F. C. Schaefer

Big Crimson 1: There's a New Vampire in Town (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

No good deed goes unpunished, so beware when a desperate stranger comes to the door after sundown pleading for help and sanctuary. Good Samaritan Kyle gives Jim refuge and saves his life by killing his attacker, only to discover that this desperate stranger is a bloodthirsty creature of the night, one who is now in his debt and feels honor bound to repay the favor. For Kyle, life takes an unimaginable turn when he discovers that his act of kindness has earned him the wrath of a clan of vampires. No matter, his new blood-drinking friend, Jim, has his back despite the long odds.

Jennifer didn't know how lonely she was until she met the new guy next door; what she didn't know was that the object of her affection is a member of the Undead. Now Jennifer is caught in the middle of the supernatural vendetta engulfing the little town of Harlow.

Also caught up in the carnage are: the law abiding landlord with a murderous past; the pawn shop owner who is most certainly not what he seems; the town cop who is not up to job; the correctional officer who is as much a criminal as the men he guards; a convenience store clerk who has lost the love of a great girl because of the color of his skin; his love struck co-worker who doesn't know his woman is cheating on him; a creature of the night with a taste for human flesh as well as warm blood; a ravenous monster trapped forever in the body of child; a woman forced against her will to live the vampire life; and a trio of slackers who couldn't care less. All of them, the good and the evil alike, will be swept up in an orgy of death in a war to claim the legacy of the Big Crimson.

BIG CRIMSON 1 is the first volume in a trilogy of epic horror, and love between the unlikeliest of pairs. The story starts here, and if you are a fan of Stephen King and enjoyed From Dusk Till Dawn and 30 Days of Night, this series is for you. Click the Purchase button now.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: F.C. Schaefer
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781005826123
• Artikelnr.: 74349767

Autorenporträt

I have always been a fan of such old school monsters as the vampire, the werewolf, the unquiet ghost and the walking dead, and always had the strong ambition to write a novel with one of these creatures in the spotlight. That is why I wrote the BIG CRIMSON series, my vampire trilogy. I consider myself a fan of Anne Rice, having read her VAMPIRE CHRONICLES, but instead of her tales of aristocratic creatures of the night, I wanted my vampires to be a little more down and dirty, less the trappings of nobility and more like organized crime. Most of my blood drinkers lurk in darkened alleys or rundown tenements, and some may be found on the back roads in the wee hours. All of them in search of unwary prey. They come together in clans, ruled over by their "Makers," who run their fiefdoms with an iron hand. Then there are the outlaw vampires who refuse to bend the knee to any Maker and the allegiance to any clan. They roam from city to city, making their way the best they can having perfected the art of "passing for mortal." What happens when one of those outlaw vampires is suddenly in need of the help from a mortal is the opening act of BIG CRIMSON.

My favorite type of horror story has always been one where the ordinary and the everyday and the supernatural co-exist, where the "normal" façade of the world we take for granted is pulled back to reveal the house of horrors behind. That is the premise I used in BIG CRIMSON and a couple of short stories I've written, one of which, PICK YOUR POISON, could best be described as The Stand meets Dracula and the Wolfman. A concept that would make for a great straight to DVD movie back in the day. Another one, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO COME THROUGH THE DOOR, turns on the mundane encountering the extraordinary when a vampire has to go shopping for a new suit.

Another genre I have written in is alternate history. ALL THE WAY WITH JFK: AN ALTERNATE HISTORY OF 1964 is my story of what might have happened if the tragic events of November 22, 1963 had turned out differently. It is one of the great What Ifs of the 20th Century, and I wanted to write something originalor as close to it as I could comethat would engage fans of speculative history. Using the framing device of an oral history of an America where John F. Kennedy lived to run for re-election, I tell the story through the eyes of characters caught up in events that threaten to spin out of control at any moment, as history sails into unc...