THIS JUST IN …
Cowboys & Indians and Phantoms … Oh my!
Not sure how this one slipped by my kill-crazy pack of mutant webcrawlers, but back in August HAUNTED OLD WEST got a nifty little review in COWBOYS & INDIANS magazine's blog: "Who doesn’t love a good ghost story? The Old West has inspired quite a few, and Matthew...
SIX-GUNS and SLAY BELLS!
Just in time for Halloween, and getting a jump on Christmas, HENRY'S WESTERN ROUND-UP just published a fine piece about the brand-new supernatural Western Christmas Collection, SIX-GUNS AND SLAY BELLS: A Creepy Cowboy Christmas by Western Fictioneers. Henry Parke...
OH, THE HORROR!
My latest book, HAUNTED OLD WEST, is scaring young and old alike, just in time for Halloween! In fact, it's been written up in the Oklahoma Gazette's "Chicken-Fried News" section. Now that's freaky: http://www.okgazette.com/oklahoma/article-16624-haunting-101.html
Sourdoughs Gets the Kudos!
My most recent book in my "Grittiest Moments" series, SOURDOUGHS, CLAIM JUMPERS & DRY GULCHERS: Fifty of the Grittiest Moments in the History of Frontier Prospecting, is racking up positive reviews, and I couldn't be happier. I hold a particular fondness for this...
WINTERS’ WAR Gets a Big Thumbs-Up!
Writer James Reasoner has reviewed my latest release, via Gritty Press, WINTERS' WAR, and found it to be "… a fine hardboiled revenge Western." He also says, "WINTERS' WAR is a fine traditional Western that's well worth reading, and I'm glad it's available again in...
Just in Time for Fall Campfires & the Spooky Season!
It’s my latest book: HAUNTED OLD WEST: Phantom Cowboys, Spirit-Filled Saloons, Mystical Mine Camps, and Spectral Indians. The book is as much a collection of 28 all-too-true tales Old West ghosts, ghouls, and haunted sites—and how they got that way—as it is a travel...
Five Stars for Winters’ War!
My most recent Gritty Press release, WINTERS' WAR, continues to receive high praise. A reader posted on Amazon that she appreciates that my "women characters aren't hysterically screaming behind their men, but strong and self reliant." She goes on to say, "If you like...
Winters’ War … NOOKed Up!
Great news! Nook fans can get their latest Gritty fix: WINTERS’ WAR is available for the Nook!
Double-Shot of Gritty Goodness!
This just in! The newly released Gritty Press edition of WINTERS' WAR is now available in a handsome paperback version. Clocking in at 220 pages, WINTERS' WAR is perfect for the beach, the campground, the back deck, the tree house.... Rather have an e-version? No...
Icons? Did someone say Icons?
Though it is a wee bit after their official release date, I am nonetheless busting to announce the publication of not one but TWO new books that my wife, photographer Jennifer Smith-Mayo, and I worked on together. [clearboth] [clearboth] New Hampshire Icons: Fifty...