Dick Waters Wins Flash Fiction Challenge

Today we’re pleased to announce Dick Waters as the winner of the Indies Unlimited weekly Flash Fiction competition. Congratulations to Dick, and thanks to everyone who participated – excellent entries!

The winning entry is rewarded with a special feature here today and a place in our collection of winners which will be published as an e-book at year end.

Without further ado, here’s the winning entry: Continue reading “Dick Waters Wins Flash Fiction Challenge”

Ed’s Casual Friday: On Antiheroes

Once again, and as usual, I feel the need to preface the following by saying that I am of course just offering opinion, not defining any Universal Truths. This is just some stuff I think about some other stuff. This week, the “other stuff” is the Antihero.

First off, I need to define what I mean when I even use that word, as like many terms relating to anything literary or artistic, the idea of an “antihero” has undergone some changes through the years. Continue reading “Ed’s Casual Friday: On Antiheroes”

Chrissy Peebles Announces New Release

The Zombie ChroniclesAuthor Chrissy Peebles is pleased to announce her new young adult horror novel, The Zombie Chronicles.

Val was bitten by a zombie and now she’s scheduled for lethal injection. Breaking all the rules, Dean Walters snags vials of an experimental serum. But it can’t be tested until Val turns into a zombie: something authorities won’t allow. Her execution is scheduled to happen before transformation is complete, giving Dean only hours to break her out. When their helicopter crashes straight into the heart of Zombie Land, his rescue mission becomes a fight for survival.and giving up on Val is NOT an option.

The Zombie Chronicles was published July 30th, 2012 by Rocky Rivers Publishing. It is available from Amazon.com and Amazon UK.

Featured Author: Al Holtz

Al Holtz is the married father of three girls and lives in Northern Virginia. He has been a fan of superheroes all his life, and a fan of children’s books since he started reading to his kids over a decade ago. Holiday Heroes League is the joining of those two passions, and was over three years in the making.

Al’s ongoing projects include a series of board books for toddlers and a science fiction short story.

In addition to writing, Al works as an IT professional, is a huge football fan, and spends much of his other spare time coaching his daughters in soccer and basketball. Continue reading “Featured Author: Al Holtz”