AMOK News & Updates

AMOK THE POWERFUL has been out for over ten days now and a couple of cool things have happened since. I did some author interviews, two of which have been published over at Awesome Gang and their sister site, Book Reader Magazine. The interview questions are similar but there are some different questions/answers between the two, so check them out. I had a lot of fun doing them!

My book promoter made a book trailer for me so if you haven’t seen it yet, have a look-see on YouTube. Speaking of YouTube, last weekend I decided to resurrect my YouTube channel which had been dormant for over six years. I’ve created a playlist of all my book-related media including previous book trailers going as far back as 2008 for the gothic anthology Sinister Landscapes, which I edited. You’ll also find the virtual book launch for my thriller Oblique from 2018 as well as other vintage stuff like my very first public reading of my short story “The Rattling Man” done for Dread Central’s Dreadtime Stories back in October of 2007. It was recorded over the phone so the sound quality isn’t optimal, but it was fun to revisit it to see how far I’ve come as a narrator since then. It was first published in 2010 in the very first Horror Zine anthology, And Now the Nightmare Begins, and reprinted in my second short story collection, Spooky Showcase, in 2012. You can also download it as a free PDF right here to read along. I’d be very grateful if you subscribed to my channel as I’ll be uploading readings of the first Amok tale and some other stories of mine in the weeks and months to come as well as readings of public domain tales from famous authors. I’m looking to grow my channel in a major way in 2025 and will need an audience for that.

Last but not least, I’ve removed the PDF titled “Amok - Two Tales” from the available downloads of my previous blog posts dating back to the spring of 2023. Since those tales have been revised/edited since, I now give you the final version of the first tale found in AMOK THE POWERFUL, “Evil Soul, Evil Deed”, as a preview of the book. You can download the 30-page PDF right here and if you like what you read, you can show some love by purchasing a copy of the book on Kindle or as a beautiful 6” X 9” paperback.

Here are the links to purchase the book from the three main Amazon sites:

Amok the Powerful on Amazon.com

Amok the Powerful on Amazon.ca

Amok the Powerful on Amazon.co.uk

If you pick up AMOK THE POWERFUL and enjoy it, I’d very much appreciate if you could take the time to leave a review on Amazon and/or Goodreads to help me spread the word to potential readers. Word of mouth is the best way to sell books, so tell your friends, family, and work colleagues about this book that is very near and dear to me. Stay tuned in the weeks to come for many more updates. Until next time, happy reading and Long Live Amok!