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Stalk me
Well, actually, let me rephrase that — when I say “Visit indie horror authors,” all I mean is that you should go visit their websites, not that you should suddenly show up on their doorsteps. You’re not likely to win anything that way, except possibly a free ride in the back of a police car and a restraining order.
But anyway! Yes! It’s almost Halloween, and that means it’s time for the Coffin Hop!
That’s great, you may be saying, but what the hell is it? I’m glad you asked. (Okay, so you didn’t actually say that. It’s a rhetorical device. Come on, just work with me here for a minute.)
The Coffin Hop Horror Web Tour (October 24-31, 2011) is your chance to win great horror fiction and fun Halloween prizes! Nearly a hundred horror writers have signed up for this, and it should be a lot of fun.
All you need to do is go to www.coffinhop.blogspot.com and you will find links to participating sites. Every one of them will be running a contest — visit as many of them as you like, hell, visit all of them, see what they’ve got on offer.
As for me, you might have heard that I’ve already got a book giveaway over at Goodreads, where you can enter to win a copy of my horror anthology, “Slices.” And you might notice that over 800 people have entered that contest, and as much as I might encourage you to be one of them, I gotta say, your odds don’t look very damn encouraging, do they?
Ahhh, but what those 800 people don’t realize is, I’ve got another copy sitting right here that’s got your name on it. We’re going to make those odds a little better for you by having our own little drawing right here. All you need to do to enter is subscribe to my newsletter — you can use the form at the top of this page — and then leave a comment on this post. That’s it! Also, you could try sacrificing a live goat. I’m not promising that it will help your chances, but it couldn’t hurt.
I’m not going to be spamming the hell out of you or anything — I only send out my newsletter once a month at most, and you’ll like it, I promise. The sneakier among you are thinking, hey, what’s to keep me from unsubscribing as soon as the contest is over? Well, nothing, if you wanna be like that. I see how you are.
If you’re here because of the Coffin Hop, and this is your first time here at BLOODLETTERS — welcome! I know you’ve got a lot of other blogs to visit, but you should take a moment to check things out here. A few posts of mine that I especially think you might like include “Don’t Tell Me Your Aspirations,” this three-sentence story, and “Think Readers Care About Fancy Prose? Actually, Yes.”
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An unreliable narrator, MICHAEL MONTOURE ( montoure@bloodletters.com )
is an indie writer of horror and dark urban
fantasy. His
obsessions include hidden truths, secret dealings, and the changing and
fragile nature of our own pasts. He is known as much for his
spoken-word performances of his fiction at Seattle coffeehouses and
conventions as for the stories themselves. Currently working as a writer
and producer of the webseries Causality, he lives alone with
a gray cat by the edge of Echo Lake, Washington. ( Twitter / Facebook
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“Counting From Ten and Other Stories,” the first horror anthology by Michael Montoure, published by Stone Pine Press. 160 pages, $14.99. available now. ISBN: 0-9728929-3-1 |
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“How the Doctor Changed My Life” was a Doctor Who anthology featuring Montoure's short story, “Relativity.” out of print! ISBN: 978-1-84435-341-5 |
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“Slices,” the new horror anthology by Michael Montoure, 192 pages, $14.99. Available now 
at Amazon.com.ISBN: 0-9728929-3-1 
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Electronic edition available now at the Kindle store and Smashwords, for just $2.99. MOBI, EPUB, PDF, and other formats. |
I think I like my odds of winning over here better LOL. Thanks for the chance to win! Oh and sorry but not sacrificing any goats.. I don’t want to have to worry about getting blood stains out of my clothes :)
JenniferSmith.ga (at) gmail (dot) com
Thank you very much for the opportunity to win one of your books. Also, thanks for pointing me to Dreamhost, when I become slightly less poor, I shall check them out. Happy Halloween and Coffin Hop.
Hi there, this is my first visit to your blog. Great way to meet fellow Indie Horror Homies. I’ll enter that contest of yours right here. heh. Sounds like I don’t have to say good luck with Slice with 800 people entering that contest. lol
Happy Halloween!
/R
Thanks for joining the Coffin Hop and giving as an extra chance!!
Erik
balitiger at yahoo dot com
Thanks for the chance to win…I love scarey books and cant wait to read Slice. This is awesome Coffin Hop..I am meeting so many more authors with great scarey books.
BOO!!!
Happy Holloween
A great site and contest.
Happy Halloween! Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
shadowluvs2read(at)aol(dot)com
I’d like to throw my witch’s hat into the cauldron please, and thank you for the chance.
Subscribed to your newsletter but forgot to leave a comment! Thanks for popping by my blog and reminding me! Will check out your short story PUPPETS. Can’t get enough of creepy dolls!
Oh, and are you sure a live goat won’t up my chances? Little Billy is in the sacrificial circle, bleating in fear. :)
What? You mean if I show up at your doorstep with brownies, you won’t let me in? LOL
Coffin hopping while hungry is murder. Where is my dinner, better half late from work? LOL
Nice to meet you. Fellow dark fiction author here.
-Nora
http://norabpeevy.blogspot.com/
nora at norabpeevy dot com
Michael,
Thanks so much–just got Slices a few days ago and I am riveted. I’m a bit of a germaphobe myself…can’t wait to see where this goes…
Penelope Crowe
Love the ad cards…passing those out. :) By the way–I’m posting Slices on my book club page tonight.
Hi Michael,
Got my SLICES book and cant wait to start reading [ have to finish what I am reading now so this will be my December book to read..Thank you so much.