Happy Halloween!!!

I'd like to wish all my readers a very Happy Halloween. Have a safe Halloween if you're going to be out there knocking from door to door with the kids tonight or watching a horror movie marathon. To celebrate the best holiday of the year, I've got some goodies for you.

First off, my Halloween homage novella titled Crimson Nightmares which is my take on John Carpenter's Halloween film series. It takes place 33 years after the events of Halloween II. Michael Myers comes to Bitternest, the fictitious Louisiana city where most of my stories/novels take place, and all hell breaks loose. You can download a FREE PDF of the novella here: http://pixiedustpress.weebly.com/crimson-nightmares.html 

Second, to celebrate the release of my new novel, Nocturnal Offerings, I'm giving you a chance to read the short story that introduced the character of Nick Kubrick, the novel's protagonist. It's a creepy little tale titled "The Chilling Hour" and was first published online in the "9 of Swords" eZine in 2008 then reprinted in my 2010 collection The Bitternest Chronicles. You can download a FREE PDF of the short story here: http://pixiedustpress.weebly.com/chilling-hour.html

And last but not least, Nocturnal Offerings, my third novel which I consider to be my absolute best, has been out for about ten days. You can show your support by purchasing a copy in print or in a plethora of eBook formats on Amazon or directly from my publisher, Black Bed Sheet Books. If you've always wanted to buy one of my books but didn't know which one to get, this is the one, folks. So very proud of this one!

Nocturnal Offerings Amazon page

Black Bed Sheet Books Alan Draven page (scroll all the way down for your choice of book format)

Nocturnal Offerings & Pop Expo

I hope you've all had a great summer! It's been three and a half months since my last update but this one's a big one. So without further ado, I give you NOCTURNAL OFFERINGS, my third novel, which will be published on October 18th from Black Bed Sheet books. As usual, the book will be available in all the formats under the sun, both print and electronic and available at all good online bookstores like Amazon, B&N, Chapters/Indigo, etc. You can get a sneak peek at the cover art below:

I'm very proud of this novel, I believe it is my best one yet. Here is the book's synopsis:

Bitternest’s favorite radio disc jockey and debunker of supernatural myths Nick Kubrick is on vacation and on his way to Montreal to surprise his big brother. When he gets there, he finds his brother’s mailbox overflowing with mail and the lawn hasn’t been mowed in weeks. No sign of him anywhere. He decides to stick around town and try to find out where he is.

Nick rapidly realizes that the city of Montreal isn’t so different from his spooky hometown of Bitternest as a string of bizarre, gruesome murders are shocking the city. After bumping into an old high school buddy named Lance, Nick is invited to a gated community that Lance and his wife designed. It’s a postcard-perfect spot, but there is definitely something odd about the place. No one’s over forty, there aren’t any kids anywhere, and its residents all look like supermodels.

Things come full circle when Nick returns to eerie Bitternest and is approached by private eye Jim Coffin who requests his assistance to investigate a series of strange, ghastly murders. Are these murders linked to the ones in Montreal? Meanwhile, a mysterious traveling carnival rolls into town. Nick and Jim are in for a few surprises and when all will be said and done, Nick will never be the same again….

I will be at the very first Ottawa POP EXPO to sign copies of NOCTURNAL OFFERINGS and SPOOKY SHOWCASE during the weekend of December 7th & 8th. You can find out more about this pop culture convention here. I'll have more updates this fall about possible signings in Montreal bookstores, so stay tuned and Happy Halloween!