Michael McCarty and Mark McLaughlin Monster Book

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Meet Michael McCarty and Mark McLaughlin, authors of the rollicking horror/adventure novel, MONSTER BEHIND THE WHEEL, which is being published again this year as a new ebook edition from Medallion Press.

Be sure to check this page regularly to find out what Mark and Mike are doing these days. Between the two of them, they always have some new projects in the works.

Recently released from Bucket 'O' Guts Press: PROFESSOR LaGUNGO'S CLASSROOM OF HORRORS by Mark McLaughlin and Michael McCarty. The wily old Professor will be delivering a lecture you'll never forget! Copiously illustrated by Mark McLaughlin.

View a COLUMN trailer for Mark McLaughlin's TIME MACHINE OF TERROR...



BOOK NEWS

Sam's Dot Publishing has released Mark McLaughlin's story collection, RAISING DEMONS FOR FUN AND PROFIT, and Michael McCarty's collection of collaborations, A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FIENDS. You'll find them both in the Anthologies section of GenreMall.com.

Bear Manor Media has released Mike's new nonfiction collection, ESOTERIA-LAND. Visit BearManorMedia.com for more information.

ALSO: A digital chapbook by Mark McLaughlin and Michael McCarty, PROFESSOR LaGUNGO’S DELIRIOUS DOWNLOAD OF DIGITAL DEVILTRY & DOOM, has been released by the electronic publishing division of Horror-mall.com. In Professor LaGungo's wicked shop of second-hand evil, if you break it, you've bought it - with your soul!



Here's where to find out more: Horror-Mall.com!

MONSTER BEHIND THE WHEEL was first released in 2008 by Corrosion Press, an imprint of Delirium Books, P.O. Box 338, North Webster, IN 46555. Click on this sentence to visit Mark McLaughlin's books at Horror-Mall.com - you can find out more about MONSTER BEHIND THE WHEEL there. The novel was released as a limited-edition hardcover.

Here's a look into the novel's plot: As a child, young Texan Jeremy Carmichael fell from a Ferris wheel at a carnival. He landed on a beautiful young woman and his fall was broken. Unfortunately, so was the woman's spine.

Years later, Jeremy is injured in a car accident while delivering pizzas. The accident opens the gates between the worlds of the living and the dead, awakening a malevolent supernatural presence - the spirit of a cruel man named Frank Edmondson. Frank had been the policeman who'd arrived at the scene of the carnival accident, years earlier. The woman who'd died had been Frank's lover.

Frank wants revenge on Jeremy and wishes to re-enter the world of the living by taking over the young man's body. Jeremy finds himself constantly visiting the realm of the dead in dreams and visions. But is that Frank's doing, or is there another reason...?

Frank has a cunning master plan which involves a sleek, deadly muscle-car called Monster. Frank uses the car to gain more and more of a foothold over Jeremy's life. But what Frank doesn't know is that Jeremy isn't your average pizza delivery boy....

What happens next? You'll have to read the book to find out more!

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

MICHAEL McCARTY is the author of four books of interviews -- MODERN MYTHMAKERS, GIANTS OF THE GENRE, MASTERS OF IMAGINATION and MORE GIANTS OF THE GENRE -- and the story collections, DARK DUETS and LITTLE CREATURES. MORE GIANTS OF THE GENRE was on the final ballot for the Bram Stoker Award, Best Nonfiction Work in 2006. He lives in the Iowa/Illinois Quad-Cities with his wife, Cindy.

MARK McLAUGHLIN is the author of hundreds of published short stories and articles, as well as numerous story collections, including RAISING DEMONS FOR FUN AND PROFIT (Sam's Dot Publishing), MOTIVATIONAL SHRIEKER (Delirium Books), PICKMAN'S MOTEL (Delirium Books), SLIME AFTER SLIME (Delirium Books), and AT THE FOOTHILLS OF FRENZY (written with Shane Ryan Staley and Brian Knight, Solitude Publications). Be sure to visit the Mark McLaughlin Author Section at www.Horror-Mall.com.

Mark McLaughlin has won the Bram Stoker Award for the poetry collection, THE GOSSAMER EYE (written with Rain Graves and David Niall Wilson).

As collaborators, Michael and Mark have written dozens of stories and articles together, as well as the novel, MONSTER BEHIND THE WHEEL (Corrosion Press/Delirium Books); the story collection, ALL THINGS DARK AND HIDEOUS (Rainfall Books, England); and the Horror-Mall.com digital chapbook, PROFESSOR LaGUNGO'S DELIRIOUS DOWNLOAD OF DIGITAL DEVILTRY & DOOM. Now they're working on another novel - a futuristic adventure filled with demons and robots!

MORE MARK McLAUGHLIN NEWS:

Mark is the author of a limited-edition poetry chapbook called PHANTASMAPEDIA. Visit myspace.com/phantasmapedia to find out more about the 32 creatures who inhabit this strange little book. And while you're there, sign up to be a MySpace Friend of PHANTASMAPEDIA.

MORE McCarty books you might enjoy...

MODERN MYTHMAKERS by Michael McCarty
His third and greatest interview book. Learn about the lives and works of many of the greats (as well as some upcoming talents) of horror, science-fiction and fantasy. From McFarland & Company.

LITTLE CREATURES by Michael McCarty
A story collection that proves monsters don't have to be big to be scary. From Sam's Dot Publishing.

A LITLE HELP FROM MY FIENDS by Michael McCarty and His Collaboration Crew
Michael's fourth short story collection is now available in the Anthologies section of GenreMall.com. Mike and his fiendish friends serve up some kooky and spooky tales.

ESOTERIA-LAND by Michael McCarty
Michael is known for his interviews with horror and science-fiction authors and filmmakers – but this time, he also interviews comedians, rock musicians and artists. Plus, book and movie reviews, essays and articles. With an introduction by scream-queen Linnea Quigley and an afterword by The Amazing Kreskin. Released by BearManor Media.