I detect a theme.

With another Samhain nearly upon us, and rain in the forecast, it might be healthier to stay in and curl up with a book instead of pursuing pneumonia trick-or-treating for candy corns and type 2 diabetes.

The ebook of Necropolis is free for the occasion, with the sequel Epitaph reduced to $0.99, and my perennial Halloween-nostalgia adventure, Hot Pennies, also in giveaway mode for those unwilling to commit to more than a short story.

In other news, the final MX collections of Sherlock Holmes stories have been released. That amounts of 52 volumes, and more than 1000 stories in total. Thirteen of those are mine, which is more than enough for a single-author collection. If only I can get through the final pages of one last tale that is holding me up… My inability to adhere to self-imposed deadlines is starting to put me in George R. R. Martin territory.

Finally, two of my horror short stories have also been placed in new anthologies. I’ll announce them once they’re both out and I have covers to show. Hopefully they’ll both be published before the next Halloween rolls around.