With Friday the 13th coming up tomorrow, I couldn’t resist the chance to celebrate. So in good old black Friday style, I’m making available for FREE on Amazon my Lovecraftian novella/ebook Requiem for the Burning God.

Requiem for the Burning God (normally $1.99) will be free for three days on Amazon, from April 12 to April 14 (US Pacific time).

This promotion coincides nicely with Scott Nicholson’s freebie giveaways. You can find more about them on his website. What’s the link, you ask? My story “The Cutting Room” appears in Scott’s currently free collection Gateway Drug. If you want to sample some of Scott’s bestselling talent, now is as good a time as any!

(PS. “The Cutting Room” is also in my free collection Apocrypha Sequence: Deviance, along with some other twisted, racy stories).

[Edit: It could take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours for the new $0 price to kick in! Thanks for your patience.]

RAGE AGAINST THE NIGHT, my fundraiser anthology for Rocky Wood, hit the streets (well, Amazon and Smashwords) just before Christmas, and it’s been selling well.

On Christmas day, Rage Against the Night peaked at #13 on the Amazon anthologies bestseller list. This is a fantastic result as all proceeds will be donated to HWA President and author Rocky Wood to aid his fight against motor neurone disease.

Want to know more? Here’s the lowdown:

Under the onslaught of supernatural evil, the acts of good people can seem insignificant, but a courageous few stand apart. These brave men and women stand up to the darkness, stare it right in the eye, and give it the finger. These are the stories of those who rage against the night, stories of triumph, sacrifice, and bravery in the face of overwhelming evil.

Rage Against the Night features the megastars of dark fantasy and horror—including Stephen King, Ramsey Campbell, Peter Straub, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, F. Paul Wilson, Jonathan Maberry, Scott Nicholson, Nancy Holder, Sarah Langan, and many, many more.

The full table of contents is:

• The Gunner’s Love Song—Joe McKinney
• Keeping Watch—Nate Kenyon
• Like Part of the Family—Jonathan Maberry
• The Edge of Seventeen—Alexandra Sokoloff
• The View from the Top—Bev Vincent
• Afterward, There Will Be a Hallway—Gary A. Braunbeck
• Following Marla—John R. Little
• Magic Numbers—Gene O’Neill
• Tail the Barney—Stephen M. Irwin
• The Nightmare Dimension—David Conyers
• Roadside Memorials—Joseph Nassise
• Dat Tay Vao—F. Paul Wilson
• Constitution—Scott Nicholson
• Mr. Aickman’s Air Rifle—Peter Straub
• Agatha’s Ghost—Ramsey Campbell
• Blue Heeler—Weston Ochse
• Sarah’s Visions—Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
• More Than Words—David Niall Wilson
• Chillers—Lisa Morton
• Changed—Nancy Holder
• Dead Air—Gary Kemble
• Two Fish to Feed the Masses—Daniel G. Keohane
• Fenstad’s End—Sarah Langan
• Fair Extension—Stephen King
• Rocky Wood, Skeleton Killer—Jeff Strand

Rage Against the Night (ed. Shane Jiraiya Cummings, Brimstone Press, December 2011, RRP $3.99) can be purchased as an ebook from Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006P18LM2/) and Smashwords (http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/116718). It will soon be available from Barnes & Noble, Apple, Sony, Diesel, and all other leading online retailers. The print version will be available in late January.

What do Stephen King, Ramsey Campbell, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Peter Straub, F. Paul Wilson, Jonathan Maberry, Scott Nicholson, Sarah Langan (and many many more horror superstars) have in common? Rocky Wood and Rage Against the Night.

Rocky is the President of the Horror Writers Association, an award-nominated scholar, and a top bloke. He is also battling motor neurone disease.

Rage Against the Night, edited by Shane Jiraiya Cummings, brings together the megastars of horror in support of Rocky. Rage Against the Night features stories of triumph against the forces of  darkness from the biggest names in horror. All proceeds from the sale of the anthology will go to Rocky so he can purchase an eye gaze machine, which will help Rocky communicate as his disease progresses.

Rage Against the Night will be published by Brimstone Press in late December (ebook edition) and January (print edition).