The 56th Delusion
Obey Your Master . . . OF BODIES!
Today is release day for my latest novella Master of Bodies! Big thank you to everyone who pre-ordered this one. I don’t always do pre-orders for my books but decided to give that a swing this time ‘round. My initial goal was 100 pre-orders by release date, but I soon realized I was way out of my league and really shooting for the stars. I decided 50 was a more reasonable and realistic number. I ended up with 43. Also, big thanks go out to my ARC readers who read the book and are helping get the word out. You are all invaluable!
What if you could bring the dead back to life?
What would you do?
Kipp discovers his special talent at his grandmother’s funeral. And oh what a talent it is. No one ever looks at him the same afterward. Eventually he forgets about what he can do . . . until tragedy strikes again and again.
Kipp is a magnet for tragedy.
Sometimes bringing the dead back to life isn’t what it’s all chalked up to be. With great power is great responsibility, but Kipp isn’t the most responsible guy out there. He tries. He’s even found a woman who is crazy about him, despite the oddness in his demeanor. You’d be a little odd too if you could do what Kipp does.
Everything is great until the moment tragedy strikes, and it always seems to be there hiding in the shadows of Kipp’s twisted reality.
What would you do if YOU could bring the dead back to life?
Master of Bodies started out as a story exploring grief. Now, I have seen this sort of thing way too much in horror film over the past decade or more. Grief horror can be good but once I realize that’s what I’m watching it’s harder to keep my focus. When the scary thing is just a metaphor for grief it gets old. But grief is how the idea for this book came about. The opening scene, without giving anything away, features our MC, Kipp, at his grandmother’s funeral when he is very young. I’ve never been to a funeral, but I was crushed when my grandmother died when I was about fourteen or so. I dove into music and horror movies harder than ever at that time as a way to deal with my grief and sadness. I tapped into those feelings while writing the opening sequence, only I went dark and weird and wrote what I feel is one of my best openers ever.
From there the story follows Kipp as he navigates a life of tragedy with a special power he has discovered. The power to bring the dead back to life. Only things go south, and how couldn’t they go south with such a strange, anomalous gift? The first half of the book is grief horror but what it turns into is nothing short of a wild and crazy ride. If you buy the ticket, I certainly hope you enjoy that ride.
Will a paperback be available?