The Local Angle

The Local Angle

During the early stages of writing Blood Red, I thought it would be fun to set my apocalyptic horror novel in my own town. I had just finished a detective novel called The Naked Dame, and I had taken great pains to really nail the 1950s geography of Los Angeles, going...
Redefining Apocalyptic Horror

Redefining Apocalyptic Horror

What’s that you say? You’re not in the mood for yet another friggin’ zombie book? I can understand that. Over the past few years—I would say since the publication of Max Brooks’ comical Zombie Survival Guide—zombies have experienced a sort of...
Blood Red

Blood Red

  The end of humanity will come from within Rachel is 19. She doesn’t know how to handle her new stepmother, let alone the end of the world. But after finding her stepmother dead, Rachel is suddenly racing against time—and terrifying, unnatural forces—to survive...