Coming
2025 – Tiger Blues: a novel
2 transmen try to keep a Buddhist amulet out of Mao’s hands in 1940s Tibet. Those transmen (or genderqueer/nonbinary – not my place to say) are real life badasses Olive Yang (Burmese drug kingpin, 1927-2017) and Kawashima Yoshiko (Japanese war criminal, 1907-1948). Subscribe to my mailing list to stay updated, www.jasonmshannon.com/contact
This week we’re talking to author R. W. Duder. He is the author of 14 books, including the Amy series, and his newest release, Only the Dead, which we discuss today. Only the Dead is a slasher anthology of three novellas – Dixie, The Vet, and Monster. Stay tuned at the end of the episode for a selected reading from The Vet (timestamp 1:05:00)
R.W.’s next events:
-Book Fair and Crafters Market, May 3/25, Victoria Park Pavilion in Kitchener
(https://www.facebook.com/share/1Et41YzzHJ/)
-Newmarket Comic Con, Dec 7/24
(https://www.popculturecanada.ca)
-Port Perry Comic Con, Dec 8/24 (https://www.popculturecanada.ca)
R.W.
https://www.instagram.com/rwduder/
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Jason
Shannon is an indie Canadian author of science fiction and more. He
has published 6 novels - The Zimmer Insurgency, The Hounds of
Harujin, The Moon Panther, Rain's Agenda, The Rise and Fall of Chaz
Oregano, and Attila the Valley Girl - as well as several short
stories. Visit www.jasonmshannon.com to read the short stories,
as
well as novel excerpts, or for links to download/buy. All
novels are available in print and ebook. Chaz, Zimmer, Attila, and
One Night in Ikh Khulan are available in audiobook.
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my ebooks/audiobooks https://www.jasonmshannon.com/store
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Synopsis
Dive
into a collection of three stories that explore the transformation of
men into monsters amidst the horrors of war. In this gripping
anthology, fear takes on new dimensions as innocence clashes with
darkness, and survival becomes a desperate struggle against the
Amidst the ruins of a post-Civil War landscape, Arthur Aldridge
stumbles upon a town ensnared by a sinister force. A man of haunted
past, Arthur must become the unlikely hero as he faces off against
the enigmatic and malevolent killer known only as The Captain. As the
town's last hope, he must battle not only The Captain but also the
shadows within himself to save the innocent from a fate worse than
Vet":
The year is 1972, and a group of college students embarks on a quest
to uncover the truth behind a Vietnam veteran's tortured existence.
Their pursuit takes them deep into the heart of darkness, where the
horrors of war have twisted reality into a nightmare. As they uncover
the soldier's grim secrets, they find themselves caught in a web of
terror, and one by one, they fall prey to the creeping darkness that
Patrick Hansen, a brute driven to madness by his own size and the
malevolent forces that sought to exploit him, is unleashed upon an
unsuspecting group of Americans exploring the battlefield of war. His
sanity shattered, his brutality knows no bounds, and the farmland
become a graveyard for those who dare cross his path. Amid the
remnants of a battleground, a battle of survival unfolds, pitting
humanity against the monstrous echoes of war.
In "Only the
Dead," the line between humanity and monstrosity blurs, and the
echoes of war reverberate across time and space. Each story is a
journey into darkness, where men's souls are shattered, innocence is
lost, and the struggle for survival takes on terrifying new forms.
Prepare to be immersed in a world where the true monsters are not the
creatures lurking in the shadows, but the horrors that war can
unleash upon the human soul.
