Amazon: A new 25,000 word stand alone novella from the author of the Pandora’s Children short story collections.

After divorcing his wife of two years, Gary Lettner thinks he has found the perfect house for himself and Molly, his eight-year-old daschund.

But when the throats of the dead begin to cry out in a voice that only Molly can hear, and when evidence of past atrocities committed in his new home begin to surface, Gary finds himself an unlikely participant in a brutal quest for vengeance.

Sometimes in life, you read about something in the paper or see something on the news that is just so horrible… but you know that true justice will never be discovered. *That’s life and that’s the world we live in. *Sometimes, as an author, the only way to make sense of it all, the only way to find some sense of justice, is to write your own ending to the story.

This is one such story. *”Dogs of War” is a brutal, heart-wrenching ghost story that attempts to find some justice in this sometimes crazy world we live in.

If you decide to read it, I would appreciate a review at whatever site you purchased it on. Thanks!

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004SHNS0K

BN: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/boo…=2940012191175

Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/47960

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Two quick updates for my readers and potential readers out there:

• I recently won third place in Suspense Magazine’s 2010 writing contest for my short story Naughty and Nice, which has been published in their March 2011 issue.  Very exciting for me
• I also wanted to make note of a five-star review given to Death Bleeds Into Life on Smashwords and Amazon:

Excellent!  All stories in this collection are great. “The Madame Penitent” is something truly special. The plot alone would make it worthwhile but it is so much more than that. Evocatively written, the prose in this story feels more like poetry (and I mean that in a good way ). The good doctor delivers!

So if you haven’t picked up Death Bleeds Into Life yet, what are you waiting for?  You can purchase it from Amazon here, from Barnes and Nobles here, and from Smashwords for multiple formats here.  As always, only $.99!

And to read Naughty and Nice, check out the newest issue of Suspense Magazine

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Looking for some more “classical” psychological horror, where ghosts, monsters and madmen run wild?

Have you already read Pandora’s Children: Dark Interludes and are looking for something a little meatier?

For a limited time (until midnight Friday 2/18/2011), I am giving away free coupon codes so you can enjoy Pandora’s Children Book 2: Too Young To Die in any format you choose from Smashwords.  2 short stories, 1 novella, about 35,000 words.  You can visit the official Pandora’s Children Webpage for details on the story.

To get the free copy, just click http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bradley-Convissar-Author/178862205471284 to be brought to my Facebook fanpage, click on the Free Book tab on the left, click the Like button, and the book is yours.  And if you enjoy what you read, remember, Books 1 and 3, In The Chair and Death Bleeds Into Life,

LOCKED, piece of short horror in video form, is now available at Youtube four your enjoyment.  Please, leave any comments you wish so i can make the next one even better.  And if you like what you watch, please, share with your friends!  If you want to watch, open the post and just click the link below:

Locked

Technorati Tags: flash horror, Horror, short horror, short story

One of my friends recently picked up one of my books and alerted me of the existence of some spelling errors.  Now, i’m not trying to make excuses.  I read and re-read and re-read each story several times before I publish to look for spelling and grammatical errors.  And sometimes, unfortunately, when you don’t have an exclusive editor reading with fresh eyes, things slip through the cracks.  Its unfortunate, to say the least.

Spell check on most word processing programs is a major problem and we have become lazy because of it.  We don’t know how to spell anymore, and I feel bad for English teachers out there that have to read in-class essays.  But I digress.

Unfortunately, spell checkers don’t always pick out those misspelled words if they are not really misspelled , but instead different words with a single letter wrong, like duck and duct.  If they are the same part of speech, then the grammar check will not tell you anything is wrong, either.

An author’s stories, especially during edits, can be somewhat of an optical illusion.  When I proof read, though I look for spelling errors (and often find them) I am usually more concerned with the flow and concepts.   I remember an oldoptical illusion, a six-sided star with several segments missing and Pacman-like circles at the ends.  Its not really a star at all, but just several lines and partial circles.  But because of the length and angle of the lines and the circles, our brains are able to interpret what we are seeing as a star.  We “see” the missing lines because its what we expect to see.  Well, proof reading causes the same type of reaction in the brain.  Even if a word is spelled wrong, and even if the meaning is completely changed from what we meant, our brains don’t always notice because it is our own work and we read what we EXPECT to read when we proof.  There are simply times when we’ll read “The duct climbed out of the pond” and not notice the spelling error because our minds simply assume the word duck because it is what we are experting.  Its what makes sense in relation to the other words in the sentence and the theme of the sentence.

Just like we don’t really see those lines in a but and assume they are there  because it’s what makes sense based on the context of what we do see.  Anyone reading a story for the first time is more sensitive to mistakes because they have no expectations, but for me, well, my eyes feel like they are going to bleed after reading the same stuff over and over again.

Anyway, to any of my readers who may be upset or disappointed by spelling errors, I will make sure I go over future stuff with a fine-toothed comb to ensure that spelling errors are as dead as the dodo.

But if anyone out there did notice spelling errors, I hope they didn’t take away from your enjoyment.