There's an episode of
The Simpson's where
Milhouse states:
"Everything's coming up Milhouse!"
That's the way
John F.D Taff must be feeling these days because,
"Everything's coming up John F.D Taff!"
John Milton from AndyErupts named his book
Little Deaths one of the
Top 5 Books of 2012, Gabino Iglesias at Horror Talk named Little Deaths the
#1 Horror Collection of the year, and then when we had a
Little Deaths 99¢ Sale and sales went through the roof…
the title cracked the Amazon Top 100.
Now Books of the Dead is happy to announce that we have signed John to a two book deal. Over the next few months we will be releasing the novels
"The Bell Witch" and
"Kill / Off".
Congrats John!
Here's a little bit about each title:
The Bell Witch:
The Bell Witch is a historical horror novel/ghost story based on what is perhaps the most well-documented poltergeist case to occur in the United States. It tells the story of the Bells, an early 19th-century Tennessee farm family who begin to notice strange occurrences—odd noises, bangings, gurglings. Eventually, an entity reveals itself to the family, calling itself, simply, the Witch, and makes it clear from the outset that it was sent to kill the patriarch of the family, John Bell, for a reason it never makes quite clear.
The Witch’s antics, while not exactly endearing it to the Bells, make the spirit somewhat of a novelty. Word of its existence spreads, first through the Bell’s slaves, then through the rest of the community. It tells jokes, makes predictions, offers unwanted advice and even sing. It shows an intimate knowledge of The Bible and of history and politics.
It harasses those who annoy it most, saving its ire for John Bell and his teenage daughter, Betsy. These two people become the focus of the apparition’s attacks, both verbal and physical. Ultimately, the Witch fulfills its promise of killing John Bell, while also forcing Betsy and her mother, Lucy, into considering their own roles in what created the spirit.
The Bell Witch is, at once, a historical novel, a ghost story, a horror story and a love story all rolled into one.
Kill / Off:
The search for the world’s master assassin begins with a single question… .
Would you kill a person if you knew you could get away with it?
David Benning, a successful accountant, is a man whose answers to life’s questions lately have all been wrong. He has a sick father wracking up charges at an expensive nursing home and a bank account with embezzled money sitting in it.
When he is blackmailed by a shadowy organization known only as “The Group,” David finds himself thrust into a world outside of his normal boundaries—one of guns and payoffs and killing unknown, seemingly ordinary people.
As he becomes more and more enmeshed, David begins to grasp The Group’s true motives. In Nashville waits the Sorcerer, The Group’s master assassin. Old now, the Sorcerer has become a liability for The Group. He is the embodiment of The Group’s purpose…and its secrets; secrets that must never be revealed, and a purpose that penetrates so deep within the fabric of ordinary life in America that it must not be allowed to die. He must be sacrificed, replaced so that The Group can continue.
David can trust no one…not even the one person he has grown to love. And he must untangle this web to kill the Sorcerer and win his freedom from The Group.
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