A few months ago, I did an online poll to determine if
people would like to hear about my next book before its release. I thank you
for your input. You unanimously decided that you would rather hear something
about it in the lead up to its release as opposed to me just dropping it on you. Since I am not
Beyoncé and can’t just drop a new work and expect everyone to shell out their
hard-earned money for it, I will take my lead from you guys and begin filling
you in on my next project.
My next novel is a two-part series entitled Garage Sale. Part one is called Garage Sale: Saturday, and the second part is called,
you guessed it, Garage Sale: Sunday.
For those who are keeping track this will be my third book. Monarch was a four-part tale of one
woman’s personal psychological apocalypse and how it affected her and her
family. Psykosis was my sophomore effort, it too delved into the mind and postulated what would happen if you were not
actually in control of your own thoughts and actions.
While my first two works delved deep into the psyche of my
main characters, Garage Sale is a completely
different type of story. It was first written as a screenplay back when I was
in my so-called “Anthology Phase.” This was a time between 2001 and 2010. A
time when I had a backlog of story ideas that I desperately wanted to get onto
paper as quickly as possible. Not sure where the urgency came from, probably my
young age, but I just had to get all of these stories written. In retrospect, I’m
glad I did because I don’t have near as much time to crank these things out
like I did then.
Garage Sale is an
anthology, meaning it is comprised of several separate stories centered around
one main story that ties them all together. Back at the turn of the century I
was doing a ton of research on films. Horror anthology films were one of my
main focuses at the time. Movies like Creepshow
and Trick ‘r Treat helped me envision
how I might tie some of these myriad story ideas together via a common thread. While I
am to this day still a massive fan of these two movies it was another,
lesser-known English anthology From
Beyond the Grave that was the real inspiration for me to write Garage Sale. It was produced by the
famous English production company Amicus. The stories that make up this
spin-tingling masterpiece were written by horror/ mystery writer R.
Chetwynd-Hayes. This movie and its multi-chaptered stories are centered around
an antique shop, its curious proprietor and the antiques he sells.
This anthology inspired me to write something similar and
yet entirely different. I wanted to get it out of the Antique shop, but also
wanted to have these multiple storylines focused around a single location.
After spending several years in Los Angeles in the late 90s, I just had to set
the garage sale in the Hollywood Hills. Anyone who has lived or spent time in the
hills will know that they hold a sense of wonder. They certainly did for me
when I lived there, and since writing these mysterious tales I will never be
able to envision those hills any other way.
In the weeks and months to come I hope to fill you in on
even more details about the story as we get closer and closer to the release of
Garage Sale: Saturday. Please feel free to send me your questions
about Garage Sale or any of my previous
works. Thank you for your time.
