How did Weston Ochse get his start in writing? Who are his influences? Did the Smithsonian really destroy its giant skeleton collection? Did Wes ever hear the Giant of Kandahar stories when he was deployed to Afghanistan? Find out as Sean Patrick Hazlett meets with his fourteenth guest, Bram Stoker award-winning author, Weston Ochse.

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Bone Chase
A Hole In The World
Grunt Life: Task Force Ombra Series, Book 1
Grunt Traitor: Task Force Ombra Series, Book 2
Grunt Hero: Task Force Ombra Series, Book 3
Burning Sky (Burning Sky Series Book 1)
Dead Sky (Burning Sky Series Book 2)
Scarecrow Gods

Biography

Weston Ochse is a former intelligence officer and special operations soldier who has engaged enemy combatants, terrorists, narco smugglers, and human traffickers. His personal war stories include performing humanitarian operations over Bangladesh, being deployed to Afghanistan, and a near miss being cannibalized in Papua New Guinea. His fiction and non-fiction has been praised by USA Today, The Atlantic, The New York Post, The Financial Times of London, and Publishers Weekly. The American Library Association labeled him one of the Major Horror Authors of the 21st Century. His work has also won the Bram Stoker Award, been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and won multiple New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards. A writer of more than 26 books in multiple genres, his military supernatural series SEAL Team 666 has been optioned to be a movie starring Dwayne Johnson. His military sci fi series, which starts with Grunt Life, has been praised for its PTSD-positive depiction of soldiers at peace and at war.

Sean Patrick Hazlett’s Books

Weird World War III
Weird World War IV
Hell’s Well
Alien Abattoir and Other Stories
Alien Abattoir and Other Stories (Audio)
The Post-Apocalyptic Tourist’s Guide to the Mojave Desert

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