Win DOZEN BLACK ROSES And More From The Freed Book Dude!

The Free Book Dude (A/K/A The Free Kindle Dude) is holding a contest, in association with Biting Dog Press, where you can win my ebooks A DOZEN BLACK ROSES and KNUCKLES & TALES for free. Not only that, but you'll also win ebooks by Neil Gaiman, Jack Ketchum & Neil Barrett Jr. You'll end up with ten (10) ebook titles should you win. The titles made available for the contest are:

A Day At The Fair by Neal Barrett, Jr.
Knuckles And Tales by Nancy A. Collins
The Transformed Mouse by Jack Ketchum
House Guest by John Paul Allen
Suffer The Flesh by Monica J. O'Rourke
Hallelujah by Akela Cooper
Through Darkest America by Neal Barrett, Jr.
A Dozen Black Roses by Nancy A. Collins
Murder Mysteries by Neil Gaiman
Dark Blessings by John Paul Allen

Sonja Blue Fan Art

Ever since the internet came into play, in the mid-late 1990s, I have received (and stumbled across) various examples of fan art depicting Sonja Blue. Some of it I can assign a Real Life name to, while some only have email/online handles. So if I do not properly attribute a piece of artwork correctly, it is not out of malicious intent, but genuine ignorance.

This is one of the earliest examples of Sonja Blue fan art in my digital collection (hell, the entire collection is digital). I no longer know who the original artist is, although I'm fairly sure it was a woman who may have used the pseudonym 'Pixie'. In any case, I'm reasonably certain this piece dates back to the late 1990s, early 2000s.

 This is one is also amongst the oldest examples of fan art I have in my collection. It was drawn by Nicklas Anderson in 1999.

I'll continue posting examples of fan art, as well as portraits drawn by professional artists, on this blog, and will try to identify the artists as best I can. If you recognize your art, feel free to chime in.

Still More Foreign Book Covers--And Some Unexpected Casting

This is the German edition of In The Blood, which was known in Germany (and most of Europe) as A Dozen Black Roses. I liked the title so much I used it for the 4th Sonja Blue novel.

Here's the Russian edition of In The Blood, and its title also translates into A Dozen Black Roses as well.

This is the Festa edition of Sunglasses After Dark, which was known in Germany as The Death Kiss of Sonja Blue. The first paperback edition was from Goldmann. You may notice that Festa has decided to go ahead and cast Angelina Jolie in the role. Oddly enough, during one of the many times I've been poked with a stick by Hollywood about making a Sonja Blue movie, a relatively-unknown Jolie was considered for the part. Other potential Sonja Blues over the years have included Reese Witherspoon, Asia Argento, Jennifer Lopez (don't ask), Milla Jojovich, and the singer Pink.

More Foreign Book Covers

The Japanese edition of A DOZEN BLACK ROSES

 The Finnish edition of Sunglasses After Dark. The title translates to "Glasses Like Blackberries" (?)

The Russian edition of Sunglasses After Dark.

Listen To My Interview on WHQR 91.3 fm

On Friday the 13th I was interviewed live on WHQR, the public radio station here in Wilmington. Here is the podcast of that day's Midday Interview with Jemila Ericson. In it I discuss the world behind the Golgotham urban fantasy series, my upcoming personal appearance on April 16th (today!) and the forthcoming release of the revised & updated ebook edition of Sunglasses After Dark.

Photo Credit: Beth Gwinn

Sonja Blue Related Items Plucked From The Interwebs

The Rest Of Everything has a few nice things to say about the Sonja Blue series, as collected in the Midnight Blue omnibus.

Also, Too Much Horror Fiction remembers Sunglasses After Dark.

And here's a portrait of Sonja Blue as imagined by friend and fellow Arkansan Byron Taylor.

I'll Be Live On The Radio on Friday the 13th!

I'll be on WHQR 91.3 fm's Midday Interview  with Jemila Ericson from 12:06-12:16 pm  on Friday the 13th. She'll be interviewing me about Left Hand Magic, the second book in my new Golgotham series from Penguin.

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