAL, you’ll love this.
Enjoy RUN, have a great spring, and as always, thanks for your support.
Peace!
Blake