Saturday, September 21, 2013

#CoverReveal THE SHEPHERD by Travis Luedke #YA #Paranormal #Thriller #ComingSoon #SEP #ASMSG

And here it is, the moment you've all been waiting for, the final cover art for THE SHEPHERD, my new YA paranormal thriller novel.

Publication Date: Sunday, September 29th, 2013



Genre:  Young Adult (15+) Paranormal Thriller

Skate punks, kleptomaniacs, clairvoyant visions and reincarnation.

16 year old skater Mike Evans has issues. His alcoholic father's unemployed and he's stuck living in a white-trash trailer park after the foreclosure of their family home. The last two years have sucked royally, and to top it all off, he's plagued by clairvoyant visions of strange-grisly events that always come true. Mike loses his best friend, ex-girlfriend treats him like a leper, and his only friend Anita wants to get in his pants––he's clueless. Since his mother died at birth and his father doesn't give a damn, Mike's on his own.

His fortunes begin to change after helping a 14 year old girl named Nadia, the victim of a hit and run on the highway. An intimate bond is forged through an intense night of ministering to her injuries. He suspects Nadia is homeless and an unusual relationship develops as she sneaks into his room nightly for a place to stay.

Mike lives a double life, daylight hours at school, new girlfriend, skating, part-time job, and then his nights spent with Nadia. She's a secret friend, giving him money, listening to his problems when no one else will.

Strangeness abounds as they develop a mutual obsession. Nadia is not an average little girl, but Mike ignores the obvious signs of danger.

Struggling to avert another vision of gruesome death, he must face the evidence that his secret friend is much more than she seems.

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Zara's Curse By Andrew Domonkos: SOCK PUPPET MADNESS #Goodreads #Fraud #ASMSG

Please don't feed the sock puppets - they multiply like gremlins

This blog post has a deceptive title, 
because there's really only one face of Andrew Domonkos:


But if you don't like that face, thats Okay, 
Andrew has 153 faces on Goodreads
11 pages of SOCK PUPPET WONDER!!


And how do I know?  
Because, Andrew published his novel 3 days ago on Amazon:


He has ZERO reviews/ratings on Amazon
but Andrew's 153 faces on Goodreads have been very busy:



161 ratings!! (153 of his own--the rest are from disgruntled Authors who have been attacked by Andrew)


And he has 153 votes on Listopia, 
holding the #1 position on Best Vampire Books from "New" Authors!!


Andy is a very resourceful man with his 153 Goodreads profiles,
 not only is he voting for his own book,
 beating all the competition the American way,
 he is also giving out shit-tons of 1 star ratings!! 
But not for his own book, Oh no! 
Those sock puppets are working overtime for Andrew!!


Poor Andrew denies having anything to do with his 153 faces. 
But ooops! He made his denial with two different sock puppet profiles named Domonkos and Andrew Domonkos
Oh my!! But its an easy mistake to make when you have 153 profiles to manage....



So come on down to Goodreads, join up, create a few dozen profiles, 
and lets start rating some books!  
Yeah, lets party like Andrew Domonkos, with overnight sock puppet success!!



**This blog post is satire for the purpose of drawing attention to the sock puppet and troll ratings attacks running unchecked on Goodreads.  
My own novels are victims of Andrew Domonkos's sock puppet brigade.
I do not advocate creating more than one Goodreads profile, it is against their Terms of Service and unethical.

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

THE SHEPHERD Cover Art Poll: VOTE NOW!! #YA #Paranormal #Thriller #ASMSG

Yep, I am back again with another poll!  Guess you could say I am a cover art junkie, an addict of cover art.  Guilty as charged.

Here is my new baby, THE SHEPHERD, a YA Paranormal Thriller. 

Short description:  

Sixteen year old Mike Evans enters a dark, gritty world of mutual obsession when a homeless girl, Nadia, begins visiting him nightly.  Struggling with the tortures of high school and his grisly clairvoyant visions of the future, Mike tries to avert disaster before it strikes.  Though he desperately needs a friend, Mike can no longer ignore the signs that Nadia is much more than she seems.

And finally, the cover art done by the wonderful, phenomenal, highly talented, and affordable cover artistst:  Ida Janssen,  http://www.amygdaladesign.net/

The first three are a "Paranormal" style:


These four are a more gritty "Thriller" style:

So give it a vote, let me know which of Ida's artistic creations are the BEST.

And if you'd like to hire Ida for pre-made covers or custom work, or even awesome book trailers, find her here:  



Thursday, August 15, 2013

Who are THE UNDERLIGHTERS? by @SciFiMagpie #Dystopian #Fantasy #SciFi #Thriller #ASMSG


GIVEAWAY / PROMO ~ THE UNDERLIGHTERS


Art by Bonnie Patton, © 2013. used with permission of the artist. http://bpwordeater.com/

Genre:  Dystopian Fantasy Thriller/Horror
Publication date:  AUGUST 30 2013


Nightmares are bleeding into her waking world. Children are going missing. To save them, she must overcome her wreck of a personal life and a closet full of skeletons. She doesn’t know if the horrors in the shadows are real...or if she is going mad. 


18-year-old Janelle Cohen is an electrician in an underground city. The world above has been swallowed by mind-destroying Dust. Her small life changes forever when a dragon attacks her on the way home from work. 


Her friends worry that she has the Fever, Dust-induced insanity. As more monsters strike down citizens, they change their minds. A terrifying trip to the surface of the world, the ancient and abandoned Up, deepens the nightmare. With no world left above, she and the other Crows cannot afford to fail…  

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Janelle’s world is about to get very, very dark.

Are you ready? 

On August 30th nightmares are going to become a little too real for comfort.
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★★★★★ “…You will be rewarded with a dive into the depths of imagination that may leave you questioning, breathless and inspired.” www.TracingTheStars.com

★★★★★ “… Engaging, ground breaking prose that is not afraid to test the reader’s boundaries.  —Sara Celi

★★★★★ “…A wonderful read that is full of life, nightmares, fear, and dreams.” Casey Peeler

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