Check out the cover for my upcoming sci-fi action novel Home Planet. This cover was designed by the extraordinarily talented, cover-creating machine that is Neil Jackson. Neil’s a dream to work with – fast, affordable, and the best customer service I’ve seen so far.
While I don’t have a firm release date for Home Planet yet, it’s looking to be around mid-to-late July.
In outdated Hollywood speak, this one would be Armageddon with time travel!
I recently did an interview with Red over at the M3 Blog. In the interview we discuss the publishing industry, upcoming projects, childhood fears, and my new book Last Summer. Check it out here: http://mommasmoneymatters.com/jw-bouchard
My new book Last Summer is available starting today for the Kindle.
Here’s a brief description:
This is a tale about evil and its existence in a small Iowa town. It’s about childhood, friendship, and growing up.
It’s also a love story…
During the summer of 1993, Zach and his friends set out to have one final adventure before they start high school. But instead, they accidentally discover an entrance to hell and the dark secret which resides there.
People are disappearing, and when Zach’s girlfriend goes missing, he suddenly finds himself caught up in a battle against an ancient evil which threatens to destroy anything that gets in its way.
You can buy a copy on Amazon HERE!
If you grew up in the 90s or liked movies like Stand By Me, Super 8, or The Goonies, you’ll probably enjoy this one. Give it a read and let me know what you think.
Because it’s Friday the 13th today, and I also have a book called Last Summer coming out next week, I’m making Rabid free starting today, April 13th, and it will run through the 17th. Now’s a great time to grab a copy! Get it here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007C7SEF2.
My new novella, Rabid, is out today for the Kindle! Looking forward to hearing what you all think of it.
About Rabid:
Taylor and Carl Mitchell are brothers who have taken wildly divergent paths in life. But when a mysterious virus transforms most of the Earth’s population into bloodthirsty lunatics, they must learn to trust each other and work together in a dangerous new world where the slightest misstep could lead to the ultimate consequence.
The brothers must face their innermost fears and confront loss as they try to survive the long journey home. But will anyone be there waiting for them?
Sometimes there isn’t a happy ending.
Rabid is approximately 40,000 words long. It contains an active table of contents and is formatted for the Kindle.
When a highly valuable precious metal is discovered on Saturn’s moon, Titan, the United States and China form a joint mission to travel there and mine this profitable new resource.
Robert Atwood is an average labor worker living paycheck-to-paycheck, so when he’s offered the opportunity to join the mission with the promise of returning home with a small fortune, he jumps at the chance. The proposition is simple: give up seven years of his life to return to Earth a millionaire.
Several years into the mission, Robert wakes from cryo-sleep to discover he is the only remaining survivor on a ship stranded millions of miles from home. He is about to find out what it truly means to be alone.
Here’s a sneak peek at the cover for Rabid, my new novella coming out in the next two weeks…
My short story collection, All the Dark Places, will be on sale from now until next Saturday for $0.99 (save $2)! Perfect time to snag a copy if you haven’t already.
Get it here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006ZPB6AW
Say you’re stranded on a ship in deep space. The rest of the crew is dead. You’re the sole survivor. Most human beings are social animals. So the question is how long could you survive all alone? Would you be willing to do anything to survive? How long could you keep it together? The new short story I’m working on, Adrift, attempts to answer those questions. Here’s a sneak peek:
The first thing I did was to puke up a lungful of cryo-fluid. Sorry, but you’ll never convince me that humans were meant to breathe like fish. Just because something is possible doesn’t mean it’s a good idea.
I’ve been stuck on this rig for two weeks. Of course, that’s not counting the three years I spent in cryostasis like something preserved in a jar of formaldehyde. So, to clarify, I’ve been awake on this huge chunk of metal for two weeks. I’m the only survivor of a crew of thirty. Does that make me extremely lucky? Depends on how you look at it, I guess. Maybe it’s better if I give you some of the backstory first…
Two Weeks Ago…
So I wake up choking to death. One minute I’m knocked out in my cryo-unit, and the next I’m suffocating on a bad mix. I’m not a scientist, so I don’t have any answers as to the how or why of it, but my lungs were on fire, and it doesn’t take a person long to realize that things are going to shit fast.
I did what anybody with a grain of survival instinct would do: I panicked. Started beating the shit out of the door of my cryo-unit, nearly using up everything I had left as I pounded uselessly on the reinforced glass. It was dumb luck that in all my punching and kicking around, I accidentally hit the ejection button. If I hadn’t, I’d have joined the twenty-nine other crew members who are each still floating dead in their personal cylinder of green fluid that looks a lot like peppermint flavored Listerine.
I spilled out onto the floor, coughing and choking, which is also when I started to puke my guts out.
Long story short, I lived.
My short story collection, All the Dark Places, is now available on Amazon.com. Pick up a copy and take it for a spin. I think you’ll enjoy the ride. And if you really want to make my day, take the time to write a review on the book’s Amazon page.
In All the Dark Places, J.W. Bouchard slams down the accelerator and takes us on a joyride into the darker recesses of our lives; a parallel universe which resides just below the surface of our own…
In this collection of 10 short stories, a blue collar man wages war against an unrelenting army of pests (“Hatchlings”); a bar-hopping vampire falls for the wrong man (“Jealousy”); an aging detective struggles to adapt to a future where a virus is his prime suspect (“Open Windows”); a couple explores the complications of love and marriage H.P. Lovecraft-style (“Lover’s Spat”); and more…
“J.W. Bouchard is a hell of a storyteller!” – Brian Keene, best-selling author of Ghoul and The Last Zombie
